I don't think my confidence has ever been quite this shot before—not even when I deleted those affronts to literature I called stories. After writing for eight years, you'd think I'd be better at this, but apparently I'm just literature-impaired. I used to love writing, but the past couple of weeks all it has served to do is grind me to dust. I simply cannot grasp what it is that makes a story good. It is clearly beyond my comprehension. I think it may be time to admit to my obvious

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Well, after spilling some water on my laptop, several keys stopped working. I put it in the shop. Only time will tell if the damage is terminal. I sure hope it can be fixed. In the meantime I'm writing on my tablet, so I'm still making progress. The downside is that I can't really edit or post stories on this dumb thing. So, even though I finished a new one-shot, there's no telling when I'll be able to actually post it.

Update: It's fixed! And no serious damage!

I have about half a story written. It's just a silly little thing I've been working on when the mood strikes. It's my first foray into the dreaded H.i.E. genre. I'll consider it a success if it stays out of the red.

Check it out, if that's your sort of thing.

What Happened Last Night!?

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First off, I've written more in the past couple of weeks than I have in the past couple of months. I've effectively shaken off my funk and I'm churning out horse words again. However, there are a couple of stories I'm putting on hiatus. First is The Griffon Coup. If you even remember this story, I'd be surprised. It's not that I'm abandoning this story--I'm roughly halfway through the next chapter--but I've been stuck on this chapter for freaking forever. It'll simmer on the back burner

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Well, it's that time of the year again. Time when I have to do stupid, useless things like further my knowledge and read lots of non-fiction. My finals week starts Monday, though my studying starts now. Hopefully, I'll be able to get back on track with my stories after next week. I should have a whole week or two off before summer classes and internships steal my time away again. Huzzah!

So, I finally shook my writer's block on this story. Truth be told I was stuck on the same stupid chapter forever. In the end I just forced my way through it. It's not very good, nor is it very long, but, with it out of the way, I'm already well into the following chapter.

I'll start posting new chapters again after I go back and edit all the already-posted chapters. With any luck I'll be able to post at least a chapter a week until it is complete.

Happy Easter everypony!

And that pseudo holiday that happens to be today, too.

So, I enjoyed writing a date between Trixie and Fluttershy enough that I decided to start writing another story starring them. I was hoping for some feedback since I've just started drafting it.

I was thinking of making it a bit more serious than the comedic date shown in The S.H.I.P.P.I.N.G. Machine. I'm thinking of making it star Trixie moving to Ponyville...as Princess Twilight's personal student!

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That is all.

What were you expecting, a prank?

I went ahead and did another chapter to The S.H.I.P.P.I.N.G. Machine, focusing on the events of Fluttershy's date. It was really fun writing a random ship like that. However, I've bumped up the story from {Everyone} to {Teen} just to be on the safe side. I'm not sure if it's warranted or not, but I didn't want to take any chances.

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