This is an excerpt from an upcoming Royals-verse story. It's a WIP, it's not quite polished in places, and you might be wondering why I'd post it here. The answer is simple: I wrote it, I gave it a few days, and then when I reread it I liked it.

Figured that might be worth sharing.

The sun was doing the best job it could, glaring down through a bright, clear sky. Fall wasn't the perfect season for a picnic, but it certainly wasn't the worst.

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One of the things I didn't like about Rum Punch was how I handled Silver Spoon. I didn't want to fall into the trap of making her The Good One, so I didn't do a lot to make her sympathetic. I didn't want to fall into the trap of making her too easy to be around, so I didn't do much to make her dialogue sparkle.

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Apparently Ein went off and wrote something without seeking my editing help. Now everyone will know how shit I am at editing!

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Hi, everybody who liked Rum Punch!

So one of my writerly friendpersons on the site got their Royals on, and I figured you all might wanna know.

Guy Incognito posted the first chapter of Colts.

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So Ein and I have had a few people asking about writing Royals-verse stuff. Here's the deal.

You can write stuff set in the Royals-verse without asking. (It'd be polite if you did, but you don't really gotta.) This means you're not officially approved, but you have complete freedom in terms of what you do with the characters. Wanna write the next Cupcakes or Rainbow Factory or (as if) Sacred Sonatina? You want this option.

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So, I'm at 199 watchers. (And yes, this will be the last post I make in this 'series', ha ha.) I'm not trying to sound egotistical, but I think the 200th is going to happen within the next 24hrs, since Rum Punch is still seeing some traffic.

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So, um, whoa. Rum Punch is at slot four and floating down, but I'd fully expected the run to end by, like, a few hours after it happened. Certainly didn't think I'd get to Monday.

It's a pleasant surprise but it is a little overwhelming.

I really appreciate it, folks. Thank you for the favorites, the upvotes, and the comments. I'll try to catch up with some of the comments later today, when I can.

So Rum Punch spent a good twelve or sixteen hours or something at the top of the feature box.

Seriously, I don't even have words. I'm not sure how it happened, but I really appreciate the favorites and comments, you guys. I know I couldn't handle individual thank-yous at this point, so this blogpost'll have to do.

Somehow Rum Punch is 2nd in the mature box and 1st in the non-mature box.

It's also, somehow, at 80 favorites in seven hours, on a Saturday.

I'm kind of just stunned now.

UPDATE:

Nowhere! It got up to slot four in the feature box!

Also, it's gotten 59 favorites in about five hours, which I'm pretty sure is faster than my other stuff so far. I am impressed and grateful, I have to say.

Thank you all!

Rum Punch hit the non-mature feature box

Thank you all, and hopefully it can hang around in there a while!

UPDATE: Rum Punch is officially my first featured story!