It occurs to me that one of the things Ardo Roccolato has been missing is a map--a way to locate the various countries of my world in their relations to each other. Does anyone know of any good fandom mapmakers? I'm willing to commission someone. I'd just like a visual depiction of the various lands I've written about--Equestria, Gildedale, the Crystal Empire, the Shimmerwood, Issidonia, Carcosa--laid out in a map's depiction. I suppose this is another of my debts to Tolkien; his map of

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Hello, everyone. Hope your holiday season has been going well.

There are a few announcements to make. First of all, I'm ecstatic to announce that It's a Dangerous Business, Going Out Your Door has surpassed 6,000 unique views! It means so much to me that so many people continue to read and enjoy this story, particularly since it's so old and was read so many times before I put it up on FIMFiction. Thank you, to everyone, for your patronage.

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Woke up today realizing it is April 1st.

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Nope. Got nothin'. Except for the story below the break.

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Dusting off the cobwebs here. It's been a while, hasn't it? I've been writing original fiction most of this time--that, and going to graduate school. Even as we speak I'm working on a fantasy novel, which is the second in a series I've been writing.

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