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| From the Rabbit Valley® Comics Official Blog Happy Saturday Friends and Fans of Rabbit Valley® Comics!
I’m going to keep it short this morning as we know many of you are celebrating the long holiday weekend. In this issue we have our Top Ten items for the month of May, the ongoing summer sale, and our CaliFur plans. We will be closed for shipping on Monday in observation of the Memorial Day Holiday in the United States. The website will still be open and accepting orders.
Top Ten Shipped Items in May:
Summer Sale:
It’s Las Vegas and it’s hot. To help pass these days of ninety degree weather, we’re offering 15% off all orders of $100.00 or more on in stock merchandise. Anything in stock, even if it is already discounted. Simply use the coupon code Summer2012 during the check out process between now and the end of May to receive your discount.
We’ve got books from lots of different creative outlets in the Furry Fandom and will have even more later in June. Sofawolf Press and FurPlanet are releasing a whole bunch of new titles for the world’s largest furry convention next month. We’ll be getting those titles shortly after the convention and will sure to add them to the site as soon as they arrive. We thank our loyal customers for their patience and contented patronage.
We like to think of Rabbit Valley® Comics as like a big virtual dealer’s room with titles from many of the creative outlets in the fandom including 2 the Ranting Gryphon, Anthropomorphic Dreams, Bad Dog Books, Bucktown Tiger, Dreamfield Comics, Club Strips & Cocktails, Furplanet, Jarlidium Press, Radio Comix, Ringtail Cafe, Sofawolf Press, Tales of the Tai Pan Universe, Usagi Yojimbo Comics, YARF!, and many more. We also have a wide collection of prints from many artists in the fandom. If you can’t find it in our store, let us know via email, comment on our blog, message on twitter, or any other social network where we have an account.
CaliFur Plans:
Rabbit Valley is going to CaliFur – but you knew that. The store will be closed for shipping on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday of June (the 1st through the 4th) with normal daily order processing and shipping resuming on Tuesday.
If you’re going to CaliFur and would like to come to our Customer Appreciation events going on during the convention, drop us a message and we’ll get the details to you. We’re doing a customer cocktail reception room party Friday night, and possibly something Thursday night during the con.
Speaking of the convention, we’re bring over 200 different titles with us to the convention for your shopping pleasure. We’ll have the most recent releases from 2 the Ranting Gryphon, Anthropomorphic Dreams, Bucktown Tiger, Club Strips & Cocktails, Furplanet, Jarlidium Press, Radio Comix, Ringtail Cafe, Sofawolf Press, Tales of the Tai Pan Universe, Usagi Yojimbo Comics, YARF! as well as our own Spooo Presents Series, Circles, Associated Student Bodies, Books by Dark Zel and Tredain, Dragons Hoard, Fast Boyz Delivery Service, books by Grace Ogawa, Instinct Disorder, Books by Jeremy Bernal, Concealment by Ookami Kemono, Rocketship Rodents, and Webz Magazine and many more.
Well, I guess that’s about it for this week.
Best wishes,
Customer Service | |
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| It's been a rather busy day, but a relaxed busy.
I worked for my clients in the morning, picked and packed orders, paid bills, and cut salary and royalty checks.
After a short walk (my walking partner was out late last night and, understandably, skipped this morning's walk) I snuggled up to my bunny for a fox-nap.
Once awakened we had coffee over the news, ran some errands, and did some light house cleaning before heading over to the Bunny Next Door for Bad Movie Night. The food was amazing, the desert - cookies, and the conversation and liquor both sharp and witty.
We had some minor issues with the internet which prompted some action on our part - but it's behind handled.
All in all a very good day. | |
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| Happy Wednesday - and it is a good one! I am very pleased as punch to report that my root canal of yesterday was a complete success. No more pain in my jaw, teeth, head, and neck. As soon as the Novocain was administered all the pain went away, and even after the numbing agent wore off I was left pretty much pain free. The only thing left to do on that front is to have the ceramic cap replaced at my regular dentist's office next week before CaliFur (he had sent me to a specialist due to the complexity of the root system). Rabbit Valley® Comics orders have been processed, packed, and will be shipping out in a few hours. We're working on new books today as well as getting the inventory ready for CaliFur. It's going to be awesome! Other than that, today is a usual busy day here at Rabbit Valley Industries! There's lots of new books coming-out from a variety of sources this summer, we'll be sure to have them after their release at Anthrocon. | |
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| Well, the day started off well enough, but my allergies but me really hard. My morning walk with the bunny next door was brutal. The work day went quickly enough. I was able to get all my projects done and run all the errands of the day before going to the dentist to have my toothache checked.
What is it with people today? Within a span of five minutes I was almost hit by a convertible driven by an old man in a parking lot. I was laden down with forty pounds of ordes and walking into the post office. Instead of stopping, he tried to drive around me. Seriously dude, it's a parking lot, I was more than in the crosswalk...even other people yelled at the old man to stop. then on my way out of the post I was almost hit head on as a minivan came full speed the wrong way down the one way exit! After checking the box at the UPS store I was almost hit again by some impatient twat trying to steal a parking spot.
At the dentist I learned that the restoration I had last year needs to be tapped for a root canal. It will be replaced free of charge, and the root canal is covered by health insurance. So tomorrow afternoon I'll have the drilling and later in the week the restoration. Apparently there was some bacteria trapped under the ceramic restoration, this is the cause of my pain, and it needs to be fixed as the damage is irreversible if left alone too long.
