So yesterday I saw a post in the Fallout: Equestria group asking people what their goals were (You can read it here) (And my reply can be seen here). And it got me thinking about my goals and why I write essentially. It also reminded me that I was actually planning a blog post like this for a while

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078 Announcing: Arcane Realms update!

Where I come from, September is when the school year starts. You'll never guess what else is coming back.

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About a month or so ago I hinted at a large project of 10,000+ words coming soon. Well, now it's out and this has got to be one of my favorite stories so far. It's epic. It's witty. It's also very tragic with plenty of drama that's become a staple of my stories. While the barest concept (Sombra's banishment) is nothing new, this of course is filled with many twists and turns. There's plenty of backstories and battles and unlike many of my other stories it's not a sequel but it is a gateway* to

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Yes everyone, it's time I show what I've been doing over the last few months. I've kind of been going back and forth between these stories depending on how I was feeling and what ideas I had, but I believe we'll be getting quite a bit of chapters posted this month, depending on how well my new way of proofreading/editing will go that I'm hoping will fix more errors than what we've already seen in the rough drafts. Anyway! Here's what I've got going so far.

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Hiatus is over, which means I'll be getting back into writing later this month.

Also... I'm a married man now... Never thought that would happen. Seriously. But, I'm not complaining... well I can complain about something, but it's not necessary to talk about, really.
soon.
Anyway, hope to hear from you guys

After that blog I did two days ago, I told myself: "No, I won't blog anything. I can resist blogging."

Ha.

tl;dr -- I gush about how my family has embraced MLP, I worry about life lessons for my son via ponies, and I dread the future of our favorite cartoon.

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The Thug Life Chose Me

"Everybody oppressed by the DL, LISTEN THE FUCK UP!!!" Rainbow-Dash yelled in the front of the auditorium. All eyes went to the leader of the RB.

"You all always complain about the DL's evil... How they done you wrong 'n shit... How they scamming you, killing you, finessin' you... But what do you do? NOTHING!" RD preached.

"What's your life about? Enlighten me." RD asked rhetorically.

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Sometimes the best solution to a problem is usually the easiest. And I'll be honest, sticking to a writing schedule is hard. So imagine my surprise when I find the simplest way to do it that doesn't involve some complicated or convoluted plot to do it.

Step 1: Install Focus 45 extension on Chrome from store
Step 2: Put daily reminder on phone to write 300 words min a day.
Step 3: Use extension when writing. Essentially speed writing. Use as often as necessary.
Step 4: ???
Step 5: Profit

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So I have gotten a lot of people in the comments saying lots of spelling errors but a still great story, so forth. The thing I asked because I edit most of it but there will still be spelling mistakes because I have dyslexia, I write because it one of the only things I'm really good at. So please tell me where the spelling errors are so I can fix them telling me there are some and not following up on it is really annoying sorry but it is. Now I would make this longer like normal but I'm a

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The title says it all. Instead of being posted on every Monday, A Thief's Tale will be updated on every other Monday. Basically, the 31st of July will get the usual update, but the next one won't be until August 14th.

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Everypony-

As promised, please enjoy the results of my latest commission work. I am now officially caught up on all of my Bronycon promises, and I had a good time writing this. If it's your speed, please enjoy your night with it

(Yes, I know, most of the time I do my own cover images. But this particular TSSSF number by Pixel just fits the story entirely too well. Couldn't pass it up!)

Today's story is no ordinary tale.

An Ordinary Day
[Slice of Life] • 5,436 words

Fluttershy lives a happy life. Every day is special. All of her friends are lovely ponies.

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Settle in and warm up with today's story.

Coming in From the Cold
[Romance] [Slice of Life] • 11,961 words

Starting over is never an easy thing to do. Lost, alone, and cold, sometimes a friendly smile and mug of cocoa are all that's needed to warm the heart.

And right now, Bon Bon is very cold.

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From time to time, despite our best efforts, we don't have a feature ready to post come Friday—but that doesn't mean we can't recommend some reading material! We keep track of the stories which passed our approval process but whose authors have proven impossible to contact. We'd like to give these stories their time in the spotlight too, so read on for two RCL-approved tales for your reading pleasure.

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Today's story is a tale of love written in the sky.

Star-Crossed
[Romance] [Slice of Life] • 2,968 words

A thousand years ago he was turning Equestria into a hotbed of mayhem.
Five years ago he was growing moss and lichen on his shoulders.
Today he's asking Celestia out on a date.

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Recently my laptop crashed. It crashed hard af and I had to factory reset it.

Guess who used Notepad for everything.

My salt levels are so high that I'm pissing salt, and it burns coming out. I'm about to make a fortune selling my white rain as coke to middle schoolers. Fucking salt levels so potent they'd die of dehydration after one rail. My cock salt is fentanyl-level deadly, Goddammit!

ARGHHH

UUGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKK

Time: 0001
Date: 11/23/16

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We have passed through the dark night of the... *hrmhrm* never mind.

In any case, I've got internet back!
No more trips to Starbucks for poorly disguised bids for wifi...
*HRMHRM* Yes.

Anyway, this will make uploading new chapters much easier. Don't forget to check Illya's channel on Sundays for chapter updates!
Again, I will start updating the Bandcamp page as soon as Youtube is caught up.

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I don't know how long this bout of minor block is going to last, but it's been going on since I got Light Sprint's Little Problem published. It's killed my momentum with A Thief's Tale so I'm going to extend my usual release schedule from every four days to a week to help me maintain a decent release schedule. It'll slow down further once I get a job, but as it is right now, I'm just not feeling it as much as I once was. There are still events and things that I have planned and I

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I've got a feeling that you'll appreciate today's story.

A Familiar Feeling
[Romance] [Sad] [Slice of Life] • 11,142 words

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