Bad Horse has an excellent article on subtlety in writing on his blog today. Go read it. (Yeah, that’s not very subtle. So?)

Alicorn Priest has another Writer’s Workshop, this one on Story Structure. I never knew what a Freytag’s Pyramid was before. Neat.

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Starting with blogs, because they’re earlier in the alphabet and because: AlicornPriest has another one of his insightful and underappreciated blog posts on The Art of Writing covering figurative language, which I am guilty/proud of using like a (fill in metaphor here) in most of my writing. Go read.

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Bad Horse is currently running a poll on why we read fanfiction. It has triggered quite a few interesting responses, and since I have so many interesting people following me (for what, I’m still unsure), I thought I would pass the link along so you could help him out.

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A reminder that my holiday fic recommendation list is still here, if you have not yet overdosed on Christmas carols and holiday cheer.

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Last year’s Christmas fic recommendation list was such a hit, I’m doing it again this year. Just follow the trail from the chimney down below the break.

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Summary: Tantabus, Do Your Worst is going to be published over the weekend probably. I'm including a quick peek and a link to the Gdoc if you want to poke fun at my multiple typos after the break.

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I’m trying to put together another Christmas fic list like last year, so if you’ve got a favorite, add it into the comments and I’ll see if I can get an actual list put together before January (darned real world.) There’s actually a group for this, Hearths and Hooves, which makes fascinating

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I warned you what would happen, but did you listen? Well, I guess so or you wouldn't be reading.

For today’s lesson into the nature of alicorns, we have Princess Cadence. Sweet, pure, innocent, and raised at Celestia’s side for most of her life. This evening, she has a little secret to share with her sister-in-law, something that even the most studious of young princesses might not know.

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I’ll start with the plug links, because they’re easiest. I’d like to thank Paul Asaran for the review he did for The One Who Got Away and for all of the reviews he does on his blog. Go check them out.

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Starting off quick with stories that I liked and that you might like too. Plug, Plug, Plug (because I haven’t done that for a while, and it’s time to share the love)

Writing is Hard by Eakin. Seriously, it’s by Eakin. That’s reason enough to read it right there.

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