Acts of Love hype blog! · 8:41pm Oct 22nd, 2020

Acts of Love is coming out on Sunday, so I decided to share some details with y'all! I've already explained a little about our main character, so this time I'll be showing off the cover art and description, as well as sharing an excerpt of the first chapter!

Morning Glisten isn't really a good filly. She fights with other foals, and she doesn't really trust adults. Nopony would want to adopt somepony like her. So when Princesses Sunset, Fluttershy, and Twilight take an interest in her, she'll need to become someone else to win their love.

For the cover this time, Pasu and I decided to go with another metaphorical one rather than a direct scene. A major theme in the story is Morning pretending to be a good filly worthy of being adopted by princesses, so we thought having her up on stage in the spotlight would be a good idea. It was Pasu's idea to have her looking over a sea of nondescript ponies like this, which works so well I love it!

And for a sneak peak of what's to come, this is from the first chapter:

“You know,” a mare said from behind her, “if you’re going to hide, you should tuck your tail into your hiding spot too.”
Morning whipped her head around to see Sunset Shimmer was standing behind her. She was grinning, and instead of trying to get Morning up, she lay down beside her.
“Not a fan of these kinds of games, huh?”
Morning turned away. “No.”
“Yeah, neither was I when I was your age.” Sunset leaned in closer. “In fact, I don’t really believe you’re as shy as Ginger Snap says you are. You’re not shy, you just want to be left alone.”
If she knew that, then what was she doing? “I just wanted to read my book.”
“Geez, that takes me back.” Sunset brushed her mane out of her face. “Well, I won’t make you play if you don’t want to, but if you don’t want Ginger to notice you’re here, you should tuck your tail in.”
Morning flicked her tail in, wrapping it around herself. She thought of what she had wanted to say to Sunset, but now that she was right in front of her…
“Well, I’ll let you be then. If you change your mind, I’m sure you can find us.”
“You’re, uhm…”
Sunset smiled. “Something on your mind?”
Morning stared down at Sunset’s hooves. “You’re not a real princess…”
Although she had thought telling her that would hurt her feelings, Sunset just laughed. “Oh yeah? What makes you say that?”
“That’s what Cinnamon Twirl told me.”
“And who’s Cinnamon Twirl?”
“She adopted me.” Morning Glisten frowned. That hadn’t lasted long.
Sunset’s smile also fell away. “I see. Well then, if I’m not a princess…” She levitated her crown off her head and placed it on Morning’s. It didn’t fit very well, so she had to prop it up with her hoof. “Keep an eye on that thing for me, will you?”
“What? But it’s…”
Sunset shrugged, and her grin returned. “Well, if I’m not a princess, it’s just a piece of jewelry, right? Besides, it looks good on you.”

I hope you're all as excited for this as I am, this story was a lot of work and I think you'll all really like this one. I'll post a "Previously on Who We Become" blog in the next few days so people will be able to get a refresher/be able to see all the pertinent info if they opted to not read the other stories in the series.

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