Reports of my demise, etc. · 4:51am Feb 22nd, 2013
Bleah, it's been a while since I've touched this thing. Look at all the dust!
I'd like to apologize for not updating. Fact of the matter is I wanted to. I really really did. But I had a bit of a personal crisis towards the end of last year that took up a lot of mental energy that normally would have been spent on writing fanfiction. I'd rather not go into the details. Suffice to say I didn't feel very friendly. And I didn't want to come back empty handed! I've been determined to finish the next chapter of Distance, or put up another short story, or something.
You may notice that hasn't happened.
Darned if I know what it is. It's the single most spectacular case of writer's block I've ever had. There are aborted attempts at writing littering my hard drive right now and I don't know what to do with any of them. It just ain't coming. And trying to force it hasn't helped.
So I'm just going to stop stressing over it. It'll happen eventually I'm sure, but I couldn't say when. I still love those friendly candy colored mini horses, but I just can't get into the right mindset to do anything with them. Maybe I need to read more fanfic. Maybe I need to watch some episodes again.
Maybe I should post that random as hell porn ficlet I crapped out a million years ago. Anyone want some porn? It's humanized, but it's cute. I think.
I'm not quitting, I'm just really tired. Consider this a belated hiatus announcement.
I'm going to go to bed and try not to think about how much I'm disappointing everyone for a change, and maybe once my neck muscles un-knot I'll be able to make some sense out of some of these scraps. ...is this a paragraph about the Cutie Mark Crusaders discussing boners yes I think that's what this is was I high when I wrote this what the hell...
We still love you uncle. Get some rest.
Ay, at least you live.
CMC discussing boners? Hm. Someday, I'm going to write into a story a scene wherein Princess Luna torments Twilight Sparkle with a hurricane of innocent euphemisms, with Luna apparently not aware of what any of them mean. Then, just when Twilight Sparkle figures out that Luna is actually asking her to do something completely different and innocent, Celestia will say, "Hm, I think my sister likes you." Twilight will proceed to faint.
What's this about Scootaloo getting wing boners at the most inappropriate time and eats up breaking Sweetie's and AB's gates as they were parting ways (no pun intended)? Them small wings pop up at dangerous times.
Excuse me, I have to go slam my face on a burning stove for that poor joke.
Take as long as you need. Everybody needs a break from time to time.
I find the easiest way to take a sledgehammer to writer's block is to do what the story "What The Heck" did.
Write anything. Doesn't matter if it makes sense, doesn't matter if it has a contiguous storyline. Write about Pinkie jumping on clouds and then falling through the crust of the planet and ending up in Pony China, just to charge through a china shop for some bubblegum. If you sit and write whatever comes to mind, pretty soon you'll just start rolling down the hill like a good ol' avalanche.
Only problem is stopping and doing some actual writing, instead of spewing vomit onto your screen that, admittedly, tends to be fucking hilarious when you read it over, and go "What the hell was I thinking when I wrote this?"
I think the Cutie Mark Crusaders discussing anything would be an interesting story.
How about they discuss taxes? The two things in life you can't avoid are death and taxes, so they speculate that by beating one, you've already beaten the other. Thus, they either try to live forever by evading taxes, or evade taxes by living forever. Cutie Mark Crusaders Immortal Tax Evaders.
Yes please. I don't mind humanized, and I adore cute fics.
Get some well-deserved rest and hit us with that ficlet in the meanwhile.
Have you seen the documentary?
It's OK to treat your casual hobby casually, you know.
Cut yourself some slack brah we aren't disappointed in ya. Take as much time as you need--seriously.
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I made a group for Cute Fics if you're interested, there is a link to it on my user page.
Who are you and why is your name vaguely familiar?
Your life in the real world comes before my need for pony fanficton, sadly.
Ans just FYI: i'd like to read. A story about cutiemark crusaders discussing boners.
...so they finally saw Big Mac during heat season, eh? Post the Crusaders on Boners fic. Especially if the final line is "I want one in me" and the context is really awkward.
Would feedback from someone help?
I know I edit and pre-read for others which can help get my fires going Maybe it would work for you. "(Warning. Sometimes helping other to much can satisfy your neeed to write thus putting you in the same position!)
You've already made your mark in the Brony community. I think you've earned a little R&R.
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I have not. I'm of two minds about it honestly. I appreciate the gesture and I respect what the people who made it were trying to accomplish, but I honestly always found the idea of a documentary about bronies to be kind of a waste of everyone's time. Much like the vast majority of the projects I've seen on kickstarter. Given the rather negative reaction to the quality of the production I can't say I'm all that terribly interested.
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Man, I would love to be able to treat... well, anything casually. I really can't. I get very stressed out over things I feel like I should be doing for whatever reason. In the case of updating Distance where I know there's a significant number of people waiting for it I have a really hard time just letting it go and not letting it get to me. Fluttershy may be best pony, but Twilight's the one I identify with the most. Feeling like I've let someone down drives me nuts.
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I write fanfiction about ponies. Perhaps you've heard of me.
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Once I have something legible for someone to take a look at you'll be the first to know.
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Yeah, I get ya. You should see me when I'm overdue for a recommendation or some proofreading.