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HOLIDAY FEATURE!!!

Here's some new winter and Christmas arts I found lying around here:





I'll be adding more seasonal art and lit until the New Year. If there's an artist or writer you'd like to suggest for this feature, please drop me a note.

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Promotional Stuff!
=Vindicta38 has published a book of poetry via Lulu. Grace, Grime, Life and Death may be found here: [link]

Canadians! You can find Counting Clouds: A Collection of Poetry, by Joseph L.M. Sturm, a.k.a =Mattiello, at Indigo Chapters online:
[link]

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Let a smile be your bumbershoot. Check out

Writing clubs and groups

I am Canadian, eh? Check out the art and lit of the Great White North at and .

Thank you! for the lovely contest button above.

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Thanks so much to the entrants, judges and especially =Mattiello for making this a fun and interesting contest. The judges have voted and the winners of the Confessions Contest are:

First Place

*Ang3lsDrumSticks with Dirty Little Secret

6 month Subscription from *msklystron
3 month subscription from =Mattiello (donated by =Cyantre from previous contest)
Journal Feature from =Mattiello
Journal Feature from *msklystron
Journal Feature from =Cyantre
Journal Feature from *IrrevocableFate
Journal Feature from =mode-de-vie
Journal Feature from =Docali

Second Place

*chugglepuff with Dear Post Secret

3 month Subscription from *msklystron
1 month Subscription from =Mattiello
Journal Feature from =Mattiello
Journal Feature from *msklystron
Journal Feature from =Cyantre
Journal Feature from *IrrevocableFate
Journal Feature from =mode-de-vie
Journal Feature from =Docali


Third Place

*ladyshadowrage with Confessions of a Physician

1 month Subscription from *msklystron
Journal Feature from =Mattiello
Journal Feature from *msklystron
Journal Feature from =Cyantre
Journal Feature from *IrrevocableFate
Journal Feature from =mode-de-vie
Journal Feature from =Docali

Honorable Mentions (no particular order)

As you can obviously see, there are three honorable (honourable) mentions. =Mattiello decided to include three because some of the entries were so moving and relatively well written.

~CoyoteCaliente with Dear...
=AGMeade with Things I Never Told You
~Odeena with Nostalgia

Congratulations all!!!


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BODICE RIPPERS FEATURES!!!

Here the entries for `WineWriter's Bodice Ripper Prompt. Happy reading!

What is love by =nycterent


To Save The Night by ~DarknessBloodbane


Hot and Bothered by ~batousaijin


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Promotional Stuff!
=Vindicta38 has published a book of poetry via Lulu. Grace, Grime, Life and Death may be found here: [link]

Canadians! You can find Counting Clouds: A Collection of Poetry, by Joseph L.M. Sturm, a.k.a =Mattiello, at Indigo Chapters online:
[link]

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Let a smile be your bumbershoot. Check out

Writing clubs and groups

I am Canadian, eh? Check out the art and lit of the Great White North at and .

OFF TO ANTICIPATION (WorldCon 2009 in Montreal)

I'm a bit nervous (an understatement), because I'll be showing (and hopefully selling) some of my art in the WorldCon art show. Anyhow, I'm very honoured to be included. Just in case I don't have time to pop back in here before I leave -- I haven't even packed yet -- I want to thank everyone for their support and comments. I'll be slow catching up on my inbox when I return in 6 days, because my youngest daughter and I will be celebrating our 10th and 50th birthdays (respectively). (She was born the day before I turned 40.) We have a lot of partying to do!

In the meantime, I'll be leaving my young folks feature up.

XO

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ACROSTIC HAIKU WINNERS!!!

The results of 's Acrostic Haiku contest are in! What a pleasure it was to read all of the entries, but, alas, there can only be three winners. Congratulations to:

First Place is Apotheosis by


Second Place is Sakura by


Third Place is Harlot by


Runners up are:
`RetroZombie with Sacrifice
*DuscaMei with You Will Be Undone
~AutumnClarity with Sunset

See =Mattiello's journal for prize info: [link]

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YOUNG FOLKS!!!

The largest population on DA is probably the tween and young teen age group. They come here to show their work, collaborate, trade, inspire one another and to learn. They look to older, more experienced artists for encouragement and feedback. Take a young artist under your wing. You won't be sorry!

