TMiaHM, etc. · 11:38pm Jul 20th, 2012
So, chapter four of 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress' is up as of... now. Luna is still Luna and Nightlight is still Nightlight. Keep in mind that this is still the same evening as chapter one, and Luna hasn't really learned anything in the last six hours. As I've mentioned, she's going to get worse before she can get better; people (and ponies) don't radically alter their world-views overnight. Just saying.
On a more administrative note, I submitted TMiaHM to EQD on the day I put it up here (twelve days ago), and four days later, I got an e-mail back from the fanfiction box. I'm going to selectively copypasta it because I found it humorous:
(...) All in all, I must declare your work a train wreck. A GOOD train wreck at that. There's something about your work with this piece that keeps you reading, making the reader wonder just how it's going to possibly get worse for your poor protagonist, and it does. Strangely, it's captivating. (...) Well done.
I'm happy to say that your fic is to be posted (...) Congratulations, and I look forward to reading more. (...) You mentioned in the comments that you have chapters four and five waiting so you have a regular update schedule, and that makes me happy, both as a pre-reader, and a new fan of your work.
I got that eight days ago now, so I'm expecting TMiaHM up on EQD any day now.
As my pre-reader pointed out, I had chapters four and five in the wings before now, and while I was planning to keep from updating until after this got up on EQD, I got tired of waiting. Here you go.
So because I'm semi-EQD-official, thanks much to my editors/advisors (you're both 20% cooler), my EQD pre-reader (who made me go anxiety => rage => confusion => jubilation in 10 seconds flat), and of course to the hoofful of readers who've given my story the thumbs up. Also Faust, Hasbro, the whole MLP:FiM team, and everybrony. With your continued assistance and any luck, this story will continue going strong.
Because ponies.
With love and tolerance,
~ Navypony
Congrats. This is where i get to be a hipster and say i liked it before it got on eqd right? all joking aside i look forward to reading more of this awesome story.
It's a very cool story bro!