Well, to tell that story, is to tell another one.

I can’t remember who I was chatting with (either Ghost or Bad Horse, I believe) when I brought up the concept of three sons inheriting a barony, where one got everything to the east side of the river, the other got everything to the west side of the river, and the third one got smart and took the river, which was the most valuable.

And then Ghost or Bad Horse said “And it’s full of seaponies, right?”

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Getting things all set up for my trip to Everfree Northwest next week while working on my Bronycon Bookstore books, and I got to wondering. Will anybody be at EFNW who can’t make it to Bronycon, who also wants a copy of one of the three books (thanks to Iisaw) that I’ve got set up? I think I can wedge 12 copies into my airline luggage and still have underwear space, which would be about 4 copies of each. (cont.)

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Ordered my proof copy to see just how my formatting looks on The One Who Got Away/Drifting Down the Lazy River. So in about 2 weeks, I'll know roughly where I stand and what I need to go back and fix in the Word primary document. (and I fixed *two* typos while making this last pass.) So we're getting there. If you're interested, the Lulu final file I submitted is here on my Google Drive. I managed

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For those of you who don't know, Lulu is the self-publishing company that many of us are doing our Bronycon Bookstore books on. It's a bit arcane with some fiddley bits, which I'll whine about below the break (with a sneak peek at drafts of the printed version)

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In honor of this day, I got the wife a small box of chocolates, I’m getting you some shameless self-promoting story plugs, and I got myself some needed time working on cleaning up my older stories. Oh, and Iisaw put together a cover for my Bronycon Bookstore double-story entry, which I’m listing next:

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(Stolen from Shakespearicles blog post wholesale, because it was so cool)

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(Credit to the amazing DM29. )

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One of the eternal questions we face is "How do I write good emotional stories?"
One of the eternal problems with that question is that everybody handles the problem in a different way. For example, my notes on The One Who Got Away were barely a page long before I started writing.

Below, I've got an example of First Draft/Second Draft from my story in progress, Her Royal Morning Coffee. Caution: It's a little racy.

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Forgive me if I geek out a little on this. If you follow Neighrator Pony or have been obsessively checking YouTube, you will notice that the dramatic reading he has been doing of The One Who Got Away is now complete! (links to follow) I want to thank everybody responsible and some of you irresponsible for this monumental amount of

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Remember how I said I liked surprises? Well, Neighrator Pony (plus Illya Leonov, AShadowofCygnus, itsannachloem, Shellah, Gina M, ObabScribbler and anybody else who I didn't find in the credits) put a very welcome video in my inbox today. And then when I went to look

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I would like to thank Quill Scratch for a wonderful reading of an Equestrian Seapony classic, Quackers Goes to the Fair, from the latest Writeoff.me writeoff. 100% Child Safe and E rated.

U> is best duck. He quacks.
ô is best unicorn. She quacks too.

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Edited: I'm done transferring the story to Fimfiction right now, and after due consideration of the comments, I've decided to publish on Monday when the site traffic picks back up. So, 10:00 am CST, on 2/6, the twenty chapters start going up, one per day. Maybe two on Monday if I'm feeling generous, since Chapter 1 is a little short.
(preview below the break)

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Simply put, other than a little last minute top to bottom editing (hint, hint, to the editing team) I’m ready to start publishing Drifting Down the Lazy River, except for the cover art. I had promised Pen Mightier first crack at it, but he’s been offline for several weeks and I haven’t gotten a response back. Since I have the artistic talent of a broken tree limb, I’m starting to explore my options. (No, it’s not like having Prom night sneak up on you without a date. Drifting doesn’t have a

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Starting off, Zedew on Deviant Art has updated My Little Death Dealer2. (below) Awesome job. In related news if you haven't seen this already, Miyajima has finished Binky Pie after quite a few months of interruption (which I

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Did you have to think in order to figure out the Spoonerism? Good. Then you’ll be ready for Bad Horse’s Fimfiction Survey. And as a reward once you are done, I’ve included a little humorous snippet out of the sequel to The One Who Got Away.

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Just wanted to take a moment to directly confirm The One Who Got Away is getting a sequel, Drifting Down the Lazy River, in which a young orphaned colt with a talent for painting decides to get on a raft and float down the river to Baltimare, where he will seek his fortune as an artist.

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First, I'd like to thank Chris and his site, One Man's Pony Ramblings for a nice review of The One Who Got Away. I like to think it's one of my better stories to date, even if you don't adore cute little unicorn-seapony fillies with big eyes. There will eventually be a Huck Fin/Tom

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