Back at the Hop Inn, after picking up my pain killers, I did some light house and yard work before a shower and calling it a day. | |
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| From the Rabbit Valley® Comics Official Blog New Items:
We’ve added some new items to the store this month and wanted to share them with you, again.
Mature Readers:
By Sword and Star – $13.95
Sabrina Online A Decade in Black and White – $23.95
The Species of Blessing Avenue – $9.95
General Readers:
Confectionaries Issue 1 – $4.99
Adult Readers:
Will of the Alpha – $19.95
Summer Sale:
It’s Las Vegas and it’s hot. To help pass these days of ninety degree weather, we’re offering 15% off all orders of $100.00 ore more of in stock merchandise. Anything in stock, even if it is already discounted (see previous journal entries). Simply use the coupon code Summer2012 during the check out process between now and the end of may to receive your discount.
Top Ten Shipped Items:
Rabbit Valley Mascot Art Page:
Over the years we’ve collected a lot of art of our characters and it’s time to share some of that. Over the next weeks we’ll be putting some of that art up on our site at http://www.rabbitvalley.com/sales/art.html. Right now it has our character art from RedWolf, Quel, Kaput, Shiuk, Spunky, and Marci. We’ll be adding more RedWolf and Quel pieces as well many others this coming week, so look for update notices here.
Link: http://www.rabbitvalley.com/sales/art.html
CaliFur:
Our next big event is CaliFur! We’ll have a large selection of inventory at the convention and are planning a customer reception room party on Friday night. If you’re going to the convention and would like an invitation to the party, please drop us an email RSVP to customer service@rabbitvalley.com with the number of people in your group so we can plan ahead.
If you can’t make it to CaliFur next month, remember Rabbit Valley® Comics is like a big virtual dealer’s room with titles from many of the creative outlets in the fandom including 2 the Ranting Gryphon, Anthropomorphic Dreams, Bad Dog Books, Bucktown Tiger, Dreamfield Comics, Club Strips & Cocktails, Furplanet, Jarlidium Press, Radio Comix, Ringtail Cafe, Sofawolf Press, Tales of the Tai Pan Universe, Usagi Yojimbo Comics, YARF!, and many more. We also have a wide collection of prints from many artists in the fandom. If you can’t find it in our store, let us know via email, comment on our blog, message on twitter, or any other social network where we have an account.
Thanks for reading!
Until next week,
Rabbit Valley Customer Service | |
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| From the Rabbit Valley® Comics Official Blog Happy Thursday,
Over the years we’ve collected a lot of art of our characters and it’s time to share some of that. Over the next weeks we’ll be putting some of that art up on our site at http://www.rabbitvalley.com/sales/art.html.
We will be sure to post a new blog entry letting you know when the page has been updated. Right now it has our character art from Shiuk, Spunky, and Marci. We’ll be adding RedWolf, Quel, and many others so look for update notices here.
http://www.rabbitvalley.com/sales/art.html
Enjoy! | |
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| And with the last set of orders being packed to ship out tomorrow, I'm over the hump!
I'm still working on that daunting newsletter project - this has gone on way to long, hopefully the meeting tomorrow will get me the rest of the information to take care of the rest of the writing.
Tomorrow is also my day of meetings - lots of meetings - but that's OK. I like meetings, sorta.
In addition to picking, packing and shipping orders I've been putting together our supplier orders for CaliFur in two weeks. We should have plenty of the newest titles available for everyone who will be at the con to review and hopefully purchase.
My fuzzy brain has yet to really digest much of May, time seems to be moving at an accelerated rate.
I have to call my dentist in the morning, this toothache isn't getting any better - but it might not be a toothache at all, it could bust be a mouth sore. I can't tell the difference, time to put that health insurance to work.
Anyway time to relax! | |
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| Happy Monday! We’re heading back to Las Vegas after spending the weekend in Reno. It’s only about a seven-hour drive, including stops for gas – I don’t know why we have not visited the city before now. (Speaking of driving, Bunny and I have driven about seven hours per day four days in the past week. That’s a lot of time in a vehicle.) PawFur was an amazing first year event. Everything was held in one large room with sections for dealers, gaming, general hanging out, a main stage, and a headless lounge. Again, everything was held in one large room – this is the success of PawFur in my opinion. At any given time anyone attending the convention could see everyone else (except those in the headless lounge) in the room. Not since my first Anthrocon have I been able to say that I was able to speak to everyone at the convention. There is a real community feel to PawFur. Sales were stronger than anticipated, which is just another reason we will be going back next year! PawFur ranks as one of the best First Year conventions that I’ve attended since I started going to furry events and conventions in 1996/97, including FurFright, FA: United, Antheria, and a few others. Many thanks to the staff of PawFur – you did an amazing job. As promised, here is the link for GraveYard Greg's new book: The Species of Blessing Avenue - $9.95Enjoy! | |
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| Happy Sunday from Reno! In a few short hours we'll be packing up the truck and heading back to Las Vegas. PawFur was simply amazing. We got to meet a lot of new people, spend time with Whiteyote and his partner, and harass GraveYard Greg all day. Shuik and his crew put on a pretty awesome event. Sales were stronger than expected - and that made Rabbit Valley® Comics very happy. We even picked up the unsold copies of The Species of Blessing Avenue - we'll have those up on the site sometime tomorrow morning as Greg said he wanted to see it up there ASAP. Anyway, time to get back to the party! | |
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| From the Rabbit Valley® Comics Official Blog Happy Saturday,
We are in Reno, Nevada for the one day PawFur Event this weekend, but wanted to take some time to let you know the happenings back at Rabbit Valley® Comics. This blog includes our top ten shipped items this week (the volume surprised me), our summer sale, and some other small odds and ends.
