)I Suppose You All Wonder Just What I Do... · 8:03pm Jul 19th, 2012
I don't think I've given you guys a decent run down of all the fics I have planned in a very longtime.
I suppose I should - you'll want to know what I'll end up doing. It also might give you an idea of why things take so long for me - it's not an excuse at all, but rather a demonstration of just how much is going through my mind all the time - and that's only the pony stuffs!
This blog post is probably gonna be rather... big.
Here we go.
Oh, Colour-Coding.
Green is a large multi-chapter project, potentially greater than ten chapters.
Orange is a short multi-chapter project, hopefully under five chapters, definitely no more than ten.
Blue is a one-shot.
And Just for Mare Do Well, I'll go with Red, for DUCKING HUGE
Priority One (What I'm Actively Working On):
Hearts Aflutter: [Romance] [Sad] (Heavy Revisions in Planning Stages, along with Writing Chapter 11)
It all begins with a night spent above the clouds…
Overnight, everything changes for Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash as they at last begin to realise; they’ve always been a little more than just friends. As they unravel their newfound feelings, discovering more about each other and themselves, a single question runs through their minds – “Does she feel the same?” But after Rainbow Dash makes a mistake that could take a lifetime to mend, can she and Fluttershy ever be together - or will she lose her closest friend forever?
Cover Art: Mornin' Sleepy Head, by Kiyoshiii at DeviantArt
O Night Divine: [Sad] (Heavy Revisons In Progress, along with Chapters 2 and 3)
It is Hearth's Warming Eve, and everypony in Equestria shares the joy and cheer of the wonderful holiday... Everypony, that is, except one. The legacy of Nightmare Moon continues to haunt Luna - ponies are still afraid of her, still distrust her, leaving her alone on a night like no other. Will anyone help Luna find the happiness they share with each other, or will the shadow of Nightmare Moon prove too much to overcome?
(Even the description needs revision! 
Secret Belated Birthday Present for Ariamaki: [Comedy] [Random] / [Mature] (The mature depends - Not sure if it really counts as clop for the two... 'characters' involved.)
Like I said. Secret.
Priority Two (Stuff I work on when I need a break from Priority One):
Today's Last Delivery: [Comedy] [Slice of Life] (Heavy Revisions in Progress, removed from site for... no reason really.)
Ditzy Doo is having a really tough day - first she breaks Ponyville Town Hall, then her Boss makes her mail route all windy - then she has to go all the way to Marelin?! By the end, even her muffins seem to hate her! Can she get through the day with her spirits up, like the mailmare we know and love?
Cover Art: Today's Last Delivery, by Kiyoshii, at DeviantArt.
(Another terrible, terrible description. I can see why I took it down while I work on it.)
Father Said (Louder than Thunder) {Work-in-Progress EVERYTHING}: Uh... [Slice of Life?] Why is there no [Action] genre? I dunno. Adventure...? No. Whatever.
Rainbow Dash has waited for this moment her whole life - the moment when she proves once and for all that she is who she says she is - the best flier in Equestria, and no failure. But she's not proving it to her friends, her teammates, nor even herself - she's proving it to the one stallion she ever cared for, the one who left her mother and her in the dust - the one that said she'd never amount to anything.
" Look at me now, Dad."
The Mysterious Mare Do Well: [Dark] [Tragedy] [Sad?] [Adventure (For lack of mystery or action tag... or maybe adventure anyway. Who knows.)
Equestria has changed; a rising tide of darkness pollutes everything we once knew - light shines, but is quickly lost in the abyss we have become.
Few ponies have the strength to stand against it anymore - worse, a few succumb to the corruption, doing nothing but spreading the cancer. Harmony has been ripped to shreds, brought low by the very ponies it protected. But there is one mare who has the will to act, to defend her friends and fellow ponies - there is one mare who has the power to protect those she loves, and to battle those who threaten them.
There is one mare who can do this, and she will not let this world go without a fight.
Cover Art by Rautakoura at Deviant Art
(You know, I'm gonna stop telling you when I think the descriptions suck, because I'm sure you can tell.)
Priority Three (Stuff I work on when I really just need a break from everything):
For Whom the Belle Tolls: [Romance] [Tragedy] (I don't suppose sad HAS to go with tragedy? Also romance is too romantic for this - it's like friendshipping but with kisses. Romance? That big word? It really doesn't apply here... much.)
