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Weekly Roundup!Happy Monday, inkhearts! It's that time of the year when we all get crazy busy, but your fabulous admins are here to hopefully lighten your mood with some wonderful hand picked selections from this weeks submissions. We also have some community announcements and staff changes at the bottom of the journal, so stay tuned after the features.

These Pages Won't Bring You Back by ~livesofbirds
How do you cope when love never dies?
A story told with a real word-of-mouth delivery. Somehow, it feels like you're hearing the story as much as you're reading it. That lends it a wonderful honesty, which makes the tragic events it depicts all the more heart-rending.

He Doesn't Need To Know by ~Athazagoraphobias
A touching poem about unrequited love
A carefully worded poem, rich in imagery and splicing the physical with the abstract. But b

Weekly Round-up!It's been a busy week for news! We have some contests and interesting opportunities lined up for you, but before that, our Round-up is an emotional one! From the high flying adoration of a pilot for the sky, to the bond between father and daughter, our members have been exploring close relationships.

The Beholder by *0hgravity
A pilot sits at the top of a Ferris Wheel, enjoying the pure, high atmosphere, so close to the clouds he treads daily in his jet. But at his side, the girl he loves remains bitterly silent for more reasons than a fear of heights.
*0hgravity's story is short but sweet, a story about a man in love with the skies and the woman who struggles to be his guide back to earth. A touching moment in their relationship captured.

Little Dreamer Girl by =Venry
An ode to childhood and all those memories
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Love dA Lit: Issue 93Welcome to the ninety-third 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 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: As literature is taking over #ArtHistoryProject for the month of September, it will have it’s own temporary section! Love dA Lit will be hitting it's 100th article very soon and I am planning a project to help celebrate which means I'm looking for some prize donations!
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Weekly Round-up!Fire beats deep within the smouldering heart of this week's Round-up. There's the hell-lit eyes of beasts on the African plains; the raining hellfire over Saigon; and the fire and smoke of a war-torn city. Come and see our outstanding literature submissions, featuring three life-changing and hair-raising events.
This Week's Features!

Grandfather by ~PeppermintPictures
The story of a solider struggling with the silence which followed the napalm storm.
There's a poignant dignity about ~PeppermintPictures's dedication (eulogy?) to her grandfather. It's a reminder that although wars end, they never truely leave those who fought in them.

There Stands the Grass by ~TimtehGrey
A Kenyan Safari takes a terrifying turn for the worse when a thunderstorm erupts over Hell's Gate Park.
We don't see to

June's Write-Off - The Shortlist!The votes are in: our admins have rated the entries from June's Write Off to decide on a final shortlist of four potential winners. Now it's up to you to decide the winner in a public poll!

To decide which of the eight eligible entries should be put onto the shortlist, we've scored each piece according to its creativity, entertainment value and technical quality (focused more on style and language than on grammatical accuracy). We've also let our admins award a bonus point to their favourite piece.
The results are super-close: three entries were tied for the final place! But we've made our decision and here is the final shortlist:

We reckon that each of these would be a worthy winner of the Write off. Which is your favourite? Please don't take our criteria into account when voting - jus

BrokenTales' Favourites!Well here it is: our new and shiny feature to round off April's Round-ups. This is all new, so please let us know what you think of both the skin and the feature itself. We consider criticism to be better than silence, because there's not a whole lot we can do if nobody says anything.
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In Lieu of Dancing by ~crisp-like-toast
It was late, I was tired, I thought to myself Just flick through the gallery and see if something catches your eye. And this is what I found.
The words flow. There's no unnecessary description to get caught up on, the characters exist for their character alone - names are irrelevant - and the result is 450 words of crafted fiction.
This stood out for me because it achieves exactly what it sets out to do, and I appreciate writing that doesn't ramble on senselessly.
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Weekly Round-Up!WritersInk feels loved this week. And you should feel loved, too! Why? Because of the many reasons to love dA Lit. Here's one of our favourites:
"The Lit Community makes me feel accepted in a way I've never felt before. People come to know me through my writing, which is the most authentic part of myself"
This Week's Highlights

A Kappa Named Cucumber by ~JiaLi
A little boy goes down to the river to play, laden with a bucket, an umbrella (for it's been raining all week), and some cucumber sandwiches. What he finds beneath the water will stay with him forever...
An absolutely charming children's story. It's well-written, easy to read, and hard not to fall in love with. After all, Haven't we all wanted a Kappa when we were growing up?
"The best part I think, is when you're a writer and in the middle of a huge writer's block, but you can sit down and spend DAYS, WEEKS, MONT

Weekly Round-up!Our first Round-up of 2013, and may there be plenty more to follow! Let's open the new year with a celebration of the following literary works that have attracted our attention over the last few weeks.
Recent Highlights!

Dried Orchids: (Spaghetti Western) by *Canis44
Vengeance, black powder, tyranny. This is the west, a cruel and merciless world.
A wrenching story told in a range of poetic forms, to be appreciated for both its content and its construction.

