11/28 First before I forget again, Spaniard Kiwi did a Spanish reading of The Dance of the Sun. It sounds wonderful. Now, onward to the real reason I’m posting before I forget more. I’ve got another chapter done in Sweetie Belle - Hogwarts Exchange Student now and I’m

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11/26/22 - Despite concentrating on The Last Nightguard over the last few months, I have been making progress on some of the other pending projects in process. There are two finished chapters in Bridge Troll, one of Sweetie Belle - Hogwarts Exchange Student, and

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As we head into All Saints Day, a celebration of all who have attained the beatific vision of heaven (hey, I don’t write this stuff, I just crib off Wikipedia), I just wanted to wish all the kids out there the best of candy, full sized chocolate bars, and no peppermints. To help, I offer several seasonal stories of my own, short and long, from special points of view:

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I've just finished writing the troublesome bits of Chapter 24, and all that is left is editing.  That's not to say I'm going to punch Publish on Tuesday and start putting out a chapter a day because editing takes a lot of time. (Trust me, unedited Me is a horrid mess)  Unfortunately, that means the Nightmare Night chapter won't come out on Halloween.  Fortunately, the time it took me to write the tough spot gave Harwick time to finish up a commission.  Here's a sneak peek, as well as a chunk of

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When researching writing, there are two things you will not often find together
1. The US Supreme Court
2. Humor (in this case, The Onion)

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One of the great things about writing batponies and Princess Luna is that you can take off the gloves, turn the volume up to 11, and let ‘er rip. Hidden behind the break here are two examples from The Last Nightguard (draft). Caution: Spoilers

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I’ve made a bit of progress on things over the last few months, despite multiple distractions from the real world. (darnit) Starting tomorrow, I’m releasing two chapters out of the ongoing Sweetie Belle - Hogwarts Exchange Student, because if I only released the one chapter, I was fairly sure I’d be tracked down and flogged for cliffhangering. One of my distractions has been work on The Last Nightguard,

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Last year's fireworks in Wamego. This year is going to be bigger. (again)

Ye gads, time flies. Once again we have come to that time of year when we drive Japanese cars to watch parades and eat Italian food sold out of trucks and wind up watching Chinese fireworks while celebrating our freedom from British tea taxes. (among other things)  Originally, I had intended Farmer Bruener Has Some Ponies to be set at this time of year because that’s when the Midwest is most active, but that was

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There’s one problem you’re going to hit face-first with any story that doesn’t involve previously existing characters such as My Little Pony where the reader already knows who is who for the most part. How do you introduce characters individually so they don’t get lumped together in the reader’s mind?

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