Welcome to a novel-tastic November!

It is that exciting time of year again! Its officially the month for NaNoWriMo! We hope to have several of you participating this year. I am very happy to announce that I will also be taking part this year! If you seek to find me on the official website, my username is the same there as it is here on DeviantArt. We also have an official chatroom, so be sure to stop by the chat channel #Nanowrimo. As of October, we have all ready had several sign up at the official website here: [link] and the list continues to grow. And to help you to get started, I have posted an article full of wonderful links to help get you geared in the right direction – but you will also want to keep your eyes on my monthly journal here first folks for all of the latest news, links, word counts and more!

Are you up for the 50,000 word challenge?

Start your journey here: [link]
Oh, and here! [link] (Thanks =bekkia!)
And if its not all there – you might also keep an eye on =KneelingGlory’s helpful resource journal throughout the month as well: [link]

Be sure to scroll down further for our regular literature news postings!





With these fun thoughts in mind, lets get into usual Literary news for November:

Firstly, =bekkia’s Down With Clichés contest ends today, so if you haven’t yet, read about all of the details here: [link] and get those entries in! =th3krimzon1’s Believe contest also ends today, so don't miss out. And don’t forget, you also have an opportunity to share a bit about your optimistic view of life with *Shards-of-Shame's contest All About Life. Check out the news about that here if you haven’t yet: [link]
=Scarlettletters's latest contest will begin as of today, so if you want to check out the upcoming details, be sure to read this news article: [link]

Also, for those of you wanting to take a break from your novel writing, then ^ArtisticAunJuli’s ultimate fanfiction contest might be just for you! Check out the news on that here: [link] your deadline for this is on November 20th. And *ColdContactKiss is hosting another fun sci-fi themed contest! Don't forget to check out the news for more information: [link] the deadline for this is on January 1st.
*TheJerk4 is also hosting a holiday contest that will be open for all mediums. For more information, check out the news article: [link] your deadline will be on December 20th.

And, of course, we all still love `ATrue’s highly useful club listing - The Lit List. This is for those of you who are interested in joining clubs and getting your literature work out there on DA a very good place to start.
The newest Lit list can be found here: [link]
Also, *ArchArad would like to draw your attention to this very important cause for interested poetry writers: [link] And, =druideye is hosting a charity project for World AIDS Day, so be sure to read the news about that: [link] this will be starting on December 1st. =Mattiello still hopes to draw in some interested writers and to share some tips with you on his newest endeavor, WritersFace.com, a live radio show featuring you: our devious writers! So, be sure to check out the news article to learn more: [link]
Oh, and for a more bit of fun, don't forget to check out =KneelingGlory's latest contest: [link] the deadline for this will be on November 30th, so have some fun with it.

With the exciting additions of the new deviant profiles, we have all become familiar with the workings of a fun little tool called “twitter,” so on that note, I am very happy to re-draw your attention to *Lit-Twitter. Its (very exciting!) purpose is to help us help you keep informed on all of the happenings on DA in lit, so be sure to check it out, you won’t be disappointed! So far, it has been very wonderful about keeping us all in the know, so be sure to add our resident tweet to your watch list and keep up to date on the minute in what is happening in Literature, just in case one of your local GM’s miss it!

Don’t forget, we have an interesting array of Literature chatrooms to visit that might be of interest to you! We just love #getlit; but we also love: the fabulous #Literazzi, the lovely #litlove, the intriguing #LitQandA, the most radical #Scissors, the awesome #WLC, the fun #flashlit, the terrific #litterbugs, and of course the ever-so-cool #LitteraeAmor, the very friendly folks at #distinct are also very excited to be meeting you, and of course the srs bsns of literary discussion in the channel #cabal. If there are any other great “Litter” chats I have missed, just simply note me, and I will come by and check them out. I am always pleased to see new visitors stop in. The chatrooms are always active, and we will continue to be there to happily assist you. If anyone has any other questions at any time feel free to send any inquiries should that need ever arise.

Along those same lines, if you are possibly interested in joining a some critique groups? Then you might want to stop by *devCRIT. This group is open to all categories, which also includes literature. They are also looking for some wonderful critics to offer their services to them, and some great deviations in which to offer critique. We also have the ~TheCritiqueBox. And the fantastic team on #Writers-Workshop is always abuzz with some new workshops to improve your writing. For more critique fun, don’t miss out on `youthculture’s fun Critique-A-Week project: [link] And, if you are still not getting enough of critique on DA and are looking for other groups, you might want to stop by the ~GoldenCritique-Club.

