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Who Cares About the Literature Community?A few days ago we had a chat to discuss community issues and solutions (see the original journal for details). Huge thanks to everyone who came and raised awesome points!
It took 45 minutes for the volume of talk to max out Sta.sh Writer's character limit and this chat went for two more hours, so I'm just going to summarize the key discussion points, starting with big actionables for #CRLiterature and for the community.
I've put the chat stuff lower down as it's denser: the outside bullet is the issue, and the inside bullet is possible solutions (not necessarily in order, each point is really a response to the original issue). There is a lot to think about in there, but feel free to pick and choose the issues you care most about.

Sorry for leaving a lot of stuff out, but I hope you guys are too busy figuring out how best to act on what we discussed to pay too much attention

Love dA Lit: Issue 128Welcome to the one-hundred twenty-eighth issue of Love dA Lit!

Every Sunday this article will aim to promote volunteer opportunities, various resources, prompts, challenges, and workshops, as well as highlighting various contests, and spotlighting a specific group or project for two weeks. This is by no means a complete list of all the literature going-ons, merely a tool to help you get involved and stay informed.
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My Book is Published
I published a book

http://rai925.wix.com/howtobeamermaid

You can check out the website link to find out info about it, and how to order. It's kinda awesome. Selling like hot takes too!
This is an auto-bio of how I became a mermaid and turned it into a job and how someone else can too!

SeparationIts 2:00 at the Slender house, and Slender is making Splendor his favorite snack, honey flavored pancakes, ladled in syrup.
"YAY! SYRUPY PANCAKES!" Splendor shouts, feeling giddy.
"Splendor, you have to grow out of your child palette some day. Might as well get the rest of you changed too."
"But Slendy, my favorite foods just taste too good to forget!" Splendor denies.
"If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be able to take care of yourself with your childish behavior. You would get slaughtered in the real world without my care and guidance!" Slender teases.
"But without me, you don't have anything to do and can't live decently!" Splendor teases back.
"Care to place a bet? Whoever can't survive without each other first in a month will be shunned?" Slender bets.
"You're on! I can take care of myself easy without you!" Splendor gloats.
He heads out to the portal to the human territory with a backpack to hide his tentacles and in his illusion form. Once in the city Splendor has a plan fo

New Survey Process

Hellllllloooooooo everyone! It's been like forever since we chatted last. Aside for being angry at us for slacking the last couple months, how are you all? Your pairings still holding up? Are you still waiting for a pairing? Do you need a new partner? Are you ready to assassinate the staff because we're so behind?
Don't answer that last one.

We're WAY behind with getting pairings done, and it's because we're all running busy schedules. So after a little pow-wow, we've come up with a new and improved way of getting your surveys into us. We'll no longer be manually entering each survey into our database (which is VERY time consuming, by the way). Instead, we're going to direct potential beta readers and writers to an outside survey (hosted through GoogleDocs, so it's completely safe and virus free, we promise! If you find it otherwise, `thorns will serve up `GrimFace242's skull on a spike for all to throw

Sonadow The king of vampires ch.1

Long ago in a dark village lived king Mepilis. And boy was he mean to his kindom, slasheing down houses!, stealing other peoples money with no permission! But people couldn't be mean to him because he was also king of the vampires..... But they say that maybe mepolis will be nice, But that didnt happen..... But until one day the king vansished his kindom and the kindom became even darker and darker..No clear skys no blue no white clouds, Just dark black clouds,and grey skys... From that legand people still celebrate that day so they won't forget thier king............................................................................................... ~Today~ One blue headgehog was running in the forest to get to his favorite brother and best buddie. Sonic: Hey tails whats up?! Tails: Hey sonic! did you hear the news? Sonic: what news? Tails: we have been invited to the kings party! Sonic

h thats really great......... Tails: Why arent you ha

In need of some help^^Hello (: I'm starting a new story, it'll be set in a post apocalyptic world and I need more characters for it so I would be very glad if someone could help me out by filling out this form. If you want to fill it out please post it in my journal on my page, also you don't need to fill out everything.

