Damned near! Thanks to the surge of interest in GAPJaxie's Friendship is Optimal writing contest, I was at last inspired coerced adjured by bell, book and candle to finish the next chapter of Mismatching Wits. All two and a half of my remaining

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Due to hijinx and shenanigans yesterday, the notice may have gotten lost in the kerfuffle, but the next chapter is up, even though I technically had to split it in half. (I really need to learn the art of writing smaller chapters…)

(I’m kidding. I love it.)

Earlier today, I posted a cryptic joke chapter for April Fool’s day, consisting of one letter, in reference to a prior comment.

In doing so, I ran afoul of a board policy that prohibits making low-content chapters, as this may be abused to increase one’s visibility on the front page. The microchapter and its comments got deleted.

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In honor of the upcoming semi-decennial update to Mismatching Wits, I arted again. This image will become part of the story’s current cover art:

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I prematurely posted a draft chapter last week and had to yank it down again because it hadn't cooked enough. I'm finished and it's back up now:

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/132387/4/friendship-is-optimal-mismatching-wits/principia-discordai-part-2

This concludes the April Fools interlude; the story will continue soon on its previous track. Here's another teaser:

“Hey, Pen!” they called out to him from the grass.

“Yes?” he replied, dragging his snout out of his book.

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I have been encouraged to produce more chapters of Mismatching Wits and have been woefully delinquent in doing so. Much of this is due to Real Life stuff (and no, I will not even try to open a Patreon for a fanfic). Even so, there is a large amount of material already written for the story. The question is how to present it.

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I know it's been a very long time, but I do keep returning to work on Mismatching Wits. I can't say when I'll have another chapter ready, but here's a clip:

"LunAI?" said Pen. "I know you don't like to remind us of human concerns, but I really, really want to see the landing site of Apollo 11..."

She smiled. "I do encourage thee to accept thy present state, but I sense how important this is to thee. I shall do it to the best of my ability. Stand close, Pen."

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Thanks to a Linux tool called ddrescue, I succeeded in recovering all my important data from my failed hard drive, including all notes for Mismatching Wits. This is good news. (If anyone is interested in learning how I did it, I can post a blow-by-blow / tutorial in another entry.)

In other respects, life has been kicking me in the ankles and punching me in the heart lately, but it's not all one sided and things are looking up a bit. Thus, the creative process has time to reassert itself.

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