I'm off to Las Pegasus Vegas and the World Series of Poker for a weeklong vacation, so wish me luck. Have no fear, I'm taking the next Five Star Service chapter along to work on during my plane ride and downtime from my poker play, perhaps poolside at the Mystique Mirage--yes, I took my inspiration for the Mystique from my favorite Vegas hotel.

But if you'd like something to read in the meantime... it's done!

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...and sent for prereading. Will attempt to release by this weekend. It'll be a little shorter than previous chapters, or it may not depending on whether I decide to split it and save the next 3500 words for the following chapter.

T-minus one week to book launch.

I'm breaking my own rule and currently working on three separate writing projects at once. They are:

Five Star Service
Next Chapter: 40% done
Current Word Count: 3,403
Estimated Release Date: June 20 +/- 2 days
Comments: Had some trouble deciding which direction to go, but I think I figured it out. Be on the lookout for a crossover character from a certain other work I'm involved with.

Turnabout Storm

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Well folks... my novel is hopefully going to go live on Kindle Direct Publishing in around a week or so, at which point I'll be resuming work on Five Star Service - A Gentleman for Mares Tale. At this point, I'm just awaiting the completion of my cover art and a little more reader feedback, including putting the preview of the story up on some other sites, before hitting the publish button. I'm also seeing about doing a print paperback version, though that would be more expensive. Would

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The next chapter of Five Star Service is going to be an intermission article; a Q&A session with Five Stars where she answers reader questions. I have a few in mind, but if you'd like to submit some of your own, feel free. You can ask them from the perspective of anonymous pony and human readers, or from any character in the Gentlemanverse.

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Hit the publish button by accident. I really wish they wouldn't put it right next to the edit button. But this time, I'm just going with it. The chapter is ready; I was only waiting on feedback from one other person before publishing. You may also notice some spiffy new cover art, courtesy of Still Waters. Thank you very much!

Anyway, enjoy the new chapter a little prematurely... and the nice new art as well.

--Firesight

With apologies, the next Five Star Service chapter is going to be delayed a few days.

There are two reasons: after talking to a couple prereaders, including Demon Eyes Laharl himself, I'm now convinced the current version of the new chapter simply doesn't mesh well with the existing story and I need to modify a few things. I may save the current version for a side story, but this one will be changed a bit.

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Probably tonight. And honestly, I'm a little nervous about releasing this one, which has undergone several revisions and one complete rewrite. My initial version of the chapter wasn't true to our two new herd stallions, who have good hearts but were--and in many ways still are--a couple bad boys who like breaking the rules. The new version I think fixes that, but...

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Hey folks... just wanted to give an update. I'm having more trouble than usual with the next chapter of Five Star Service, which currently stands at just under 5,000 words. I'm not sure why it's causing me some mental blocks, but it is. I estimate another week on it. But on a side note, FSS just hit 50 faves. A still-modest total, but I'd like to thank you all for following it. I've plenty more yet planned with it.

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I accidentally hit the publish button on the next chapter of Five Star Service before it was ready to go. I saw what I'd done immediately and unpublished it within five seconds, but that's why it showed up in your feed yet there's no update. Apologies.

A draft of the new chapter is ready; I'm just awaiting prereader comments and recommendations before it goes out. So be assured it's on its way.

Regards,

--Firesight