Regarding Éadóchas: I'm in a bit of a bind at the present moment. The words are actually coming, for once, a few little chunks at a time -- and yet I can't figure out what order the chunks should go in. I've already written the actual climax of the story, and the pieces that are building up to the climax are showing up as I hoped they would, but it's turned out to be more like putting a jigsaw puzzle together. I'd ask for editing help, but I'm hesitant to show it to anyone

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I haven't given up on Éadóchas, just so anyone knows (all three of you who are still even the least bit interested). It's just that my inspiration comes and goes in sudden flashes, and I've been stuck in dry spells that lasted a long time... I have a novel that I've been working on since 2008, but it was 2011 the last time I added anything to it worth speaking of; I just got bogged down.

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The annoying thing about being me is that I have so many competing interests for my free time that when I want to accomplish anything, I can't shake off all the distractions. My work on Éadóchas has frequently been hindered by this. All the same, I occasionally manage to get something finished -- like the song below, a cover of a piece by one of my favorite obscure bands (they have one hit you probably know, but you also probably don't know anything else about them). I

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I feel this way about almost every fandom I engage in, but I have never felt it more keenly than in the MLPFIM fandom: I keep wanting to give something to the community, but the sheer amount of talent already on tap intimidates me into silence and inaction. All the things I can possibly do -- writing, composing, singing, acting, drawing, painting, all of them -- are already being done, a hundred thousand times better than I can do them, by about twelve dozen other people.

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