Hey everyone! Just a quick update. It's been a year since I've decided to go ahead with this rewrite. And I just wanted to give everyone a progress report. I just did a word count, and I'm currently standing at about 75,000 words of new material. That's almost double the word count of Better Living. It was more than I expected to be honest. So that's my "words per year" rate for last year. I suppose it could be better, but it could be worse. I know I'm slow. It's hard to find time to

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Hey everyone. I know it's been a while since any of you heard from me. First, let me say thanks for 800 likes! I really appreciate it. I also want to thank all my new followers. 20 more than when I counted last time. I have noticed that more people have been checking this fic out and putting it on their "read later" lists. It looks like that you all have headed my warning well and delayed reading until my first release of the rewrite.

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Hey everyone! I'm so sorry for the lack of activity recently. It may seem like not much has been going on, but I've been working hard on this rewrite of A Trusted Friend. So, I offer a bit of an explanation of my progress. After a writing a few early chapters, then loosing my sense of direction, I've decided to hit the outline again, and now I'm detailing it as thoroughly as I can. So for the past few weeks, I have been pouring as much energy as I can spare into developing a fully

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Hey everyone. Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and all the usual winter-related tidings.

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So, before I begin, I'm happy to announce that I have finally accumulated 100 followers! Woo!

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Hello, loyal test subjects readers and followers. I write this post because I have something very important that I need to ask of you.

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I'm gonna make this brief. You may have noticed the dislike count of A Trusted Friend in Science and Ponies spike by 7 votes since the posting of my last chapter, and probably for good reason. Anyway, you all know the criticisms and shortcomings of my story by now. But in all fairness, this is my first (and only) fic, and this has been a true learning experience for me. So, after many months of unsuccessful attempts at finding a good, committed proofreader, I finally found one. He is

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Yesterday, on my way home from work (the number one factor in slowing down my progress), I was listening to a popular brony song and thought: ya' know? This kinda sounds like something that could be adapted to be Portal related, like it sounds like something Harry101UK would do. And I thought, OMG, it would be so awesome if I make a version with new lyrics and put it later in the story after the new Aperture Science has been established. And the tone fits quite well with the dark nature of the

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Well, if any of you remember, I resubmitted my fic to Equestria Daily… a whole two months ago. The good news: They actually responded this time! The bad news, they rejected it. I understand they have quality control, so I'm not really shocked. Disappointed, yes, but surprised, no. The really bad news, they didn't give me a reason, so I don't really know what I need to improve. Ughhh… Well, it's not like I need to be featured on EQD. I already enjoyed a good amount of time at the top of

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Well, I was really hoping that I could release chapters 19 and 20 by now, but I regret to inform that they just aren't ready yet for release. I am happy to say that they are complete, but undergoing revision. In perspective though, these chapters combined are about 20,000 words, which, if you think about it, is half the length of the original story. So, the length of time since my last chapter post is proportional to the word count. Spewing out words is easy. It's going back,

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To all my loyal followers,

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So, I just tried resubmitting today. I was very hesitant after not even getting a reply last time, which was in June. At least this time, I got an automated confirmation email! Which I didn't even get last time.

How appropriate, that after submitting, the page says: "Thank you for helping us help you help us all."

Hmm… Yes… Why does that sound so familiar?

Well, I hope I get featured this time.

I have finally posted the revisions to A Trusted Friend in Science and Ponies onto FIMFiction. I apologize that it took longer than I thought after my blog post a week ago, but I made sure to reread these chapters beforehand. And I'm glad I did, because I found a lot of mistakes left over from the revisions and awkward wording. I owe it to you guys to dedicate everything I am to this story. This revision was a large undertaking, so I wanted to be sure that I did it right. So, please

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