Guest blog post: Robert Osterman
I first met Rob many years ago at Dragon*Con through a mutual friend, Maggie Allen (her guest blog post is here). We clicked over love of all things geeky, books, and of course, costuming. In the pic above… Read More
Ron is 40 & RavenCon 2013Wrap Up
First off today is my sweetie pie’s 40th birthday, so let’s all wish him a happy birthday, shall we? On three… One… Two… Two and a half… THREE! HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY RON-RON!!! As many of you may or… Read More
Guest post by musician and author Maggie Allen
Many years ago when I was WAY into costumes (I still love costuming, but in 2005 I was obsessed) I stumbled across the website Padawansguide.com while researching a Star Wars costume I was working on. The owner/manager/creator/content EVERYTHING person… Read More
Fiver’s Flamingos 2013
How does one start something like this? I guess you go back to the beginning, which in this case would be Mel, AKA Fiver, and we are her Flamingos. Back in 2007, our friend Mel ( ,… Read More
Guest post: Finding time to write, by Bryan Young
I was absolutely thrilled when on of my oldest friends & fantastic author, Bryan Young, agreed to do a guest post here. Seriously, if you haven’t read his most recent novel, Operation Montauk, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?… Read More
Crystal Coast Con wrap up
Crystal Coast Con literally felt like going home. For about 9 years my husband and I lived all over eastern NC around the MCAS Cherry Point, New River, and Camp Lejeune areas. We lived in New Bern, Swansboro,… Read More
Goodbye to Rachel Reid
We all know that people die every day – and though we’ve all seen it, experienced it, gone through it, it’s important to remember that everybody is someone to somebody. Well, Rachel Reid is someone to me. She… Read More
ConCarolinas in review and Half-blood artwork teaser
Finally, my ConCarolinas wrap up – I’m sorry I took so long on it. As usual, life got in the way. Let me start out by saying what a wonderful experience it was not just to return to… Read More
A Kickstarter, awesome teens, a fashion post, and some news
Holy moly it’s already JUNE and I haven’t done a Thrifty Fashion post since April! I guess that shows how busy things have been right? Well here you go, after some great updates/news I want to give y’all,… Read More