State of the Author, October 2020 · 8:03am Oct 3rd, 2020
More than usual, the internet is melting down right now over #2020 news, so let's talk about something different. Me!
More than usual, the internet is melting down right now over #2020 news, so let's talk about something different. Me!
Looking for something to do now that PonyFest 2 is done? Let's steal from this thread on Twitter, and add some dragons to our ponies!
Let's try this. Give me the opening line of a book, but add "and then the dragons arrived."
It can have such effects as turning a time-travel romance into a warfic:
Given the current locked-down state of the world, and everyone trying to adjust to full-time life at home as the new normal, it's super exciting to see how the MLP community is coming together for online conventions. A great way to touch base, have fun, and learn new things. In this case, it's also a rare opportunity for a live Horizon sighting!
So Princess Luna released a new DREAMSCAPE version yesterday. And apparently I'm one of the early adopters, because I had a hell of a dream.
If you had told me last year that one of my fanfictions would legitimately predict the future, I would never have guessed it would have been Watch! Watch!
Speaking of holiday presents!
The big Bronycon panel where the show VAs read my script? They told me it couldn't be recorded for legal reasons. That doesn't mean there weren't cameras rolling, though! And technically, we can't write fanfiction of the show for legal reasons, either…
Happy holidays! Hope the season is going well for you. I'm working a double shift tomorrow on Hearth's Warming — but I can still celebrate, by giving everyone a present!
... a brand-new story drops tomorrow night, hopefully squeaking in under the wire of the Imposing Sovereigns II deadline:
The final show has aired, the final canon ships have been launched, the final spoiler warnings have been lifted, and we now find ourselves in a brave new era ...
... an era where the pony infosec parody account @ShiftOnSecurity is no longer anonymous.
... though not for lack of trying. In between a layoff and a vacation at my new job, I've been working the work of three people. (At least I've been earning double paychecks due to all the OT.) The death march hopefully should ease up this week.
As a reminder that I'm still around, new story in the morning! A minific that started life in one of the Quills & Sofas speedwriting competitions back in like ... mid-August.