Sadly, due to a combination of yardwork and a few of my other interests (particularly the three-hour finale of Survivor Season 36), I was only able to write 506 words today. RIP my upcoming day off.

Sigh. Oh well, at least I'd built up enough of a buffer that I'm still on track for the month. My current total word count for the month is now 23,121.

I got distracted by other things today, sadly, so I only managed to get 525 words written for Sunset. The chapter is proceeding as planned, at least - it currently sits at 2,085 words, and I'm not even halfway done I don't think.

Oh and also I almost forgot to post it, but I did put out the finale of the 'Afternoon Arc' of Synchrony tonight so go check it out!

Okay! I managed to hammer out one of the last three scenes today, though admittedly it's definitely gonna be the shortest by far. Got a total of 1,027 words done today, putting my current total at 10,368 for the month. I've broken 10k! Right on schedule, but still.

I might just be able to get this chapter done by the end of the week!

Sorry for the light spamming beforehand, but I can only tag one story at a time with these things.

Given that I honestly thought I'd have Dark Horse done back in January, I think its time to wake up and smell the long since fetid corpse of that self-imposed dead-line.

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Sorry for the light spamming beforehand, but I can only tag one story at a time with these things.

Given that I honestly thought I'd have Dark Horse done back in January, I think its time to wake up and smell the long since fetid corpse of that self-imposed dead-line.

I will be returning to APCIAMB and my other longer stories, but right now I need to get Dark Horse out of my system, and it seems its going to take long enough a hiatus is the most honest thing towards you guys.

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So close to done I can taste it, but not quite yet.

17383 words. Shouldn't be more than a few hundred more, but I need to tweak a few things before I send this out to the editors. Think I dare say that should happen sometime during the weekend, with the chapter proper dropping sometime next week.

As such, last call if anybody wants to volunteer for editing that hasn't already. At least for #8.

You've probably guessed this already and I mentioned it in the comments of DH, but what I thought would be the easiest bit to write turned out to require ten-times that effort in both words and research time.

So, just a small heads up I'm in 'crunch time' on the chapter and that's why I've been silent. Not much more to add, just that its taking longer than I thought.

Good lordy, The Scare Master (s5e15) is the first of the episodes I haven't seen yet. I've got a long way to go to get even remotely caught up.

But yeah, this is a precursor for me to get back into writing. Slow going though. Especially because stress coming from work, the fact my wife was fired from her job in November, and the fact I'm kinda hunting for a new job.
Not to mention my In-Laws paying for me to go to cool-egg.

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I've told a few already, but I'm trying to aim for an update before...

Well, an entire year has passed, to be blunt.

Sadly... August was not pleasant. I was knocked out an entire whole week from what I think was the flu and it hit me so bad I barely remember it, and now only a week later I've caught the worst cold I've had in years.

Did I mention the heavy rains and mosquito invasion?

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Tried writing this nearly a dozen times, so brass-tacks version behind the cut.

Don't want be bummed out by RL stuff? Then I wish you all happy holidays.

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A bit of a better writing day today, with 1,117 words added to the total. This chapter of Sunset is coming along quite nicely, and I expect it to be done in a few days time at most. Even came up with another artifact! Still want two more to round things out, though.

My total word count for the month is now 18,616! The end is in sight...

Got some good news tonight, dear readers! Not only have I finished the chapter of Synchrony I've been working on (courtesy of 1,053 last words), thus allowing me a day off from writing tomorrow, but the next chapter of Sunset should be ready to post tomorrow too!

It's a long chapter, but I think I think you all will like it.

May's cumulative word count is now 16,140! I'm doing great.

Only 1,026 words today, but that's okay because I finally got to write a certain pony's introduction! Well, most of it anyway. The scene has only just begun!

Cumulative word count for the month is now 22,615!

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Not much to say today - I got the next chapter of Sunset edited and passed off to Applety, so if all goes well it should be ready to be published in a few days.

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Guess who finished a chapter of Synchrony today! Well, I suppose there aren't exactly very many options to pick from... Jokes aside, that's I believe my third chapter completed this month - and my second started, with the opening pages of Sunset in Ponyville chapter 6.

290 on one and 781 on the other bring my total for the day to 1,071! And my grand total for the month to 14,245. Which means I'm basically halfway done!

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Only got 418 words written today, but that's fine - I finished the chapter. Tomorrow I'll begin my massive editing spree, starting with a single chapter of Sunset before at last moving on to Synchrony.

Current word total for the month is 12,759. Whether or not that is the final total, only time will tell.

I'm in the home stretch of this chapter of Synchrony, having written another 1,212 words for it! Helped along by finally reaching the point where I get to write my human version of Discord. Have I mentioned that I enjoy writing Discord? Because I do.

Anyway, that brings me up to 3,746 words for the month! Very nice, even though I have no long-term goal this time.

S-so, uhh, didn't really get much writing done today. Got my attention consumed watching LRR's Dominaria Pre-Prerelease which ran from, oh, about 2pm to 11pm aka nearly all of my day. What can I say, I love Magic: The Gathering even if I don't really get chances to play!

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