However, if critiquing does not interest you, you can find some deviant run prompts. *RalfMaximus oftentimes hosts a few occasionally on his journal, and =bekkia is also featuring wonderful writing exercises on her journals, so we will have plenty of great ones for you to check out. And, don't miss out on the Give Life to an Inanimate Object contest. Details can be found here: [link] this latest is open to all mediums, including Literature. Your deadline for this is December 10th.
Also, ~writers-in-progress has some great writing tips to share with you to help you get some ideas to better improve your novels, so keep an eye on there daily journals. The folks at *Live-Love-Write are hosting an interesting contest, so read all about that here: [link] =DailyLitDeviations is also hosting a new contest as well. The details can be found here: [link] your deadline will be on December 15th. And last, but certainly not least, ~ProjectDFC will be an upcoming host to a December form challenge, so be sure to stop by and check it out!

And, we'd also like to introduce some of our newest, upcoming clubs and projects that you may have missed and want to check out: there is a great publishing project on DA called *DistinctLiterature, who recently published their first publication! And along those same lines, we also have ~Deviant-Publishing which as the name suggests, will be a fantastic place to get the ball rolling on DA features for possibly publishing, ~OnceUponATimeClub, for more prompts and other varied challenges, and ~the-haiku-club for none other than, yep, you guessed it folks, haikus! And this recently just announced: =suture seems to have returned to the lit scene, so keep an eye on them as well! We also have another critique group on the scene: *Critique-It, and hope to revive our helpful Translation chain group, so be sure to stop by the new club ~TChainRedux. And for those who love both photography and writing, the group *photographicpoetclub might be right up your alley. And for the love of books! Those of you interested might want to stop by the ~BooksNowChat DA homepage. And among our newest there’s *Live-Love-Write, the neat ~lit-factory, the up and coming ~Book-Reviews club, and the newly interesting *dAWriterStrike. There are also a few interesting "inspiring" clubs that I should like to make mention of here: firstly, we have the return of *ProjectPositivity, also along those same lines there is *ProjectInspire, *project-improve, *ProjectComment and *Cariad-Club, all of which encourage others to share art, form friendships and provide constructive feedback in an optimistic manner.

With her usual gusto, =KneelingGlory has done a marvelous job in sharing a fantastic listing of opportunities for being published. This article is a great place to start to get the ball rolling: [link] and I also suggest you keep an eye on Lili, because her lovely LitBits articles are not to be missed! Check out the first official issue here: [link]
Lili has also put together another great article to provide you with some tips for running a contest, so this might be right up your alley: [link] check it out! Also, the latest issue of LitBits is out: [link]

--Any other lit news, old or recent that I've missed: note me.





If you stop by, and would like to begin your journey on my DA homepage, may I suggest starting here: [link] Also, if you are new to DA and need further assistance, please feel free to note me if you cannot find what you are looking for in the FAQ section found here: [link]

Are there any other literature clubs that I have not yet added to my watch?
Please feel free to leave me a comment.

Reminder: Our literature division of labors – and I just want to remind everyone that I will be working closely with our literature chats and clubs – so if there are any concerns at anytime about these two issues, feel free to note me at any time. Here is the list for those of you needing to be made aware of what my team members are doing:

^fllnthblnk is in charge of expanding our publication driven resources and to help anyone with a desire to contribute to this base. In addition, he will help you if you are looking for articles and so forth related to writing, critiquing, revision and publishing.

^SparrowSong will be focusing on any education driven resources and will also offer continuous assistance on this and various other Literature projects. She is also taking on our Literature forums.

^StJoan will be handling contests and administrative duties for the lit community. Please contact her if you have ideas for contests, problems with other deviants, questions about categories and feedback for your Lit GM team.

And, of course, here are some lovely stamps, to show your support!






Please stop by and feel free to join us, whether you are a writer, a poet, reader, or even a critic - we'd love to have you. We are currently accepting regular submissions and various pieces for our Workshops, so please show your support to these wonderful writers and stop by.

If you should like to become involved and would like to support us - please take a look and feel free to join us. You can adopt or be adopted by another writer! Join us here: *Adopt-A-Writer

Are you looking for critiques on your literature? How about a friendly atmosphere to talk lit, and to meet others who share in your interest? Then look no further than our official chatroom at ~getLIT!

I am on the wonderful ~WordCount staff as their Romantic/Erotic feature director, so if there are any of you talented writers out there looking for some great exposure for your romantic literature, feel free to note me a link (or two), I'd love to take a look!

I have added several updates to our local club... *Indianadeviants so if you are from Indiana, or just interested in Hoosier related news, please, by all means, join us! We would be more than happy to have you there. We always accept new submissions and hold votes. If you are our weekly winner, you will get a club feature and fave!

Come by and check out *writersunknown If you are interested in joining us, please -by all means - note the club and feel free to add us to your watch. I've revamped its journal and we are now accepting submissions, so check us out and join in on the fun.

=Prose-R-Us is still growing strong. We are also still looking for new workshop posts and are now accepting regular submissions. So you have not yet joined us - do so.

There are always lots of new lit related things floating about, and the best way to stay afoot on all of them is to check out our nifty page over at *litNEWS, to watch and read up on the latest we have to offer to the lit community.