Overall, I am beyond impressed. Stinium_Ruide (can I call you Stinium for short? Or SR?) just but a heck of a lot of preparation and focused thought into his Review, and I just have to say…

Wow! I am honored that you gave it so much time and effort, so I need to give you a humble thanks. Thank you so much!

So I have a few things I want to mention in my reply. In order, I want to mention the following:

• A few peculiarities about the story’s origin
• Who I am as a writer 

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Heh. Thanks for all of the votes. To those who voted yes: Thanks for your confidence and enthusiasm.
To those who voted no: Thanks for your honesty, realism, and patience.

Now that Seriff has given it the once over, I can't just hit publish at the moment. I need to go through his suggestions---once done, I'll send it up live.

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Hello readers,

I have a question for y'all, which of course was stated in the title of this blog, which is why you clicked and are reading this sentence.

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Greetings readers and friends.

Believe it or not, Chapter 17 is already ready... well, almost. Need a pre-reader or three.

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Once again, Seriff Pilcrow proved to be a gentleman, and a scholar.

...No, seriously, He's a great dude. The guy's going through the grind that is medical school, and when a class cancels on his schedule he generously takes some of his free time to finish editing through The Amulet of Shades' next chapter.

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My Pre-reader prime/editor-in-chief (not that he want me to call him my editor, but in reality, he is the closest thing I have to one...)

...Anyway, that guy is trying to keep his head above water in med-school. I empathize, and so am entirely patient with his situation of trying to learn gobs and gobs of material while some hack fanfiction wannabe writer (ahem, that's me) waits on pins and needles for him to go through it for a quality pass.

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Now, for my pre-reading group.

That timing might hinge on a friend of mine's getting his combed through first (he got it out there before I did). If we are all fast, this should hit next weekend. If it takes longer (it might, depends on others) it may take a little longer. Just know that it is done and just has to be quality checked before release. In the meantime, have a comic.

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Well. I've been sitting on this already written-but-as-yet-not-polished chapter for a while now. Every intention of getting to it, but life has had other ideas 'n' stuff. Still plan on finishing the darn thing... Hope to accelerate. Tillie-TMB is gonna graduate HS this year, and I've gotta crank this out before she takes off.

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Chapter art memed, courtesy of Seriff Pilcrow.

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What is Glim so embarrassed about? Why does Spike look unimpressed?

And yes, that's our lovely Maud Pie in the foreground there. Why does The Amulet of Shades suddenly wander into Maud's Grotto? What's with Starlight's toothy grin? And what do you mean, Sparks?

WHAT LOVE TRIANGLE?!

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Howdy folks

So, with my Chapter 14 draft complete and my pre-reader Seriff Pilcrow having gone through it (no worries, Javrod and LuckyShadowWolf, I'll still let you take a crack at this before I publish), he made an important observation:

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Hey folks.

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Now for revisions.

Have you ever started writing, and just gained momentum as you went? For me, it was the fact that the first scene was just awful. The second a little better, and so on. So that means I have the most to touch up on the first, right? Right?

Well, first scene is touched up now. I think the chapter has 12 scenes or something. The story will jump to the mane six for a while, plus Spike and GlimGlam... and... Maud?!

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So many of us have had our lives changed/affected/restricted in this pandemic.

For me, I count myself fortunate to be employed.

I also count myself exhausted for the intensity of having to work and do more with less personnel, due to the company having put folks on furlough. We are grinding like crazy to convince corporate to bring them back. I'm sure they want to work, and we want them back...

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Okay, so, I dunno if some of my readers for Amulet of Shades actually caught my Primus reference in Chapter 13... If they did, they sadly didn't comment.

This tragedy must be amended! So... Insta-follow to the first reader that correctly ID's my Primus reference, and I'll make commentary to to a story OF THEIR CHOOSING. Because I don't the-hell know how else to reward you folk.

I mean, srsly... the greats of my generation must not be ignored!

...kek.

Also, Comic below.

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