twilightpony | In the Mail

I received two interesting letters in the mail today. First off, there was a letter from the assistant editor of the Canterlot Explorer's Society publication division. It turns out that they are expecting a written account from me about the expedition for which I've been invited to speak. The deadline is two months after the dinner and it will go through the usual review process to ensure that my article is in line with their preferred format. My written account is to be published in a subsequent volume of the Society's quarterly journal. This is a bit more formal than I anticipated. As my expedition was mounted in support of Moondancer's venture and it was she that determined, through her own research, that there was something worth investigating, I wrote back to the Society requesting that I have the option to invite her to the podium to outline her findings and the impetus that led her to head north in the first place. That will make citing her and summarizing how it was that she ended up in Winter's ice castle that much easier.

In a different letter, this one from the In The Field lecture series planning committee secretary, I've been asked to provide the names of my guests and any restrictions or special accommodations they may require. I have a few weeks to submit that. Meanwhile I'm waiting for letters from my parents, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna.