2020 is a pretty tough year for us all; much tougher for some than others.

Brony fic author Saro0fdemonz needs rapid assistance.

Anything you can do to help—including signal boost—would be wonderful.

My friend Silver Mint is starting commissions! She's a really good writer, so I urge to consider commission her.

Announcement blog is here.

Recently, another great member of our community has fallen into dire financial straits Scampy, who is a sweet person who writes many Wallflower stories, has fallen on very hard times recently. Sometimes we all must deal with great hardship, and right now, Scampy is in need.

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If you haven't heard, recently user named Cloudhammer lost everything in a fire... a FUBAR situation for anyone

Anyway, someone set up a GoFundMe page to get him back on his feet:

https://gofund.me/b549e309

Please donate if you can and/or signal boost. If you need more info, Jake The Army Guy explained it more in-depth on his blog:

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Part of the nature of Jinglemas is that it's a fic exchange, and everyone who gives a story gets one. In my case, it was from Wanderer D himself, he of the wandering Sweetie Belle and cocktail-mixing Sunset. And The Abyssinian Dream was a wonderful gift to receive. Check it out if you'd like to see the less featured Pie sisters get a moment in the spotlight.

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Since FamousLastWords and I went to Crystal Fair this weekend, we had to have some fun on the way back to our everyday lives. You can see us being idiots in the car over at Famous' blog post!

I will post a recap later when I finally have a moment to sit down and type up my thoughts. For now enjoy these snippets of the fun we had!

I’ll try to keep this brief.

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Hey gang, I've found yet another cool individual who'd like to do a study on how people consume and write fanfiction. They're studying at UCLA for the MFA (So many letters!) and could use some insight.

Check it out here and try and signal boost a bit too. Cuz c'mon, we deserve to be known for the awesome talented people we are!

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AShadowOfCygnus has done it again, publishing a lovely story for all y’all to check out!

TVale

• MLP: FiM
• Adventure
• Drama

In the furthest reaches of Equestria, where the peaks of the mountains just brush the sky, a mare’s first duty is to her conscience.

• Other

AShadowOfCygnus · 41k words  ·  33  2 · 544 views

As is always the case with his stories, I have no idea exactly how best to describe it. It’s a fantastic character piece wrapped around a lovely mystery, and the first chapter leaves you with far more questions than answers.

It feels fitting to signal-boost a contest or two as we approach the weekend. Details past the Read More.

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Cerulean Voice is doing a 24-hour charity stream of The Last of Us starting tomorrow.

You can find details on their blog post here.

This gets me more excited than it should. Oh, and Coco's mini-part is coming out tomorrow night!

It's funny. When I first started reading on this site, there was a tag I'd constantly avoid but most of my favorites of my all-time favorites are pretty much just this tag. Hell, I'm spending a lot of my free time working on a story that has this tag now and I have several more planned that I can't wait to get started on.

No, it's not human, clop, or crossover.

It's ADVENTURE

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I found this blog post actually pretty interesting to read. Check it out.

Hello, peoples!

I just want to give a quick signal boost and shout-out to a really great story written by my friend Korenav, called Sunless!  

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If you're one of the fairly large number of people around here with an interest in writing original fiction as well as ponyfic, it could reward you to investigate JaPGaxie's "The Next Generation" contest. Possibly even literally, given the $350 prize fund, though given the likely calibre of the competitors I'm sure the challenge itself will be a major attraction for many. It's for short stories (3k

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Ida came and went through my neck of the woods, and on a semi-related note, we have some people who could use some help: shallow15 just needs a little aid at the start of the month, but Sprocket Doggingsworth is dealing with some severe flooding. Give what you can, folks, even if that's more echoes.

Iisaw has the right idea.

Just a heads up for those who prefer finished stories. Karrakaz just put out the last chapter of his Twilestia clopfic.

It's obviously NSFW so no links, but it's there in the feature box, or you can check his story page. It's very sweet and endearing, while managing to be more than a little naughty.

And it is urgent. Ilya, who has brilliantly performed a great many of the fandom's stories, is in need of immediate surgery. Unfortunately it is quite expensive, and he has not yet paid off his previous removal of cancerous tissue. As he explains:

I have been struggling to pay small amounts of the thousands of dollars I owe.

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