The blog time forgot

Time for a blog/update/post/whatever for those that are curious. I thought it would be appropriate since I want to give an idea of what is on the table for this amateur writer. Long story short, things have changed. I got a job, didn't like it, and I quit the job. My current notion is to go back to school and use my degree to get something under my belt to find more meaningful employment. Also, I'll be taking some writing courses to hopefully make my material even better, though I doubt it will have any type of outcome on me since my material gets rejected when submitted.

Onto the more important parts:

1. Diary of the Banished - I've mentioned this story before on several different websites. It's one that's rather special to me, near-and-dear to my heart since it's the first real story I made. The concept started after the 3rd episode of Season 2 and grew from that small seed of an idea. Part of me had a big fear it would be rejected because of how I made the protagonist. This fear kept me from releasing the story since I want it to be the greatest story I ever made. That was a mistake. To fix this error, the story has been toyed with over several years to its current state. I'm in a final push to re-write all of the chapters, so I can push them out before the end of S5. My original desire was to make this story very memorable like Fallout Equestria, Past Sins, Anthropology, and other great works. Again, I see this was a mistake since that can never happen with my material.

To sum it up, making sure this doesn't drag out, Diary of the Banished will be released here shortly. The Prologue has been 100% re-written. Chapter 1 is in the 2nd re-write phase with Chapter 2 having been 100% re-written. Chapter 3 will take some work since I have to do side-by-side works to reference my material.

2. Closet Pony - Though it is mentioned in the story's info section, I want to say this story will have a slow update period while I re-write my DotB story. The next chapter is getting there, but it needs a massive re-write to smooth things out. An update may or may not come next week, possibly coming the week after that. I want to progress the protagonist + the CMC in a good direction, adding more danger to the scenario vs the current mundane events.

3. A Donkey's conundrum (WIP Title) - Right now, this is a release story to get me away from re-writes and relax a bit. I'm tempted to flush out this story with a sort of No Game No Life idea behind it with my character Soapbox. I'd like to showcase him in a stronger light, giving him more unique depth vs him just being whinny about the fact he isn't a pony. The story involves him going up against the lord of chaos in a battle of wits, hopefully that won't spoil too many things. I'm re-watching the No Game No Life show to get an idea on how to make some intricate foreshadowing events, so that when the story wraps up it has that "eureka" style feeling to it.

4. Mature Story - This one I haven't touched and reserved for myself for quite some time. I talked about it here and there, and I think it's time I started on it. In regards to this story however, it won't come for quite some time, possibly in June or July.

Also, just putting it out there, I would love to find a pre-reader/proof reader for my DotB story. At the moment, I have no hope of getting my story on EQD, but I would like to give it the best possible chance.