In the epilogue of Wild Magic, Daine completes one final task at Pirate’s Swoop. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to finish Wild Magic.
In the eighteenth chapter of Deadline, I am going to need my life to stop giving me terrifying things to read one after another because this week has been stressful. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read Deadline.
In the tenth chapter of Wild Magic, BE STILL MY HEART. No, seriously, be still. You are beating too fast. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read Wild Magic.
Actually, I think it’ll be easier if I keep this post separate and let the voting page disappear into obscurity.
The 2013 Mark Does Stuff Tour
February 2: DISNEYLAND EXTRAVAGANZA Part 1: Spend 10am – 5pm with Mark in California Adventure and Disneyland.
February 2: DISNEYLAND EXTRAVAGANZA Part 2: Spend 6pm – 9pm with Mark in Downtown Disney. RSVP and details here.
March 1-2: ConNooga!
Here is the OFFICIAL schedule for my two days at ConNooga:
March 1
5:00 – 7:30pm: Mark Watches New Moon live (Finley Lecture Hall)
8:00 – 9:00pm: Mark Watches The X-Files discussion panel (Gallery A)
9:00 – 10:00pm: Criticism from a Critic – How To Criticize! (Gallery A)
March 2
4:00 – 5:00pm: Mark Does Stuff Panel/Q&A Convention Center Panel Room #15
5:00 – 7:00pm: Mark Reads Bad Fic Convention Center Panel Room #15
8:30 – 9:30pm: Mystery XXX Theater Town Hall (Upper Level)
March 3: Atlanta, GAÂ Manuel’s Tavern, 5:30pm – 8:00pm
March 4: New Orleans, LAÂ Village Coffee & Tea, 6:00pm – 8:30pm
March 6: Houston, TXÂ The Hobbit Cafe, 6:00pm – 9:00pm
March 7: San Antonio, TXÂ The Cove, 7:30pm – WHENEVER WE LEAVE
March 8: Austin, TXÂ Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, 6 – 8pm
March 9: Dallas, TXÂ Lucky Dug Books – Oak Cliff, 6 – 8pm
March 10: Arlington, TXÂ Spend a day at Six Flags Over Texas, 10am – 10pm!
March 13: Chicago, ILÂ Overflow Coffee Bar, STUDIO C, 7:30pm – 9:30pm
March 14: Minneapolis, MNÂ Geek Partnership Society @ The Waterbury Building 6pm – 9pm
March 15: St. Louis, MOÂ Blueberry Hill Pac-Man Room, 7 – 9pm
March 16: Indianapolis, IN
March 17: Cincinnati, OHÂ Sitwell’s, 8pm – whenever!
March 18: Columbus, OHÂ Kafe Kerouac, 7pm – 9pm
March 19: Cleveland, OHÂ Mac’s Backs-Books on Coventry, 6:30 – 8:30pm
March 20: Toledo, OHÂ Aladdin’s Eatery, 7pm – 9pm
March 21: Ann Arbor, MIÂ House Party! (Details on FB page)
March 22: Toronto, ONÂ Handlebar, 7pm – whenever!
March 23: Ottawa, ONÂ Raw Sugar Cafe, 3pm – 5pm
March 24: Montreal, PQÂ 2110 Centre For Gender Advocacy, Suite 404, 3pm – 6pm
March 25: Boston, MAÂ Refuge Cafe in Allston, 6:30pm – 9:00pm
March 26: Providence, RIÂ Adams Memorial Library in Central Falls 6pm – 8pm
March 27: Syracuse, NYÂ Le Moyne College, 6:30pm – WHENEVER WE FINISH
March 28: New York City, NYÂ Think Coffee Basement (248 Mercer) 7 – 9:30pm
March 29: D.C. Day #1
March 30: D.C. Day #2Â Goethe-Institut Gallery, 2 – 5pm
For the 2 D.C. days: based on what venue I book, one will be at U.M.D. again, and the other will be in D.C. proper. The demand was SUPER high but too many folks couldn’t make it to the UMD event because it was so far away, so I’ll be back with TWO DATES planned to end the tour.
Please RSVP in the comments or on Facebook if it’s linked. This is the only way I have to get a sense for how big a date will be. PLEASE DO THIS. A certain city THAT SHALL REMAIN UNNAMED did not do this and our venue was not big enough. COUGH COUGH DENVER COUGH COUGH. I’m happy to have a packed house, but it adds stress to me if a date is overbooked. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE RSVP. (I am aware there are no FB links yet. They are coming once I finalize stuff!)
Note: I will be in Portland and London/Europe this summer for BOTH LeakyCons, and I’ll have events outside of the con, so I won’t go to either place on this tour. I will book a second leg of the tour this summer prior to LeakyCon to visit all my lovely West Coast cities.
How can you help? Please let me know if you have access to or know of a good venue to host a meet-up. On last year’s tours, we held our events in: restaurants, library meeting rooms, hotel meeting rooms, the basement of a coffee shop, university lecture rooms, etc. Find a way for your school “club” to “host” me! Seriously, I don’t care where it is. As long as we have a place indoors where we can be a bit silly and noisy, that’s all that matters. I do not need to be paid for any appearances, so that should help if you’re trying to convince someone to let me make an appearance. All events, as much as I can control it, will be free and donation-based only.
