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Remembering Grim, A Beloved Angel ...

Jan 5, 2017

For those of you who have not heard the sad news, it is with a very heavy heart that I write this journal today :heart: Please take a moment to read the sad announcement from a couple of weeks ago: Damien Grimm was known to many of us as "GrimFace242", he then changed his username to inknalcohol (https://www.deviantart.com/inknalcohol) and with it he gave his online image a revamping :love: He was a very dear friend to many of us ~loveloveplz (https://www.deviantart.com/loveloveplz) He was the kind of person that if you had the pleasure to get to know him a little better, you would understand why for many of us, there is very little difference between "online friends" and "real life" ones :heart: If you befriended G

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Remembering Grim, A Beloved Angel ...

Jan 5, 2017

Featured

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Literature

It's all over the news

It's all over the news, bad news. It comes and goes in heavy waves, and your aunt has cancer. It seems lately that all you do is lose yourself, always seeing graves because it's all over the news. Bad news: this year is still ongoing. It's true it feels unstoppable, and by the way your aunt has cancer— a snake-noose tightening grooves into her neck and throat, giving it its all. Over the news, bad news, you have coffee and chatter moodily— because what else can you do when told your aunt has cancer— Stare silent at the menus, choose the easiest meal to stomach, because it's all over. The news, bad news: your aunt has ca

Great reading material

123 deviations

A Quick Guide to Publishing Resources

Mar 21, 2015

Publishing Week A lot of you are probably familiar with my extensive Publishing Resources List, and if you are, you probably know that it’s gotten rather…unwieldy. :shifty: This article will serve as a quick guide to the most essential resources I’ve collected, so you don’t get too overwhelmed when you’re starting out. My Idiot’s Guide to Lit Mag Publishing and Idiot’s Guide to Book Publishing are two good overviews of the most popular types of publishing. Another great resource for those of you hoping to publish books is this chart, which covers the different paths you can take to get your book on

Useful resources

95 deviations

Aliens and Predators

35 deviations

Critiqued or Beta'd

9 deviations

Amazing visuals

97 deviations

Update: Fair Exposure and Popular Browse

Apr 17, 2012

:bulletgreen: Fair Exposure and miscategorization On January 24th, 2012, we released an hq (https://www.deviantart.com/hq) journal regarding Popular results for Browse. In this journal, we described Fair Exposure -- deviantART's algorithm for Popular browse results. Fair Exposure's goal is to showcase the most popular deviations in a variety of styles, genres, and art forms, without bias towards a particular topic. Since the release of our Fair Exposure announcement, especially in the last handful of weeks, we've noticed a concerted, dedicated effort made by deviants, or groups of deviants, to specifically beat (or "game") the system. Deviations have been intentio

Awesome news

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Cool skins

57 deviations

Ghost Story Contest! CAMPFIRE CHILLS

Apr 30, 2012

Edit 6/9/12: Judging begins soon! We had a total of eight entries. Watch this space. Edit 6/8/12: Deadline is midnight tonight, Eastern Standard Time, and I won't give any more extensions. Edit 5/31/12: DEADLINE EXTENSION. You now have until June 8th. Yes, I know I'm awesome. Edit 5/26/12: Six days, three entries. I will judge with this many, but I won't be happy about it. Edit 5/21/12: I have one entry with ten days to go. C'mon guys! Edit 5/16/12: Today is the halfway point (okay, sort of today) and there are no entries. C'mon, guys, 15 days until deadline! I know a lot of people push until the deadline, but I'd like to see some

Complaint Challenge 2012

12 deviations

Daily Deviations

93 deviations

Feedback For Favorites Results

Feb 6, 2013

Original Contest Journal Created for thorns (https://www.deviantart.com/thorns)' Complaint Challenge. Feedback Generated: 4,085 The Inspiration: The +Fav and Run Phenomenon. The Mission: To leave Comments, Feedback, and Critiques on Deviations in your Favorites Collection. The Results: :bulletpink: Total Comments Generated: 4,085 :bulletpink: Number of Participants: 55 :bulletpink: Average Amount of Comments Per User: 75 :bulletpink: Highest Amount of Comments Given: 399 The Winners: Grand Prize Winner: ~TheWritingDragon (https://www.deviantart.com/thewritingdragon) TheWritingDragon (https://www.deviantart.com/thewritingdragon) 2nd Place Winners: :iconanj3lla: Anj3lla (https://www.deviantart.com/anj3lla) :iconscarecrowlover: Scarecrowlover (https://www.deviantart.com/scarecrowlover) 3rd Place Winners: :iconaty-s

