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26 weeks
Random snippet to prove I’m still alive

“I got the time off!” The familiar voice emanating from the landline handset was jubilant.
A broad grin crossed Sunset’s face. “Great! Y’know, I can’t remember the last time both our vacation times lined up.”
“Four years, seven months, and twelve days.” The dry, and dryly humorous, reply came back instantly. “But who’s counting?”
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42 weeks
Everfree Northwest

So, uh, yeah, I’m here. I guess I should have mentioned it earlier, but it slipped my mind. Better late than never, I guess.
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55 weeks
Tidbits

Yes, I’m still around, though I still have nothing substantive for Fimfiction—and I’m not sure when, if ever, I will again. All I’ve got at the moment is a handful of random morsels from my tiny but active mind.
Counterparts
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75 weeks
Not naming names [writing tips]

As I’ve mentioned here and there, one of the (many) rules I generally abide by when writing for Twin Canterlots is: avoid using real-world names wherever possible. It’s harder than it seems—especially when one considers indirect coinages as well as direct references—and I don’t always succeed, but in general I find ways to skirt them most of the time. For the handful of people who
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76 weeks
Idea for a pony, cooked up with Baron Engel

Sales Spiel, seller of used carts, wagons, and coaches. “Tell ya what I’m gonna do—”
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Dec

25th

2020

A brief Twitter conversation I cherish · 6:30am Dec 25th, 2020

K.Hadley 22 Feb 2019
Who will win Squirrel Sensation? Fluttershy or Sunset Shimmer? Find out on today's EG short!

Dave Bryant 25 Nov 2020
Oddly, one of my favorite aspects of this is Sunset’s temper—not just her hilarious tantrum here in particular, but how consistently her short fuse is written as a character trait for her. It makes so much sense given her arc.

K.Hadley 25 Nov 2020
It was always important for us to keep her short temper. Women in kids media are very rarely [“allowed”, I would guess] to show anger as an emotion unless they are a villain. As a woman (with a temper) myself it was a big deal she be allowed that emotion/ part of her personality.

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