Palabras de amor-liam mi editor (part2)parte1:http://dianavazk3z.deviantart.com/art/Palabras-de-amor-liam-mi-editor-part1-372706458
Tras un largo y mudo silencio, Liam finalmente habló –pero el concepto me agrada… es sobre una princesa con corazón de hielo ¿no?.
Alice se admiró y contrajo su sonrisa –mmm… sí. El concepto básico es una chica con corazón de hielo que daña a otros, entonces conoce a un chico llamado caballero de azafrán, del cual se enamora-.
-entonces piensa como ella… ¿Cuál fue el problema de principio? ¿Cómo llego a ser así? ¿Qué cosas van a influir en ella para cambiar?- Alice se admiró ante esta observación de Liam, tal vez su narración si estaba algo carente de intensidad pensó mirándolo fijamente, hasta que con esa ronca voz Liam le gritó -¡¿esperas invitación?.
-¿eh?
-Trae algo para escribir, ya estas retrasada.
Alice con velocidad corrió a su habitación por su computadora portátil. Lo que sentía en el pecho no estaba segura de si era indicios de un paro cardiaco, miedo, amor, confusión o nervios….

Autism's FriendIn Boston Massachusetts, an orphanage held many of the children who lost their parents when they were very young. On specific child who lived there was very different than the others. She had Apsergers, a specific type of Autism, and the people who took care of her didn't know much about her condition. They always thought she was stubborn and aggressive, but her disorder was just making her stressed out. She would have many stims that made her look like she had spasms, but were expected with her disorder. She would always cry outside by a tree with her stuffed owl she would never get rid of. Her condition made her obsessed with owls, and the people thought she was sick and planned to send her to an institution if she didn't 'improve'. One cloudy, brisk day, she sat by the tree and clutched her owl.
'I wish I had a friend who likes owls and understands me…' she thought.
A rustle in the bushes startled her. When she turned around, nothing was there. She had an Autistic fear of monsters a

Cinta itu... (Love is...)Versi Bahasa Melayu:
Cinta itu bodoh, bukan?
Tiada kaki, tangan dan mulut,

Tapi pandai-pandai pula mencari cinta di seluruh dunia,

Tanpa mengenal siapa pun pasangan yang akan digandingkan bersama,
Tidak kiralah kulitnya hitam ataupun putih,

Itu membuktikan CINTA BUKAN PERKAUMAN!

Cinta itu pelik, bukan?
Tiada tangan untuk menulis ayat-ayat cinta,
Tiada kaki untuk berjalan-jalan bersama yang tersayang,
Tiada mulut untuk bermadah cinta,
Apa yang mereka ada hanyalah PERASAAN,
yang kadang-kala boleh buat pasangan merasa suka dan duka serta segala memori; pahit mahupun manis sepanjang musim percintaan,
Kerana CINTA ADALAH LAHIR DARI HATI!
Cinta itu rumit, bukan?
Bergaduh, mengutuk pasangan masing-masing,
Tapi berbaik dan berkasih sayang semula selepas berdamai,
Linangan air mata kegirangan terbit di mata si dara,
diiringi dengan senyuman lembut daripada si teruna,
Itulah yang dinamakan CINTA ITU ADIL!

Kenapa

My mermaid book is published

I published a book

Taking Down My StoriesI knew it was coming and I put if off as long as I could.
But someone is picking at my stories and having random chapters taken down by DA and I won't have them pecked to death.
This is the second chapter in two weeks. I don't know who is doing this since I have warnings and they are still reading the story, and then reporting the chapters.
But fine. I get the hint. I'm packing them up.
So I'm taking down 'Together' after a newly found reader is done. Actually, I'm taking down up to where she has read, and stay a step or two behind her.
Next is 'Daddy's Acceptance'. 'The Gift' and 'Snow Days' is staying up because they are 'clean'.
"My Home" is coming down, but I think I'll leave "Love's Love" up.
The poems stay. As shotty as I think they are, once in a while, someone finds them and think they are good.
Out of my one shot stories, "Late Lunch", "Happy Ever After" and "Walking Home" is coming down. Oh, and "Hello". The other two OC stories are safe. Nope. "Happy Ever After" is staying.

