My brother was blasting some pony tunes. Black Gryph0n came on. I remembered he's going to be at EFNW next year. I got happy! My thoughts shifted to Michelle Creber, since they're pals and stuff. This, logically, leads to Apple Bloom, Michelle's character on MLP. Hence the thought-
For the last couple of years, Chris, of the One Man's Pony Ramblings fanfiction review blog, has invited his audience to submit guest posts to cover the couple weeks he's away on vacation towards the end of summer. Today, my second guest post for him went up. It's available here, and reproduced, with Chris's opening and closing remarks, below.
I'm back from vacation, and here's what happened at my review blog while I was out of town! Some reviewing, some writing advice, some thoughts on the nature of reviewmanship, all courtesy of some very talented folks from around the fandom. Also, this (bi)week we're taking a reader suggestion and adding some bolding to help improve the "eyeflow" of things; I'm not 100% sure what "eyeflow" means, but if it means what I think it means, it's not something I'm very good at, so... hopefully
So, I'm writing this blog post as an extended response to a comment thread I participated in, in which I had the opportunity to think about some things relating to the most recent episode. Warning, the below rambles a lot, and probably doesn't make much sense. If you don't like reading some guy on the internet's random wrong opinion about some episode of a pony show, or nerd rage, or if you're allergic to peanuts,
So I did a short interview awhile ago for Wungiel and some Polish MLP magazine of some sort and here it is!
(I've now been translated into Polish, Japanese, Russian and I think one other foreign language. So why hasn't anyone translated my work into Canadian, huh? Am I not "popular" enough here? Sad. )
Hope everyone's enjoying their Super Bowl Sunday! I'll be heading out for a watching party shortly--incidentally, I learned last year that you've gotta be careful which friends you watch the Super Bowl with. Don't want to hang with the crowd that talks over the whole game and then wants you to shush during the halftime show, of all things.
So at first I was planning on writing a rather long and sarcastic blog post.
Before I get going, I want to thank everyone, again, for reading through. I was honestly not expecting much in the way of reception for an author who has been gone for years, but I was so pleasantly surprised. You guys have chucked my iffy words back into the featured box multiple times over the course of posting, and I don't think any amount of thanks will accurately convey how much that means to me.
Horror Stories are Still Stories
Four pieces of actual advice for writing horror that really should go without saying.
Writing is fun. It can also be hard. But it be easy too. But it can also be not fun.
The point I'm trying to make is, I've been working on the next chapter for a while. I've also been busy with other things. But who cares about that. You guys want more poorly scheduled and inappropriate fan fiction, right? Expect the next chapter soon. Maybe I'll split it so I can get it out sooner.
It is three in the afternoon and I am wandering around with a coffee cup in hand and a robe on. If there’s one thing I can be assured of when it comes to pony conventions, it’s that they always end with my sleep schedule completely out of whack.
Part Two: Baltimore: or “How I Learned to Start Worrying and Loathe the Line."
Hey Guys wassup?? So I've had some glasses of wine to loosen me up for season opener but figured since I'm feeling goood I'd just go and do an drunk post instead to even the edges as it were so then here it is! Hey how's it going with all you few, maybe dozen or less or so people who still pay heed to my silent inactive self? I've been doing great! Freshly-minted wizard here as of a few weeks ago, and I got to climb a mountain for my troubles. Camelback, 1,280 feet, double diamond deifficult
The Imperfect Storm draft took me longer than expected, but eventually, the global pandemic made me realize I had to get it done sooner or later. And so, I'm back on FiMFiction (for a limited time, at least, more about that in a bit), and ready to update my stories!
Have you been doing something with your life other than obsessively refreshing my blog, desperate to know whether or not I'd put up a new post, nevermind the fact that it updates punctually at 12:00AM Central on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays? Shame on you! However, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you had something truly important that was distracting you from your vital task of keeping up to date on the latest Chris ramblings. Maybe you were saving orphans
Hey, look! Over here! It's me, the guy from One Man's Pony Ramblings! And if you don't visit my blog on a regular basis, then have I got a treat for you: two weeks worth of reviews, commentary, and... well, ramblings.
Unless you don't like those things, in which case I guess I have nothing for you. My bad! The rest of you, however, can enjoy checking out what I've been up to for the last fortnight:
Gotta get this off my mind now, before it gets consumed by my anger for tomorrow's rant. In the first part, I talked about things I hated about specific anime I love, while this one will be about things I hate about anime in general.
A day late, and a review short! Still, here's the six five posts you missed if you don't check out my fanfic review blog every Monday-Wednesday-Friday, lovingly assembled and artistically hand-arranged for your enjoyment: