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Being Funny with HaveTales-WillTellI'm constantly sad about not finding sufficient amounts of humorous works here. It occurred to me that, you know, maybe I should spread the word on how to be funny!
Since I've got nothing, I turned to someone who is pretty amusing around these parts. The thumbnails featured throughout this article were provided by `HaveTales-WillTell (or are from his gallery), so you don't have to take my word for it.

What do you find funny?
Above all else, I delight in cleverness. When reading, that often means puns and other forms of wordplay; with visual media, there can be the additional dimension of a character's actions mirroring or contrasting with their mannerisms, dialogue or accent.
These days, puns are underappreciated, relegated to opening-monologue punchlines and thrown-together internet memes. (Walken on Sunshine, anyone?

) Back in the day, it was different: Shakespeare, for example, included them in some form in every single one of his plays. One memorable e

Let's Talk about the Lit Community... Just a reminder that chat event is TODAY at 8pm GMT (We're technically in BST!) what time is that for me?
Greetings all!

Almost all of us on deviantART want to know how we are doing. We also know that to get any element of an answer, we have to put a lot of work in ourselves. It all sounds very exhausting, doesn't it?
We would like to openly discuss solutions the community can enact from within. This isn't just "what can the CVs do", but what can YOU do too. We don't want to waste good effort on the wrong things and moreso, we want to try to encourage more of you to get involved as individuals.
Let's look at the results from the #

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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Navigation
Literature Links | Group Spotlight | Workshops, Prompts and Challenges
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Literary Compass - Vol. 9Welcome
If one is looking for Literature, you don't need to go far on deviantART. There is a large community of writers and a plethora of work to peruse. Featuring genres such as fantasy, mystery, horror, and romance, one would be hard-pressed to find an area not covered. However, due to the nature of the site, shorter works tend to get more focus. It's easier to quickly read a poem or a short story, and thus many of the feature articles on dA showcase those works. However, there are many novelists and serial writers among the mix, oftentimes fighting an uphill battle to have their works seen and appreciated.
With that in mind, I have started an article to spotlight some of those artists and their literary-worlds. The works covered in this feature will exclusively be long-form fiction such as novels, trilogies, etc., or fiction serials.
Current Stop - Kherming
The next stop on our Literary journey is the fantasy world of Kherming created by Crist

League of Lit Groups: Vol. 5This article will be posted once a month and will revisit one past group spotlight from Love dA Lit and one literature group who is in need of admins to help with their various group activities.
Since I am bad at planning and replying, I will be changing how I present the groups who are looking for administrators. Unless I get a request to specifically promote a group's call for staff I will just use one of the newest ones from Love da Lit at the time of posting.
This month we will be revisiting #Poetry-To-The-Masses/~PoetryToTheMasses and taking a look at #RomanceforEveryone!

Navigation
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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!

Wednesday Wow - Feature #2it's that time of the week again

to bring to you a few brilliant pieces lurking on dA somewhere...
i think this week's pick has a few amazing writers and to each of you: do not stop writing !!!
if you have any recommendations for future features please feel free to note me!

without further ado...

and artist of the week is :iconellathepirate: with
that's it from me! hope you enjoyed this week's feature!
♥ n i c o l a ♥

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

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.

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by *akarra, May 8, 2012, 11:55:52 AM
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1. Original Rules | Meet the Contestants #1 | Meet the Contestants #2 | Meet the Contestants #3 | Meet the Contestants #4 | Meet the Contestants #5

2. PRIZES: All those of you who've entered, promoted, donated have been amazing. I just bought 400 points and with *joanbausher's & =jane-beata's amazing contributions, can give out a TON of points:

First Place - 500 points. =pixiepot will do a custom box feature; ~CJWilde will offer two of her awesome critiques.

Second Place - 300 points. =pixiepot will do a custom box feature; ~CJWilde will offer one of her awesome critiques.

Third Place - 100 points and a critique from ~CJWilde.

There's also an award for the person who promoted the contest the most - 150 points. Obviously that's an extremely subjective call, but I actually have quite a bit of data to back up whatever choice I make because you guys were so good about this. I just wish I could give more to all of you. It's impossible to give everyone the attention they deserve.

I'll give out the rest of the points as honorable mentions and such.

3. More new contestants - please say hi and be generous with favorites and watches:

4. As always - if you feel like helping me out a little bit, I always appreciate facebook likes, and there's an interview with me that I wouldn't mind going viral.

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Listening to: Bach
Reading: Nietzsche, "Beyond Good and Evil"
Playing: Skyrim
Drinking: coffee

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=pixiepot May 13, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I've added the custom box feature to my page

*akarra May 13, 2012 Student Writer

I just saw. It looks awesome and you don't know how grateful I am that you offered the prize. There's only so much I can do, I'm realizing.

=pixiepot May 13, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Any time. It takes no effort on my behalf so I might as well share it.

*akarra May 13, 2012 Student Writer

Any advice as to whom I should inform of the haiku contest? I just want a TON of entries. So far, the entries haven't been just good - they've been awesome. I don't think anyone on dA realizes quite how much talent there is here. I've had 6 entries and each of them have made me stop and think.