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Dai Kirai


24 year old brony in California (no I don't surf). Linguistics and Japanese major. Language and culture are my life. Fan of sci-fi and reading.

Jun
30th
2013

Everfree · 8:31am Jun 30th, 2013

My chapter(s) on Friday may be either uploaded on Thursday or late on Friday due to attending Everfree NW. Just figured people should get a heads up.
Doubt anyone cares enough, but if interested, feel free to say hi.
Will be the rather large guy with a nametag that contains Japanese. Dont know what other kind of description to include lol

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Jun
28th
2013

Writer's Block · 12:28am Jun 28th, 2013

Apparently there exists this thing called writers block, a nightmare situation for people. Something that is always there but never bothers me, until this week.

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Jun
25th
2013

Done · 2:11am Jun 25th, 2013

5 months. Been writing for 5 months, and man has it flown. (not counting the several months before that in which arcs were planned, only when pen hit paper, so maybe 6)

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Jun
12th
2013

New Project - Question · 1:23am Jun 12th, 2013

Started a new project, completely unrelated to my current works and completely unrelated to the one that will be released shortly.

It's meant to be a slice of life story about a pony going to a human university, and yes, I know its been done before. Just wanted something nice to write about.

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May
28th
2013

What I've learned · 4:14am May 28th, 2013

With Politics almost done being written (2 chapters to go) I again wanted to go over some things I have learned so far.
1) There will always be people that dislike what you do and never explain why. Others may like it but never say. But it is always judged.

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May
13th
2013

Good Weekend · 8:19am May 13th, 2013

Got three chapters written this weekend when I should have been focusing on midterms.
My editor now has nine chapters to get back to me (guess you now know i have at least nine chapters in the pipe, but some may be side stories or other things). The process is so slow.
But the massive redo of the last five chapters (that i wrote, not of the story) is done, holy crap that was a lot of work. Had to change events around rearranging the events and timeline.

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May
1st
2013

Soon · 11:47pm May 1st, 2013

Cover art for Politics is done. I am just waiting on the last of the edits for the first half of the story. So the next one should be up in about three weeks.

http://donoguad.deviantart.com/art/Politics-commission-368971224?q=gallery%3Adonoguad&qo=0

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Apr
7th
2013

Question · 10:38pm Apr 7th, 2013

I don't expect to get a response but I still must ask.
Would you rather have chapters release as they are finished or wait until book 2 is finished and release them once a week?

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Mar
14th
2013

OCs · 2:24am Mar 14th, 2013

This may seem like a weird request but, I have trouble coming up with characters.
So, if you have an OC (human or pony, there are two equally important sides here) that you want in the story, message me with their information and I may use the. DO NOT just post it in the comments or it will likely be ignored (suspense and what is appropriate for the story). What and who they are, and keep it realistic (unless they are supposed to have a big ego and get slapped down)

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Feb
24th
2013

Update · 5:51pm Feb 24th, 2013

Have officially started book 2 and I figured I should shar a few things I have learned.
I hate writting slice of life, its kinda boring. Decent to read.
Sequels are hard. They are a lot harder than the first one. You have to explain what has gone on before without boring the people who already know it.
Writting fighting scenes is fun but hard to keep realistic. Even if you know it.
I can't write dialogue for Zecora (this project) but I can write Doctor Whooves (different project).

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