Happy Wednesday Scribblers, I hope your Pride month is going well. I can say for certain, this has been the busiest Pride month I’ve had in quite a while and I’ve been having a blast. As you may have seen I’ve been active at several Pride Events all over Northern California and I have a few more to go. But that’s not all, I have some additional announcements to share with you this week.
Let’s get too it.
Over the last few weeks I’ve been at several Pride events: Placer Pride, Davis Pride and Sac Pride. These were all different and all an absolute blast. Placer Pride was a smaller more family-oriented event with a lot of families out enjoying the day. Davis Pride had a good mix of folks and everyone was there to enjoy the day, despite there being a few protesters, but nothing the police didn’t handle. And much to the protester’s dismay they weren’t able to dampen the wonderful event. Sacramento Pride was a huge two-day event with thousands of people, there were times it was so crowded that you could hardly walk in the pathways, but again the staff and volunteers were incredible as were security and the police. As with Davis Pride there were a few protesters, but again nowhere near the amount they ‘said’ they would have. In a way I felt sorry for the protesters, how sad are their lives that they believe the only way to feel any value or worth is to go out and try and make other people feel bad. If they could let go of their hate and fear they might actually have a good time and enjoy life.
Here are some of the photos from all the events, as you can see we had a great time selling books, talking to people, taking pictures, having fun, and enjoying each other’s company.
And Pride isn’t over yet, coming up in July I’ll be at BayCon (in Santa Clara, CA) from July 1 – July 4, 2023. I know it’s not a Pride Event, but I’m still counting the convention. I plan to be at the conference all four days and will be on multiple panels and I’ll be at the Liminal Fiction Booth, which should be a lot of fun. This is my second time at BayCon and I’m looking forward to it. Learn more about BayCon here.
Here are all my current panels, click here.
In August, I’m looking into having a booth (with other authors) at Silicon Valley Pride which will be August 26 – August 27, 2023, learn more here. But this event is pricey, so I’m not 100% sure yet, I’ll keep you posted.
Then on September 16th I’ll be at Modesto Pride, this will be my first time and I’m excited to be there and support another wonderful community. Find out more about Modesto Pride here.
As some of you may have seen in my June Newsletter (sign up here) I’ve been working away on a new writing project. The story is coming a long swimmingly. With luck I’ll be wrapping up the first draft in the next couple of weeks. I’ll be sure to keep you posted.
Well, there you go, just a quick check in for the week. If you’re going to be at BayCon in July, stop by and say hello. I would love to see you there. Until next time, have a great week.