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Don’t forget to sign up for the ConDFW Celestial Starburst costume contest at the Reg desk! We can’t wait to see your costume tonight!

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So, you want the convention hours in one convenient place?… Enjoy!

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Larry Atchley, Jr grew up in Grapevine, Texas, writing stories and poetry since he was a teenager. He became serious about publishing his fiction writing after attending a writers workshop presented by authors Sarah A. Hoyt and Amanda S. Green in 2010, which boosted his confidence enough to try getting his work published. His first big break as a writer came when authors Janet Morris and Chris Morris invited him to join their group collaborating on a fiction shared world anthology and asked him to submit a story for the book. They accepted “Remember, Remember, Hell in November” and published it in Lawyers in Hell in June 2011. His writing will appear in the following anthologies later this year: Sha’Daa Pawns, Rogues in Hell, and A Book of Night, a poetry collection. He is currently working on several short stories and a fantasy novel.

You can read his blog at www.larryatchleyjr.wordpress.com. Some of his other interests include Qi-Gong Kung Fu martial arts, traditional archery, fencing, philosophy, mythology, paranormal investigation, photography, bicycling, hiking, reading, and collecting books. His wife, Sussie Atchley, is a professional freelance photographer, and his daughter Alina Atchley is an artist and custom jewelry maker. They live with their two terriers, Frodo and Rosie, and two cats, Samwise and Prue in the suburbs of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, in Texas.

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We’ve posted the panel names and descriptions for nearly every panel we’re going to have at ConDFW.  The changes will start happening quickly from here on out, so, pay attention!

(What? Can’t figure out where the Programming page is?  Well, its right under the “At the Convention” tab above… or just click here!)

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The deadline for reserving your hotel room has been extended!  The new deadline is now Thursday, January 26th, 2012!

Check out all the details and a link to the Hotel’s website here on our Hotel Page.

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Online registration is available via Paypal! Just point your browser to the Membership/Registration page and click away!

And in other website-related news, there are still some reports of the top menu wrapping around in an annoying manner when trying to click on something. I’m working on it, but I’m having a hard time replicating it so it’s a bit of a tough situation, as you may guess. I’ve put out a call elsewhere for people to look at it and let me now if they have the same problem, so with luck it’ll be fixed shortly.

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Although he has achieved limited success writing mostly nonfiction articles and one short story over the years, 2011 turned out to be John Manning’s break out year in fiction writing.  His first novel, Black Stump Ridge, was released in late January.  The following July, his short story, “Disclaimer,” appeared in Janet and Chris Morris’s shared world anthology, Lawyers in Hell.  Since then, he has sold three more short stories – “Asylum” for Sha’Daa III – Pawns (due to be released in 2012); “Mr. Bass Man” for Sha’Daa IV – Catechism (no release date set); and “Showdown at Brimstone Arsenal” for Adventurers in Hell (to be released in late spring or early summer 2012).  He is also editing a horror anthology titled What Scares the Boogeyman? (scheduled for release October 2012 in time for Halloween).  Although originally from Detroit, Michigan, John currently resides in Denton, Texas.

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We are now accepting advertisements and other announcements for the ConDFW XI Program Book. Details, including deadlines and rates, can be found on the Program Book page.

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Rules ConDFW  XI Short Story Contest have been posted! Look on the Short Story Contest page for details.

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Rocky Kelley is an award winning artist whose works include: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Pre-Raphaelite, Surrealism, and more. Rocky received the Director’s Award at the 2006 World Fantasy Art Show. Kelley also creates works of dark fantasy under the pseudonym of “Ashen Gray” and he is the founder of the Dark Rose Alliance. Current projects include graphic novel illustrations and a new series of fantasy paintings.

His works may be viewed at rockykelley.com  and ashengray.com

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