So, years ago there was an author on this site who went by the name RealityCheck. He's since left this site for another site due to disagreements with the mods here, but he was also a frequent blogger. One time, he used this blog to introduce a story idea that he didn't have time to write himself for whoever wanted to use it: an alternate universe where Celestia gave the Elements of Harmony to new ponies after Nightmare

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My birthday present to the site. That's right, it's my birthday and I'm giving everyone else a present.

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Now that I've got your attention, let me first indulge myself by telling you how I, Admiral Biscuit, predicted the future through fanfic.

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I promise you this is relevant.

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So, this has been a work years in the making. I was going to wait until chapter 2 was completely finished before publishing this, but then I got a nice comment from FanOfMostAnything of all people asking if there was more, and I guess that motivated me to go ahead and put it up. Thanks Fan!

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So, yeah... due to that mishap with my internet on Wednesday, I am having a review today:

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Happy Monday, folks! And what a Monday it is. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and the eldritch monstrosities from beyond the stars have been beaten back to the far side of the Moon, with everyone’s memories of their attack erased.

Good times.

Today’s stories:

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I am only operating at a fraction of my total productivity – I got almost nothing done yesterday – but I did manage to get another review set done (well, apart from Read It Now #100, a very special read it now).

There’s so much more I could do if only I could focus myself better.

Today’s stories:

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Today is the first day of my Hearth's Warming Reviews, and I do hope you enjoy these:

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There are times, my friends, when you feel the zeitgeist – the spirit of the times – and you must write.

For George Orwell, it produced Nineteen Eighty Four, as he viewed the creeping totalitarianism of the world around him.

For me, it produced The Collected Poems of Maud Pie, written in a single night while channeling Maud.

And for Admiral Biscuit… for Admiral Biscuit, it produced… this.

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As with yesterday’s Read It Later reviews, four of the five stories in this set came from Scribblefest. As was the case yesterday, please note that my opinion on these stories is not the final word for that contest; we are merely in the preliminary round of judging, and three judges read each of these stories. I am but one of nine judges involved in this, so… yeah.

Anyway! Onto the reviews!

Today’s stories:

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Today I’m going to pseudo-officially start that series of editing advice blogs I’ve been thinking about for a while now.

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Hey hey it's suddenly October and I think this is the third month in a row that I've posted a state-of-the-author. Or maybe not, I'm not gonna check back and see.*

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Ahh, hey guys this is the con post! Here I will tell you all bout the con, who I met and what I did, plus the stuff I bought. It was a blast except for the fact that the hotel didn't work. I attended two panels which I will mention below and met a ton of fellow writers.

I'm also extremely tempted to play becoming popular in the background. Always have cool music playing in the background even if your movie doesn't have hobbits. It also helps with writing but that's beside the point.

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A road trip so incredible it could only be done the same way people did them way back in the Middle Ages the 1970s. In a station wagon, with no cell phone or GPS. The only way it could've been more '70s retro was if there was simulated woodgrain paneling on my Volvo. The destination?

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I've been a bit under the weather since Trotcon, but feeling better now.

This weekend I need to work on putting together some poni stuff for my niece (she's up here for her birthday), and my inability to do basic things makes that a bit difficult. So I may be delayed a few days on the Trotcon retro and the other long post I still really really want to share with y'all.

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Do you know that feeling when you know that you’re holding yourself back, know that you aren’t doing the things you most want to do, know that you’re spending your time on lesser things when you can be spending them on greater ones?

I do. I feel a strange sort of avoidance at times at delving into certain experiences. I would like to say it is fear of disappointment, but it isn’t; I don’t fear disappointment. I simply feel avoidant towards some things for no good reason.

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