EThe Poisoned Barb's Tale
MLP: FiM
Romance
Sad
Slice of Life
[Sequel Story] A mother, reborn into the mirrored world of her daughter's bygone years, desperately tries to find purpose in her second childhood. This is Barbara's diary.
Alt. Universe
Human
Spike
Luna
OC
Shining Armor
Main 6
ManlyDerp · 314k words · 755 34 · 8.5k views

The Poisoned Barb's Update Schedule for 2020 · 1:21am Dec 20th, 2019

Howdy howdy~

Thank you all for returning to read my story after the year long hiatus I subjected everyone to, and to all the new readers this story has gained in the past month... welcome! Glad to meet you! I've read, enjoyed, and appreciated all the comments everyone has left me concerning these last few chapters. From the theory crafting, to the discussions on Barb's psyche, to even the simple "lol" or "What a jerk!" I love seeing that my writing still has the power to encourage others to do the same ^_^

Now, onto business.

The next chapter will be releasing either Friday or Saturday of this week, depending on how smoothly the final editing run goes for me. Applebuck Season thankfully flows nicely into a single chapter, so they'll be no multiparter shenanigans this time around like the last episodes. That having been said though... this will still be a rather long read. Expect a roughly 10K word chapter once my editing is done...

... after that; Griffon the Brush Off and Boast Busters will be releasing throughout the month of February 2020.

Both episodes WILL be multiparters with about two chapters for the former and two or three for the latter. The first drafts are already mostly done for both as of this time, but I'll for sure be needing the whole month to properly edit them into the level of quality I wish them to be.

I apologize greatly for January being content-less because of this schedule, but I feel that taking a month off to work on my editing while I'm drafting up both Dragonshy (Renamed Dragonaped) and Look Before You Sleep (Solaris talk!) will greatly help me keep up the productivity. Everything released this month was the result of work I started way back in October, so I KNOW that this method works best for me. At least four chapters every other month for the year of 2020... it'll certainly be a challenge, but I'll do my best!

Thank you all for your patience in advance. I'm hoping that 2020 will be a time of great forward momentum for my writing and the overall honing of my craft. Perhaps by the time either Pony Life or Gen 5 rolls around... we'll have marked this story as Complete ;)

Here's hoping that next year will be a greater year for us all!

Happy Holidays~
-Derply