OPWA: Episode Eighteen · 5:53pm Mar 28th, 2021
Overpriced Writing Advice
Where you can learn the stuff I paid thousands of dollars to have taught to me, for free.
The Joys and Perils of Giving Free Feedback: Tips For The Put Upon Writer
Overpriced Writing Advice
Where you can learn the stuff I paid thousands of dollars to have taught to me, for free.
The Joys and Perils of Giving Free Feedback: Tips For The Put Upon Writer
So the planets have aligned and I’ve managed to finish chapters for both New Horizons and Dreamers (Do Ponies on Earth Have Magic Dreams?). I enjoyed writing both chapters, and I can’t wait to get them out tomorrow. New Horizons will probably wind up back on hiatus so I can better plot out the next leg of the story, and that means that Stardust will likely re enter the update cycle. I don’t have any idea on when that’ll be out, but I’m overly optimistically hoping for a late September Release,
Overpriced Writing Advice
Where you can learn the stuff I paid thousands of dollars to have taught to me, for free.
The Art of Mystery
(AKA "HOLY COW, WE HIT 20 EPISODES?!")
Time’s been flying by almost too fast it feels. Lots of life stuff still getting me down, but I’m trying to keep more upbeat lately. October is one of my favorite months of the year, and coincidentally that’s the month I have a lot of big things planned for at least two stories, both of which are passion projects of mine.
Oh wow, actually doing updates, writing and keeping times between chapters decent? Have I been replaced with a changeling?! Eh, who knows. Chapter three of 'Bird Behavior' is almost finished being written before it gets proofread and edited. Hopefully I have it up by tonight or tomorrow.
I have no idea what I'm doing.
OH MY GOSH LOOK WHO IS ALIVE! IT'S ME.
Really though, hi, I'm back from my self-imposed exile, and I even wrote a thing, pretty crazy right? It really isn't much, just a quick comedy/shipping story with Twilight and Dash, expect the whole thing to be about 3 or 4 chapters when all is said and done.
Dear Readers (including and especially all you Whig History buffs):
I wrote tonight's story, "This Armor," about a year ago. I didn't think much about it until recent events.
Cover art for an author is important—for an Indie, more so. Critical. It sells your book.
I downloaded DiffusionBee (an AI art program) and prompted it to generate 60s and 70s pulp paperback SF art. Things suddenly got bizarre. Yikes. I also wanted to test image-upload to Mastodon, so I created this test cover from one electronic fever dream.
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Welcome to my second deep dive recommendation, where I drill into what makes 'Soft and Pink' a great fic and go on to explain why Semillon is an author who is so amazing that you should not just read that fic, but consider going on to read everything by them!
Today, I received a private message. As you might already know if you've seen me posting comments in some places recently, I am a very huge advocate for it that ponyfics stay online, whether on the accounts of their authors or on independent archives, such as FIMFetch or my archive account, Fluttercheer's Orphanage for Abandoned Pony Fiction.
Good Morning, everypony! I say "Good Morning", because it has just become morning for me here, after spending an entire night with figuring out what kind of pony author I actually am. Now all of that is done and I present to you the results, as the next steps towards my planned Patreon account.
Occasionally, exemplary stories earn our approval for a feature — but the author opts out of our interview, or we're unable to complete the interview process despite repeated effort. We'd like to see these great stories get their time in the spotlight too, so today we're presenting a pair of RCL-approved tales for your reading pleasure.
Heyo!
Mental Status: Having pretty low, lows and meh to average highs. Talking to people always helps me stay distracted and pleasant. (Feel free to say 'Hi!')
Physical Status: Fat piece of shit. 😂 (I have a wedding coming up, I should probably lose some weight... I'd probably be a bit happier overall too!)
Jewel tested negative for COVID, which is good enough for me to justify attending Trotcon. I don't know if I'll have time tomorrow so I hope I can meet up with everypony while I'm available.
[Found this sticky note at my departure gate at SeaTac, leaving EFNW. I do not believe in coincidences. 😌]
Dear Readers (including and especially all those enjoying the Autumn and the Autumn):
And we’re back for the final part of the Ch.15(Family, Part Two) discussion!
The story so far: After a grueling impromptu therapy session, Gallus has finally won Ocean Flow’s approval, and the duo now races toward the surface world to inform Silverstream of this glorious development, alongside an explanation for why such approval was refused for so terribly long…