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Winston


The original Sunburst!

Mar
15th
2024

Seashell: getting closer to print! · 3:55pm Last Friday

Here's where we are on the Seashell print book:
83 pages all told, including front matter and a preface. 75 of them so far are story. Anticipating about 10-20 more pages to be finished. Almost there!
Cover's done (for the hardcover edition dust-jacket, at least, will probably have to be redone for the paperback but whatever).

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Dec
28th
2023

Jinglemas 2023, done! · 1:35am Dec 28th, 2023

I wrote this thing for Penguifyer, and today is my assigned day to deliver the gift, so I guess this is when the story drops:

TLost
Twilight, on her new wings, couldn't find her way around Cloudsdale. It may have left more of mark on her than she wants to admit. Written for Jinglemas 2023.
Winston · 2.8k words  ·  56  0 · 414 views

I hope they enjoy it, and I hope all of you will too!

Dec
2nd
2023

Seashell: The Book™: progress report · 3:18am Dec 2nd, 2023

I'm pleased to be able to say progress is being made, although to temper the good news, it hasn't been entirely easy.

I've just gotten over the first of the two major emotional hills I'm expecting the story to have to encounter. And while I'm glad I wrote it, it was hard on me. It may be been bleeding out into other parts of my life in some ways, which hasn't been great, but I guess it's encouraging in a way because I think that's a hallmark of good writing; it should influence you.

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Nov
25th
2023

Jinglemas 2023! · 1:50am Nov 25th, 2023

Do you like Secret Santa exchanges? Do you like stories? Do you wish there was a way to combine the two into some sort of abominable Frankenstein amalgamation of a holiday season tradition? Well, there is!

https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/1025853/jinglemas-2023

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Nov
2nd
2023

Seashell: The Book™: progress so far · 5:06am Nov 2nd, 2023

It's happening, my good pony people.

Seashell. It's coming back. In printed book form!

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Oct
24th
2023

Spam accounts! Spam accounts everywhere! · 4:26pm Oct 24th, 2023

...Well, mostly not impacting the actual experience on the site, to be fair.

Not yet, anyway.

But yeah, this morning a weird account created today happened to catch my eye. I've seen a few others like it before as well, but didn't think about it. Spam's a fact of life. Normal internet problems, ya know?
Something made me go digging deeper this time.

So I started looking at the most recently created accounts, and what they are.
They're ALL spammers. Thousands of accounts worth.

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Sep
29th
2023

RE. Seashell: Let's Make it Official · 9:40pm Sep 29th, 2023

What the title says. It's happening - Seashell is going to be a print book.
I guess it's a good time to tell everyone, because I've already started doing the layout. In fact I'm mostly finished formatting, if not content writing and editing, the interior matter for the first edition I plan to print.

"Whoa whoa whoa," I can hear you now. "First edition you plan? As in, there's gonna be more than one version?"

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Sep
22nd
2023

"Pinkie Pie Drives a Hearse" - story is LIVE now! · 11:40pm Sep 22nd, 2023

Following on from my previous blog post, my new story is live now!

EPinkie Pie Drives a Hearse
BRING OUT YOUR DEAD!!!
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I hope you like Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie, because that's what you're getting. :pinkiesmile:

Sep
22nd
2023

Story incoming! · 8:00pm Sep 22nd, 2023

It's that time again... STORY TIME! :pinkiehappy:

Coming later today / tonight, probably.

And, uh... whew. It's something. Was a writeoff entry, like so many of my short story publications these days started off.

Will post again when it drops.

Sep
12th
2023

EFNW 2023, part 2: Day 1 · 8:12pm Sep 12th, 2023

Friday. Day 1.

Opening ceremonies. This is where the public-facing events kick off.

And, uh... okay, I confess. At most of the conventions I've been to, I skip this.

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