Mind Sieve 2/6/17

Morning, all!

Well, looks like it will be another quick one this week. Sorry! 

If you're in Dallas/Ft Worth next weekend, make sure to check out ConDFW! First SF/F Convention for me for 2017! Lots of fun guests and peeps. This year's Guest of Honor is RACHEL CAINE!  Woot! 

Fan Fun

This was the intro cartoon for a recent animated film (Drawing a blank!) and is was so lifelike and so utterly ADORABLE! Ran across it and had to share! Piper from Disney Pixar.

Ghost in the Shell Super Bowl Spot Trailer + has new and old scenes. Saw the anime movie recently, the fight with the guy in the water came straight from it. Looking forward to this! 

Simon's Cat - Looking For Love (A Valentine's Collection). So cute!

This Beautiful Fantastic Official Trailer 1 - looks like it might be fun. :)

Have a great week!

Picture Kaleidoscope - AllCon 2015

Two weekends ago was ALLCON!

And the costumes were everywhere and fantastic ones at that! Here are the ones I got to take snap shots of.

Big Hero 6!

From Gravity Falls - Wendy and Dipper!

Tried to catch him like 3 times. He had a mouth beneath the mask part - he looked great! 

He looked very dapper!

Loved this umbrella! Looked like fluffy clouds. 

Nice detail.

This hat was FABULOUS!

Look at all that awesome detail!!!!!

He Who Shall Not Be Named after seeing the Face Off guest for a little touch up. :)

She looked great. Didn't get her cool back hair in the pic though. 

Zoom in on this dress. Let them eat cup cakes!

Chuck! (Aka Prophet, aka God?) 

He came out very well! X-Men, better get ready!

Tim Burton would be proud. :)

A gun totting, western Medusa! Check out her arms! Awesome detail!

Chappie!

What I totally loved was the ship in the wig being attacked by Kraken Tentacles. Sweet!

Isn't she adorable?

Gruncle Stan and WADDLES!!!!  OMG he's so cute!!!!!

Beeker and the Chef - flashback time! 

Our bud across the aisle, after getting worked on by the guest special effects lady. Nice Beast!

Sweet!

Mind Sieve 10/27/14

Morning!

Fan Fun

FenCon Squares 2014 - my first time on this. I'm the short head on the top row. lol. It's a couple of games, so it's long! 50 minutes. You've been warned. :P 

Morganville Vampires preview - release date is 10/27 online at Geek & Sundry. Sweet!

Avengers: Age of Ultron Teaser Trailer - James Spader! Woot!

SyFy Channel Ascension Trailer - they had a way longer one at the theater, but this was the only one I found. It's a mini series, so should be fun!

Social Media/Author Platform

Facebook Rooms: This Week in Social Media by Social Media Examiner's Cindy King. FB is looking more like Google +. Though the improvement on pages is a good one.

Writing Advice

Backstory: The More You Know, The Less I Have To - guest post by Piper Bayard at Kriten Lamb's Blog. Good info in there.

Ask Jami: How Many Characters Are "Too Many"? by Jami Gold. It's fascinating how some do go overboard on this. Heh heh

Bwahaha! Blog post is complete! Will wonders never cease? Bwahahaha!

Picture Kaleidoscope - Dallas Comic Con 5/28/14

Morning!
Trying to get life back on schedule. :)


Anyway, here's pics from the recent Dallas Comic Con

Daughter's first attempt at a chain mail dragon. Isn't she cute?

Muscular, no?

Booth mate next to us. 

She is a dead ringer for the girl in How To Train Your Dragon, no? So cute!

Very creepy.

Old style Mystique! Yeah!

Dragons came to Dallas Comic Con!

Taylor Lymberry gave us - Lilu Dalekpass!

Aren't his wings awesome?

Other nearby authors. Love their cover art and how merged it into the banner like that. 

Artists, artists, everywhere!

Our super scrunched display. We're going to have to go to two tables.

More art!

ART!

I loved her Sherlock and Dean Winchester at off angles. 

Ninja Turtles made an appearance. :)

Sherlock and Irene Addler. So cute!

Adventure Time TV

Luke's Speeder from Episode 4

Nice!

Jeep from Jurassic Park

And Baby - the Winchester's Sweet ride.

Baby's truck, which I still somehow managed to put in here upside down. DOH!

Have a great Wednesday!

Mind Sieve 2/3/14

How does this Monday morning find you? Wet, snowed in, iced over? Brrrr.

Fan Fun

The Zero Theorem Trailer - looks mental, but fun!

Maleficent Official Trailer #2 - this just keeps looking better and better!!!

Tor.com brought this great commercial of bad guys to my attention. Had to share! Jaguar 2014

The Bag Man Official Trailer #1 - what a mess. Heh heh

The Pretty One Trailer - cute and sad. 

Social Media/Author Platform

Facebook Paper App: This Week in Social Media by Cindy King at SocialMedia Examiner. Not really clear on how it works?

