I figured I may as well provide an update for the tens of you possibly waiting for some news. I am certain you have all been waiting with bated breath.

Hope the holidays have been good for you lot. Naturally, working in healthcare means winter months tend to be butts because that's when things like influenza like to run rampant. Plus this new thing called COVID that people have been talking about. You've probably heard of it.

Anyways, onto business.

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I'm sure there's more than a few people who lament, maybe even curse, that I pretty much stopped regular writing and updates of my flagship project. I wouldn't really blame anybody for those kind of sentiments - anger, abandonment, resentment, disappointment, and so on. I know there's also plenty of people who will quickly counter with the claim that nobody owes readers completed stories and one should be happy for what has been made, even if unfinished. And there's plenty of opinions between

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With any luck, I think I can have the latest chapter ready within the next week.

Just figured I'd let people know in advance so it's not too sudden of a surprise to realize that I still exist.

And no, I don't have any real excuse for why it's taken me this long to get back to working on this. If there was a box for bad authors to sit in, I would be there right now.

Hey there people who might actually still care about this one author.

Guess it's been a real long time since you guys have heard a peep outta me, and it's probably high time I say something. Now don't worry, this isn't the much dreaded 'after careful deliberation, I've decided to retire from writing' sort of post. Things haven't gotten that bad. Yet.

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Okay, so I imagine some of you are probably wondering, 'Comrade Commissar, what the buy some apples is taking so long?'

In brief, a lot of things are happening at the same time, so I'm probably going to be silent for a while as all the issues are addressed. Among these are:

1. Work in general just being busy. There are days where life in the hospital just leaves me too drained to write anything.

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Read ma new thing!

Except for you, Csquared.

I just invented a machine that will transcribe my thoughts into an electronic format.

Wait, what do you mean those have already been invented?

Nevermind then.

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As I mentioned in my previous blog entry, I've been planning some new projects to diversify my portfolio, as well as provide some much needed novelty after having written quite a bit of Sunset Shimmer's G-rated adventures. The new story will follow the Shadowbolts of Crystal Prep Academy, as I find them to be an enjoyable lot with plenty of potential in their characters, as well as allowing for a more mature tone to the story.

It'll feel nice to take the shackles off for a little while.

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Hey, it's 2017! Man, that 2016 sure went by a hurry, didn't it? Hope everyone enjoyed their New Years celebration; I spent it with a mix of friends and family, which is really all a man can ask for.

Got a new chapter up, as most of you would already know. Vacation has left me a fair amount of time to write so I've been making decent progress.

So what's in store for the new year, at least in terms of writing?

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Saves me from having to do anything actually meaningful for you guys.

I wrote a new thing. I tried to be funny for this thing. Hopefully my thing will make a few of you giggle.

If it does well, I might think about doing more things along this branch of thingies.

Okay, technically it's been two years and a month, but it's close enough and I'm never on schedule anyways.

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Guess what folks, I wrote a thing.

It has Sunset Shimmer and smooching.

If that appeals to you, you should check it out.

As no doubt many of you are aware, Equestria Girls 4: The Legend of Everfree was aired early down in Brazil, leading to copies of the English airing to pop up on video sites. For no in particular reason, I figured I may as well give voice to my thoughts about the film. If you haven't seen it yet, then I suggest you either go find it (check Youtube or Reddit, it shouldn't be too hard) or just ignore this until the movie's released for the rest of the world on October 1st.

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Needless to say, spoiler warnings all ye who continue to read.

Anyways, I'm not one for long-winded reviews. I enjoyed watching Friendship Games. I feel it was certainly stronger than the first movie, but it felt a bit weaker than the second. I think a stronger villain could've helped things along, but I may be a bit biased in thinking that Sombra would've made a better principal for Crystal Prep (I still think that's a lame name for school) than Cinch.

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If you haven't seen it, and you are not inclined for getting a sneak peak, you can check out a trailer for the upcoming Equestria Girl movie, here. What are my thoughts, you probably aren't asking because why the hell would care what I think?

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I've been thinking about 'A New Sun Rises' and whether it might be worthwhile to subject myself to the process of submitting it to Equestria daily. I've heard some horror stories, heard others mention that it's not really worth it, or that it's only suited for particular types of stories. At the same time, it might help expand my readership.

I dunno.

Anybody with experience that might be able to toss some pointers?

Also, next chapter will probably be up by the weekend.

For reasons that I will not speak of, my editor and I have had to part ways. While I will miss working with him and wish him the best, this does still leave me in the position of requiring a new editor/pre-reader for this project.

In the meantime, I will have to just double-down on my self-editing efforts and rely on post-publishing edits to cover my failings.

Because you will never find an answer faster than by posting something wrong on the internet.