Top Shipped Items List:
Summer Sale:
…and there are no less than six furry-fan hosted conventions and events this month. If you can’t be at any of them why not get that convention feel by picking up some books at Rabbit Valley® Comics, our store is like a big virtual dealer’s room as we titles from many of the creative outlets in the fandom including 2 the Ranting Gryphon, Anthropomorphic Dreams, Bad Dog Books, Bucktown Tiger, Dreamfield Comics, Club Strips & Cocktails, Furplanet, Jarlidium Press, Radio Comix, Ringtail Cafe, Sofawolf Press, Tales of the Tai Pan Universe, Usagi Yojimbo Comics, YARF!, and many more. We also have a wide collection of prints from many artists in the fandom.
To help with your purchasing we’re offering 15% off all orders of $100.00 ore more of in stock merchandise. Anything in stock, even if it is already discounted (see previous journal entries).
Simply use the coupon code Summer2012 during the check out process between now and the end of may to receive your discount.
That’s about it, but the bunnies are starting to wake up and that means that it’s time to get this show on the road.
The Fox | |
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| I must but nuts!
We're getting ready to drive out to PawFur in a few hours, after only having arrived home just over 25 hours ago from a road trip. The only difference, this one is for fun!
We're bringing a wide selection of books with us, hopefully they sell well.
It's a one day event, but I hear the Reno Fur scene is pretty substantial so one never can tell.
Looking forward to being there! | |
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| I love my husband very much, and he makes me proud every day.
By now everyone has heard that the Vice President and President of the United States of America have come out in support of marriage equality when it comes to same sex couples.
It's all over the news.
It was all over the news this morning in Medera, California as my loving husband and I enjoyed our Holiday Inn breakfast in the breakfast room here at the Holiday Inn.
There was a Christian Youth Group also in the room. Every time the reporter on CNN would bring up the President's recent support they would talk out against equal rights. This happened for the better part of half an hour.
When CNN showed a view point that disagreed with the President, as news stations do to balance the coverage, one of the youths, a young black man, gave a very vocal 'yeah' and raised his arm to the television screen.
We kept our mouths shut and enjoyed our coffee and breakfast…
And here is one of the many reasons I love my Bunny. As we filled our cups for the last time and headed out he interrupted the group with a few things to ponder…and this is not exact as I was not all with it during the outcry (Part of me was on the defensive, the other was just too proud.)
The next time you Christians want to get vocal about denying rights to humans, look around the room to see who's there. *points to Fox* That's my husband.
The next time you show support for someone who is against gay marriage, which is your right as an American, try not to give a Hitler Salute to the television, it sends the wrong message.
You're a Christian Youth Ministry Group, what you did here reflects on your religion as a whole.
And as a final reminder, less than 600 years ago the Roman Catholic Church wanted nothing to do with marriages, they were a State / Crown issue. *See Documentary on Marriage on The HIstory Channel
Yeah - I love my bunny. | |
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| From the Rabbit Valley® Comics Official Blog OK, this might get a little long, but there is a discount on all orders over $100 of in stock merchandise fro now until the end of May… so slog through it!
It’s 86 Degrees Outside…
…and in New England that would mean it’s summer and time for cook-outs, heading to the beaches, flying kites out by the sea, and all sorts of early summer activities. My favorite was to go out to the park with a stack of comics and a good book so I could soak up some sun and entertain my brain!
It’s May…
…and there are no less than six furry-fan hosted conventions and events this month. If you can’t be at any of them why not get that convention feel by picking up some books at Rabbit Valley, our store is like a big virtual dealer’s room as we titles from many of the creative outlets in the fandom including 2 the Ranting Gryphon, Anthropomorphic Dreams, Bad Dog Books, Bucktown Tiger, Dreamfield Comics, Club Strips & Cocktails, Furplanet, Jarlidium Press, Radio Comix, Ringtail Cafe, Sofawolf Press, Tales of the Tai Pan Universe, Usagi Yojimbo Comics, YARF!, and many more. We also have a wide collection of prints from many artists in the fandom.
To help with your purchasing we’re offering 15% off all orders of $100.00 ore more of in stock merchandise. Anything in stock, even if it is already discounted (see previous journal entries).
Simply use the coupon code Summer2012 during the check out process between now and the end of may to receive your discount.
While we won’t be at all the conventions in May, we will be at the following conventions through the end of June:
We will also be at many conventions this fall, for a complete list visit our conventions and events page.
If you’re not going to any cons this summer, or if you are and want to save a little money, enjoy the Summer2012 discount!
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| It's been a right busy week here at the Hop Inn! Today and yesterday were big days for the day clients as I've been overseeing a client's booth at the AAGIWA Show here in Las Vegas. It's been a huge event with representatives from all sections of the US Department of Agriculture, the Canadian Grain Commission, and some key industries such as agribusiness and railroad fleets (CSX / BN). This has kept me pretty busy! I'm also writing that company newsletter for my other day client. It's coming along okay. More more importantly I've been weeding out bugs in their new CRM package, the one that was installed just about three years ago… Birthday Time! Rabbit Valley orders continue to go out the door daily (except Sundays) and we've added several new items to the store including those listed below: New Titles:By Sword and Star - $13.95 http://www.rabbitvalley.com/item_8466_1334___By-Sword-and-Star.html
Confectionaries Issue 1 - $4.99
Will of the Alpha - $19.95
I also submitted the information necessary to get quotes for private health insurance and renewal of the business insurance to cover our assets! Happy Fox indeed as this was a goal that I had set for next year, but it looks like I might be able to accomplish it early!
