I've been sitting on this decision for a while, as when I first started writing Change the Heart, I didn't want to give everything away from the start, but as time has gone on and I've learned more about what the author owes to the audience, I've decided to update the warnings for the story at long last.
I'm still learning what needs to be in the story to fully count towards requiring the warning, but there's also no point in keeping a lot of this close to the chest anymore.

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Hey folks! It's been a few months since the last blog post about the story and I figured it was time to give some updates on where things are and how everything is going. Firstly, school has started up again so I'll be working on the story only in my spare time, especially since I struggled last semester where I was... working on the story during class instead of taking notes (kids, pay attention in class in the best way you can).

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So you might have noticed that the chapter came out sooner than advertised. Today was incredibly rough and frustrating for me and I needed something to call a win, so I decided to release it early. You also might have noticed some changes to the tags for the story. I'm still learning what tags may or may not apply to the story, but right now I don't think Mystery fits the story anymore, especially after looking at what the site defines as Mystery, I don't know what else might need to be changed

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Hey folks, so while I originally had chapter 15 planned to be released on Halloween, I realized that Halloween is actually on a Tuesday and not closer to the end of the week. The chapter will come out Saturday, October 28th instead. I plan to remember to be on and put it up around noon EST, but it could be up earlier or later in the day because I'm pretty sure I can't schedule posts on here. I've already got work started on the next few chapters, but as I think I've mentioned already (or have

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So I'm happy to let everyone know that chapter 15 is finished, and I'll be getting started on chapter 16 soon. I just finished the first draft of 15 and went through a quick spelling and grammar check. As I no longer have an editor, I'll be going through it again in the following weeks to see if it needs any further tweaks. Right now, the plan is to publish the chapter on Halloween, but that's always subject to change (either because Halloween came and went and I forgot to get on here to

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Hello hello everyone! Chapter 15 is steadily coming along when I'm able to find time between the classes I'm currently taking and my job. As of right now, the first draft is 7 pages long in Docs, and I'm deviating a bit from the outline for the chapter itself. The way the outline had everything out, especially now that I'm looking harder at the outline as a whole for the story, the answer really just comes to everyone out of nowhere and essentially made the trip to Astrum pointless apart from

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There are a few key points I'd like to make about the latest chapter, and the story as a whole. 1st, Change the Heart was started and fully outlined back in 2012, long before we ever got to see where the changelings were located in the show. At the point where I'd officially started to work on the story as more than just a handful of chapters about a silly pegasus OC, Season 3 had nearly wrapped up and the news of Princess Twilight Sparkle had only just begun circulating with many folks

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Hello everyone that still checks in over on my stuff. It's been quite some time. Not as long between posts as I usually take, but still I'm sorry that it's taken so long to get around to letting you all know where we currently stand with Change the Heart. You've been waiting on chapter 14 to come out for five years now and I'm sorry for the delay with it all. There have been so many times that I've almost just marked this whole thing as cancelled and given up, but I have such an amazing idea of

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This isn't all the work I've gotten done, but one thing that has been hindering progress has been trying to decide which version of this chapter to go with. Long story short, the chapter involves dreams, some of which feel real enough that they're mistaken for reality. I've been working on two different versions for this chapter because one has the reader somewhat aware of the dream while the other has it gradually revealed. I'm still debating which is better to use, so here's a small preview

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Hey there to everyone that still comes to the page looking for Chapter 14. First off, I want to thank you for still coming even though the last chapter was put out over 3 1/2 years ago. The fact that you keep looking to see if there's an update still tells me that there are people still interested in this story. So, the two questions on everyone's minds: Is the story still coming out or is it cancelled, and where is the next chapter?

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So I've been running myself ragged the past few months trying to retake my pharmacy exam so I can get back into the area at work I used to be in. Not going to be an easy task, but I have a test scheduled for May and I'm a bit more hopeful since I only failed by 15 points the first time around and that was on the hardest possible version of the test I could have gotten. As such, I haven't even had time to crack open the documents with the new chapters, so we're still on a hiatus until I get my

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Between work, family, the holidays, taking a class for my job, and trying to study for a test that I need to pass in order to keep my job, work on Change the Heart has unfortunately been left alone.

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Hey guys, Fates here again with another update on Change the Heart.

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Sorry everyone, it's been a while since I was last on here to provide any sort of update about what's been going on with everything.

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I'm trying to get back into the swing of things and get Change the Heart finished up.

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So I haven't put up an update nor a chapter in quite some time and you all are owed an explanation.
Change the Heart is not cancelled, don't worry, it's still being worked on.

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I think I've finally (after heavy bouts of depression and suicidal thoughts, issues with work that are still unsolved, issues with friends and groups, and general life issues that have been draining me so much that I've only had time to write out a few sentences a week if I was lucky) managed to get through some of this slog and make some headway on Chapter 14. Hopefully this bit works out and I won't need to rewrite any more of it and can actually get down to fleshing out the entire chapter

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So I'm considering doing an ask the author thing later this month regarding Change the Heart, characters and my writing process, as well as other tidbits if people want to know them.
If you've got some questions you'd like answered, put 'em down in the comments below. I'll compile all of them when this goes down and answer them on the Amino app and here.

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So I'm considering doing an ask the author thing in a week or so regarding Change the Heart, characters and my writing process, as well as other tidbits if people want to know them.
If you've got some questions you'd like answered, put 'em down in the comments below. I'll compile all of them when this goes down and answer them on the Amino app and here.

Just another update, I've changed my name here from HeartShield to FatesWind. It was bothering me for a long time that I registered here as my character because I was worried people would assume this was a self-insert story, which was never my intention. At the time this was made I had no other idea in mind about what to register my account as, mostly because things hadn't been fully thought out with the story when I first joined.

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