Salt Lake City Utah FantasyCon 2014 Ticket Giveaway #1

 

FantasyCon is coming to Salt Lake City, Utah on July 3-5, at the Salt Palace Convention Center. This is going to be an amazing event, something you have never expereienced before. This isn't ComicCon at all, it's a unique fantasy adventure. From fantasycon.com web site:

FantasyCon brings you the next biggest thing in fan conventions: a fully immersive, interactive experience that turns fantasy into reality and attendees into participants. More than a con, it’s a circus, a Las Vegas show, movie theater, battle arena, major theme park ride, a living dreamscape—designed and created by world-renowned fantasy artists, set designers, and professional costume and makeup artists. At FantasyCon, you’ll be surrounded by live performers, realistic battles, jugglers, magicians, professional cosplayers—and a towering, smoke-breathing dragon. Oh yeah, we also have quality dealer booths and exciting panel sessions like the other cons—if you have time to squeeze them into your action-packed weekend.
Now’s your chance to live in your fantasy world and become the hero, wizard, commander, princess, or sneaky villain you’ve always wanted to be. #Jointheadventure

I'm really excited to attend FantasyCon, and I want to share my excitement with you. I have several tickets to give away, and here is what you need to do to be entered in this fun give away. Here are the rules:

• I will randomly pick one person from the comments below


• You must have followed all the instructions if your name is selected to win the tickets


• I get to make the final decision if you get the tickets, because, well, this is my contest


• I'll mail you the tickets, it's easiest for me


• If you comment more than once, you'll be eliminated, once is all you need


• If you win a ticket, you aren't eligible to win any more tickets

I'll be giving away TWO separate Adult General Admission tickets for Thursday July 3rd. The instructions are easy; comment below why you're excited to attend FantasyCon. Next share this post on at least one of your social networks (using the buttons provided at the top of this post). I'll randomly pick a winner from those who comment below on Friday 6-11-2014.

More ticket giveaways over the next few days. Also, this is a new video just released, and gives you an inside look at what to expect at FantasyCon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2mzxgB0-pQ

Disclaimer: This ticket giveaway is sponsored by me, and I have the final say in who wins the tickets. The tickets were provided by http://www.fantasycon.com

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Salt Lake Comic Con 2013

Comic Con in Salt Lake City was certainly a success for sponsors and more or less for fans. The mother of Comic Cons in San Diego California had approximately 130,000 attendees, and Salt Lake, a first year con, had nearly 80,000 attendees on the final day. By noon on Saturday, the fire marshal threatened to shut the Salt Palace down because of potential safety risks. Some ticket holders were turned away, what a disappointment.

Generally I was pretty impressed with the organization and the quality of artists and panel speakers. There were several instances of confusion, especially the registration system meltdown on Saturday, and lack of attendees willing to pay additional money to high-profile celebs speak (William Shatner being one).

Now on to the positive. The art displayed was amazing. The image above is a life-size replica of the White Orc from The Hobbit, created by Weta Workshop. The New Zealand company had a great showing. There were also a number of well-known artists and just as many indie guys showing off their wares.

Overall I would say as a con goer this was an impressive first showing. There are obviously kinks to work out, and the group has a year to make it happen. I purchased some books and comics which I'll link to below.

The Runelords by David Farland. David is a great writer and has several books on the market. Checkout his Amazon page here. (Affiliate link)

Met an author named Michaelbrent Collins, yes, spelt correctly. A lady working at his booth sold me on a unique zombie story called The Colony: Genesis. On the back of the jacket it reads "In under 10 minutes, 99.9% of the world's population will be dead... Or changed. Conversion is instant. Headshots just make them angry. And they're getting smarter." Wow what a great hook. Had me, so I bought. Hope the story lives up to the great description.

Then I ran into a graphic novelist named Dixon Mullins, who has created a series called M.I.S//ing, a take on he IT world. Seemed pretty cool, and she had a great deal so I bought. Looking forward to reading the three volumes I purchased.

One final note, I've been to dozens of cons and I'm a little more strategic than most. I plan and plan my schedule for efficiency, giving me time to see everything, eat, drink, pee, and learn. I wish more people did this, I think the overall experience would be better.

See ya next year. (Get the VIP pass for sure).

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The Cipher By Diana Pharaoh Francis

In September I attended MountainCon III where I met author Diana Pharaoh Francis. At the time of MountainCon her new book The Cipher hadn't been officially released but she was able to read some of the book to us during one panel discussion. I purchased all three of her published books, Path of Fate, Path of Honor and Path of Blood. I was very excited for The Cipher to come out, and today I picked it up at Barnes and Noble. It's been out for about a month but this is the first chance I've had to pick it up. I would recommend getting all four books, but especially The Cipher.

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