First:

Because I forgot to mention it when I actually posted it, the "Fourth Century" of Calling You is now available for immediate perusal.

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As so many are these days:

While sitting in the dentist's office the other morning waiting to have my teeth cleaned and pressed, I heard for the very first time the Katy Perry original of the song. I've gotta say, Pinkie Pie's version has a lot more pep in it.

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Kicking around my notes:

For "Calling You," I've decided to do a little rearranging. Nothing's been rewritten, but the story now starts with "The Beginning," all about the happenings on that first day, then each chapter after that will move the story forward roughly one century. So the thing'll have a beginning, ten chapters, and an ending. Ah, structure...

Mike

It's still:

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As some of you might know:

When I'm not writing Pony fiction, I write non-Pony fiction--my novel The Blood Jaguar, for instance, is currently available from Sofawolf Press with its sequel Rat's Reputation due out this summer.

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Which is to say:

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Over twenty years ago now:

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So:

With the epilogue of History now posted, I've got some non-Pony writing I need to focus on for the rest of the month: mostly the next Cluny, the Sorceress Squirrel story for submission to volume 28 of the Sword & Sorceress anthology. I've already got an outline and a thousand words, so here's hoping!

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"Now, now":

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I figured:

I could either keep nibbling at the details here and there for the next two days, or I could kick chapter 8 of "History" out of the nest now and move on. So I did that second one. But I'm still keeping March 28th as the date to aim for with chapter 9 and April 8th for the epilogue. Then I can start the big Cadance story that Skywriter doesn't know he's forcing me to do!

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