I've been meeting TheBunnyNextDoor five days per week to walk each morning. The walks have really helped with my exercise and diet program. Today I weighed in right where I was when I plateaued before putting on some weight over trips and my brother's vacation. I think the added exercise as well as portion control will get me to where I want to be in time for RMFC.
For the most part everything else is just activities as usual. The housework gets done each day (dishes several times daily, vacuuming three times weekly, laundry on Wednesday and Saturdays, etc…). We continue to have our neighbor over for dinner at least once a week - though this week will be tight because of the trade show in town. And we're still fairly active in our fur group!
Oh - and we've updated the podcast page - http://podcast.rabbitvalley.com/ - sometime before the end of the month, once we've caught up on all the historical episodes, we'll update the iTunes Feed with the new web address, but for all the listeners who want to relive those early episodes, here is your chance!
Latest Episode, 413 is up too! (Missing LInk - KM Hirocloset - http://rikoshi.livejournal.com/731821.html)
Episode 414 should be released later this week!
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I think that's about it for the big things going on these past few weeks.
We've got PawFur this coming weekend…
Until later,
I love my Bunny! | |
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| From the Rabbit Valley® Comics Official Blog Greetings Friends and Fans of Rabbit Valley® Comics,
It’s a lovely day here in sunny Las Vegas and we wish you could be here to enjoy the weather with us, but it’s not all about catching some rays, there is work to do!
In this issue of our weekly email you’ll read about our Top Ten Shipped items for the last week, the two new items added to the store, and our upcoming PawFur plans.
Top Ten Shipped Items:
This week we’ve seen a renewed interest in prints with several people all ordering the same items. It’s been a while, and it’s quite refreshing. Over the last six months Scappo, Shiuk, Kaput, and many other artists have updated their Rabbit Valley® Comics print catalogues with some of their newest pieces. Give them a sniff!
New Items:
Prince Tiran of Silverglen may be heir to the throne of all Asteria, but he’s always felt more at home among the villagers, no matter how many lectures he gets from his father.
But when the elk-lord Roden slaughters the royal family and claims the throne for himself, only Tiran is left to avenge their deaths and take his place as the rightful king.
His journey will lead him from the shadowed heart of his forest home into the treetops with the squirrel-clan of the Drays, across the western plains, and among the mysterious and deadly wolves of the Northern Reach.
With his allies’ help, Tiran must become the king his people need him to be – or risk fulfilling an ancient prophecy that will spell the end of Asteria itself.
Will of the Alpha - Anthology – $19.95
What’s your pleasure? Or do you prefer pain? Everyone has a wild side.
Everyone has their kinks, and this is your chance to indulge them. Will of the Alpha is an exploration into the darker side of the bedroom, and each of these stories takes you a step farther down that shadowy road. The authors start out gentle. A leather collar, a little bondage, some light flogging… but they won’t hold back for long and they brought a lot of toys with them. Handcuffs too. Each story in the book is a little darker than the last and at some point you may have to stop.
But you won’t want to.
Will of the Alpha is an anthology for an adult audience only and includes stories and poems by Kandrel, Ashe, Ianus J Wolf, Mangi, Sparf, Rechan, Elijah Lapso, Tarl “Voice” Hoch, Nathan Cowan, Whyte Yoté, and H.A. Kirsch. Each story is illustrated by Dbull with a cover by Kadath.
PawFur:
As many of you know we’re heading out to Reno next weekend for PawFur. If you’re in the Reno area and are free Saturday evening we shall be hosting a cocktail reception just down the street from the convention hotel. Please email customer service@rabbitvalley.com if you are interested in attending the event. There will be alcohol served so proper ID is required, this is an over 21 event.
PawFuris a one day event being held by the Northern Nevada Furry Community at the Grand Sierra Resort, Nevada Foyer on the Arcade Level on Sunday, May 13, 2012. Admission is only $5.00 according to their website.
Sales:
Our spring cleaning is going pretty well, but there are still plenty of books for sale at discounted prices including:
- Spooo Presents Color Special is being sold for $15.00 instead of $30.
- Spooo Presents Titles 1-16 are on sale, $5.00 titles are now $3.50 and $6.00 titles are now $5.00
- Buy multiple issues of select Circles titles and receive 10% off those titles.
We’ll have plenty of inventory of our books as well as books from these awesome suppliers:
Thanks for reading!
Kind regards,
Rabbit Valley Customer Service | |
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| Orders were picked, packed, and shipped.
Inventory from three suppliers has arrived - it will be on the site tomorrow!
A book has been laid out, just need to get the artwork in place and get the cover ready.
Day tasks were all done!
Happy Fox is Happy! | |
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| Scheduling Issues Suck… Oh well. I'll do it on my own this time.
I'll be Madera, CA on the 17th of May if anyone is free and wants to hang out for lunch. I won't have a lot of time as I have to hustle back to Vegas for an event in the evening.
Work projects went well today. All orders were picked, packed, and shipped for the store; the pending orders will ship out tomorrow!
May is off to a good start - and we have a convention in the middle of the month. Not to mention the additional contract laboratory work!
Of course May means hot weather and there is no disappoint here. Time for short and trimmed legs…
I've been walking for between 30 and 60 minutes a day for the last three days. Tomorrow morning I might be joined by a white rabbit… we shall see.
