So I was puttering around fanfiction.net, where I post a copy of QC more out of habit and a, perhaps, misplaced sense of loyalty (I've been a member since 2001), when I noticed a couple of new reviews on the story. It hasn't gotten very many there... after 7 chapters, only 15 reviews, and nowhere near the level of feedback I get from this site, but... well, this IS where you go if you want to read about ponies, other than EQD.

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Quantum Castaways broke 1000 favorites today, for anyone who actually cares about that kind of stuff. Not bad, for a two character MLP story whose largest piece of action to date has involved running from a star wars critter.

The thing that I love? Well, aside from all of you guys, that is...

The fact that I have worked the phrases:

"fucked like a demon"

and

"stop, I'll pee"

Into a MLP story without bursting into flames.

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We interrupt this scheduled waiting period for a special bitching session.

I'm sorry folks, but I really have to get something off my chest. I am an engineer by training and a scientist by inclination. I take science very seriously. This is probably evident in the way that I approach fiction. Some of the things that I find interesting and engaging, probably don't matter a mouse turd to most other people. This has actually gotten me into trouble several times.

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Just a quick update so people don't get too antsy. I am currently hard at work on the next chapter of Quantum Castaways, and have around 2500 to 3500 words as it stands. I actually had quite a bit more than that, but when I looked at the material later, I realized that it didn't quite meet my quality standards, so I slashed through it pretty heavily.

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As some may have noticed, each chapter of Quantum Castaways is more or less the same length. This is somewhat intentional, in that I try to make sure each chapter is larger than five thousand words. However, I have arrived at a problem. The current chapter I'm writing is running long, as in, I am at around five thousand words now and have not hit my goal for where I wanted the story to be by the end of this chapter. This is both good and bad, as it means that creatively speaking my muse is

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So... for the last 5 years I've been working as a Laser Technician at Northrop-Grumman Laser Systems.

It's funny... to a certain extent, what we do is who we are. Before NGLS, I was in the Navy as an Aviation Electricians Mate. I self identified as AE2(AW) Cuellar. For nine and a half years that's what I did.

I got out, became a laser tech, did that for five years.

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Conversation which occurred from approximately 12:20 AM to 1:20 AM on steam. I'm not sure how lucid I was for most of it. It seems to have revolved around honey badgers for some reason. I warn you, this is some pretty friggin' bizarre stuff.

TheSheeple: So I assume the next nightmare to arrive on the island is a family of honey badgers?
dusttraveller: Suuure.... honey badgers. Natures tactical nuke.
TheSheeple: I can't tell if that's sarcasm or not

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Howdy folks! Just thought I'd drop a few names, for people who wanted to know how I get into the mindset of writing QC. As you have probably noticed, every chapter starts with a song quote. This is an old habit, a tradition really, from back when I wrote anime fan fiction as far back as twelve years ago. It couldn't hurt to listen to any song I quote at the start of a chapter, as it is usually what, among my huge playlist of songs, happened to stick in my head when I was plotting and

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I find myself a little concerned at the decision of the mods to no longer allow meta stories and the like. Now, I should probably qualify this. First of all, I fully recognize the right of the moderators of this website to put whatever restrictions or limitations on their site usage that they want. I will also go on record as saying that I'm not a big fan of most of the meta or circle-jerking stuff that goes on on this site.

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The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it
but the way those atoms are put together.

The cosmos is also within us. We're made of star stuff.
We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.

Across the sea of space the stars are other suns.
We have traveled this way before and there is
much to be learned.

--Carl Sagan

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