Update · 6:44pm Jul 13th, 2017
Howdy folks. It's been a while. Way too long, to be honest. I'll give a brief explanation as to why it's been so long in a second, but first lemme give you some news related to the real reason you decided to read this blog.
I have finished writing the first draft of Fallout Equestria: Sisters - Chapter 9. It currently stands at just under 88K words.
Yup. That's right. The writing phase is over. Now my crew and I just have to polish all of this until it looks pretty enough to publish. Before I get anybody's hopes up about a release next week, believe me when I say that isn't gonna happen. Bare minimum, and I'm being pretty optimistic here, is maaaayybe we can get this beast out by this time next month. I have a history of being far too optimistic with my release schedule, and I don't want to burn everyone by inadvertently lying to you guys all the time.
Is that a good segue? Eh... It'll work.
Speaking of being too optimistic, I feel like I owe everybody at least a little bit of explanation as to why it's taken so long to update the chapter. And maybe one for why you hardly ever hear from me.
Basically, I screwed up.
After the last couple of chapters, I was full of optimism and confidence about my writing. The writing itself was far from perfect, of course, but for fan fiction I thought I was doing alright. No, that wasn't what I was confident about. The confidence came from something I wasn't really all that familiar with: people started asking me for advice. And I was optimistic enough to actually believe I could try to help most of them and still get my own work done.
It was foolish on my part, I know. But I wanted to help folks if I could. And I tried, too. I started editing college papers for friends. I started giving plot critiques to other fiction writers. I was even asked to help someone work on a eulogy for their brother's funeral. I mean... just... What an honor. To even be asked to help with something so personal just blows me away. I still can't believe that happened.
The short version is that I spread myself too thin, and Sisters suffered because of it. I'm truly sorry if anyone thought I was going to let the story die, but that was never my intention. This boat's still moving forward, even if the captain decided to go island-hopping for a few months instead of keeping to the designated course.
As for why these updates are so few and far between? I... don't really like blog posts. Even writing this one out feels a little weird.
I don't like to bother people with my own personal problems. We've all got personal problems. Reading fun stories about colorful horses is how a lot of us get away from all those problems, even if it's just for a little bit, and I didn't want to bring all that here. It feels selfish for me to offload all of that onto you guys. I know how crazy that might sound, given that I just revealed I've been helping other folks out at the expense of my own goals, but that's just me.
So there you go. That's the gist of it. I ain't all that smart and I bit off more than I could chew.
Candy's intelligence might be a 9, but I'm probably a 4 at best. (Again, remember that I'm optimistic.)
Of course, seeing as how I've got so many people that are so enthusiastic about my story and keep asking every week about when the next chapter is coming out, despite how scarce I've been... To get fans like you folks I must have put all my stat points into Luck. Go figure.
Take care, folks. I love you all. We'll get that new chapter to you as soon as possible.
88k words... Holy FUCK man. That's gonna take a while to read.
88k... You sick bastard, I love it!
Wow, it's great to hear from you again! I just realized that I really miss Candy and Nohta, and it'll be good to read about them again, whenever the polishing is finished.
Been thinking every now and again of checking in with you about what's going on, as well as go on a bit about what I really like about the story, but I didn't want to put any more pressure on you to keep writing, and I figured there'd already been a few who's (however well-meaning) poked you about it. ^^
That is a lot of words to edit! It's been so long since you updated I'll probably have to re read your fic(I read a LOT of fanfiction and its difficult to remember all the little details sometimes).
Looking forward to it!
JUST POST IT ALREADY
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Believe me, I want to! The sooner I can push this chapter out, the sooner I can get to work on the next one!
We're in the final stage of editing right now, so it won't be too much longer. It'll be a miracle if we can publish by Christmas, so I'm not really expecting it that soon, but I'd like to see if we can pull the trigger on this one before the new year. Keep your fingers crossed!
You dead or do you still work on Sisters?