Anyway, time to get dressed and assemble - I've got tickets direct from Marvel for the pre-screen of the Avengers tonight. I've not done a movie premier in a very long time.
Read you all tomorrow! | |
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| From the Rabbit Valley® Comics Official Blog We want to announce that By Sword and Star – By Renee Carter Hall is now available for sale at the Rabbit Valley® Comic Shop!
Prince Tiran of Silverglen may be heir to the throne of all Asteria, but he’s always felt more at home among the villagers, no matter how many lectures he gets from his father.
But when the elk-lord Roden slaughters the royal family and claims the throne for himself, only Tiran is left to avenge their deaths and take his place as the rightful king.
His journey will lead him from the shadowed heart of his forest home into the treetops with the squirrel-clan of the Drays, across the western plains, and among the mysterious and deadly wolves of the Northern Reach.
With his allies’ help, Tiran must become the king his people need him to be – or risk fulfilling an ancient prophecy that will spell the end of Asteria itself.
Cover artwork by Sara Miles.
Supplies are limited so get yours today! | |
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| Yesterday I decided that I'm going to change up my routine a little by added an exercise session to my schedule five days a week for between 30 and 60 minutes.
Sunday was a light three mile aslk over 60 minutes.
Monday was a brisk two mile walk over 30 minutes.
I'll be randomizing the days of the week that I go walking, two on, one off, two on, one off, etc…
Let's see if this helps be brake that plateau in my exercise plan.
It's sorta like having a high school gym class again - where I'm the only student and the coach is myself (and my computer).
More to follow. | |
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| Been a busy day!
Woke up with my bunny (snuggling in the morning is always lots of fun) for coffee and breakfast. He went off to work and I did some projects around the home office for my clients as well as some light store work before lunch.
I took a nice walk (got to get back into shape for RMFC) for an hour and then updated my exercise application. This time the fox get serious! Back in 2005 when I was walking an hour a day five days a week I was in the best shape of my life. Time to get back to it. Might add the sit-up a day challenge to my routine…might not.
After lunch I picked, packed, and got all the weekend orders ready to ship. Tomorrow I'll process the overnight orders (I see you there) and drop everyone off at the post and UPS offices.
After a shower and short nap I did some house cleaning and now am about to depart for the weekly over twenty-one fur meet.
All in all a very good day so far. | |
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| From the Rabbit Valley® Comics Official Blog Happy Saturday Friends and Fans,
In this issue we are going to write about our top ten shipped items for the month of April, ongoing seasonal sales, upcoming conventions, and any other bits of information that comes to the mind of the author.
Top Ten Shipped Items for the Month of April:
This month we’re excited to see that our Dragon’s Hoard titles continue to take spots on the charts as well as Prince of Naves our first novel length book. We also have some awesome titles by SofaWolf Press in the line up.
Upcoming Conventions:
As it shows on our conventions and events page our next fabulous location will be Reno, Nevada for PawFur. PawFur is slated to be a one day event held at the Grand Sierra Resort in the Ansari Business Building room 201. The schedule of events is jam-packed with almost every hour of the day scripted. This will be the first scripted furry convention that we attend, and we are really looking forward to the show. If you’re going to be in the greater Reno area you should consider checking out the event, admission at the door is only going to be $5.00 to get in (see here for complete details).
After PawFur we’ll be packing up and rolling out for CaliFur - which should be mad fun all around.
We’ll have plenty of inventory of our books as well as books from these awesome suppliers:
Sales:
Our spring cleaning is going pretty well, but there are still plenty of books for sale at discounted prices including:
Spooo Presents Color Special is being sold for $15.00 instead of $30.
Spooo Presents Titles 1-16 are on sale, $5.00 titles are now $3.50 and $6.00 titles are now $5.00
Buy multiple issues of select Circles titles and receive 10% off those titles.
We’ll also price match any title we sell, within reason.
Well, that’s about it for this week!
Happy Shopping | |
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| Orders did not go out today and for that I am sorry. Today was my brother's last day of vacation before flying home so we spent the day doing stuff after I finished my client projects and other necessary work tasks.
We took the limo out on a ride running such fun errands as dropping off knives to be sharpened and the quest for new sneakers for my bunny - a failed quest. We stopped for lunch then Restaurant Depot before heading home so I could take care of a DB issue while Bunny and Pat went to pick up the knives.
We enjoyed a lazy afternoon for a few hours before cooking up a mad pot of fried rice for Game Night with the BunnyNextDoor.
It went over very well.
Until we got a phone call telling us that our friend Deb from my first out of college job had lost her battle with cancer. It is sad, but at least now she is no longer in pain.
In other news my new glasses and jewelry showed up today! | |
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| Why is it that guests use my decorative colored towels instead of the white towels I provide?
Anyway, I've been slowly moving all my internet stuff off MobileMe / .Mac in the wake of the iCloud transition. For those who have bookmarks to my various sites, they have changed. Here are the new URLs. For those who are new to my blog, I've a bunch of site out there - check out my cooking blog!
Today's been a busy day of getting things done for the clients and the store. Orders have shipped out - and that makes me happy. My brother is visiting and we're having a good time when I am not on the clock. BunnyMan has been visiting, and we love that - though it cuts into both our writing time - but that's OK we'll hit it running next week. Anyway, bunny is cooking dinner so I need to go oversee... | |
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| Today was good.
Worked in the morning.
Ran errands while meeting bunny for lunch.
Got my new iPad.
Picked up my free tickets to the Avengers for owning a comic store. Pre screening May 1st!
