A reader kindly poked me today to inquire how I was doing since I haven't posted anythin on my stories or blog for months now. Real life slammed me pretty hard after my May update and writing has been at the bottom of the list. Just to detail a few of the incidents, I've been cleaning up a flooded basement, taking care of sick kids (three hospital visits; thank god there aren't bills to pay), an ant infestation, and my car breaking down again and again. Those are just the big ones but dozens

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It’s time for the monthly check-in. This month was far more productive than the last so I’m feeling pretty good. As usual, you can find more after the break.

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Greetings! I’m a few days late but it’s time for my monthly check in. I had high hopes for March but life with young children has a habit of altering those plans. Heck, I'm even three days late posting this blog! More after the break and the statistics.

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Hello everyone! February has ended and so it is time for our monthly check-in. It’s been a weird month and not quite as productive as I’d hoped. Fortunately, the reason for that lack of productivity isn’t an issue of inspiration. More after the break.

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February Statistics:

Thoughts:

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Greeting and salutations on this Christmas Eve! I hope life is treating you all well and that you are enjoying the season. I'll be spending the next two days visiting my family and my wife's family. Unfortunately, the visiting with family also ties up my time pretty thoroughly so my original plans for this chapter aren't going to pan out. It's not really bad news, just life not going quite as planned.

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After many months of hesitation, I finally broke down and commissioned a picture of Silver Spark. I'm super happy with how it turned out and I'd like to share it with the rest you. There's a minor spoiler if you haven't read as far as about chapter twelve of Finding a Place yet but it's nothing too serious and certainly not enough to ruin the story in the long run.

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So, the season finale of MLP Season 7 has been leaked and I have watched. I usually avoid leaked episodes but I've been far too curious about this one to resist. What I discovered was evidence to place most of the major events from history in a reasonable order!

There are spoilers for the finale past the break so read at your own risk! Seriously! No tags, no hiding the truth, nothing. If you want the Season 7 Finale to be a surprise, please save reading this for another day!

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As promised, this blog is about the Anon-a-Miss comic and the interpretation I chose to use in Finding a Place. It's been a pretty major headache for me and the main cause of my writer's block over the summer. I suppose that makes it worth examing, especially since it seems to be a somewhat controversial story.

Warning, there will be potential spoilers for those who haven't caught up on the story but I've placed those parts in tags. More after the break!

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Greetings! I am pleased, although quite late in announcing that the re-writes of Chapter 1 - 8 of Finding a Place are complete and published. On review, I will probably be writing additional chapters but for now, I'm satisfied with what I've accomplished.

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Greetings everyone! I apologize for my relative silence of late but life's been a bit nuts. I was away on vacation for a while and I've been having a touch of writer's block. I've mostly cleared that way but I've come to a decision that will delay the next update a bit longer. In short, I've decided to prioritize re-writing the first 6 to 8 chapters of Finding a Place before publishing the next chapter. If you'd like to know more about why the explanation is after the break.

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Greetings! I apologize for the extended silence and general lack of updates this past week. RL has slammed me hard and I've been short on time to sit down and write. I'm sort of getting back on track but I'm afraid I don't have an eta on the next chapter release. On the bright side, I have made progress on some outlines but the headaches come from hashing out the details. Given today's event, I thought it might be a good chance to peek at what's been going on in the world of mlp and

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I suppose nobody will be surprised that this is a post about the website update. It’s startling and it’s clear there are still some bugs to work out. I’m sure I’ll get used to the new look which does have potential but there are one or two headaches I can see for writers. I have nearly finished Chapter 34 of Finding a Place but publishing will have to wait until I figure out how to fix the formatting.

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So as you may or may not have noticed, I'm updating again. It just occurred to me that it might be sensible to update my blog. Some details about the status of the various stories after the break.

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As much as I am at loathe to admit it, I am not certain when the next chapter of Finding a Place will be done. I was absolutely flattened by illness this weekend and my head just hasn't been in the writing game. While I think I'm on the road to recovery, I'm not 100% certain. With the way the last 6 months have gone, I'm not counting on it. Rest assured it is in slow progress, as are my other stories and I'll publish it as soon as it is done.

Seventeen chapters in seventeen weeks is a pretty decent accomplishment for me and I was hoping to keep that up. I suppose this day was bound to happen though. My holiday curse has hit with full force this Christmas and I have barely written anything in the past week. I've been sick in or around Christmas for years now. I get my flu shot and everything but something always takes me down.

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As of the posting of chapter 16 of ‘Finding a Place’, this story has grown to 100,000 words in length. It’s quite a mark to reach in my honest opinion. You only need 50,000 words for a story to be considered a novel apparently. I’ve got some thoughts about the story past the break to share but they might contain a few minor spoilers. If you’d rather avoid spoilers until you’ve read the story I’d suggest leaving for now.

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Just something that popped into my mind as I'm getting close to finishing the next chapter of Finding a Place:

Do you prefer to read short chapters that are released frequently or longer chapters that come out less regularly? I've never developed a preference so I'm curious what you prefer.

Chapter 8 of Finding a Place is a major milestone for me. It marks the end of my adaptation of the Equestria Girls movie and the beginning of Arc 2 of the story. I can't believe it wound up taking 8 chapters and 38,000 words to get through the first movie. I'm not sure if I should be happy or worried about that outcome! Equestria Girls was an odd storyline to work with because it rigidly forces magic into an otherwise mundane world. I watched it several times while writing this to get a

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Hi there everyone. I suppose a small introductory blog post might be appropriate now that my first story is coming along nicely. I’ll admit I’m terrible at this whole writing about myself thing so I don't expect to post these too often. You never know though. Still it’s probably a good way for me to keep you posted about things that shouldn’t be in the comments. First of all, please use my user ID as if it was my name. I've been known as Battlecat or BC for so long I read it as if it was

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