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Queen's Own the Official Mercedes Lackey Fan Club P.O Queen's Own The Official Mercedes Lackey Fan Club P.O. Box 749 Laguna Beach, CA 92652 USA Series 3, Vol. 8, No. 3 March 1, 2007 Heyla, Misty fans! I apologize again for forgetting to send out this newsletter on the first of the month. Sheesh! I don’t know where the time goes anymore! I’ll keep this issue short so I can get it to you before April <g>. I still have no response to Misty’s offer to chat with you folks or give an interview about the Secret World Chronicle podcast. You can access them at http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/podcasts.html. Do let me know if you want me to follow up on this. Publication News: Fans of the Five Hundred Kingdom world will be happy to hear that they can start reading Fortune’s Fool, the most recent installment loosely based on a Russian folk tale, on March 1. On May 1, the mass-market paperback of When Darkness Falls, Book Three of the Obsidian Trilogy, will hit shelves. On May 7, keep your eyes (and ears!) open for an untitled Valdemar CD, the first in a series. Others with paperback preferences can anticipate the mass-market release of Music to My Sorrow: Bedlam’s Bard (another collaboration with Rosemary Edghill) on August. Many thanks to Herald Auryn for all of her hard work pulling information together for the newsletter! (As well as for the reminder that I was seriously delinquent in getting it out!) Happy St. Patrick’s Day and a joyous Spring to one and all! Zhai’helleva, Herald-Mage Adept Danya Winterborn ☼ Ren. Faires: Here are the Faires we know about for March. Faires are indexed alphabetically by state. Have any information about any other Renaissance Faires in your area? Send it to us at [email protected]. Arizona ARIZONA RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL. Website: www.renfestinfo.com. E-mail: [email protected]. Address: 12601 East Highway 60, Apache Junction, AZ 85219. Site Address: Six miles East of Apache Junction on Highway 60. Dates: 2/10/07 to 4/1/07. Open/Close: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. California AGOURA RENAISSANCE PLEASURE FAIRE REUNION. Website: www.dragondance.com/faire. E-mail: [email protected]. Address: 2116 Loma Vista Place, Los Angeles, CA 90039. Site Address: Paramount Ranch, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Dates: 3/20/07. Open/Close: 8 a.m. to sunset CALAVERAS CELTIC FESTIVAL. Website: www.calaverascelticfaire.com. E-mail: [email protected]. Address: PO Box 1381, Columbia, CA 95310. Site Address: Calaveras County Fairgrounds, Highway 49. Dates: 3/10/07 to 3/11/07. Open/Close: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Sunday till 5 p.m.) FRESNO CITY COLLEGE RENAISSANCE FAIRE. E-mail: [email protected]. Address: PO Box 5621, Fresno, CA 93755. Site Address: 1101 East University Avenue, west lawn of Fresno City College campus, Fresno. Dates: 3/17/07 to 3/18/07. Open/Close: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. PALM SPRINGS OLD WORLD RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL. Website: www.renaissanceinfo.com. E-mail: [email protected]. Address: PO Box 2959, Corona, CA 92878. Site Address: Frances Stevens Park, Palm Springs. Dates: 3/23/07 to 3/25/07. Open/Close: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Saturday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.) Florida BAY AREA RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL AT MOSI. Website: www.renaissancefest.com. E-mail: [email protected]. Address: 11315 North 46th Street, Tampa, FL 33617. Site Address: Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), 11315 North 46th Street, Tampa. Dates: 2/17/07 to 4/1/07. Open/Close: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. FLORIDA RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL. Website: www.ren-fest.com. E- mail: [email protected]. Address: 800 Northwest 57th Place, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309. Site Address: Quiet Waters Park, Deerfield Beach. Dates: 2/10/07 to 3/11/07. Open/Close: 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Louisiana ACADIANA MEDIEVAL FAIRE. Website: www.acadianafaire.org. E- mail: [email protected]. Address: PO Box 91072, Lafayette, LA 70509. Site Address: 100 Roy Road, Grand Coteau. Dates: 3/31/07 to 4/3/07. Open/Close: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. North Carolina NORTH CAROLINA RENAISSANCE FAIRE. Website: www.ncrenfaire.com. E-mail: [email protected]. Address: PO Box 61280, Raleigh, NC 27661. Site Address: North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Heritage Village, Raleigh.. Dates: 3/31/07 to 4/1/07. Open/Close: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oklahoma NORMAN MEDIEVAL FAIRE. Website: www.medievalfair.org. E-mail: [email protected]. University of Oklahoma, Medieval Faire, 1700, Asp., Norman, OK 73072. Site Address: Reaves Park. Dates: 3/30/07 to 4/1/07. Open/Close: 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Texas