quills and sofas at bronycon 2019 · 3:33am Aug 1st, 2019
Question - am I just missing Quills and Sofas on the map and guidebook or does it not exist for the last BronyCon? Anybody know?
Question - am I just missing Quills and Sofas on the map and guidebook or does it not exist for the last BronyCon? Anybody know?
Today's agenda: LINES!
If any fictioners have things going on or just want to catch up, I'm on Discord at Master-Thief#1789.
If you'd like to meet me at bronycon or get something signed I'll be holding court in quills and sofas (310) from 4:00 to 5:30 on Saturday. Look forward to meeting awesome people tomorrow.
Somber
Check out PresentPerfect’s review of Midnight Flowers! I promise I’ll fix those darn slashes when I get home, man!
Wow, where do I being with this awesomely awesome day of awesomeness? I guess I’ll start with the first panel I went to.
Yes, I know I know this is a day late! But hey, I was super tired the other night, so I opted to get some z’s. Day 2 was super fun, so this didn’t get posted till *looks at clock* Ok technically day 3 but whichever.
I look back on this day once more from the hotel room, tonight trying to ignore the rock concert/musical bombardment raging outdoors. Last night was less than restful, so I am hoping to catch up on some sleep tonight.
So much to do. So much to write. In that sense today is like any other day .
BronyCon was awesome, and renewed my interest in some pony writing projects I’ve let slide. But first, some highlights of the trip, because I can’t be bothered to put this into a fully linear day-by-day breakdown:
This year at BronyCon, BlazzingInferno, Epic Yarn, and I will be presenting a panel: “Chaos and Cuddles: Writing Children and Families.”
As I mentioned a few months ago, the amazing and tireless RBDash47 put together Lost Time for publishing. It's going to be available at the BronyCon bookstore along with lots of other fanfic in book form, and in order to figure out how many of those book forms people might need to have available, RBDash47 has a survey he'd like you to fill out. (Including if you're not going to BronyCon but would
I sit in my hotel room, in the inner harbor of Baltimore contemplating this tour of Pennsylvania & Maryland rest stops day zero of our epic BronyCon trip. It’s sad think that this will probably be the last time we’ll make the trip to Baltimore... and just when we finally were starting to get to know our way there!
Ok, I’ve got a question: Since readership peaks during the episode airing period, should I go ahead and publish my incomplete stories when Season 9 starts to air? I did this a couple of years back and called it March Madness, putting out a chapter a day for a whole month. Normally, I hold off until the whole story is complete and edited to a fine gloss, but some of this stuff will take another year to get wrapped up, if then. Here’s what I have:
Just a quick note. Please encourage Raugos on his possible upcoming trip to the insane asylum we have every year, and I had a few newbie pointers to pass along on how to survive Bronycon and Baltimore. (experienced con-goers feel free to correct me)
Bronycon 2019 was the best four consecutive days of my life. Highlights include:
The event was written days or weeks after the events, so it might not be in strictly chronological order.
Day negative Infinity:
Fold my Luna daki pillows carefully placing it into the suitcase, I tried to place it diagonally, but I still doesn't fit. It's not a standard sized one, it's smaller and should be more portable.
This blog was meant to go out earlier... and then as I went to post it here, 75% of it disappeared into the aether. Isn’t Apple Notes fun!? So sorry about it being late. I’ve reconstructed it to the best of my abilities. This blog isn’t quite the end of my series on the convention, though. That is the After Action Report, where I get all philosophical and tell you what the convention meant to me, and my takeaways from it.
But first, let’s wrap up the convention, shall we?
Okay, you all know that’s not true. You can’t go to a MLP convention without coming away with swag. However, I did end up knitting an entire hat while I was there (and you probably saw it. I was working on it whenever I sat down).
BronyCon was…well…totally awesome! It was also hectic, exhausting, and a bit overwhelming. I loved it, but goodness gracious I am still tired and I’m writing this Tuesday afternoon.
Looking to go to BronyCon this year. The only thing standing in my way is finances. For those of you who have been to BronyCon before, what was the average cost? I'd like to know and get a rough estimate so I can start saving up money now. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Random thoughts in no particular sequence: The books are selling quite well, except for Traveling Tutor, which may be the only book left on the shelves at the end of the convention. I've got my 4 copies of Sisters! that I need to get to the contributing authors, and some pencils for Quills and Sofas. In addition, a few copies of Monster in the Twilight that I over-ordered to get a bulk discount can be found if you were to perhaps slide up to the author and ask, "Do you have a little
Hey everyone, I started a fundraising campaign for Trip to BronyCon. Please tap to donate- gf.me/u/p5uj3g
Micropost for my Bronycon Bookstore progress (keep an eye on Aquaman's blog posts for updates)
The One Who Got Away-Drifting Down the Lazy River - Proof copy (after two edits) looks good.
The Traveling Tutor and the Librarian - Proof copy has been ordered.
Made it to Hershey Pennsylvania today, so I’m about two hours out of Baltimore. Depending on where the wife makes me drive on the way there, I should be… noon? Then badge, and books to the bookstore, and figuring out where everything is… So looking forward to this.