Small update · 3:51am Jan 28th, 2015
Shimmer's Half - Sunday is 10K words long and two months overdue. I'd like to have it finished this week.
Without exaggeration, this is one of the most challenging things I've ever written, and I love that. Writing Sunset is like writing in a minefield; one step in the wrong direction or off-balance and everything blows up. Writing Shimmer is like writing from the back of a dragon; all you can do is hold on with your knees and pray she doesn't feel like torching anyone. They're both a ton of fun and just a little bit beyond my control, which is both fantastic and terrifying.
Spoilers:
-Coco Pommel is adorable.
-Sunset could probably use a hug.
-Shimmer oh gods don't hurt me
Have an excerpt for being so patient.
"This is Coco Pommel." I held her out like I was presenting a dead rabbit. "She just got out of a really toxic relationship and desperately needs a new friend to confide in, maybe someone who'll, oh, I don't know, take her under her wing and show her that it's possible to succeed in the fashion industry without being a cheating, manipulative bitch. I'd do it, but, you know. Me."
Rarity just blinked at me. "I, well, I, um..."
"She needs to go to the bathroom."
Coco blinked at me as well. "Um..." She winced and teared up as I dug my nail into her wrist. "Th-that's right," she said. "I had a, um, a lot of coffee this morning. C-could you sh-show me where to go?"
Rarity snatched her away from me. "There's a restroom on the main floor," she said. "I'll take you there. Assuming your friend can behave herself?"
I grinned wordlessly at her. She smoothed down her skirt and stalked off, leading Coco by the hand away from me. Once she thought she was out of earshot, I heard her try to make conversation. "So, um, that dress you're wearing... that's from last year's Manehattan Faire collection?"
"No, um... I made it myself."
"Really? You must be quite the talented seamstress."
"Well, it was Suri's design..."
Coco Pommel is adorable as fuck.
Ah, don't I know the "overdue" part...
It's not easy being an author
2753148 Shh, no spoilers!
(Also, your recommended fics have been enormously helpful. I just needed to recognize a minor, nearly-invisible stylistic choice to put the sparks back in my engines.)
who ever told you we were patient lied.