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M1Garand8


A talking rifle. Gameplay programmer and aspiring writer. Writes stories with whimsical humor, stories with looming conspiracies and HiE that pokes fun at his choice of school/study.

May
21st
2014

Update: New Story · 12:41am May 21st, 2014

No new updates for Of Sunshine and Laughter and Algebra, Nightmare Moon and Me yet. But I've been working on a new one-shot set in a slight AU of Of Sunshine and Laughter:

Dat Alicorn OC.

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Apr
27th
2014

Update: Finals over! Whoo! · 3:17am Apr 27th, 2014

Welp, I was going to start writing again on the 17th but it turned out I had one final shader assignment to hand in. That and a tense rest of the week waiting for the results killed any drive to write. But anyway, results are out and I got through all my modules, I can now relax and start writing!

And maybe Chapter 5 of Of Sunshine and Laughter and Chapter 3 of Algebra, Nightmare Moon and Me will be up by end of next week.

Stay tuned! :twilightsmile:

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Apr
12th
2014

Post: No, no. I'm not dead. · 4:44pm Apr 12th, 2014

... Just been busy with school the past two months and trying to look for a part-time job. Writing will resume end of week when my finals exam is over. But in the meantime, I've made something for a project in the future:

Note: Every cutie mark in the cover art is from canon pony (in one form or the other).

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Feb
23rd
2014

Update: Of Sunshine and Laughter Chapter 4 · 3:58pm Feb 23rd, 2014

It's finally up! So yes, Cassia, please stop knocking me out or tasering me! I promise I'll finish chapter 5 chop, chop!

... Though I need to work on Algebra, Nightmare Moon and Me next though. Been neglecting that some as well (totally an understatement there). Writer's block can go— uh, never mind. Let's keep this PG.

Anyway, time to keep up my momentum... And wish me luck. :twilightblush:

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Feb
18th
2014

Update: We are gathered here today… · 12:49pm Feb 18th, 2014

“… To mourn the sad loss of our beloved author, Garand,” Discord said.

He stood on a podium behind a tall lectern that reached barely to his chest. He was dressed smartly in a black suit, a tall hat and a monocle. A brown ornate coffin lay on a large wreath of flowers behind him. He held a piece of well-used parchment in his paw and talons as he continued to read off the eulogy.

“He was a skinny man. A skinny man who had great talent in his skinny little head.”

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Jan
2nd
2014

Post: 2014 · 2:58am Jan 2nd, 2014

So I said last year that I would finish Of Sunshine of Laughter before the year was out. Guess how that turned out...

>_>

<_<

Maybe I should just resolve to finish my college studies before the year is out for 2014, because that's totally more realistic than my abysmally slow writing speed.

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Nov
28th
2013

Update: Previews... · 11:20pm Nov 28th, 2013

Sorry for kind of disappearing for two weeks. Semester is coming to an end and things are picking (piling) up in school and I got kind of a little busy. But I'll just leave a few things here for your enjoyment. :twilightsmile:

Of Sunshine and Laughter Chapter 4 preview

In the dim interior of Celestia’s bedroom, the loud buzz saw of a snore greeted them. Wind Chime leaned in and whispered: “Celestia snores?”

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Nov
12th
2013

Update: Of Sunshine and Laughter Chapter 4 · 2:57pm Nov 12th, 2013

Sorry if you feel that I'm spamming the blog posts today/tonight.

Work is a little slow but steady for chapter 4 of Of Sunshine and Laughter. I'm liking what I'm doing for the opening scene now (Pinkielestia and sun raising shenanigans muahahahahaha). There should be at least about 5 to 6 scenes when I'm done and I hope to finish within the next two weeks. Things are going to keep escalating until Act III, so stay tuned (uh, if you are still following the story, that is =s).

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Nov
12th
2013

Update: Coming soon to the next Thoughts blog… · 2:39pm Nov 12th, 2013

The living room of Garand’s apartment was quiet. That was until a bright flash of light admitted a pale violet unicorn mare, who landed in a clack of hooves and heavy thump. A short bang sounded off to her left. Crystal Quartz shook her head clear and brushed locks of her long off-white mane out of her eyes.

Turning to the source of the bang, she saw a rabbit backed up all the way in its cage and its head turn to the side, its eye staring at her as it twitched.

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Nov
1st
2013

Post: Want You Here · 4:41pm Nov 1st, 2013

Cassia sat in front of Garand’s computer. A hoof tapped the orange glowing keys of the keyboard idly. She wasn’t really doing anything, like she had been for the past four months.

“Stupid… Garand…”

Cassia sighed and looked away from the monitor. The tapping increased in intensity just a little and her eyes narrowed.

“It’s… all about those WBA stories now, isn’t it?”

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