Author: Michael J. Martinez

It was around mid-September, after a tough summer and exhausting travel schedule, when I came home from a work conference and said, “Phew! No more travel for two months!”

How time flies. But I’m rested and ready and looking forward to the World Fantasy Convention in Washington, D.C., next month. And since I’ve started to get my schedule in order, I thought I’d share. The con is Nov. 6-9 at the Hyatt Crystal City in Arlington, Va.

I’m very excited to be moderating the “World War I Alternate Histories” panel on Friday, Nov. 7, at 4 p.m. at the Regency E room. If you know anything about my work, alt-history and historical fantasy are my jam, and I’m looking forward to exploring this era. Thankfully, I’m joined by writers smarter and wiser than myself: Charles E. Gannon, Kay Kenyon and Devin Poore. Ought to be a great time. You should be there.

Later that Friday, at 8 p.m. in the Independence Center at the Hyatt, I’ll be participating in the mass autograph session for WFC authors. If you have my books, bring ’em. If you don’t, my understanding is they’ll be on sale right at the convention. Convenient, no?

I’m also working with Night Shade Books to do a little something with them as well. Details to come, but I imagine it might involve at least a few chances at landing free books and other swag. Everyone loves swag. Also, I plan to help at the SFWA booth from time to time, likely on Friday and Sunday, and I don’t think anyone should miss the WFC ice cream social Thursday night at 6 p.m.

Other than that, I’ll be around the convention and dropping in on interesting stuff as time and tide allow. I may spend at least part of that Saturday in D.C. itself, as I’ll have my 10-year-old daughter Anna with me and there’s some sights in town we’d love to see, particularly the International Spy Museum. If you catch Anna and I at the convention, she’ll be willing (and pleased) to sign the author head-shot photo credit in the back of each of my books, making said books instantly rare and collectible.

As with all these sorts of events, the best way to find me is via Twitter, since I tend to tweet a lot whenever I travel. If you’re going to WFC, I’d love to see you!

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It was so much fun yesterday, we’re doing it again. Catch me today at 11:30 a.m. at New York Comic Con, where I’ll sign your books, talk about the Daedalus series and generally hang out with a very cool tribe of geeks.

Plus, after some discussion with Night Shade’s higher-ups, awesome editor Cory Allyn says we can give away copies of both my books for FREE. As in no cost to you, the NYCC attendee who already spent a fortune on travel, hotels and cosplay. Not to mention the food there. (Seriously…$4 for a cup of coffee? Ugh.)

So, just like yesterday, I’ll be at the Skyhorse Publishing/Night Shade Books booth, #2129. (Here’s a map.) There will be copies of The Daedalus Incident and The Enceladus Crisis  available for free. And then I’ll sign them. Seriously, we think you deserve it, NYCC folks. You’re awesome.

There’s also other giveaways all throughout the con, a heap of other awesome books up for grabs, and appearances later today and this weekend by Ellen Datlow, Laird Barron and Mark Cheverton. Plus t-shirts. You know you need more t-shirts.

See you there!

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Going to New York Comic Con today? Of course you are. Well…OK, I’m going, and if you’re around, I’d love to see you. I’ll be at the Night Shade Books/Skyhorse Publishing booth at 3 p.m. today to sign copies of The Daedalus Incident and The Enceladus Crisis.

Now, if you don’t happen to have copies of these handy (and really, SHAME ON YOU), you can rectify this terrible oversight by purchasing them at the booth. And you can get them both for the absurdly low price of $10 for the set.

Seriously, that’s probably the best deal I’ve seen on these. Plus, again, I can sign them. Personalize, even. Scribble in the margins if you like. Underline my favorite sentences. Or yours.

Skyhorse is at booth 2129 on the show floor. Here’s a map. In addition to me, they’ll have a bunch of other cool stuff, including Minecraft and Lego swag, t-shirts, giveaways, you name it. You can buy other awesome Night Shade books as well, and at similarly generous prices.

Hope to see you there!

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