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arcum42


Admin for various groups, occasional vectorer of screenshots, and writes stories like Cubic Zirconia, among other things.

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  • 202 weeks
    An Old MFAB Second Chapter Draft

    You know, I never continued Magical Filly Apple B, and I suspect I never will, but I do have a fair amount of an old draft lying around for the second chapter.

    I remember I really felt like I needed to go through and revise Twist's familiar's accent, as it was getting rather out of control. I was having trouble with Twist's lisp, a bit, too.

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    6 comments · 396 views
  • 328 weeks
    Familiarity Signal Boost / JWI excerpt

    Just thought I'd provide a signal boost to Fervidor's new story, Familiarity.

    TFamiliarity
    Scootaloo's life changes forever when she meets Fang, a strange magician who is not what she seems. As the two grow closer, secrets are revealed. What does it mean to be a familiar?
    Fervidor · 69k words  ·  153  8 · 2.6k views

    I'm tagging this with Just Winging It, since there are some elements in common, and I think people that like it might also like Familiarity, from what I've read so far.

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  • 329 weeks
    Convention Safety

    While I should probably do a post on having updated Cubic Zirconia, in this case, I'm doing a signal boost on horizon's latest blog, as it is a subject people really should be aware of:
    The elephant in the equine room

    --arcum42

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  • 342 weeks
    I'm All Right

    Just a quick note, as it occurred to me that some people may remember that I live in Las Vegas.

    I'm totally fine. The only time I went out yesterday was to the grocery store, and thankfully I was not where the shooting occurred. First I knew about it was this morning, when I went into Facebook, and it asked me to confirm that I'm alright.

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  • 349 weeks
    Yeah, I suck... (re: writing, or the lack therein)

    I was just looking, and Cubic Zirconia hasn't been updated in almost a year. I promise I haven't forgotten about it.

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    7 comments · 674 views
Nov
3rd
2014

Magical Filly Apple B going on hold for the moment · 7:57pm Nov 3rd, 2014

I know, it's awful of me to post one chapter of a story like Magical Filly Apple B, and then just leave it that way. Unfortunately, I've been making virtually no progress on it. I'm 3/4ths through the next chapter, but I've been at that spot forever.

I know what happens for the rest of the chapter, (I've written a ~350 word summary, even) but I've been having a lot of trouble actually writing it. Worse, I sit down to write it, and not only doesn't it happen, neither does writing anything else.

Given the length of time it's been, which is horrible to look at, I'm going ahead and sticking it on hold.

In the meantime, if any of you think you can match my prose style and general craziness, I may be willing to throw this open to having a guest author write the missing part of the chapter, so let me know. I'd obviously give credit, though I'd probably do a substantial amount of editing on it myself. That could potentially lead to a collaboration on future chapters...

Incidentally, Just Winging It is also going on hiatus.

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Comments ( 4 )

oh damn, i forgot this story existed. And now I'm anxious for another chapter again.

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Sorry about that. The next chapter's sitting at 3197 words at the moment, with that ~350 word summary of what happens in the rest of it afterwards, but it's just not coming...

--arcum42

Sometimes your muse craps out. I'm certainly familiar with that feeling. I look forward to more when your creativity starts cooperating again.

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The terrible thing is that I really like a lot of the things in the 3k existing of this chapter. The background filly returns, we get to see Silver Spoon in a more reasonable moment plus some of Diamond Tiara and "Table", which is a brilliant/deranged bit that I really want to have people read at some point.

Then I get to what ought to be a fun magical filly fight sequence, and boom, there goes my muse. *sigh*

--arcum42

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