While my LeakyCon 2013 review is forthcoming, I wanted to feature a few of my favorite events individually. Not Literally, Literally Live! was one of those favorite events. Even though they were at LeakyCon in 2012, I must have been busy at the time of their event, because I don’t remember them. I was working…
In honor of the 15th anniversary of the release of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in the United States, Scholastic is releasing new artwork for the paperback editions of the entire series. They are designed by award-winning illustrator Kazu Kibuishi and will be released in September 2013. Each new cover has been revealed live…
LeakyCon.com released some very helpful logistical details about A Very Potter Senior Year yesterday, regarding lines and recordings. I want to write today not only about the lines, because I can all but confirm that I will be the main stage volunteer coordinator for this event and I want things to go smoothly, but also…
It’s hard to believe that in just three short weeks from today, I will be on a plane to Chicago. It’s even harder to believe that it was already a year ago today when I was on a plane back from Orlando. Last year, I attended my first convention, LeakyCon 2011, where I had the…
As many Pottermore fans have already been made aware, the first four chapters of Chamber of Secrets have now been made available to all members. Slytherin House, who won the Inaugural House Cup for Sorcerer’s Stone–which didn’t include any last minute points announcements by Dumbledore, making this Pottermore House Cup win very non-canon–were granted access…
I am determined to make this my last post about LeakyCon. After I finish this tonight, I’m going to take a break from the Internet (including all social media and my websites/blogs) for a while. I understand that my posts have been few and far between (but wordy) in the first place, but that’s because…
I interrupt my planned post about my three very full days at LeakyCon with this bulletin: while I was in Orlando, Florida, my car was in St. Paul, Minnesota. Why was it there? Well, I drove from my home in northwestern Minnesota to my friend’s house by St. Paul. Jeff was my college roommate, and…
As I wrote about in a previous post, I went to the “Open at the Close” event two weeks ago. I didn’t write about the different shops in the Harry Potter theme park, because I didn’t have the time. I think the most significant part of the park is not really Hogwarts, but Hogsmeade. Honeydukes,…
What is even more exciting for me than preparing for my first Harry Potter convention is that I get to spend over a week with my college roommate, Jeff, or as I sometimes call him, Animal, or JKO2. He’s a pretty cool guy. He’s just spent the last three months backpacking across eastern Europe, the…