I've gone through and added a header to each chapter of The First Year to display what week and days it takes place over, so that the timeline can be followed a little better.

Just wanted to touch base with everypony, let you all know that I am in fact still on the face of this world

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I again want to extend my heartfelt thanks to all my readers, new and old. It sounds cliche I know, but it's because of all of you that I was able to get this far.

I want to thank all my proofreaders, both on and off the site for being willing to put up with my writing and point out my mistakes.

And everyone else who helped out in the little ways, from offering ideas to criticisms, the story would have been a lot blander without you.

Thank You All

I believed Chapter 3 to be release worthy, however, a few helpful pointers have exposed serious flaws within the chapter, too many for me to fix at the time of this post. I will be doing an aggressive re-proof of this chapter and will release it within 24 hours of this post. I apologize for any annoyance this causes.

Thanks to the generous efforts of Krass McWriter, In Duty's Name is now available for your favorite e-Reading device! Links are below

.epub -> http://www.mediafire.com/?t6vtl5917191v1h

.mobi -> http://www.mediafire.com/?xzkeyyso8colm0x

Many thanks Krass!

It's true! Just sent it off to Rust for proofreading, so expect it to drop anytime soon

Yes, it's true! Chapter 14 is done, in proofreading now, and Chapter 15 is being written as I type. Once it passes proofing, I'll be dropping both chapters at once as a double whammy finale! In addition, stay tuned for a special author's note to all you loyal readers at the end of Chapter 15

Chapter 13 is coming, and it's going to be a whopper of a chapter, more than likely taking the title of longest chapter from chapter 3. I wanted to split it, but there just wasn't a good place to work out the split, so it's all dropping at once! be sure to bring your hard hats

Well, finally got a commission done for the cover art. Going to include that here soon and then submit this story to Equestria Daily. I've been going back through the early chapters making minor fixes here and there, so wish me luck

I want to apologize for the delay in getting Chapter 12 out. I promise it'll be done before the weekend, it's almost there now, but between school and a few instances of writer's block I've just had a hard time getting the chapter finished to the standards I want to hold.

Again, I am sorry it's taking me so long