Daedalus Falls (The Fleet Will Remember) by ~DodgingTheBeat
Daedalus is falling, and hope of victory against humanity's sprawling decadence is falling with her.
In this short story that's aching to be part of something bigger, ~DodgingTheBeat delivers a scene that you watch as much as read. If you're a fan of sci-fi movies give this a read and start casting the characters.

Weekly RoundupWelcome to another Weekly Round-up! We've got quite a sombre collection of literature for you this week: with burials, scars, and driftwood. We've also got a fantastic archive piece about a young runaway - highly recommended!
As the spectre of halloween approaches, we'll be on the lookout for some spooky works to be featured in our Round-up on Monday 29th October. If you've written or read anything that you think might be suitable, please let us know

This Week's Highlights!

Oceane, Adrift by *Lacewinged-Beauty
Be swept away by the ocean in this beautiful poem.
This is simply gorgeous poetry - sad, imaginative and boasting a wonderful ebb-and-flow of a rhythm. It almost invokes a feeling of sea-sickness, so strong is the sense of gentle motion.

Call Me Cicatrice by *intricately-ordinary
"Scars are ghosts of people you've left behind.

Weekly Round-up!This week in the Weekly Round-up, we have two prose pieces that span the entirety of man's existence; the first covering man's humble beginnings eighteen thousand years ago, and the second giving a glimpse into the end of days. Next, we have a poem that will get your toe tapping to a good salsa beat, another that will have you yearning for love lost, and finally, a short story from the Archives that pairs together a mysterious man and woman for a most intriguing encounter. Read on and enjoy!
This Week's Highlights

A Tale of Ancient Man, Part 1 by ~PaavoLongshanks
Eighteen thousand years ago, there was a battle between Cro-Magnon and Neanderthal in the fields and forests of ancient Europe.
~PaavoLongshanks takes us back to the earliest forms of man. He shows us a startling culture, the birth of war, and he reveals a darkness in our h

Weekly Round-up & July Write Off!We've got a double-dose of robots (or at least, robot-like things!) to present to you this week, in a Round-up which has lot to say about human nature. We've got some big announcements for the chat room, too, with new dates for both the Write Off and its spiritual parent, Word Wars!
This Week's Highlights

A State of Misery by *SomethingOnceSacred
The very first prototype synthetic human leads a pretty bleak life; discarded by his maker in favour of more refined creations. Of all the indignities has been forced to bear at his maker's hands, perhaps the most keenly felt is the selection of his name: Misery.
A thought-proking piece of science fiction literature, exploring the concept of synthetic human creation. Misery is a compelling character and the world he lives in, along with his fellow "creations", is intriguing. As with most sci-fi devoted to artificial life, the appeal of the piece lies not within the sythe

Weekly Round-upWe've got two flavours of hell for you this week: from the depths of the underworld to the frozen ruin of war-torn Stalingrad. Plus we've got a love story (as usual

), a total bonkers jaunt into madnness, and more news than you shake a Ron Burgundy at.
This Week's Highlights!

How I Became Blind by ~Stingtings
A man wakes up one morning to discover that his brother's turned purple, the news anchor's turned red, and his new friend's turned yellow. A rainbow of colors paints every person's skin, but our man quickly realizes he's the only one that can see it.
Through this unorthodox tale, ~Stingtings expands upon an idea both simple and intriguing: a literal take on the skin colors that separate us. If you're desperate for something a bit different, this is probably where you should start!

the anguish of the sky. by ~momo-madness
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Weekly Round-up!We have a wonderfully powerful selection of pieces for you this week! The end of May has brought out the best in our writers and we have something for almost everyone. From the portrait of a working class man to Hannah's never-ending trips through Death.
We also had some new faces helping to put this Round-up together

our lovely new admin are here and making their presence known!

We also have a great contest announcement at the bottom of this journal for all of you who are itching to write something inspired by a prompt.

Working Class by ~pomohippie7
A character portrait, painted in tones of honesty, respect and warmth.
Vivid poetry which is deceptively complex. On the one hand, it describes a man, a mechanic, concentrating on his work. But there's a deep respect captured in between the lines, an admiration of a craftsman which looks beyond the grease and the smoke.

Weekly Round-up!Things tend to wind down during the festive season, so this is our last Round-up of 2012

Don't worry though, because we'll be back in 2013 to pick up where we left off, and we'll have some chat events lined up for you all as well!
If you're still writing over the next few weeks then we would still love to see your submissions. Our next Round-up might be four weeks away but you can be sure we're scouting out potential features already.
Our theme for this week is moments - it will make sense in a couple.
This Week's Highlights!

