Nevertheless, thank you!700 Follower Spectacular! (Disclaimer: Not actually spectacular.) · 3:56am Aug 20th, 2014
Having somehow duped 700 people into following me, I feel the need to celebrate my charlatanry with some grand gesture in honour of my readers.
Alas, I have nothing to offer.
At least, if you're not a fan of Winter's Child, I have nothing - except a cheap, "Thank you, everyone."
On that note: Thank you, everyone! 
If you are a fan of said story, then I have something of a small bonus to present.
Firstly, the "beta" version of the "Dream" chapter of Winter's Child is available for perusal here. Be amazed at the bit of story you've already read, only done poorly enough to make me throw the whole thing in the bin and write it all over again, halfway-decently this time. I may post scraps of other aborted stories or rejected takes in the future, if this actually proves interesting to anyone.
Secondly, as proof that I'm not just sitting on my ass doing nothing, but rather sitting on my ass still writing at my glacially slow pace, a special sneak peek at the upcoming chapter of Winter's child is available here. (Password: "lada") Stare in wonder at the spoilery best part of the to-be-released chapter, so that your hopes might rise, only to plunge into the abyss of disappointment when the lackluster remainder is finally released after far too long a wait.
Well, that's it, guys. Hope this was as spectacular for you as it was for me. I think I need a cigarette. 
Edit: Literally within minutes of making this post, my follower count dropped. I feel simultaneously insulted and entertained beyond measure.
Sweet, Congrats Softy!
Twilight Sparkle x Shining Armor is one of my all-time favorite ships, and your contributions to it have been superb.
In fact, I would go as far as to say that Winter's Child is my all-time favorite Sparklecest fic. I don't think I've ever seen another fic before or since that tackles the pairing with the same kind of serious tone that you've given it, and certainly not in combination with Shining getting Twi getting pregnant (which is rare to see in and of itself).
I love the two fics that Winter's Child follows up on, and at the same time it's a blast to read WC and witness reality ensue as it addresses those earlier events through a different lens.
Well done, and keep up the good work! ^_^
Well, whoever did that to you with the followers thing is cruel.
At least you still got a guy like me.
Softy, I'm pregnant.... and you're the father.
Such are the wiles of the follower count.
Well, hey, it's 703 now. So you're fine!
Maybe because you tagged one of your stories for you celebrating 700 followers? People don't like it when people abuse the blog system like that; that's why it was disabled for so many months in the past.
I'm not one of your followers btw, I was notified of your blog post from you tagging the story.
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Thanks!
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You're saying that as if someone else could be...
Wait... who else have you been with, you harlot?!
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He can't know about us.
Shhh... Journeyman's here.
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I tagged the story because there is material relevant to that story in this post. Did I do wrong?