This was an idea which came up in chat and as such, I decided to more or less get it out of the way. If it's worthwhile, then it at least proves I can operate somewhat in my current state, an...
2019-02-25 00:38:53 +0000 UTC View Post
And there's that stray random artwork again.
(It almost makes me want to commission something. To wish I could commission anything.)
Two new chapters up, totaling out to ...
2019-02-17 01:10:58 +0000 UTC View Post
This 6100-word piece currently holds a unique distinction within my catalog: it's the only story to be entirely composed on a tablet.
I was sitting in the hospital.
Waiting ...
2019-02-01 00:49:57 +0000 UTC View Post
There were some consequences to the conclusion of Triptych, and one of them was aimed directly at me. I'd finally shipped two ponies, and the upvotes on certain comments seem...
2019-01-30 03:49:13 +0000 UTC View Post
It's probably not a coincidence that the story wound up partially being about horrible things happening because you cared enough about maintaining your own sanity to risk leaving the house. *...
2019-01-28 03:27:08 +0000 UTC View Post
The current pre-post Patreon prompt text in this composition window is "What are you thinking about?" Well, this month, I've been thinking about doctors. It feels like all I've done...
2019-01-25 03:49:13 +0000 UTC View Post
This morning, at roughly eight a.m, I had an idea for a lightheated comedy. Something holiday-themed, if a little belated for the holiday in question. A touch of silliness as the ...
2018-12-31 04:43:22 +0000 UTC View Post
I took a mini-poll some months back, asking which series character people would most want to see serving on a pony jury. And the winner? Based on number of responses and upvotes to comm...
2018-12-30 03:43:07 +0000 UTC View Post
I did threaten that the next CDA story would feature Joanna...
The CDA pieces tend to earn their Dark tag, and I consider this one to have met the minimum shadow requirement with room to spar...
2018-12-25 05:03:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Five and a half years.
Fifty-six chapters.
513,000 words.
Lotsa downvotes (with more to come).
I just changed the tag to green.
Tonight, I rest a little, and cry just a bit m...
2018-12-01 04:22:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Just short of 14k, which is why this post won't be a long one. There isn't much left in me which is capable of posting, and you don't want to know how many typos I had to fix in order to make th...
2018-11-29 02:53:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, it almost had to be a shorter chapter this time: just about 6k. But even so, for me, it was more emotionally exhausting to write than the prior one. And I have to wond...
2018-11-26 01:58:47 +0000 UTC View Post
I got lucky. The holiday saw enough invitations issued to give me the peace and quiet I needed, and so writing occurred. (By comparison, tomorrow morning is skipping sales to take care of ...
2018-11-23 04:11:40 +0000 UTC View Post
This is one of those cases where the story's tone completely shifted between initial idea and composition. When I first had the concept, it was just going to be Luna stumbling through a...
2018-10-31 00:58:19 +0000 UTC View Post
After the last two chapters on Triptych, I had to try for something lighter -- and the concept of 'Luna goes out for chocolate' has quietly transmuted into more of a micro-dr...
2018-10-29 01:22:24 +0000 UTC View Post
It's one of the chapters I was most afraid to write.
(Then again, from this point forward, they all hold that status.)
It is probably going to set off a minor flurry of up to t...
2018-10-27 02:56:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Back on the horse -- so to speak, and at least for a little while. I managed one more-or-less clear day, and probably pushed too far in using it. The post-Monster coughing has already begu...
2018-10-22 06:29:49 +0000 UTC View Post
...I have no idea how that art appeared above. I think something in the site's code just grabbed the nearest picture from the Similar Stories sidebar...
At any rate: after what's felt li...
2018-08-31 21:47:30 +0000 UTC View Post
9400 words on this one, and --
-- I'm not sure just what this exhaustion is.
Part of it is physical: writing can be a draining act. I've been going for hours. But a good deal...
2018-08-30 02:25:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Very tired (and will almost inevitably have some degree of insomnia after writing). Keeping this short.
That last line?
I have been saving it for years.
I'm not sure how to ...
2018-08-28 02:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
In some ways, this is a chapter which people have been waiting for. The Continuum has a few resident Hate Sinks, and one of them has remained offscreen. She's only been mentioned a few tim...
2018-08-24 00:32:30 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been one of those months. I've been dealing with Other People's Stress, which has inevitably turned into My Stress, and nothing knocks me out of the writing space like stress. It's ta...
2018-08-21 03:15:35 +0000 UTC View PostI've been told that due to Patreon having apparently changed their billing address, some credit/debit card issuers are auto-declining pledge charges. (This is reportedly affecting multiple creat...
2018-08-02 20:07:17 +0000 UTC View Post
First (because this has to go first), there will be more sponsored blogs posted in August. I know my luck well enough to have said the session would only begin in July this tim...
2018-08-01 01:55:10 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm still going to try and post a second chapter on Anchor Foal tomorrow to close the month -- but I haven't done a no-pledge-charge short in a while, nor has there been an all-dialog...
2018-07-31 01:32:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, so the order got switched: fresh story now (and two sponsored blog posts later today), the next Anchor Foal chapter to finish the month.
...why is there cover art...
2018-07-29 05:18:02 +0000 UTC View Post
There really should be a longer post for this story. I could talk about how it's one of the oldest concepts to eventually reach monitor print. How a number of people wanted to see it for t...
2018-07-25 01:09:55 +0000 UTC View Post
This may wind up having a dual update this month, as the natural conclusion for the chapter was a bit of a cliffhanger. (If so, it'll come after Mah-Teor is launched, directly i...
2018-07-21 02:46:52 +0000 UTC View Post
A bit over 6700 words on this one, and... it was a hard section to write. This is another one of those things which I know some people have been waiting for, and that meant feeling extra p...
2018-07-19 02:24:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I wanted to do something a little lighter in tone to close out the month. As it turned out, I had enough strength to both come up with an idea and write it out. (This time, the se...
2018-07-01 02:05:11 +0000 UTC View Post