State of the Scribe: May 2020

Hey pones, another quick update with this month’s news. Hopefully you’re all doing well during this dark and confusing time. But the stories must go on, or else I’ll go insane here in quarantine.

Only two pieces of news in this month, so that should be quick to get through. Convergence(I think I miss-titled it as Confluence on the last calendar) will finish this month, and if Zutcha is willing, will acquire a cover so it can make its way to fimfiction as quickly as possible. For those who don’t know, Convergence is a prequel to Synthesis, depicting Starlight Glimmer during the very early days of Equestria’s creation, and following her through the shift of Canterlot and the integration with human society. I don’t really want to go into more detail, but I’m excited to see it make its way to fimfiction soon, artist willing.

I also noticed that Frames of War chapter 2 didn’t get scheduled correctly last month, so its been posted here. I debated whether or not to include it at all, since the project has been postponed. That slot has now been taken by a story I’ll working title: Optimal DM.

I don’t know how it is I keep finding new Friendship is Optimal stuff to write about, but here we are again. This time we’ll follow a tabletop gaming group quite early in the universe’s timeline, who decide that the other remote gaming tools aren’t working for them, and decide to try Equestria Online for that purpose. As someone who played plenty of remote games back then, I can certainly sympathize.

Last piece of news, one that doesn’t quite fit anywhere on the calendar. For those who ordered the Through the Aurora book, it’s just waiting on a few last pieces of art before we can get the wheels turning on the print. It sucks that we had a pandemic in the middle of the project to slow things down so much, but I want everyone to know that the book is on the forefront of my mind, and I’ll commit to no other big projects until each of you have your book.

Thanks so much to everyone who continues to support me during this rough time. Your support means the world to me, and lets me keep doing what I love.

-Starscribe