Anyone sitting in a DragonCon audience, whether it’s in a small track workshop or a giant ballroom, expects to see and hear the guests who’re presenting. In all but the smallest track rooms, that wouldn’t be possible if not for DragonCon TechOps. Wiring all those rooms is a big job. To find out more about it, the Daily Dragon sat… Read more →
What an incredible way to open Dragon Con Eve. Two bands new to Dragon Con played Thursday night in the Hyatt Centennial II & III. Snoot, an Atlanta-based band, opened for the first concert at 9:30PM. They were followed at 11PM by Qiet, who came down from Charleston, WV.
Richard L. “Hawk” Altstatt received an MS in Nuclear Engineering, specializing in Plasma Physics (fire) and Material Science (burning stuff), from North Carolina State University and an MS in Engineering Science and Mechanics, specializing in Thermal Mechanics (fire again) and Instrumentation (sticking stuff in fire), from University of Tennessee Space Institute. He can be found throughout the weekend at the Science Track… Read more →
Cinda Williams Chima is a New York Times bestselling author of young adult fantasy novels. She currently has nine novels available, five in The Heir Chronicles and four in The Seven Realms series. Her 10th book, Flamecaster, the first book in The Shattered Realms series, will be released on April 5, 2016. She was kind enough to answer a few… Read more →
Faith Hunter returns for Dragon Con 2015! An attractive hazel-eyed blonde with a penchant for natural jewelry, Hunter is the creator of one of the most loved kick-ass heroines of contemporary fantasy and is hard at work on a new series. The New York Times bestselling author of the Jane Yellowrock, Rogue Mage, and The Soulwood series answered our questions… Read more →
Stand in front of a mirror and close your eyes. Picture yourself in your mind—every detail from the shape of your face to the length of your fingers. Hold onto that image and open your eyes, what do you see?
Tom Mison has spent over 15 years on the stage and screen, but he’s best known to American audiences as Ichabod Crane in the series Sleepy Hollow. He took time out of his lunch break while filming Season 3 to talk with the Daily Dragon. Sleepy Hollow returns on Fox on October 1.
With topics that range from the Tick to vampire dystopia, no challenge daunts the dynamic writing duo that is Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith. Their new Crown & Key books mesh fantasy superheroes with steampunk in an earlier era better known for its poets than its emerging tech. I asked the Griffiths about their new novels and other fan favorites.
