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New one-shot story: Tales Of The Canterlot Deportation Agency: Soul Survivor

I'm exhausted.

I'm allowed to be exhausted, because I have been writing this story for three straight days.

So I'm only going to say four things.

* It's nearly 34,000 words.

*  As it's a CDA story, it will probably have less than two hundred people finishing it.

* &nbs...

Update: Anchor Foal

The next chapter will be the date.  This one -- roughly 6400 words, because I post word count as a matter of course now -- is mostly about Fleur getting to know the Belles a little better.  Because if it's a first date and a dress to suit, then as Fluttershy insisted in the chapte...

Update: Triptych

This is an odd sort of chapter, because it's mostly setup.  There's nearly 7k here, but the verbiage is concerning where nearly everyone is, what they know (or believe they do), and something of what they're planning to do next.  The pieces are scattered all over the game board, and now th...

New one-shot story: One Remove

Somewhere over 10k on this one, and...  I'd normally be going into detail about the why of the story, maybe a teaser detail or two, but -- see my blog.  I wrote a story on the same day where I had to deal with the strangeness of having one part of my car stolen.  I'm still tr...

New one-shot story: Sandalous!

 For me, this one's on the short side:  a little over 5200 words.  I wanted to do something a little lighter in tone after everything which just took place on Triptych, and sometimes a Rarity story just hits the spot.  Because on the day after a marathon, you tak...

Update: Triptych

So that promise is kept:  two chapters this month.  And now we start to move...

If I have the strength remaining, I'll try to close out tomorrow with a lighthearted one-shot.  (I hope I have strength:  the word count on this chapter was just short of a 10k run...

New one-shot story: Mint Condition

I'm oddly tired right now, which often happens after working on a story.  (Writing through what should have been lunch probably didn't help.)  So I'll keep this short:  I had the idea yesterday and wanted to clear the queue, it's a semi-sequel to 2018-05-25 21:18:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Update: Triptych

This is the first of what should be two chapters for this month, clocking in at just under 7500 on the word count.  As promised, this is about what Spike was up to during the latter part of the conference, and it brings us that much closer to Whatever It Is That's Going To Happen Next.

(One s...

New one-shot story: Horsefeathers! (or: I'll Say She Isn't.)

First off:  as promised, because I didn't get one posted in April, next month will see two new Triptych chapters.  I wasn't sure I was in the right mental place to attempt a fresh advance on that plot today, and so I dropped back to a retreat point.

This story concept is...

New one-shot story: Enduriance

This is one of those cases where you have the idea and write the story just to get it out of your head.  I wasn't going much of anywhere until I got this out of the way, and it turned out to take 12k of words before that was done.  It's a comedy, it's a little bit random, and it's...

Ongoing story conclusion: Tales of the CDA: Jack

It ends with a name.

So this particular tale has come to a close with a 10k concluding chapter, which frees me up to think about writing Bree's sequel at some point in the future.  However, I'm aiming for (and will probably miss) making five postings this month -- take what warning/adjustment...

New one-shot crackfic: The Pot Of Gold At The End Of (The) Rainbow

Over 8k words of I'm Not Sorry.

(Well, maybe a little sorry.)

(Actual sorryness may be variable by downvote storm level.)

What can I say?  Sometimes it's Crackfic Week.  And when it's Crackfic Week, you've just gotta write a crackfic.  So I've gotten th...

New one-shot: Department Of Madness Vindication

Because ponies may not have cars, but there's still a chance for government offices dedicated (mostly) to driving them insane...

This one came in over 12k, and gives Mr. Rich his third story.  (He's developing his own little corner around here.  Well, that's what you get for usi...

Triptych: second update.

The last chapter was the shortest in the story's history:  just over five thousand words.

This one is in the rough vicinity of 17,000.

So I guess there's an argument to be made that on the average, I occasionally try to manage some degree of value-per-post-charge. &nbs...

