It Begins.

While it looks like the next Somber Dreams chapter will be coming out before the Diamond Dogs chapter, I did figure out where my problem was in writing the latter, so *that* much is good. Of course, it also means I need to start the story over entirely, but, eh.

Hope you all are doing well out there. Lots of love.

Someone whose writing I admire has been dealing with the hopelessness of it all. How the meaningless is elevated, how rage is cherished, how expressions of contentment or joy or love are to be mocked and discarded. How those who want to offer substance lose out to those who offer only immediate gratification, whether it be confident (but wrong) answers or two minutes of hate. I offered her a little advice, which I hope helps.

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I have been working on a chapter of Fine Steps featuring Diamond Dogs but, after trying to fit it together for months, I think it needs to be two separate chapters. While I re-engineer that, I've also been working on a follow-up chapter that features Somber Dreams (earlier chapters here and

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There have been strange thefts around Pasofino, and strange holes appearing in the dead of night: in farmer's fields, on the sides of hills, and once in the middle of the street. Meanwhile, Tea Blossom - age six - has been exploring her creative side, sharing wild adventure stories about a new friend with her parents. Stay tuned for "In Which the Depths are Delved", chapter 12 of Fine Steps. Same Poni Ti- Hm. Well, at least on the same Poni Channel.

Hope you all enjoy.

I realized while writing this chapter what one of the things holding me back was. Here's hoping I can push through that and get this story where it needs to be.

Until then, the latest chapter is called "In which we share a cup of tea."

The next chapter features at least three of these remarkable things:

Tea service
A dragon
A precocious 7-and-a-half-year-old
Thermonuclear devices
Nostalgia
Flowers
Death! Death, death, death.
Buttercream frosting
The throbbing loins of Horatio P. Gruntworthy, Diamond Dog Gigolo.

Coming sooner than the most recent update!

I'm very tickled to discover that an artist has created another Twilight Snarkle with absolutely no relation to me whatsoever.

https://www.deviantart.com/pixel-prism/art/Twilight-Snarkle-435605160

I worry about her scars but I salute her choice in 'whatever brown liquor is closest at hand'.

Ages ago I stumbled across a vector of a twin-headed eagle but modified to be two alicorns a la the Princesses. I can't seem to find it now, and my old image folders were lost in a HD crash years ago. I can't seem to find it in Derpibooru. Does anyone know where I might find it, or the best search terms to filter out the chaff?