noise."Time Flies like an Arrow · 2:17am Jun 26th, 2019
Fruit Flies like a banana.
It’s officially panic time. I’m hammering in final edits to two of my Bronycon Bookstore fics, and--well, now’s your last chance to offer helpful suggestions!
By which I mean I’m currently at a loss at what I ought to call my slice of life collection. Just calling it “Slice of Life” collection won’t sell books, and while I admit I’m tempted to come up with some sort of clickbaity title, I can’t think of one of those, either.
So if any of y’all have a great idea, I’d love to steal hear it!
A bit back, I blogged about what I intended to include. That’s now been finalized; here’s the chapter list and order:
Trade Negotiations
A Chonamare Hearth’s Warming
Changes
Silver Spanner Gets Her Cutie Mark
Silver Spanner, Journeymare
The Pony Pull
Dinky’s First Hearth’s Warming
Snails Aren’t Bugs
Aviatrix
The Many Faces of a Showpony
Shipping
Quicksilver
Nightmare Night Sleepover
Playing in the Park
Interview With a Cab Driver
Wagon Repair Mare
Relaxing on a Cloud
Apple Honey’s Perfectly Ordinary Day
A Berry Merry Hearth’s Warming
So It Begins
A Taxing Evening
Summer Fun
I bet you didn’t know I’m a violin player, too
Hearth’s Warming Eve
Love in All The Wrong Places
Sea Swirl’s Dive
The Trek to Ice Cream Rock
Pinkie Pie’s Last Nightmare Night
Griffons Don’t Celebrate Hearth’s Warming
This is also your last chance to suggest something that you really want to be included. Fair warning, editing is a pain in my rump, and I can’t promise that any suggestions will turn into last-minute additions, but you never know until you comment, right?
I feel like I ought to close with something brilliant, but I’ve got nothing. So have a batpony instead.
Why not do a whole Sam and Rose?
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That’s also planned, along with The Haunting.
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Silver Spanner then!
I notice a distinct lack of Gerald Ford turns into a cat. That’s Shirley your best work!
Call it Life Cake.
Biscuit Bites
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Chapters 4-6
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I decided to avoid HiE or PoE for this one, otherwise I totally would.
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Ooh, Life Cake, that’s a good idea.
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Ooh, not too shabby. Not sure that’d entice people who don’t know who I am, but it’d surely be popular among my followers.
Well, The Trouble With Unicorns stories are excellent & short enough to print
But, if you're going with "No HIE or POE this year", I understand leaving them out.
Next year, maybe. You could call it "A Plethora of Ponies" or "Worse Things Happen At Sea"
(especially w your name)
For this one
"Bite Size Biscuits"
Are all those going in one book?
I know what to call it.
The Essential Admiral
My vote is for The Biscuit Armada.
It might sound silly but why not name your collection what it is: Pony Tales.
Biscuit's mixed tin.
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How about "Good Times"?
So you close with something breathtaking instead.
If it's not too late for title suggestions: This Equestrian Life
Too derivative?
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Yeah, I could do a few other things, but since I was limited to three . . . maybe I’ll gin up a special post-con edition of PoE, I dunno. I hear there are some other authors that got inspired by the whole process and did some new stuff.
“In the navy....”
Ooh, that’s a good suggestion.
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Yes, plus one more because last-minute edits.
Although let’s be fair, the Essential Admiral would likely include Twilight Eats a Peach. :P
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Ooh, that’s a good one.
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That was actually one of my considered titles.
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That’d be more better for a completely mixed collection . . . “Is it good or is it a trollfic? Bite in and see!”
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As a theatre person, I can’t help but think of “The Good Times are Killing Me,” and that’s not quite the vibe I’m going for.
I’m sure few others would make that connection, but I can’t help being what I am....
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I’m actually glad you made this comment; I dug out one more story as a closer.
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That’s not a bad idea, honestly. And no, I don’t think it’s too derivative.
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Final title: Fanfare for the Common Mare. Not what any of y’all suggested, but honestly all the ideas got my creative juices flowing and that’s what I came up with. It’s maybe a bit pretentious, I dunno.
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"My Little Pony Tales" was the title of the G1 series + the name of a series of what looks like porn by C.P. Mandara
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If you ever do a HIE/POE anthology
"How Can Something So Cute Be So Much Trouble?"
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I like it! It sounds like it's a celebration for ponies!
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Sounds good to me!
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Amazing! I kinda want to order a copy, as I don't think I've ever read any of these!
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I googled that name, and yeah, that looks like porn.
I probably will do a HiE/PoE anthology at some point. That’s probably more of a PoE title.
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Which is as it should be.
I’ll be blogging with coverart and such soonish--I think you’ll like them.
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Thanks!
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If you’re not able to get them at Bronycon, I’ll be making them available on Lulu afterwards. How soon afterwards might depend if I have to make any edits off the first edition.
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Cool! Can't wait to see it!
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I'm not going to BC.
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Alright, in that case stay tuned right here after Bronycon and I’ll let y’all know how to get books into your hot little hooves.