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

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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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:

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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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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 As a kid I used to spend hours pouring over my parents' atlas, even though it was a little out of date and still had the Soviet Union on it.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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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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After a nice Christmas and a New Year, I am back with with sequel to Royal Blood.

TThe Blueblood Papers: Bound By Blood

• MLP: FiM
• Adventure
• Drama

Blueblood's captors said, "For you, the war is over." How wrong they were.

• Gore
• Violence
• Death
• Celestia
• Prince Blueblood
• Changelings
• Royal Guard

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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).

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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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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