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SP Partial Update 2

The remainder of Twilight's aftermath is up here: Chapter Twenty Two - Aftermath. It's all unedited, but considering how long and difficult it was to get out, it probably won't change too much in substance in the final version. Really, this chapter in general is proving to be much longer and more difficult than expected. What was supposed to be a short ~6k word chapter is likely going to end up somewhere aro...

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SP Partial Update

This is roughly half(?) of the next chapter of Seeking Power. I've mostly been working on the not contiguous chunk of Twilight's scenes, but Sunset and Chrysalis's is in there too. You can find it here: Chapter Twenty Two - Aftermath.

The missing scenes as of posting are the foals' sleepover, Cadance and Rarity's morning, Twilight and Luna's short night together, and a final Twilight/Celestia scene to ...

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SP - The Phantom Thief Strikes!

You can find the next chapter of Seeking Power at any of the following locations:

SP Chapter Twenty - Movie Night in Canterlot

You can find the next chapter of Seeking Power at any of the following locations.

SP Partial Update

So this is what's going to happen. The big ~20k word chapter 20 is going to be broken up into three separate chapters: setup, heist, and aftermath. The first is ~10k words, the second ~6.2k, and I imagine the last will be somewhere around the same size as the second. I think I'm going to edit the first chapter and release it in a few days and then release chapters 21 and 22 together relatively shortly thereafter.

At any rate, you can find the unedited (as of posting) versions of chapter...

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SP - Partial Update

I swear, I spend a little time writing here and there throughout the week as a break, and out comes more words than I used to be able to get done in a month pre-op. I mean, this is clearly a good thing, but so many wasted years...

Anyway, the next chapter of Seeking Power is halfway done. You can find it in its current form here: Chapter Twenty - The Phantom Thief Strikes!

In case you can't tell,...

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SP Chapter Nineteen - The Molt

If you don't already know, I developed some complications from surgery and had to go back to my doctor for a day. Somehow, I managed to write this entire chapter during that time (although it took longer to later find the time to edit it for errors). So you can find the next chapter of Seeking Power at any of the following locations.

SP Chapter 19 In Editing, Apparently

So I developed some complications from my surgery and got pulled away from my research to see the doctor. Somehow, I managed to write an entire chapter over the course of a day. Soooo, yeah. The next chapter of Seeking Power is in editing, and you can find it here: Chapter Nineteen - The Molt.

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SP Chapter Eighteen - Picking Up the Pieces

You can find the next chapter of Seeking Power at any of the following locations.

SP Chapter 18 In Editing

You can find the unedited version of the next chapter of Seeking Power here: Chapter Eighteen - Picking Up the Pieces.

Now that I'm out of the hospital, (sort of) recovered, and back at home, I hope my writing pace will pick back up again.

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SP Partial Update

The next chapter of Seeking Power is coming together ridiculously fast. You can find the first half of it (completely unedited) here: Chapter Eighteen - Picking Up the Pieces.

The second half of this chapter will either be much slower or much faster in coming. I'll be in the hospital for a week starting on the 1st, so if I'm awake and capable of writing, I'll probably be doing that.

Regardless, e...

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TDWL Stages 07 and 08

You can find the next stages of The Demon Who Lived at the following locations.

FanFiction.net
Stage 07 - The Hogwarts Express
Stage 08 - The Sorting 

Tales from the Hidden Library
Stage 07 - The Hogwarts Express<...

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TDWL - Stage 08 in Editing

First, if you've already read Stage 07, you might want to go give it another glance. I think I'm done editing it, and it's had some pretty significant changes since it's original posting.

Anyway, you can find the next stage of TDWL in unedited format here: Stage 08 - The Sorting. This is a short one, and I'll be...

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Omake - The Misadventures of High Priestess Hinata

I wrote this comedy a few years ago, and in between working on the next two chapters of TDWL (the first is in editing at the moment), I polished this up fairly quickly. I may, in the future, choose to continue it as a relaxing joke series. Enjoy.

Summary: Hinata meets Kurama as a young girl, and all spirits need a priestess, do they not?

You can find the story at either of the following locations:

TDWL Stage 07 in Editing

Ugh, this chapter was tough to write, and it took forever to get done. I plan to release it in concert with the following one, whenever I finish that. That will cover the sorting, and I hope to get it done quickly. For now, however, here's Stage 07 - The Hogwarts Express.

Writing Lelouch and Kallen with their roles reversed is hard. Her fire has reignited with a new cause while he, with all of his p...

