So I'm on a train to Manchester at the moment ready for BUCK and the Celestia ticket-holders' lunch this afternoon. This is my table on the train:

A member of staff has already stopped to ask why I have My Little Ponies on my desk. Today is a good day.

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Dear Princess Luna,

Today I learned that a double-release was literally the worst idea ever.

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In my last blog post, I suggested that today I would be double-posting the next two chapters of Plans Change. As some of the more observant among you may have noticed, only one chapter has been published. What is the meaning of this?

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Today, you might be surprised to note, I'm not writing a letter to any princesses in a blog post. Why? Well, the news I have doesn't really classify as a "writing lesson" and so doesn't really belong in that style; you'll be seeing more posts like this in the upcoming months, I'd imagine.

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Dear Princess Luna,

Today I learned that it's not okay to be late. It's something I've done a lot in my academic life—moving deadlines to suit when I actually feel like working, if only by a few hours, is pretty standard for me. Now I'm setting my own deadlines, I'm beginning to get a sense of how annoying this might be for my tutors.

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Dear Princess Celestia,

I had hoped that I wouldn't have to write this letter. But today, I'm learning that exams are probably more important than fanfiction - and with my first year exams starting in just two days, I probably can't afford to spend the entire day writing chapter five and editing it to the highest possible standard.

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Dear Princess Luna,

Today I learned that there are going to be times in my life when I have a conflict of interests. There will be so many things that I want to do - see friends, play games, get my work done, read a book (to name but a few). I'm not usually very good at dealing with conflict, certainly not internal conflict of this kind. But I think today, I made an important discovery.

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Dear Princess Mi Amore Cadenza,

Seriously, which spelling of your nickname do you actually want us to use?

Yours,
Quill Scratch

P.S. Unless otherwise instructed, I'm sticking with Cadence. It's closer to your actual name.

Dear Princess Luna,

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Dear Princess Celestia,

Today I learned the importance of priorities.

Yesterday I sat some mock exams for my course and, as usual, I hadn't really done any revision. Actually I suspect I'm getting worse at revision as the years go on; revision always used to feel so completely useless that I've simply stopped doing it. I really need to work on that, because yesterday's second exam didn't go so well.

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