Comicpalooza 2019 Literature Event is LIT!

For those of you unaware, Comicpalooza is an incredible convention held every year in Houston, Texas. This will be my third year attending and I say without hesitation it is my favorite con to attend. They have a bit of everything from fantastic guests from the film industry to amazing authors. This year's guest list includes some big names such as Emilia Clarke from Game of Thrones, Grant Gustin from The Flash, and authors Timothy Zahn and Wesley Chu. I had the opportunity to meet Timothy Zahn a couple years ago and he was an absolute delight! He created the character Mara Jade whom I costume as a member of The 501st Legion and Rebel Legion. For Wesley Chu I'm thrilled to meet him as I am about to start reading The Red Scrolls of Magic, which he collaborated with Cassandra Clare to write. Literature events featured this year are author panels, fan roundtables, read and critique sessions for aspiring writers, and a character-building springboard writing workshop. I'm really excited about this years convention and to meet other like-minded individuals. It'll be a blast! I still can't believe I got to meet author Lev Grossman a couple years ago at Comicpalooza.

With Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians at Comicpalooza 2017

Featured Guest Q&As and discussions include:

Open Mic Reading for All Genres

Timothy Zahn Introspective

Cory Doctorow Introspective

Wesley Chu & Sam Sykes Introspective

Other entertaining panels to check out:

The Storytelling of Game of Thrones

Writing Robots and AI

Evil-ution of Literary Horror

Blood! Gore! How to Write Heroic Fantasy

Cyberpunk Returns, but Did It Ever Really Go Away?

Magic Systems for Writers

Horror for the 21st Century: Film and Literature

Beyond Earthsea: Ursula K. Le Guin's Writing Legacy

Writing and Reading Mysteries and Thrillers

Setting the Hook, Screenwriting and Your First 10 Pages

Creature Horror: Why We Are Drawn To It, and How To Create Montsters

Aspiring writer's may want to check these panels out:

World-building for Short Stories, Novelettes, and Novellas

Help! I'm an introvert!: Networking and Marketing for Writers

Art & Writing Crossovers from Comics to Artist Collaborations

Stop Copycats: Protect Your Ideas

Idea to Publishing: Behind the Scenes with Indie Authors

Writing Powerful Women in Genre Fiction

Writing With/Against Your Gender/Orientation/Ethnicity/Identity

Copyrights and Conduct: The Legal Side of Conventions

Worldbuilding Tips and Tricks: How to Create Believable Worlds

Words Matter: Crafting the Perfect Sentence

How to Avoid Legal Potholes in Your Writing and Publishing

Comicpalooza 2019 takes place May 10-12!

For more info and to get tickets head to COMICPALOOZA.COM

Cover Reveal: 'The Bane Chronicles' Print Edition

What better why to celebrate the release of the final installment of The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare then by revealing the cover for the print edition of said chronicles?! Cassie knows wassup, so that’s exactly what happened.

I will not be buying/reading anymore of the individual TBC installments because I’ve been waiting to get my hands on the physical copy. Good news — print copy is coming. Bad news — we have to wait until November. Oh well. One step at a time.

Without further ado, here is the cover for the print edition of Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, and Maureen Johnson’s The Bane Chronicles.

Isn’t it beautiful? I mean we’ve always had an idea of what it would look like because of the installment covers, but this just looks magical.

And yes, that DOES say exclusive BONUS story there. How cool!

I’m honestly SO excited about this release, I don’t care if I have to wait until November. It’ll probably take me until then to get over my feels (or at least semi-contain them) from CoHF in May.

What do you think of the cover? Are you excited about the print edition?

Christmas Giveaway!

Hey everyone!

With it being the season of giving we thought it only right to hold a Christmas giveaway. Guess what though? We are actually having not one, but two giveaways! One really special thing about this is that you all have plenty of chances to enter to win the prizes. The first prize is the TV Guide Magazine Fan Favorites TEEN WOLF Cover Issue. The second prize is The  Shadowhunter's Codex by Cassandra Clare and Joshua Lewis. Now, this giveaway is open to US residents only because shipping can be expensive and we are on a budget due to the holidays. We do hope though to have an international giveaway in the near future. Good Luck and I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

Prize 1:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

 

Prize 2:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Another Brand New TMI: City of Bones Still is Released!

Hey everyone,

What a fabulous way for all of us Shadowhunters to end our weekend! Another new HQ Still has been released from The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones that I had to share as soon as I saw it! Check out the wonderful still below & don't forget to enter my 10th Vlog Celebration Giveaway a few posts down. :D

Jocelyn Fray & her daughter Clary Fray

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones comes to theaters on August 21st! :D ~V

Sony Releases Even More Brand New TMI: City of Bones Stills!

Hey everyone,

Today is another a wonderful day for all of us Shadowhunters! Sony has released even more brand new HQ Stills from The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones that I just had to share as quickly as possible! Check out the fabulousness below & don't forget to enter my 10th Vlog Celebration Giveaway two posts down. :D

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones comes to theaters on August 21st! :D ~V

Sony Releases Brand New TMI: City of Bones Stills!

Hey everyone,

Today is such a great day for all of us Shadowhunters! Sony has released some brand new HQ Stills from The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones that I just had to share! Check out the fabulousness below & don't forget to enter my 10th Vlog Celebration Giveaway on my previous post. :D

Simon Lewis & Clary Fray at the Pandemonium Club.

Jace looking at Clary through the coffee shop window.

Isabelle Lightwood helping Clary get ready for Magnus Bane's Party.

Jace & Clary having a romantic moment in the greenhouse at The New York Institute.

Jace & Clary take a ride on his motorcycle.

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones comes to theaters on August 21st! :D ~V

TMI: City of Bones Character Movie Posters!

Hey everyone!

Well, today we were given yet another couple of official character
posters for TMI: City of Bones and this time they're of our 

favorite badass Shadowhunter siblings Isabelle & Alec Lightwood!

What do y'all think? Fabulous or what?! I can't wait for this movie! :D

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

comes to theaters on August 21st! :D ~V

TMI: City of Bones Character Movie Posters!

Hey everyone!
WOW!
Today was a magical day.
The first official TMI: City of Bones character poster of our favorite Warlock aka Magnus Bane was released! ;)

Thursday was a very sexy day.

The first official TMI: City of Bones character poster of Valentine Morgenstern was released! :D

Wednesday was a super exciting day.
The character poster of our favorite Mundane aka Simon Lewis was released! ;)

Other character posters that were also recently released are of Clary & Jace!

Check them out below!

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones comes to theaters on August 23rd! :D ~V