Well, strictly speaking, Galacon itself was a massive let-down. Only a single writing-related panel during the entire convention and it was awful. It was also apparently part two, when part one happened last year? Bloody stupid.

But that's ok, because I had the good sense to stay away from that nonsense, and hung out with some cool Horse People instead.

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Day one. I make it to the "Them's Writin' Words" panel five minutes late. From my spot at the back, I can't tell if any of the panelists recognize my battle-jacket. The panel is good, but I'm nervous about what happens after, because it includes two people I've never met in person. One is an Ewan McGregor-looking dude called AShadowOfCygnus, who is arguably my biggest fan. The other is Scribbler, who... is Scribbler.

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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 hope to see some of you at Trotcon this weekend! Come to my Fanfiction panel Sunday morning and gimme a hug if you see me as Princess Celestia :3

It’s con time again!
I’m at Saint Louis Crystal Fair the next couple of days (no panels or anything, just here to have fun).
My badge will say CategoricalGrant but I’ll also be in a really poorly-made Celestia ponysuit I made- feel free to say hi and give poor sun horse a hug!

TW: sexual assault

I need to say something that I have been struggling with since August — something that, even after starting this post, has taken about 48 hours to write out. Something not easy, not pleasant, and this point, not particularly timely. But something very necessary to discuss.

This year at Bronycon, at least three women had their drinks spiked with date-rape drugs.

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It's time for another LTUE (Life, The Universe, and Everything) report! And this time, not in place of Monday's Being a Better Writer post!

Why, you may ask? Okay, and you may be asking "What's LTUE?" as well. So, in reverse order then.

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Oh, hi there.

I'm here again with a quick blog.

I am busy with work (as in, my real job), studying for an important exam in the summer, and also working on a writing panel for an upcoming online MLP convention. As a result, I probably will not be able to work on any stories until June 13-14 (when the convention ends).

If you know about this online convention already (June 11-13), good for you. I hope you watch my panel.

If you don't, you probably don't need to know.

Cheers.

Hey there! For those of you who will be at HarmonyCon 2020, at the beginning of February, these are the seminars I will be taking part in or running. The schedule is not set in stone, nor are they sure if the last two will be on it, but they are as follows...

Raccoon's HarmonyCon 2020 Seminars and Panels
The 5 Steps for Writing ANYTHING - Based on the writing advice blog, the 5 steps I use for doing professional quality writing.

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Better babscon wrap up thread later. But an initial thanks to my fellow panelists in this vid, Regidar, Flutterpriest, Bolding, Chelis, and Wuten. You guys were quality people that night.

-Pencil

Evening!

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Good news for people trying to check the rare and beautiful Horizon off of their pony-watching lists! I'm having quite a ponyriffic year, with no less than three brony conventions on the agenda.

First: I'm currently in the whirlwind of trying to get ready for Babscon, which starts in two days. In fact, not only will I be there, but you'll have two entirely unrelated opportunities to get a dose of my work!

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Hello all-

I'll be at Trotcon all this weekend, and I'd LOVE to meet up with anyone from FimFiction who is there (just PM me bro). I already have a few takers, but I want to reiterate my offer that I put in an earlier blog post:

If you're my follower on FimFiction and we meet up at Trotcon, I'll buy you a print!

-CategoricalGrant

Hey guys, serious talk here for a minute.

You guys need to read this blog from Horizon about an attempted date-rape that occurred at BronyCon. In the comments, it was revealed that there has also been an attempt at Pacific PonyCon (the individual responsible for the incident at PPC was also at Babscon). It terrifies me that I've been to all of these conventions.

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HOW COME I WAS LATE TO SEEING THIS AMAZING PICTURE FOR THE THAILAND MLP CONVENTION!? IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL!

Hi guys.

It's been a long-ass time. Again. I'm pretty terrible at keeping my promises, I've noticed. Sorry about that.

I was just wondering if any of ya are gonna be going to Whinny City Ponycon in Chicagoland this year (it's not really in Chicago, it's in, like, Aurora, so you know, western suburbs represent I guess), cause guess who's gonna shoot for going to not one but TWO pony conventions this year?

That's right. This dude.

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*Sigh*

Went to Nightmare Nights Dallas this past weekend. This was the last year for the convention.

Why have all the cons down south shut down? Fiesta Equestria, Derpycon South, and now Nightmare Nights?! Are there more that I don't know about?!

WWWHHHYYY???!!!

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And on that note, I'm going to try and attend Bronycon next year. Don't know if I'll make it, but I'll try.

-Ru

Hello my dudes,

Whinny City may be online (and free!) this year, but it's still a party! I'll be presenting "The Medicine of My Little Pony" tomorrow (Sat July 4) at 10am CDT on their server in the Hoof Work "Room".

I hope to see some of you there :3

And happy 'murca day.

Well, the finally Bronycon is literally right around the corner and I am happy to say that I am attending this year! I am rather excited and nervous about this since this is not only my first mlp convention but my first convention ever!!

Anyway, if you are going and you read this. Feel free to say hi. I will be wearing a black and white camoflouge hat. (Pic below) Always up with making new friends.

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