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"Burninating the countryside... burninating the peasants... burninating all the peoples... and their thatched-roof COTTAGES! THATCHED-ROOF COTTAGES!! And the Trogdor comes in the NIIIIGHT!!!"

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Oct
29th
2018

A tease, a bra, and a whole lotta cider · 2:28pm Oct 29th, 2018

I'm not sure how many times I repeated the phrase, "One chapter a day, every day, starting Halloween," during Ciderfest this past weekend. But Halloween is Wednesday.

That means To Serve In Hell is coming back in just 48 hours. :pinkiegasp:


Art by Praysforaprankster, a.k.a. Captain Wuzz, a.k.a. "The Artist Formerly Known As TheWoolyMammoth"

The old chapters will be taken down later today. And as I've said before, the first 11 "new" chapters are heavily revised versions of what you've seen before--but once chapter 12 hits, it's new stuff all the way.

While release prep has been dominating my time lately, I decided to take a break and get out to Ponyville Ciderfest this past weekend. This is my third time going, and it's always a blast--but this time was at least 20% cooler because I finally got the chance to meet (and room with) my longtime buddy & co-conspirator Moosetasm! We tasted cider, went plushie-hunting, and danced inadvisably hard to some bangin' live sets by Silva Hound and Odyssey Eurobeat. On top of that, we got to catch up with cuddlefic master extraordinaire CategoricalGrant, meet expert reviewer Matthewl419 (and others!), and grab an impromptu lunch with OMG-it's-that-guy Corejo. Plus I got to be part of a panel about how to begin and end stories with the one and only Vivid Syntax!

I'll have to get some pictures up when I'm not neck-deep in Hell. :raritydespair:

At any rate: next fic is definitely going to be the remastered version of Bra Quest! from last September's Writeoff. I have disliked sitting on it in its mostly-edited state for the last couple of months, but things keep getting in the way. Who would've guessed that editing a novel involves quite a lot of effort? :derpytongue2:

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Hype gotten. Looking forward to a new round of servitude.

I know you said that at least 3 times just during the meetup, maybe 4?

Also, lol, I'm an expert now, am I? xD It was great meeting you, man, and thanks again for signing my badge! Pics of that in the followup I'll get to soon-ish.

Where's the countdown clock?

Don’t forget the epic quest we undertook for me to get Vivid’s book: Sensation; competitively priced for the amount of horsewords and excellent cover. It was also most worth the effort of seeking and camping of Vivid’s spawn location. :trollestia:

Plus Coffee here is some kind of Zen / Kung Fury / Thai-Jitsu Master when it comes to getting autographs: In the middle of last day of dealer room salestravaganza? Signed. Running off to something else? Signed. Sneaking through the back of somepony else’s music set? Signed. Exhausted from epic concert and packing equipment? Signed. Sitting in a chair? Signed. Master.

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Then you are about to get served. :rainbowdetermined2:

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My count was six during the author meetup, and infinity during the rest of the con.

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Who even uses clocks anymore? Time is relative.

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I would not doubt it's that many... all I know is he said that a lot of times xD

Shit, I was scanning through my feed before going to work this morning, only read the top paragraph. I though I'd still have a day to read the older draft, but I missed it.

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Fear not, good sir/ma'am sir; the new stuff is just a couple days away from dropping, and it's loads better anyway!

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What can I say; I stumbled on a catchphrase quite by accident, and I fount it was both fun to say and imminently relevant. Besides, you remember it, right? Right? #noregrets :trollestia:

Though to my eternal shame, I still failed to get 3 of the community guests' autographs. :raritydespair:

Hee hee, we camped Vivid's spawn point. That's awesome. :rainbowlaugh:

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Though tempting, I don't want to commit to a specific time of day for the release. Better to preserve both mystery and some amount of plausible deniability. :raritywink:

Ha, ha! The tension has been doubled! :pinkiecrazy:

What happened to all of the chapters? Have they not been re-uploaded or are you starting from scratch?

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I think I got your question on the story itself, but I’ll answer here too: I’m “kind of” starting from scratch. Chapters 1-11 have been heavily revised, and I’m reposting new versions of them. Most of it still plays out the same as before, but there are some aspects of the plot and (especially) characterization that should be much tighter and more cohesive in the new versions.

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