Be sure to see the Authors Alley page on the website for their Bios and more information.
More Author announcements coming soon!
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To start off 2018's Author Alley announcements right we not only have 2 returning authors - Marcus V Calvert & Marie Vibbert - but we also two new authors Michael Timmins & Brent D Seth to share with you!
Be sure to see the Authors Alley page on the website for their Bios and more information. More Author announcements coming soon!
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The Friends and Volunteers here at ConCoction are pleased to welcome Glen Cook as the 2017 Convention's Author Guest of Honor!
Best known for his writing of The Black Company, Garrett P.I., and Dread Empire book series, his work has also appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine and the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. We hope that you'll help us to give him a warm Cleveland welcome and look forward to hearing him speak at this year's event. Many of you already know that our Author Guest of Honor is a fellow by the name of Christopher Bennett. Many of you may also know that Christopher has written extensively in the Star Trek world, including his most recent series, Rise of the Federation. What you might not know is that book 4 in the RIse of the Federation series, Live by the Code, is scheduled to be released on March 29 of this year. What you don't know, until now, is the Christopher and his publisher, Simon Schuster Pocket Books, have decided to make a limited amount of pre-release copies of Live by the Code available to attendees at Cleveland ConCoction.
That's right. You can leave Cleveland ConCoction with a brand new copy of this book in your greedy little hands a little over two weeks before you can get it anywhere else. As an additional bonus, they are sending along copies of books 2 and 3 in the series, Tower of Babel and Uncertain Logic. While we are still working out the details of how to do it, these books are all to be GIVEN AWAY at the convention. Cleveland ConCoction 2016 is busting at the seams with wonderful award-winning authors, great up-and-coming talent, and very helpful, celebrated Ohio publishers.
At the convention this year, come visit with Raw Dog Screaming Press/Dog Star Books and Loconeal Publishing. In the literary track, experienced authors and publishers will be hosting panels on everything from science fiction discussions to writing workshops and even how to create the best elevator pitch for submitting your book to agents and publishers. ConCoction is a weekend-long convention not to be missed! We have another fantastic author announcement for this year's convention. This will be Dan Arman's first year with us and we welcome him to ConCoction!!
Dan R. Arman grew up reading science fiction masters like Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov and also enjoyed reading about history and science. Let’s not kid ourselves, he read everything he could get his grubby little hands on. Mr. Arman teaches English Composition at Stark State College in Ohio. For several years, he worked as a newspaper reporter, an editor and also taught at an online high school. He holds a master’s degree in English literature and rhetoric from Kent State University. When he’s not reprimanding his two cats, and binge-watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer with his fiancée, he enjoys bike riding and gardening. In the last two years of our members-only convention you've been asking us for an option for people to be able to come in and visit just the Exhibit Hall, Artshow, and Author Alley, for those that just want to network and shop and *not* attend all the amazing panels, workshops, meet & greets, gaming, consuite, parties, and other things ConCoction has to offer.
You asked, and we listened. This year we are trying out a Sunday-only "Hall Pass" limited membership that will allow access to those three areas only. "Hall Pass" attendees will still need to come to the Registration area to sign in & get their pass, but from there they can peruse the Artists, Authors & Vendors until the end of the show. This option will not be available on any other day of the convention. It will only be available on Sunday from the time Registration opens (10am) until the shows close (3pm). Stop in, grab a Hall Pass membership this year, and then check us out and consider coming back for the full convention in 2017! Exciting news here from our Hotel/Party Liaison!
We are very pleased to announce that Dog Star Books will be having a Release Party for two of their newest offerings on Friday night at Cleveland ConCoction 2016. Many of their authors will be attendance, but you can be sure to meet Heidi Ruby Miller, whose newest book "STARRIE," (which is part of her Ambassadors Series) will be one of the featured offerings. The other new and cool thing to find at this party is Matt Betts' science fiction poetry collection, which goes by the name of "Underwater Fistfight." I don't know what an underwater fistfight would be like, and I bet that neither do you. Stop by this party in the Sheraton's A Wing on Friday night to find out!!! |
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