Love dA Lit: Issue 115

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Welcome to the one-hundred fifteenth issue of Love dA Lit! :happybounce: 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 every week. 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.

Note: Due to a number of reasons [I am terrible at interviews, responding, finding groups, and I would like to give these groups more exposure, etc] the weekly group spotlight will become bi-weekly instead. :dummy:





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Group Spotlight



:spotlight-left: :iconglory-be-project: :spotlight-right:



Glory-Be-Project is a new group that has started off with a bang, the concept is simple: write everyday [or close to it] for one year. You have 11 months left so there is plenty of time to catch up! They have two current projects a Renga Tree and a "Create a Prompt Journal", both which are geared to challenge and help you along with writing something every day. Click here to learn a little more about this group's admins.

vespera and FuzzyHoser the founder and co-founder of Glory-Be-Project, were sweet enough to let me pester them with a few questions and then sorta mish-mash their answers up. ;P


:star:What was the inspiration for the group?
Have you ever thought about writing EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR A YEAR? I did :faint: and then I thought - I wonder who else I can sucker talk into doing this with me - and :heart: OH I would love to see their work. And then I talked FuzzyHoser into it in about 10 seconds and the plotting began. -vespera

Honestly, it was all vespera's idea. She mentioned it to me months ago and I assumed at first she just meant for her and I to do this, trading a year's worth of work at the end. The idea seemed fun, so I agreed. Also, she's terribly bossy, so I knew I personally had no choice. Then she said she wanted to make it bigger and get more people involved. It really just took off. I think a lot of writers needed something like this to get them focused again. -FuzzyHoser


:star:Can you explain a bit about the group, Glory-Be-Project and what makes it different from other literature groups on dA?
Glory Be Project is a group out of necessity - we started the project going and it became apparent pretty quickly that we were getting watches based on updating our journals about kick-starting the project. I made a group since I could tell that there was more interest than in our little nuclear group to trade a years worth of "word doodles" and poetry.

There are several other groups on dA that are "prompt based," or geared at motivating someone to write. Other than the obvious "trade year collections," I'm hoping that the group will end up being a very much a team-effort. We've already added several contributors on staff, and hope that more will join in as the year goes along - putting up prompts and sharing inspiration, and in general, motivating each other. -vespera

Well the idea is to simply write every day. Whatever lands on the paper is totally fine and perfectly acceptable. I think the most obvious difference between Glory-Be and other projects is that this is a no pressure sort of thing. We aren't asking people to create masterpieces; we just want them to create. Everyone, thus far, seems to be very excited and encouraging of each other, which has made for a very comfy atmosphere. -FuzzyHoser


:star:Will there be any other future projects and events from Glory-Be-Project
We currently have a renga tree going: January Renga Tree

And a lot of members are putting together prompt journals: My Prompt Journal (which I think people should consider doing and browsing whether or not they commit to a year of writing and join up).

We're hoping to do some work with other groups - such as reaching out to collaboration groups, groups specializing in form/eastern/etc.
:heart: But mostly, I'm hoping that as the year goes on, it's the rest of the members who are sending in ideas and groups projects. -vespera

The girl with the shoes is the one with the ideas. Ha, I'm just the enforcer. ;) I know we hope to keep throwing around prompts and fun activities for people, but we're mostly just running with the project and having a good time. -FuzzyHoser


:star:Personally, what has been the most rewarding part of participating in the project it so far?
For me, it's seeing the sense of community the project has. I can't even recall how many journals I've happened upon with people talking about the project and trying to get even more people involved. There's a ton of encouragement going around and we're all finding new talent to follow or get advice from. It just feels nice, really. -FuzzyHoser

It's two-fold. I've actually sat down and written every day thus far, and while I was the majority of days, I am coming up with things I wouldn't have before. Accountability is a beautiful motivation tool. Also, I was expecting about 20-30 people to decide to do this for the year, and seeing how many deviants - because, really, this is a big project - have stepped up is amazing. -vespera


:star:Anything else of note that you would like to share?
I don't suppose so. But I'd like to thank everyone for jumping on board and we hope for even more folks to get involved. We have a very friendly staff that's growing constantly and new members are encouraged to interact with us. -FuzzyHoser

I can't think of anything else to share right now other than people are welcome to note me or the group if they have questions :heart: -vespera



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Inspiration (Workshops, Prompts and Challenges)


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Lit Contests Galore!



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Resources


Regular Lit Articles


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Contacting Me



:star: Want your group to be spotlighted; your Literature project? See something you don't like? That you like? Want changed or removed? Have a suggestion for the next issue? Then please send me a note! The Literature Community is huge, so I'm always going to miss something or make a mistake, don't be afraid to let me know. ♥

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Love lit indeed!:)