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A DD recap of June and July 2008!

^StJoan:iconStJoan: reports, 1d 11h ago
A look back at the lit DD's of the first half of summer! Plus how you can find yourself on the wall of Suggested By Fame!

Need an Alternative to MS Word and Notepad?

^StJoan:iconStJoan: reports, 17h 1m ago
For 12 hours only you can get Liquid Story Binder for free! It's a dynamic and helpful program. Check it out today!

Writing Reviews on dA

^GeneratingHype:iconGeneratingHype: reports, 21h 33m ago
A short guide to writing better reviews and submitting them to dA.

(This article is in conjunction with Nonfiction Month.)

Harmless DVD- Selected pieces announced

`Beccalicious:iconBeccalicious: reports, 1d 20h ago
Harmless is a non-profit UK based organisation seeking to resource as many people as possible about self harm. Recently, they asked us to help them find some pieces of positive literature to use in two of their major projects.

Official Release of Soundzine Issue Five

~Soundzine:iconSoundzine: reports, July 16
Soundzine releases Issue #5

Writing Contests and Calls for Submissions

~jamberry-song:iconjamberry-song: reports, July 15
News for writers: current contests, lit mags, calls for written work, and fun stuff. Get your work out in the world today and be a part of the greater literary community!!

Write #2: Why haiku?

^lovetodeviate:iconlovetodeviate: reports, July 15
What you will find in this news article: Why haiku? -- A list of resources on haiku and other Japanese concepts in poetry | Recent finds | Resource news | Read this | Literature Daily Deviations: June 2008 | I need your feedback

Literature feature 3

*almalobana:iconalmalobana: reports, July 9
A feature of poetry and prose from various writers on dA

Amnesia/ Cold Comfort Contest Results

*almalobana:iconalmalobana: reports, July 8
Results of the Amnesia/Cold Comfort contest as judged by Olcanna and almalobana

Mightier Than the Sword III

=Francine1991:iconFrancine1991: reports, July 8
A selection of the finest unknown/unknownish literature on dA.

Literature News This Week

Write #2: Why haiku?

^lovetodeviate:iconlovetodeviate: reports, July 15
What you will find in this news article: Why haiku? -- A list of resources on haiku and other Japanese concepts in poetry | Recent finds | Resource news | Read this | Literature Daily Deviations: June 2008 | I need your feedback

Writing Reviews on dA

^GeneratingHype:iconGeneratingHype: reports, 21h 33m ago
A short guide to writing better reviews and submitting them to dA.

(This article is in conjunction with Nonfiction Month.)

Need an Alternative to MS Word and Notepad?

^StJoan:iconStJoan: reports, 17h 1m ago
For 12 hours only you can get Liquid Story Binder for free! It's a dynamic and helpful program. Check it out today!

Writing Contests and Calls for Submissions

~jamberry-song:iconjamberry-song: reports, July 15
News for writers: current contests, lit mags, calls for written work, and fun stuff. Get your work out in the world today and be a part of the greater literary community!!

Harmless DVD- Selected pieces announced

`Beccalicious:iconBeccalicious: reports, 1d 20h ago
Harmless is a non-profit UK based organisation seeking to resource as many people as possible about self harm. Recently, they asked us to help them find some pieces of positive literature to use in two of their major projects.

Official Release of Soundzine Issue Five

~Soundzine:iconSoundzine: reports, July 16
Soundzine releases Issue #5

A DD recap of June and July 2008!

^StJoan:iconStJoan: reports, 1d 11h ago
A look back at the lit DD's of the first half of summer! Plus how you can find yourself on the wall of Suggested By Fame!

Poetry Feature #65

*TheFavoritesProject:iconTheFavoritesProject: reports, July 13
We've featured 65 poems since we opened our satellite account in 2007! Another one of the poems we featured received a DD before we had a chance to post it, so we posted two features this week. View the most recent feature here, as well a list of all the previous poems featured by TFP. If you like what you see, than devwatch the account because we feature a new one every week! No membership is required.

Comitato Italiano per la Nomina Interna delle DD.

