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photo from Heidi Ruby-Miller

Tee and Pip make to Steel City for the 2017 Nebula Awards, and at the en masse signing, the pace for them slowed down. That tends to happen when the SFWA bookstore doesn’t stock your books. Fortunately, Tee stocked his satchel with the iPad and a Shure MV51. Five minutes later, Tee and Pip are bringing the 2017 Nebula Awards Book Signing and passer’s-by to you! Welcome to a moment at The Nebula Awards Conference where Katie, Tee, Pip, Lauren, Piper, and Matt — the Smoky Writers Mafia — gathered amongst the best in science fiction. Give them a call at 703-791-1701, and ask about anything concerning this conference. It was quite the education!

00:00 —  Episode #75: The 2017 SFWA Nebula Awards Conference 

• Promo: The Nerd Out App
• LIVE from Pittsburgh!!!
• Pip thinks she has a “radio voice” but it’s not really
• Looks who dropped by! It’s Mel!!! And Heather is here as well!
• What brings Mel and Heather to The Nebula Awards? Well, this is Mel’s hometown!
• Notes from The Nebula Conference, Confluence, and Pittsburgh on a whole
  • Beer tastings happen, especially when K.T. Bryski is around!
  • Avoid food served in a bucket.
  • Pip might get in some sight-seeing…
• Tee’s asked to sign a program. As he looks for a place to sign, have a listen to the Programming of the conference.
• Pip recalls her panel of awesome with Mary Robinette Kowall.
• Escape Artists, Inc. shows up in force at the Nebulas.
• A few words on audio rights, and how important they are…
• Tee reflects on his first panel: Other Day Jobs for Writers…
• …then came Podcasting 101 with Piper J Drake and Pip in the Moderator’s Seat.
• What happens when you sit down with Apple iBooks…
  • Want to visit the Mother Ship in Cuppertino? (YES!!!)
  • Changing travel plans for December.
  • Apple wants to talk to authors, and be more author friendly.
• We get a visit from Heidi Ruby Miller (right) who is rocking this cool retro sci-fi pattern…
  
• And just like that Heidi’s on the podcast.
• Yes, there is a ball app and Tee travels with one.
• Heidi has snuck away from the Penn Writers Conference to hang with science fiction authors.
• What was Heidi up to at the Penn Writers Conference?
• What Heidi and her husband, Jack, are up to on social media?
  • Check out Small Space, Big Life on YouTube
  • And Jack is shaking his backsides at the Nebulas.
  • And as Larry Connelly passes by, Tee recognizes him from Podcasting 101!
  • Larry, it turns out, is a podcasting veteran.
• No books to sign, but we do have autograph cards!
• Grabbing Jennifer Dawson, a Stonecoaster alongside K.T. Bryski, to clock in some time on the mic…
  • A quick opinion on Stonecoast
  • And what does Jenn write? Well now…
  • The support of a community matters.
  • Tee tells Jenn about the James River Writers, and how he found out about them.
  • Turns out Omaha has a LOT going on for writers!
  • Jenn’s favorite panels from the conference.
• The power of podcasting: Keeping ourselves entertained when books are not around.
• Signing off…

34:59 — The Loot Crate Lookie-Loo (with The Kelly Family!)

• Nick, Stacia, and Brandon wanted to be around when we opened up this Loot Crate…
• May’s Theme: Guardians
  • Q-Fig of Rocket and Groot! How about those Q-Fig creations?
    
  • The tee shirt is Goonies-riffic!
  • A Star Wars Coloring Book?! Tee is 7 again!
  • The Loot Crate pin is Avatar: The Last Airbender. Not his fandom, but it’s pretty sweet.
  • A Character Class Patch Set from Destiny…
  • …and the box becomes your Ghost, as we talk about in Happy Hour from the Tower.
  • Here’s what it looks like when it’s done…
    
• NICE HAUL!!!

45:45 — The Wrap-Up

• Pip needs some Stark-splaining!
• WE GOT TICKETS FOR WONDER WOMAN!!!
• The Nebula Conference was fun! So was our visit to Balticon 51!
• Where are we going to be?
  • 16-18 June, AwesomeCon in Washington D.C. (No, we’re not going to get that photo with Stan Lee…)
  • 30 June-July 2, BlerDCon in Washington D.C. (Wait, hold on, what’s BlerDCon? And what are Nick and Tee up to?)
  • A quick tangent on Star Trek: Discovery...
  • 14-16 July, Motor City Steam Con in Detroit, MI
• This ain’t Tee’s first rodeo. Obviously.

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