Author Archives : Venessa Giunta

Creating a Convention – MultiverseCon


I write a lot about conventions — preparing, attending, volunteering. For this month’s column, I thought folks might find it interesting to peek into the backstage of how a con gets made. Multiverse Con is coming up next week, so the timing is really perfect. I run the WRITE Track for that convention and in this video, I talk about…

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Con in Review — Dragon Con 2019


Labor Day weekend means Dragon Con! I don’t generally do Dragon Con like other folks do. It’s a working con for me, and I’m on staff of the Writers Track, so it’s really rare that you’ll ever find me at any of the panels for the big stars, like David Tennant or John Barrowman. I spend most of my time…

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Seanan McGuire - Midnight Blue-Light Special

Deviating from the Common Type: A Review of Seanan McGuire’s Midnight Blue-Light Special


Midnight Blue-Light Special (2013) Written by: Seanan McGuire Genre: Urban Fantasy Length: 10 hours and 56 minutes (Audiobook) Series:  InCryptid (Book #2) Publisher: Audible Studios Why I Chose It: I am staff on a new speculative media convention called MultiverseCon (shameless plug! Come visit us in Atlanta in October!). Seanan McGuire is our Author Guest of Honor, which I’m super-excited about.…

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That Thing That’s Getting Ready to Eat Your Head: A Review of Seanan McGuire’s Discount Armageddon


Discount Armageddon (2012) Written by: Seanan McGuire Series:  InCryptid (Book #1) Genre: Urban Fantasy Length: 11 hours, 20 minutes (Audiobook) Publisher: Audible Studios Why I Chose It: I am staff on a new speculative media convention called MultiverseCon (shameless plug! Come visit us in Atlanta in October!). Seanan McGuire is our Author Guest of Honor, which I’m super-excited about. While…

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Con in Review – JordanCon 2019


I consider myself a convention veteran. I’ve been doing multiple conventions each year for well over a decade. But regardless of how many cons I’ve been to, going to a new-to-me con can be a bit daunting. As with any new environment, I wonder if I will know anyone, whether people will be friendly, whether I’ll fit in. From April…

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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: Mary Poppins Returns


First, a warning: Mary Poppins lives very close to my heart and is quite emotional for me. So when they’d announced in 2017 that they were going to do something with the Mary Poppins story, I was apprehensive. Really apprehensive. I didn’t want Hollywood ruining it like they’d ruined Willy Wonka. However, when the first trailer dropped a few months…

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