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Ninjadeadbeard


Writing is just pain leaving the spirit...

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  • 73 weeks
    Well. This is new. And horrible.

    I’ll be candid and short, since my typing is currently compromised by lack of computer and a ventilator that makes voice-to-chat darn near impossible.

    UPDATE:

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  • 75 weeks
    Another Month, Another Update

    It feels somewhat hyperbolic to open with "EVERYTHING IS WORSE NOW", but here we are.

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  • 81 weeks
    Collab and Signal Boost!

    Recently, the Kirin Fans of Cuteness group performed a story exchange, and I was a participant! Hooray!

    Then my symptoms got worse! Bleh!

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  • 86 weeks
    Life Update: Things Suck Bad (rereading everything to get back to writing though!)

    It's... been a bit hasn't it? I really shouldn't leave people in the dark so long. But when it's sometimes this dark, I just have to stare at a wall and wonder if any of my (lovely, wonderful, marvelous) watchers really care to hear what's going on.

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  • 94 weeks
    Update: Monkey's Paw

    "Boy, I know the oncologist said before that he expects the surgery to happen within 2 to 3 weeks, but I hope not. I'd want to be able to move around at least for my birthday. Gee, I wonder what the surgeon is going to say today..."

    And the Monkey's Paw clenches.

    GENERAL WARNING. Moroseness and details on bad cancer stuff incoming.

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Jan
11th
2020

Story Updates: Writer's Block and Ending Stories · 2:54am Jan 11th, 2020

For anyone who actually reads blogs... my sympathies. :raritywink:

So. The Holiday season is over, and that means less fun, happy family stuff is going on. Which means I can write more. This is Good Thing(tm). As I write stories in a rotation, the next story that needed some love was supposed to be The Legend of Trixie.

This is where Less Good News(tm) happens. See... Trixie is a tricky bit to write, and right now I'm in the weeds of the story's beginning. It's a lot of work to build up the base of the story and get the pacing just right and... the Holidays kinda threw off my groove. I feel like I needed to take a step back and prioritize things, figure out where my energy was best spent.

The Legend of Trixie is not dead. It's not even on Hiatus. But... after taking a quick break from more serious, serialized stories by writing My Little Minister: Bureaucracy is Magic, I can now clearly prioritize my running stories:

:twilightsheepish: All These Midnight Days - This story is on the far side of the rotation. It's outlined, planned, and I fully intend to continue soon since I'm dying to write more Dazzlings... oops, spoilers...

:trixieshiftright: The Legend of Trixie - Partially written, but something isn't clicking around the early-mid point of the chapter. This one is next up to get my full and undivided attention.

:yay: Anarchy: Pony of Chaos - There is only one chapter/arc left for my main story. While I will lovingly come back to write Ann again and again, this particular entry will be reaching its conclusion, as Ann must finally deal with the Fourth Wall, her identity as a Pony/Ponequus, and her role as a Main Character.

🎩 My Little Minister - I've got three or four stories outlined for this anthology... but it's at the back of the queue at the moment.


So, for anyone who just skips to the end of these things, I'm going to finish Anarchy first, then get back to Trixie, Midnight, and toss out a Minister story in between and/or afterward. When I feel like it and when I have time.

And that's the way it is. Bless you all for sticking by me.

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