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Spacecowboy


Story Approver and formerly sometimes writer. PM me if you have a Story-related question.

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  • 366 weeks
    May not be writing at the moment, but...

    I have been starting to pop up on Twitch from time to time. If you're ever interested in poking your head in, take a gander over here. I'm actually about to go live here in a few.

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  • 384 weeks
    Saying Adios to a Friend

    So, folks... I'm sure most, if not all of you, know Obselescence in some way or another. For quite some time, he's been a moderator here, and organizer of quite a few story competitions and unexpected fads. Go stop by and wish him well, if you'd like. He had a large impact on me over the years, it's sad to see him go.

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  • 388 weeks
    Status Update

    Next chapter is currently sitting at 2,500 words out of the 4,000 or so that I've set as a goal for chapter size. It's a bit hard going, I know what I want to write, but writing it is another story altogether. Once I have the rough draft finished, it's going to need a fair bit of work to get it up to a posting standard, but hopefully I'm thinking two to three days until it's ready for

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  • 389 weeks
    Want some more Batpony/Thestral-centric content? Take a gander!

    So, two of my long time friends on the site here (Talking shortly after creating accounts, both of whom have poked at my stuff on and off for some time now) have recently come together to work on something that is heavily centered around a created society of thestrals. They've told me it should be quite an interesting read, and I'm inclined to agree, having seen some of the content they're

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  • 389 weeks
    Merry Christmas to all!

    Merry Christmas to all! Enjoy the day, wherever you may be, whomever you may be with. Go watch some Christmas movies, have some holiday cheer... I suggest watching Home Alone 2. Or Die Hard. Both are excellent ones to watch.

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May
20th
2014

They Say Patience Is A Virtue... · 3:59pm May 20th, 2014

...That I don't have in a large supply, apparently.

The Worst Nightmare Of My Life - Just waiting on cover-art to release this. It now has a solid 10,200 words between its first two chapters. It's in pretty good form, although I might have another editor giving it one last pass. I've got it ending on a rather nice cliff, which is going to be compounded by the story's format. I might be overstretching things a little bit, but for the first couple of chapters, they'll be alternating between the protagonist, who is in Ponyville, and her two friends, who will be halfway across Equestria. Bat Ponies. 'Nough said? The first few chapters dealing with the protagonist's friends will be a glimpse into a fictional society of bat ponies, as there really is not any established info with them. Love blank canvases.

For other updates, still trying to make more time for writing in general. I've got several partially written chapters, although it looks like Overcoming the Day will have the next update. It'll be a nice Slice of Life chapter with some time focused on Twilight and Luna. Alone. On a date. Finally. So, yeah, for all you naysayers who were all 'oh no, cliched scene with mysterious ponies' can relax. I still find it funny how vocal readers can get over one little scene, when they let others just like it slide by.

Trying to get some more time towards Fallen from the Light as well. Looking to tweak and edit the existing chapters, and then move on from there. I've got some decent plans for this one, although I've shortened my idea for it just a little bit to make the size more manageable. Hopefully it is satisfying once I finally find the time for it.

Everything else is at one stage or another beyond this. I don't have any list of what will be coming when, but slowly picking up my writing speed. Up to between 600 - 900 words per hour, although it requires a fair amount of rewriting and editing once done. That may just be me being extremely picky about my writing, though.

Feel free to ask any questions you may have, as always. Thanks for all of the favorites, follows, comments, views, etc.

Space

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Comments ( 3 )

You should write all your story chapters in blog posts. You write more blog posts than story updates now. xD

One author whose work I read has a rather fantastic update speed with very large chapters. He says his secret is using voice recognition technology to write out the chapters. Just a suggestion, I don't know if that will work for you or not.

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