EXCALIBUR FANTASY FAIRE. Website: www.excaliburfaire.com. E- mail: [email protected]. Address: 6102 Amber Pass, Austin, TX 78745. Site Address: Avalon Isle Fairground, Dale. Dates: 3/10/07 to 4/8/07. Open/Close: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Sunday till 6 p.m.) FESTIVAL OF FOOLS MASQUED BALL. Website: www.fourwinds.com. E-mail: [email protected]. Address: 710 Highway 110 South, Whitehouse, TX 75791. Site Address: Vizcaya Ranch, ten miles south of Tyler. Dates: 3/31/07. Open/Close: 8 p.m. to midnight. FOUR WINDS RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL. Website: www.fourwindsfaire.com. E-mail: [email protected]. Address: 710 Highway 110 South, Whitehouse, TX 75791. Site Address: Vizcaya Ranch, fifteen miles south of Tyler. Dates: 3/3/07 to 4/22/07. Open/Close: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. For additional Ren. Faire information, visit the Renaissance Faire Homepage at http://www.renfaire.com/, the Renaissance Festival Directory at http://www.renaissancefestival.com/rendir.asp, and the Renaissance Magazine site at http://www.renaissancemagazine.com. Conventions: These are the upcoming cons we know about. Have any information about conventions in your area? Send it to us at [email protected]. California CON-X-TREME: WARRIORS. Website: www.con-x-treme.com. Site Address: Doubletree Hotel, 205 Gateway Place, San Jose. Dates: 3/16/07 to 3/18/07. THE ONE RING CELEBRATION 2007. Website: www.creationent.com/cal/one_ring.htm. E-mail: [email protected]. Site Address: Hilton Burbank Hotel and Convention Center, 2500 Hollywood Way, Burbank. Dates: 3/9/07 to 3/11/07. Georgia MOMOCON. Website: www.onegaistudions.com/momo. Site Address: Georgia Tech Student Center, 350 Ferst Drive, Atlanta. Dates: 3/17/07 to 3/18/07. New York I-CON. Website: www.iconsf.org. E-mail: [email protected]. Site Address: Stony Brook University. Dates: 3/23/07 to 3/25/07. North Carolina STELLARCON 31. Site Address: Radisson Hotel High Point, 135 North Main Street, High Point. Dates: 3/9/07 to 3/11/07. Pennsylvania STEEL CITY CON. Website: www.steelcitycon.com. Site Address: Pittsburgh Expomart, 105 Mall Boulevard, Monroeville. Dates: 3/23/07 to 3/25/07. Texas AGGIECON 38. Website: www.all-con.org. Site Address: Crowne Plaza Hotel North Dallas, 14315 Midway Road, Addison. Dates: 3/16/07 to 3/18/07. ALL-CON. Website: http://aggiecon.tamu.edu/index.html. Site Address: College Station, Texas A&M University. Dates: 3/22/07 to 3/25/07. Virginia MADICON. Website: www.madicon.org. E-mail: [email protected]. Site Address: James Madison University Festival Center, 1301 Carrier Drive, Harrisonburg. Dates: 3/9/07 to 3/11/07. Canada STARGATE CREATION CON. Website: www.creationent.com. E-mail: [email protected]. Site Address: Hilton Metrotown, 6083 McKay Avenue, Vancouver. Dates: 3/23/07 to 3/25/07. Croatia ISTRAKON. Website: www.istrakon.hr. E-mail: [email protected]. Site Address: Pazin. Dates: 3/23/07 to 3/ 25/07. For additional Convention information, visit Convention Outpost by Jenga at http://www.geocities.com/jengacons/ or the Sci-Fi Guide at http://scifi.about.com/blcon.htm. ☼ Member News: For definitions of our fannish jargon, read the 12-page booklet "Pros & Cons: An Introduction to Fandom" written by Elizabeth Barrette. Send $1.00 and a $0.37 stamp (or $1.00 and 2 IRCs) to Queen's Own, P.O. Box 749, Laguna Beach, CA, 92652. Make checks payable to "Linda Malcor" in US funds only. Local chapters: Arrows OnLine: Contact: Adept Grayfeather k'Varis (Kristi Reed). E-mail: [email protected]. Arrows OnLine is the AOL chapter of QO. Chats will be held the first and third Wednesdays of each month from 8-10 PM ET. Topics will be posted prior to chat, hopefully as soon as a month in advance for book discussions. Although we have the scheduled chat, the Companion's Grove is open 24/7, and anyone can come in for informal chat. As far as instructions on how to get there . there are lots of hoops to jump through now. Go to the books community, find the message board link, then find the "Author A- Z" message board, and find your way to the Mercedes Lackey boards from there. She's no longer a keyword, but hopefully with more traffic in the future that will change. If you don't want to jump through hoops, you can e-mail me directly, and I'll give you the links. The links to the chatroom will be on my "signature" on the boards. Friends of the Pelagirls: Contact: Morghan Savistr'i. Website: http://www.freewebs.com/unchainedatlantic/index.htm. E-mail: [email protected]. Under new care! Friends of the Pelagirls, the Mid Atlantic Chapter of Queens Own, is looking for new members, co-moderators for Lists and Subgroups, as well as those who would like to attend Writers groups in their area! Please e-mail Morghan Savistr'i at [email protected] or visit our new site http://www.freewebs.com/unchainedatlantic/index.htm for more information! We look forward to growing with you! German Heartstone: Website: http://www.heartstone.de.
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