October... WOW

So a lot has happened in October.  So much so that blogging about it has become incredibly hard.  So without further ado here's what we've been up to.

STROWLER CON:
            This convention had one of the best ideas/concepts of any convention we have attended!  This convention was intended for people who are traveling performers/gyspy etc.  The con itself catered to Fairy culture, Gypsy culture, and (Of course) steampunks!  The convention gave "Votes," to everyone at the con.  ANYONE could recieve votes; performers, vendors, costumers etc.  At the end of the convention the votes would be worth $3 each.  So potentially anyone could make money at this con!

There wil be more on the other conventions later but for now we'd love to give a quick shout out to Legionaire Ay-Leen the Peace Maker, editor of the blog Beyond Victoriana for winning the the Last Drink Bird Head Award, founded by Ann & Jeff Vandermeer for work in the genre. Beyond Victoriana had been nominated under "Gentle Advocacy," and the winners were announced in DC this weekend in conjunction with WSFA Small Press Award hosted by Capclave.

And she thanked us:
"I'm very humbled to be nominated for this award, because Beyond Victoriana wouldn't be as thought-provoking or insightful without the amazing people I've worked with. So really, this award doesn't just belong to me, but an entire team of thoughtful contributors who have dedicated their time and effort to its content. And, coincidentally enough, today is also marks the first year anniversary of Beyond Victoriana (yay!), so I can only look forward to working with more wonderful folk in the future.

So, in no particular order, I'd like to thank the following people: Jaymee Goh, Matt Delman, Evangeline Holland, Michael Redturtle, Noah Meernaum, and Kevin Mullins for your emails and your contributions; The Wandering Legion of the Thomas Tew, Jake von Slatt, Mike Perschon, Allegra Hawksmoor, Leanna Renee Hieber, Karin Lowachee, Kevin Steil, Jeff VanderMeer and SJ Chambers for your continuous support; all the wonderful artist, creators, and steampunks I've met in the community through this site; the readers; my family for tolerating my weirdness; and lastly but mostly lovingly, my fiancee Ashley Rogers."

~Lucretia