...So, yes. I'm not dead! And neither, for that matter, is the tale of a certain necromancer and her minion, although sadly it'll be a little while yet before the next chapter is ready; I've not gotten as much writing done, these past months, as I would have liked. It's a-comin', though.

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So, unhappily, I have no update to The Rise and Fall of the Dark Lord Sassaflash to share with you today. Don't y'all fret none, it's a-comin', but it needs a little time yet to be properly polished; this is going to be a particularly important chapter that poses some unique challenges, and I want to get it right. That shameless tease out of the way, I do have two items of particular interest to share with y'all today, one of which I'm confident that many of you will be particularly

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Just a brief note to let y'all know that due to an unfortunate incident involving my laptop, a meter of elevation, a hardwood floor, and the rapid conversion of gravitational potential energy to kinetic energy, I'll have some trouble getting regular access to a laptop for the next few weeks or so--and consequently, the next chapter of my current story will be delayed by at least that length of time. Fear not, it will come in time--it's just that "in time" will end up being a little bit longer

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Just a quick heads-up to y'all to let you know that I've made a few more alterations to chapter III, which will hopefully resolve some of the issues caused by the removal of Stowaway Belle from the story. Chapter VI, incidentally, should be coming along fairly soon; no ETA other than "fairly soon," I'm afraid, but...Well, yes. Soon.

Just a quick PSA; for plot-related reasons, I've removed Sweetie Belle's appearance from chapter III of my current story, and although she will have a role to play in future chapters, it'll be much lighter than I had originally planned. I know that this may be kind of disappointing to quite a few of y'all, and honestly I'm a bit disappointed as well, as I like Sweetie Belle and have fun writing her--but unfortunately, I just couldn't quite manage to get her to fit into the story in a way that

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Well! It's been quite a while, hasn't it? Longer than I had intended, in fact, and for that you all have my apologies. Even the loneliest river wends its weary way at last to the sea, though, and the thinnest crescent Moon will wax to fullness in time (full Moon tonight, by the by. I think, odd as it sounds, I'll be trying to tie future story updates to the lunar cycle; the Moon makes a very obvious, regular timekeeper, and unlike the arbitrary days of the week it offers a clear, tangible

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Righty then. About two weeks ago I was tagged by Blue Print, and discovered that this involved the following injunctions:

Rules:
1. You must post the rules.
2. Each person must post 5 things about themselves in their journal
3. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post, and create eleven new questions for the people you tag to answer.
4. You have to choose 11 people to tag and post their icons on your journal.
5. Go to their page and tell them you have tagged them.

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So, sadly I don't have the next chapter of Mendacity quite ready yet (it should be finished before another week has passed, though), but be of good cheer; I do have one goody prepared for y'all. My mother, may her vocal chords be ever melodious, has composed a melody for the complete version of the song sung by Lyra and Bon Bon in the latest chapter of Mendacity, and just tonight she finished recording a copy of it. The audio quality isn't what it ought to be (proper recording equipment was a

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Well, there's no music associated with it yet, but here are the full lyrics to the song sun by Lyra and Bon Bon in chapter VIII of Mendacity. I did patch together something vaguely resembling a tune, but I have very little talent for composing music, so I've passed on that burden to my mother, who is (A.) Surprisingly pleased by the fact that I'm writing pony fanfiction and (B.) More importantly, is very familiar with the kind of folk songs and lullabies on which I based this song. Hopefully,

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