If you also have a place I could crash for the night or the following day, that would also help, as touring is IMMENSELY expensive, and making the cost lower means I can tour longer and in more places. Also, this year, I do not want to do 12 Greyhound trips in a row because I wanted to DIE after that last year. If you want to roadtrip to multiple events, I am also open to this! Please contact me at the email address below if you’d like to have me annoy you for hours in a car.
Anyway, I would like to spend the ENTIRE month of March on the road, so let it fly. Comment, RSVP on any Facebook pages linked up above, and if you’d like to contact me privately, my email is markreadsandwatches [at] gmail [dot] com.Â
I dearly hope to meet many of you. This is going to RULE. LET’S GET TO WORK.
In the seventeenth chapter of Deadline, is it normal for a book to cause this much anxiety? No? Well, if you’re intrigued, then it’s time for me to read Deadline.
In the ninth chapter of Wild Magic, YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!! Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read Wild Magic.
In the sixteenth chapter of Deadline, Shaun is held accountable for what he’s done. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read Deadline.
LET’S. DO. IT. Y’all, it is high time I head back on the road to meet some of you and celebrate this wacky community we have here. I SHALL GO FORTH, I SHALL READ TERRIBLE THINGS TO YOU, AND WE SHALL BE MERRY.
This post will act as the placeholder for this tour as it develops, so you can always check back as details develop. I won’t spread this over multiple posts. Bookmark this page!
The 2013 Mark Does Stuff Tour
2/2: DISNEYLAND EXTRAVAGANZA Part 1: Spend 10am – 5pm with Mark in California Adventure and Disneyland.
2/2: DISNEYLAND EXTRAVAGANZA Part 2: Spend 6pm – 9pm with Mark in Downtown Disney. RSVP and details here.
3/1 – 3/2: ConNooga! I will have five HUGE panels I’m running spread over Friday and Saturday.
March 3: Atlanta, GA
March 4: New Orleans, LA
March 6: Houston, TX
March 7: San Antonio, TX
March 8: Austin, TX
March 9: Dallas, TX
March 10: Denton, TX
March 13: Chicago, IL
March 14: Minneapolis, MN
March 15: St. Louis, MO
March 16: Indianapolis, IN
March 17: Cincinnati, OH
March 18: Columbus, OH
March 19: Cleveland, OH
March 20: MARK DOES STUFF DAY AT CEDAR POINT OH MY GOD
March 21: Ann Arbor, MI
March 22: Toronto, ON
March 23: Ottawa, ON
March 24: Montreal, PQ
March 25: Boston, MA
March 26: Providence, RI
March 27: Syracuse, NY
March 28: New York City, NY
March 29: D.C. Day #1
March 30: D.C. Day #2
For the 2 D.C. days: based on what venue I book, one will be at U.M.D. again, and the other will be in D.C. proper. The demand was SUPER high but too many folks couldn’t make it to the UMD event because it was so far away, so I’ll be back with TWO DATES planned to end the tour.
For the Cedar Point day: It’s been a dream of mine to return to Cedar Point. If it’s possible, I’d like to roadtrip with people from Cleveland out to Sandusky because there’s no way I want to take Amtrak/Greyhound there. That way, we can get early and have a carpool party. For my Ann Arbor date on the 21st, I can leave out of Cleveland OR Toledo, so if someone from Toledo wants to give me a place to crash, I would love it.
Note: I will be in Portland and London/Europe this summer for BOTH LeakyCons, and I’ll have events outside of the con, so I won’t go to either place on this tour. I will book a second leg of the tour this summer prior to LeakyCon to visit all my lovely West Coast cities.
How can you help? Please let me know if you have access to or know of a good venue to host a meet-up. On last year’s tours, we held our events in: restaurants, library meeting rooms, hotel meeting rooms, the basement of a coffee shop, university lecture rooms, etc. Find a way for your school “club” to “host” me! Seriously, I don’t care where it is. As long as we have a place indoors where we can be a bit silly and noisy, that’s all that matters. I do not need to be paid for any appearances, so that should help if you’re trying to convince someone to let me make an appearance. All events, as much as I can control it, will be free and donation-based only.
If you also have a place I could crash for the night or the following day, that would also help, as touring is IMMENSELY expensive, and making the cost lower means I can tour longer and in more places. Also, this year, I do not want to do 12 Greyhound trips in a row because I wanted to DIE after that last year. If you want to roadtrip to multiple events, I am also open to this! Please contact me at the email address below if you’d like to have me annoy you for hours in a car.
Anyway, I would like to spend the ENTIRE month of March on the road, so let it fly. Comment, RSVP on any Facebook pages linked up above, and if you’d like to contact me privately, my email is markreadsandwatches [at] gmail [dot] com.Â
I dearly hope to meet many of you. This is going to RULE. LET’S GET TO WORK.
Hello, folks! This is a little untraditional, but I like sharing some of the commissions I get with y’all, and this one in particular is pretty awesome. Generally, I just stick my videos in my YouTube Channel and put them on Twitter, but in this case, this massive Sherlock fic I just read is worthy of some additional attention.
In the eighth chapter of Wild Magic, Daine adjusts to life at Pirate’s Swoop, only to discover that her abilities have a surprising purpose. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read Wild Magic.
