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July 30, 2011
The Offsite Recap for July 30, 2011
Meet Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, Too!
Meet Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, Too! | An Interview with Voice Actor Jim Cummings (from the Mommy Blogger event of a few weeks ago) No tags for this
My Little Pony: Danny, the original bronyI made this for your amusement. I have long wondered what the B on his hat was supposed to stand for and now we know… it stands for brony!!! Updated: Just for fun, I threw it up on My Little Brony. If you want to comment/vote on it...
July 29, 2011
Right up my alley
Sometimes I read books on recommendations from friends or bloggers whose opinions I trust. Sometimes I read things because I feel like I should be keeping up with the industry. Sometimes I read things I feel are probably "good for me" the literary equivalent of broccoli. Sometimes the book cover just looks shiny. But every now and then I have a very instant reaction to something. I take one look at it and just know instinctively I'm going to love it.
July 25, 2011
Review: Max Quick: The Pocket and the Pendant by Mark Jeffrey
If you've been reading this blog for many years, you may recall this post from 2008 where I talked about a book and podcast called The Pocket and the Pendant. I'm pleased to update that story to let you know that Mark Jeffrey has since sold that book (originally self-published) to Harper Collins and the new and improved version of the book, now called Max Quick: The Pocket and the Pendant, just came out on April 26, 2011. I pre-ordered a copy as soon as it was available but...
The Offsite Recap for July 25, 2011
Seth Green had a meeting with Hasbro about producing My Little Pony Apocalypse Pony figures from Robot
Wait, what? Collider has the scoop direct from Comic Con. Here's their paraphrase: Other than the fact that the Seth Green apparently actually had a meeting with Hasbro about making a real line of My Little Pony Apocalypse action figures (it ain't happening in this lifetime), there was no real information in this panel. I
Authors: Cut out the middle man. 5...
July 22, 2011
Camp NaNoWriMo: What if you could challenge yourself to write a novel in a month anytime you liked?
Those crazy kids over at The Office of Letters and Light, the people behind the Young Writers Program and insane things like National Novel Writing Month and Script Frenzy, (aka NaNoWriMo and Screnzy to the cool kids) have a brand new writing challenge they just launched at the start of July. Camp NaNoWriMo!
As the site slogan says, it's "an idyllic writer's retreat smack-dab in the middle of your crazy life." In other words, the idea behind Camp NaNoWriMo is simple: challenge ...
July 20, 2011
I probably should have mentioned I was on eBay Radio yesterday… Also, word count!
It occurred to me yesterday when I was publicizing the fact that I was going to be on eBay Radio again on Twitter, Facebook and The Whine Seller that I never post things like that here and that's probably stupid of me. I guess my logic is that I'll obviously just be talking about eBay and if you cared about what I have to say about eBay you'd be reading The Whine Seller but I should probably still cross post. How do you feel about it? If I'm doing some kind of internet radio, ...
July 19, 2011
Acting Editions of Daddy Issues (1 Act Play) are available now on Amazon!
…and other fine retailers, of course, but Amazon's the one that gives me a referral credit so there. 
So, to recap, you can have a printed, physical book acting edition of this play for $2.99 or snag the eBook version in under a minute for $0.99. Pretty wallet friendly, eh? Very handy for when you need to just spend a leeetle more to get Amazon free shipping.
Or you could win one totally for free here. Not on Goodreads? I'll be having a contest of some kind over on this site...
Amazon.com is in denial. The Love of Three Oranges is out of stock there… forever!
If you try to purchase a copy of The Love of Three Oranges from Amazon right now, they tell you that it's "Temporarily out of stock." Well, they are full of it.
Now that the play is being distributed exclusively through Playscripts, Inc, Amazon is never going to be back in stock (except for second hand or collectibles copies in the third party marketplace). The only place to get the play is through the Playscripts website or through approved Playscripts retailers such as The...
July 18, 2011
Sing before you know the song. Write imperfectly.
"Revision is when you first get to recognize the distance between what you wanted to write, what you thought you were writing, and what you actually did write. That recognition often makes you want to throw up." -Carolyn See
Let's say you are listening to the radio when a brand new song comes on. You like it immediately. So, of course, you sit there quietly and don't dance or sing along with it until you know every single word of the lyrics and every beat of the music 100...
The Offsite Recap for July 18, 2011
Holy Jim Cummings news and interviews, Batman! (Winnie the Pooh media tour
So, um, as you may have noticed… There have been more interviews and articles about Jim Cummings in the last week then in the entire last year. And I, your mild manner cult leader, am having some trouble keeping up … Continue reading
Catch the replay of Summer Hayes on My Little Pony Talk RadioMissed their post convention show? Catch the replay below… Listen to internet radio with My...
