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16 weeks
I got ART!

I know I haven't done a blog in awhile, but being a full-time single parent working a full-time job, and a part-time writer tends to really chew into the hours I have in a week. That said, I just had to carve out a little time to show off the remarkable gift I was given from Lady Lightning Strike by way of the amazingly talented artist Pridark.
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28 weeks
Commissions!

Yeah, been awhile since I've written any sort of blog post, but I do have some good news. I'm re-opening to commissions! My patrons on Patreon will get priority for their commissions first, but it doesn't mean that everyone else can't ask for some stories either. Here are my commission conditions:
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36 weeks
So... a small heads up about the upcoming month...

I'm about to start writing the final chapter or two of the Brightly Lit saga, after which time I'm actually going to be going on vacation for a week. As in actual time off from my job and all other responsibilities. Which means no Twilight Learned this month, and perhaps not next month either as I reassess things in the wake of the end of writing roughly 350,000 words on one pair of stories set
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57 weeks
So... a bit of a heads up

Over the past few years I've engaged in a practice of letting my patrons on Patreon decide what story I should update following the Brightly Lit update in the month, and I've noticed a bit of a pattern. Mainly that anytime "How Twilight Learned" comes up in the voting it easily wins. So recently I asked my patrons if they would like me to just concentrate on Brightly Lit and HTL until one of
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82 weeks
State of the Pen

It's been 10 days since my brother died and 6 since we laid him to rest at the foot of a willow tree near a shady stream. I find myself both functional and numb. I can act, react, and do things, but anything beyond the basics is like trying to push fog with your hands. Something happens but not much. I find myself staring at a computer screen and feeling... nothing.
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Dec

15th

2016

Digital realms · 12:23pm Dec 15th, 2016

Okay, what I am about to write may shock many here.

I...am a gamer.

No, really. I'm a 50 year old gaming geek. If it wasn't the original pen and paper Dungeons and Dragons, it was the handheld Merlin toy. My first video game system was a brand new Atari 2600. I bought it from Zellers for $250. Every since then, gaming has been a part of me, and I, a part of it. Up through Colecovision, then the NES and PS1. Finally to PC.

I mention this because this past week I've been pulled back into the digital realms again. My gaming clan, Blackpines Gaming, has gotten into some Life is Feudal. It's a slow game, but an engrossing one. Particularly if you like medieval things. It's been a nice change of pace from World of Tanks/Warships/Warcraft, Armored Warfare, 7 Days or Star Citizen. But going crazy gaming again DOES tend to cut into my writing time. Which is my writing pace has slowed down a bit. It will pick back up, I promise. The second chapter of Journey is nearly done and should be out in the next 24 - 48 hours.

After that I have an idea for a humorous Flurry Heart story. After which it will be time for another Queen Chrysalis, Relationship Counselor chapter.

So, yes, if you see any members of Blackpines out there in games. Say hi, and tell them Mare in the Moon pointed them out to you. :) Yes, my name in most of those games is "Mare in the Moon", because everyone always jumps on "Nightmare Moon" first.

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