State of the Pen · 7:45pm Sep 6th, 2021
So, I did take most of the month of August off. I did what I said I would do, including celebrating my son's 19th birthday, making arrangements to travel 1500km north in October for my grandfather's 100th, hit the local rivers and lakes and played a lot of video games. Just in case anyone is wondering what an old fart like me plays, my main games currently are:
- World of Warships (Mare_in_the_Moon)
- 7 Days to Die (highly recommended zombie killing, base builder)
- Fallout 4 and I literally just starting trying out
- Final Fantasy 14
I was doing okay and was going to take the whole month off when my editor, Coyote said, "Hey, I wanna write a clopfic set in the Twilight Learned world." Now, while my editor hasn't written tons of pony stories, they have written a lot of non-pony fiction, including some very spicy porn. So when they said they had the urge to do this, I was all in.
The two of started writing alternating paragraphs and sections, all the while touching up each others work and before I knew it, three hours and gone by and we had 90% of a chapter written. Which told me that I hadn't lost my ability to write, and that it was well and truly back. And then a few days later, Kaidan popped up into the comments on Twilight Learned and wrote some really encouraging worlds, followed up by a blog post that warmed my heart something fierce. Especially as I've always really appreciated him and his encouragement of me over the years.
So yeah. I'm back. There will be a new chapter of Twilight Learned out in the next week. NOT the one Coyote and I wrote. That one is either reserved for the endgame of the current story arc, or perhaps a side story all its own. We will see. After that, it's back to Brightly, where I mean to pick up the pace.
Thank you all for bearing with me.
Though much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are,
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
You play Final Fantasy 14 too? It's my favorite fishing game, and collectible card game. I think I was supposed to be saving the world or something, but I'm sure they've sorted it out without me.
Sounds like you had a pretty awesome vacation, I'm glad that August went so well for you.
you forgot to mention how it started with us sending hilariously silly scribbles back and forth before i was like "no no i'm gonna actually write this now" then sent you the link so we could go nuts over it
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Literally just started. To be honest I found the lore dump at the start to be boring as hell
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I REGRET NOTHING!