Another one of the stories in my bookshelves disappeared, this time from my favorites. The worst part is I can’t tell which one it was so I could at least go check FimFetch without searching for hours and hours.

It’d be pretty cool if there could be some kind of notifications about stories being taken down so that they could be downloaded beforehand or something like that.

RIP in pepperoni that story, I’ll have to track it down some other time.

13 more days until you can shoot a guy in red for breaking into your home...

...when you get this really good idea for a fan fic--this sort of adventure/mystery sort of tale feature Gallus, Spike, their respective pasts, their presents, and details on certain long-absent family members--but you know, deep down, you really don't have the time to commit to such a project?

Especially when you're me, and are trying (and only kind of succeeding?) to cut back on long-form fanfics?

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I was originally planning on posting my TwiDash story today, but then I realized that today was the final day of Fan of Most Everything’s Imposing Sovereigns contest, which contributed several stories to today’s review set and will likely contribute several to the next one as well. As such, I felt like I’m sure a lot of folks’ feeds are full today, so my own story (which is basically done, though I’m still poking at a few edits) will likely go up tomorrow or Tuesday, largely depending on

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I’ve been remiss in clearing out my “Read It Now” queue, and thought I’d go through and review a bunch of recent stories for your reading pleasure – or displeasure, as the case may be.

Today’s stories:

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Now that the map has time-travel-powers, do you think that it's going 2 start doing what the tardis does in Dr-Who ?
Tacking them 2 different parts in time, if you know what I mean.
Tell me what you think here

So, it turns out that Sunday was a really good day for new stories. I read five new stories, and I liked them all.

How did this happen?

How is this even possible?

Who knows.

But I’m liking it.

Today’s stories:

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1. my girlfriend who may or may not be parasprite is super snuggly and I love her so much oh my goodness yes she is my girlfriend and yes I am so happy with her oh my goodness gracious me yes yes yes

2. Brasta_Septim is the best friend you will ever have and I'm super happy that he's here too

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So there's been ... an awful lot going on in my life lately. And as is usual for me when there's an awful lot to say, I lock up and go silent, and nothing gets said. Alas, this is not the State of the Author post where I catch everyone up — I'm still working my way up to that one. At least I can break my silence with this in the meantime.

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Sorry about the dearth of posts recently. I told myself that I’d get one of my stories done before I did some other pony stuff, and it turns out I’m really, really good at procrastinating.

On the upside, it did finally force me to actually get my story done! I’ve been sitting on it for far too long – in fact, I started on it before the Season 6 premier, and then managed to procrastinate on it for half a year.

But now it is done, and I am pretty happy with the result.

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Writers have been busy little bees, so it is time for me to be a big busybody.

Today’s stories:

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Yep, you heard me right. Randome, one of the world's laziest people, is going to get to work on some things. Why did you think I only had two stories, and never mentioned plans for other ones? I knew I'd start them, and never finish them. But for once, I'm going to be productive and do some things. See y'all around, after I get to work on some stories and art.

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for 150 updoots on this:

TForever Mare

• MLP: FiM
• Dark
• Sad

There are ponies that even the gods cannot help.

• Violence
• Suicide / Self Harm
• Celestia
• Luna
• OC
• Royal Guard

Ice Star · 12k words  ·  208  28 · 6.1k views

and 90 on this

TCrystalline: Her Destiny

• MLP: FiM
• Adventure
• Drama

Lately, Princess Cadance has been feeling inadequate. She's spoken of this briefly to Twilight Sparkle but her longing for a grand adventure is really starting to get to her as are the thoughts that she isn't doing all that she can.

• OC
• Cadance
• King Sombra

Ice Star · 24k words  ·  176  11 · 4.6k views

and 70 on this small contest story

THer Own Sky

• MLP: FiM
• Equestria Girls
• Drama

Twilight Sparkle is many things, as Princess Celestia is about to learn. Will her newest Faithful Student finally serve a higher purpose?

• Twilight
• Celestia
• Cadance
• Sunset Shimmer

Ice Star · 18k words  ·  132  11 · 4.2k views

and especially to whichever of my readers read far enough to finish and updoot this

TFavorable Alignment

• MLP: FiM
• Romance
• Adventure
• Drama

Princess Luna disappears from Equestria with hopes of saving the world and is accompanied by the enigmatic Sombra. Meanwhile, Celestia tries to bury secrets as immortal as she is and Cadance must choose her loyalties carefully...

• Gore
• Violence
• Luna
• OC
• Cadance
• King Sombra

Ice Star · 360k words  ·  94  10 · 3.2k views

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... I've some good news for once. I haven't actually squandered my time this time around. I have some new chapters to release, which I will get to do on the 6th to start, as promised. One a week, also as promised.

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Fun fact of the day: everyone knows that the Japanese infamously produce very few children, presently sitting at a rate of about 1.4 births per woman (replacement rate is 2.1 per woman). But did you know that the US would have an even lower reproductive rate if we had a similar proportion of children born out of wedlock? Presently, the birth rate within marriages in the US is 1.13, with all the rest of the births (bringing us up to 1.88 per woman) occurring out of wedlock. Only 2% of Japanese

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After finishing writing Mistletrapped, I sat down and read a bunch of recent stories I’d missed reading.

Today’s stories:

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Yes indeed, a fella can dream...

Rather than litter the author's notes with references in my usual style, I thought I'd try something a little different. So, for the curious, I've made a separate blog post of all the references and allusions you might have missed!

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Season Six, Episode Six
No Second Prances

0:45 So, Twilight has confimed my belief that Frienship is Knives. And is it just me or has she been behaving rather odd for this season? Is there something weird happening with the writing staff?

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I like this episode. While it doesn't explore the topic in-depth, it does a pretty good job indirectly addressing Fluttershy's own growth through her brother and her parents. Also, we get to learn more about the relations between characters. The moral is rather appropriate and positive, too. Now then, unto the thoughts!

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