My apologies for the long silence! Just wanted to pop in to say that at last, I finally, finally, finally got past all that "real life" stuff that was holding me back from working on my horse books. I'm just waiting for a replacement mechanical keyboard to arrive (an absolute must for typing many words related to pones quickly) and then I'm gonna go ham. Hooray!

Some assorted sundries:

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A while back I made a series of posts highlighting some of my favorite AiE stories. I'm happy to report that one of those highlighted stories, the always delightful Spaghetti and Fillies by resident

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Back when I was an active writer, I'd always look to pictures for inspiration - be it fanart or just shots from the show itself. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but I find that's usually not the case... sometimes you can get 5,000 out of one or more.

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>tfw your puppy steals your underwear and hides it and you can never, ever find it again

I think I understand. This is my punishment for writing all those Flutterrape stories, isn't it?

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...is amazing! As amusing as it is on its own, its value as a proofreading tool really can’t be understated. I can’t believe I didn’t think of doing something similar on my own. Having your own work read back to you in an emotionless robotic voice that’s forced to read things exactly as they appear really helps to locate missing or transposed words, or place commas or other punctuation where a pause is needed. I’ll definitely use it as I go about editing PH / HK / Exchange for their physical

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Hey, long time no see!

I figured it would be a good idea to give a quick update on where I'm at with my current projects. I've been quiet for a while because I've recently brought a very young puppy into my home, and looking after and training her is taking up nearly all of my free time. Nevertheless, I do still intend to complete all of the things I've detailed in previous blog posts.

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Note: No idea what I'm talking about here? You might want to read the previous post and its associated comments.

Well, it was a productive weekend. I managed to get a lot of the planning for Exchange's new bonus chapter done, as well as figure out how I want to divide the larger chapters for the hardcover version. My initial proposal is below:

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Can you believe I just found this?! Exchange's Russian translation, in hardcover!

(Click each image for a larger version)

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Allow me to take you on a journey to the past.

The year was 2012, and on a certain section of a chinese cartoon image board, a very odd phenomenon was taking shape. Little humorous stories about a wayward human named Anon and his misadventures in the fictional world of Equestria were starting to appear, much to the combined delight and disgust of the posters there.

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