L.A. ALERT: A little Trekland/Con of Wrath invasion for Gallifrey One!

Wow! Convention season 2014 is off and running!  Even if "Who" is what it's about.

Yep, Shaun Lyon has once again invited Dr. Trek to be a part of Gallifrey One, the largest Who con in the world, and once again a sell-out at the LAX Marriott this weekend in its 25th edition.


Despite the focus on Doctors who use a screwdriver instead of a hypo, I've been assured—and seen first-hand—that there is a place for Trek at Galley. It's "a change-of-pace" for the travelers who show up for this mega-con who still have more than one interest.

So, come find me at my Trekland table—I'll have Stellar Cartography and Trekland: On Speaker CDs and off-bid Trekland Trunk trinkets of all kinds!

Most of all, I'll for sure be around for these showtimes:

Friday:
—1:30 pm, Program C: The 2014 debut edition of the Trekland "Between the Cracks" show: gabbing about the state of Trek and the boom in Trek nonfiction… and of course ST Continues in post-premiere week!  (The pocket program does not mention "Star Trek," so help me spread that concept across to the "new" Whovians with a wandering eye.)

Saturday: 
—1 pm, Program D: Crowdfunding 101: I'll be among those talking about Kickstarter, Indigogo, and whatever's been invented in the last 47 minutes to help on projects like The Con of Wrath, Star Trek Continues, and whatever else The Suits are neglecting to give us.

—2 pm, Program C: RUR Genesis Preview screening and panel (left): Adaptor/director James Kerwin asked me to moderate the panel for his new project updating the classic 1918 pioneering robot/sci-fi play with Chase Masterson, Kipleigh Brown, and assistant director Joshua Lou Friedman. This is a wonderfully conceived setting in mod 1968, the actual setting of the play (by the writer-director of the next Star Trek Continues episode).

—11 pm-1 am in Program E: Our first  "Dr. Trek" Show meetup-fundraiser of the year for The Con of Wrath documentary—and my first at Gallifrey! It will be an experiment among the Whovians, but let's go! We'll start up after the masquerade is over. Thanks to Shaun for finding us space rather than dragging outside the Marriott…and, as always, you put in $20 for two hours of prize trivia, rare Trek video, clips from the doc… and late-night Trek tales I shouldn't be telling!

If you can, go Join the Facebook Event page right now.

Lag's over— just in time for Grand Slam & Gallifrey!

You will please excuse my absence the past three weeks from TREKLAND, guys'n'gals—although you might catch me at the right moment late-night at Trekland on Facebook, and on Twitter. (On a break. In tiny, tiny little time windows.)  Did I spoil you with that flurry of posts and videos here in December?

You see, deadlines and shoot schedules are a cruel master*. But what I need to let you know this week is that I'll be on hand for two—count'em TWO—conventions this President's Day weekend in SoCal:

—This FRIDAY, I'll be at the annual Gallifrey One con at the LAX Marriott—nominally a huge Who con, my buddy Shaun Lyon has enough "media" guests and programming in that there's plenty to support crossover Trek fans.

My "Between the Cracks 2013" panel show is at 1:30 pm for an hour, PLUS I'll be tabling as well with news of some Trek stored stuff to sell, hopefully locally.

—And SATURDAY, for the resurrection of their big Grand Slam Sci-Fi Summit brand, I'll see you there while sharing a table with De Kelley biographer Terry Rioux (her book at left), with Tour and CD info a-plenty.

And Sunday? Who knows where I'll perch. You'll hear about it on Facebook and Twitter, at least.

On BOTH sites, I'll have Trekland on CD copies for sale, info on what's different for the 2013 Trek "LA2Vegas" film site tour... and I hope to have night-time meetup-fundraisers again at one or both cons for The Con of Wrath, as we gear up for a new film round this March. Con fans across the country came out all last year, but I've never had one of these "shows" in my home town—well, new home, anyway.

And part of the magic is that they are impromptu—so stay tuned on all subspace Twitter and Facebook channels if you are not present but nearby, and want to jump in.

And then, I promise—more Trekland here very very soon.* A bunch has been going on all over, in case you too are behind.






*Let me just say—quickly for now—that I still have our David Goodman video series to finish posting, PLUS video from the Star Trek Continues shoot in January (and yes, I have still-fresh thoughts on that incredible odyssey of playing McCoy to share, when I catch a breath). I've even picked up a fan club (oh boy). Plus all that other Trek going on on Blu-rays and such. (I hear there's a movie or something, coming.)

See you in the Peach Capital—and more ...

Fer now, sho nuff, hope to see y'all among the other Deep Dixie hard-core Treklanders in Atlanta this weekend in the debut edition of Trek Trax Atlanta, organized by former Dragon*Con Trek track runner Eric Watts.  Tim "Tuvok" Russ and Barbara March & Gwynyth Walsh, the Duras sisters and fan faves all, will be on hand along with a slew of fellow authors and Farragut fan film folks. I hope to have a few choice funsies to share from the weekend here ....  and some big news of my own this weekend. Stay tuned on that>

Bottom line: It's not too late to make it down and get by the Holiday Inn-Atlanta Perimeter starting 6pm for Friday night's shows!

Down the road, we'll be up once again at Seattle's Emerald City ComiCon, too—with the debut of the 2011 "Between the Cracks" show and some more twivia tweet-ups with our podcasting buds Seattle Geekly! More on that later, too ...

And hey: We may be out of town, but if you're anywhere near SoCal this weekend, you better get your butt over to Gallifrey One near LAX to join Shaun Lyon and all the fun tweeps hanging out there. It's NOT just for Whovians anymore, you know... it's where I'd be on any other President's Day weekend!