Colleen Callahan is a freelance content writer and social media consultant specializing in food and beverage, writing blog posts, newsletters, and managing social media accounts. She recently sold her house and most of her possessions and moved into an RV with her two doggos. They live the full-time nomad life, traveling the US and chasing 70 degrees.
Starting with A Wrinkle In Time and never looking back, Colleen is a huge fan of science fiction, fantasy, and the supernatural. Favorite time burners are anything by Joss Whedon, the entire Outlander universe, the occasional Neil Gaiman rant, and as many geeky TV shows as she can lay her eyes on.
Recently, Colleen has decided to go back to her first love - writing. Since the third grade, creating neighborhood newsletters with a typewriter and copying them with a mimeograph machine (remember those?), the writing flame has been kept alive through short stints in industry magazines, copywriting for marketing projects, and writing on her blog, www.Sunrise2SunsetRV.com. Volunteering for the Daily Dragon was the first stepping stone in a journey towards her Destiny. Colleen can also be seen on her YouTube channel, Sunrise 2 Sunset RV.
Saturday evening at 8:30PM in the Athens Meeting Room (Courtland), Erika Lance and Mark Muncy spoke to a full room of folks in the X-Track panel, “Appalachian Cryptids: Lesser-Known Holler Monsters.” If you aren’t sure what a cryptid is, it is an animal said to exist, but that has never been proven to exist. They are often creatures that appear… Read more →
his·tri·on·ic – /ˌhistrēˈänik/ – adjective – overly theatrical or melodramatic in character or style. A full house showed up Friday at 8:30PM in Augusta (Courtland Grand) to attend the Alternate and Historical Fiction track panel, “Psychotic Impact: The History of Histrionics and Women’s Mental Health.” Moderated by Edward Hicks, APC, the panel consisted of Caroline Maner, MS, LAPC; Chelsea Harris,… Read more →
Fandom is not just for the young folks. It is absolutely for the young at heart as well! On Friday at 2:30PM in Hanover AB (Hyatt), a group of “wiser” fans collected to discuss celebrating their favorite shows, movies, novels, and more in the “Age is Just a Number: Rethinking Age in Fandom” panel presented by the Diversity Track. Marc… Read more →
Friday at 11:30AM, the American Sci-fi Classics track met in M103-M105 (Marriott) for the panel “No Future For You: Punk Rock Sci-Fi of the 1980s.” Moderator Kevin Cafferty chatted with panelists Gary Mitchell, Joe Crow, Steve Glover, Calvin Watts, III, Andrew E.C. Gaska, and Chris Cummins shared their thoughts on a wide range of 80s movies that fit the description… Read more →
Stranger Things has captured the imagination of viewers across a multitude of generations, but its portrayal of families and issues during the 1980s put it squarely in Gen X territory. This is what the panelists discussed Saturday at 8PM on “The Latchkey Generation: Stranger Things Themes” on the virtual stream for X-Track. Jenny Byrd-Peterson moderated her fellow Gen X compatriots… Read more →
It was a sold-out room when Nicolas Cage faced off with Nicolas Cage in “Cage vs. Cage: The All-Nicolas Cage Match!” Spectators gathered in Marriott M103-M105 Saturday at 2:30pm to take part in the spectacle that is a Nicolas Cage event. The brackets were laid out with some of Nicolas Cage’s most iconic roles pitted against one another. Panelists Keith… Read more →
Believe it or not, people are streaming much more than just video games these days. No, really! If you haven’t checked out Twitch, YouTube, or even TikTok lately, you might have missed the number of streams that are anything but gaming. You can find people looking for work buddies, people doing ASMR, cooks inviting you into their kitchens, and more…. Read more →
Streaming has become a large part of our lives. And it’s not only Gen. Z and Millennials making the content we’re consuming. Gen. X and Boomers are getting in on the action in record numbers. The crowd gathered at the Hilton Galleria 6 on Friday afternoon was a testament to that. The Digital Track had to turn away attendees due… Read more →
