So... I just got got a nifty new picture from my good friend Rameslack. I am rather fond of his work, and asked him if he could draw me up coverart for An Emerald Treasure. So here it is:

And here's a Link to the page: Link

Rame, you have my heartfelt thanks. I love it,

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Alright, I'll be the first to admit that I end up procrastinating too much, with having spent three weeks since I started the new chapter (only 2 actual days of which I did write) and ending up with just over 3K words, I'm kind of annoyed with myself. So I have decided to curb this habit of mine. So in an attempt to bring a bit of structure and reinforce my growth as a writer, I have decided to write at least 500 words a day, (which is entirely possible; heck, I did NaNoWriMo last November, so

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Well, it happened. For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils takes first place on my list of favourite episodes. I looked over my list and updated it.

1: For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils
2: Wonderbolts Academy
3: Sisterhooves Social
4: Twilight Time
5: Sleepless in Ponyville

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Okay, so someone wrote a post on a forum espousing that we should get rid of the down-voting on fics on this site. I can see where the fellow is coming from, but in the end I couldn't agree. So I typed up a response that got me thinking, and now I've decided to share my thoughts with you, and I wouldn't mind hearing how much attention you pay to the system.

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Chapter 3 of Fallen Leaves shall be out soon. Tomorrow, or the day after at the latest. It was a bit of a struggle, I had to step away from it for a while, then rewrite about half of the chapter before I was satisfied with it.

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Man, that new episode! I had to make a small, excited, not-in-depth blog about it. I was grinning so widely during that first scene of the episode. I loved it! It's now my second favourite episode of the series (perhaps unfairly so, because while it was certainly a solid episode, I'd hardly claim it was functionally as fantastic as a few others. But I do have a heavy bias in favour of this episode, just for a certain part of the premise, and I readily acknowledge it. I mean, that bias should be

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I've now set up my reviewing pretty solidly in my new group, The Canterlot Archives. Feel free to join it if you haven't already. (It's a group dedicated to finding fics that are worthy of our heartfelt recommendations. We give feedback on all the fics, submitted, regardless of whether they get our (subjectively) high standards or not. Just make sure to check out the rules before you add any stories.) When I write a review

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Hiya everyone. I've just spent the last little while putting together a group called The Canterlot Archives. The group has this objective:

The purpose of this group is to find fictions that make us as readers amazed or in some way astounded by literary works and to give a reason as to why they do so. In the event that a work does not do so, we'll talk about why they did not make the cut.

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A slice-of-life story about Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara... I decided to take a look at this one a little while back, then I tossed it on my favourites list, where it sat for a while (the second chapter was kind of long, so I waited until I had time today to actually get around to reading it). And heck, am I glad that I decided to finish it.

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This is the sort of thing that brought me to writing on the site in the first place. (Though that contest likely had some sort of reward for winning... I honestly can't remember what it was though). Of course, if I wanted to make money, I wouldn't be writing... so the appeal of a contest, to me, is not the reward, but the act of writing and getting feedback, and being social with others through the act of writing. Care to join me in this contest?

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