Drinks and trivia as well as dinner to cap the night.
Happy fox | |
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| It was a busy day back in the office after a fun filled weekend with my visiting brother.
Orders shipped out today!
And I've some good news from our distributors.
I do love my life. | |
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| Bark - Good day!
Yeah, good day… | |
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| From the Rabbit Valley® Comics Official Blog Because my brother is in town, keeping the report light this week. More to come tomorrow and Monday!
Top Shipped Items:
We’ve gotten caught up on all the orders save for two waiting on ink for the printer. Remember Rabbit Valley® Comics, your source for all things furry. In addition to our own books, we have a selection of books from these fine suppliers:
Happy Shopping! | |
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| It's been a busy couple of days here at Rabbit Valley since our return from Furry Connection North. Rabbit Valley: All but three of the orders have been picked, packed, and shipped. One of the orders is waiting on the coffee to outgas so I can ship it tomorrow, the other two are waiting on prints and back ordered items to return to inventory from our suppliers. This makes me very happy. Our next big thing for the publishing arm of the business is PawFur in Reno mid-May. Prior to that we've been contracted to facilitate the setup and oversee booth operations at the AAGIWA event here in Las Vegas. I've been working with this client for the last eight years regarding this particular show, so it's pretty much a done deal. The only thing I'm debating is getting a suite at the Monte Carlo for the duration of the event to host meetings and customer receptions. We're still waiting for our client to provide the lateral flow strips to complete the GIPSA Validation, that should also arrive sometime next month. Working around these projects will be lots and lots of picking and packing orders, as well as planning for CaliFur in June. We're also getting all the ducks in a row for the fall convention season. It looks like we're all set for RMFC, FA: United, and Gaylaxicon. Our agents are all set for Eurofurence, MFM, Rainfurrest, and Furfright. Looks like the second half of the year is going to be just as busy as the first! House Stuff: My brother is coming to town this Saturday. So I've been getting things ready for his visit, cleaning house, washing the closer door mirrors, ensuring that the bathrooms are clean, vacuuming - you know all the stuff I do every week. One of the big projects I did around the house today was to tear apart the dryer and clean all the lint traps and ducts. The appliances were installed in 2009 and I firmly believe that the prior renters never cleaned the trap at all. After a good cleaning of all the pipework the dry cycle actually finished in under an hour. Imagine that! I also picked up our fresh roasted coffee this morning. I also threw a belt on the car, apparently it had come loose and kinda fell off. Well, a quick stop at Pep Boys for a new belt. Installation was simple. Reflections:Do you recall your first date?My very first date was in high school. I as tricked into it by a classmate. I was a sophomore, she was a junior. It was supposed to be a pizza party, it turned into a double date. I didn't quite understand that I was being set up and that the evening was a date until later. Nothing happened. This high school relationship lasted until I started my freshman year of college. My first gay date was in 1997 on the 19th of December. We went to see Titanic after a lovely dinner. I caught Mononucleosis form our make-out session. To this day Titanic still does things to me emotionally. We never did anything else together - just that one lovely date. My first date with my bunny was actually more of a third wheel… but that's another story. And I just got some awesome news! | |
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| Bark!
Yeah, I think it's that time of day.
Anyone out in LiveJournal Land ever install an aftermarket cruise control?
And why are they eating the cake firsts…
Cake? Yes, we have that.
Anyway I think it's shower time. | |
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| Overall today was was a good day.
We went to the Ford Museme before flying home. The first leg of the journey was uneventful, and we managed to watch some TV on the iPad.
The second leg was a little frustrating as I didn't have an opportunity to plug my computer in between flights due to a miscommunication and some very slow wings - I wasn't even hungry.
Not to mention the small kid sized seats.
But we are almost on the ground. | |
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| From the Rabbit Valley® Comics Official Blog
Review:
The Prince of Knaves is a fantastically-written, fast paced classic adventure story interwoven with a touching, heartfelt (and sometimes explicitly described) homosexual romance. Such would be the shortest way to describe this book. But for the casual reader, this description suffices. If you enjoy fun, fast adventure stories, and you don’t mind the homosexual romance, don’t miss this book.
The prose is not poetic or flowery. It does not exhibit any try-hard mannerisms that so many new authors try to employ. It flows. There is a rhythm to the words that changes along with the pacing, and what a joy it is to read. Part of that comes form Alflor’s ability to judge how much the reader needs to know. I have previously seen this in past stories of his. There is never too much description, but there is always enough to paint a clear and vivid picture. It is fair to say that (if you like the subject matter) you will never be bored with this book. The pace is quick and the story never drags. There are 406 pages, but I didn’t once stop to check how many pages I read. If you want a well-written furry book, this is a prime example.
The world Alflor creates is an intriguing blend of Medieval Europe, Scandinavia and a touch of furry. There is no fantasy there. If we lived in a world of anthropomorphic animals, I would even label this historical fiction. Concerning the furry aspect, this is such a book where the fact that the characters are upright-walking, talking animals is paid absolutely no mind. They just are. As such, the narrative never feels like it is trying to convince the reader of the furriness of these characters. One may occasionally wag a tail or fold their ears, but they act very human for the most part. (There *is* one scene which uses the animal traits of the characters in a very clever way, but I will not spoil it.)
