Nancy Brauer

This Saturday through Monday I’ll be in august company at Balticon 45, a long-running sci-fi/fantasy convention held in Baltimore, Maryland. (The con begins on Friday 5/27/11, but I won’t be there until Saturday.) If you’re within driving distance, please stop by and say hello! Balticon is a big event with lots of artists, entertainers, games,   Read more →

I was having trouble coming up with a catchy title for this post, so I decided to be cryptic. RaEW stands for “Read an Ebook Week”. Seeing how Smashwords crashed this morning from a deluge of hits, I’d say it’s off to an enthusiastic start! In honor of “Read an Ebook Week”, I’ve made my   Read more →

Last month a graphic design gig more or less fell into my lap. A Christian minister from Virginia Beach was looking for someone to design the cover of his latest book. He found my site and contacted me. We worked together to find stock artwork that suited his manuscript, and I revved up Illustrator. Dr.   Read more →

From Thursday March 3 through Sunday March 6 I’ll be a guest at SheVaCon 19 in the Sheraton Roanoke Hotel and Conference Center in Roanoke, VA. The guests of honor are Virginia Hey, Peter Beagle, Matt Busch, and Spat Oktan. If you’re within driving distance, please drop by and say hello! The con starts on   Read more →

If you’re weary of lovey-dovey Valentine’s Day mushiness, you may want to give Addison’s and Shane’s lusty, love/hate relationship in Strange Little Band a try. Here’s a taste. Shane stared idly at the few stars not blocked by the arboretum’s canopy. For once he didn’t wonder which his father had come from. With Addison laying   Read more →