Once Upon an Autumn Night by ~Storyteller21
Of all the moments in our lives, it's a select few that really make a difference, and Selena is about to reach the biggest change to her life yet.
~Storyteller21's tale starts at the end then shows you how it got there. It's not always an easy

Weekly Round-up!It's a week of celebration! And we thought it would be nice to have a wee change in the last Round-up of September.
What are we celebrating you ask? Well Ongoing Stories of course! Whether it be sagas and epic adventures that keep you hooked with each chapter, emotional rollercoasters based on true events, or creepy nerve jangling horrors, they're all good to us so we thought we'd share a few of them with you.
A Few Choice Picks

The Anthropologist - Discovery by ~TheMeadiator
Everyone always believed that Humans were extinct, but an unusual phone call to Dr. Simon Gray is about to change everything
If you're looking for compelling science fiction then ~TheMeadiator has a modest collection full of exciting ongoing stories and short extracts just for you. If you like science based stories that delve deeply into interesting theories and questions, then yo

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Every week, we collect and feature the outstanding submissions to our gallery. If you're looking for quality literature to read, start here!

Each item is hand-picked by our admins and presented with a small introduction (we think this makes browsing literature easier). We don't seek perfection: we just choose interesting work and share it for critique, appreciation and encouragement.

Well as the season of festivities draws to a close, so too do our little Round-ups! Don't fret however, there will still be a few more before we say goodbye to 2012 for good!

For now though we've selected a collection that is sure to make you reflect a little more on things, from the serious topic of child abuse, to the arrogance of man.

This Week's Highlights!

Solitary Children by ~Balaria

Tim, an eight-year-old boy, awakes from a dream quite unlike his reality - a dream in which he runs freely, smiles broadly, and chases butterflies.

This short read will contain themes which are familiar, relevant and troubling to many of us. The UK in particular has seen a rise in the reporting of child abuse - especially in the last six months. ~Balaria's piece could be a worried glimpse into a future where our children are locked away and any contact is prohibited in the name of 'protection'.

A Rime of Hades by *Blacksand459

A journey into Hell reveals a lot about mankind's willingness to test belief and how far divine protection extends.

*Blacksand459 writes a piece inspired by classic Dante. A Rime of Hades is a wonderfully written fixed form poem that reads well and is also highly engaging. Not only is it an exploration of spirituality but also a study of the human condition and the arrogance that makes us...well human!

lens flare :2: by *disrhythmic

"black jacket / denim and leather like diaries"

Soaked in rich, urban imagery; laced with cinematic chique; and flavoured in regret. We see in *disrhythmic's stylistic poem a story of escape, told through images more than through actions. It's a sepia-toned comic strip of a poem - what story do you read between the lines?

The False Hero by ~gameofficial222

Not all see war as a hero's calling

~gameofficial222 writes a powerful emotional poem about the connection between parent and child, torn apart by war and the very different opinions both have about the role of "soldier".

Community News

The December Form Challenge is back again! If you're a poetry author and want a bit more practice with all the various forms out there then you should enter! Not only will you cover a form every day, there are bonus prompts too.

For more information about DFC and the chance to sign up for it, please visit this journal

Have you heard about Pocket Thoughts? No? Well maybe it's time you did. Pocket Thoughts is a magazine (an online one actually) that publishes the best of the lit world's work, and they're always open to submissions!

So why not take a look at the blog or if you want even more info then take a look at this journal.

dA's Odyssey II project with Clive Barker is still up and running so be sure to join in the ongoing story and influence what happens next! Chapter 6 is still open to your suggestions and submissions, so go ahead and submit something, you never know, your work might be chosen.

For more info about the Odyssey Project, visit this page

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Huge congratulations are in order for the following deviants for getting the coveted Daily Deviation feature!

*homunculus888 for the short story Turning Inward. Based on real life experiences of living with autism and Asperger Syndrome.

*xlntwtch for the story about relationships and peregrine falcons Flights of Fancy

*Dreamydeb for A Matter of Time. Dedicated to remembering the impact of hurricane Sandy

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*disrhythmic Dec 3, 2012

Thank you so much, again. <3

*sleyf Dec 5, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

You're welcome!

*Blacksand459 Dec 3, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

You guys are the best!! Thank you for including my work alongside such wonderful pieces of writing!
Have a great day!

And congrats to the other authors who were featured!!

Can you believe we're less than one month from Christmas?? Unreal.

I look forward to great times with this group in the year ahead. Speaking of which, will there be another Write-Off...maybe after the first of the year?

*sleyf Dec 5, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

You're very welcome.

I can't actually, the end of the year shot up really fast, 2013...ew, it just sounds like it's going to be an awful year.

We were planning on having one before the end of the year but I'm not sure at the moment, as things are slowing down and people have holiday plans and family commitments it might be best to save everything for the new year, but it's not decided yet

*Blacksand459 Dec 5, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

You know, that sounds like a good idea, in my humble opinion. Let everybody do their thing, and then after the dust has settled, have a new Write-Off for 2013.

Let's hope that the coming year is better than this one was.

I'll be glad to bid adieu to 2012.

If I don't speak to you before then, I wish you and the staff at Writer's Ink, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

*sleyf Dec 8, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Lol you make it sound like a stampeded towards the end of the year

I can't complain, this year has ben relatively normal compared to the early 2000's those were hell. Hopefully 2013 will have only good things for everyone.

You too Stan!

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