The story is one of Prince Natier. He begins the book living a life of privilege at the royal palace in Llyra. Prince Natier is painted as fairly lazy and hedonistic, but he isn’t always like this. When the sun goes down, he takes on the persona of Rivard and sneaks out of the palace. This side of the fox is much less self-absorbed and much friendlier. As the book’s back cover says, “he goes to brothels, helps a local gang of thieves pull off robberies, and gets drunk off his tail on mead.” But this double lifestyle is interrupted when one of the servants makes an attempt on the prince’s life. Natier flees the palace and hides out at the local shipyard only to learn that he has been framed for another attempted murder, that of King Rasdil.
Pursued by authorities, Rivard must discover what truly happened at the palace and find his missing father. If he can’t get Rasdil to testify on his behalf, he is doomed to live a life on the lam.
There is much more to this book, including a second part that shifts things into a nautical adventure mode akin to Castaways of the Flying Dutchman. There are pirates, smugglers and plenty of battles on the high seas.
The characters Alflor creates are uncannily real. They have their merits and flaws. Not one is perfect. And they all have a reason behind what they do. This drives plot in a very realistic manner. The characters never do things just because the author needs to get the story from point A to point B. You can see them grow and mature through their experiences.
I honestly cannot praise this book enough for the sheer amount of material it blends together. You want romance? You got it. Adventure? Absolutely. Mystery, heist? Coming right up. And let’s not forget the humor. It is also a fascinating character study of the main protagonist. He is unsure at the start, caught between living a life of self-absorbance at the palace and a life of adventure on the streets. By the end of the book, Rivard will have do decide just who he really is.
The negative points to this book are very small. Mostly typos. I noticed about 15. They aren’t very jarring, especially since the book is so smoothly-written, but I wish this book had been proofread better. There are also several mysteries which are never explained. I will hold off on calling that a criticism, however, until the series is complete.
If you spent your childhood reading books like Robinson Crusoe, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Treasure Island, and so on, this book will absolutely and without doubt be a welcome addition to your collection. It is fast, exciting and it never forgets to be fun. I patiently await Mr. Aalto’s next novel.
Thank you for a wonderful read.
Yours sincerely,
Ryan Blackbear
ryan.blackbear@aol.com | |
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| From the Rabbit Valley® Comics Official Blog “The Prince of Knaves is a fantastically-written, fast paced classic adventure story interwoven with a touching, heartfelt (and sometimes explicitly described) homosexual romance.
If you spent your childhood reading books like Robinson Crusoe, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Treasure Island, and so on, this book will absolutely and without doubt be a welcome addition to your collection.”
Thank you for a wonderful read.
Yours sincerely,
Ryan Blackbear
ryan.blackbear@aol.com | |
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| Furry Connection North has come and gone. We had some amazing time, awesome sales growth, and were able to see people we don't normally see other than on-line.
Our time at the con mainly consisted of dealing in the dealer's room, hanging out in the sponsor lounge with furs, going out to eat with friends. hanging out at the hotel bar with other friends, after hours activities, and much play with the critters in fur suits.
One of the highlights include our Live From the Hop Inn, live from FCN podcast Friday evening with special guest Bucktown Tiger. The show went very well and the crowd was larger than our first year. Come to think of it FCN was our first live podcast show and we've been back every year! This marks our tenth live show at furry conventions, most of them even made it to the website!
Another highlight was dinner with Trejaan and Kurst. The food at Benihana is always good, and consistent and I'd love to get all the furry publishers out to a dinner over Gaylaxicon as there is a Benihana in town… more on that later.
The convention was a lot of fun.
Sales were up from last year.
Bunny and Fox had a good time. | |
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| From the Rabbit Valley® Comics Official Blog We’ve got plenty of books at FCN in the dealer’s room. Come Visit!
We’ve sold out of Heathen City Issue one at the convention as well as a few other titles as mentioned on our twitter account, @RVComics.
We’ve still got plenty of Kyell Gold novels and other Sofawolf titles including Isolation Play, Volle, Pendant of Fortune, Shadow of the Father, and Weasel Presents.
We’ve still got the Hallowed Walls series by Andres Cyanni Halden as well Hitting the Showers by FurPlanet.
Of course we have penalty of Circles, Associated Student Bodies, Spooo Presents and all the good stuff we publish line Dragon’s Hoard and Webz Magazine.
Everything we’ve sold out of here at the con is still available on-line at the Rabbit Valley Comic Shop!
All orders placed over the weekend will ship out on Monday and Tuesday! The packing fox has committed to getting all the orders out by Tuesday afternoon.
That’s it for now! | |
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| Back when I took my hand held camera to cons I took more pictures. Now that I have a camera built into my phone - not so much. I need to work on that.
Today was an awesome day all around. Breakfast with my bunny, a good day in the dealer's room, and lots of beer with the convention goers. Dinner with our developer, Kurst, and even more beer and drinks with friends.
Bunny and I are back in our room for bunny things. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow!
At this point we've sold out of a bunch of titles, and that makes me happy. So many critters enjoy reading. We still have plenty of awesome anthology book, comic books, graphic novels, magazines, novels, novellas, and text based reading material available for sale so if you're at FCN come on over to our tables tomorrow and check out our products! We have titles from:
- Rabbit Valley® Comics titles including Associated Student Bodies, Circles, Spooo Presents, Webz Magazine, Fast Boys Delivery Service…and many more...
- Sofawolf Press titles including Isolation Play, Heat, and all the Volle Series as well as other titles by Kyell Gold
- FurPlanet titles including the Cupcakes series and several magazine style books like Hitting The Showers
- Bad Dog Books titles including Heathen City
- Anthropomorphic Dreams titles including A Horse of Many Colors
Yeah, we've got lots of books for sale!
