Here are the videos from last weekend's Great Lakes Comic Con

It was so great to get to a comic con again -- this author has really not been to many since COVID. And the last time I went to this particular show, the Great Lakes Comic Con at the Macomb Expo Center in Michigan, was actually right before the COVID lockdowns when two of the cast members of the classic "Shazam!" Saturday-morning TV series were appearing. What a good time that was, and this past Saturday at the show was just as bright. See Sunday's post for some photos from the event, and here are the BRBTV videos from Saturday:

Thanks again to the wonderful cast members for your love and care for the fans over the weekend, and thanks to Howard, Chris and everyone I spoke with on Saturday!

What a great time it was getting "Lost" at the Great Lakes Comic Con

The folks at the Great Lakes Comic Con, which is taking place this weekend at the Macomb Expo Center / Macomb Community College in Michigan, offer a really nice opportunity to get "Lost" with the cast members of the classic 1970s TV show "Land of the Lost": Will and Holly -- Wesley Eure and Kathy Coleman -- as well as Cha-Ka, aka Phillip Paley. And wow, a whole jungle scene of wonderful atmospherics provided by super-fans Howard and his wife Marsha: Dopey and his cart, oversized strawberries, the "Beware of Sleestak" sign, a Pylon, and more. Plus, fellow fan Chris made an amazing matrix table replica that actually lights up. Here are a few pics from yesterday, and look for video coverage of the event this week on the BRBTV YouTube channel, including the full panel discussion. You can also see photos from the event at the "LOTL" Facebook group.

Photos by Billie Rae Bates / BRBTV

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Announcing the audio versions of "Tonda Sky" and "Enie"

Amazon did an amazing thing recently -- they made it super-easy to publish audio versions of books on their Kindle Direct Publishing platform, which is where this author has a bunch of her own books. I've always had an interest over the years in doing an audio version of one or more of my novels, but I just didn't know how to go about it. And I always had so many projects going on at once, anyway, so I never had much time for that particular learning curve. Now, with the advancements in artificial intelligence, Amazon is beta-testing automaticagically generated audiobooks in the KDP, and I just published my first two. The first was the recently released "Tonda Sky" science-fiction novel -- my very first book, written in college, as you'll see in this November 15, 2023 post. The second is "Enie: A Story of Redemption," which will always be my favorite novel for various important reasons.

These audio books are available on both Amazon and Audible. The KDP platform gives you a choice of several different virtual voices, so I chose voices that I felt fit the tone and message of these books. These unabridged audiobooks are both priced low, and you can even get them free with a membership trial. "Tonda Sky" is a shorter novel -- actually geared toward younger readers -- and it clocks in at 8 hours of listening time. "Enie," though, is a whopping 19 hours. Wow, that's a nice long time to get involved in the story while you're driving or working a jigsaw puzzle or whatever. I love that Amazon has done this! So check them out and let me know what you think.

Terrific TV Toys: "Dallas" truck by Greenlight Hollywood, 2013

So if you're picturing a set of toy miniature vehicles a la Hot Wheels celebrating the great classic primetime soap "Dallas," what do you think of? Bobby Ewing's hot little red Mercedes convertible? Jock Ewing's stately Lincoln? J.R.'s Cadillac or Lincoln? That's not quite what you're getting with this set from Greenlight Hollywood released about a decade ago. In fact, BRBTV must admit that when we snagged this blue Chevy pickup truck, we racked our brains a bit on where on earth it appeared in the episodes. The answer -- along with a glimpse of the website where you can look up this fun fact and so much more -- is in the latest episode of the T3 series ...

See what else is on the Terrific TV Toys playlist.