The last month has been pretty crazy. My dog got a massive bladder infection and I had to spend $2000 on vet bills to get an ultrasound and all the nonsense that goes with that, all to get a prescription for $30 worth of medicine to fix the situation. Been kinda busy with that as well as upcoming holiday planning, etc.

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Hey everyone.

Well, that last chapter took 3 weeks of hard work, mostly design, but nobody has commented on it so I can't tell how anyone feels about the story so far. I'm hoping people can share their thoughts because it helps me to know how the story is being received.

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Greetings, Black Feather fans!

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I've recently finished a scene where Dinky gets to know one of the platoon members. I find Dinky's POV to be fascinating to write, though all the Dinky POV scenes will be brand new content (for you old fans out there) because Dinky wasn't previously written into this part of the story. She's a fun character to see the world through. Innocent and naïve, happily venturing into things that are over her head.

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Alright, it's time for a shift of tone.

I had a pretty long chat with Duvet yesterday, and we decided that chapter eleven really does need a thorough rework from the 2018 version. This is the last of what I'd call my "weak writing". Chapters 12-21 are pretty much perfect, so if I can fix 11, this is going to mean great things for the story.

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This week, my free time for actually writing has been assassinated due to a number of coinciding circumstances, but I'm taking advantage of the sporadic free moments (and discussions with Duvet) to further plan out what's happening with Dinky.

Yeah, Dinky is a real boat-rocker because of her extremely gifted teleportation skills. That doesn't make her a bad character, it just makes her a bit challenging to work into a pre-existing story.

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Well this was an unexpected treat!

Nice to see the story finally make the feature box.

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I spent all day Monday working on this brand new scene for Dinky, since it was a public holiday and I had extra time. Though it was quite a lot of work and I was exhausted afterward.

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I thought I'd take a bit of a different approach to today's blog entry by asking ChatGPT what it thought of various sections of Chapter 8 - The Moon Princess. The AI was surprisingly capable of interpreting the subtext and implications the chapter provides. I was quite impressed. Here are some excerpts for you to enjoy.

Regarding the passage about the tragedy at Luna's school, I asked:

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Hey everybody. First, I'd like to give a bit of an update on story progress. I've finished chapter 9 finally, and I think it's fantastic! Couldn't be happier. It's such a relief to have replaced a significant chunk of the 2018 version with an entirely rewritten chapter, including a fair bit of new and terrifying content that should get people's hearts racing! This will be your second glimpse into what Razor is up to as well as introduce the main problem that Nyx spends most of the story trying

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I'm happy to say that things are still on course, despite quite a lot of changes being made to the story. Duvet and I have been in near-daily communication, talking about ways to improve the story and make it the best it can possibly be. Though one concern we have is that the MLP fandom may have moved on. Meaning fimfiction itself feels like a ghost town lately, compared to what it was like back in 2014. I'm not quite sure the people who remain here are interested in a dramatic and complex

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I just remembered that this was a feature of Fimfiction that can tag the story so that anyone following the story can get updates on how it's going without having to join the Black Feather project group. (Though naturally, you're welcome to join that anyway!

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