Black Feather Project Update · 9:12am Dec 21st, 2023
The last month has been pretty crazy. My dog got a massive bladder infection and I had to spend $2000 on vet bills to get an ultrasound and all the nonsense that goes with that, all to get a prescription for $30 worth of medicine to fix the situation. Been kinda busy with that as well as upcoming holiday planning, etc.
There's also been a load of comments in Black Feather where I had a fire to put out. Things are fine now, but it was really annoying, discouraging, and time consuming for a week or so there.
Others have shown up in the opposite context, proving that people still continue to enjoy the story.
Additionally, I've been talking with one of our Flurry in Time editors about Black Feather and trying to work out the style differences between the older content and the new stuff I've been writing. Apparently, he likes the new stuff way more than the old, but peculiar tastes have led to long conversations about what constitutes good style.
Then there has been some interest in Equinox story content, so I've been talking with people about that lately, which has resulted in me wishing I was working on that rather than writing ponyfic on fimfiction.
This has led to me examining the web-publishing platform Royal Road where I plan on publishing Equinox stories. I've been getting to know some of the people there and asking a lot of questions about how publishing works there. Evidently, it's a lot different than it is here on fimfiction.
So I've been torn between writing MLP-Black Feather and wanting to write my Equinox stories. Then... just two days ago, I got an idea.
I've been planning on rewriting a conversion of Black Feather one day in the Equinox format. But conversions are time consuming and tedious because it's not really writing as much as it's just grinding through an existing story trying to figure out how to make it work in an entirely different universe. And I really don't want to wait until MLP-BF is finished before I can even spend time in Equinox.
Solution?? Write them in parallel!
So now, I will be writing chapters of Black Feather in the Equinox format and simultaneously converting them to the MLP format for publishing here. I'll then save the Equinox version in Scrivener where it will build up a big backlog. Then, when MLP-BF is finally finished, I'll actually have Equinox-BF done at the same time! Win win!
This does mean it will take a bit longer to publish chapters, but it will absolutely keep me from burning out or resenting the fimfic project. It's really important that I do this so that I can actually finish both versions.
Anyway, that's what I've been up to this month. I hope you all have a very merry Christmas!
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I will definetly read the stories set in Equinox once you publish them. Good luck in writing.
Merry Christmas to you as well.
Merry Christmas to you too.