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The Cloptimist


do not mistake peace for quiet

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  • 21 weeks
    Salute to the old PC

    Well, it finally happened.

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    6 comments · 91 views
  • 22 weeks
    And now we're back

    "And now we're back
    On the field of play
    And we'll be here
    For the next five days!"
    - The Duckworth Lewis Method, "Test Match Special"

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    8 comments · 125 views
  • 94 weeks
    Awaken

    It's been a while, but - while I'm not likely to write anything new, sorry! - I'm at a place now where I feel comfortable logging back in and reading (and sometimes commenting!) again. I know this didn't really merit an announcement, but I've seen a few DMs and comments since the last time I was here, and I just wanted to reassure people that if you want to message me or leave comments, they will

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    7 comments · 250 views
  • 116 weeks
    Inactive

    I won't be deleting the account, because it's been pointed out to me before that some people somehow found something they liked in my stories and it's not really fair of me to take it away, but I'm done with Fimfiction. Thanks for having me. Bye.

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  • 134 weeks
    In which I apologise for being a year behind schedule and note a remarkable coincidence

    So, the five of you who are still following me will note it's been a while since I published a story, and even longer since I teased my big upcoming project - nearly a year since that blog, in fact! I'm so sorry.

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Apr
15th
2020

The contest results are in! And... · 9:03pm Apr 15th, 2020

...I didn't place.

TDiplodocus
A dinosaur dig at Sweet Apple Acres threatens to send Rainbow Dash and Applejack's relationship into a tailspin.
The Cloptimist · 24k words  ·  24  9 · 637 views

But hey! It was so much fun to get back to writing - in the eight months (give or take) leading up to this contest, I hadn't managed to actually finish anything more substantial than Not Fade Away, my little Equestria Girls meta-scribble, and that one barely qualified as a story at all. Whereas Diplodocus is my longest story to date, and I had a whole lot of fun writing it, so thank you to the organisers for putting it all together - and for the amazing ponymote announcement post, which is just excellent.

(Plus, at least Diplodocus keeps up the proud Cloptimist traditions of (a) never yet having placed above "Honorable Mention" in a Fimfiction contest, and (b) my longer multi-chapter stories ending up as the least successful things I write...!)

Thanks to everyone who has read it, and congratulations to the winners - some really good stories in there.

I will try not to wait another eight months before publishing something new for you all, and in the meantime, thanks for following!

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