Yes, that’s a problem. If you write two different stories with glue in the middle, the people who like the first part will stop at the second part, and the people who would like the second part won’t even start. I’m not Max with his Being a Better Writer series, but I’m going to toss out some examples and maybe this will help us both.

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Ok, summary above the break so it’s less annoying for people. Covid sucks, writing on too many stories slows each individual story updates AND tends to get you stuck at the difficult parts on each of them, and never watch the news when sick.

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I’ve been loafing at home for the last few weeks, got to visit the grandchild, picked up a cold and a negative Covid test. Now it’s back to the grind, but first, in the tradition of Bad Horse’s Bedtime Stories for Impressionable Young Colts and Fillies, we have a new chapter:

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One of the great things about writing batponies and Princess Luna is that you can take off the gloves, turn the volume up to 11, and let ‘er rip. Hidden behind the break here are two examples from The Last Nightguard (draft). Caution: Spoilers

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Sneak peek of Last Nightguard progress below the break. Thought some of you masochists would enjoy seeing my creative (??) process in action, so here's what I sketched out first, then what it turned into as second draft. It fits with the 'Pantser vs Plotter' school of writing, where the seat-of-the-pants writers scoff at the people who plot out everything and vice versa. In actuality, they each carry a 'seed' of the opposite school while writing, because the pantsers have a vague plot sketched

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I've just finished writing the troublesome bits of Chapter 24, and all that is left is editing.  That's not to say I'm going to punch Publish on Tuesday and start putting out a chapter a day because editing takes a lot of time. (Trust me, unedited Me is a horrid mess)  Unfortunately, that means the Nightmare Night chapter won't come out on Halloween.  Fortunately, the time it took me to write the tough spot gave Harwick time to finish up a commission.  Here's a sneak peek, as well as a chunk of

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