Machinations in the Dark is getting a makeover.

Finally hitting the first couple of chapters hard, and getting some good edits. Check back in the next few days. The first chapter is already done. Second will be done tomorrow.

New chapter is being edited as well. I'm back on track, guys!

Howdy howdy~

Derply here, signing off on the last blog post until the next batch of chapters starts releasing next Saturday. I'm just about done editing the last ones, but I've got this silly nagging thought distracting me.

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This has nothing to do with anything, yet everything to do with anything!!!

(Yeah... back to editing...)

This was a short video I made for my college editing class. The assignment was to take clips from the 1925 silent film "Battleship Potemkin", and recut any scenes we wanted in our own way, and set them to a musical track of our choice.

Well, I kind of went a little bit overboard with mine. I ended up creating a whole, meme-filled soundscape for the project just to see if I could.

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Hello everypony, I'm here to ask if there is anypony willing to edit my story Lovely Lovely Lovely. Right at this point it's kinda mediocre to be honest and I can use some help. It's a story where this brony is placed in cadence's body after they were killed on the same day, but Cadence didn't process Hogarth's body (Human who is cadence right now) who is dead permanently in his world, he still pissed his memories and everything plus this is 10 years in the past and he is kinda unpredictable at

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If any of you have gdocs, send me a link and I'll invite you guys for editing. I can use some help

I suggest reading at least the latest chapter again for a better understanding of the next chapter and rest of the entire story.

Hey Guys The Dragonblood Knight chapter 1 has been edited once again. Hope you guys like it

I've been sitting on 99 stories for a while now, almost 6 months, and I haven't published anything in 2023 except a couple new minifics in my anthology. But I've got one nearly ready to go!

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Sorry for the bother,

I was looking for some editing help on my stories, including the next chapter of Asylum, and I was also looking for some feedback on the stories in general to help me nail down some pernicious issues I've been facing.

Please PM me if you're willing and able to help. And let me offer my thanks ahead of time, because I do appreciate it all!

Sincerely,
Derek (aka DoD)

It's long, but it's a good read. :V

Been a long time since I did a writing blog...

When you hit that "publish" button and make your story publicly readable, what sort of responsibilities do you have about it? In most cases, the real answer is "none," or at least "none beyond the ones you decide to take on voluntarily," but there are common ones that most authors would agree they'd try to uphold.

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1924490/Gigantic_Rampage_Edition/

If you missed my post, Being Cautious About Editors, you can find it here before proceeding. I will assume you’ve read it to keep this moving.

Last time I went over the importance of what you can do to protect yourself against bad editors and how to find good ones. Today I’m going to talk about the types of editors there are and my experience editing.

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Due to unfortunate circumstances, I am now in need of another editor that has proficiency in pointing out and correcting grammatical/syntax-related errors. If you want, you can also be of service to me in giving me tips on plot-development of soon-to-be-uploaded chapters and stories, and little things like that, etc.
If you're interested, contact me via PMing me on here. We can discuss in further detail there.

So Editor Man first ran into technical problems even looking at the document I sent him (for some reason he couldn't leave comments) then he had a bunch of important life stuff keep him busy. I told him not to fret because honestly... The chapter is done. At least the damn thing is done! Before we couldn't even say that much.

It's kind of a long shot getting an update tomorrow. Whenever the chapter is done, it shall go up, regardless of what day it is!

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[10:34:16 AM] Daniel Jay: ...Oh...
[10:34:19 AM] Daniel Jay: ...OH...
[10:34:30 AM] Daniel Jay: ...Ohhhhhh nooooo...
[10:34:34 AM] Poshy Woshy: wha?
[10:34:44 AM] Daniel Jay: ...I'm going to have a lot to bitch about this chapter...
[10:34:46 AM] Daniel Jay: Man...
[10:34:51 AM] Poshy Woshy: How's that?
[10:34:59 AM] Daniel Jay: Be prepared for... like... MASSIVE rewrites...
[10:35:07 AM] Daniel Jay: Like, an ungodly number of rewrites.
[10:35:10 AM] Daniel Jay: This is...

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Hey everyone I am pleased to announce that I have found a 2nd editor for "Mum's the Word" and all three chapters will be updated again very soon. I will like to thank Word Worthy for his time and help with my fanfic.

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An overall refinement was made to We're All Equal Here. Nothing major that changes the story. I just wanted to do some editing, tightening, and clarifying of the story. I posted it in a rush three weeks ago and wasn't happy about some of the sloppiness that made it in. I apologize for that. It should sound and flow better now.

Welcome back! So, very quickly, first the news, nice and quick: There's a Labor Day Sale. You should check it out. Boom, done, on to the next docket: The Dragon Award winners have been announced, and there are some who are very unhappy about it (guess who?). If curious, check that out here.

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