Daily Dragon Tweets For 08-30-2013
All the Daily Dragon tweets for 08-30-2013:
Live Podcasting with Paul and Storm
Phil Plait (aka Bad Astronomer) took approximately ten minutes to drop some science (and the mic) on the “Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (on Average)” panel, Friday at 11:30 AM in the Hilton Grand Ballroom East. Recording their podcast of the same name in front of a live Dragon Con audience, Storm (of… Read more →
Own a Piece of Sherrilyn Kenyon History
Menyons, here is your chance to own a piece of history from Sherrilyn Kenyon. The very first printed edition of Styxx is being auctioned for charity! The auction benefits three charities: Noah’s Ark Animal Sanctuary, which shelters abused exotic animals, the Georgia Conservancy, which helps to protect the state’s natural resources, and the Marcus Autism Center, which helps diagnose and… Read more →
Charity Spotlight: The Marcus Autism Center
The Marcus Autism Center was founded in 1991 as the Marcus Developmental Resource Center. With more than 6,000 patients treated annually, the center is the largest clinical care provider in the nation for children with autism and one of only three Autism Centers of Excellence in the nation. The Marcus Autism Center now falls under the umbrella of the Children’s… Read more →
Charity Spotlight: The Georgia Conservancy
The Georgia Conservancy, founded in 1968, has worked on a host of land and water conservation projects, as well as clean air programs around the State. As parks and other protected land was being created around the country, the founders wanted to bring that to Georgia. Some of the early successes include the creation of Panola Mountain State Park and Sweet… Read more →
Charity Spotlight: Noah’s Ark
Noah’s Ark was founded in 1978 by Jama Hedgecoth. She is assisted by Charlie Hedgecoth, and his wife, Allison, with the loving attention of their dog, Yani (who will happily plaster you with sloppy dog kisses, given half a chance). Noah’s Ark was intended to be an animal sanctuary as well as a place where people could come see the animals for free. The sanctuary… Read more →
“Great Heroes are Not Born, They are Forged”—Sherrilyn Kenyon at the Styxx Launch Party
Watch out Menyons, with Styxx you are in for “something very different,” according to Sherrilyn Kenyon. What is so different about this gargantuan book that made her editor cry at the size? For that, you will have to wait until Tuesday. Fans started lining up at 3PM to buy Styxx before it hits the shelves and to earn a coveted… Read more →
Writers Tell Wacky Stories
“The Wacky World of Writing” panel on Friday at 11:30 AM in Embassy D-F (Hy) was like attending an informal conversation among long-standing friends who are also writers telling grand stories about the business, with the audience members providing the needed laugh track in the backdrop. The panel consisted of Stephen L. Antczak, Peter David, Bill Fawcett, D.B. Jackson, Katherine… Read more →
