State of the Scribe: October 2020

Happy spooks to all pones out there. I’ll get right into the Calendar, since there’s not as much wild and reckless changes for this one. Thanks to all those who voted on the poll last month. The results suggest I should share information about stories I think I related to my usual writing, so I’ll continue to do that in little ways.

No stories ending this month, though next one will bring a few conclusions to the schedule. Hour will be complete in November. At present rate, Child will likely finish in December, along with Mew Like Me. Fine Print is slightly harder to predict, though it’s heading for conclusion as well. That promises a completely new suite of stories for the new year. I’m excited, I hope you are too.

For anyone new around here, the story “Mew Like Me” is posted to my Patreon (and can be read for free) because Fimfiction is obviously a Pony-only host. Just check it out https://www.patreon.com/user?u=3226653 after about 9am mst and it should be there. You can even “watch” my account without paying anything, and you’ll get emails when the story updates, if you want to do it that way.

Some of you may know that I write professionally in addition to my writing on fanfiction. It’s likely the balance between the two of those will shift towards the former and away from the latter. But I know there will be at least a few stories going for the foreseeable future. Still got ideas left to write.

Informal poll open to anyone who leaves a comment: Does a historical story about the lost roman legion being brought to Equestria during an AU where the pones lost during the season finale, as Discord’s last desperate plan to save the country–does that sound interesting to anyone? I’ve always wanted to tell a story where ponies are the ones with the technical advantage over humans.

There are two new stories there, for posting on the 17th and 24th. These represent Minifics that were previously posted to Patreon. Now that I have Starscribbles, I have a place for these. Finding Yourself is a short about an HiE where a human transformed upon their arrival to Equestria discovers that his human self–untransformed–is already living there. Capstone is a shortfic about negotiating forgiveness for Tempest Shadow as a final project for the Friendship School.

There’s another story from patreon I’d like to bring here soon, one that was sadly ended premature at the end of act one thanks to economic pressures from the disaster I won’t bother naming at this point. But the first half can stand on its own, and I feel it’s worth sharing.

Lastly, we have the stories written for non-pony audiences, but that touch of familiar subjects like TF and science fiction. “Tail of Redemption” about the worst people alive becoming eevees as punishment–is complete now, and has a complete second half/sequel. It can be read on Fanfiction.net, but anyone who doesn’t want to dread that awful place can also check out the PDF here:

Part 1: https://www.dropbox.com/s/oh5b78ksfwd05kh/Tail%20of%20Justice.pdf?raw=1
Part 2: https://www.dropbox.com/s/izqp1h2greu5vp6/Two%20Tails%20of%20Justice.pdf?raw=1

I know I included the PDFs for Mew Like Me, but given how fast it updates, I’ve decided to wait until the story’s finished and do the whole thing at once. Keeping a single PDF up to date was taking time I’d better spend writing.

Have a spooky month, everyone. Stay safe.

-Starscribe