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GaryOak


Writing graduate who loves cartoon horses and all manner of silly things. Occasionally writes serious stories. A divine Swedish woman drew this avatar.

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Jun
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2014

Today is my 27th birthday! Lots of big announcements inside! · 9:43pm Jun 12th, 2014

Man, 27 is a big number. Yikes. Luckily, I've been sticking with my writing regime pretty well so far. I may not end up sticking with 1,500 words today because I'm going out to a nice dinner with my parents. Yay!

Now where was I? Oh, yes, announcements. Erm.

Let's start with two convention announcements! Because I love talking to people about writing.

I will be attending Everfree Northwest once again this year, this time as a panelist. Pre-registration is only open for another 24 hours, so make sure you RSVP soon if you plan on attending! As some of you know, Everfree Northwest has a very impressive lineup of panelists and writing events—the best out of any convention. Of the events listed, I will be speaking at the Making the Big Time, How to Write a Villain/The Redemption of Evil, and How to Write a Good Comedy panels. I'm the backup panelist for Literary Merit, as well. In addition, I will endeavour to be at most of the other writing panels and the hang outs and other events. So please, come and say hi! I'd love to meet you.

I will also be returning to Bronycan (IN CANADA) this year as lead fanfiction panelist along with my editor, Horse Voice. There will only be one writing panel at Bronycan as far as I know, but it is currently slated for the main stage, which is really cool. If you're around Richmond, BC in late August, come check us out! The con was really good last year—especially for a first-year convention—and promises to be a lot better this time around.

Next up, I have a new story planned. It's a short story, it's in first person, and it's in present tense. All of these I either suck at or have never written before. I wrote it for a contest whose deadline is June 15th, so that is the projected release date (subject to change, of course). All I'll say about it is Repercussions fans will get some nostalgia.

I also have other story plans once I complete my first draft of Flight of the Swan (my non-pony novel), which should be sometime near the end of June. I don't know exactly what I plan on writing, but I do want to fix up Be Like Her and adapt a two-part episode I wrote into fanfiction format. Beyond that, your guess is as good as mine.

Finally, I am happy to announce that I am The Royal Guard's newest prereader as of today. The testing process really sucks (it's about twice as long and difficult as a university English final exam—no joke), but I passed decisively. So send in your work and see how you fare. You never know; I might end up passing or rejecting it. :trollestia:

What a long, strange year it's been. Here's to my 27th year on this planet being even better than my 26th!

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Happy birthday! (Sorry for not reading the rest of the blog. I saw it was your birthday and had to comment. :twilightsmile: )

Happy Birthday:pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy:

*raises glass to all of the things*
I'll have a look at Flight after I finish work today :twilightsmile:
Enjoy your day, bloke.

I was almost excited... until I saw I read "Bronycan" as "Bronycon"

Which is an EXTREME bummer, because you're one of the writers I DO wish to meet

And happy birthday

Happy birthday. 27 isn't so bad :)

Maybe I'll bump into you at Bronycon again. Who knows?

Happy Birthday Gary!

Maybe one day I'll be able to go to BronyCAN. Or any convention, for that matter.

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Thanks very much!
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I was planning on going, but the people I roomed with for the last two years ended up screwing me over this year. So no go.
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BronyCAN, not BronyCON. :pinkiesad2:

2203046 If it wasn't for the fact that I am already in a full room, I would consider offerin you a spot lol

2203046 ahhh I see. Well enjoy CAN :)

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