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Starman Ghost


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  • 159 weeks
    Looking Back: The Conversion Bureau

    Until the other day, I hadn't thought about The Conversion Bureau in years. Hell, I'd barely thought about this site in years. I think that's exactly what makes now a good time to look back at it: any emotions I had about it have had a long time to cool, and so I can examine it with a critical eye and the benefit of hindsight. I'm going to avoid mentioning the names of specific works or

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  • 421 weeks
    My experience with the fantasy genre and how it influenced Body And Mind

    WARNING: Spoilers for Body And Mind below. Proceed with caution.

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    4 comments · 928 views
  • 488 weeks
    One last story to tell

    I know I said earlier that I had no plans to write anything else relating to Body And Mind. However, now that I've thought about it, there's one last chapter I want to write.

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  • 493 weeks
    Why we write changelings the way we do

    Fanfic authors have a good amount of leeway in how they write changelings without going against canon -- at least, as far as the show's concerned. I haven't really read the comics. They invaded Canterlot, they got blown away by magical love beams, and they weren't mentioned again. Whatever authors decide to go with, they have their reasons, and since I know many of my readers have their own

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  • 502 weeks
    Sorry, no sequel planned

    I've already had multiple people ask me this, so rather than try to address every single comment individually, I felt it best to make this a blog post.

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Jul
11th
2013

Featured on Equestria Daily! · 11:20pm Jul 11th, 2013

I got a rather pleasant surprise in my email inbox last night.

I'll admit, when I submitted Body And Mind to Equestria Daily, I was nervous about my chances. The site's very selective about what stories it features, and I've known some solid authors whose works were rejected for mystifying reasons. Seeing my story on there, then was...almost unbelievable, really.

Being featured isn't only flattering, but it's sent my fic's popularity straight into orbit; my fic's close to doubled its previous view record already today, and I've gotten nearly 100 new favorites on it. It's good to know that Body And Mind has been able to reach so many new people, and if any of them are reading this, I hope you enjoy my story.

Anyway, I'd like to thank my prereaders for the time they've put in to help me improve my story. You guys have been a tremendous help by catching the mistakes and issues in my early drafts! I'd also like to thank everyone who has liked, commented on, and/or favorited Body And Mind. Knowing that there are people who have enjoyed my story, who are looking forward to new updates, who've gotten a new perspective on a show that has brought them together has made it all worth it.

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Comments ( 9 )

Thank you Starman, because if it wasn't for you writing, we wouldn't be able to enjoy this!

When I first saw Body and Mind at the top of the "popular stories" sidebar, I was happy and excited that it must have updated.

Then I was confused why my favorites showed no new chapters.

Then I was disappointed to see that it hadn't updated.

And then I was happy again to see why it was at the top of the "popular stories" list. :twilightsmile:

Congratulations!

Motivation, motivation, motivation!

Congrats.

Congratulations,

Congrats man, you deserve it.

Congratulations!

Congratulations, you absolutely deserve it. I'm glad it got featured, otherwise I may never have seen it. I rarely read changeling stories, since they tend to be so blatantly one-sided with either ponies or changelings as monsters. I was very surprised and pleased to see this wasn't the case.

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