Geeking by in January & February: Monthly Update

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It’s a bumper addition of Geeking By monthly updates today as RL forced me to take multiple breaks from blogging over the past few months. I’m skipping over the end of last year because other than Christmas not a whole lot happened as it was filled with helping Chris’ mum sell her house and move into ours. It was all consuming and I don’t want to relive it by regurgitating it for you guys, so you’re just going to have to imagine that one! Let’s start with where Just Geeking By is at: I can’t talk about one without the other as they’ve both beenRead More →

7 Places to Shop for Fandom Geeks!

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Welcome to the first gift guide in the Ultimate Gift Guide series for geeks! First up is fandom geeks. If you missed the introduction post yesterday here’s a reminder of what a fandom geek is: Fandom geeks can be identified by their love for one or more fandoms; according to Urban Dictionary a fandom is: “A fandom is a group, or community, of people who like a game, book, or specific topic”. In the Ultimate Guides introduction we discussed how to identify your geek, and now it’s time to get to the fun part; shopping! This aim of this guide is to introduce you toRead More →

Inktober 2018 Prompts - Fandom & RPG

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Welcome to the fourth in a series of posts featuring prompts for Inktober – This week the theme is Fandom and RPGs! If you’re not familiar with Inktober I’ll be going into more detail in just a moment but basically, it is an art prompt that takes place every October using only ink. There is a set prompt list created by the original Inktober founder, however, it has become such a wonderful community project now that there are so many new prompts popping up each year. Every year Inktober is responsible for the creation of so much fantastic art and connecting people with new artists.Read More →

Just Geeking by in March

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Umm…. where the hell did March go?! It feels like I just finished February’s geeking by post, and I almost didn’t realise this one was due out. Woops! It really doesn’t feel like I did much at all for most of this month and then bam, The Sci Fi Weekender convention (22nd – 25th) was suddenly upon us. Since I’m dedicating a whole post to that experience that might mean this monthly update is a bit on the wee side of things. ((Image from Public Domain Images.))   All Clear Let’s start with what has been the elephant in the room for me for aRead More →