Back in the saddle · 11:26pm Feb 1st, 2015
I'm back to 2,000 or so words a day now. I'm about 1/4 done with chapter 3 too.
Hope you're enjoying chapter 2. I know I said it would be out a couple of weeks from now, but it sounded like too much of a pisstake to go almost a whole month between chapters. You're patient, I know, but I doubt you're that patient.
Chapter 3 has a little more action in it and continues with Shell & Spyglass tracking Anon. It will also feature Maddie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Twilight. Have a teaser:
Pinkie Pie was as mad as I remembered. I wondered if she was born with her 'gift', or if she had to learn it. Exactly what that gift is, I couldn't place, but it annoyed me more than was reasonable. I wondered if anyone would tolerate her if she wasn't an element bearer.
“You don't have to think so hard about conversation.” Rainbow Dash said from across the table. I had my chin propped up on my hoof, staring at nothing in particular. My coffee was developing a frothy film having been untouched for a while. I was thinking hard, wondering if I should point out the elephant in the room. “Seriously, I'm nothing if not laid-back. I know you've got a reputation for always serious, all the time, but it doesn't bother me. Feel free to talk about your dark and mysterious past.”
I laughed. “No, actually, I think I need to be here right now. I need some time off. Get my head on straight. You know how it is.”
“Time off eh?” she said, munching on a muffin. “Well if you're in town for a while, you can come drinking with me and Soarin'.”
“An open invitation to get drunk with the coolest pegasus around?” I said, or mocked. “I'd be a fool not to.”
Rainbow Dash gave a wry smile. “Well, I'm taking a risk being seen with someone as deeply uncool as you. I've got a reputation to uphold.”
“So do I.”
“You have to work on that reputation? I thought it came naturally.”
“Hey I work damn hard.”
“And ponies still cross the street to avoid you. Must suck.”
“I wouldn't have it any other way.”
She took on a gruff voice. “'I'm Anon. You better not mess with me. Look at all my badass scars.'”
“Oh yeah?” I laughed. I put on a falsetto. “'I'm Rainbow Dyke. Say I'm awesome or I'll get mad.”
“Fuck you.”
“Likewise.”
I really enjoy your writing style, which confuses me greatly because you don't nearly have enough followers and up-votes to justify it. I think it may be from the description of your stories, if you want my opinion.
I'm looking forward to more of your works, thanks for sharing them
2762776 Thank you. I try my best. I don't write primarily for a reader, or to garner votes or views or whatever. I write because it's what I enjoy doing. If you do happen to enjoy the stuff I pump out, that's a great bonus (and probably better overall. If I write like shit and only I enjoy it, it's a little disheartening). I appreciate feedback, always. Even if it's to say my writing sucks like a vacuum cleaner.