I'm going to Everfree Northwest starting Friday afternoon. This is my first convention since the COVID lockdown started.

I'm looking forward to meeting people there. Feel free to say hi!

April 29 is Arbor Day in the USA and traditionally has been Fluttershy Day. I was on the road and missed posting then, so I am posting this belatedly now.

Among the most fun I had writing OP Fluttershy was in “No Pony Can Do That”. Here's an excerpt that establishes the tone…
 

"Look, up in the sky!" Applejack called.
 

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An interesting article about friendship in PsyPost.org: Study explores cross-cultural differences in the mental representations of friendship among Russians and Canadians

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I just published the first chapter of a new story. Many thanks to Rexketchum for inspiration and encouragement! If it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t be posting my first story in 3 years!

I should publish the rest of the chapters in the next couple of days. Enjoy!

Because I am a giant nerd with an MBA, for fun I built a simple spreadsheet model of the demographic impact of the “Very Special Spell” in Estee’s Triptych Continuum. This spell allows two mares to bear a foal, but all these foals are fillies. This spell is used to explain the population dynamics in the Triptych Continuum.

My model's inputs are:

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I just finished Monsters of Our Own by Aquaman, Pacific Rim / MLP crossover I didn’t know I needed.

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Apple-Picking Robot Stems From Labor Shortage

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I am a sucker for story structure. Unfortunately, I sometimes use studying story structure as a way of putting off actually writing.

This is a beat sheet I pulled from a video by Jenna Moreci.

HOW TO STRUCTURE YOUR BOOK - MY PLOTTING METHOD

1. A look into the future, foreshadowing what the story will be like
2. Normal life, establishing the status quo

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Amazon is introducing Kindle Vella, a way for authors to "publish serialized stories, one short episode at a time." This includes some Fimfiction style tools like publishing episodes (chapters) one at a time, Thumbs Up (thought Vella does it one an episode basis rather than a story basis), Favs on stories, and Author's Notes per episode.

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Anyone who is writing a fic with romance might be interested in this article about attachment style from Psychology Today.

It identifies attachment styles on two axis, anxiety (low to high) and avoidance of intimacy (low to high). 

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