Rather than post these on the first of the month like some, I prefer to aim them at significant Celestial events.

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Thus it is on this <checks notes> Summer Solstice, I present to you a State of the Author.

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... as a member of the Ponyville Ciderfest Storytelling Leadership Team - but still.

Tomorrow at 4 PM PST/7 PM EST, Vivid Syntax, Fiaura, Steel, Sonicsuns, and myself will be heading onto the Barcast to discuss the special project we've been brewing for Ciderfest this year.

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I promised a storm, didn't I?

The main story (or "mane" story, as this punny fandom prefers) was my baby. I wrote over half of it, and edited the rest. I'll post a deep dive on it's production and design later, but for now, consider this post a hand guide on how to read it now that we've clogged up the new stories bar with 6 entries across 3 different fimfic accounts!

Prologue - Opening

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Bad news, my dudes. My basic setup 'how to write fanfiction' panel I submitted to Ponyville Ciderfest coming in October looks like it's been

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Which is too bad, because I've gotten really positive feedback from my past panels on the same topic at WCPC and Trotcon.

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What is says on the tin. Signups for the Ciderfest Bookstore end on the 8th. If you missed the last post: here's an explainer.

To everyone who has already signed on; thank you so much! I can't wait for everyone to see all the hard work we've been doing, and I am so thankful for everyone who was a part of this project!

DATELINE: the American Midwest. An innocent man struggles to find parking in Local Biggish City, child in tow, wife waiting at home--and all feeling desperate. Back home, the fridge is empty, save for leftovers of dubious vintage; and the pantry is that curious mix of stuffed-to-the-gills yet containing absolutely nothing. To make matters worse, he is ill, and has taken to wearing one of those uncomfortable blue mask thingies for the good of his fellow man.

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First up: It's a cool thing to end up with a page on a con website, and I would take a moment to share that cool thing with you. Unless you don't want to see, like, half of my face (and part of my Vinyl Scratch costume), which is a choice I can support on principle.

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Hey everyone!

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Posting this a day late . . . why should Halloween only be one day, huh? Who doesn't love ponies in costumes?

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I present to you a new Not-A-Contest submission:

ECostume Contest

• MLP: FiM
• Comedy
• Slice of Life

Another year has passed, and Halloween has rolled around once more. Last year I took ponies to a trunk-or-treat. This year I'm hosting a costume contest.

• Flitter and Cloudchaser
• Self Insert
• Toola Roola
• Petunia
• Minty

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Another year, another entry for the Cozy Glow contest. I’ll continue supporting the contest as long as the group hosts it, but I know going in that I don’t write the kind of stories the judges are looking for. They want dark & edgy and I don’t really write anything that falls into that category.

One of their metrics is ‘how sharp are the teeth?’

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It's me, and a bunch of authors new and old in our community!!

Oh, I've been so excited for this!

This has been part of the project, and we've been working tirelessly on it! Eighteen original stories from old timers like me, Vivid, Somber, Admiral Biscuit, and new blood like SmilesPerHour, JaniceTheLight, and Snowday! So many people worked so hard on this, and I am so excited for it to get in ya'll's hands.

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So how has work been? Well, it's taken me two weeks to post an already-written, already-edited, already-published-in-an-exclusive-con-book story, so I think that's your answer.

But anyway, onto the story notes!

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Everyone who read "Cozy Glow is Real" knows what this means.

It feels weird, thinking of it that the convention I wrote about in "Cozy Glow is Real", a story about a brony called John who has to discover that he isn't real, but a mere figment of Cozy Glow's imagination, is happening now. Surreal..... Like something has jumped out of the story and entered this plane of existence.

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Any of ya'll going to Ciderfest?

And if you are... wanna hang out?

It's risky business, going out your door.

And here I am, doing it again!

Just finished packing, and I'm gonna catch my flight out in a few hours, and then, day after tomorrow, it's Ciderfest time, baby!

And hey, if you haven't heard, I'm gonna be a Community Guest this year![/preen]

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