**** you, Equestria Daily. · 2:05am Sep 1st, 2014
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I don't often submit stories to EQD. Very infrequently, and when I do, the responses are always the same. Needs editing, get a proofreader, not enough character development, not enough depth, too short, things like that. Constructive criticism.
Not the case with Princess Derpy.
Princess Derpy was painstakingly put through the editing process, and shopped around to NUMEROUS pre-readers in preparation for excellence. Both of us who wrote it wanted it to be fantastic.