Yo.

Periodically, I'll mention how to me fanfiction is a playground where I can experiment and get better at writing. I've been doing this for about four years now, and my goodness does it ever show. I can barely read some of my old stuff any more, while my new work is getting better and better. But that's vague, and despite what English teachers will tell you, reading good writing isn't the same as learning good writing. So after all that posturing, what have I actually learned?

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It's happening.

The first chapter of Mirror Finale is nearly done. It's a big one, a full 10Ker, and no one's even had sex yet. You guys, I am so happy about the end of this story, you have no idea. Thrills! Chills! Skills! Reconciliation! Battles! An epic climax! Nonagon actually finishes a story for once! An epic climax! Shimmer doing what she does best! Ice cream! And so on.

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WHAT
WHAAT
WHAAAAAAT

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Shimmer's Half - Sunday is 10K words long and two months overdue. I'd like to have it finished this week.

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About half an hour into Rainbow Rocks, it occurred to me that I'd been entering this movie in the wrong mindset. I've been starved of canon Pone for too long, delved too deep into my own parasite universe, and forgotten the true spirit of FiM. That's the reason my fics have hit a brick wall in places; I've become better acquainted with my own, twisted Shimmer than with the original. As such, part of the reason I'd put this movie off was because it had started to feel like a research project.

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Welp. Seems like there's no way around it any more.

It's been too long since I've seen any Sunset Shimmer. It's been too long since I've read any Sunset Shimmer. I can't think of any other way of doing it. There's simply no way for me to write a crucial scene involving two alternate universe versions of the same character without first watching Rainbow Rocks.

Wish me luck, brave souls. (And I wouldn't say no to any good Shimmerfic recommendations as well.)

So I'm writing a book.

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So, now that I'm nearly done my "the rest of the story" wrap-up for my awesome OE guest writers (opportunities still available!) I'm ready to get back into writing things that I can actually publish. If I can get some poetry and an important editing job done this weekend, I'll be available to start cranking out new chapters as early as next week. My stated goal is to finish my shorter stories so I can focus

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I've been having a rough week, so I thought I'd stop and throw out something simple. (Also a reassurance that DN:E is not cancelled; I'm just taking a break to finish my shorter stories before devoting 100% of my designated fanfic time to it.)

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wooooooooooooooooooooooo

ugh

I hate the even-numbered years. They are always the worst.