Love dA Lit: Issue 51

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Welcome to the fifty-first issue of my weekly news article, Love dA Lit! :hooray: Every Sunday this news article will aim to promote volunteer opportunities, various resources, prompts, challenges, and workshops, as well as highlighting various contests, interviewing various members of the literature community 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.

Notes: New format! Since the merger of news articles into the journal category I've had to change the way some things are listed, but hopefully it doesn't affect anything[or anyone] too much. Also, go give lots of love to nycterent for her time as Literature CV! :heart:






Literature Links




Literature Links [in other languages!]

I am still looking for non-English literature groups, I'd like to keep tabs on them too! :eager:





Inspiration (Workshops, Prompts and Challenges)


Weekly:

Bi-Weekly:

Monthly:


Other:


This Week's Group Spotlight



:spotlight-left: :iconnanowrimo-love: :spotlight-right:



NaNoWriMo-Love is a NaNoWriMo [Nation Novel Writers Month] based group. They have folders dedicated to all sorts of things NaNoWrimo, as well as member's novels. Learn more about this group by clicking here!

Thank you to BlueBlueFox, who promptly answered the following questions. ♥


:star:How is NaNoWriMo-Love different from the other literature groups on dA?
NaNoWriMo-Love is mostly (actually singularly) based around the novel-writing event of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). It's most active probably in November, but I know of other unofficial NaNo events (such as JaNoWriMo) and Camp NaNoWriMo that I hope to use with this group in the coming year of 2012, and make it thrive for a better chunk of the year.

:star:You recently stepped up to help run NaNoWriMo-Love during NaNoWriMo this year, can you tell me if you'll be hosting any events or projects? [If so, please explain a bit about them.]
Oh, I just answered that kinda, haha. Well, as I said, I know of several unofficial NaNo events, like JaNoWriMo (a NaNo taking place in January) and JuNoWriMo (a NaNo taking place in June) that can be used as sort of practice sessions. There is also Camp NaNoWriMo that I hope to stir up the group members for, which is a summer NaNoWriMo taking place in August and it has its own official website and everything.

:star:You've participated in NaNoWriMo 7 times, do you have any advice for those attempting it for the first time?
Remembering the first year of my NaNo, all I can say is to just write. Even if you come up with thousands of plotholes (like I did) and horrendous grammar (like I did) and the contractions cannot be split (or you don't think to split them), just keep pounding away at your keyboard. Planning things makes it a little easier, but note that in NaNo, the pressure is on, and there will be indefinite amounts of subplot bunnies that will hack away at your carefully thought out plotline. Be prepared for long days and late nights as the weeks continue on. But also take care in knowing you're not alone, at least 200,000 other people around the world are right there with you. :)

:star:Anything else of note that you would like to share?
Well, I would say join the group but that is entirely up to the people who wish to do NaNo, because seeing as it is NaNo-based, we would expect people to at least give the event a try. But for those who read this and are in the group, best of luck! And to all the writers out there, young and old, seasoned or new, best of luck in all you do! As Bill Stout says, "Whether or not you write well, write bravely." :aww:


Quick Links:



If you're looking for some more groups head over to leoraigarath's Literature Groups List or Realm-of-Fantasy's for their list of literature groups[Fantasy, Sci-fi and General], or you could always head over to my journal to see the small list I've compiled. Or if you're still not finding a group you like check out the list of all literature groups on dA: Click here!


Lit Contests Galore!



These include contests that are purely Literature based and those that have other categories as well, but still accept Literature.

Here are the contests ending this week:


:star:Be Different (November 6th)
:star:All Around Art Contest (November 7th, November 10th)
:new::star:Splendid Scripts [Scripts Only; please see link for details] (November 9th)
:new::star:Fella Around the World (November 10th)
:new::star:#wordflight's Prompt Contest (November 11th)




Please click here for the full list of contests!
There is also a group dedicated to Literature contests around dA, DALiteratureContests, if you're still looking for more contests!



Resources


Regular Lit News Articles


General Resources

Writing Resources

Critiquing and Miscellaneous Resources

Publishing Resources

E-Zines/Magazines

:iconreadthismagazine: :iconsoundzine: :icondazine: :iconthealt-lit: :iconthemissingslate: :iconsecond-look: :iconverandahclub: :iconsuturehq: :icondistinctliterature: :iconpoetrymagazine:


Looking to help out the Lit Community?


:new::pointr: WA-writersblock is looking for someone to take over the group.

:new::pointr: Poets-N-Prose is looking for some admins.

Updated::pointr: 1 Community Liason, 3 TFP Appraises and 3 Critics are needed over at LITplease.

Updated::pointr: SuperWritersHelp is in dire need of critics.

:pointr: Written-Imagination is looking for contributors.

:pointr: 2 Afilliates/PR Admins, 2 Pay It Forward Admins, and 4 Critics are open at lacoterie.

:pointr: 1 Prose Administrator is needed at DailyLitDeviations.

:pointr: Literature Moderator positions available over at Realm-of-Fantasy.

:pointr: Members to host workshops and contributors are wanted at Writers-Workshop

:pointr: 8 Critiquers, 3 Lit-Pickers, and 1 Affiliate Admin are needed at LitResources.

:pointr: writingclub is looking for a founder and some other admins to help run the group.

:pointr: 35-prompts-challenge is still in need of a founder.

:pointr: 100ThemeWriters is in need of admins

:pointr: A critic and an inspirationalist are needed at Wordsmiths-Guild.

:pointr: Beta-readers are needed at Beta-Readers!

:pointr: Two Contributors are wanted at Written-Love.

:pointr: The group, Lit-Community's current founder is stepping down and is looking for someone to fill the position.

:pointr: Deviant-Mentor needs Literature Mentors!

:pointr: Applications for two contributors, or co-founders, are wanted at PPPLit.

:pointr: Mythologue is in need of 5 Language moderators[French, Italian, Spanish, German, and English] and critic admins.

:pointr: Open Positions over at SixWordStories, they need: Project Managers and Contest Managers.

:pointr: Critics and Commentors are open for applications over at Live-Love-Write.

:pointr: Critics, admins, and a team to help keep members "motivated, inspired and more involved" are needed at devLIT

:pointr: 2 Moderator Positions are open at HuesOfReality.

:pointr: YouAsTheNarrator is looking to fill the following positions: 2 Gallery Moderators, 1 Character Bio Moderator, 4 Chatroom Moderators, 4 Promotion Moderators, 2 Gallery Contributors, and Comment Contributors.

:pointr: Critiquers are needed at FantasyAuthorsGuild.

:pointr: Scribblers-Anonymous is still looking for a reporter.

:pointr: Various staff is needed to help with Gallery Moderation, Literature interviews, Prompt suggestions and postings, Polls, and Blog posts. over at Literary-Visions.

:pointr: Some greeters are needed for the group, RawEm0tion.

:pointr: TheAlt-Lit has various positions open. [Widget on left-hand side.]

:pointr: A gallery, folder, member, and affiliate admin are needed at TheUnheardVoices [Widget on the right-hand side.]



Literature Community Relations



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Contacting Me



:star: Want your group to be spotlighted? 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. ♥

Hugs, love and thanks to:
:iconatrue: for letting me help run LITplease's Community Portal and spamming her inbox with countless notes, all while being wonderful.
:iconxmothermoonx: a LITplease Community Liason and will be helping me with gathering information while being fabulous.
:iconevlydia: another LITplease Community Liason who will be helping gather even more information and continue to be awesome.
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Hey all the bullets and stuff are working now! :la:

Oh, and awesome news as always. :heart: