Recently, I've been asked for permission by Avonder to include Whom The Princesses Would Destroy... in a story anthology he's putting together. I'm not one for hoarding words and I gave it quite, quite gladly.

You'll find it here.

(They are raising cash, but as I understand it, purely to cover costs. I am not making anything from this, nor, I hasten to add, do I want to)

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Since Aragon (whose blog I’m in direct competition with) felt the need to introduce a disclaimer, I have to do much the same here. Everything I am about to write is completely 100% real. Especially the parts I made up.

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I'm safely ensconced in my hotel room in Ludwigsburg. Hope to meet at least some of you. To increase the odds of this happening, I offer the following advice:

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I will be flying to Galacon 2018 in under twelve hours and I expect I will be safely in Ludwigsburg within 24 hours. I will be hard to contact during this period, though I think I've acquired a method of fool-proof Internet access no matter where I am (aside from six miles straight up, of course).

Hope to see many of you soon!

...or July 21st, depending on your timezone.

49 years ago the first manned Moon landing was accomplished. It is one of my favorite moments in history (To learn about my favorite you may have to wait for December the 9th), and to celebrate I've re-edited Hoofprints to be a little less... ah, draft-y.

I hope you'll join me in raising a toast to these gentlemen.

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This is August von Mackensen, German field marshal during WWI.

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Not quite an awesome blog post for my #100, but needs must.

Currently the odds of me attending Galacon 2018 (on the 28th and 29th of July, Ludwigsburg, a, I am reliably informed, gemütlich little town just north of Stuttgart) hover around 90%. 98%. The 10% 2% breaks down to:

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You may have noticed that I've sort of been... missing. Missing might be the word. Being even worse at answering chat messages, e-mails, phone calls, carrier pigeons, and the odd note stuck to my front door with a jeweled damascene dagger (you know who you are).

Let me explain.

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Guys!

Guys!

Guys guys guys!

PoweredByTea[1] has just posted a new story. The Price For Luna! And, oh, guys, has this one been a long, long time coming.

How long? Okay. So I wrote fanfic about this fanfic[2].

In 2013.

Yes.

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...just in case.

I... have no words. No footnotes. No clever turn of phrase. Just... just this.

We are better than this. We must be.