tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post6002315786391752420..comments2024-03-04T02:09:30.979-06:00Comments on One Man's Pony Ramblings: Mini-Reviews Round 117Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-63758910554578155312016-01-25T09:50:22.536-06:002016-01-25T09:50:22.536-06:00"For the Birds" is too short to make EqD..."For the Birds" is too short to make EqD's threshold, and the lack of a plot would kill it anyway. I've got around 7 stories not on EqD for various reasons, mostly because I know they don't meet the submission guidelines or aren't good enough.Pascoitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05861834765162800926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-29670404899654806432016-01-24T12:23:15.984-06:002016-01-24T12:23:15.984-06:00You know, I had the same experience with Mainsail....You know, I had the same experience with Mainsail. I'm not sure why, though; -ail endings are largely feminine, at least in English.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581572699330155065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-86927599488107745162016-01-24T12:20:38.875-06:002016-01-24T12:20:38.875-06:00Mm-hm. And you are...?
Well, feel free to submit...Mm-hm. And you are...?<br /><br />Well, feel free to submit your resume, if you think you might qualify for the position of "author whose stuff Chris knows he enjoys." I must warn you, there's a lot of competition for a limited number of spots, however, and no-names without... say, multiple 4/5-rated stories on OMPR, an RCL feature, and at least one story on Chris's favorites list on FiMFic are unlikely to make the cut. We'll keep it on file in case of an opening. Don't call us, we'll call you.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581572699330155065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-74785105007624220902016-01-24T12:15:48.213-06:002016-01-24T12:15:48.213-06:00I can see a certain Blueshiftish influence in some...I can see a certain Blueshiftish influence in some of the CMC's straight lines. Glad to hear this went better than the last set of Pasco-themed reviews you got!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581572699330155065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-15282558781489605762016-01-22T18:46:42.339-06:002016-01-22T18:46:42.339-06:00Yes, Monobelle is a shtick I have stolen and used ...Yes, Monobelle is a shtick I have stolen and used myself. :DPresent Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-24488559064430046382016-01-22T15:23:08.845-06:002016-01-22T15:23:08.845-06:00"I realized something just recently: I don..."I realized something just recently: I don't read enough stories from authors whose stuff I know I enjoy."<br /><br />*Suggestively raised eyebrow*Cold in Gardezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05447980928221472313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-27573403933364549832016-01-22T12:28:51.255-06:002016-01-22T12:28:51.255-06:00Oh, I published it a long time ago. It's in my...Oh, I published it a long time ago. It's in my scraps collection. After waiting for about a year, I threw it in there since I figured it would never get used otherwise.xjuggernaughtxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286896058684660654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-59176439341139909292016-01-22T11:50:19.189-06:002016-01-22T11:50:19.189-06:00What madness is this, that Pascoite wrote a fic th...What madness is this, that Pascoite wrote a fic that's never been on EqD?!<br /><br />Read and enjoyed the other two, though I had this weird cognitive dissonance while reading <i>Naval Gazing</i>. Dunno why, but I kept picturing Mainsail as a stallion and having to remind myself that she's a mareHolly Oatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703437987958922954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-34323972964149686682016-01-22T11:48:56.794-06:002016-01-22T11:48:56.794-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.xjuggernaughtxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286896058684660654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-25417240035471919832016-01-22T11:02:41.453-06:002016-01-22T11:02:41.453-06:00Publish it under your account on FiMFiction! Might...Publish it under your account on FiMFiction! Might as well get it out there and let people read it.Pascoitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05861834765162800926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-59302649357010585102016-01-22T10:57:19.832-06:002016-01-22T10:57:19.832-06:00Oh, crap. A Pascoite edition. The last one of thes...Oh, crap. A Pascoite edition. The last one of these didn't go well...<br /><br />Ah, that wasn't so bad. The first story was written for a project called "The Album" which Peregrine Uncaged started up. He has a bunch of authors collaborate to write very slice-of-life moments for a broad collection of characters. I wrote the Maud Pie one for the first Album (in my short-story compilation "Tales of Interest!" the chapter "Rock 'n' Roll" is just a link to it). There was an Album 2 in progress, but it ultimately fell through, and this is my entry for it. Yes, it is slice of life at its strictest: no character growth, no conflict, no plot. They have to be inconsequential, no-stakes things, or they'll be rejected. I'm not sure I see the appeal of reading dozens of such stories in a compilation, but I thought it would be a fun exercise. Check out "Persephone" by Present Perfect. That was his entry, and I suspect it would have been rejected, because it actually has some nice character development.<br /><br />For "Dinkin'Donuts," it's the first time I kept up a children's-story feel through a standard length story, no it's something new for me. I had a lot of fun writing it. I think it probably would be fun to read it aloud, but I'm one of those people who hear the words in their head while reading, so it's a similar experience for me anyway.<br /><br />"Naval Gazing" literally started out as a group of us tossing out ideas to Blueshift on Skype when he decided to write a story about the CMCs going on a treasure hunt. He wrote it so he could do it as a live reading during a live charity stream knighty held a couple years ago, which I believe is still posted on YouTube somewhere. It features Blueshift himself reading Sweetie Belle's dialogue in a hilarious, high-pitched, permanently exasperated-sounding shout, akin to a female version of one of the Gumbys from Monty Python. Anyway, I suggested the "cutlass" and "corsair" pun situations to him, which he didn't end up using. I couldn't let them go to waste! So it's mostly a story built around a few jokes that I had beforehand, which is generally not a good way to write.Pascoitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05861834765162800926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184562969471581744.post-29809238043070916842016-01-22T10:25:38.456-06:002016-01-22T10:25:38.456-06:00I might be wrong, but I think For The Birds was wr...I might be wrong, but I think <i>For The Birds</i> was written for a compilation of stories that never came out. The idea of it was for the stories to be as true slice of life as possible. Nothing amazing going on. Just a brief look into a pony's normal life. I think both he and I had stories accepted years ago for that and then they sat around forever. I looked at the Gdoc for it some time ago, and it looks like the author cancelled it. (Insert grumbling about my cute Pinkie Pie versus a mailbox scene...)xjuggernaughtxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286896058684660654noreply@blogger.com