State of the Scribe: February 2026

Hey pones!

Quick one this month as I’m still figuring things out. My usual start of the year is to catch up on existing obligations for the next six months, then use whatever time remains to come up with fun new projects to get done in the meantime. That’s what I’m up to now, getting words on the page for the remaining pony stories. (Oh, and sorry for not getting last month posted up here. It still made it onto my patreon, but it must’ve fallen by the wayside on Fimfiction. The API scheduling endpoint for blogs still doesn’t work, so…)

That means no new stories this month, just continuing with our existing ones. Hopefully I’ll have something more interesting to share next month, we’ll see. Still hunting for a cover for Legio IX, and Family of Chaos from last year. I’d like to get both of those going on fimfiction soon. New Way Home and Accidental Sunshine will both probably take the remainder of the year, or about that much time. Quarantine–it’s harder to say with a vote-driven story. I’m sure a more skillful author could force the plot into the usual three-act structure regardless of user votes, but I’m not that author. Instead I’m riding it out, guiding it towards a conclusion. But it still feels like it has a good bit of runway ahead.

I’m trying to wrap up Unity too, but that story still has a good number of segments to hit before we’re finished, at least three anthology sections. After that, we’ll see.

Layers of Change is finished, only going through the editing process, but Everwood still has about half of it waiting to be written. That’s probably the next big project, really pushing into that story so it can be its best before publication.

I released three books last year. I’d like to double that this year. Ambitious, since I haven’t printed anything this month, but… what good is a goal if it won’t make me push for it?

Current story stable:

• Quarantine, a vote driven story about a transformative pandemic that sweeps across north america. Like Voyage of the Equanox before it, this story unfolds based on user votes. If you’re not voting yet, now’s your chance to influence how Elliot’s story unfolds. https://www.fimfiction.net/story/568477/quarantine
• Another Day at Unity is an Anthology set in a pokemon world where every person’s soul is outside their body in the form of a pokemon. The original novel followed a mew girl who upturned the balance of power, this anthology jumps to many people and perspectives, so we can see just what it’s like to have various kinds of pokmoen souls. Visit strange new locations, meet all kinds of weird Pokémon. available right here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-story-day-at-115556555
• Accidental Sunshine: Changeling discovers ponies, but can she learn to master friendship before her deception is discovered? https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-story-105351764
• New Way Home is the story of when accidental human arrivals to Equestria are discovered by some very unfriendly creatures, and they’re forced to fight for survival: https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-story-rescue-94115163
• Into the Everwood is my take on the Bloomburrow/Redwall type setting. Small wild animals, a medieval/magical elements, wars to fight and mysteries to solve. It’s an anthro world, though you’ll find plenty of my usual hallmarks (like TF), ancient technology, human influence, etc. I’m hoping to see it work as a series, it’s one of those worlds that has so much going on it could sustain several books with ease. Brave squirrel twins face creatures much bigger and stronger than they are. https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-story-into-144942218
• Layers of Change–Imagine an infinitely recursive hollow earth, where our same planet becomes increasingly bizarre the deeper down you travel. The story follows a true shapeshifter (at least he becomes one early on), which in this world are one of the most feared and dangerous beings–as they can travel freely between layers and take forms suited to each one. He becomes strange creatures, though his travels soon lead him to creatures he fears to leave behind. Everyone says he should be traveling deeper into the layers, but does he even want to? https://www.patreon.com/posts/147029874/

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