BIG News and Second Sneak Preview of All-American Girl 18! · 12:36am Aug 27th, 2013

Heya, all. For starters, I want to say thanks for all your support in the rewrite of AAG. I know you've been waiting a long time for the story to continue, and while I've added to the universe, it really hasn't continued, per se...until now. Next week that all changes. Next week, AAG 18 gets released. Next week, honestly...is going to be the start of one of the most nerve-wracking months of my life.

Next week starts the Kickstarter for Razorblade Angel, the novel I've had in works for the longest time. It's finally come to fruition and I'll need your help in getting it published. I've done the numbers and things are looking good, if I get your help on this. Obviously, it's a risk and coming to you all for this is a barometer of how much you like my writing (enough so to read something that doesn't have anything to do with MLP), but I'm going to make it worthwhile.

Thus, I'm going to be announcing three special reward tiers that will only be available to FimFic readers:

o ϝ Digamma: $60, which is a DRM-free copy of the massive (250K-word) e-book, your name as thanks for being a backer in the book, bookmarks, a copy of the paperback, the "Martian Predator" military unit patch, a poster print over the cover...plus DJ in a military flight suit for the Razorblade!

o ϙ Koppa $135, which is the e-book, your name in the book, bookmarks, paperback, MARPRED patch, cover poster, DJ flightsuit print, plus DJ in UEG Navy dress blues print!

o ϡ Sampi: $175 – limited to five purchases only, which is the e-book, your name in the book, bookmarks, MARPRED patch, cover poster, DJ flightsuit print, DJ dress blues print, plusyour copy of the paperback is upgraded to hardcover plus you get a Razorblade t-shirt plus the prequel short story "Razorblade Angel: Events in Motion" plus the Elements of Harmony military unit patches print, of which only will be made for those getting Sampi!

For those interested on how to get the secret tiers I'll explain with an additional blog post once the Kickstarter starts. I'm confident that if you love All-American Girl, and for those of you who have been following Claude & Monet, you'll love RA.

and with that said, here's the next sneak preview of Chapter 18!

“Good,” Twilight said, as she moved away from Rainbow. “She’s still under the spell, and from what I can tell none of what’s afflicting us has affected the foal so far. She’s safe.”
Applejack sighed in relief. “That’s great t’ hear, Twi. Ah was plum worried there fer a spell an’….” Applejack’s words slurred off as she suddenly staggered for a bit before sitting down, her forelegs going right to her head. “Ah’ll be fine,” she said to her sister before Twilight could say anything further.
“Applejack, go lie down,” Twilight said, turning her full attention back to the former farm pony.
“No dice, sugarcube. Somepony has t’ watchcha and make sure y’re doin’ okay yerself.”
“You don’t have to. I already promised I wouldn’t use that spell,” the lavender mage said, consciously leaving the name out as to not agitate things further, “and I’m a mare of my word.”
“Yeah, but Ah know a mare who’d keep t’ her word an’ end up doin’ worse. By complete accident, o’ course,” Applejack said with a soft chuckle.
“I can’t afford to,” Twilight said, nodding in agreement. “You were all right and I was in the wrong. I thought I was doing what was best for us, especially since I was the cause of the whole problem, an—”
The orange pony gave the unicorn a curious glance. “Whut d’ ya mean?”
“You know. You all thought I was trying to take away your husbands and loved ones. But I would never do that,” she said, insisting. “You’re family…I would never….”
“We know, Twi,” Applejack said in a quiet voice. “We all knew, we…we jist let Nightmare Moon get us riled up fer nothin’, and hurt you in the process. We weren’t thinkin’ clearly an’ it showed.” The earth pony forced herself back to her feet and approached Twilight, a look of contrition in her eyes. “An’ Ah didn’t believe you when y’ told me the truth. An’ that’s mah fault.” Applejack turned away, whispering, “Ah’m sorry, Twi. Fer whut Ah said back then.”
“No,” Twilight said. “It’s just as much my fault, Applejack. I struck Rainbow in anger and jeopardized her unborn foal. I put myself in a situation where I hurt you all, even unintentionally and then I tried to make up for it by letting myself die. You’re not the only one who made mistakes, Applejack. I certainly did.”
Applejack gave Twilight a wry smile. “Ah guess we’re jist a couple of old, foolish mares, ain’t we?”