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This image is a composite of two square images. At left it says, “SoonerCon 31 June 30-July2, 2023,” superimposed over a science fictional-looking image. Farther down on a multicolored design are the words, “What is Harlan Zephyr Up To?” Then it says, “SOONERRCON 31 IS JUNE 30-JULY 2, 2023 Embassy Suites Hotel & Conference Center in Norman.” At right is a screen-grab from a video on the SoonerCon Facebook Page shows three images from past shows and auctions. Across the top a runner reads, “Oklahoma’s Premier Pop Culture Convention.” Below that, it says, “Check out the Art Show & Charity Auction,” and “SoonerCon 31, June 30-July 2, 2023.”
A SoonerCon 31 Summary

A SoonerCon 31 Summary

By Jan S. Gephardt I promised a SoonerCon 31 summary, and I mean to deliver in today’s post. But this overview won’t be our last glimpse of SoonerCon. I love this convention, and I’m already looking forward to next year’s event. However – as at every convention – this one provided some “learning takes.” Our dealers table experiment continues, although after SoonerCon 31 the effort is looking ever more dubious as a genuinely money-making proposition. We had another unfortunate entomological…

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Clockwise from upper left, book covers for “Nine Coaches Waiting,” “A Place to Call Home,” “Pride and Prejudice,” “Real Men Knit,” and “Heroes Are My Weakness.”
Pickup Lines: How to Start a Romance

Pickup Lines: How to Start a Romance

By G. S. Norwood Good opening sentences are like pickup lines at a bar.  An author wants you to spend some pleasant time with her book.  Maybe develop a lasting relationship with her characters.  What can she say in that moment when your eye first meets her page?  How should she start a romance with her reader, as well as a romance between her characters?  Today I want to look at some of the pickup lines that helped me start…

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