The British are Coming! R-18PLEASE DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU DO NOT LIKE YAOI THAT MEANS BOY X BOY.
Hetalia Fanfiction usuk
England sat in discomfort. Why did he agree to visit America in the first place? He remembered America saying something about another plane he had built he was sure he had only come so that he could make fun of the plane, but something else was telling him he was there for a different reason. America came in from the other room smiling. "Yo England what's up?!" England frowned slightly. "Hello America why did you invite me here anyway?" America put his arm around England's shoulder. "Dude remember when you took me out for drinks? Well I'm gonna take you out to thank you! It's like a date!" England blushed slightly. "D-don't call it a date you idiot!" Later on they went out for drinks and as we all know England can't hold his liquor... America helped England back to his house and lay him on his couch. England was completely drunk. America leaned towards England's mouth he could sme

Devious Journal Entrywho can say the pain i had wasn't real
who can tell me it was all a lie
but what if it wasn't
then whose fault it be for not believing
whose fault it will be for my graze
the tears bounding me
taking me straight to hell
but not only will i go
i be back to take you with me
i make sure you will regret
all the thing you done to me
i will not only die
i will make you life a living hell
the pain that inches my body
the words that cut through my chest
the knife going through my beating heart
the last breath i held being strangle
and your dirty hands are the proof
of my abusive life
the days i have face it all
you never let me smile
always wanting me to be weak
the tears bounding me
taking me straight to hell
but not only will i go
i be back to take you with me
i make sure you will regret
all the thing you done to me
life been so miserable
you choking me up in the smoke
fire fills the air
lung dying out of breath
and you will see
that eventually
you will not get away
the tears will always be

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by *akarra, Apr 25, 2012, 12:47:58 AM
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1. Original rules here | Who I am | facebook page for my blog (likes appreciated!)

2. No prizes yet, although I have a good idea what needs to be done. I need to get a bunch of points and give out some extra publicity to those who win. I've got time: hopefully people will chip in and these prizes will be awesome.

3. If you were referred to this contest by someone, tell me who it was. I need to know so I can start determining the winner of the "promoted this contest most" award.

4. A bunch of you have contributed work. I mean, I am amazed at the rapidity I have had submissions. So I think it's time to promote all of you to each other and the rest of dA. You're all talented poets and very nice people. You deserve more attention, all of you:

Please support each other. I can't emphasize this enough. The true value of the contest is not the prize at the end.

Thank you all so much for participating and spreading the word! There's gonna be a bunch more entries, fabulous prizes, awesome poems and - it is to be hoped - new friends all around.

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=SilverInkblot Apr 27, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

I heard about it from =Kneeling-Glory

~FaeLuna13 Apr 26, 2012 Student Writer

I wrote a poem a couple weeks back for

contest , using a song as inspiration. May I use that, or must it be completely new? I was referred here by your comment on

's page. I'm not sure if that means you referred me or her, but whatever.

*akarra Apr 26, 2012 Student Writer

I'd rather you use a new one. Contest rules are here, with a description of why certain rules: [link]

I did take a peek at your poetry. You write well. I'm sure you'll come up with something awesome. The limit is 30 words or less. Don't worry too much about winning; I'm trying to get people to say hi to each other and link to each other.

~FaeLuna13 Apr 27, 2012 Student Writer

Thank you so much, for the compliment as well as the information. And I never really care about winning; I go with "We won! We won! We won for having fun!"

!XxGreyFeatherxX Apr 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

YAY I'M ON THERE!

THANK YOU, AKARRA!
Good luck to everyone especially me, Love-the-peace, and letterjak! because letterjak is the one who told me about it!!!~

Whoever can quess who's in the picture gets a GRATITUDE slip (get five get a free drawing) and gets added to my watchlist! (if you want)
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*always-cosplay Apr 25, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Thank you very much!!

Good luck to everyone!! ^^

~Martinisontini Apr 25, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

letterjak I saw it on his profile

~1Puppeteer1 Apr 25, 2012

thanks!

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Thank you.

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