Rob's Update: ChattaCon
Week 3 of 2025
Greetings all
It'll be a shortish newsletter this week as I'm in Chattanooga at ChattaCon. I look forward to seeing a bunch of you here!
The Feasting of Vengeance
But first, here's a cover reveal for The Feasting of Vengeance, which comes out on February 14th!
Here's my schedule:
Opening Ceremonies starting at 7pm on Friday. I have something special planned. You want to join us!
8pm on Friday: I get to play Tales of the Valiant on stage with Chelsea Steverson, Gaming GOH
10pm on Friday: Victorian Vulgarities. I get to make up appropriate curse words. Bwa ha, bwa ha ha!
2pm on Saturday: I have the opportunity to interview Gail Z. Martin, the GOH
4pm on Saturday: We talk about good secondary characters in Urban Fantasy
Noon on Sunday: A discussion of 20th century SF
1pm on Sunday: Final questions for all the GOHs, including me
This is going to be a blast! And now I'm off to hang out with all the cool people here.
What I'm Listening To
I listened to Dragons of Autumn Twilight, book 1 of the DragonLance Chronicles on the trip, and I've got it going in the hotel room.
Quote of the Week
Sigh. There are a number of deaths in my sphere this week. Howard Andrew Jones, an excellent author I was looking forward to really getting to know over the years, passed today. So did Bob Uecker.
And so did Bob Hill, my stepfather. I wish I'd gotten to know him too.
I'm in an odd mood where the Stoicism of Marcus Aurelius is a bit of a comfort.
"Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back." - Marcus Aurelius
Rob's Works in Progress
Sowing Spring’s Wrath (3,213)
Upcoming Events
ChattaCon, January 17-19, Chattanooga, TN chattacon.org/ I’m the Toastmaster!
FenCon, February 14-16, Dallas, TX fencon.org/
Gulf Wars, March 8-16, Lumberton, MS gulfwars.org/
GaryCon, March 20-23, Lake Geneva, WI garycon.com/
LibertyCon, June 20-22, Chattanooga, TN libertycon.org/
Pennsic War, July 25 – August 10, Slippery Rock, PA pennsicwar.org/
Tracked Items
My Weight Today: 362.2lbs
Updated Word Count: 2474
Let me know if you have any suggestions on the website, this email, or cool story ideas at rob@robhowell.org. Especially let me know of suggestions you have for the Spotlight section.
Have a great week, everyone.
Rob Howell
Creator of the Firehall Sagas Universe
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