How to Analyze Your Social Media Activity with Excel by Merlin U Ward at SocialMedia Examiner. Another time sink! The hardest thing to master is weighing time vs. advantage. I just don't know.

Writing Advice

The Devil's in the Details - Taking Your Fiction to a Higher Level by Kristen Lamb. And like she says, there can be TOO MUCH detail. So you have to figure out how much is just right. :)

In Defense of Pantsing by Jami Gold - sell it sister!

Till next time!

Mind Sieve 12/9/13

Prepping this ahead of time as the Icemaggedon gets in full swing today. Wonder how bad it will have been by the time this goes out. Hmmm.

Fan Fun

Tor has a link to the video and a nice article about Peter Davidson's the Five(ish) Doctor's Reboot. (30 minute short and 50th Anniversary tie in.) It's totally adorable. And the more in depth a fan, the more you'll get out of it. Make sure to watch through the credits as those end bits are some of the best parts! And slow the credit list as well - they got all sorts of Doctor family members to participate in the fun. Too cute!

Sherlock Season 3 Trailer - Squee!

In Secret Trailer 1 - kind of spooky in a way. Inner self destruction.

Tracks Trailer - talk about a long trip! Dang!

The Monuments Men Trailer 2 - looking forward to it!

Her Trailer 2 - still mind boggling. heh heh

Social Media/Author Platform

What Makes You So Special? The Magic of Selling Books by Kristen Lamb.

How to Enhance Your LinkedIn Profile with Professional Portfolio by Donna Moritz at Social Media Examiner. Sounds like people can get very creative with this! Something else for the To Do List. Oi!

Writing Advice

7 Ways To Cut Your Novel Without Losing Anything Important by Roz Morris. Good stuff!

I'm fading fast...so I will call it a post!
Have an awesome week!

Mind Sieve 11/18/13

Once more into the breach!

Fan Fun

Went to my brother's the other day. First thing he says is "I had to watch this, so now you have to suffer too." Ylvis - The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) - I like it!!!!

Then he said I had to watch this - The Gummy Bear Song! He even has butt crack. lol

The Night of the Doctor - a mini episode. Pre-special. The volume is low for some reason. 

Atlantis Trailer - BBC production

Sherlock Series 3 Teaser Trailer - WOOT!

Maleficent Trailer 2014 - Interesting!

Divergent Official Trailer - another YA series turned into a movie!

Social Media/Author Platform

3 Steps to Building a Killer Tribe by Jeff Goins.

Writing Advice

From Gene Lempp Writing Resources 9 November 2013. A ton of stuff as usual!

Chuck (NSFW) Wendig has a great post this week - An Email About Writing.

Turkey day is looming closer...closer...

MInd Sieve 10/14/13

Morning all! (Argh! It didn't post on Monday! Why?!?!?!?!)

Fan Fun

Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends from the Piano Guys. Nice mix of traditional oriental music and classical. 

 

Carrie Trailer #2 - Coming 10/18!

CGI VFX Spot - Cartier - Gorgeous CGI commercial. No words, just beautiful music and amazing visuals. Sweet!

Odd yet cool little animated Short called "Ark" by Grzegorz Jonkatjis

Because you knew someone was gonna do it - The Starving Games. ROFL.

Saw this ad in front of one of the clips and this was too bizarre/hilarious not to share! lol. Poo Pourri. (and it's a real product! lol)

The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug Official Main Trailer (and has Benedict Cumberbatch doing Smaug - squee!)

Sweet! Plant vs. Zombies 2!!!! Sadly, it's only for iPads, iPod, or iPhone. Waaaahh. (And they've got Adventures on FB, but we're not going there...Waaaahhh)

Social Media/Author Platform

Facebook Page Insights Updated: This Week in Social Media by Cindy King at the Social Media Examiner.

Writing Advice

Great guest post by Karina Cooper over at Terribleminds called - You've Submitted Your Book: Now What?

A ton of writing resources from Gene Lempp - 12 October 2013

And that's a wrap! Till next time.

Virtual Tourist - Neverwinter 10/13/14

I'm so sleeeeepppppyyyyy!


Neverwinter

Nice presentation :)

Circle of power?

Almost missed seeing this. Turned out the sword was a quest.

Fairy companion! Neato!

Ghost made restless due to invadors

Closeup of said ghost. :)

I do like me some impressive doors

Super cool looking shield!

Hubby found a way up there but it didn't lead anywhere.

Nasty baddie. But his glowing red armor was cool!

Player character outfit - looks weirdly out of place, but very nice!

Beautiful fountain, no?

Demon thing in a magic circle. We help him get revenge, he helps us.

He tells us how to get things rolling.

Yep, this is where it's going down.

So gloomy.

Dead baddie demon thing. Yeah!

Stained glass window looked awesome.

Ah, the one whose been manipulating everyone. Nasty!

Funky figuring above our exit door.

May you get the rest you need today. :)