Of all of my fics so far, this one has been the longest and hardest to write.
Even these authors notes have been hard to write.
As most of you have probably noticed, my usual update schedule crashed and burned into the ground during the latter half of the story. There's a distinct possibility that the quality of my work suffered in comparison. I can't say for certain - only you guys can.
However, at the end of the day, I am glad I wrote this story. it taught me a lot of things - it taught me about some things I didn't realize I was good at, and it taught me that there are areas I need to improve in.
More importantly, I've finally found an editor who can both work with me and is fast enough to keep up with my schedule. This is going to improve the technical quality of my work immensely, and will be invaluable going forward.
For the month of September (And possibly a couple of weeks in October) Im going to take a step back from from my usual massive epic stories and write some short fun stuff, starting with The Cookie Cadet Caper, and proceeding on to Duelling Piano's, my next Taviscratch Fic and then, if I still have time, I'll be working on Scootaspoon: An Item Shop's Tale and Rebirth, the second part of the Trixie Story.
Now on to the 800 pound pink Elephant in the room.
The Codeverse is NOT a Trilogy. It is officially, in my mind, a series. So what does this mean? While the next part, The Code of Dissonance will definitely be the next major thing in this verse I want to write, there are MORE major parts already in the planning phase, several of them actually - and several bunches of smaller parts. Among these smaller parts include Dueling Piano's and Rebirth, will also include The Somber Star (The tragic tale of Princess Starshine (Chrysalis) and Prince Somber (King Sombra)), The Red Baron (The story of Baron Siegfried and his relationship to Celestia) and could include others!
But which ones will I work on? Well, I'd like to know what you guys think. I don't know which stories or characters you're all interested in seeing the most, so let me know down in the comments.
For now, any final thoughts you may have on this story will be welcome.
As always, thank you all for your wonderful comments and encouragement, and I'll see you all in the final part of the Shadow Trilogy, The Twilight War.
Stay Pony, my friends.