Chapter VII in the Next Few Days · 4:41am Jan 24th, 2014
I’m making this blog post for two reasons: First, for the dozen or so people who were reading Subjunctive before it got published to Equestria Daily, thank you for your loyalty and for being with me from the start! EQD wanted me to make some amendments to the prologue, Chapter I, and Chapter II as conditions for being published. I have done so, but never where I feel it would be contrary to what I’ve originally intended (and the edits in every case make the story better). Don’t worry, you don’t need to go back and read again to make sense of the story.
To the new people, welcome and thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy what I have in store.
The second reason I’m making this post is that Chapter VII is oh so close to being done. It’s just passed my editor, and I’m going to give it one more proofread before I publish it.
I’m really sorry about taking so long between updates (Christ, it’s been nearly a year now since I published Chapter I; I'm sorry if you've been following since the beginning 
). I’m ashamed to admit that those first few chapters were published before the novel was done being planned. There came a bump where I wasn’t exactly sure where I wanted to take it, some crisis moments, lots of procrastinating, an entire summer of nearly nothing written.
But don’t worry! All the narrative problems have been fixed now (I think), and I’m really excited to get this done, to show you what I have. University is a bit hectic, and I’m always struggling to find times to read and write and edit not only my own stuff but my friend and editor’s fic. (Thank you for your patience, Golden Tassel!)
I’m making the time apart from school, and I’ll try to get these chapters published more frequently. I’ve written about thirteen chapters so far (unedited), and I hope to get those—and the whole story, for that matter—out soon.
So, bear with me, gentle readers! I’m frustrated more than you are about this slow rate. But know that it’s just that: a rate—i.e., I’ve dropped nothing, forgotten about nothing, but I'm working; it may be slow, but I'm working. Every day I think about this fic and how to write it and edit it, what will be the best times to publish, how long it’s been, what about this plot device, etc. I’m a bit quiet, but I’m still here.
To summarize, Chapter VII should be out in a few days (I hope!), and thank you all for reading!
I am salivating.
Been patiently following the story for months now. Your writing's marvelous, and it's awesome to know it's on EqD! I cannot get enough of Errenax's sheer awe at everything, I'm right there with him having my breath taken away by these fascinating ponies and their incredible ways and feats. And as a fan of language I want to let you know that Errenax's “How could I not! Language is a force unnoticed [. . .]” speech in Chapter VII resonated with me personally. I aspire to become a teacher myself—perhaps I should take notes on Errenax's instructive methods.
Ooohh, and now I have Chapter VIII to read! It makes me positively giddy!
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Thank you for the comment! I'm so glad you're enjoying the story, and I hope you'll like what's to come.
My editor complained about the length of the speech you like. I guess that shows him.