So, uh, yeah. Once upon a time I used to write some fics. They weren't that great, in my opinion, but were decent enough to get featured on EqD, for whatever that was worth back then. Eventually, though, poor mental health and the never ending march of canon crushing what were meant to be canon-complimentary stories kinda killed my enthusiasm. For the last few years I've been trying to write original works, but the spark and enthusiasm just wasn't there, either. It wasn't until FiM ended that I figured I might give fanfiction another go, since the show's ending kinda flung the doors wide open to speculation about the future with just enough concrete details to work off of.
So I started writing this! It's just in its infant stages, with just about 5k words written, but its initial trip down the New Stories section was surprisingly successful, garnering positive ratings/comments and ~200 views, which seems to be pretty good if I'm analyzing the statistics right. Nowhere near Feature Box material, but I'm not that good of a writer, and I'm not writing dark drama or romance, so I'm counting it as a victory in my book.
The gist of the story is that it's a sci-fi adventure tale about Cozy Glow, who is released in the far future for not entirely clear reasons by a much older Princess Twilight, and is more or less conscripted into working as an assistant to the princess until she both proves that she can be trusted not to cause trouble and earns enough money to strike out on her own.There is of course a lot more going on, but like I said, this is just the beginning.
Unfortunately, this premise is rather similar to several other popular stories about Cozy Glow that cropped up shortly before mine, but I swear that I was writing this well before I saw them. I am a very slow writer.
In any case, I'm hoping that the more sci-fi bent and less dark tone will help it stand out in the end, but only time will tell. It certainly feels great to be back writing about something I have some passion for, that's for sure!