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SP Chapter Seventeen - Rarity Takes Canterlot

After the disastrous downward spiral of the last two chapters, we take a step back and check in on our good friend Rarity. You can find the new chapter at either of the locations below.

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SP Chapter 17 In editing

The remainder of chapter 17 (unedited) is now available here: Chapter 17 - Rarity Takes Canterlot.

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SP Partial Update

My life is kind of crazy right now and will be up until roughly the middle of October. I'm unsure how much I'll be able to write until then (read as: how much time I don't have which I'll use on writing anyway), but I have half of the next chapter of Seeking Power done, so I might as well let you have access to it now. This may be a thing I do more regularly in the future.

At any rate, you can find the first half of the next chapter of Seeking Power here: 2020-08-17 22:13:33 +0000 UTC View Post

SP: Chapter Sixteen - Falling Apart

A new chapter of Seeking Power is available. You can read it at either of the sites below (and eventually at FF.net when I decided to just deal with its horrible interface).

You may be aware tha...

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Seeking Power Chapter 16 in Editing

This is in a very rough state right now. I think the actual Twilight/Trixie stuff needs some additional scenes and some work. But you can find the next chapter of Seeking Power as it currently is here: Chapter Sixteen - Falling Apart (old title, The Explosion).

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Seeking Power: Chapter 15 - The Wayward Students

You can read the next chapter of Seeking Power at either of the following locations:

-FIMFiction.net
-Tales from the Hidden Library 

I'm unsure which story I'll be working on next at the moment. Mostly, I need to focus on my research for a little while. I h...

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Seeking Power: Chapter Fifteen in Editing

Well, this came together quickly, but I suppose that's to be expected. I just finished rewriting literally everything before it, so morale was high, the wind was in my sails, and the skies were clear. By a similar token, this should be a very fast editing round. The entire AU is fresh in my head, so I don't need to do any consistency checking or careful nudging of plot threads. I just need to make a grammar and style pass.

At any rate, you can find the next chapter of Seeking P...

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Story Revision: Seeking Power

Well, it took two months and was as much of a time sink as I expected, but I finally finished updating Seeking Power so that I'd enjoy continuing to write it. It's finally off hiatus now. You can read it (and the old version) here. Eventually, it'll be updated on FIMFiction.net as well here. I may...

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TMV - Chapter Three - Reunions

Well, this came together shockingly fast. I take a little break from writing KSCoB, and this entire chapter comes forth over the course of a few days. You can read it at any of the following locations (although FIMFiction is probably the best).

- FIMFiction
- Tales from the Hidden Library
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Turns Out I Lied - TMV Chapter Three in Editing

This chapter came together much faster than the next stage of KSCoB, so I guess you get it first. You can find the unedited version here: Chapter Three - Reunions.

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TMV Chapter Two - A New Normal

You can find the next chapter of The Moon Victorious here: Chapter Two - A New Normal.

Now that I've got the initial impetus to write ponies out of my system, I'll be writing the next chapter of KSCoB next.

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TMV Chapter Two in Editing

You can find the (unedited) next chapter of The Moon Victorious here: Chapter Two - A New Normal. I need to gut some of Twilight and Shining's conversation about alicorns (it's too soon for that information, so, you know, spoilers) but it's otherwise mostly done I think.

After this chapter is done, I'll probably be writing the next chapter of KSCoB.

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Omake - The Moon Victorious

I missed ponies more than I knew. I especially missed writing about Twilight and Luna, so here's a new story where Luna wins upon her return from exile and convinces Twilight to, if not side with the nightmare, then accept her birthright and ascend to the throne as the Solar Regent.

You may remember the prologue as a modified version of the omake from 2020-03-28 16:02:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Omake - OMG Ponies!

I forgot how much I loved ponies, and now that I've been sucked back in, I realize just how much I missed them. I wrote an omake for TMA a while back, and I got really excited to make that into a full story. I'm uncertain yet how much of my creative efforts will be directed toward it, but here's the modified version of the original omake (to facilitate a full story) and it's first follow up chapter in The Moon Victorious. Neither chapter is fully edited yet, but especially not the la...

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TDWL: Stage 06.5 - The Peaceful Years

You can find the next chapter of The Demon Who Lived here: Stage 06.5 - The Peaceful Years.

As you can read in the author's notes there, I intend to get the next arc (the Invasion Arc) of KSCoB running (and possibly finished) before I come back to this. Lelouch and Kallen's first year needs completely plotting out, anyway, becau...

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