This is a timeline of stories and events in the Admiral Shimmer verse. If you'd like to write a story in this verse, check out the Writing Bible.

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Imagine you need to explain this whole pony fanfiction thing to an outsider, somebody who isn't a fan of the show but wants to understand what it is you do. Which stories would you pick, that showcase the surprising quality of the fimfic writing while remaining accessible to an outsider?

Wow, people really love their space ponies. In just 24 hours, Log of the U.N.S. Twilight Sparkle has overtaken Princess Celestia's Private Library. Which I'm quietly miffed about, because I think Princess Celestia's Private Library is a good story. plug plug plug

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My pal BaeroRemedy is running a story contest:

THE 'I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU' CONTEST

Start date: March 20th, 2017
Deadline: April 17th, 2017

RULES

The story must focus on emotions of loss or moving on. Be it in the form of a lost family member or a relationship that has moved on in some respect.

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I just published a minor update to the story. I was lucky enough to get some feedback from somebody who actually knows Old English. She didn't just correct my grammar, she actually helped me craft poetry in a register fitting to the time period. I'm aware that approximately 0 readers will know the difference for those three lines, but it feels better knowing it's right.

Perfectionist, moi?

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I was looking at my various lists of recommended stories, sorted by the most popular, and it occurred to me to look at the bottom of the list: at the stories that I liked but which seem not to have garnered high numbers of up-votes. Here are a few of the under-appreciated gems that I think need more love.

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It's Valentine's Day, so I bring you a story that's... not actually a romance at all.

I was not an easy child to handle.

At one point when I was about ten years old, and had once again been treating something or other with less than due reverence, the headmaster of my very old-fashioned school pointed in exasperation at the motto that was engraved in big, stone letters over the door of my school. It read:

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So I'm standing in a street in Lisbon. (Not right now. I'm actually writing this an hour or so later, and using the present tense for immediacy.)

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Apparently I'm incapable of writing a soft fluffy Flutterdash slice of life without also producing nightmares. This little idea bubbled up while I was brainstorming Left Behind, and wouldn't leave my head until I produced it.

I didn't plan for it to be released on Halloween, it's just neat that it worked out that way. Enjoy!

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