I just caught MY FIRST SHINY IN GENERATION 7.

My first fishing encounter in Vast Poni Canyon netted me a shiny Barboach. On my second Ultra Ball I caught it.

Male, level 34.

I couldn't be happier right now.

What was your first Gen7 Shiny?

Okay, first of all, I need to apologize for this post coming so late in the day. I know that yesterday I said I would have it up this morning, but as some of you likely noticed ... that didn't happen. What did happen was that last night, as I sat down to put together what would have been this morning's post, it ... Well, it wouldn't go together. I was nursing a headache, tired, and after a frustrating time spent slapping together a less-than-subpar BaBW post, I canned the

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It's very simple, and it's the very same reason I write fics in the first place... because the characters did something or acted in a way that I do not approve of and refuse to tolerate, plus, as they CHANGE, they lose more and more insight of who they used to be, and often turn into MORONS like Twilight Sparkle.

A FRIEND IN DEED...

She knows that Cranky Doodle is the exception to making friends (at the time) and encourages Pinkie not to bother him anymore

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Welcome back readers! It’s JUNE!

Right, I know. Hunter/Hunted isn’t out yet. But I’d plan on it this month. Editing is … well, it’s a process. Both it and Jungle are inching closer toward release … But that’s all that needs to be said there. Right now?

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Hello there everyone,

You might not know this, but I've been quite busy with my job as a web developer for more than a year.
I've come around reading FiM stories on my way to work during the morning, and night (on train, and public transports).

However, starting next year, that will all change.
If you have read the title, then my guess is, that you already know the reason as to why I am saying this.

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I’m not sure how long this post will be, so let’s just dive headfirst into it, shall we?

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So I'm trying something a little different with this post. As I write and develop my stories I have a tendency to write up a fair amount of documentation on the development process as a whole, the vast majority of which never gets seen. So I figured that sharing little snippets of that documentation every once in a while would be a productive way of getting it out there.

For volume 1 I'll be focusing on the larger theme behind New Horizons that has definitely gone over people's heads.

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Not really an announcement, but more of a fan'by moment that I would like to share.

Thorax in Uprooted is portrayed as rather... respectable. I mean, we all respect him - even (most of) the characters in the show with whom he has interacted - but he's usually portrayed as spineless, and a li'l' goofy.

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Once more we gather writers, for another installment of Being a Better Writer! And today’s topic is an interesting one, once again written in advance as I am out and off of the grid for the time being. Today’s post grew out of another potential topic, but felt better suited to the aim of Being a Better Writer as a whole, IE that of improving the writing capabilities of those who follow Being a Better Writer.

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Hmm, it has come to my immediate attention that there is now a tagging system oh FiMFic!

I hope this just doesn't turn out to be like Tumblr....

But I do hope for a system that can give suggestions based on what people has already done for tags... Like Twitter, Blogger, and Tumblr

How do you show that a character is angry? Or nervous? How do you show that two characters are not on the best of terms with one another while they are on decent standing with another member of their group? Or that one of them is nervous? Jumpy?

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All right. So, yesterday's incarnation of this post, to what is now great irony, started with a worried critique of Wordpress' freshly rolled out posting interface. To be specific, it critiqued the poor interface design, but also noted with a faint hint of worry that something so new was bound to have some surprises of a possibly unpleasant variety.

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Well, with the few reactions I got from my last blog post, and after a bit more deliberation, I decided I need to clear something up in regards to the changes that will be made to Shining Armor in this story, mainly in regards to his redemption.

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So I have a pony OC for a story, whose special talent relates to diseases, viruses, and other toxic materials, and I've settled on two potential names for her - Quarantine (Simple and direct but makes her come across perhaps too villainously) or Merry Typhoon. (Takeoff on Typhoid Mary, more in line with what a sane parent would name their child, but seems like it's stretching things a bit.)

Which do you think I should choose? Or do you have other suggestions?

This is going to be a short one today. Two reasons. One is that I’m still sick, and don’t feel great. The second is that I’ve also got a work shift today I have to be at in a little over an hour. It’s going to be an interesting day.

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In April, I made this blog post: "Where That Story Went Today."

After a newly posted story of mine was analyzed and critiqued in considerable detail by an especially skilled writer whose thoughts I took (and still take) seriously, I unpublished the story while it was still very new.

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So I just published a new chapter for Only Time Will Tell, you can go read it if ya want. It exists and I plan to add another soon. As in like within a week or two. More likely one than two. It's no Even Stars can Fall in terms of romance, but it's kind of a fun adventure thing I'm doing in the same world involving my favorite pony Minuette. Anyway, I'm gonna do another push to work on stories again, wish me luck on that.

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Dipping back into the well of posts you may have missed over the last month, here's May 16th's Being a Better Writer! We're back talking about villains, but this time with another spin we've not discussed before!

Welcome back readers!

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Welcome back readers, to Being a Better Writer! Tuesday edition, because … reasons. It happens.

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