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Cast-Iron Caryatid


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  • 21 weeks
    Merry Christmas, all!

    My track record with Christmas releases is no longer perfect, but I do try! Only one 5k chapter of Sharing the Nation this year, though I'm hoping to have 5k more out before the new year. To make up for it, though, I've also brought out the Harry Potter crossover that's been languishing in

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    4 comments · 194 views
  • 125 weeks
    Nothing this year, sorry

    Man, this has been… a year. Shortly after my last blog post, I had some (non-covid) medical issues that somewhat took over my life for a while, and while that's all in the past now, I'm only back where I was beforehand—completely unproductive. I was determined to get back into things at NaNoWriMo, but work steamrolled those plans and I just haven't been able to find the words to write something

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    16 comments · 839 views
  • 164 weeks
    More burned out than I thought

    Jeeze, it's been four months since I decided not to force myself to generate updates for the sake of Patreon and gave myself the freedom to write whatever I wanted… but I haven't really written anything. I've done a thousand words or so here and there to play around with other fandoms, but nothing of significance.

    Shocking, I know.

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  • 177 weeks
    Tis the season for status updates. Not as much the other kind of updates as I would like, though

    It wouldn't be Christmas if I hadn't been completely incommunicado for at least a month or two beforehand, right?

    Unfortunately, I don't have chapters of Sharing the Nation to post for Christmas this year. I do have some Equal Opportunity Ascension chapters that only Patreon has seen, and I'll post those, I guess, but it's clear this… isn't working.

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  • 230 weeks
    Christmas Updates!

    Merry Christmas!

    As I've done every year since I started writing, I have updates here for you on Christmas day.

    ( It might look like there's a missing one, but the chapter for Sharing the Night that year was taken down and reposted)

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Dec
19th
2014

Sharing the Night—now with Patreon · 11:05pm Dec 19th, 2014

Well, no one told me to get off my high horse and crawl into a hole, so I went and did it. I'm not going to write a big long blog post, because that's what the Patreon page is for. Go there and help me make sure nothing like this terrible two-chapter year ever happens again.

Or don't. It's completely optional. I'm not putting Sharing the Night behind a pay-wall, you silly people.

For those who don't know—Patreon is a donation service that allows users to pledge donations for specific updates, rewards and goals, meaning if I don't release chapters, I get nothing, which is exactly how it should be. Since this can be unpredictable, you can set a monthly cap for pledges, but, let's be realistic, I'm not going to post two chapters in a month unless they're on the 1st and 31st.

Also, as a reminder, I will be posting a chapter on Christmas, and yes, I will log it as an entry Patreon just to get things started. I know it might seem a little disingenuous, but that's timing for you.

Also, congrats to CvBrony for finding it before I finished writing this blog post :twilightblush: Might as well check out his fresh new Patreon too, eh?

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Heh. Fancy that. Two old-school Alicorn!Twi authors putting our Patreon pages up on the same day. Seriously folks, we didn't plan this at all. XD

-Cv

So, uhm, as someone mention in the comments of the last post? Is this going to be like, we have to pay to read, or what?

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That comment popped up while I was writing this, and I've already responded to it—no, everything I write will be posted here as usual. I guess I'll make note of that.

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Ahaha, I did recall you mentioned you were doing one too, but I don't think I knew when :twilightblush: Honestly, I've kind-of-sort-of wanted to do it for a while, but it wasn't until I realized how badly I did in 2014 that I decided it really needed to happen. If I pledge you, and you pledge me, are we racing? :pinkiegasp:

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Oh man, two of my favorite Alicorn!Twi authors in one spot. It's like a slightly early Christmas or something. Also, the upcoming chapters from each of you should be great, too.

Well, I was going to give you money, but patreon is being a cunt. If you still want it, I can just send you the money direct via paypal, however.

I lied. I did use use the patreon in spite of my saying I wouldn't. I will put this one (1) harassment that I was rewarded to good use in the future. Woe be unto you as it didn't specify in what manner said harassment is supposed to take place, or limit how long said one (1) harassment is allowed to last. I figured an author like you would be much better than this at choosing your words.

On a completely unrelated note, does anyone know where I can hire a mariachi band for cheap?

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In theory, you should be able to use this link to go to a paypal donation page. Alternatively, the email in my bio box is my PayPal email, and should do.

Anything is appreciated :twilightsmile:

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I can't complain if it gets me writing :yay:

Better make sure that's the result you'll get, though :trixieshiftleft::trixieshiftright:

Hmm. Now that I have good income again, I believe I shall use it!

Pledged, because I love Sharing the Night and you deserve something for it.

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And what a pledge! :heart:

Thanks to you, we actually hit the first milestone—now I have to be accountable and junk! :twilightoops:

I kept trying to feed bills into the floppy slot, this may be more effective at getting them to you. Good luck, mate.

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Haha, sucker! XD

It was a nice round number, but the milestone was a bonus. :)

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