The jury verdict is out: I'm done with ponies.
I did try to continue with alicorn of music, and even wrote a chapter or two of an entirely different pony story, which will never see the light of day. But it turns out that I just, can not. even.
So I've made the decision to stop writing any more pony-related stuff. I might read some of it, still. After all, I never did get done with austraeoh... But I will, or rather have, ceased any and all writing related to ponies.