Whoops, I missed a week there. But to tell the truth, I didn't miss much. I neither read nor wrote much. There was nothing specific that was occupying me, just life. So it goes. That did leave me bereft of anything to share here. While I am happy to ramble about random opinions and life stuff, that goes on my other blog. This one is just for horsewords and horseword accessories.

Reading

Just two stories this time around.

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Boy, nothing teaches you how short a week is like giving yourself a weekly deadline. Nevermind the that it's mostly about things I'd be doing anyway, reading and writing stories about colorful horses. But it is some work to write it up. Now without further ado, let's get into the reading.

Reading

• TApplejack the Apple-Human’s Applesolutely Wonderful Birthday!

  • Equestria Girls
  • Romance
  • Comedy
  • Slice of Life

  Applejack's friends are acting awfully strange on her birthday. She doesn't know what's up with them, but it probably doesn't have anything to do with her being a muscular amazonian goddess.

  • Sex
  • Sunset Shimmer
  • Adagio Dazzle
  • Applejack (EqG)
  • Rainbow Dash (EqG)
  • Rarity (EqG)

  Rune Soldier Dan · 3.5k words  ·  59  3 · 988 views

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It's back into the regular swing of things this week. Conventions are fun, but they are also exhausting and expensive. Alas.

Reading

I read quite a bit more this week, mostly one shots.

• If I was a Weapon

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No week notes this week. That isn't because I haven't done anything this week, it's just that there was one big central event that took up all my attention. And that was the Everfree Northwest convention. It was a good time. Talking to people on Discord is great but there's no replacement for being in a room full of pony people. Seeing the Mane Six trotting across people's shirts, plushies of every size from that of a beanie baby to a second grader, random outbursts of singing. The magic of

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I restarted these weeknotes blogs on the premise that it motivate me to work more consistently. Well... You know, I hope that anyone around here has learned a thing or two about the value of honesty. So I'll be honest: I really haven't done much this week. Look, some weeks are just like that. So I'm not going to waste time beating myself up over it. I don't want to write that and you don't want to read it. Let's just get into what has been going on.

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I haven't done these week notes in a long time. But I do like doing them. It's a way of journaling what I'm working on, and it's also nice for accountability. I take a long time to finish stories. But much of that time is not spent actually working on the stories, I find that a lot of the time is spent simply thinking about working on the stories, thinking that I'm almost done, but with nothing actually done. My hope is that reporting on what I've been up to will help me buckle down and do the

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Well I've had a productive year so far. Yes, two stories totaling 2k words counts as productive for my standards. We all have to take what we can get. The important thing is that I have enjoyed what I have written, particularly the poetry. I had never thought much about writing poetry before so that project felt like it opened a door. I want to write more poetry. I have ideas for more pony poetry. I don't have any idea of how long that will take. First drafts of some of the poems in I'd Like To

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I like to peek at the stats pages on my stories from time to time, especially at the referrals section. It's interesting to see where people are coming from.

There's some funny things in there sometimes. For example, when I published my latest story I shared it on my Bluesky and Mastodon accounts. I don't have a large following, so it was not surprising that I didn't actually get any views that way.

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Hooray! There's nothing like that wonderful feeling of getting a new story out. Although the latest one isn't a story as such, but a bundle of poetry. Poetry as written by Fluttershy. This has been a fun little project. I had never done much with poetry either reading or writing, so it's been nice to stretch those muscles. And it does feel like mental stretching, trying to find words that not only convey the meaning I wants but also fit into a rhyme and line.

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Hello, I noticed it has been a few months since my last blog post so this is mostly just to say I’m still around. There was a time on this site when a gap of only a couple of months wouldn’t be anything to bat an eye at, when you could assume safely that a person was coming back. But in this era, you can’t quite take that for granted. Alas.

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