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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! :squee: 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!
Fantastic Feature Tuesday #43... is on Thursday this week, guys! Heh... Sorry.
Please this news article so it will reach a larger audience!
This is a weekly feature of amazing literature that I come by during my
travels across deviantART. This is only a small sample of a vast amount
of wonderful pieces of literature written by absolutely fantastic
writers. Each deviation was carefully selected from a writer's gallery
based on structure, impact and word usage. I will never feature the
same person twice (though this gets harder to keep track of
now that we can change usernames), so check out these lovely writers now while you can!


New Survey Process:wave:
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. :giggle:
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
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.
what's wrongThe little girl wakes up crying in pain.
"What's wrong with me?"
She goes to school like  always, but the pain is still there, slowly increasing each day.
"What's wrong with me?"
People start to notice, wonder what's wrong with the girl. She has no answer for any of
their questions, or her own.
"What's wrong with me?"
Her friends know how bad it can be at times, helping her stand, walk, or just being there
when she cries.
"what's wrong with me?"
Someone tells her parents after seeing the blood
Finally she goes to the doctors
"What's wrong with me?"
They run multiple tests, repeating some for clear results
"What's wrong with me?"
"We don't know"
She feels like a medical experiment. A human guinea pig  
Trapped in her own body, she feels like giving up.
"What's wrong with me?"
People start rumors about her. They all wonder
"What's wrong with her?"
She goes day to day getting worse not better.
That little girl who keeps asking
"What's wrong with me?"
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:oh thats really great......... Tails: Why arent you ha
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….
Help :cI'm wanting to start a new story and hopefully make it quite long but I have absolutely no ideas. My head is empty :'c I was thinking of doing one set in a post-apocalyptic world but like....need characters and background stories o3o my mind can't cope with so much. So I would be over the moon if you guys could fill in this thingy with characters you've made up ect :}
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, ;p
Tanpa mengenal siapa pun pasangan yang akan digandingkan bersama,
Tidak kiralah kulitnya hitam ataupun putih, :D
Itu membuktikan CINTA BUKAN PERKAUMAN! :p
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 :) 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!
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.
Palabras de amor-liam mi editor (part3)part2:http://dianavazk3z.deviantart.com/journal/Palabras-de-amor-liam-mi-editor-part2-372902776
Durante el camino al colegio el silencio dominó, alejando a aquel duo que caminaba bajo la sombrilla, Alice alzo el rostro disimuladamente para ver a su acompañante quien parecía estar perdido entre el barullo de la llovizna –no te parece hermoso- dijo Liam mostrando su dentadura marfil sin mirar a Alice quien se mostró desconcertada -¿hablas de la lluvia?-  
-sí. Siempre me trae ideas de nuevas historias… ¿a ti que te inspira a escribir?- cuestionó con cierto aire de filósofo, Alice se encogió de hombro y su mirada pareció perderse entre el sendero mojado –no necesito inspiración, solo necesito recordar lo que viví en algún pasado- Liam se sorprendió, en su vida jamás había estado con alguien que compartiera esa pasión por la escritura, entreabrió los labios pero Alice de adelanto –aquí está mi colegio, te agradecería si no hubieras estropeado mi sombrilla- explicó mientras caminaba hacia e
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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:

:iconletterjak: :iconlove-the-peace: :iconlintu47: :iconmartinisontini: :iconxthndr: :iconxxgreyfeatherxx: :iconalways-cosplay: :iconarchaicglint: :icongivenher: :icon1puppeteer1: :icontrenomas:

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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Mood: Sadness ~archaicglint Apr 25, 2012  Student Writer
I don't remember who referred me here @_@ to who you are. thank you. thank you
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~archaicglint Apr 25, 2012  Student Writer
I remember now!!!

letterjak :D
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