What does the former have to do with the latter? Nothing except to remind myself that despite being recently diagnosed with high blood pressure (for which I’m on medication and have altered my diet), my heart is strong and stamina is growing. I can do a 10k with ease now, I hit 8.22 miles today without a problem, and I may consider seeing if I can run a half-marathon (13.1 miles) before long.

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Hello everyone and here is another update for my story, Neo Somnambula.

As I had stated before, I had hoped to finish up "Act 2" before the end of July. Well, good news, I have finished "Act 2," and it is currently being looked at by the proofreaders/editors (as well as to some of the people whose OCs are featured in the story).

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The first chapter draft for C&C is off to prereaders, weighing in at a whopping 17,775 words. So far I’ve gotten one of those prereads back with another in progress, and the initial feedback is favorable. As I’m still picking at it and slipping stuff in, it’s likely going to be approaching 19,000 or more words when all is said and done. But I don’t think I’ll reduce its size by splitting it this time. It’s a climactic chapter, so even as a clop chapter, it will be of climatic chapter length.

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Heyo, folks. Just wanted to let you know that the next Eros chapter is now with prereaders. Weighing in at 10,000 words, it's actually a little light on sex after the initial section, but as the reason involves some character development and worldbuilding, hopefully you won't mind too much. But that's not the only thing I wanted to mention.

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To thank everyone who replied on my previous blog. The outpouring of support I received was very much appreciated, and very much needed for the mood I was in. I will take pains to reply to everyone that commented in the next few days, but first I wanted to make an announcement that I’m sure a significant number of readers will be eager to hear:

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Thanks in part to one final comment that came to me over PM last night. It wasn't a mean comment. In fact, it was nothing but a simple, politely asked question from a reader I hadn't heard from before: do you have to read the griffon chapters to understand what comes after?

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Hey, folks. Here’s my weekly writing update. I’m tagging this as C&C since that’s what the teaser below is about, but the blog is about both it and Unleash the Magic - Midnight Rising.

Unleash the Magic - Midnight Rising

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Draft ready and will be posted as soon as it has a prereader seal of approval--including a surprising one from my good friend AJ_Aficionado! Look for it this weekend. This will be the longest chapter yet, and definitely have some surprises! You already know who's getting it in this time, but just how it happens may surprise you... Zesty is indeed the worst of the shadowbolt bunch, as will shortly become plain. What else to expect? More WTF Pinkie moments, a couple surprise cameos... and

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I have been working on improving my writing style since I got back to fimfiction from my impromptu hiatus. Rise of the Empress Midnight Sparkle has been a great place to stretch these new muscles out and speak out the stories I want to tell in a clearer, more defined way. However as these new refinements come to my style it makes me want to improve upon my older works as well, specifically my older pet project by the name of

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Awaiting final preread before posting. Titled "Midnight Daydream", this is the climactic chapter in more ways than one, folks... you all wanted SunLight, you're going to get it. In spades. It's going to be the longest chapter of the story, and quite deservedly.

A teaser? Well... okay. But nothing suggestive. That's best saved for the full chapter so it can hit full force.

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Hey folks--

Two new chapters of Unleash the Magic - Midnight Rising are nearly ready, along with a fresh chapter of Before the Storm: The Rise of Firefly. You'll be seeing them all in the next few days as follows:

December 23: Unleash the Magic chapter 6
December 24: Rise of Firefly part 9
December 25: Unleash the Magic chapter 7

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If you're not already reading Unleash the Magic - Nightmare Night, I invite you to at least read its latest chapter, which is an interlude that shows the counterpart Halloween party happening at Canterlot High and is (as yet) untouched by the insanity breaking loose on the other side of the portal. No sex, sorry (as it's intended to provide a brief break from it), but it also includes some tantalizing clues as to the outcome of the (as-yet) unwritten sequel involving the

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A deep dive into the motivation and past of SciTwi (Not to be confused with Twilight Prime, the one from Equestria ;)) and what happened to her during The Canterlot Crisis. Featuring Shining Armor and his sister, this is also Wubcake Approved ;)

https://www.fimfiction.net/story/416211/2/equestrian-city-side-streets/no-matter-the-cost-professor-midnight-scitwi

I'm currently working on a story where it's basically a succubus AU set in a wasteland. Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle, under the names Hellfire and Midnight respectively, are the main characters. And I've chosen to write it all in present tense, as opposed to the past tense everyone is used to writing and reading.

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It’s draft complete and already approved of by the Commissioner except for one minor request; I’m just giving myself the chance to finish it and prereaders a chance to hit the chapter before it posts. Next up in the goddess pantheon is everybody’s favorite pony-turned-human girl, and I’m taking a different approach with her.

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And at long last, after a month-plus of low testosterone and being sick twice, I feel fully ready to tackle it and write some serious clop. I intend this to be the last (major) chapter of the Griffon Kingdom story arc, though some scattered action will continue there even after it.

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Got it up over 8500 words now, with probably another 5-6k to go. Yep, gonna be another big one, like all the griffon chapters. Among (many) other things, I’m taking pains to touch on everybody else present so you can get an update on what’s going on with them, including the Shadowbolt girls and our illustrious school heads.

And since I mentioned that I’d be using a new narrative device in an earlier blog, I’ll give you a sneak preview of it, told (as always) through Sunset’s point of view:

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Hey folks! MagicalPony2099 here!

Well, I just uploaded my reading of HeadPaige's The Sun Rose At Midnight story.

Here you go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqO7wwnLF6w

I've mentioned it on other blogs and batted it around in my head for a bit, but I've decided to come back to Midnight Rising to do a bonus chapter, this one centered around Gilda the Griffon's appearance and experience when she crossed over to confront the human Rainbow. What sparked this was a sudden image I had of her that I wanted to commission from an artist, and from there it turned into a fantasy about how it might have happened in the course of Midnight Rising.

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And be warned that the second part of the Enter the Griffons story arc is going to be even crazier than the first.

Even so, it will not conclude it; there will be a third chapter in the arc as the length of the current one has already reached 15k words with still more to come. No teaser since there’s very little in there that I could sanitize enough to excerpt, but expect everything the first offered and then some.

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