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Where I've Been

So, I've been taking writing really seriously over the past year. I got 15,000 words out of NaNoWriMo; not bad for a busy month running science festivals. I finished the manuscript in June, sold my retro game systems the funds for self-publishing e-books, and joined a forum thread on one of my boards to write 500 words a night. I was feeling pretty good, especially considering I'm finally a
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540 weeks
Hooves Holding Hearts contest

So, working on the next chapter. No one reading the last one got the hints about the new kid, who is the story's main kid. I'll give these out, and the first person (and maybe a few others) who get it right will earn a small OC cameo in HHH.
Now, the kid's an OC...but the mother is not.
Here are the first few hints.
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541 weeks
Hooves Holding Hearts Edit

So, I changed a scene in chapter four. I changed it because it didn't work, and others complained with a reasonable point.
It happens near the end of the chapter.
Spoilers ahead.
I mean, really spoilers.
If you haven;t read the chapter, it kind of ruins the punch to know this...
Ready.

So, when John is confronting the father....
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542 weeks
What the pre-readers are saying...

Just so you know, here's some comments on the Hooves Holding Hearts chapter that drops this week.
"She had a really miserable childhood, didn't she?"
"Holy freaking s***! Nevermind Jazz, you are not worst parent anymore!"
"This is both heartwarming and utterly heartbreaking at the same time. You magnificent bastard."
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542 weeks
Story Progress!

Chapter four of Hooves Holding Hearts is off to the pre-readers! I'm going to try to get a C&D chapter done next, I think. I'm having to split time between pony writing and writing things I actually intend to e-publish for money, but I intend to finish the crop of stories I have, maybe saving a week in summer to write "Doctor Whooves and the Mare in the Moon."
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Mar

9th

2012

Ending imminent; NEED YOUR HELP! · 11:00pm Mar 9th, 2012

I'm tying up the ending scene of the last chapter, getting the final touches on the end musical number, and finishing the after-credits trailers. School Daze will be ready for pre-reader input in 72 hours and should be up by the end of next weekend.

Given all this, I need your help.

When that last 'Update Complete!' appears on Equestria Daily, many readers will make the decision on whether or not to read it for the first time. I want to give them an incentive.

Please click here and rate School Daze as five stars on EQD.

It has 4.6 stars at 118 votes. There are 698 of you tracking this and 93 having favorited it. We can blow the math out of the water. If I recall the rules correctly, I can request that rainbow-colored rating as soon as it averages 4.9.

It's been a wild ride for me. I've been in these characters' heads for months, and it was so emotional to write their fates out in the afterward. I've been looking forward to your comments for months, and I've had some great discussions.

If you've enjoyed reading as much as I've enjoyed writing it, please help me get this baby rated up.

Regardless, thanks to everybody for the support!

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