Anyway, time to bunny! | |
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| From the Rabbit Valley® Comics Official Blog We’re at the convention so this is going to be short… Just the top ten…Does Not Include Convention Sales…
Web Sales:
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| Worked in the morning as per usual, just from a different city.
In the late morning we headed to the dealer's room for set up, badge pickup, and faffing about.
We came in with seven boxes of inventory and ended up setting up a second table (many thanks to both the staff of the hotel and the convention for making that happen).
Over the course of the day we saw many of our loyal customers, sold out of several titles (which I expected, several people already placed orders for those items on our site and that makes me happy).
We still have a whole cavalcade of titles left so be sure to come on over to the tables tomorrow and take a look.
After the dealer's room closed we headed over to Benihana with Trajaan and Kurst for our annual dinner - it was delicious.
When we got back we got ready for our Live Form the Hop Inn Live from FCN 2012, our third year doing a live show here. Over the last three years we've done about a dozen live shows, and that too makes me happy.
We ended the night in the sponsor lounge drinking beer and chattering with critters.
All in all it was a good day! | |
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| Ingredients:
- Four 5 Ounce Tilapia Fillets
- Two Medium Sized Onions
- Two Tablespoons Butter
- Two Tablespoons Olive Oil
- Salt (To Taste)
- One 8 oz Can Tomato Sauce
- 2 Cups White Rice
Dry Rub:
- 1 Teaspoon Salt
- 1 Tablespoon Pepper
- 2 Tablespoons Garlic Powder
- 2 Tablespoons Onion Powder
- 2 Tablespoons Old Bay
Procedure:
Preheat the oven to 350º F
In a 9 x 9 glass baking dish, mix onions, olive oil, butter, and 2 Tablespoons of the dry rub together to combine. Place in heated oven for 20 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes.
Prepare White Rice according to rice cooking instructions; or in your favorite rice steamer, or the traditional method outlined below.
1 - Bring 4 cups of water to a boil.
2 - Add rice to boiling water, cover.
3 - Turn off heat and let stand for 20 minutes.
4 - Fluff with a fork prior to serving.
Coat the tilapia fillets with the remaining dry rub.
After the 20 minutes are up the onions should look glassy and 'wet', place fillets ontop of the onions, pour tomato sauce directly onto flllets, coating evenly.
Return the pan to the oven for 18 minutes or until done. (Cooking time will depend on thickness of the fish, if you have a thermometer, you want an internal temperature of around 142 - 150, but can go as high as 160 before the fish will be 'dry').
Platting:
Cover 1/2 the plate with a serving of rice (about 4 ounces).
Spoon fillet onto the rice - the onions go on top.
Cover fillet with onions from the botton of the cooking pan.
Green Beans, Field Greens, or Mixed Vegetables with a little basil and salt make excellent side dishes.
Serve with a dry white wine.
You will not be disappointed. | |
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| From the Rabbit Valley® Comics Official Blog Wow has it been odd trying to write this post over the last three days. We’re heading to Detroit today to attend Furry Connection North, as you might have heard. We’ve got a couple of things going on at the convention that we thought we’d share with you.
First – we’ve got a table in the dealer’s room and will have about 100 different titles of comics, books, and novels at the table. This would include our own titles as detailed blow as well as titles from other furry publishers, also detailed below.
Rabbit Valley® Comics Titles:
Other Selected Titles From These Fine Publishers:
Tomorrow night (Friday) we’ll be hosting a live session of Live From the Hop Inn in one of the panel rooms. We’ve been migrating our podcast to the bar at some of the conventions, but FCN was kind enough to give us a room. Unopened Alcohol is appreciated.
This evening we’re having dinner locally to the con with some friends from Twitter. Tomorrow night we’re doing Benihana with Yote and Lion prior to podcasting – that will help.
Saturday and Sunday we’re currently open for fooding ideas.
Anyway, back to flying. | |
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| From the Rabbit Valley® Comics Official Blog Happy Wednesday,
This is just a note to let you know that we will be closed for shipping starting Thursday, April 12, 2012 to attend Furry Connection North, we will resume normal shipping operations on Monday.
The website will be up and accepting orders while we are gone. | |
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| From the Rabbit Valley® Comics Official Blog Looks like people are taking advantage of our lowered shipping rates! We’ve lowered our rates across the board to take advantage of discounts offered by the US Postal Service!
Enjoy! | |
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| The pain, the pain! At least I'm responding well to treatment.
Last night we had Spike visit for dinner and drinks along with our friend and neighbor, the BunnyMan. It was really good to catch up and just talk about all the things going on in life.
Dinner was a pork loin cooked over a bed of onions served with green beans, potatoes, and salad.
Good times!
Also, I've noticed that a bunch of critters asked that I connect with them on Linked In. Unless we've had a business relationship where either I've sold or represented your works for profit, or Rabbit Valley® Comics has published your works or sells your prints I will not be accepting the connection. Linked In is for business purposes. If you want to connect follow me on Twitter or FaceBook. Thanks! | |
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| From the Rabbit Valley® Comics Official Blog After picking the orders the Fox thought it would be neat to let people know the best sellers of the day. We won’t do this every day, or every week as we already have a weekly top ten, but when interesting items come up that we want to share, we will!
We sell lots of books! If you find an item in our catalog available at a lower price, we’ll happily match that price and discount your shipping costs. Just email us for details.
We stock popular titles from these creative outlets, and more…
Anyway, mini-meet tonight with visiting friends from out of town. Read you all later! | |
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