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Jan
27th
2014

Speculation and Worldbuilding; Earth Pony Spearfighting (with pictures!) · 3:25am Jan 27th, 2014

NOTE; this post contains headcanon, speculation, rambling, and art drawn by me. You’ve been warned.

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Jan
5th
2014

Impressions of S4 (so far) · 11:01am Jan 5th, 2014

The fourth season is a third of the way done, and my reaction to every episode so far has been a resounding "meh".

That's not to say the quality of the writing or animation has declined, but I definitely think the premise has become contrived.

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Dec
29th
2013

Taking a Break from Pony Prose · 9:52pm Dec 29th, 2013

All my unfinished fics are now officially On Hiatus. Will hopefully purge my Read Later list too, but deleting 627 entries is not something I'm looking forward to.

I'll still be around to respond to comments/PMs and such, but I won't be posting new chapters for the foreseeable future.

For the curious, I'm going back to writing original fiction for a bit. Gonna try writing a short story and then submitting it to some Sci-Fi magazines.

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Dec
1st
2013

A Public Promise; No new fics until I finish my current ones · 8:03am Dec 1st, 2013

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Oct
14th
2013

Question, Speculation, and Worldbuilding; Why do so many Pony works use Human weapons? · 9:49am Oct 14th, 2013

I was reading a pony fic the other day, and it revolved around Braeburn and a lever-action rifle. Between the bloated prose and the sheer absurdity of the gun mechanics, I couldn't sit through it.

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Oct
4th
2013

Pony Poetry; "Senescence", Limerick 1, and Haiku 1 · 1:49pm Oct 4th, 2013

I present some of my pony poetry for your perusal. I have also made a FIMfic entry if you don't like reading things in blog posts.

"Senescence" — Sad; 300 words.


Senescence

Sometimes I wonder
About my old blunders
The choices I made
The consequences that stayed
Among others

Sometimes I wonder
Why father kissed me
Why mother dismissed me
Why they both left me
with nothing to say

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Sep
26th
2013

Writing Advice; Long Sentences and Over-description · 1:15am Sep 26th, 2013

I am not an expert on grammar, but lately I have been seeing a particular beginner mistake pop up very often; namely, trying to use a single sentence to describe too many actions and emotions.

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Sep
2nd
2013

Making Art versus Being An Artist—Skills that many fanfiction writers neglect · 11:45pm Sep 2nd, 2013

I don't opine too often, but I've been mulling over a particular issue lately. In the fanfic community I have encountered good writers and bad writers, but I think the bigger problem is that I don't encounter as many good artists.

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Aug
31st
2013

Fic Previews; Living Bad Dreams · 10:41am Aug 31st, 2013

Hey look, another one of these things...

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Aug
4th
2013

Fic Previews; Deterrent · 2:11am Aug 4th, 2013

Continuing my usual project hopping, I've been working on a Slice of Life, all OC story, as well as a semi-sad Luna fic that I'll preview later, as well as my two wacky comedies. The Slice of Life is nearly done, and I expect it to be ~4k words before editing.

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