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May the Force be with Dakster Sullivan this weekend as she troops a Star Trek convention with her 501st and Rebel Legion squads. Hopefully she can squeeze in a little time to visit a bookstore for Star Wars Reads day as well.
Sarah is looking forward to a weekend of little boys and crafting. She is eagerly anticipating episode 2 of Once Upon a Time and still can't believe they fell into the hat!
Rebecca Angel had a great time at Maker Faire with her family last weekend. Now she is planning for Comic Con without her family. Yes, a weekend of adult geekdom is in her future. Will she survive? Will she want to return home? Stay tuned...
Marziah is exhausted from being undead all night. The annual Lawrence Zombie Walk was a huge success, and she'll now have to get back to the land of the living.
Ariane is trying to extract a Halloween costume commitment from her 2-year-old who changes her mind daily. Robot? Fish? Robot? Surfboarder? They spent the weekend putting up the Halloween decorations, maybe that will put the kiddo in a mood to decide.
Rachel Cericola is packing up the family and making a run for the border – the Canadian border. She and her husband are very excited to return to Montreal for a long weekend; it’s been a while. Her son is excited about his very first passport, but seems worried about the prospect of "everyone" speaking French. Mon dieu!
Laura wonders if anyone has heard the phrase "bees knees?" It's a vintage phrase for "amazing." Not the case when she finds ACTUAL BEE KNEES in the honey she was jarring up for a customer. Guess they need a better filter between hive and jar on her farm.
Corrina has been busy arranging for next week's trip to New York Comic Con. Teachers had to be informed and bus tickets to New York City had to be purchased for her and the three minions. She's also running a contest for a free $10 Amazon certificate on her blog to celebrate the print release of her book, Phoenix Rising.
Melissa Wiley is all aflutter because CYBILs season is here – the Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards that celebrate the best books (and book apps!) of the past year. Nominations are open to the public, so hurry over before October 15th to put in a good word for your favorites. Melissa's own recent novel, The Prairie Thief (reviewed here, here, and here), has been selected as a 2012 Junior Library Guild selection and is the October book for the Brave Writer Arrow program.
Brigid just added three new perfume lockets to her Etsy shop. A steampunk fairy, a portrait of Ganesha and just in time for Halloween, a portrait of Edgar Allan Poe. She also just launched a new collection of perfume lockets featuring the art of popular fairy artist, Amy Brown.
