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Raleigh


I have no idea what I'm doing.

Dec
23rd
2024

Vintage Wardrobe Tour · 2:59pm Dec 23rd, 2024

So, I have just completed the draft of the next chapter and am proof-reading it before sending it for editing, which means unfortunately it's not coming out before Christmas. However, while I was reorganising my wardrobe, I decided to take some photos and share the silly, expensive hobby I am now far too invested in to ever give up. These are vintage clothes that I've collected slowly over the course of about ten years now, largely from eBay, Etsy, and bought from a friends who are also into

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Nov
4th
2024

The Blueblood Papers: Prince of Blood · 7:59pm Nov 4th, 2024

Hello! For those interested in the continuing misadventures of Commissar Blueblood, I have just submitted the next instalment in the series, available here:

TThe Blueblood Papers: Prince of Blood
As the war with the Changelings drags on, Prince Blueblood has finally secured the safe desk job he always wanted miles from the front. Until a swarm is sighted just outside Ponyville...
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Aug
3rd
2024

Ties, ties, and more ties · 4:23pm Aug 3rd, 2024

Aside from history, brightly coloured ponies, and writing about a certain prince going through the very worst days of his entire life, I am very interested in clothes. Specifically, I like the classic menswear from the early to mid 20th century. Indeed, I collect and wear suits and ties from that era (with a few modern reproductions) to help compensate for my lack of an interesting personality.

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Jan
14th
2024

The Blueblood Papers: Old Blood · 5:43pm Jan 14th, 2024

With Christmas and New Year over with, we have but a long and bleak January to endure before the dawn of Spring. To make the wait a little bearable, I hope you'll enjoy the first chapter of the new Blueblood story available here:

TThe Blueblood Papers: Old Blood
While on leave, Blueblood meets his hero, A. K. Yearling, and is dragged into a Daring Do story he would much rather have read.
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Nov
26th
2023

Bound by Blood Retrospective · 9:17am Nov 26th, 2023

With another Blueblood Papers story completed comes another retrospective. I'd like to start by stating that I think Royal Blood, the one that came before it, is the best story that I've written in this series, and after finishing Bound By Blood and looking back on this latest story, I still think that. That's not to say that I'm unhappy with how Bound By Blood came out, of course, but difficult I think it would be for me to top Royal Blood.

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Mar
26th
2023

A Map and Some Lore · 10:55am Mar 26th, 2023

Maps are great. As a kid I used to spend hours pouring over my parents' atlas, even though it was a little out of date and still had the Soviet Union on it. It was, however, the 1990s, and the collapse of the USSR had only been a few years ago, so I suppose they could be forgiven for that.

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Oct
11th
2022

Ten Years of The Blueblood Papers and AMA · 7:07pm Oct 11th, 2022

Well, not quite. As it happened, I've missed the exact date by a few days, as Blueblood: Hero of Equestria was published on the 8th of October 2012, but we'll quietly ignore that from now on.

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Feb
5th
2022

The Blueblood Papers: Bound By Blood · 3:14pm Feb 5th, 2022

After a nice Christmas and a New Year, I am back with with sequel to Royal Blood.

TThe Blueblood Papers: Bound By Blood
Blueblood's captors said, "For you, the war is over." How wrong they were.
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And yes, I know I said I'd call it 'Captive Blood' earlier, but 'Bound By Blood' has extra alliterative appeal. I do hope you enjoy it. The usual monthly updates will proceed as normal from here on (hopefully).

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Dec
22nd
2021

Royal Blood retrospective · 5:40pm Dec 22nd, 2021

I thought about putting this all in an author's note at first, but perhaps this would be better served as a blog post. Besides, I might as well make actual use out of this blogging feature, even if I never really got the hang of it. The following rambling nonsense will contain some spoilers, so if you're worried about that make sure you catch up before reading this.

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Aug
25th
2020

State of the Writer - August 2020 · 9:06am Aug 25th, 2020

It's probably about time I updated this blog thing, if only to push that last one off my profile page. So yes, in the last one, written way back in March, I had come down with a mild case of covid. Though it was mild case that didn't require hospitalisation, thank Celestia, it was deeply unpleasant experience that I can best describe as the worst hangover I have ever felt stretched over the course of a little over two weeks. Mercifully, I don't appear to have passed it on to anyone, as this

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