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GaryOak


Writing graduate who loves cartoon horses and all manner of silly things. Occasionally writes serious stories. A divine Swedish woman drew this avatar.

Mar
31st
2013

Sometimes I ask myself, "Why the fuck do I even bother?" · 8:27pm Mar 31st, 2013

I spend a year and a half pouring my heart and soul into a novel that I publish here and on EqD. Nearly two months after its final update, it still has yet to climb over a thousand views. I spend a month drafting, rewriting, and perfecting a short story--that received an almost perfect score in a second-year fiction writing course--and it has 30 views as of writing this.

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Mar
20th
2013

Progress Report · 1:11am Mar 20th, 2013

Hello, my dear readers!

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Feb
28th
2013

Hungry? · 11:41pm Feb 28th, 2013

Well, this week, I don't have much interesting to say. Oh, except for I've completed the first draft of my new short story, and will be running it through some workshops this weekend. I'm unsure as to when I'll release it, as it is also a school project, due on the 14th, and will receive detailed in class feedback on the 19th. Feedback has been great thus far, and I have found several issues to be addressed.

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Feb
18th
2013

New Ideas & the Off-Season · 10:35pm Feb 18th, 2013

Welp, earlier than usual, it is that dreaded of time of year that is the horse off-season. What does this mean? Why, more fan-generated content, of course! I have a few initial ideas for contributions.

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Feb
15th
2013

It's Happening · 7:23am Feb 15th, 2013

Yes, my friends, the fateful day is finally upon us. Twilight will be receiving a brand new pair of wings in a couple of days. What am I going to do? Well, I could go on rants about how it could be a bit of a shark jump, but I feel all constructive and worthwhile arguments on the subject have been exhausted. So, what do? Why, everypony knows that with wings, come wingboners.

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Jan
30th
2013

Repercussions: It All Ends February 8th · 4:31am Jan 30th, 2013

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Jan
13th
2013

Back to School! · 9:50pm Jan 13th, 2013

I hope everyone's had a good holiday! For people like me, that holiday fun time is over. I think school started either on the 7th or the 14th (tomorrow), but either way, for most people reading this, it's back to school. What's everyone taking? In my case, I was back in class on the 7th. I'm taking a theatre elective and a pair of writing courses (Intro to Drama and second year Short Fiction) for a total of four school days a week and ten hours of class.

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Jan
5th
2013

Some More Second Draft Progress · 11:38pm Jan 5th, 2013

Short of one or two final editing sessions with Horse Voice, the story is completely finished. I will continue to update it weekly. I started working on the story itself in September of 2011, a week or two before Return of Harmony Part 1 came out, and the first drafted was completed on January 31st, 2012.

Feels good to be done with the second draft.

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Jan
1st
2013

Happy New Year! · 1:47am Jan 1st, 2013

Some said 2012 would be the year of the brony. I'd say they were right. In this year, we have grown from a rapidly-expanding, but still "underground", fandom, into the juggernaut we are today. When I first got into this brony thing in summer of 2011, things were a lot different back then. While the fandom's internet crusade has more or less ended as of about a year ago, it still continues to grow quite nicely. I am really enjoying season 3 thus far; even its weaker episodes have been pretty

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Dec
24th
2012

Happy Hearth's Warming Eve & Progress Report · 7:32pm Dec 24th, 2012

Well guys, it's Christmas Eve. I hope everyone is having a fantastic Christmas. I'm going to be spending Christmas Day with my parents, however I will be alone tonight. I guess that means more time for writing and my new Heroes of Might and Magic 1 Let's Play! Speaking of writing, I have been taking as much advantage of the holidays as possible. With my writing class done with and my StarCraft commentating on a break, I've been left with a ton of time to write and do little else.

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