Update - I'm (sort of) back! · 1:27am Apr 16th, 2013
Greetings, everybrony!
As you may have noticed, I've been rather inactive (incredibly so, actually) these last several months. I've been kind of busy doing stuff like:
~ Vising family.
~ Attending social functions.
~ Finding inspiration in various literary works.
~ Holding my little sister's hand through her first miscarriage.
~ Attending authentic pagan rituals of blood, ink and fire.
~ Researching particle- and astro-physics in preparation for a possible upcoming novel.
You know, life type things. Because of all this I sort of dropped off the face of the earth sometime around the holidays. I haven't commented, posted, disused anything, or even blogged since sometime around December. That is unacceptable, and needs to change - starting right now.
So as of this moment, I'm back. Any future comments, PMs, and messages in general will be replied to. Updates will restart. Work on my pony based responsibilities will begin anew.
And I know what you all are thinking about: The Guardian (K)Night. YES, I have begun work on it once again. Chapter one has already been completely rewritten (now with literally 70% more content) and should be a little less suck-ish and maybe flow and explain things a little better, as well as answer some questions you might not even know you had. Chapter revisions are going on as well, with chapter two already complete and chapter three now underway. Once all the current chapters are revised and revamped (which should be some time in the next few days) I'll send it in to EQD and start work one the new chapter in earnest, and should finish it no later than the 26th if everything goes right. Yes, that's right, a new chapter is visible on the horizon! Expect prodigious length, new characters and suspense. Fun!
On that note, I'll mention now that my extended absence has 'reset' just about everything for me that's fandom related. Including editors. I'll be getting in touch with my current pre- and proof-readers alike, but there's a real possibility that they've moved on without me. Either way the fact of the matter is this: starting with the up-coming chapter I will be adding new editors to the project. If you're interested in searching out typos, improper sentence structure, stiff and clunky dialogue, broken narrative flow or just want to be a sounding board or even pitch some ideas around, just let me know below or message me personally if you prefer.
As a final note, I would like to state that I feel simply awful about being inactive for so long, and forcing you all to wait hopelessly for an update or witty quip that might have never come. If there's anything I can do, anything at all to make up to you, my fans, please, please let me know. It can be just about anything. Commission a song or a picture from one of my friends? Shoot a funny or embarrassing video? Write a short story or oneshot of a prompt or theme of your choosing? Please, just let me know.
Now if you'll excuse me, I promised the girls I'd take them to Burger Queen. See ya'll later.
~Signed, InfinteBrony
I'd go for it but I have no formal editing experience, but if no one else hops on I'll do it.
Glad to hear you're back! Real life gets in the way, so it's cool to take a break sometimes. Looking forward to more of The Guardian (K)Night, though I have to say this sounds even more interesting:
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It's good to be back! (\
1011333
I'll get back to you on that then.
1011334
Seeing how you're actually in the story itself, I'd love to have you on board.
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I'll just say this:
Have you ever wondered just what's beyond the event horizon? Just how did the universe come about anyways? And most of all, just what is humanity's place in the great, vast cosmos?
~Signed, InfintiteBrony
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Every day. Consider me pre-ordering this book.
Glad to see you're back. I've been wondering what happened to your story. It's honestly the best horror/vampire story I know of on the site and I was worried it had been cancelled.
Rewrites, eh? Well, just so long as vampire!Twilight isn't changed into an Alicorn in this new rewrite, I'll be okay
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Thank you for your kind praise, it means a lot to me, more than you realize. It's the sort of comments like this that make me want to keep writing.
And I'll go ahead and say it right now: despite any rewrites and revisions, absolutely NOTHING has or will change, story or plot wise. Everything that has happened so far and everything that has yet to happened will remain the same. I'm still saying everything I've said before, I'm just saying it more concisely and clearly.
~Signed, InfiniteBrony
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You're welcome. Hope to see more of your story soon! ^_^
And that's good to hear. I've seen a lot of stories recently shoehorn more recent developments from the show in when they were never planned and didn't fit in with the course of the narrative. Specifically having Discord around and making Twi an alicorn. Rarely (read: never) does this work out well unless having Twilicorn exist or having Discord there was planned from the very beginning. It almost always screws the narrative up.
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I know exactly what you mean. Too many stories that I had previously enjoyed immediately went downhill in quality as soon as those episodes aired. People need to learn how to take small liberties with their artistic licence and literary freedoms. That fact that half those episodes were pretty terrible (comparatively speaking) doesn't really help matters any either. I honestly can't stand the idea of Discord just roaming around in the background as a semi nameless/faceless stereotypical 'good guy'.
And on that note, with those and any other future episodes and canon happenings or developments, I'm going to go ahead and claim the Grandfather Clause right now, on the basis of this story's design and inception predates season three.
~Signed, InfiniteBrony
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Hear hear! Since those episodes aired, I myself have deigned that any and all future fics that I might write hereby take place in the IDW Comic continuity, which purportedly splits off into an alternate universe after the end of Season 2. It's a good way to get around a lot of the crazy crap that happened in Season 3.
Good to hear! Can't wait for the next updates
(from the bottom of the hole)
"Master? Have you returned? The stu-characters has been archived 50 times since you last told me to do so. Master? Are you there?"
-Glassed
great to have you back!
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"What the!? What are you still doing down there? I haven't need a stu-character in months. I thought I asked Derpy to let you out six months ago. Well... I guess it wouldn't be the first time she's forgotten to do something.
But what do I do with you now? Hm... Maybe I'll just give you to Fluttershy. I know how much she likes cats."
~Signed, InfiniteBrony
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"I am in dire need of food and work. Ms. Fluttershy might be kind enough to give me food, but may I ask for work, master? I'll do my best kind sir. You need simply send it to me when it is to your leisure."
-Glassed
so looking forward to a new chapter