My name is Lyra Heartstrings. It is not the name my mother gave me. Does it make it less mine because I decided upon it? I don't think so. My name is Lyra now, and if you were to ask me, that is what I would tell you. Not that you would ask me. You never speak, after all.

That's fine. I see no reason why I should be the first to break the silence.

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"So yes, they tried to teach me everything they could." Cadance sighed, lost in old, happy memories. "They did not know much of what lay outside Hollow Shades, but what they knew about love and kindness could fill the Canterlot Archives."

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A few days ago I started writing a story. It had a pretty simple base. 'my take on Screwball playing with that pony who thinks she's a dog from Read It And Weep'.

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Okay, a few of you favorited Heart of the Reluctant Filly. A few people downvoted it. I'd like to know why; some feedback and comments would be welcome. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I'd like some pointers (or, failing that, some negative comments that I can fixate on

If you'd rather do it over PMs we can do it that way too, I don't care much which way.

The song Sweetie Belle sang:

It's hard being a teenager. You're feeling things more intensely than you ever have before or ever will again, attempting to navigate an increasingly hostile social scene, facing more pressure than you ever have in your life on multiple fronts, and your hormones are telling you that everything is the most important thing that has ever happened.

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Lost about a day's worth of writing to stupidity, I'll try to have the chapter finished by tomorrow but it's not happening today.

I've been up most of the night, flopping between editing my story and drawing things that will eventually be the cover art for Dapper Do and the Heart of the Reluctant Filly. Prologue and chapter one are currently awaiting approval, wish me luck.

EDIT: Finished the picture, now to start on Sparkler.

'The Celestian Era' is an umbrella term I use for my fics that take place in the same universe. In general I try to draft the stories as standalone as possible, while maintaining a common thread between them. Most of the stories take place approximately ten years after Twilight's coronation, which basically marks the point where things go off the rails a little. That's not quite a 'divergence point'; there are a number of things that are different both before and after, and-- if I'm being

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I have zero followers at the moment, so this is mostly to keep myself honest. Within one week, chapters one and two (as well as the prologue) of my story should be published. I'm pretty excited about this; it's a big step for me to actually show other people my work instead of squirreling it away for a day that never comes.

Current plans are for the story to be five chapters in length, after which point Life After Cloudball is going to get some attention.