New Viewing Options for the Dragon Con Parade

New Viewing Options for the Dragon Con Parade

The Dragon Con Parade will be available to everyone in the Atlanta area this year thanks to its first television broadcast. The CW channel 69 will televise the parade live locally at 10AM Saturday, September 3, sponsored by Six Flags Over Georgia. A rebroadcast will air at 8PM. The parade will also be broadcast live to the five Dragon Con… Read more →

Jennifer St. Giles: Following Her Dreams

Jennifer St. Giles: Following Her Dreams

USA Today bestselling author Jennifer St. Giles, aka Jennifer Saints and JL Saint, has won multiple writing awards, including the Golden Heart, the National Reader’s Choice Award, the RT Reviewer’s Choice, and the Daphne du Maurier. Jennifer writes in multiple genres, including romance, paranormal, contemporary, historical and military and time travel. She believes fervently in following your dreams and never… Read more →

Black Knights and Bubba: An Interview with John G. Hartness

Black Knights and Bubba: An Interview with John G. Hartness

John G. Hartness is the best-selling author of EPIC Award–winning series The Black Knight Chronicles from Bell Bridge Books, a comedic urban fantasy. He is also the creator of the comic horror Bubba the Monster Hunter series, and the creator and co-editor of the Big Bad series of horror anthologies from Dark Oak Press and Media. The past year has… Read more →

Epic Fantasy with Gail Z. Martin

Epic Fantasy with Gail Z. Martin

Gail Z. Martin has published three epic fantasy series, The Chronicles of the Necromancer, The Fallen Kings Cycle, and The Ascendant Kingdoms Saga. She also writes the Deadly Curiosities urban fantasy series, which is set in Charleston, South Carolina, and, with her husband, Larry N. Martin, the Jake Desmet Adventures steampunk series. In addition, she writes four series of ebook… Read more →

Throwback Thursday: The 8-Bit Ball

Throwback Thursday: The 8-Bit Ball

The 30th anniversary of Dragon Con seems like a fitting time to introduce the 8-Bit Ball. The throwback 70s and 80s vibe was a perfect way for many to kick off this year’s convention, which kicked off at 10PM in the Westin Peachtree Ballroom. Video Gaming track director, Kevin “Grim” Stallard, took some time to talk Dragon Con, gaming, and… Read more →

Finding Lightness in Dark Genres: An Interview with Eric R. Asher

Finding Lightness in Dark Genres: An Interview with Eric R. Asher

Eric R. Asher is the author of the urban fantasy Vesik series and the YA dystopian Steamborn trilogy. A former bookseller, guitarist, and comic book seller, he describes himself as “a lifelong enthusiast of books, music, toys, and games.” Daily Dragon (DD): Your first published series was urban fantasy about a necromancer. Please tell us what this series is about… Read more →

Happy New Year at Dragon Con

Happy New Year at Dragon Con

What a fantastic way to start the Con off. In the Marriott Atrium Ballroom Thursday night at 8:30PM was the Nerdy New Year Party, the official kickoff event signaling the beginning of Dragon Con. Dr. Q was a wonderful and entertaining Master of Ceremonies. Granted, there were some technical glitches at first. Apparently, in Dragon Con fashion, our five hotels were… Read more →

It’s an Artsy Affair

The Dragon Con Art Show’s Artisan Gallery will open Friday at 1PM in the Hyatt Grand Hall. There is so much talent present at this year’s Dragon Con. This is definitely a great place to peruse and purchase a creative piece as a memento of your time here. Visitors can view original paintings and prints, sculptures, jewelry, pottery, masks, dolls,… Read more →