I released a new story recently for the Most Delightful Ponidox Contest, Time Enough, and here are some of my thoughts on it. This post contains spoilers, so go read the story first. But maybe don't read the comments.
First though, I have to kick the elephant in the room.
We had a fantastic set of stories entered into The Season 10 Bingo Writing Contest. It's not easy to come up with a story that ties together five randomly-selected ideas in a way that makes sense, AND make it a good story, so bravo to all the authors who managed it. You made our job as judges really hard.
Business Bloke will have a pretty good life. He'll live and work in the city, which is cool, because that's where all the excitement is. His apartment will be small and expensive, and the kitchen won't be well stocked, but that won't matter. He'll be too busy working to cook most days, so he'll eat takeout a lot. The city will be full of great places to eat.
Just to let the various contestants and interested parties know, the judges in the Season 10 Bingo Writing Contest have been making progress. There were a lot of stories entered, and each one needed to be given a fair chance. And it's required some difficult decisions, because quite a few of these stories are worth
Princess Celestia has inspired many writers, artists and poets over her centuries as both ruler and Princess of the Sun. Now she invites one pony to do a special task for her.
A tale of poetry, pornography, puns, printing presses and pretty pony princesses.
