I did a nice thing for a stranger today. I’m not going to bother saying what it was, or give any details about the interaction beyond saying that it cost me zero dollars, just a few seconds of my time,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Trae’s Blog
113 results.
With No Brand Con 2026 in the rearview, I think it’s time to talk about the business of running a small, nonprofit convention. This year was genuinely really good for us, and kind of a miracle. Events like ours usually[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So we announced it a little while back, but I’m excited to say that the first print collection of Peregrine Lake is now officially on sale! That’s right, all of Ethan’s gorgeous artwork (and my acceptable writing) could be in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I’m in the middle of prepping for two events: UWEC Baron County GEEKCon on April 25th and No Brand Con the weekend after from May 1-3. And yeah, it’s as exhausting as it sounds like. The con prep for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I’m in the middle of prepping for two events: UWEC Barron County GEEKCon on April 25th and No Brand Con the weekend after from May 1-3. And yeah, it’s as exhausting as it sounds like. The con prep for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So say you’re sitting down to dinner after a long day of travel. You’re in the dining room of one of the historic inns in the Indiana State Park system — let’s say, the Potawatomi Inn at Pokagon State Park[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, a lot of you probably know that I am part of the group of people who run No Brand Con. Frankly, if you didn’t, you’re probably new here. It’s an anime con. Wisconsin’s longest running anime con to be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This morning I went down to Collector’s Con here in Eau Claire. It’s a fun little con, and I stopped by last year too. I thought about selling there (since I’m at, like, literally every other con in town) but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Convention season is upon us, and it’s time to kick off the year for me with Evercon 2026 in Wausau, WI! Well Rothschild, really — but if Syfy can conflate the two, so can I. I mean, it pretty much[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
