'I didn't want to leave you hanging, so I decided to leave you hanging.'
I know some people have been anticipating at least one of the ways in which this chapter ends, and... well, after seeing the Comments section on the previous chapter, I just wanted everyone to move into ...
2021-06-28 23:48:22 +0000 UTC View Post
This chapter has a similarity to the Chapters 40-42 stretch on Triptych: to wit, it terrified me. It's not quite the 'and now you must account for everything' fear, because that has yet to come. &...
2021-06-26 01:11:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Some of you probably saw the first chapter go up earlier today: I'm writing this notice after the second one was posted.
So why a double-chapter update? Because the first was just short of 3600 words, while the second is a bit over 4700. This is yet another...
2021-06-22 22:47:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Some plot bunnies need a few years to mature.
I had this idea five years ago. And with the announcement that the system in question was officially being s...
2021-06-18 18:51:09 +0000 UTC View Post
See? Totally not abandoned.
7900 words on this chapter, and we are getting closer to Departure For The Land Of Adventure (And Probably Trauma). There are times when I worry about this one being a slow starter -- and worse than 2021-06-14 21:01:28 +0000 UTC View Post
I know. I said Glimmer, and that's why Glimmer will probably lead off June: I don't want to let it go without an update for too long. But there's a pair of factors which went into today's one-shot.
The first is that I went for my pr...
2021-05-27 21:01:26 +0000 UTC View Post
And if I was just the sort of person who could sit on a new story for a couple of months before posting it, we could turn these notices into a parade of Harwick's cover art.
...and I would be very bankrupt.
... 2021-05-24 01:06:53 +0000 UTC View Post
...11.3k on the word count.
Unintended.
If the next update on anything is closer to 5000, I hope for a moment of understanding.
This may be the last update on Anchor Foal for this month: my next target is to catch up with Cerea, and you try catching up wit...
2021-05-17 00:53:26 +0000 UTC View Post
This was originally supposed to go up last month -- or at least, that's when I had the idea. But Fleur wound up taking over April, needed to get the first word in for May, and... well, most of you know Fleur. At some point, I had to draw a line in the dirt and tell her ...
2021-05-10 22:49:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I wanted Fleur to go first this month for one major reason: we wrapped April on a cliffhanger, and ponies don't exactly have fingers. A jaw grip on the edge of rock isn't something you want to maintain long-term.
Compared to previous recent entries, this chapter ran long: ...
2021-05-07 22:07:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Some of you are going to hate me for ending it there.
Natural chapter breaks are a thing. So is cutting at the end of a scene, fading to black, and every other trick of film and text which gets used to say 'We need to stop for a little while.' When the story itself seem...
2021-04-28 20:13:42 +0000 UTC View Post
And we will be going to four. April is now officially Anchor Foal month, and that's due to two factors: new cover art to show off one more time before the calendar flips, and a need to give this particular chapter its followup in a hurry.
When you have the new art, there's an obligation to show it off. So two updates for this month, and I'm considering whether I should make it three. There's a very remote chance at four, but... well, most of you saw what happened recently when Fleur was thinking about going to fo...
2021-04-20 22:28:21 +0000 UTC View Post
And if you missed the relevant blog? Surprise! Sorry, Scootaloo, but the services of your accusing eyes are no longer required. This 8000-word chapter comes into ...
2021-04-16 00:15:05 +0000 UTC View Post
So it's April 1st.
I have posed a question.
In the name of answering that query, 8300 words have entered the world.
Again: it's April 1st.
But when it comes to actually having written a story about this? I'm not joking.
...look. I wrote 2021-04-01 22:47:09 +0000 UTC View Post
And we close March with Fleur, because Scootaloo's accusing eyes told me to close March with Fleur.
Poor Scootaloo. Accusing all the way to her upcoming retirement.
5500 words finish off the month. I don't have any current intention of trying to reach six postings i...
2021-03-29 01:25:12 +0000 UTC View Post
For three reasons:
1. Sometimes you just get an idea. A silly idea. A silly, perhaps somewhat stupid, Must Be Inflicted On Someone Else idea.
2. I didn't want March to be an all-update month. One new complete story seemed to be mandated.
3. St...
2021-03-26 01:39:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I had originally slated this slot for Anchor Foal, as I'm still trying to establish that the story is firmly back and will continue on some sort of semi-regular schedule. But it wound up being pushed back to what I'm hoping is just a little later in the month. Because...
2021-03-23 00:22:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Writer: "It's going to be a long day. I need to make a lot of notes on what's in this chapter, plus I have to rewatch Trixie's first two appearances and make more notes. It's probably a good idea if I try to keep this to around 6k. Seven on the outside."
Cha...
2021-03-20 03:58:02 +0000 UTC View Post
There are times when numbers only have the meaning which we assign to them. For example, this chapter worked out to about 8900 words, and what that means for Patreon purposes is being over the minimum for a post charge. But at the time of this writing, the story has an upvote total of...
2021-03-17 01:51:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Scootaloo's accusing eyes have instructed me to update my Ko-Fi goal into 'Anchor Foal cover art.'
7100 words to close the month, and I put them on this story because I wanted to reinforce that this story is ...
2021-02-28 00:22:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Scootaloo's random-grab disapproving look tells you that it's been way too long since I updated Anchor Foal.
...in my defense, Everything From The Last Several Months.
Stop looking at me, Scootaloo. It's back under way. I put up 6900 words. Isn't tha...
2021-02-25 01:25:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, last February turned into Centaur Month...
I'm going to keep this update short. I overdid it today (not just writing, but shoveling snow over and over and over and), and just putting the post title together led to my discovering new and create ways to misspell 'life'. &...
2021-02-20 03:22:04 +0000 UTC View Post
I didn't plan on this being 9800 words, but -- this was one of those times when the natural chapter break works against me. I had a list of things I wanted to be in the chapter, and I did not want to close until the last one reached the screen. I also refused to displace the ...
2021-02-14 02:09:50 +0000 UTC View Post
5600 words can be on the short side for a chapter, but this is a case where I only wanted to include a given sequence of events. We start here, we finish there, and we honor the natural break point because when the last sentence hits the screen like a dropped anvil, you stop and listen to t...
2021-02-10 21:07:43 +0000 UTC View Post
So it's a short month and I'm starting on a freebie. Clearly February has inspired me to intelligent pacing on my posts.
(I have a slight cold today and wanted to hold off on Cerea until tomorrow, when I'll hopefully feel healthier. And yes, this means I'm going for 2021-02-09 18:51:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The last posting for the month (and we're going to talk about 'Six per cycle: stupid idea or really stupid idea?' in the blog soon) wound up operating on something of a push off/pull in cycle. For the last few days, I've been feeling tired. A little sick and my temp...
2021-01-29 03:06:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Amazingly, I did not apply the Crackfic tag.
This story arose from a discussion in the Discord chat server, and the talk was about one of the most frequent problems with crossovers: namely, that a lot of inexpe...
2021-01-24 00:43:18 +0000 UTC View Post
In which I spend over 8100 words making Trixie blow herself up and put the 'Comedy' tag on it. Right next to the Everyone rating.
Dear recently-arrived sponsors: yes, this is what you signed up for.
...wait! I'm going to try for a centaur update before the e...
2021-01-22 02:30:37 +0000 UTC View Post
About 8100 words on this one, and it officially launches what may turn into Certain Guest-Star Month. For now, let's just say that the next chapter of another ongoing story also features her, and I'm working on a concept for a one-shot. (It's based on a real-life legend, so m...
2021-01-20 02:36:57 +0000 UTC View Post