Here's a piece of fan art that made me giggle and be all tickled and amused when my friend Mbala gave it to me. I've posted it on Chapter 12 of The Pony Who Lived Upstairs, which is about where I was in the novel when he created it. Derpy's mane and tail are actually a pale yellow in the original. As background--I used to play Derpy as a wizard character on a pony roleplaying venue called EquestriaMUCK.

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Hey folks! Here's a song parody I've been bopping around in my mind for quite a while.

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Peach Spark's Song
(To "The Joker" by the Steve Miller Band)

Some call me Alexis de Ponyville
Some call me the Blogger of Mirth
Some people call me Peach Spark
'Cause I blog of the oddities of Earth

People joke about New Jersey
Say it's doin' me wrong, doin' me wrong
Well don't you worry humans, don't worry
'Cause your world is where I belong

'Cause I'm a writer

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I'm delighted to report that The Pony Who Lived Upstairs has been reviewed and featured by the Royal Canterlot Library, a band of avid pony writers and readers who enjoy collecting and spotlighting quality stories. Their erudite description made me laugh with joy! As it happens, the curator who nominated my novel (AugieDog) was the

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Oh--and I want to let all my followers here know that I've finally finished the Undertale novel I'd been working on for about a year! 😱😁 It's on fanfiction.net and An Archive of Our Own, and it's called Alphys and the Queen. 🦎🐐 My username is Ringcaat in both those places as well. I mentioned that I was working on this story when I finished The

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So, as I posted the last several chapters of The Pony Who Lived Upstairs last year, I got a lot of comments from readers saying that they weren't receiving notifications of each new chapter despite following the story. I just now learned why that was. It's because I was publishing, then unpublishing each new chapter in order to make edits. That's because I couldn't find any other way to edit the chapter, since the edits I made in edit mode weren't taking. That's because I had

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For those of you who enjoyed my story "The Pony Who Lived Upstairs"... today is the day it all begins! According to the bonus chapter I posted, today, 11/11/16, is the day Celestia comes to Earth and meets Canadian Governor General David Johnston. She is followed by Cadance, and together they start to issue press releases, write speeches, and plan demonstrations to scientists to prove their authenticity--all against the backdrop of a ticking clock. If the world of Friendship is Magic doesn't

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The Pony Who Lived Upstairs is finished, but its title character is still here, hanging out in my mind, eager for chatter and company! This is your chance to chat with her about whatever you like, just like some of the story's readers did after Chapter 16. Anything you'd like to tell or ask her? Anything you think she might like to talk about? Go ahead and talk to Peach in comments on this post!

Peach says:

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Just now, I finished drafting the last chapter of The Pony Who Lived Upstairs. It's called "Peaches and Sparks" and runs about 11,000 words. Sorry it took so long! I intend to have it revised and posted within 48 hours, because on Saturday morning the sixth season ends, and my story goes from being speculative fantasy to alternate history!

Readers of The Pony Who Lived Upstairs have been waiting too long for the 24th and final chapter of their tale! Why haven't I put it out yet? Well, one reason is the beginning of the school year, which is when I'm busiest... but the real blame has to lie with the fickle nature of a writer. You see, just as I reached the final chapter of my pony story, I was seized with inspiration to develop a concept for a fanfic series in a different fandom. And instead of writing a chapter

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I've just finished a first draft of Chapter 23 of "The Pony Who Lived Upstairs". This chapter will be entitled "Friends" and is not terribly long--about 5,500 words. I should have it up within a couple weeks, ideally next Monday.

Chapter 24 will be the end of the story.

I just finished a draft of the 22nd chapter of The Pony Who Lived Upstairs. This chapter is called "Family" and is not the final chapter. It has poems and is set to be the third longest chapter so far. I'm hoping to post it next Monday.

EDIT: My most prolific pre-reader is busy, so the chapter will not be out Monday. Probably next week!

Hi there, readers of "The Pony Who Lived Upstairs!" I finished a draft of Chapter 21 last night and sent it to my pre-readers. It will be entitled "Crystals".

I've finished the draft of Chapter 20! My prereaders are now on it, and I hope to revise and post it within a week.

What should I call it? Let's see... maybe "Equestria". Or maybe "Quiet Game".

. o O (There are 399 comments on The Pony Who Lived Upstairs! I wonder what #400 will be. It's true that I haven't gotten very far with Chapter 20, but it may be that working to incorporate whatever phrase the 400th poster tells me to use in the upcoming chapter will be just the kick I need...)

Hey folks! I finished the draft of Chapter 19 last week and took it to a prereader's farm home for a live reading. I'm cleaning it up and planning to post it on MLK Day. This chapter's called "The Last Day".

It took me way too long. But the draft of Chapter 18 is in the hands of my prereaders! I hope to post it on Monday.

It's not too long--just 5500 words. And it's called "Grafted".

I originally wrote Chapter 3 of "The Pony Who Lived Upstairs" ("Sanitization") in the present tense, which is weird, given that the rest of the story is in past tense. It just felt like it was calling out to be written that way, so I did. I even toyed with writing every third chapter in some weird way, but that never came to pass. So I eventually realized I'd have to go back and fix it. Well, I finally did! It's in past tense now, and I made some other minor changes while revising. The

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Just yesterday, I finally finished drafting the seventeenth chapter of The Pony Who Lived Upstairs. At over 10,000 words, it's a long one! It's called "The Millennium." I'm about to send it to my pre-readers and hope to have it up sometime next week.

If you're reading my current story, "The Pony Who Lived Upstairs", I recommend that you check its comment thread. Peach herself is ready to take your questions and comments! She thinks the comment section for the story about her is actually the comment section of her blog, PeachOnEarth. Don't disappoint her!

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I've just finished drafting Chapter 16 of The Pony Who Lived Upstairs. I'll try to show it to my pre-readers soon, revise it over the weekend, and post it next week. It's a lot shorter than the last chapter.

This one is called "Songs".