Well crap, folks. This may mean you wind up with two blog posts from me today.

But Cold in Gardez just posted the expanded version of his WriteOff winner from two cycles back, "Babel". I haven't read the updated version yet, but you can bet I'll be doing it shortly. The original, though, was one of the best pieces of ponyfic I've seen, hands down. You should all be reading this ASAP—and at just over 1000 words, there's really no excuse not to.

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So a weird thing happened.

I was on the Writeoff Skype chat about one or two weeks back, talking with Majin Syeekoh and someone else (Midnight Radio Hotline?), and we wound up going off onto a weird topic. You know, as Skype chats always do.

Somebody suggested the idea of writing a story: "Sweetie Bot Gets Robot Cancer". It may have been me. I'm not saying.

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So, I don't do this very often. I think I've done it maybe twice in the past year, including this time. However, I feel the need to put some light onto a situation someone on here is going through.

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Everything that could go wrong did so. Read all about it in his own words here.

Wanderer D got his figurative teeth kicked in by a mortgage recalculation and could use all the help he can get. See here for details and a link to the GoFundMe

This blog is just so you know Nailah is currently struggling with the lack of money. There's more info here:

https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/876664/asking-for-help

If you can't donate, you can always signal-boost Nailah's blog.

A signal boost for my friend, Nailah. It'd make all the more difference if you'd read it.

So apparently Equestria daily pre-reader Noble Cause is in danger of loosing his house and becoming homeless. A friend of mine has set up a Gofundme account to help him and has asked me to help spread the word. I would have also donated, but lacking any monetary income kinda complicates that.

https://www.gofundme.com/mfjdw79r

Please spread the word and donate if you can.

By the talented KingMoriarty.

You may remember him from the comments on Silver Glow's Journal, tirelessly correcting typos (and there were a bunch of them). Or, hopefully, you know him for his own stories, 'cause he's a really good writer. And I'm still trying to goad him into writing a sequel to Asylum, although just kinda passive-aggressively by making comments like this one right here.

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Hey folks. I came upon this in my feed. Shrinky is a wonderful author I personally have followed since joining the fandom. Apparently he's hit on a major snag in his life. Even well wishes commented on his blog would be welcome, but if you can help, read on below.

Passing the Hat· 4:50pm

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If you haven't already heard, Estee's in the middle of a crisis. Any support you can offer, moral or otherwise, will be appreciated.

Greetings, dear reader. I've been watching this user from afar, and now I feel the need to tell the world about his predicament.

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Apparently, today is Fanfic Writers' Appreciation Day. Lurks-no-More's blog here has some excellent ways to celebrate. (Seriously, guys, seeing numbers go up has nothing on actual feedback.)

A fellow Fimfiction user and their family is in dire need of donations due to COVID-19.
Let’s show we are there for them by either doing signal boosts or donating to them.

Hey, everypony, remember Rainbow Rocks? Of course you do. Remember how you were watching the big battle royale at the very end and how the Sirens did the whole ears-tails-and-wings transformation, just like our heroes did, but on top of that, they seemed to have the ability to project full-animal hippocampus-like tulpas corresponding to themselves with which to attack the heroes? Of course you do. Do you remember thinking Huh, that's a bit weird; I wonder what exactly is

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I usually don’t do this, because comparatively few people read my blog in the first place, so the impact of this is going to be disappointing. But there are times when you see a story well exceeding the levels of quality you see in the feature box, but still languishing in near-complete obscurity, and go “huh, maybe even the level of exposure I can provide will matter.” It’s one of those times.

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If you're in the mood for something profound, and perhaps slightly disturbing, check out Hang by AShadowOfCygnus!

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Novel-Idea (he's a friend who did some excellent graphic work on some of my stories), is having some trouble. I won't waste your time trying to explain, as he does so very well in his blog. If you've the means and inclination, follow the link to his blog and see

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Tsweetie.log

• MLP: FiM
• Horror
• Sad
• Sci-Fi

Sweetie Bot lies half-built on a lab bench.

• Sex
• Human
• Alt. Universe
• Sweetie Belle
• Celestia

Shrink Laureate · 4.8k words  ·  232  13 · 3.7k views

Why:

• It’s a good horror romance short.
• Even if you don’t like this sort of thing, this can be highly educational in terms of how presentation can enhance text, and what sort of stuff can you pull with Fimfiction’s new bbcode parser. Insert enforced breaks, and it’s a visual novel already.
• I helped a bit.

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No, I’m not dead.

Ok, maybe a little.

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