While looking up references for the animation, I came across an old tutorial by David Ward. It got me thinking about the following:

-we know there are other races and nations in Equestria.
-we know the Equestria Games will be coming in Season 4, possibly as a two-parter.
-we know the writers have a fondness for puns, like fruit bats and timberwolves and Saddle Arabia.

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I got a little stuck on the Quorum Sensing sequel -- which is due for a new title, truth be told -- and I wasn't in the mood to write anything with mind control, which at the moment means I didn't want to write that CMC/Octavia sleepover thing (minor spoiler) or the thing I know a few people are waiting anxiously for (another blog post is due for that one, I have some things to say on the topic). I also didn't want to start any new fics, because... well, got a lot of projects as is, not to

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Just another little headsup that my three main oneshots have been edited. Double spaces have been removed, speech attributions reduced, and some scenes have been expanded or cut.

Hmm... you know, I'm starting to think this must be what George Lucas feels like. Maybe I'll write a prequel sometime...

Okay, so some of the editing I was talking about has been done and I'll get to uploading the results soon. Here's the main things to expect:

Upside to Your Backside
A lot less speech attributions, more focus on Rumble's experience and no more flashbacks. This was based on the WRITE advice, and I have to admit it works better.

Rarity and Little Waiwai

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I got the rest of my results the other day, and an interesting thing happened.

I came in at 14.00 for the proclamation of the first Master year. I figured I had to show up, because I still needed to redo one Master course. Well, that's not entirely true: I had to follow a week's worth of lessons in a week that's normally kept free so students can study, because last year I didn't attend these classes due to a minor breakdown and without being informed they were mandatory classes.

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I've just had word from arcum42 that some updates of chapters aren't coming through. After a little bit of wondering, I think I've found why this is and why his suggested solution works.

While I was writing this thing, I kept the story unsubmitted, but published certain chapters for pre-readers. I then also added passwords for the unpublished ones, to make sure that everything was in order.

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Apparently Changeling Blood got featured for a very short time and I missed it. And the view spike has passed, so it probably won't get featured again. I have no proof, just hearsay, which is sad.

Here's hoping the eventual conflict gets some more people interested, then.

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Yes, it's that time of the year again. Exams are coming up, course material I should have memorised by now seems more distant than ever, group works and presentations abound (because heaven forbid students should get time to study), and the stress is about to crush what little sanity I had left. It is with this context that I'm bringing you this message:

I give.

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The password, at the time of writing, is 'googly'.

And keep in mind my Quorum Sensing sequel takes precedence over this one, so it won't be finished in a very long time.

Yeah, this is going to be a shorter post than usual.

Peace out.