Sweetie Belle gets a letter from a colt she's barely spoken a word to in her life. He regrets that he never got up the guts to be her friend, and now he might never get the chance. His letter changes her life, and from it stems a friendship that lasts a lifetime... or at least, the time that he has left.
Cutie Mark Crusaders, Forever!: [Slice of Life]
It's finally over - after so long trying, so much hardship, effort and tree sap, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo managed to earn their Cutie Marks... and now, they're worried about what's going to become of them. Rather than worry too much, they make a time capsule, filled with all their treasures, all their memories, and a letter to each other from the future - even their own future selves! Wherever they end up in life, ten years from now, when they open that capsule...
Mare VS Wild: [Adventure] [Comedy] [Crossover]
Rarity has been living a double life - in one, she is a dress-maker and top-tier fashionista, focused on nothing but her looks and reputation. In the other... She isn't much different. Nevertheless, she finds herself constantly forced into survival situations in the Equestrian Wildlands, fighting against monsters, the forces of nature and even her own sense of beauty in order to escape back to civilisation, recorded the whole time by Pinkie Pie, her cameramare who is absolutely no help at all. In the meantime, can Twilight Sparkle and co. save Rarity from her dastardly producer, or will she be forced to keep surviving, again, and again, and again...?
Priority Four (Stuff I have Ideas for, but nothing to actually SHOW yet.)
Rebels & Rejects (EVERYTHING WIP): [Slice of Life...?]
Rainbow Dash is, simply put, the MOST awesome. Or at least Scootaloo thinks so. But when the older pegasus brushes her off once, twice, every single time, she begins to lose hope in her long-time hero. Depressed and in need of a new role model, she find a kindred spirit and a golden heart in one incredible griffon... at least, Scootaloo thinks so.
What does Gilda have up her sleeve for the little orange pegasus? And if Scootaloo finds out... will she care?
You may be surprised to know that that's all I have for Priority Four right now. As if I don't have enough other things to work on though.
Also totes don't steal my ideas. That would be really mean. And I'd probably go off and cry for a while, because they're all my babies and you've kidnapped one and forced it to do your dirtywork.
Don't steal my ideas, k?
Your Faithful Author-Slave,
Midnight Specter
In Addendum - At least you all know that my next fics won't have 2 month long waiting times for updates.
Or 7 months, in O Night Divine's case.
Overall, this stuff probably adds up to maybe 500,000 words? Mare Do Well is about half of that, if my plans are right btw. That's how big.
So yeah. What's left of Hearts, maybe another 25-40k words I think.
85,000 - Hearts Aflutter
25,000 - O Night Divine
30,000 - For Whom the Belle Tolls
40,000 - Rebels & Rejects
6,000 - Today's Last Delivery
8,000 - Father Said
10,000 - Ariamaki's Present
15,000 - CMC Forever
50,000 - Mare VS Wild
250,000ish - Mare Do Well
Yeah, 519k words all up I think. It's a lot to get through.
Also, just to annoy n, - e-zeeinternet.com/count.php?page=839605&style=default&nbdigits=5
How do you do that? with the page counter thing.
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There's an explanation on my userpage... 3rd comment down?
238889
AHA!
I feel smart because I know now, but stupid because I probably could've looked on myself.
Need...more...Hearts.....Aflutter
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I know, but it's so hard with ten different stories running around in there at once!
But as you see, it's in the top tier. It's what I try to work on first every time.
More soonish.
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That I did - sadly, editing a blog means a whole new bout of notifications so I won't bother.
Glad to see you're interested
That's a lotta words. You're not going to see the sun for a loooong time!
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Indeed. I could literally be writing fimfics when FIM is not even airing anymore.
Sadly, I'm not capable of 10,000 words a week
245162 Haha, when I get going with a good stretch of free time, I can be hitting 5k words a day!
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Lucky~~~
I might be able to do the same, if it weren't for all these assignments. 2nd week back at school, and now I've got three more projects to hand in in about as many weeks. I can not WAIT for the end of all this crap.
245198 I should probably mention that it comes at a price. I have to choose two out of these three things:
1) Write that much (about 10-15k+ a week)
2) Get good grades
3) Have any kind of social life
I do manage to write that much and pass law school, so I guess you can tell which one I don't have, haha.
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I never cared for option 3 in the first place, but I'm not really prolific enough to manage both of those
245203 I should take a leaf out of Twilight's book and go and make some friends, hahaha.