My fifth story is up, and my lesson learned is that again, deadlines are a good thing. It is teaching me to be creative on a schedule, and in the world of publishing, you have to complete stories and sell them.

I am quite proud of No Fault of Her Own. It took plenty of thought about Muffin's character to be able to channel the essence of her personality and purpose in life. Both her story and the title came to me both within the same five minutes.

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While it took a long time to come out, the EqD WTG compilation of Castle Sweet Castle themed stories came out at 8PM June 20th.

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As a Doctor Who fan, I know his voice. The series was in its first syndication in the US when I first heard his voice on UHF TV and first saw the scarf. Her voice, that I expected to be much harder. But then she spoke, simply and honestly, full of loneliness. I knew how to proceed, first person and personal. About her cutie mark and her pain, and unexpected epiphany.

Sometimes when this happens, I almost want to put the character's name on the by-line.

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Well, read Community Service and see if you agree. Didn't leave my POV hanging over the abyss after all!

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This week's assignment was hard, but I built up momentum by doing a story treatment first. Now, after a couple exhausting days of backseat writing, I've literally left my POV hanging from a rope over the abyss. I hope I save her by the Friday deadline!

Well, I liked Make New Friends But Keep Discord, but I didn't find much of a soul connection between Tree Hugger and myself, despite being called a Space Cadet by many. Characters write stories, people don't. But practice is important, so I started bouncing around ideas. Then it hit me: Discord and Tree Hugger; Yin and Yang? What if he's met his opposite? I ran with it. Between getting a new work assignment, forcing me to learn a heap of new technologies, and driving up to a Baycon

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Thanks to an Equestria Daily prompt to write a story about Starlight Shimmer, I am again writing fiction. I am a science fiction novelist, so a MLP fan-fic is somewhat out of my comfort zone. Lesson Learned was the result.

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