Writeoff and FimFic stories · 2:11pm Mar 10th, 2018
At the time I first wrote this, I was celebrating A Little Space getting featured. That's always a great feeling, and I appreciate everyone who helped make it happen.
A Little Space started out as a story on Writeoff.me, an informal companion site to FimFiction that focuses on MLP fic-writing contests. I've written a bunch of Writeoff stories since joining the fandom, and have occasionally made art related to them as well. I try to get them cleaned-up & ported to FimFiction or DeviantArt before long, but a few are still waiting their turn. Here's where I keep track of which works have made the jump so far.
(Special note for Writeoff people: I've got a broader/more comprehensive guide to my stories over here.)
But speaking again of the Writeoff Association, you should check it out if you haven't already! It's a regularly recurring timed writing competition that draws some very strong writing talent from within the fandom. During a Writeoff, everyone submits their stories anonymously at first, and a number of days are given to read, review, and vote on stories. Again, the authorship is anonymous until results are revealed, so it gives you the chance to get turned on to writers you might enjoy reading in a kind of blind-taste-test sort of way. Then of course other people will review your story as well, which gives you a way to get feedback from a very high calibur of writers without having to track them down and ask individually.
Plus, it's fun. And you get to compete for sweet, sweet Horse Points(TM)
- Nov. 2015 - RELEASED HERE! - Mistress of the Dark
- Nov. 2015 - RELEASED HERE! - Louder Than Hell
- Dec. 2015 - RELEASED HERE! - Inescapable
- Dec. 2015 - RELEASED HERE! - Still Waiting
- Feb. 2016 - RELEASED HERE! - Snakes on a Train
- Mar. 2016 - RELEASED HERE! - The Equestrian Candidate
- Mar. 2016 - RELEASED HERE! - The Power of Love
- Jun. 2016 - RELEASED HERE! - Love Or Something Like It
- Jun. 2016 - RELEASED HERE! - Tequila Sunrise
- Aug. 2016 - RELEASED HERE! - Power Pony Adventures: El Taco Loco vs. The Red Menace
- Oct. 2016 - RELEASED HERE! - Time Enough For Wub -
- Nov. 2016 - RELEASED HERE! - A Night (Not) to Remember
- Jan. 2017 - RELEASED HERE! - Petunia and the Coelacanth
- Feb. 2017 - RELEASED HERE! - Crisis on Infinite Twilights
- Mar. 2017 - RELEASED HERE! - Rise of The 420: The Musical
- May 2017 - RELEASED HERE! - Like Nopony Else
- Jun. 2017 - RELEASED HERE! - Looking for Trouble
- Jul. 2017 - RELEASED HERE! - A Little Space
- Sep. 2017 - RELEASED HERE! - Bra Quest!
- Dec. 2017 - RELEASED HERE! - Santa Bring Me A Dinosaur
- Feb. 2018 - RELEASED HERE! - Father and Son
- Apr. 2018 - RELEASED HERE! - An Apple Asunder
- Jul. 2018 - RELEASED HERE! - Technical Ecstasy (or: Party Princess Shining Bright)
- Sep. 2018 - RELEASED HERE! - Sky Stingray
- Sep. 2018 - Rerelease pending - Pinkie Pie Makes Limestone Smile
- Aug. 2019 - Rerelease pending - Its No Good
- Sep. 2019 - RELEASED HERE! - Impermanent Vacation -
- Sep. 2019 - RELEASED HERE! - "Next, you're going to say: 'Get me a pickle, Bon Bon!'"
- Oct. 2019 - Rerelease pending - The Pants Macabre -
- Nov. 2019 - RELEASED HERE! - Murder Most Fowl
- Nov. 2019 - RELEASED HERE! - s o a k
- Nov. 2019 - RELEASED HERE! - Noctis Terrapins -
- Nov. 2019 - Rerelease pending - Shatterhoof -
- Dec. 2019 - Rerelease pending - All The Way Down -
- Jan. 2020 - RELEASED HERE! - A Speck in the Cosmos -
- Feb. 2020 - RELEASED HERE! - Advice Pinkie -
- Feb. 2020 - Rerelease pending - The Bureaumancer -
- Apr. 2020 - RELEASED HERE! - Crowns and Mimosas
- Apr. 2020 - RELEASED HERE! - Victory's Lament -
- May 2020 - RELEASED HERE! - Shall I Compare Thee -
- May 2020 - Rerelease pending - Hayseed Turnip Truck: Re-Animator
- May 2020 - RELEASED HERE! - Tri-Linear -
- Jan. 2021 - Rerelease pending - The "Us" in "Do Well" -
Dude. I've got old write-off entries from 2012 that I still haven't revised and published.
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Yeah, but then you've been prolific, man. At some point it's gotta just be a crap-ton of stories to think about doing something with. It's also hard trying to keep up with the every-6-week cadence of the Writeoffs these days. I mean, that's 6 weeks to conceive, draft, edit, find art, and post the story. Some stories are NBD but others need time to germinate.
As a rule, though, I hate having much of a backlog. I can tolerate a small number of works-in-progress but what I have now drives me bonkers. Naturally, To Serve In Hell sits smack in the middle of that bonkersness. I'm sure OnionPie wasn't just aiming at me in his RCL interview where he decries publishing stories a chapter-at-a-time, but what can I say--the shoe fits and I'm wearing it.
I'm looking to get into a new pair of shoes this year.
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I think publishing chaptered stories all at once is a dumb idea for many reasons, but different strokes for different folks. But I do believe strongly in having the whole thing written before publishing any of it, which heads off several potential problems.
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The key is that I understand now that the way I tried to tackle the story at first--fully writing/editing/publishing one chapter at a time--was not the happy path.
Apologies; it's late here and I should've phrased that more clearly. I was thinking more about having things written in advance rather than the specific release schedule.
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Oh and also being like the only other person on this site to write about the Mayor. 
Congratulations on getting featured!
Quoted for truth. Only one of my multi-chapter stories was intentionally created that way and, with the exception of its final chapter, I think it's my worst work on this site. Everything else (save for a bonus chapter here or there) I wrote in its entirety even if I didn't publish all at once.
Do not get me started on backlogs. You've only seen a portion of mine. BTW, sorry for being slow -- in addition to IRL stuff, I have two stories I must publish before I can tackle any of your suggested revisions and send you followup drafts, and I haven't finished either of them, though I'm chipping away at them, I swear.
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What!? There are other good stories about the mayor out there. I even have a couple.
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I already know you're not publishing that story all at once, but there are people who do. There'll be stories over 100k words where the publication date of all the chapters is the same. That's a good way to avoid getting any readers. Related but not quite the same are people who wait until they've got 100k+ words or even until they've completed such a long story before submitting it to EqD. Then it takes us forever to get to it, and we could have headed off lots of problems in later chapters just by noting them in the early ones. The only real advantage to doing it that way is that they get feedback on the whole thing, but most times, the costs outweigh the benefits.