So, here I am. Nursing a nice warm herbal tea (dandelion burdock eluthero, my own blend) to soothe my Bronycon-wrecked voice, and preparing the final Bronycon con report. Beware, this is longer than most people's stories, but it also has a story arc and drama and the classic Applejinx happy ending.

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Trixieverse is one million, three hundred and forty-six thousand and eight words. The eight words are "SORRY DOESN’T FROST THE CUPCAKES! screeched Pinkie Pie", and now it can be told: the millionth word of Trixieverse was Pinkie shrieking 'CUPCAKES' in a sincerely murderous mood. Because, if you're writing a million word clopfic series and you're aware of ponyfic traditions, how can you NOT have your millionth word be something special?

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I cannot launch 'Foreign Affairs' for Xmas. I've tried and I have a great deal of preparation and I'm excited about the story, but I have just over one day not counting traveling to visit family, dealing with that etc etc. and I've only got 700 or so words and I've had far too much to deal with and it ain't happening.

But I can launch it for New Year's!

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People are beginning to post the panels they did at Bronycon, so I thought I might join in.

Here's the panel Lunatone gave, with Applejinx-style preparation, rehearsal and presentation (I also brought some of my dialogue know-how to the table )

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Patron Saint Bluebell: Ursula Vernon Tumblr

You might want to read that, it's good.

It's also the reason that I'm going to write another full Trixieverse novel. It will be called 'Foreign Affairs', and take place in Neighpon.

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So, I never did get artistic projects together that used Patreon, and my pony books are too naughty for it.

SOOOO…

I just went and switched my day job over to it

The payment processor I've used for nearly a decade went bust on Sunday. They still owe me more than $700 but I may never see it. I'm in no immediate danger, but Airwindows, my business and livelihood, needed to find another payment processor.

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…about how writing is the fundamental act of creation and imagination, from which everything arises?

Check out THIS guy I just discovered, and his little riff on that subject. (I've also read a Harlan Ellison essay on just this subject)

This is quite wonderful, I encourage seeing it

In other news… meh

Trixieverse is complete… again

One million, one hundred and ninety-eight thousand, three hundred and fifty-one words (by FIMfiction's count) in eight books. Longer than blah blah blah pretty much fill in the blank, anything unless you're Short Skirts and Explosions.

And if you've read that 20th chapter, you may still not know all the secrets but you'll have seen my final-chapter reveals, the ones I didn't even tell my closest friends. That was fun.

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My Trixie is canon

It's going to make my heart happy to see her becoming, er, 'best friends' with Starlight in future episodes. The more things change, the more they stay the same? After all, Starlight IS first season Twi, just like I always said.

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