October 2020 Update

It's already November for the whole world, so it's about time I provide a little update for October.

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There was the release of the "Pluto Charon" short story now known as Heat Death for Two, and I dare say that it went pretty well. No spoilers here though!

Aside from that, progress is going well for the As Flies, are We sequel (whose working title Their Darker Purpose has been changed to its final name which I'll reveal soon). I am done with all but the last stage of revisions. After that, there'll be quick grammar checks with my grammar-checking browser add-on, setting up the Fimfiction page for the story, and then making cover art, and then it's golden! I'll say it'll appear within the month or very early December at worst.

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What have I read? A lot and it's a doozy to keep track of them all. Here's the few I'll go from the top of my head:

• Antiquarian's Worth Fighting For. A short and succinct post-war story and not much else I could say about it without giving out spoilers. Just take my word for it.

  TWorth Fighting For

  • MLP: FiM
  • Dark
  • Sad
  • Slice of Life

  Veterans Day Tribute. A veteran of a terrible war comes to visit Twilight Sparkle with the story of his journey through desolation, emptiness, and hope.

  • Death
  • Twilight
  • OC
  • Main 6

  Antiquarian · 9.4k words  ·  96  0 · 2.1k views

• Admiral Biscuit's Celestia Sleeps In. While I understand that this is the first of a trilogy, I don't have plans to read the sequel anytime soon (partly because it's very long, partly because it's incomplete). Still, it's an amazing read as a standalone, and the writer has clearly shown his research with this along with his worldbuilding chops.

  TCelestia Sleeps In

  • MLP: FiM
  • Adventure

  A dispute between Celestia and Luna leads to Celestia accidentally making contact with humans.

  • Alt. Universe
  • Human
  • Twilight
  • Celestia
  • Luna
  • Trixie
  • Lyra

  Admiral Biscuit · 147k words  ·  1,740  91 · 30k views

• Hiver's Responsibilities to continue my journey into the Blank Page Saga! It's slice of life fun with a bit of political education in there too.

  TResponsibilities

  • MLP: FiM
  • Romance
  • Comedy
  • Slice of Life

  Blank Page continue his life in Equestria. Everything seem to be going his way for once... hah!

  • Celestia
  • Luna
  • Changelings
  • Sunset Shimmer
  • Self Insert

  Hiver · 40k words  ·  2,138  41 · 20k views

• Ninjadeadbeard's Home Again. This is a special case to mention because he's given me especial thanks for the use of some characters I've made, and now it's all come full circle because a year after its publication, I've read it in full and I'd say: special thanks to Ninjadeadbeard for this story (and for portraying my characters better than I did back in the day).

  THome Again

  • MLP: FiM
  • Equestria Girls
  • Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Drama

  Sunset just wanted to fix the portal to Equestria, not cause the apocalypse. Again.

  • Luna
  • Trixie
  • Discord
  • Main 6
  • Main 7 (EqG)

  Ninjadeadbeard · 60k words  ·  153  4 · 2.5k views
• Peregrine Acland's All Else if Folly: a World War I-set story, one among quite a few (like Ernest Hemmingway's Farewell to Arms) to help me get in the right mindset for revising that Crystal War story.

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That would be all for now! Hopefully, this month will end with a bang with the release of the As Flies, are We sequel.

May you have a good day ahead!