6 · 3:33am Aug 24th, 2016
Until I'm unleashed
I'm not going to say I'm sorry, because I'm really not, and I actually couldn't sleep because I was still laughing over the "We have arrived!" thing for a good hour after I wrote it. That being said, I wanted to write something besides Substitute, and I don't want to do anything with Crystal Outlander until I finish Sub, as that may be my next priority project. I didn't just spend the night doing that though, I also ended up adding about 700 more words to the next chapter, and I now have an
I've currently got 5000 words written with at least a couple thousand more to add; I will aim to have it ready by the weekend for a Sunday launch or sooner. Slight change in plans to chapter content, however.
i'll now be taking suggestions from both Fimfiction and Tumblr! Because of the sheer number of chapters that exist, I probably won't repost all of the old chapters on Tumblr, I'm already doing that over on Offprint (slowly). But, new chapters will be crossposted and credited where credit's due!
Up until now, I'd been thinking I'd continue working on Unleash the Magic - Nightmare Night following this weekend's release, but unfortunately, I find I need a break from writing M-rated stories for a bit.
And unfortunately, that verdict is unanimous:
Complaints were: too meta, hard to follow, does nothing to advance the plot, and potentially makes things worse while trying to fix them.
A day late, but not a dollar short. Current progress report is that the prologue plus first two chapters are written, with the third chapter underway and to be finished tomorrow. As I want at least five chapters ready to go, we are on track for a pre-Halloween release!
Here’s the promised teaser:
Started it on a whim last Sunday and going to try to release it this weekend. It's the first of a series of bonus chapters describing what happened during UtM through the eyes of other Mane 6 members, written by them as addendum to Sunset's text. And first at bat... is Applejack! Be afraid, folks...
Been a wild ride, but it has to end... for now. In suitably appropriate manner, of course... In celebration of the 300th like, making it easily my most popular story to date, the epilogue goes live on Thursday morning.
And another question for readers for it.
Hey, folks. Thought I'd give the first update on my promised Nightmare Night clopfic, now slated for release on Monday, October 30th... or earlier if I can get it ready in time.
As a reward to readers for reaching that milestone, I will be doing a new chapter for Nightmare Night as soon as I’m done with the next Firefly chapter. And I will also allow folks to vote on which they’d like to see next:
- The Zecora/CMC scene
- Finish off the Spike scene
- Starlight & Trixie vs Timberannie
The choice is yours, folks. Register your vote in the comments. Thank you for following this story!
it will launch no later than Sunday, or sooner if I get prereads back in time.
A warm welcome to all new readers of Unleash the Magic - Nightmare Night! Thank you very much for the likes and watches. The story featured for nearly a day and a half but hasn’t quite pulled itself over the century mark for total likes yet. Nevertheless, I’m pleased with the reception, and have plenty more planned. Things are just getting started with the end of part 4, and no member of Mane 6 will escape. Will Spike, Starlight and Trixie fall prey as well? Stay tuned!
But before that, I've decided that the last chapter was in fact too long and I'll thus be splitting it in half. Unfortunately, I can't do that without posting a new chapter even though it's not new content, so you will see that happen within the next few days. There'll be some tweaks, perhaps, but nothing too major will be changed with it as for the most part, I was quite happy with it. In hindsight, I should have broken it in two at the start and released the two chapters a week apart. 16k is
I'm pleased to report a successful Nightmare Night chapter release that included a visit to the feature list! Welcome new readers, and thanks, everyone who commented! I admit I had some trepidation on publishing this one for the subject matter, but it seems to have worked out quite well.
It had been my intention to shift over to Firefly after the last chapter, but I'm going to continue with Nightmare Night for two reasons: first and foremost, I find myself with momentum and a desire to continue it. And second? I got a lot more comments this time around. Thank you, one and all--it was appreciated and receiving so much favorable feedback gives me additional impetus to carry on with it.
So I can get more prereads completed and get another editing pass in. Sorry to make you wait, folks. But trust me—it’ll be worth it. Chapter will now launch on Thursday evening after I’m back from work.