If you've read Chapter six, you may have seen that it was of inferior quality. I've reread the chapter and have decided that it does not meet my standards. I've taken it down so that it does not give my readers a poor experience, and I will not work on the next chapter until I am satisfied with the quality of the current one.

My problems with chapter six:
1. Due to the size of the chapter, Grammarly was not as thorough in its checking.

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So the system I use to update Manic Journals goes as follows, I take the old chapter, read it over and over and take notes and highlight important plot points. And then I rewrite the entire chapter from scratch while keeping the plot points in mind, and incorporating new story elements and characters. The ponies are all the same as before, but Gilchrist is now different. I've made him more human and weak, yet he still retains his cunning and willingness to do extreme things to get what he

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I'd just like to inform everyone that from this point onward, I shall run all newly published chapters of Manic Journals, as well as the old ones, through Grammarly. I stay up pretty late writing these, so human error is inevitable. I hope this improved quality will make the reading experience more enjoyable.

For those who don't know, Grammarly is a mostly free google chrome extension that allows you to grammar check your work.

Well, I'm feeling more passionate about writing, less of my time is absorbed by my girlfriend now... Actually, it seems like I'm more productive during the school year than in summer. Anyway, I'm also writing three sequels to TMJ, none of which contain any ponies, and so will not be posted on this sight. Since you guys are cooler than everyone else, I'll wait until the sequels are done before blogging a link to them. The best way to wait for something is to not know you're waiting for it.

So, since my last update, I met a girl, and now she's basically the center of my life. The only time I'm writing is when I'm not with her, talking to her, or doing some 'her' related activity. So I've decided to focus on my precious baby, Manic Journals. I'm doing something similar to the last time I rewrote it. It does, however, have an entirely new story. Not only does the junk with Le`Vanna not occur, but I've pulled the Gilchrist from that version into this version. He has memories of the

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The following is a list of things I am working on. I won't be going into the progress I have made with them individually, but I am working on them more or less simultaneously.

The Manic Journals - I am rewriting the story to before he ran away from Ponyville. Instead, he will remain in ponyville. The next episode to be featured will be 'Secret of my Excess'. Also, I have noticed that some parts of chapters got left behind when I transferred them over from Google Docs.

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I never have told you all to eat sgut. (*Edit* This is directed at the horseshoe crew.)
*shit*
Other than that, rewriting TMJ has been less soul crushing this time than it has been the other times.
I'm really looking forward to the outcome.

I am removing TMJ for a short time to fix some of the bull crap that younger me did in there... If you have read the first chapter ever, you know what I mean.
"I was sitting there for a moment like WTF when..."

... Eat shit younger me!
Anyway, after I finish rewriting this, I will finish up this next chapter and publish it all. Do not expect any big changes to the story: though I will be making Le`Vanna nicer because, let's face it, she is a total bitch.

So, anyone who reads this is likely aware that I haven't put out in months. Friggen forever, it feels like. Anyway, this was due to some complications and oversights that only existed because I was an idiot. I won't go too deep into it, but I just wanted to make this announcement that I am cutting everything that happened from Gilchrist leaving Ponyville and on wards. I didn't want to have him leave in the first place, but sometimes the story takes over. Anyway, I look forward to getting into

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I just want to say I am so happy people are still reading and enjoying this. Every time a new favorite pops up in my notifications, I come back and read a few chapters, thinking about all the stuff I was going through as I wrote this. It`s obviously far from perfect, but it`s something that`s mine, and that makes it beautiful to me. Thanks to everyone that supported me as I wrote this, I was and am a very insecure person, and it is easy for me to feel like what I`m doing is pointless.