Read it here: Ms. Glimmer and the Do-Nothing Prince

Tentative description: Starlight Glimmer has never been comfortable with friendship, but the friendship lessons keep coming; something's bound to stick. When Celestia and Moon Dancer's great aunt both aim her at the enigmatic Prince of Equestria, to teach him a lesson, unexpected feelings rear their ugly head. That her choices about him might save or doom Canterlot is simply an added unwelcome bonus.

Hit up the comments and tell me what you think of the cover and anything else.

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I've finished the titles, and added sparkles because, well that's the trope for novels of this type. The cover art is by @SyrupyyyArt. To see the cover art, click the Read More button. It's just a matter of the proofreading of my rewrite of chapters 1 and 2 to complete before publication begins.

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Another teaser? Yeah, because it's close but not there. Who dat?
Cover art preview by Syryupyyy.
Story serialization starts soon.

Crossed horns?
Cover art preview by Syryupyyy.
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A new day is dawning.
Cover art preview by Syryupyyy.
Story serialization starts soon.

I have commissioned cover art for Ms. Glimmer and the Do-Nothing Prince from this artist. Do you think it will be worth waiting for? Hit up the comments.

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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I didn't want to start the meltdown at Twitter but, considering the timing, it's all my fault! No, not gonna write Star Trek. I did get an account in the Fediverse, however, because I needed an outlet for my non-MLP writing, including talking about SF&F writing, and stuff. Immediately, Twitter broke. (At least according to the media, who really understands computer engineering—my day job.)

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I am doing a bear tasting and a blog posting. Forgive if this post is slurred. I didn't drop my phone.. As Lightweight. Definitely drink. Wife drove. Made a voice recording because I need this as a write. First time drunk. Need to add I'm 63 so this is landmark. The El Cap IPA and Firefall Ted are spektaculer.

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A scrivener is a writer. Like me—though I prefer author or novelist. Here, I'm discussing capital-S Scrivener, the manuscript authoring package available for Windows, Mac, and iOS. First, context.

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I finished up the Enforcerverse, so if you like a completed tale, click the embeds below. That said, I am now without a writing project. Feels weird. Feels very weird. Like I am caught in a void in-between where I was and where I will be. (That's a reference to the frigid cold of in-between

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All the stories in the Enforcerverse are now completed with chapter 40 of The Enforcer and Her Blackmailers (Starlight and the Persistent Princess). And

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As the friendship lessons and self-realizations roll in (last two chapters!), it's time to talk about 1st person narrative. Starlight Glimmer is telling this story. I am just a conduit. 1st person narrative restricts story-telling unerringly to the POV of the narrator, again Starlight Glimmer. What

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Expect the ultimate fight and friendship lesson! Starlight Glimmer will... okay, that's a spoiler! Starlight in chapter 37 has good reason to believe she won't survive, and if she loses eternal darkness may fall. This is what it is like to fight beyond your capabilities at the best of your

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That's Japanese for saying I'm sorry. The language and culture makes this the sincerest way I can say that. I truly wanted to stay on schedule, to release on Monday, then Tuesday, and now Wednesday, but I've been doing a lot of chatting about follow-on stories implied by the situations in the new

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Warning: There is kissing in chapter 35of...

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A song can encapsulate a feeling better than just about anything else. This one encapsulates Starlight Glimmer’s sense of her ultimate antagonist perfectly; you’ll understand who if you are reading chapter 31 or later in The Enforcer and Her Blackmails (Enhanced & Augmented). If not, why aren’t

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Completely new chapters are being posted, starting with chapter 31! Book 2, Starlight and the Persistent Princess, explores the what-if scenario of “What if Celestia didn’t let Starlight escape?” That implies that Starlight doesn’t leave Canterlot convinced she is

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