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Cold in Gardez


Stories about ponies are stories about people.

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  • Monday
    Science Fiction Contest 3!!! (May 14, 2024)

    Hey folks,

    It's contest time! Wooooo!

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    3 comments · 236 views
  • 2 weeks
    A town for the fearful dead

    What is that Gardez up to? Still toiling away at his tabletop world. Presented, for those with interest, the town of Cnoc an Fhomhair.

    Cnoc an Fhomhair (Town)

    Population: Varies – between two and five thousand.
    Industry: Trade.
    Fae Presence: None.

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    5 comments · 241 views
  • 14 weeks
    The Dragon Game

    You know the one.


    A sheaf of papers, prefaced with a short letter, all written in a sturdy, simple hand.

    Abbot Stillwater,

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    7 comments · 544 views
  • 32 weeks
    EFN Book Nook!

    Hey folks! I should've done this days ago, apparently, but the awesome Twilight's Book Nook at Everfree Northwest has copies of Completely Safe Stories!

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    9 comments · 570 views
  • 36 weeks
    A new project, and an explanation!

    Hey folks,

    Alternate title for this blog post: I'm Doing a Thing (and I'm looking for help)

    I don't think anyone is surprised that my pony writing has been on a bit of a hiatus for a while, and my presence on this site is mostly to lurk-and-read rather than finish my long-delayed stories. What you might not know, though, is what I've been doing instead of pony writing.

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Jan
1st
2018

2017 · 4:47pm Jan 1st, 2018

Hey folks,

I probably should've published this yesterday, but I've been back in the States visiting family and was out of town most of the day. So my 2017 retrospective comes out in 2018 instead.

2017 had an odd feel for me, in that I felt like I managed a lot of writing, but at the same time did very little publishing. In fact, my story feed bears this out: I only published three stories in all of 2017.

But the story feed leaves out a few details. One of those stories is an incomplete 90 thousand word novel that still has a long way to go. And I have three complete, unreleased stories sitting in my "to publish" folder, just waiting for me to get around to polishing them up. I think one of them is the best story I've written in many years, and part of my hesitancy to publish it comes from the fear that I haven't done it justice -- I need to expand it from its current, 10 thousand word state to something more like a short novel.

All told, I wrote about 150,000 words in 2017, which is pretty close to my average for the past few years. What I need to do better at is actually publishing all those stories so people can read them. That is, after all, kind of the point of all this.

So I think 2018 will be a good year. I have plenty more to write, and plenty of stuff I've already written that I need to publish. I hope to show it to all of you soon!

May everyone have a joyous and productive new year!

Comments ( 9 )

I'm going to need a few comrades, we'll say ten more, then together we'll find a way into this Word Vault.

:rainbowdetermined2: Is it located in the heart of a rogue iceberg?

Happy 2018, and may it be a good one for all of us.

I think one of them is the best story I've written in many years

HYPE

I am very grateful for your stories. I proud that I translated some of them.

My 2017 worked out similarly on the writing front: edit a bunch, publish a little.

I’m looking forward to whatever you have to share with us :twilightsmile:

2017 was a big year for my writing, for any number of reasons. But the one thing I wasn't expecting from it was to start writing about ponies again, let alone as much as I did. Darn it, I missed this place.

Happy 2018! Looking forward to seeing your new stuff :pinkiesmile:

Looking forward to all your stories! Hope 2018 is a great year for you.

Best of luck with 2018!

I’m glad you’ve been writing! I had noticed the decrease in your publication of new stories on FIMfiction and had thought you might have moved on to writing other things than MLP fics. Even if you did I’d still be happy for you and very eager to read whatever you produced, but I’ll count more Pony fics as a bonus!

I hope you had great holidays at home and wish you safe travels, and you and your family a happy, healthy, safe and prosperous 2018!

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