I Highly Recommend Taiwan – Go Visit
Written by the illustrious Jay Swanson My trip to Taiwan marks my first entry into Asia, making it my fourth out of seven continents (according to my education in the USA). It’s highly westernized,...
View ArticleOn Conventions and the People that Make them Great
Written by the illustrious Jay Swanson I’ve been to four conventions now. I had booths at two of them and then just schmoozed my way through the rest. Entering the convention scene as an unknown is...
View ArticleArtwork from Into the Nanten on Display: Coeur Coffeehouse
Written by the illustrious Jay Swanson I made this weird transition where I lost my job five months before my contract was set to be up and found myself writing in a coffee shop nearly every day. This...
View ArticleInto the Nanten Hand-Bound Leather Journal – Kickstarter Reward
Written by the illustrious Jay Swanson Last year the highest reward to get snagged during my Kickstarter for Journal 2 of Into the Nanten was the hand-bound leather journal I made as a reproduction of...
View ArticleMy First Signing – Shadows of the Highridge
Written by the illustrious Jay Swanson Vandalizing Books Since 2011 While I’ve signed books before, I’ve never been invited to do so by an establishment that I hadn’t broken into. Until now. My first...
View ArticleThe Worst Unboxing Ever – Vlog
Written by the illustrious Jay Swanson I never thought I’d have an unboxing that I could describe as the worst unboxing ever. It was just over a month ago that I found out I was losing my job – that...
View ArticleInto the Nanten – Thicker, Heavier, and Late to the Party
Written by the illustrious Jay Swanson Two months ago I ordered a bunch of books for a signing at Auntie’s Bookstore in Spokane. At the time, my main concern was getting Shadows of the Highridge in...
View ArticleThe Mighty Jay Swanson Blog Tour – 2016
Written by the illustrious Jay Swanson It’s time to hit the road and see the sights. I’ll be going on a two-week blog tour starting next week and would love it if you came along, poked your head in,...
View ArticleTen Things I Learned from Casey Neistat
For the Three of You Living Under a Rock Casey Neistat is one of the single most transformative YouTubers to grace our Chromecasts since the internet was a twinkle in Al Gore’s eye. It actually feels...
View ArticleNerdCon: Stories – The After – Lessons Learned
NerdCon: Stories did three things for me: It solidified my conviction that cons are worth the time, effort, and money It introduced me to a bunch of fantastic people from all walks It left me certain...
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