As I’m sure most of you are aware by now, The Silver Standard finished yesterday last week a week and a half ago (darn you, work-induced procrastination). I originally planned on a longer retrospective of how long it took us to get here, let you in on some old notes, and spell out a couple of theses on characters and the obtuse floriography symbolism that I threw in because it’s my fic and nobody can stop me.

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ok maybe more like 23 hours instead of 24 hours traffic from work was tough work with me here

They just aren't. At all.

Not to say Equestria doesn't have nobility* at all, it's just that they aren't an established Thing. They're not a class. You need an actual population of nobility for that, and as of now, there are only seven of them: the four Princesses, Shining Armor, Flurry Heart, and Blueblood. All (except maybe Flurry) have titles and an official status.

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Except it's like 20,000 more words instead and there's a lot more tea, the spilling* of tea, and construction legislation eleven-year-olds really shouldn't be handling but are anyway for some reason.
Part one drops next week.

Stay frosty, y'all. *fingerguns*

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So.
I've been wondering how to write this blog post for the better part of four weeks. I liked the idea of a longer post working out feelings, or musing about the nature of grief, or sharing an experience with a rejected Simpsons couch gag* that became eerily relevant not twelve hours later. I might still do one of those things, but for now there's no way other way to say it than to say it.

My father passed away last month. To the day, in fact.

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Obligatory Update:
The final draft Chapter Twenty-whatever is a day away from completion and should be live by Tuesday at the latest. I hope you kids like political procedurals, salty, hurt fillies, and Twist lisping all over the place!

OKBORINGPARTOVER I GOT FANART!!! :D :D :D

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Hello, gentle readers!

I know it's been quiet on my end for a while. Finals and my last year of school ate up a lot of time, and on top of that chapter 19 is massive in several senses of the word. Too massive to stuff in one 15k chapter (less for word count, more because all the things happen at once) so I'm pulling a split while I continue working on the typed draft of second half.

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Welp. My laptop's S key has officially bitten the dust.
Kind of a problem when your main character's name is Silver Spoon.

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Okay, first things first: Mr. Filthy Rich.
I think we all need to take a moment and appreciate how Filthy Rich is adorable and a sweetheart and generally the best and I love him.
Like.

Look at this pony, people. :D Look at him.

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First things first: Unless a miracle or a frighteningly unhealthy caffeine high happens, a July update for Silver Standard isn't gonna be a thing. My rough estimate for the upload is the week of August 7th, probably. If it's longer, I'll tell you, but judging from where I stand now, it shouldn't be later than that.

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The rough draft for the second half of Luxury of Failure is too goddamn long and has too many words AHGGHH nearly done and final draft is already a thousand words in. Proposed upload is in two weeks, max.

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Beloved readers, it's been a little while since the last update, hasn't it? Alas, real life is a tangle and annoying. So are colds and sinus headaches, eugh.

The rough draft of the next chapter is close to complete (and would have been finished this weekend had I not gotten sick) with most of the outline for the (likely humongous) following chapter complete as well. Providing nothing weird happens, the final draft process should start by Friday and be close to completion by the tenth.

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Beloved Readers, I have a rule.

I didn't quite realize it until a few weeks ago, but I've been writing by this rule since I seriously picked up writing as a craft somewhere in the neighborhood of 2004. A rule first introduced to me by The Last Unicorn and later fully codified by Princess Mononoke for all characters, but especially for all villains and antagonists. A simple rule by design, if not always in practice.

Reader, I do not write monsters.

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Gentle readers, I know it's been a while, but the new chapter of The Silver Standard is all done and raring to go! It ended up being a much bigger chapter than I originally anticipated, and thus will be uploaded in two parts.
Expect part two by Wednesday, after my editors have had time to look over the rest of it.

So! As my outline stands, we are officially in the middle of The Silver Standard. ...More or less.

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Huh, there seems to be a draft in here. Where's it coming from?

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Chapter six of The Silver Standard is almost done! Just one more scene. And a half.
Right now, it looks like this.

It's actually one of the neatest pages in the draft.

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Because the rough draft took longer than expected and the final draft needs another week to cook, I'm pushing back the upload schedule.

New chapter will be up on the 26th at the latest.