{"id":661,"date":"2006-07-15T16:39:16","date_gmt":"2006-07-15T16:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aeoneal.com\/blog\/?p=661"},"modified":"2018-08-18T16:42:21","modified_gmt":"2018-08-18T16:42:21","slug":"context-the-writers-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aeoneal.com\/blog\/context-the-writers-con\/","title":{"rendered":"Context, the writer&#8217;s con"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Context is a sci fi\/fantasy conference in Columbus, Ohio. I had the pleasure of doing a couple of program covers. This is one I most enjoyed: a dragon, captivated by a book to the exclusion of the alien invasion and vampire drama raging around her. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image text-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"928\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aeoneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/context-xix.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aeoneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/context-xix.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.aeoneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/context-xix-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.aeoneal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/context-xix-136x180.jpg 136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>Cover, Context XIX program. Ink + digital color; my concept and art.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"top-30\">The actual program printed in black and white, but I typically enhance my stippling with watercolor or digital color.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-661\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aeoneal.com\/blog\/context-the-writers-con\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-661\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aeoneal.com\/blog\/context-the-writers-con\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-661\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aeoneal.com\/blog\/context-the-writers-con\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Program cover for a writer&#8217;s conference: a dragon, captivated by a book to the exclusion of the alien invasion and vampire drama raging around her.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-661\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aeoneal.com\/blog\/context-the-writers-con\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-661\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aeoneal.com\/blog\/context-the-writers-con\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-661\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aeoneal.com\/blog\/context-the-writers-con\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[100,98,99],"class_list":["post-661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design","tag-fun","tag-graphic-design","tag-print"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9aciW-aF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":68,"url":"https:\/\/www.aeoneal.com\/blog\/challenging-occams-razor\/","url_meta":{"origin":661,"position":0},"title":"Messy is fun: challenging Occam&#8217;s razor","date":"March 8, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The scientific method is the most popular form of scientific inquiry, because it provides measurable testing of a given hypothesis. 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