Change Her Mind · 10:12pm Aug 14th, 2018
Bet you can't!
Bet you can't!
Originally intended as an entry in the big sci-fi contest (but sadly not completed in time), it's a new long-form story from yours truly! I hope you all like it!
Anyway, hope you enjoy. And if for some indeterminate (not indeterminant as I learned thanks to google!) reason you want to make a better version for me, I can send you the high quality files. Shoutouts to
Sometimes, I browse the bookshelves of people who favorite my stories. Sometimes, some of the stories catch my eye and I decide to mark them as “read it later”.
This is the result.
The five stories I read today:
First Kiss by Pony With A Hat
”Best Friends” Anniversary Announcement by Rainbow FlutterDash
Late Fees by MrNumbers
Her Scarf Fluttered in the Absence of Wind by ArgonMatrix
Three Hazards of Ponyville by Rocinante
Hey, guys!
So I've put out two blogs so far about this, but I know a lot of you ignore blogs or don't have blogs enabled or whatever, or put off things you wanna do/see in blogs and then forget later. It's all cool.
Hello, everyone! It’s taken a bit of time, but I’ve got another story resulting from my Suggest A Story September campaign, this time from LordMentat! Fillies and gentlecolts, I present to you…
Put on your red and green holiday gear. It's Christmas Time.
Just faking it pretty well due to an ongoing combination of RL factors. And watching my notifications climb (there's 871 unread items in my feed). It's long past time to call a notification amnesty, so I'm gonna do it before it hits four digits. (Amnesty means I won't be making any effort to hit the backlog, so if there's anything you've posted in the last … um, two months … that you think I'd find cool, please tell me in comments.)
For those of you who missed my post earlier today, Mistletrapped’s sixth chapter went up earlier today.
But Mistletrapped is not all there is to the world of ponies today. There was an episode, which I actually liked! And, of course, new stories to be read.
None of which relate to today’s episode, so maybe that was a bit misleading. Still! I’m sure at least some of them will be good, right?
Today’s stories:
As with yesterday’s Read It Later reviews, four of the five stories in this set came from Scribblefest. As was the case yesterday, please note that my opinion on these stories is not the final word for that contest; we are merely in the preliminary round of judging, and three judges read each of these stories. I am but one of nine judges involved in this, so… yeah.
Anyway! Onto the reviews!
Today’s stories:
Hope by Dark Avenger
Three days of reviews in a row! It has been a while since I pulled that off, but I really thought I should get caught up on my reading. Alas, the actual writing front hasn’t been going quite as well, though I have gotten some work done on a number of stories – but not gotten any of them finished.
Ah, well. Hopefully these reviews will tide you over.
Today’s stories:
Step Right In and Start Again by shortskirtsandexplosions
Why Couldn’t I Beat Her? by Gingerquill
Just under the wire before the Series Finale (sniff ), here it is! Enjoy!
I haven't done reviews in a while, and I have a handwritten writing advice post I'd like to type up, but the illness that plagued my son and hubby has caught up with me, so I'm feeling rather low energy. Instead, I'll just do one of these.
OH MY GOD YOU GUYS looks like elle's gonna win the prize
I JUST GOT BACK FROM STAR WARS
AND
AAAGGGHHHHH
also i had like 169 new stuff in my feed whut
Do you know that feeling when you know that you’re holding yourself back, know that you aren’t doing the things you most want to do, know that you’re spending your time on lesser things when you can be spending them on greater ones?
I do. I feel a strange sort of avoidance at times at delving into certain experiences. I would like to say it is fear of disappointment, but it isn’t; I don’t fear disappointment. I simply feel avoidant towards some things for no good reason.
Does this mean I am not bad at romance anymore?
Hahahah.
God no.
One day I'll probably write an actual, straightforward romance. Today, sadly, was not that day. But maybe at some point, perhaps? I've read enough shitty fics to at least know what not to do.
On that note, sorry for the lack of updates on the "How Not To Write Romance" series. New one coming soon.
Soon.