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TikiBat


Tiki Enthusiast, Bat fan, writer

Mar
14th
2021

Some thoughts, some reflections, and some plans for the future · 4:49am Mar 14th, 2021

So here's the deal. I've been focusing a lot on the rewrite of my first story "Do Ponies on Earth have Magic Dreams?" and so far I've really enjoyed how it's turned out. I'm about to hit the point in the story where the event that set the ending in motion take place, and so I decided to poke at the sequel's planning doc just so I could get back into the swing of things. I've gone through and reread the existing story from start to end, and in a move that doesn't really surprise me at all, I

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Dec
25th
2020

The future of Stardust’s Odyssey · 3:36am Dec 25th, 2020

So I’ve been kicking around ideas for the story in the background, and it’s been ranging from giving the whole thing a huge top down refresh, shelving it for now, or something else entirely. I think I’ve decided on the something else entirely route. As was originally planned, the story would have three acts and serve as one long story. Right now my thought it ending it where it’s currently at, giving it a lot of polish and love, and then starting act 2 right where the current story ends, but as

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Dec
20th
2020

I need an opinion · 12:48am Dec 20th, 2020

So, it's obvious that the story's viewership has been falling for a while now and I honestly have no idea how to improve it. I've been trying to advertise it on social media, in servers, in groups, etc, and it never really seems to get any kind of improvement. The story's close to hitting 100,000 words, and still has a long way to go. For reference, based on my rough outline it's maybe a third of the way through, nearing the beginnings of the half way marker. I feel like at this point I'm just

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Dec
2nd
2020

Story Statistics - Vol: 1 · 1:52am Dec 2nd, 2020

I figured I'd start logging the different stats for my story, so here's the current breakdown of each of them. Currently "Do Ponies on Earth have Magic Dreams?" Is my main project and the one I've been trying to get the most feedback on (Which is finally starting to happen, though I'd really really really appreciate more as the story goes on.

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Nov
30th
2020

So... some thoughts. · 8:35pm Nov 30th, 2020

Alright, so it’s no secret that “Do Ponies on Earth Have Magic Dreams?” Is my current passion project and main priority, and as a result one of my other projects, “Stardust” has kind of been pushed onto the back burner. That story was another passion project, but it’s also a vastly different kind of story that’s proven to be a valuable learning experience. It’s also a story that winds up getting put into hiatus often for various reasons, a lot of which stem from wanting to really give it the

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Nov
22nd
2020

November Update · 6:58am Nov 22nd, 2020

So I don't really have much to share this month. I've been updating "Do Ponies on Earth Have Magic Dreams" pretty regularly and trying to get more feedback on that, I've been trying to go back to school so I can get a teaching credential, and all in all, I've been trying to just get through every week without feeling like I'm being crushed by stress and anxiety, which is actually why I've been looking at a career shift.

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Nov
8th
2020

A quick update · 2:36am Nov 8th, 2020

A big criticism I had received with the story was that the intro was hard to get through and turned people away, so I’ve since gone back and rewrote the very start of it and hopefully in a way that adds more of an emotional connection to the main character while also making the direction the story is going in a little more clear. I might poke at the second and third chapters eventually too, but the prologue was the part in need of the most work, so I hope you all enjoy it!

Nov
7th
2020

Story Update: Do Ponies on Earth Have Magic Dreams? · 5:11pm Nov 7th, 2020

Sorry for the short gap in chapter posting, I was busy writing the unexpected hit that was “You’re Probably Wondering Why I’m Wearing a Maid’s Dress...” which wound up pushing back the rest of my writing. That’s not really the worst thing imaginable though, because it gave me some more time to work on today’s chapter. I’m quite happy with it and I hope you all enjoy it as well, because it sets up the next leg of the story and I have some fun moments coming up that I’m excited to share with you

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Nov
1st
2020

An oddly specific milestone that I never thought I'd hit... and a very sincere thank you to all of my readers! · 11:07am Nov 1st, 2020

So I never actually intended to write a big 10,000+ word long story when I started writing You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Wearing a Maid's Dress.... In addition to that, I never imagined that it'd be the kind of story to get daily updates throughout it's entire run, but here we are, on the cusp of the penultimate chapter, with a story that's 10,000+ words long and has received daily updates from day one. The only other time I've done daily updates was for the first three

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Oct
28th
2020

Some News (both good and not as good) · 7:20pm Oct 28th, 2020

First off, “You’re Probably Wondering Why I’m Wearing a Maid’s Dress...” unintentionally took off and rose in popularity, prompting me to focus on giving it daily updates. These will more or less continue on until this weekend, where the story will most likely wrap. As a result, the new “Do Ponies on Earth Have Magic Dreams?” Chapter is likely going to see a short delay. I don’t know if this is only a few days or a full week, but it shouldn’t be too long. The next chapter is a bit bigger and

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