Here's a piece of fan art that made me giggle and be all tickled and amused when my friend Mbala gave it to me. I've posted it on Chapter 12 of The Pony Who Lived Upstairs, which is about where I was in the novel when he created it. Derpy's mane and tail are actually a pale yellow in the original. As background--I used to play Derpy as a wizard character on a pony roleplaying venue called EquestriaMUCK.

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Hey folks! Here's a song parody I've been bopping around in my mind for quite a while.

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Peach Spark's Song
(To "The Joker" by the Steve Miller Band)

Some call me Alexis de Ponyville
Some call me the Blogger of Mirth
Some people call me Peach Spark
'Cause I blog of the oddities of Earth

People joke about New Jersey
Say it's doin' me wrong, doin' me wrong
Well don't you worry humans, don't worry
'Cause your world is where I belong

'Cause I'm a writer

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I'm delighted to report that The Pony Who Lived Upstairs has been reviewed and featured by the Royal Canterlot Library, a band of avid pony writers and readers who enjoy collecting and spotlighting quality stories. Their erudite description made me laugh with joy! As it happens, the curator who nominated my novel (AugieDog) was the

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So, I just posted the first chapter of a story I began way back in 2013 after the Season 3 finale aired. I know a lot of people didn't like that episode, but I loved it--it's still my favorite to this day. It inspired me to begin not one but two stories--the not-very-good "Cutie Mash" is the one I shared on this site, but there was another I began called "Frames of Folly." I was saving that one for when I had enough chapters done to consider it a buffer. But then I moved on to other

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Oh--and I want to let all my followers here know that I've finally finished the Undertale novel I'd been working on for about a year! 😱😁 It's on fanfiction.net and An Archive of Our Own, and it's called Alphys and the Queen. 🦎🐐 My username is Ringcaat in both those places as well. I mentioned that I was working on this story when I finished The

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So, as I posted the last several chapters of The Pony Who Lived Upstairs last year, I got a lot of comments from readers saying that they weren't receiving notifications of each new chapter despite following the story. I just now learned why that was. It's because I was publishing, then unpublishing each new chapter in order to make edits. That's because I couldn't find any other way to edit the chapter, since the edits I made in edit mode weren't taking. That's because I had

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For those of you who enjoyed my story "The Pony Who Lived Upstairs"... today is the day it all begins! According to the bonus chapter I posted, today, 11/11/16, is the day Celestia comes to Earth and meets Canadian Governor General David Johnston. She is followed by Cadance, and together they start to issue press releases, write speeches, and plan demonstrations to scientists to prove their authenticity--all against the backdrop of a ticking clock. If the world of Friendship is Magic doesn't

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Saturday Night Live recently featured Tom Hanks in a brilliant little Halloween sketch that, to my mind, captured the essence of modern-day Halloween. I really think someone needs to make art of a pony version of his character, David S. Pumpkins!

The Pony Who Lived Upstairs is finished, but its title character is still here, hanging out in my mind, eager for chatter and company! This is your chance to chat with her about whatever you like, just like some of the story's readers did after Chapter 16. Anything you'd like to tell or ask her? Anything you think she might like to talk about? Go ahead and talk to Peach in comments on this post!

Peach says:

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Just now, I finished drafting the last chapter of The Pony Who Lived Upstairs. It's called "Peaches and Sparks" and runs about 11,000 words. Sorry it took so long! I intend to have it revised and posted within 48 hours, because on Saturday morning the sixth season ends, and my story goes from being speculative fantasy to alternate history!