Update: Triptych

If all goes well -- pause for audience laughter -- this will be the first of two chapters this month:  I'm going to do my best to have the second one up before April, even if I have to post it at two minutes before midnight.  It's also the shortest chapter in the story's history:  jus...

New one-shot story: Bangception

Let's get this out of the way immediately:  this is a Mature work -- to wit, a sex comedy.  As such, I'll understand if some people are uncomfortable with it.  I put up a blog post asking if I should even write this one at all and the majority of respondents indicated approval, but......

Update: Anchor Foal

Made it.

This one's a little under 5k on the word count -- but the other chapter posted today was a little under 10k, so I'm going to go with the aggregate number.  This is a chapter which sets up a few things -- including our next swing back into comedy, as Fleur finally winds up ha...

Update: Triptych

I guess I'm feeling a little better now.

I still have something of a cold:  the more minor virus used the opportunity to strike after the flu had disabled me for pretty much all of February.  (Details in the blog.)  As such, I'm aware I still have patron blog subject requests to ful...

Triptych: second update

A little under 7k on the word count for this one -- but after what happened with the previous two postings, going for five digits again this soon just wasn't going to work out, and the scene also happened to have reached a natural break point.  Still -- we move forward.

Which may be a little ...

New one-shot short story: Natural Conducters

(Yes, that's the spelling for this usage.)

This is the promised companion piece for the new Triptych chapter.  It takes place at just about the same time as that chapter, and -- that's been planned for a while.  Trying to execute the story postings as a simulcast was my more recent horri...

Triptych: update

This is one of the big ones.

Literally.

It's a 14k chapter.  There's a lot being said and once people are done reading it, there may be just about as much being screamed, mostly at me.  I'm expecting...  a fairly active comments section.  Also a few possible trope edits a...

Micro-update: Mr. Rich And The Barnyard Bargains Go Experience

Let's just call this what it is:  a micro-fic inspired by the Seattle debut of Amazon's first physical convenience store.  It's less than six hundred words, and that means I would never hit the Charge Patrons button on it -- but I did want to get it out of my system.

Also, I've been up a...

Triptych: second update.

And with that, I've kept my promise:  a pair of chapters this month, updates on other pieces, and a holiday freebie one-shot.  

Yes, I've been writing for hours.  (I remembered to eat -- rice.  I didn't want to stop for more than that.  The Energy Drink Of Last Re...

Update: Your Alicorn Is In Another Castle

I promised we'd get back to this one, and so roughly 3600 words just went up on a fresh chapter.  It's a little more serious than the previous portions, but it almost had to be:  this is where Things Get Explained (Or At Least, Certain Things Do) and so portions of the talk had to be semi-...

Update: Triptych

I've noticed that when I try to use the link form of post for an established story, it'll go through -- but if I attempt to do so on a freshly-written one-shot (or first chapter of a new ongoing piece), it fails and forces me to use the text option.

There's absolutely nothing I can do about or wit...

Update: Anchor Foal

Roughly 6700 words on this chapter, in which the social beehive which had been previously dropped into Ponyville starts to sting in multiple directions.  The next chapter on this one is going to focus on the beginnings of Karmic Payback -- no, that's not a pony name (although it could ...

Update: Tales Of The Canterlot Deportation Agency: Jack

Two chapters went up on this one today, totaling out to just over 7k on the word count.  (This actually brings us within view of the finish line on this particular story.)  I know a few people have been curious to see more of this particular AU's incursion world, and hopefully this both he...

Your holiday freebie: Lootspheres

https://www.fimfiction.net/story/394371/lootspheres 

Yes, this is still Story Update Month, and said Updates will begin appearing soon.  But I like to do something special at this time of year, an...

Update: Anchor Foal

And this one's moving again, just in time to close out the month.  Just under 8k for the word count on this chapter, which includes a few meetings -- and what just might be a step forward.

Now:  I know we missed a Triptych chapter in November, and I also know there's pro...

New one-shot story: Yellow Immortality

This is all FanOfMostEverything's fault.  He made a comment on a blog post which got me thinking, gave me permission to use the idea, and...  well...