"Hey, that was a weird ass post yesterday. Does that mean there's a story update coming?"

No, I just thought it would be funny in the moment.

"Will there be?"

I don't know. I really do want to. But it's like... I don't really know where I left off anymore. It's been years, and I generally know where I want to go, but I don't know how to get there. That was my biggest problem with writing. Just getting the words down.

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[Redacted.]

I got a laptop - now I'm writing at work. Chapter is making progress again. Hopefully will have something some time between tomorrow and October 10th, 2023.

See y'all.

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I bet you thought I was dead.

So, yeah. That happened. I got really stuck on Chapter 10 after I released 9, and then school was an absolute nightmare. Turns out, not living on campus just makes it really hard to be successful your first year of college unless you're ready to work twice as hard. Or maybe not, and I just suck. But I need friends at school to be successful, and I had none because I didn't live on campus.

But this isn't a therapy appointment.

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All troops stand fast on present positions. The German Army has surrendered.

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You know what sucks?

When you've gone a month when you realize you haven't even thought about something that used to be your pride and joy project.

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The rewrites have been released!

Yes, the fables were true! The Rewrites foretold by tales of old have come to fruition. That which was thought to be but a myth for generations has finally come true.

In all seriousness, I DO apologize for getting this out. It was a combination of factors that I won't get into, but here y'all go. Let me know what you think. The link to the original versions of this story will be in the description of the story as well as the bottom of this very post.

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Hey. It's me again.

Uhhhhhhhh...

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Greetings from my college's library.

Textbook Soldier's rewrites will be released here soon along with Chapter 10! One editor is finished with the rewrites, but I'm still waiting on the others to finish up. When they go out, I'll try and post a recap blog post of what's new and what's been removed. Maybe I'll format it like patch notes to entertain myself until I get to the part where I have to format it like patch notes. That's where it gets you.

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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic ended today.

Neat.

I'll still be here.

Toodles,
Backslasherton.

Well, here we are.

I started doing these just because I was bored, and now I continue them because I hate when I find a story I want to read that it hasn't been updated in a while and I check the author's blog and they haven't posted in four years but it says "Last Online: 3 hours ago."

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Thank you all for your help! Holy is okay and in professional care. I will refrain from speaking more on the matter and let those better informed take over.

Thank you all. And to all you out there,

People do care.

FIMFiction user Holy posted a long and lengthy suicide note.

If you know anything about him in real life, join this server to help:

https://discord.gg/vSRcxan

Share the info out. As of now, three local police departments in his area are searching for him, but that doesn't mean stop trying.

Update on Textbook Soldier's rewrite! We're about halfway through the story, and things are going good. I like the way things are now better than before, but that's just me. Some of you may hate it. Here's what I'm cutting out (the big things so far).
- Shifting all the POV away from James for reasons
- Giving more realistic and genuine reactions from all involved
- Cutting out the random freakout breakdown from Chapter 5 where everyone thinks they're from a book

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Yes, the dreaded words are here. No, not "New Blog Post from Backslasherton" I mean "Story Hiatus". No, I'm not not writing, I'm just not writing new stuff (temporarily). I've been rereading Textbook Soldier to try and remember everything, and I felt the entire time that there was no sense of coherency. Like, nothing really felt connected and planned. What was worse, still, is that I started a lot of subplots that I forgot about or that were irrelevant to the story. And then...

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I was looking at the analytics for Textbook soldier, and I noticed that this chapter brought with it a much higher spike in views just after publishing. Chapters 7 and 8 had 437 and 433, respectively, on the day of their publishing, and Textbook soldier, not even halfway through the day, has 581 views so far. I'm 100% sure it's because of PillowRabbit's amazing cover art!

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It's done, but it needs editing. Look for it coming soon.

Also, if you're interested in doing a bit of pre-reading (whether it be just for this chapter or the whole story from here on) send me a message!

See you all soon!

Also, I just realized I sent this exactly one month after my last one. Jesus, this writer's block was terrible.

We've got new cover art for Textbook Soldier! All the thanks and praise to PillowRabbit and their amazing skills that brought you this art! The terrible attempt at graphic design to put the text over it is the work of yours truly. I'm sticking to writing from now on.

Cover Art:

Let me know what y'all think!

If you need a little bit of inspiration, check this video out:

It reminded me of why I do this. Not for the feature box, but because you all enjoy what I do. So from me, I want to thank all of you for supporting me and my writing. It's not the greatest work of literature by far, but I appreciate your support nonetheless.

See you all soon,
Backslasherton.