Octocon 2010

Bad News

Submitted by Danielle Lavigne on 5. August 2010 - 11:44

Hello everyone. We have some bad news on the guest front. for this year. Mike Carey and Alex de Campi have had to pull out of this year's con due to a scheduling conflict and a pregnancy, respectively (congratulations, Alex!).

These things sometimes happen when trying to get so many people together on the same day in the same place. We'll be delighted to have them at Octocon in the future.

Stay tuned to the 'site for some more guest announcements in the coming days! Thanks for baring with us.

The Octocon Team

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Geekery and Sign Ups Tomorrow

Submitted by Danielle Lavigne on 31. July 2010 - 23:01

Just a quick reminder that we'll be in the Central Hotel's Library Bar tomorrow playing games and taking new memberships. Bring your friends, come have some fun. :)

See you there! 2-5pm, Sunday.

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Golden Blasters: Deadlines Like To Loom

Submitted by Anonymous on 27. July 2010 - 2:03

With the deadline for the Golden Blasters approaching fast , we asked our own personal award-winning screen writer and director John Vaughan to take time out from whatever he does in that office of his that requires so much screaming to give some advice to any budding writers who are thinking of entering this year's competition.

 

From John:

 

So with just over four weeks to go to the late deadline the question you have to ask yourself is have I entered the first ever Golden Blasters short screen play awards and if not why not? (Although if you do have to ask yourself that question I’d be getting worried! Do you often suffer from memory lapses…do you find yourself waking up after getting angry dressed only in your purple trousers surrounded by wrecked pieces of U.S military equipment? Or perhaps in the wolf enclosure of the London Zoo feeling strangely full?)

 

If you haven’t, well it’s not too late, If you have sat through the latest Roland Emmerich disaster movie or empty headed remake of a classic horror and said to yourself “ I can do better than that!” than now is your chance, The Golden Blasters are waiting for …YOU! Now I hear you say “But I’ve never done anything like this before!” Well half the fun is in the trying, so here is a quick guide with some of the answers to the questions you may have! (42 is not one of them)

 

  1. What can I write about?

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