I certainly want to keep all rights to my own story, which means that I'll practically be ruling out every major publishing house there is.

I guess I'll self-publish, then. I can handle writing and editing myself, I can join some reviewing groups to get the thing proofread, maybe stir up some hype with Kickstarter and some marketing muscle, and partner up with a printing company to get the thing rolling into stores.

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The Clockwork Muse: The predictability of artistic change

Colin Martindale, Harper Collins, 1990 (on Amazon)

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Bland cliche "Blank Slate" characters are like balls of dough.

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Pillars of Society is barreling towards a conclusion, helped along considerably by my new 'listen to text-to-speech of the chapter on my phone while I edit it on my laptop' method of editing. We're still talking nine or so more chapters, but it's going by fast. I edited two chapters today!

After this, I want to do another long thing! Writing long things is fun! It might not pull in the updoots like the clickbaity little stories do, but it's just more satisfying and solid to write them.

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I’d presume, that for most of us, MLP is an outlet of escapism. It’s a way to get out of life and take solace in something more colorful, something that appears to have a better condition of life and other various things.

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So, how about that season finale eh?

As a fanfiction writer, there are two vectors through which I gain enjoyment from watching the show. The first is the enjoyment that comes from the show itself and the second is effectively mining the show for ideas on what to write next.

Already my mind is chewing away at possibilities for both Skitchverse and Lunaverse. Which is all well and good. But this is where the whole "Damn you brain!" decides to raise it's ugly head.

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I have pictures I keep meaning to share, but I'm too lazy to upload them. Yesterday there was a cool rainbow outside my house. I also scored a couple of MLP toys from McDonald's. There are 8, right? I think I have half already. (One was Fluttershy! Hooray!)

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One of the fundamental eccentricities of fanfiction is the way it is published. Because everything tends to be self-published, centralized, and loosely moderated, removing a story from circulation is a lot easier than in traditional publishing. Taking down a story is often a simple click of a button.

For today’s meandering discussion, let’s talk about de-publishing stories.

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So, with Aces High chapter 4 up (which you should read...and like, and so on so forth), I thought it was about time to write out a funny piece of headcanon I developed rather by accident.

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A note before we begin; this is not intended to critique or disparage people who do accept money for their fanfic/fanwork; like all my musings posts, it is merely a public exploration of my own thoughts. It is intended to provoke discussion, not to insult or denigrate.

Today’s meandering musings post is about a subject I have wanted to address for a long time. And yet, it’s one that I’m still considering my feelings for.

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Working on a Lunestia thing, and there's an awful lot of sad in it. Like not sad-tag levels of sad. It's just when I think about it, Tia's had a lot of sadness in her life. Lost parents (Okay, that was me, I did that to her. I don't think 'Tia's parents murdered by Discord' is anybody else's headcanon), lost sister, then loses literally everybody she loves because she's immortal. What must it be like to bury your great, great grandchildren? No pony else understands what it's like to live

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Seriously, this is a fantastic rhythm game, and I just wanted to share it with anyone I could. I am absolutely addicted to it atm. As you can see, very Japaweeby, with many edm tracks to play to. So, right up my alley. Kek.

Here's a great tune that's in it:

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Ah April Fools Day. A time for merriment and silliness. Like Halloween, it's one of those days cordoned off for behavior that would normally be considered awkward or unusual. But, as often happens on these normalcy-flaunting holidays, people mess up. The social mores and rules are poorly defined, and people often rush to do something silly and step over the line. For today's meandering musing post, I'd like to discuss some things that make a good--or bad--April Fools prank.

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Hello everypony (anypony is probably a better choice of word though XD)

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After that blog I did two days ago, I told myself: "No, I won't blog anything. I can resist blogging."

Ha.

tl;dr -- I gush about how my family has embraced MLP, I worry about life lessons for my son via ponies, and I dread the future of our favorite cartoon.

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Generalizations are a dangerous thing. They often have exceptions, and require subjective judgements to make. The subject of today’s opinion piece, however, is a generalization that I believe in.

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Heya, folks!

Well, not that my illness is mostly something I’ve run over and have left in the review mirror like a freshly smashed into dimension hopping telephone booth and rental store out in the middle of nowhere—

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Last week, after many false starts and discards, I finished the first chapter of my novel. Or more accurately, I finished the first chapter of a novel after discarding three others this year, and this is the first one I'm mildly confident might possibly be finish-able. To celebrate this ephemeral milestone, I would like to revisit a piece of writing advice that I learned long ago, yet I still often forget; don’t force it—but don’t procrastinate either.

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Yeah, after a disastrous, well, couple of months, I'm back and writing (and videomaking, yay), having given my muse a good swift kicking.

This weekend is gonna see several updates, both here and over on my fanfiction: https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6707624/

Afterwards, I'm gonna commit to returning to a once a week upload of something, and will seriously push to stick to that alongside my once a week minimum video upload.

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