That's right, another new story from Chris. This time, a tragedy about pre-Nightmare Moon Luna, and my entry in Augie's Luna fanfic contest. It should go up before too long, since I've now submitted it for approval, but as a special Chris-follower perk I'm giving you all the link right now. That's right, you can read this story minutes, even hours, before anyone else!

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Earlier today, Present Perfect wrote a glowing review of my fanfic, Going Up. That's not why I'm making this blog post (though, if you aren't already following PP for his fic recs, you should consider doing so. He's a great source of reading material and his reviews are enjoyable to read in their own right, I've found).

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It occurred to me, this morning, that many of you who favorited To Make a Spark probably don't follow my fanfic review blog, One Man's Pony Ramblings. So, since I just posted a big chunk of background about that story, I figured I should cross-post it here (or, you can read it on my blog

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I have a new story out, which went up on Equestria Daily while I was at work and has just been published here. To Make a Spark is my take on how Cadence became an alicorn, and I can honestly say that it represents the most time I've spent on a single story, ever. Considering the whole thing is under 5000 words, that's saying something.

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It's all there in the title, really: a gentleman calling himself WidowPeak contacted me a few weeks ago, to ask about translating and posting a Spanish version of my fanfic, Going Up. To me, that's an incredible compliment; translating is hard work to begin with, doubly so in a non-technical field like fiction, and triply so when the story in question has a lot of wordplay or phrasiological humor, which can't necessarily just be

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I'm at a banging-my-head-against-the-wall spot with the fanfic I'm working on right now; a not-uncommon place for me to be with my writing, truth be told. So, as a bit of respite, I figured I'd give this a try (shamelessly borrowed from John Perry, who shamelessly borrowed it from who-knows-where himself):

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I don't use this blog very often, mostly because I've got that other blog where I can post most things not directly relating to my stories on FIMFic. But I've got something tonight that this seems like an appropriate forum to talk about.

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As you've probably already heard, a whole lot of people who attended Las Pegasus were subjected to some financial hardships as a result of... well, there's different accounts as to who's at fault, but the important thing is that there are a lot of pony fans out there who could use a little help right now. As you may also know, LPU has set up a charity auction where folks can donate goods or services to be bid on, with the proceeds going to relief

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You remember how, not too long ago, Hero 541 did a reading of my story, Going Up?

Well, apparently people like reading my story aloud, because now there's another.

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Fanfic reader Hero541 has just released a reading of my latest story, Going Up, on Youtube. I know a number of people have talked about the read-aloud value of that story, so if you were waiting for an audio version, here it is! Although he doesn't have a British accent (which, to judge from some of the comments I received on the story, is important to some people), I thought Hero did a very nice job capturing the "just-so" tone of the

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