Guess what's gettin' a sequel?! · 7:13am Feb 28th, 2017
Well, if you got the alert from the tagged story, then you probably already know the answer, so... the hell am I even wasting your time for.
So Everfree Northwest is doing its writing contestmajigger, and after being assured by project head and President of Words Heartshine that my information will not be sold to nefarious horsemen in the wilds of Mongolia, I've decided to throw my... not my hat, because I don't wear hats, but my something into the ring. Pants, yes. I wear pants. I'm throwing my pants into the ring. I will be wearing other pants as I do so, however, so don't worry.
It took me a while to come up with an actionable idea (anyone who's done a Writeoff with me, or read Pony Gear Solid, knows that I have this little problem where I don't know how to shut the fuck up while I'm writing, and suddenly, what's meant to be 8k words long is 40k words long and I'm up to my tits in annoyed readers asking when Twilight and Rainbow are going to have that three-way with Solid Snake), but finally, I dipped into the ol' Poshy-Woshy Idea Well, and pulled out an old idea I had for a sequel to "Teach Me Goodness." Back when I did the RCL interview, I mentioned that I thought it'd be neat to look at Diamond Tiara looking for a new mentor figure to replace Cheerilee, and from that idea comes this story.
Which I don't want to talk too much about just now. It'll be live by the 6th, so if you care (b-baka), you can read it then.
"TMG is getting another sequel, actually, in the form of my belated holiday story, but that's way down on my list of priorities. Besides IRL obligations, this month alone, I'm hoping to be productive and stay productive with respect to my horsewords. I've got a Writeoff entry to revise and publish, a collab with Editor Man, a couple different April Fool's projects, and of course, the ever-present specter of Pony Gear Solid haunting me in my dreams.
Once that's all out of the way, I'll either be dead, or ready to move on to the other ideas that I've been kicking around. Some of which I'm very excited about.
Also, before anyone asks, I'm not actually going to the damn convention. I'm legitimately worried that my raw sex appeal will cause everyone in the vicinity to spontaneously die of envy. Don't laugh; it's been known to happen.
Um
I feel like it’s cheating to write a sequel to your RCL featured fic to try and win a contest, but it’s apparently not in the guidelines… so you’re in the clear!
I hope to have something pieced together by the sixth as well, so… maybe see you on the fields of battle?
I’d give it like a 35% on my end, honestly.
4438823 Pfft, nobody read TMG anyway (seriously, check the view count; it's pretty underread for an RCL story) so if anything, the judges'll be bored and confused by my entry.
"When did Cheerilee leave Ponyville? Was that in season six? Why is Starlight prodding Diamond in the temple with the relish fork? 0/10."
My advantage is not an advantage. More like a benign growth on one's neck. It doesn't hurt, but it doesn't help either.
4438827 Let me just say you’d be surprised by who has a fetish for benign growths.
wow :O
Oh man, I absolutely LOVED Teach Me Goodness! I think it stands extremely well on its own, but I would totally read a sequel.