Welcome back readers! In lieu of news, let’s just dive right into things! Over the weekend I ran into quite a few people who had writing questions for me, but one that kept coming up from a wide range of people (after the usual “What have you written”) was “What’s the process of publication like?”

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Hello readers! Before we dive into today’s (somewhat delayed) Being a Better Writer post, I have an urgent PSA for all of you residing in the United States.

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Hello readers! Welcome to another Monday, to Being a Better Writer, and one of the last reader-requested topics of Topic List #16!

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Welcome back writers to another installment of Being a Better Writer, where today we have a pretty cool subject to talk about. So I hope you’re ready.

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Hello, everyone! The world of FIM fanfiction can be a convoluted, insular, sprawling mess. With so many sub-fandoms and variations, it can be daunting for new fans to get up to date, and even older fans might have trouble keeping up with everything.

In this blog series, I provide a quick overview of different Alternate Universes. Whether you're a new user looking for the basics or an old hand looking for information, hopefully these concise overviews will help you out.

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Welcome back readers! Yes, I decided to bump Monday’s usual Being a Better Writer post to Tuesday on account of Monday being the federal holiday in a number of places, including where I was. That, and it was a bit nice to have a break day.

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Edit: for those of you reading this from the editorial. The video is from Ckat and is the same as the link to her. The word, however, are the transcript. We both promoted her video and both got on the editorial. Sorry about the duplication.

I recently started a writing focused Youtube channel. Part of this is bringing content from others, and the first video is up. It's about how to deal with a lack of love and recognition for your work.

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Hello, everyone! The world of FIM fanfiction can be a convoluted, insular, sprawling mess. With so many sub-fandoms and variations, it can be daunting for new fans to get up to date, and even older fans might have trouble keeping up with everything.

In this blog series, I provide a quick overview of different Alternate Universes. Whether you're a new user looking for information or an old hand looking for the basics, hopefully these concise overviews will help you out.

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Hello, readers. The good Captain here. Now, it's been a long while. We got REALLY lazy and haven't done shit. I'm sure that some readers are saddened by our return, but fret not! I bring with our return a PSA!

Today, I bring with me, submitted for your approval, a tale of tragedy. A tale of mistreated authors and poor souls who wish only to write.

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Just a very minor update regarding three fics. After checking out the new categories added by FIMFiction, I've added another relevant tag to the following:

Zone of the Equestrians - Sci-fi
The Guiding of the Sirens - Equestria Girls
Clock Tower: The Rudella Legacy - Horror

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Welcome back, writers! It’s the first Being a Better Writer article post LTUE! So, in fact, maybe that should also be “Welcome, new writers,” because there may be a number of you checking out Unusual Things for the first time post-convention.

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