~poeti-estinti:iconpoeti-estinti: reports, 1d 19h ago
1. Il Problema.
2. Quello che pensiamo.
3. Come fare?

"Carissa" she whispered.

~obliteratedsoul:iconobliteratedsoul: reports, 11h 11m ago
Carissa is one of the most talented people I know. Here's a feature from her gallery and an interview between the two of us. Take a look at it, you'll be amazed. <3

Literature


Lit Interview: IfrozenspiritI

`bananaprincess:iconbananaprincess: reports, April 25, 2007
When *fotoFRIDAY asked deviants to write a poem or piece of prose inspired by a photograph by *ahermin this past January, =IfrozenspiritI rose to the challenge with gusto, crafting a moving short story titled "Of Sunsets." Her work was the winning prose entry, and here she tells us a bit about her writing.



=IfrozenspiritI's winning entry

`bananaprincess: Tell us a bit about yourself as a writer. How long have you been writing, and what do you write?

=IfrozenspiritI: I've been writing forever, although I'd only categorize my writing as writing writing—that is, not feeble attempts at fantasy bestsellers that never made it past 60 pages—since maybe my sophomore year of high school. So . . . four years now. I write fiction (I hate trying to classify it further), although I occasionally dabble in poetry for amusement more than anything else.


BP: Your prize-winning story, Of Sunsets, is a substantial piece about the history of a discarded friendship. Could you tell us a little about the creative process of writing it? Did the story start with *ahermin's photograph, Collecting Liliputians? Did the photograph bring together older ideas for a story, as this photo from *fotoFRIDAY did for `alienhead's A Life Transparent?

FS: The first sentence of the story came to mind as soon as I looked at the photograph; I immediately wrote it down on the first available piece of paper without a clue as to how a story would develop from there. I didn't really have a clue until halfway through the story, actually; I was just drawn to the idea of the characters that formed in my head, and the image of disappearing into a point. (I've been reading too much philosophy, lately.)


"Collecting Liliputians" by *ahermin

BP: *fotoFRIDAY provides inspiration for writing with great photographs. What else do you find inspirational for writing?

FS: Oh gosh, everything! I keep a notebook of random sentences and sentence fragments that come to mind much the same way the opening of "Of Sunsets" did—these can be inspired by images, music, overheard conversations, dreams, situations, hypothetical musings . . . or just some garbled refuse from my garbled mind. Sometimes these sentences turn into stories; sometimes they just amuse me when I look through my notebooks.


BP: What is your favorite piece of writing in your dA gallery?

FS: I'd have to say, "Of Sunsets" is my new favorite. Other contenders are "Sacrifice," as my first substantive (good) piece of writing; and "If Wishes Were Horses," in which I was finally able to write about horses.



BP: There are a few photographs in your gallery as well. Is photography an art you are still pursuing?

FS: I'd hesitate to use the word "pursuing," because that seems to imply a level of dedication that quite frankly isn't there, but I do enjoy photography. There's something relaxing and satisfying in simply capturing an image rather than constructing it from words. (Before you photographers complain: I know real photographers don't "simply" capture things, which is why I'd never label myself a photographer.)



BP: What has helped you most develop as a writer?

FS: Writing! Getting feedback from other writers, giving feedback to other writers, reading, living vicariously through others, and (surprisingly) studying vocabulary for standardized tests. Weird, I know.


BP: What are you currently working on?

FS: Mostly revising, at the moment: "Of Sunsets," "If Wishes Were Horses," and my latest, "Bodies."



Thanks so much for taking the time to talk to us, and congratulations on your win!

*fotoFRIDAY provides a photo prompt for writers every Friday.

Most Recent fotoFRIDAY Article
The fotoFRIDAY Challenge: Results!

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~Blue-Notes:iconBlue-Notes: Apr 25, 2007, 10:43:08 PM
Everybody else was doing it. :heart:

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`lazybutt:iconlazybutt: Apr 26, 2007, 2:55:42 PM
i remember that talk we had in #seniors :D

glad to see these going in circulation!

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*IfrozenspiritI:iconIfrozenspiritI: Apr 27, 2007, 5:35:49 PM
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