Beautiful Anachronisms · 4:21am Jul 17th, 2017
So, I'm still alive. Haven't posted anything lately because a certain patron (you know who you are) has me working on a 20,000-word whopper commish, and it's crunch time for me, as I would like to at least start on the next story in my queue before Bronycon, which is a scant three weeks away. So the quill is in my hand and I'm scrawling away!
I mean that almost literally. I'm a lover of the writing process in its many forms, right down to the 1952 Remington Quiet-Riter typewriter I picked up while antiquing a few weeks ago. It's got an ink ribbon and keys, and it's just awesome. That device aside, would you believe me if I said that I recently finished the rough draft for the aforementioned commission, which I wrote...entirely by hand? Yup. Just me, an archival-ink pen (heck with that ballpoint junk), and a 25 cent spiral notebook from Walmart. 90 pages later, and we have 20,000-word ignition. And darn it was fun.
Think I'm kidding? Well, I was about to post a pic of my scrawling here, but then I remembered that Fimfiction frowns upon NSFW images...and I'm not sure if pictures of a dirty story count.
Yes, I know - omigosh, now I have to transcribe it all into the computer! Well yes I do, but I think that task will fit nicely into my already established writing process. I never release anything until I have had a chance to personally read the entire thing once from start to finish and do my proofreads. So I have to go back and read the whole story anyway, might as well do the proofreading while I type!
Project progress for the near future consists of publishing this latest commission, which I hope to do in about a week or so (proofread and editing time with the patron); the next commission after, which is a 16,000 word Spike/Sweetie Belle romance story, and then...Ima take a little break, as I have a new pony MU* RP community to construct and code that folks are waiting on. Once that's settled I'll be back in the saddle, working through that commish list, polishing personal works that I've written down but aren't ready for the limelight yet, and maybe getting some of Quantum Vault and Pinkamena worked on!!
At any rate, keep in touch all you horses, and if you're gonna be at Bronycon, I'd love to hear from you! 
