So, Bad Pun has become a little overloaded with editing things, as everypony he edit's for finished things around the exact same time. He's been taking it slow and hasn't yet got a chance to go over Merchants of Hope 17, so I have to report that it may take a bit longer than usual to get the chapter out. In response, I have decided to post Better Days Chapters 4 & 5, due to the fact that I have now finished 6 and that it has been 1 month to the day when my break started. I will release

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I am happy to report that Merchants of Hope 17 has been finished, and will be in Bad Pun's capable hooves when he gets back from work! With it's completion, I would also like to announce some news about the story. I was recently asked about the overall length Merchants of Hope would be by the time it was finished, and that was originally something I had planned to keep to myself. But the more and more I think about it, the more imperative it feels that you all have a right to know. With the

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The march towards Chapter 17 of Merchants of Hope has been slow, but there has been progress! As it sits at the moment, I'm at just over 3k in length and liking how it sounds, so there is little chance of me just erasing what I've got and starting over... again... for the fourth time. The words haven't been coming as quickly as I'd hoped, but that's partly due to not having written for a while, and partly due to the fact I need to keep the mood correct after the events of chapter 16.

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So, I made it all of 21 days before I started writing again. I was so close to making it, but then I accidentally thought of the perfect way to write Chapter 4 of Better Days! Then when Sawyer was going over it I thought of the perfect way to write Chapter 5... so, there was that as well. Yeah, I'd say I have a problem, but you all and I both know I'm not going to do anything to change it. Anyway, I'm going to hold off on posting them just yet, as I will be starting work on Merchants of

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My buddy has slowly been watching ponies, and today he happened to be watching the cutie pox episode. Now, it's nothing new to others, and supported by the fact Bullets, Tanks, and War are mentioned in other episodes, but I noticed something peculiar from this episode.

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Saw this randomly today and thought it is strangely accurate to chapter 14 of Merchants of Hope...

Anyway... that is all.

So!

The fabled day has finally arrived. Both Merchants of Hope chapter 16 and Better Days chapter 3 have been released, and I am official on a month long vacation from writing! (we'll see how long that REALLY lasts...) But I am hoping the reprieve can help me get some of my creative drive back and finally give me the time to go through the stories on my 'need to read' list. The next blog post I put up will be when I return to writing, so keep an eye on your feed boxes!

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So, the writing of MoH Chapter 16 has been finished for about a day and Bad Pun has his hooves on it! I also completed Chapter 3 of Better Days and hope to put it out within the next few days alongside the MoH update. After those two go up, as I have stated before I will be taking a month long break. (At least I HOPE I can stave off writing for that long!) I will be using that time to read up on several fic's I have been meaning to get to as well as doing some gaming.

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Bad Pun busted his flank off to get Merchants of Hope chapter 15 done and hoofed it over to me before passing out. As per normal, it's a couple of days break before I get working on 16, but once I do, you can expect a blog posting about the progress like normal. The past few months have been a blur, and getting up to 15 has been one hell of a challenge, but I wanted to take a moment to say thanks again. I'm writing this not only for myself, but for everypony who reads it. As long as one of

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SO! I'd first of like to say that Chapter 2 of Better Days is finally up! It was pointed out to me that some things may seem confusing in the story, but don't fear! If it was something I wanted you to know yet, I would have put it in. Some explanations for things are coming next chapter, so stay tuned!

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