The Marshmallow Ranch Gazette (Patreon)

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I'm coming down from the high that is Further Confusion 2017, which is not an easy thing to do if I'm being completely honest. I got to see a lot of old friends, meet a lot of new friends, and had so many great conversations with so many great people! The convention was fairly chill; this was the first time we had use of the convention center proper, which means the dealer's den and zoo were moved to this HUGE open area. The Marriott lobby was a lot less populated as a result, and with so much room to spread out it felt like it was a bit more difficult to find people. If you were there and I didn't get a chance to see you, sorry about that! Hopefully we'll be able to meet again…

I didn't quite get to my writing goal before the convention, so I'm afraid I'm behind this week. Entries for my blog will have to be written up really quick and part 3 of "Gift Exchange" hasn't even been started yet. You'd better believe I'll be working like hell to have it up by Thursday or Friday at the latest, but I wanted to be honest with you folks; there's a chance I won't be able to have it ready until next week. I deeply apologize for that, and I'll work to make sure that chance shrinks down to nothing today and tomorrow. 

I've really been enjoying feeling out the world in "Gift Exchange," speaking of -- a reasonably modern facsimile of our world, only with flying dragons, magic and transformation. It's something that I'll definitely need to return to; I'd like to create something of a shared furry California filled with friends, family and original characters. It'd be neat to explore the relationships between folks of different backgrounds this way, or talk about a few of the social issues that are unique to Silicon Valley. 

My interest in world-building has been steadily increasing over time, and at this point there are so many ideas in my head about distinct settings -- or tweaks to the places I've already set up -- that I feel like I need to put down on paper and really hammer out. Unfortunately, that can't happen until I've met the other goal that I've set for myself; to be at least one week ahead on all of my writing projects. That means at least three entries for the Writing Desk in the hopper (though I'd like to make sure my Fiction Friday stories are complete before I begin posting them) and at least two entries ahead for the Jackalope Serial Company. Before I can look ahead too far, I have to handle what's in front of me first. 

That's it for now, buckaroos -- I really should hop along and get myself in better shape, writing wise. I'll be catching you folks later this week!