Category Archives: Friday Quick Updates

Friday Quick Updates: Edmund R. Schubert’s This Giant Leap, new-new and updated events, award news, and more

Posted on 2016-08-12 by montsamu

Friday, August 12, 2016: As promised there isn’t a newsletter coming this month, but that certainly isn’t to say there isn’t a lot of news to pass along. So! Here we go, starting with a “new-new” event tonight in Greensboro that a … Continue reading →

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Friday Quick Updates: Serafina and Millarworld in the Triangle, a big ConGregate preview, and more!

Posted on 2016-07-15 by montsamu

Friday, July 15, 2016: It’s going to be a fantastic weekend in High Point, so whether you’re driving or taking the train (it’s less than a block walk from the station to the hotel!), travel safe on your way to ConGregate! But … Continue reading →

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Friday Quick Updates: Animazement this weekend, Grady Hendrix next week, ConCarolinas next weekend, and tons of new events including “Harry Potter” midnight launch party info

Posted on 2016-05-27 by montsamu

Friday, May 27, 2016: We are definitely in the early summertime here in the Carolinas, and all of a sudden the event calendar is starting to fill up a bit, starting with Animazement 2016 at the Raleigh Convention Center this weekend, with plenty … Continue reading →

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Friday Quick Updates: a packed weekend, Felicia Day on Wednesday, news and new events, and more!

Posted on 2016-04-23 by montsamu

Friday, April 22, 2016: There’s plenty of reasons to get out and about this weekend, including Durham County Library’s first Teen Lit Festival, Fred Chappell’s last of three Triangle appearances, and a Game of Thrones watching party:   April 23 (Saturday) 11 am to … Continue reading →

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Friday Quick Updates: book deals, new books and audiobooks, and new and upcoming events including a 5-author YA panel on Monday!

Posted on 2016-02-19 by montsamu

Friday, February 19, 2016: Well, it’s been a couple of weeks since the newsletter went out, yet somehow I don’t have a huge pile of corrections and missed items to pass along. I do have some “new new” things, and I’ll start … Continue reading →

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Friday Quick Updates: F. Hampton Carmine’s Kindle Scout campaign; the Monster Mash 24-hour Flash Fiction Contest; the Bookmarks Festival in Winston-Salem; a news, interviews, and reviews roundup; upcoming events; and more

Posted on 2015-09-11 by montsamu

Friday, September 11, 2015: As of this writing, there are 23 days left (October 5) to nominate F. Hampton Carmine’s Kindle Scout submission of Destiny’s Handmaiden for publication: “Their birth began a time of endings and beginnings in Destiny’s prophesy for The Dragon Isles. … Continue reading →

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Friday Quick Updates: Upcoming events and NC author news

Posted on 2015-08-21 by montsamu

Friday, August 21, 2015: While many eyes (and authors and fans) from the Triangle have turned to Sasquan, there are things to do and talk about here at home as well. To change things up this week, I’ll start with two … Continue reading →

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Friday Quick Updates, Thursday edition: A weekend of Swanwick ahead, but first: Noir at the Bar, Valerie Nieman, and award and crowdfunding news

Posted on 2015-08-13 by montsamu

Thursday, August 13, 2015: I really should have done this yesterday so as to include the John Scalzi reading at Quail Ridge Books, but if I had, the standing-room-only crowd as pictured by Monica Byrne may well have been out … Continue reading →

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Friday Quick Updates: Red Adept, Brian Posehn, Noir at the Bar, and a crowdfunding roundup

Posted on 2015-06-13 by montsamu

Saturda, June 13, 2015: Upcoming events, books on sale, new podcasts, a new writing contest, and a crowd-funding roundup await you in this belated Saturday installment of “Friday Quick Updates”. But let’s be quick about it, because there are three … Continue reading →

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Friday Quick Updates: Oak City Comics Show on Sunday, and Wake County Library’s “Let’s Talk Sci-Fi” series kicks off with Drake and Van Name discussing Heinlein

Posted on 2015-02-28 by montsamu

Saturday, February 28, 2015: A belated Saturday edition of “Friday Quick Updates” this weekend, ahead of several events today and tomorrow. First! Today Ultimate Comics hosts comics creator/author/illustrator Chris Giarrusso (G-Man Super Journal, Mini Marvels) for a day of signings and quick … Continue reading →

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