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Chris


Author, former Royal Canterlot Library curator, and the (retired) reviewer at One Man's Pony Ramblings.

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Aug
18th
2020

New Story: Demise Reprise · 6:33pm Aug 18th, 2020

Rainbow Dash kills herself.

Again.

And it's up to Twilight and the girls to bring her back.

Again.

*****

Yup, new fic! Well, year-old fic that's finally been polished up for FiMFic, but you know what I mean. It's a dark comedy about Rainbow Dash killing herself over and over. Not my usual bailiwick, but I'm trying to stretch myself, you know?

This one took a long time to edit, even though it probably doesn't look like it if you compare the gussied-up version to the old one side-by-side. I feel like when I edit, I spend a lot of time deleting five paragraphs, staring at the screen for half an hour, and then rewriting the passage only to discover that my "new" version is exactly the same as the old one, except it says "into" instead of "onto." Is this just me, or does everyone feel like this when they edit? Ah well, experience tells me that the process produces better writing that people enjoy reading more than a quicker, rougher process, even if the changes aren't always obvious.

There's still one more story I'm hoping to get ready for posting before work starts up, but there's still two aspects of it that I'm beating my head against (though with less force and enthusiasm than RD does in Demise Reprise, you'll be glad to hear). Still, those of you who look forward to Chris fic can anticipate one more coming out soon-ish. Hopefully still this summer, though I make no promises that it won't slip into the fall.

Until then, go enjoy my new story, if you haven't already! It may not be my usual fare, but I hope you get some laughs out of it.

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