You can find me @Calchexxis if you have any desire to follow me. I tend to ramble a little about writing, although if people start following me I'll probably start talking more about my writing, Dead by Midnight, and my other projects.

Cheers,

I-A-M

Not much to report this week. I finally published a story that's been sitting in my files for a few weeks: Childhood's End, a WriteOff entry from the last pony short story round.

I've been accused of abusing dreams as a vehicle for storytelling. To this accusation, I say: you are correct. Dreams are the lazy author's way of inventing a fantastical scene that could never otherwise exist.

But damn me, I love writing them. They overflow with potential for story ideas.

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Anyone wanna sit around talking about ponies an shit? Maybe you can squeeze some spoilers out of me for some of my stories or even throw things at me that you'd want to see

If you like seeing Sunset atone for her misdeeds and/or take Twilight's place as Equestria's resident flank-kicker of friendship, you may be interested in Sunset Shimmer is Not an Alicorn.

Really, she isn't. Not at all. Honest.

If you're following Never the Final Word (Vol. 2), you'll have noticed I have a contribution in it this time around. I'd like to take the opportunity to further plug the source story for my little drabble. Being Juniper Montage is, without question, the best use and expansion of Juniper's character I have ever seen. Of course, when there are only four stories on the site with her tag, that's not saying much,

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After closing last year on such a low note, let's begin this one with a happier one. A story full of innocent adventure, loving sisters, and a horrific abomination from beyond the sane reaches of reality.

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This is a little late in coming, but last Friday I officially quit my job at Walmart and have moved to a desk job for construction company! It's an hour drive to-and-from and starts early in the day, but it pays more, so huzzah fresh starts! So in light of that, I figure I will go ahead and publish my entry in the Gen 5 Bingo Contest before hurrying off to bed. It's very in keeping with spooky month, I say.

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Svengallop.
Zipporwhill.
Abacus Cinch.
Clover the Clever.

You're probably wondering where I'm going with this. These are all characters I've written about who recently received tags. Masterweaver, in a characteristically crazy-awesome move, has created a group intended to celebrate them and all the other newly taggable ponies and pony-related beings, to give each of these new tags one hundred stories to its name by year's end. Thus, I have but one question:

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An M-rated look at the heart and mind of Lily Valley, a slice-of-life romance tale served up with a side of Daisy, Roseluck and some unrequited love. He's come a long way as a writer in the time I've known him, and you're invited to give his latest a look. It's inspired by some of his earlier G4M works, but not associated with any particular verse, and really fleshes out her character as well as the the rest of the flower trio, who you'll find do far more than strike horrified poses (though

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Do you like crossovers? Do you like crackships? Do you like winning money?

If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, Thought Prism's Ultimate Crackshipping Contest might be for you. Ship Nintendo (and Sega, Capcom, Namco...) icons with ponies for a chance to win fabulous prizes. Sign up today!

Oh god I got a RCL feature.

In my head basically since I found out this was happening.

Well, welcome, anyone who didn’t already follow my crap!

I wasn’t willing to plug stuff during the interview, but this is my blog, so I’m okay being shameless here.

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Hello, everybody who enjoyed a certain crackfic back this past spring.

I mentioned in the comments of An Orderly Transfer of Power that I'd be looking at you all for favorites for the fic I was actually putting some effort into.

Well, now's the time. I've finally completed the next gigantic chapter of Changeling Space Program, with comedy and tragedy and pathos and yummy crunchy silicon chips. (As Pinkie Pie says, it's the copper inclusions that really make it.)

Go, read, and enjoy!

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I'm going open this by saying it is hard to write a good crossover, and that's not even going into the fact that you're essentially dividing up your reader base.

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Happy early 4th of July! And if you aren't American, you can just be patriotic for your own country. Or not, it's all up to you really.

So, why am I exactly doing the weekly story thing? Honestly speaking? I really don't know. AT first it was supposed to be a thing that I could use to make challenges for myself, but I soon found out that I had fun coming up with silly/non-silly things that I could post and wouldn't have to give too much time to. It's actually refreshing.

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Long ago, in the distant days of 2015, I wrote a reaction fic to "The Cutie Map" wherein Discord delivered an ultimatum to a freshly deposed Starlight: Abandon your quest for vengeance or face the consequences.

"The Cutie Re-Mark" aired. I followed through on his promise, taking Starlight to a world of true equine equality, where the only legacy ponies left were the mass-produced love batteries that powered the changeling nation of Omnifaria. And that would've been the end of it.

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I have three different stories in various stages of production, but this blog is about a collaborative effort. Dusty Tome asked me to do some creative consultation for an AU, which I was happy to provide. (Also, I wrote Pinkie Pie, which is always fun.) The first chapter is out, and you can now read the beginning of All's Right With The World

I wrote Team Cohesion... about a year and a half ago now. Wow. Anyway, it was for a ship-sinking contest, in that case deconstructing Soarin'/Spitfire by way of the Wonderbolts' tabloid awareness meeting. Well, River Road's gone and showed me up with the quasi-official sequel, Breaking (Down the) News. It's an entry in not one, but two contests, featuring the continuing adventures of

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You may have noticed a sizable influx of stories in the past few days, including my own Heir A-pear-ent. The due date for Tumbleweed's Springtime Sequel-Slash-Sandbox Switcheroo arrived, and we all agreed to post everything at roughly the same time so everyone could find out who was assigned whom together. But I didn't write this blog solely for self-promotion.

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Allow me to be self-indulgent for a moment, and celebrate surviving another year! The last 365 days have been a heck of a ride; I'd try to unpack it a little more, but I'm getting pulled out the door to head out into the mountains for swimming purposes. (Which is far from the worst way to spend your birthday.)

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First, a plug for the dead-tree Maretian project. (To the best of my knowledge, this is being done at cost- at least, the numbers add up to about what a printer would charge for POD deluxe editions plus postage. I'm not getting anything out of this, or at least nothing has been offered. Those who want to comp me for my work, well, the Patreon and Ko-Fi links are in my profile.)

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-maretian-hardcopy-edition

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