Writeoff and FimFic stories · 2:11pm Mar 10th, 2018
At the time I first wrote this, I was celebrating A Little Space getting featured. That's always a great feeling, and I appreciate everyone who helped make it happen.
At the time I first wrote this, I was celebrating A Little Space getting featured. That's always a great feeling, and I appreciate everyone who helped make it happen.
Apparently your blog count includes deleted entries, so my 100th is less relevant than I'd like. (EDIT: It's even more confusing! Apparently the blog count shows your maximum blog count. So I'll have to count all my blog entries to know when 100 is finally coming.)
Anyway, I need to list a bunch of story changes, so here they are...
I'm in the current Writeoff and I'm bound to pass the cut. My story is good enough.
I will try to finish my disturbing Dark Sex story soon so that may be published first, but either way the Writeoff one is totes def coming in two weeks.
Want to write something? Save the weekend for the Writeoff Association! We've rolled around to a long-form FIM competition again. (See previous posts if you want the sales pitch.) If the 72-hour crunch of the Writeoffs isn't your style, the
Not much to report this week. I finally published a story that's been sitting in my files for a few weeks: Childhood's End, a WriteOff entry from the last pony short story round.
I've been accused of abusing dreams as a vehicle for storytelling. To this accusation, I say: you are correct. Dreams are the lazy author's way of inventing a fantastical scene that could never otherwise exist.
But damn me, I love writing them. They overflow with potential for story ideas.
Most of my recent creative output has been on Fimfiction. This site shares some characteristics with the larger world of fiction, but other characteristics are unique. This makes it difficult to develop the right mindset for evaluating my art.
Short but all-important addendum to the thing I posted mere minutes ago. Looking through some libraries here, a vulgar epiphany hit me in the muzzle.
I know exactly what I need to do, more than anything, to become a better author.
I need to start reading stories.
So there is a group which periodically runs write-off competitions. They are short things, but often feature a lot of fairly solid writers writing new stories under fairly tight time constraints. This time, the theme was "History Repeats", and I felt one story in particular, The 18th Brewmare of Bluey Napoleon, deserved some recognition for being
So, you may have seen this contest that GaPJaxie announced today. We've been planning the details for a few weeks now, and we're excited to finally see it go live. Quick details for the impatient:
- The prompt is "The Next Generation"
- $350 prize pool
- Stories must be between 3,000 and 12,000 words
- You have until March 13 to enter on the Writeoff Website
So like, I know some of you like writing.
How do you like the idea of submitting an anonymous story, getting it run through the grinder, and barely coming out with your ego intact?
You like it? Then do I have the place for you!
Due to the fact that there was a LOT going on in April, both in terms of contests offering money AND stuff that happened outside of FiMFic, I've extended the deadline for the Nightmare Night in April Writeoff for another week. If you're working on a horror story, and want it included in the event listing, you have until Saturday to post a story in
Happy New Year everyone.
I just realised that The Brightest and the Best hit the feature box one year to the day since I last achieved that with Rock Farms and Nuclear Reactors. I wonder if I can do it again on 20 December 2015?
Howdy folks.
Wow, last time I actually posted a new story was February. I've been busy as hell writing in the past 6 months, but none of it has made it to you yet. The Sunset Shipping Project has all seven stories completed, but I'm still getting them all polished up to perfection.
In the meantime, I have a new oneshot for you that I recently entered into the "End of an Era" writeoff contest. It didn't do all that well, but I've fixed up what I suspect were most of the major issues.
Good news, everypony! Now that the Original Fiction Writeoff is complete, we're back to ponies! And you know what that means!
Wait, no, it's happy! Happy!
It seems like everybody was kitting up for Nightmare Night right at the start of October. You meanies.
Yesterday, I attended the NoHo’s annual Lit Crawl (that’s North Hollywood for you out of town folks…which is perhaps all of my followers ).
In about 30 hours from the time of this post, a short-story Writeoff round is going to start! Authors will have three days to produce between 2000 and 8000 words based on a collectively voted prompt, and submit that story to the Writeoff site where your fellow authors (and the public) can read and rate it. Check out cool stories from some of the fandom's top writers! Compete for ponytastic Internet points and
…and don't have a solid idea to throw your words at, here are some possibilities which could earn you actual money! Arranged by deadline:
1) Everfree Northwest's Scribblefest
They're seeking pony stories of 2000-6000 words by Monday, March 6. The prompt is "Growing up wild and forever free". There are six categories, each of which has a prize of $20 plus possible publication in the conbook.
There is a relatively unknown writer on Fimfiction who is a very good writer. I don't normally do promotional stuff, but his follower count is low and his stories are excellent. It's maddening that more ponies don't know about him.