So, it's been 8 years since I joined Fimfiction/the fandom. In terms of output, if looking at chapters instead of stories, I'm back to 2022 levels, here in 2024. It's not like I wasn't writing in 2023, I just hadn't published anything except for a rewrite of Cadence's Experimental Therapy. The Things Thunderlane Does for Love... and A Tarnished Relic? were amongst the stories I was writing in the last half of 2023 along with a third story that was almost ready to be

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Well, 2023 is almost over and the only thing I published this year was a revised version of "Cadance's Experimental Therapy" (the revised edition is basically same plot but with a totally different ending, which I prefer over the original). I had a lot of writer's block the first half of the year and while I did start writing again during the second half, I have no new stories published as you can see. I have been having confidence issues again, kind of like how I did after "Soarin's Urinal"

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Another day, another Starbuck’s run, but also the final day of the con. My first panel of the final day was “Pony Life is Magic.” I had been avoiding Pony Life up to this point because I hated the art style and thought it was going to be another Teen Titans Go situation. It was fun watching Pony Life with an audience and hearing the panelists and fellow audience members laughing at and making fun of the show. Not sure if I would enjoy Pony Life if watching it by myself, but maybe I will give

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Inspired by an author that I follow, MasaStormyPonez, I decided to make my own anniversary post, though at this point I missed my actual anniversary. When I joined this site, I had only been a brony for a few months. I hadn't even caught up on all the episodes that were released at the time yet. I had gotten spoiled about Twilight becoming an alicorn though and that she had a castle, but I didn't know that the Golden Oaks Library had been destroyed. It was this incomplete knowledge that I

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After my daily coffee run, I went to the “Make Your Mark Chapter 2 Screening.” I already saw all of Make Your Mark Chapter 2, but it was still fun to see it with an audience. They only played the first two episodes and then filled up the rest of the time with Tell Your Tale. I personally think the later episodes of Make Your Mark Chapter 2 are better than the early ones, so if you only saw the first two episodes and were disappointed by what you saw, I recommend sticking with the show

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And so another pony con has come and gone for me. The post con depression is hitting me as I type this. It was only a couple hours after closing ceremonies when I started writing down these recollections, though by the time I am finished I’m sure much more time will have passed since the end of the con. I enjoyed myself overall, but I can’t help but feel like there are things that I wish I would have done differently. I wanted to go so badly after WCPC 22’s closing ceremonies, but in the

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So, I wanted to say thanks to those of you who enjoyed my most recent story, "Shining Armor and Soarin's Orchard Fling." It means a lot to me to know that somebody out there enjoys my stories. I'm still not as prolific as I thought I would be at this point in my life here in the fandom and there are multiple reasons for that (anxiety, lack of confidence, depression, limited free time, etc.). My confidence took a hit in recent years and honestly, I've thought of quitting writing altogether

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Overall, I had a great time. It was nice to go to panels again, shop in the vendor hall and just being around my fellow MLP fans again. While I have gone to online cons over the past 2 years and enjoyed the panels and virtual vendor halls there, I greatly prefer IRL cons and I am glad to see them come back and for me to attend one once again. For the most part, I overcame my indecisiveness and spent more time going to panels and less time pacing the floor of my hotel room. Though next con, I

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Sunday and Monday

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After another grab and go breakfast I headed down to Mane events to see the screening of “Make Your Mark.” The special was okay. The audience was less vocal than the one for “Best Gift Ever” back at PVCF18. I’m cautiously optimistic about G5 and the special at least had me intrigued about what’s going to happen in the series coming up in the fall.

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