The Marshmallow Ranch Gazette (Patreon)

Volume 5, Issue 3 -- Thursday, January 16th, 2020

Howdy, patrons!

It's Further Confusion weekend! Probably not the best time to put out a new episode of "Crushing The Competition", but too bad! I'm doing it anyway! Episode 2 will be up this Friday (1/17) at around 5 PM Pacific. Unfortunately, I will not be here to receive any accolades or cheers, for I will be at the convention! Hopefully.

Things at the day job have gotten pretty intense this week, and with another person in our three-person department already off for FC 2020 I'm there to keep the lights on. Which is totally fine! Really! Fridays are typically pretty chill at the convention, and I'll only be missing one event that I'd really like to go to: the Titanium Tea meet-up from 1 PM to 4 PM. Ah well. 

I'll be a part of two panels at the convention: "Serializing Fiction" on Saturday at 1 PM in the Almaden room is up first, with Kyell Gold and Arilin, both of whom have Patreons you can find at the link! Both of these esteemed writers have actually finished serialized stories using Patreon, so they're sure to have a treasure trove of valuable advice. I'll be the Goofus to their Gallant, but I feel like my few nuggets of wisdom are hard-won and might help those to whom organization and discipline don't come easy. 

Next is "Politics and Social Justice in Furry Writing" on Sunday at 3 PM, in Guadalupe, also with Kyell Gold and Watts Martin. I feel a bit more in my element here, but Kyell Gold has explored these themes quite well in his Out of Position series, Losing My Religion, and Waterways. Watts has truly excellent bonafides -- his latest novel Kismet explores how capitalism and political interests can combine to create systemic oppression for an entire group of people. I'm quite passionate about the subject myself, and have written a lot about it on my Twitter and blog, The Writing Desk. It'll be a fun time, I promise! 

Otherwise, I'll be hanging around the Dealer's Den helping out at the Sofawolf and/or FurPlanet tables, attending other writing panels, or enthusiastically enjoying the VERY fine food and alcohol widely available in downtown San Jose. If you're at the convention, look for the chubby black dude with the obnoxious laugh and cabbie hat, then say hi!

That's about it for this edition. There's a lot to do, still, so I'll sign off now. See you next week, partners!

-Jakebe