Follow & Thumbs | How to Add Your Voice to the Feature Box
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tl;dr - Follow authors and thumb-up stories. Favorites don't affect the feature box and hot list.

Hey guys, I'm writing this because I like attention and I guess some of you like my writing (Thanks!) or maybe you want attention too. If you're a reader here's how to voice your opinion: thumbs and watching.

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It's here. After a year of learning how to write, and two rewrites from scratch, it's time to let it see the light of day.

Fluttershy is having a tough summer day. She knew, of course, that there wasn't a chance for anything between her and Rainbow, but having her hopes dashed by an off-hoof comment before she even dared voice them...

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I decided this months ago, but didn't think to post it here until now.

Basically, Solar Flare turned out to be a bad idea for me. I'm sure there are plenty of people who can approach stories from a critical mindset and not get cynical about fanfiction in general, but I'm not one of them. Bitterness, sleepless nights, and just plain not-enjoying-this anymore built up pretty quickly for me.

So I quietly ended the project. Now you know.

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If you liked "Watching Paint," I hope you'll like my next project.

Hello folks,

I'm starting a pair of blogs/e-'zines
- to showcase the good stories on FiMFiction and
- to host discussion of how to write it.

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I'd like to ask your help with something, but first:

I have on my drive right now two partial drafts. The first is a "Falling" rewrite with extended backstory and improved atmosphere

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Fluttershy tried again, speaking louder. "Miss Morningsky wanted me to give you your papers, you see..."

Dash gave no answer. She continued her steady clip-clop past ponies' back doors.

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Josh Meihaus is asking American citizens to sign a petition calling for changes to California's implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Chromosome has written a good blog in favor of the petition. I oppose it.

As Josh explains the situation:

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"She Is" by 7
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Prose poetry this good is a rare treat. It's a story about love and forgiveness. It's written in first person plural. In the time it takes to decide whether or not to read it, you can just read it anyway, so do so.

End of Ponies by Short Skirts and Explosions
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I read a lot of ponyfic, edit some, and occasionally write. Tonight I'd like to start something like a Deviant Art meme specifically for readers.

I will hold my use of the "Favorites" system of FiMFiction to a higher standard, and I want to encourage you to do the same. There's a lot of fic out there. Let's share the very best with each other.

Therefore, I pledge:

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More reading, more write-ups:

Favorite:

"Doom of the Snow Weasels" by Applejinx -- Problem-solving, Pinkie-style. Short, silly, slightly trollish, and guaranteed to make you smile randomly for the next couple of days at the worst possible times.

Honorable mentions:

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Hey, wanna know a secret?

There's a place on the Internet where you can go and people will tell you what's wrong with your pony fic.

In gloriously painful detail, and for free.

Yeah, I know!

Sure, you still have to fix it yourself, and that can be frustrating and a lot of work, but it's the single best resource I can recommend.
PonyChan /fic/

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