Complaint Challenge 2013

10 deviations

Ghost Story Contest! CAMPFIRE CHILLS by Cassildra, journal

Ghost Story Contest! CAMPFIRE CHILLS

Apr 30, 2012

The Village Bicycle Project by zebrazebrazebra, journal

The Village Bicycle Project

Feb 10, 2012

The Village Bicycle Project Pet projects. Groups, prompts, contests, news serials. We all have them, whether it be one, or two, or ten if we've got a premium membership and a largesse of time. We start them for various reasons: to make a change for the better, to provide an opportunity that wasn't there before, or simply to make our mark on this wide and diverse community. Of course, it wasn't always like this. When I was first kicking around deviantART, News was still in beta (heck, beta-testing was still in beta) and Groups were nothing more than a glint in the ninja milkman's eye. What few projects there were were run out of the forums, i

Critique Challenge 1 by CrumpetsHarvey, journal

Critique Challenge 1

Feb 2, 2012

Update: as I have spent the last three days suffering from a severe bout of real-life-itis, the deadline is being extended to February 11th! To celebrate the relaunch of Critique-It (https://www.deviantart.com/critique-it) we’re announcing our first member challenge. :party: LiliWrites (https://www.deviantart.com/liliwrites)’s dA Solutions Sanctuary , like Expose-Lit (https://www.deviantart.com/expose-lit), is a response to thorns (https://www.deviantart.com/thorns)’ Complaint Challenge, and Critique-It (https://www.deviantart.com/critique-it) is part of LiliWrites (https://www.deviantart.com/liliwrites)’s Solutions Sanctuary. (Are you keeping up? That’s the credits paragraph, now let’s move on.) Critique is something both of our groups want to see more of. Not only does it help writers improv

Expose-Lit: The Launch! by CrumpetsHarvey, journal

Expose-Lit: The Launch!

Jan 26, 2012

Expose-Lit (https://www.deviantart.com/expose-lit) has a mission: To show dA writers who go overlooked in the lit community how easy it is to get involved and get noticed. We believe that dA lit is a brilliantly supportive, intelligent, and encouraging network for writers to develop in, whatever their level and wherever they’re heading. But it’s no fun if you feel excluded. At Expose-Lit (https://www.deviantart.com/expose-lit) we just want to put up a few signposts saying "writers this way" and "for Critique take next left" and "Fame and glory over the hill; bring a picnic." Why? When thorns (https://www.deviantart.com/thorns) set the challenge to tackle dA complaints head on, I was immediately stuck by an idea! ....and a fee

Announcing The First Lit-Visual Alliance CONTEST! by LadyofGaerdon, journal

Announcing The First Lit-Visual Alliance CONTEST!

Feb 1, 2012

Announcing the first contest for the %Lit-Visual-Alliance (https://www.deviantart.com/lit-visual-alliance) What is the Alliance, you ask? The Alliance is a project group intended to encourage visual and literary artists to work together. I've felt for some time that the dA Literature Community can at times be somewhat insular - to its detriment. We in the Lit Community are also sometimes prone to griping about the lack of exposure our work receives when compared to that of visual artists. So. In the spirit of thorns (https://www.deviantart.com/thorns) brilliant Complaint Challenge I would try to do something about that. And so :iconlit-visual-alliance: was born. As often as I hear literary artists complaining a

Welcome! Please Read All About Us! by LadyofGaerdon, journal

Welcome! Please Read All About Us!

Jan 12, 2012

We are the Lit-Visual Alliance! Here to promote networking and friendship between literary and visual artists. Interested? Read on: Please check out our Submission Guidelines & Frequently Asked Questions. This group is a direct result of thorns (https://www.deviantart.com/thorns)' Complaint Challenge. I've had the idea for some time, but if it wasn't for her it would still be nothing more than an idea. Writers, ever feel like literature just doesn't get the attention it should here, with so many more visual artists and appreciators? Ever feel tempted to be bitter toward those much more recognized visual artists? Don't hate them, work with them! Visual artists love i

Spotlight on Lit, vol 1.1 by MotleyDreams, journal

Spotlight on Lit, vol 1.1

Jan 28, 2012

:spotlight-left: Spotlight: DD's This issue's spotlight is on Daily Deviations; how to suggest them, how to receive them, and generally how to make the system work for you. This applies not only to the literature community, but to the entire site. Most deviants receive a DD and add some sort of shocked response in their deviation's comment area. Why is this? When you consider the purpose of the DD system, why is it so surprising to receive one? Anyone who takes a glance at your work and likes it can submit it to one of the gallery moderators. Yes. Anyone. If you take a look at the Community Relations group, there is a list of every volunte

Complaint Overkill by MotleyDreams, journal

Complaint Overkill

Jan 28, 2012

This is my entry for the Complaint Challenge, courtesy of thorns (https://www.deviantart.com/thorns), who first wanted us to complain about deviantART then turned around and said, "Okay, so what're you going to do about it?" So anyway, the Complaint Challenge brought out a lot of issues, my biggest one being people who would complain that they didn't get enough exposure (or that other people always got the spotlight) yet they'd do nothing about it. Well, since #Expose-Lit is now in existence, that issue has been taken care of (and better than I would've done, too. Everyone who hasn't already done so should go join them.) So what else bugs me? The biggest issue I come acr

complains contest by marob0501, literature

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