Author: Lupestripe
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February 2025 Update – Awards, AO3 and Website
Categories: General
It’s been a rather busy month, despite spending half of it back in the UK visiting family and friends. I’ve been working on three anthology submissions in February, with the first drafts of two of them completed in the last week. They are now off with beta readers, while I have just started the third…
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Scotiacon 2025 – Magical Mayhem
Categories: Panels
After a week of attacks from the right-wing press, there was a sense of trepidation going into Scotiacon, but the convention itself was a huge success. The attacks began the previous Sunday through a rather benign, albeit inaccurate, article in a Scottish tabloid newspaper. Things snowballed from there, with the British press getting increasingly extreme…
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2024 Awards Season
Categories: Awards
Well, it’s that time of year again as both the Ursa Majors and Cóyotl Awards are open for nominations. I thought I would have more to offer this year, but the only stories I had published in 2024 were in the Work “Fur” Hire anthology. Please nominate this for Best General/Other Literary Work in the…
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January 2025 Update – Stories, SoFurry and Scotiacon
Categories: General
It’s been a very fruitful month, largely because I have spent most of January indoors hiding from the cold. This has meant I’ve had plenty of time to work on stories and I am now caught up, having not quite achieved the goals I set for myself for the end of 2024. I have submitted…
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The New Year
Categories: General
The start of a new year is a good opportunity to reflect on the past and look ahead to the future. I am content with my writing in 2024 although, as ever, I wish I could dedicate more time to it. I wrote 70,000 words over the course of the year, although half of that…
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Goodreads
Categories: General
One of the things I learned at MFF was the importance of reviewing. Recommending a book is a good way of promoting a writer as it encourages others to check out what they have written. This is something I can easily do to help support the furry writing community. Consequently, I have set up an…
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MFF
Categories: Panels
I have just visited MFF for the first time. I’ll write a full report on my Dreamwidth over the coming days. I found it incredibly stimulating to attend a large number of writing panels and meet some furry writers too. I don’t think I have ever been to a con with such a large writing…
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Work “Fur” Hire
Categories: Publications
On Monday, Edwin@Work released the Work “Fur” Hire anthology, which contains 21 animal-themed short stories based around getting a job. Part entertaining, part educational, the aim of the book is to provide people who are job searching with tips and tricks. This has been published ahead of Edwin’s Job Searching panel at MFF on Saturday…
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SoFurry Open Beta
Categories: General
The beta version of SoFurry is now open access and I have spent the last few days learning the ropes. I have migrated all of my stories over, as well as updated my profile with key information. However, there are still things I need to understand. Furthermore, it would appear that my views, likes and…
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This and That
Categories: General
It has been a very busy few months, meaning I haven’t spent as much time writing as I would have liked. I find the Summer months quite difficult, not aided by the fact that it’s rarely below 28C in this flat. I am still playing around with this website and I am hoping to launch…