tl;dr: Look, I like have ponies bash their heads into things, alright? It’s a thing for me. It’s gonna keep happening. Just . . . just deal with it.

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Many thanks for reading Chapter 2 of Daring Do and the Lost Tome of Shadows. If you're enjoying it, why not hit that thumbs-up button and leave a comment? In case you couldn't tell, us writers are basically addicts that need the approval from others.

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Proofreading Volume 2 has made me develop a newfound appreciation for how far I have come in terms of the quality of my writing. A big part of why editing it has been such a slog is how much harder it is to have to read through chapters that are not quite up to snuff with what I've been churning out in recent years. To quote Ben Yahtzee Croshaw...

"99% of all creators loathe everything they made more than 5 years ago and the remaining 1% are liars!"

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It took quite some time, but I am happy to announce that the second volume of The Lost Element is now available for purchase on Lulu.com in three parts.

I am very pleased with the end result of this one. Page numbers are present and the title text is large and underlined. I feel its an appropriate step up from the more bare bones result of the first volume. To everyone who has supported me for so long, thank you. I hope you all enjoy the end result of this pet project.

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I HAVE CREATED A MACHINE THAT CAN TURN ANYTHING INTO BUTTS!

BEHOLD! BUTT PLANTS!

BUTT FOOD!

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I lost it. My necklace. The necklace that has been with me through everything the past two years.

I never take it off. But the necklace had a hook and eye piece for a chain. It's been known to come undone. I've known every time. But not this time.

The necklace holds the first picture of my baby girl she ever sent me. I never take it off. I only take it off to shower, and I haven't done that yet today. And it's gone.

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The prequel to The Lost Element is now available on Lulu. Very small, barely more than 50 pages. I was very surprised by how thin the proof copy is. A little special something for all my readers.

http://www.lulu.com/shop/ashton-crimson/before-time-began-to-flow/paperback/product-24082567.html

Well. That was quite an episode, wasn’t it?

Crusaders of the Lost Mark will go down as one of the most important episodes in MLP history, up there with Magical Mystery Cure, Slice of Life, and that episode from 1986 where the two babies get bored and imagine where a red ball could be (And no of course I didn’t just google “List of Original My Little Pony episodes” and pick the one with the most absurd synopsis.)

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tl;dr: HE STOLE IT RIGHT OUT OF HER SADDLEBAGS.

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I’m nervous. I’m really nervous. Not about Chapter 14 — that’s easy. Slam Dunk. Straight Value. I’m scared because I’m not finished Chapter 15 and I’ve only got a month left. It’s gotta be good. It’s gotta carry its weight. It’s gotta follow Chapter 14 — a tough requirement if ever — and I’m not sure that it does, yet.

So, yeah. Nervous. This is crunch time.

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tl;dr: Y’all think Daring Do has a thing for getting tied up, restrained, bound, or shackled? And, if so, how would she feel seeing Rose hogtie somepony else?

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Daring Do: It’s not my first Rodeo:

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Show of hands: how many of you expected Midnight Oil to doublecross the heroes? How many hoped she would?

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tl;dr: You never, ever dig straight up.

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I was indeed featured on EquestriaDaily! Whee! And I got almost 300 views that day alone. If you’re publishing MLP fiction and want to reach a wide audience, EqD is the way to go. Just be sure to be patient with the feedback process—they get a lot of submissions and they have high standards. For reference, I submitted back on the first of August (it’s nearly October now.)

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tl;dr: Twilight, Daring, and Rose are going to become well acquainted with tinnitus as the adventure progresses.

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This movie is basically my inspiration for the Shadow Ponies:

- Corridor Digital, "Brush with Death"

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All you guys need to know is that I'm going to be re-constructing "More than Magic" and possibly "Lost in Darkness" completely.

Sorry for the inconvenience, both stories will have the same premise but other than that, I'll be changing alot.

for those interested specifically in "lost in Darkness", do not fear, for I will start first with MtM, since that is the story with the most changes.

stay tuned! I'm not dead!

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If anyone can clear this up for me, I will appreciate it.

I have found while proofreading Volume 2 that after editing the text and adding more where needed, I find that the word count is smaller than it was before by several hundred words. And it even seems to apply with chapters before I swap out the old text for the new.

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So recently I’ve been trying to find a story that I want to read but it’s been so long I can’t remember what it was called or if it’s even still online.

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Captain Hook Hitch.
Auto-fire seems kind of dangerous.
Sunny laughs at how stupid her jokes are. Oh Sunny, you really are a joke.
Is that... Is that a spork?
"Not what I expected." What did you expect Sunny? Two mares going at each other in a bush?
Hitch shows his talents by... doing nothing.
Ponies can't understand animals. It's because animals have weird accents.

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I've come to realise that I won't find another jacket like the one I owned. I had made a blog about it after I thought I'd lost it, when it was hung up in the cupboard at my house with everyone else's coats. I thought it'd be safe to leave it there, but dad, in one of his typical ''if it's not mine, I don't give a shit'' clean out rampages, he tossed it out. I was going to come back to look for it, but knew he had tossed it because lots of things were different.

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Just a few things before I dive in:

This episode is probably controversial and thus my opinion of this episode will be too. But as I've said (and I still haven't found a reason to change my opinion) the writers really pulled out the stops and put together some of the best episodes for this entire show in season five part two. So, it might be obvious where I lean on this episode.

This will probably be the last episode review I do since no one really seems to read these or care.

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In my absence, things have happened that I would love to highlight. I also have some news on writing, in the interest of not being declared dead again.

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tl;dr: Even the toughest of us are afraid of the dark, of being trapped and held back, but usually it’s secretly a fear of weakness.

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The previous chapter of The Lost Element was finished back in November. Half a year later and I am only half done or so with proofreading Volume 2. I never expected the process to be this tedious and time consuming.

I have no desire to wait a full year to update the story, so once I finish proofreading the current chapter, I will take a break to write the next chapter to hopefully give myself a refreshing change of pace.

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