There's one picture of art for "Sunshine and Fire" that I never got around to posting. It's a sketch of Celestia and Luna made by this fellow in return for something I would probably have given for free. There's actually a few alternate versions of it that might be lost forever by now. It is just a sketch, but captured my description very well and I appreciate it.

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I don't usually post about this kind of stuff, but I have a lot of thoughts and this is as good a venue as any.

I finally saw the Equestria Girls movies. I had avoided watching them - and avoided most discussion of them - for a long time basically because I didn't think that they should exist. However, the end of season 5 and being faced with an unfathomably long hiatus caused a craving for more pony, so I changed my mind without too much hassle and watched them.

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I've been writing Sunshine and Fire for three years now. June 2011 was when I started formulating ideas and July 3rd is when I put out the first chapter, though it was a few more months before I got around to Fimfiction.net.

I won't suggest that time has flown by quickly even jokingly; I know it hasn't.

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Hello all.

This post isn’t just random rambling. There’s actually something I’d like your opinions on.

Do you think I should go back and improve the first few chapters of “Sunshine and Fire” a little?

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This is a post of random thoughts and ramblings. It's tangentially related to "Sunshine and Fire" in that it collates some issues I've had on my mind writing it, but I'm not going to tag it for subscribers. It's a bit too incidental for that, and probably not really up everyone's alley anyway. But it's stuff I want to get off my chest, and I'd be interested in hearing other perspectives on the subject.

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I realized something the other day.

With its most recent update, "Sunshine and Fire" has passed 100 000 words in length. Now, this should by all rights be something to be happy about, something to pat myself on the back for - and I do see it as a proud achievement as well, don't get me wrong - but I find that this realization mostly just kind of bums me out.

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A few weeks ago, an awesome individual by the name of taxidermio sent me some fan art. I don't exactly know much about the visual arts, but I think they look pretty damn good (and I appreciate the attention to detail they demonstrate). Obviously, I don't have to say that it's a huge honor for someone to do this for me, on their own initiative no less. I used to daydream about stuff like this when I was just starting out this story, but I never thought it would actually happen to me.

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These are approximations of the original characters in "Sunshine and Fire," created using generalzoi's pony creator software thing. I figured that since I went to the trouble of creating these (for some reason), I might as well display them here, right? I don't really know if tagging blogposts with various trivia is something other authors do, so forgive me if you got an unwanted notification from this. You'll

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You might notice that "Sunshine and Fire" has a new cover image.

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