Ice Fall, Complete! · 6:58am Jan 27th, 2016
My week off work bore fruit, so to speak. I would call it a holiday, but i was all but shackled to my computer (Alright, so a lot of it was playing Fallout 4, but come on, can you blame me?). The good news is that Ice Fall, the short spin off that turned into the immense tome that it became, has finally been concluded. The final word count?
396,509
Pages currently stand at 949, but that and probably the word count as well, will change as the long and laborious task of editing begins. My plan is to do the initial run through myself of course, but then to get some kind, brave, or possibly just plain mad person to do the editing before i get bombarded by the grammar police who always seem to be lurking in the shadows...ready...
Anyway, sod 'em! I think the story was worth the effort, and if people don't like it, then tough, go read something else! There's Luna, Nightmare Moon, Celestia, Starswirl, what more do you need? You want more earth ponies? You got 'em. You want unicorns, magic, battles, the mystery of the Crystal Empire? No problem, and for adventure? There's a lot of that too. Of course, it wouldn't be a Blue Spectre story without a little romance, and that's in there ready to be discovered. Nothing full on though!
Thorn makes a re-appearance and has his own story arc. Readers may find my take on Celestia and the interaction between her, Luna and Nightmare Moon surprising, and give an interesting re-interpretation of the original FiM version. I always thought the original FiM story had barely touched on how such a cataclysmic change to the relationship of the princesses had occurred and here's my take on it. I hope it all makes sense, i hope you all enjoy it. It does, as was originally intended, tie in with the Fairlight series, but editing that frankenstein's monster is going to be my next task.
Fortune favours the bold.
Apparently