Cal is rather sleepy tonight so I grabbed the first pic that came too mind. I really need to watch some Gravity Falls sometime, it sounds like a wonderful show! I'll pick a header you guys want tomorrow, I promise.
On to the news which is really full of podcasts, meetups, and that sort of stuff tonight.
Tonight's Stories
NaNoWriMo Starts Soon
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) starts November 1st, and is a month long challenge to write 50,000 words in one month. It's like EQD's own NaPoWriMo, just with the ability to write about ANYTHING--even ponies! For some helpful words of encouragement towards meeting this goal, here's show writer Amy Keating Rogers:
Hey Awesome NaNoWriMo Novel Writers!
Amy Keating Rogers here hopefully writing you all words of wisdom and inspiration as you venture into NaNoWriMo. First off, I hear you have to write 50,000 words. Holy guacamole, that's a lot of words, people, so pace yourselves! I recently had to write a book that had a 12,000 word count. I also had 4 weeks to write it. I ended up writing 20,000 words, cause I'm really verbose and just kept blabbing on and on. But you have a month, so divvy things up. That's what I did. Set up a word count goal for each week so that it's not so daunting. Sometimes you might do more, sometimes less. But if you have those goals, it might not be so scary.
And I'll tell you another thing, my left arm began to hurt. Not my right, just my left. Now, I'm left handed, so maybe I hit the keys especially hard with my left hand. I've typed many scripts and I've never had this happen. I was just writing so furiously fast, trying to get all the ideas out of my head before they disappeared.
Don't worry about editing until later. Just write and write and write. Spill all those ideas out. Get it out of your system. Blah!
Have confidence and go for it. Now, I've never written an actual novel. I've written many a script, chapter books, and various other things. The key thing is sticking your butt in that chair and writing. That's how it gets done. Focus and do it! I know you can!
Be awesome, NaNoWriMo Novelists!
Amy Keating Rogers
Bronies wanting to talk to other bronies taking part in NaNoWriMo can visit the DeviantArt Group http://nanowrimo-mlp.deviantart.com/ or the FiMFiction group http://www.fimfiction.net/group/199344/nanowrimo as well as meet in the comments below!
Tonight's Successful Meetups
Fredericksburg Meetup
On Saturday, the Bronies of Fredericksburg met at a local bowling alley for some night time bowling. The "Rock n' Glow" event featured music and bowling with neon lights. It was a ton of fun, so we will look into doing an event like this again!
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We always encourage new members, so if you are from the Fredericksburg, Culpeper and Stafford areas, feel free to join us on our facebook page and/or google+ (see below). We also dont mind people from outlining areas either! We have future events planned and hope to see you there!
Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/groups/BroniesofFredericksburg/
Google+ - [email protected]
Tulsa Meetup
Cheers to everybrony who could make it to our Tulsa State Fair meetup. With games, petting zoo's, and deep fried... well, everything. This meetup was one of our largest and most successful. See everyone at the next meetup!
Tonight's Groups Looking For More
Ultracon of South Florida
Ultracon of South Florida is taking place on October 12th & 13th at the Cypress Creek Sheraton Suites in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Ultracon will have various vendors, artists, and special guests there, such as UFC Fighters Mike "The Wolverine" Rio and Marcus "The Bama Beast" Brimage, Larry Mainland from "The Walking Dead, and our meetup group Bronies of South Florida! Admission is $10 each day.
The address of the convention is:
555 NW 62nd St
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 33309
We are going to have a panel at this convention on October 12th from 2pm to 3pm, where Bronies of South Florida event organizers Steven Rodriguez, Jason Knight, Eddie Grainger, and Roy Alvarez will be discussing the show, comics, Equestria Girls, our predictions for Season 4, and the fandom in general!
There is also going to be a costume contest on Saturday as well...where 1st place will win $300, 2nd place will win $100, and 3rd place will win $50!
You can check out the event page for our panel here:
http://www.meetup.com/Bronies-of-South-Florida/events/137617852/
We hope to see everyone there this weekend!
Japan Bronies Group
Are you in the military serving in Japan, a native, or just visiting? Are you a fan of My Little Pony? Do you want to meet up with other bronies to hang out, chat, and just have fun? Well We are Japan's Bronies and are here for you.
Look us up at,
http://www.meetup.com/Japans-Bronies
Questions, contact me at [email protected] or at the Japan's Bronies page.
GTA V Online Group
Group Name: Brony Kingsters
Platform: Xbox 360
Game: GTA 5 {Online}
we show love and tolerance in the world of gta but not only that we go out and show the world that we are "kings of the world" as that is our motto. no skills is required; just pure fun and bro love around.
Tonight's Podcasts and Blogs
Maleo's Magic Shop - Episodes 1 and 2
Mike Dodd on the Vinney White Show
Here is the podcast version of the show I did yesterday on Newstalk 1010 in Toronto
Hope I spoke well on behalf of the community
http://www.vinneywhite.co.uk/
http://www.ottawagraphicdesign.ca/podcasts/newstalk1010_25.mp3
Interview starts at 19:50
