Once I can afford to give away prize money, I might run it next month. Anyone want to be a judge?

A lot can change in a millennium. Rainbows After Rain only focuses on three of the species who took up residence in Equestria's former borders, but I have vague ideas for how to expand this universe. Call it an expanded alternate universe, or XAU for short.

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I submitted it to Equestria Daily and heard back from them today, so I've edited the first two chapters according to my feedback. There's nothing plot-changing, just a few added descriptions and fixed typos. Now to copy-paste these edits onto the other two sites...

I drew the original cover myself, but I thought it look inadequate, so I commissioned a new one from Little Tigress once I had the money. She previously drew the absolutely stunning cover of Silent Wings.

First of all, chapter 2 is about a third done. There'll be a sneak peak at the end!

• Moonbow Shine is a partial reference to a line from "A Kirin Tale": "'Cause rainbows won't light up the sky unless you let it rain." A moonbow is basically a rainbow at night. Kirin and hippogriffs both have similar naming conventions to ponies, which makes coming up with names for them so much easier.

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And Pokémon, too, because those are the two fandoms I'm most used to writing about. More info on my Ko-Fi.

If I started doing fanfic commissions, would anyone be interested? Not just My Little Pony; Offprint allows monetisation as well, so I might allow commissions for other fandoms.

I'm planning to announce it on the 7th. Is that too short a notice? If yoh're a judge, you won't be allowed to enter.

One of the focus races in Rainbows After Rain will appear in G5 a few years down the line, and either I'll look like a prophet, or I'll be hilariously wrong.

There wasn't a Swapped Roles contest this year because I've been losing interest in MLP, but now that interest is coming back, and I've been looking at species-swap fanart again. One pic even inspired me to start planning a G5 species swap AU called Rainbows After Rain, coming to a Fimfiction, AO3, and Offprint near you.

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