Most of you know that I'm an art instructor. I would like to introduce you to the galleries of three young students of mine in the real world and here on DA. Show them some love!










Here is a young DA artist who found me:




Here's another who came to my attention through *LunaticStar



I'd also like to feature the gallery of my 18-year-old daughter (second oldest of four). Yeah, I'm biased, but I think she is a talented artist and writer. She's the bright young lady who told me not to delete Qallupilluit when it was just a doodle.




Other young artists' galleries worth checking out are:


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DA WORLD TOUR!
Deviant Art World Tour will be in Toronto this Friday, June 26th. Enjoy fellow Canadians! Have one for me! I can't be there (except in spirit), because this date coincides with daughter #3's birthday.

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Promotional Stuff!
=Vindicta38 has published a book of poetry via Lulu. Grace, Grime, Life and Death may be found here: [link]

Canadians! You can find Counting Clouds: A Collection of Poetry, by Joseph L.M. Sturm, a.k.a =Mattiello, at Indigo Chapters online:
[link]

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Let a smile be your bumbershoot. Check out

Writing clubs and groups

I am Canadian, eh? Check out the art and lit of the Great White North at and .

I is alive!!!
What a nasty flu I had. You know those achy muscles you get? Even my finger muscles hurt. Anyway I'm much better and back to business. I have a house to clean, lawn to mow, some shows to get ready for and some awesome poetry to judge for =Mattiello's contest, but as soon as I have a moment, I'm going to check out the deviations in my inbox and feature some of them in my next journal.

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Send in your entries in! is hosting an Acrostic-Haiku Contest! Give this fun and challenging hybrid form a try! The deadline for entries is June 5th, 2009, 11:59:59 GMT. You can find tutortials and contest rules here: [link]

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100% CANADIAN BACON GALLERY FEATURES!

Canada is more than just a place for gay weddings, medicinal pot and comedians, eh? Here are some wonderful arts by Canucks:

But first, to get you in the mood, pull up an empty 2-4, grab a brewsky and read this bit of lit, which pretty much sums up what it means to be a Canadian.




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PROSE WRITERS' 50-WORD VIGNETTE CHALLENGE, ENTRIES WELCOME!

`Amberlouie called for 'vignettes' with rising action, climax and denouement, based around one object or idea (such as the colour, red). Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, the word limit, which was supposed to be set at 500, was mistyped as 50 words in the *Writers-Workshop news article: [link]

I wrote a few 50-word vignettes and found them to be a valuable exercise, so I 'd like to see yours! Please note links to your (English) 50-word stories to me and I'll feature them in THIS journal.

is a club for exactly that. Check out some of the cool prompts and deviations there.

Here are my micro-vignettes: [link]

Here's a 50-word story by *Oleem who was the first to rise to my challenge, as well as two 50-word stories by ~chugglepuff.

This entry just came in from =IanSeraph and here's another from ~RockerLane1110

These are by ~Braenuun and *Oleem


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HAVE YOU GIVEN SOMEBODY CRIT TODAY?

If not, has the perfect how-to to get you started.



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Promotional Stuff!
=Vindicta38 has published a book of poetry via Lulu. Grace, Grime, Life and Death may be found here: [link]

Canadians! You can find Counting Clouds: A Collection of Poetry, by Joseph L.M. Sturm, a.k.a =Mattiello, at Indigo Chapters online:
[link]

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Let a smile be your bumbershoot. Check out

Writing clubs and groups

I am Canadian, eh? Check out the art and lit of the Great White North at and .

Fark!!! I missed that last stair and fell a whopping 8 inches, spraining or breaking my ankle. (It made a big crunch and I felt dizzy and nauseous.) In spite of the ice pack, I have a swelling the size of an orange near my ankle bone. I'll have it Xrayed tonight after the new episode of House... Doing the single mom of four thing just got tougher, as did standing in front of a class or just getting around. (I don't drive, I bus or... walk). But, hey, I managed to parent and run my household after my shoulder reconstruction and my double eye surgery (one-armed and blind). Fark, it hurts and I'm pretty brave about pain. It just worked out that I had to give birth to my four kids without anesthetic.

Anyhow, it shouldn't effect my presence here much.

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PROSE WRITERS' 50-WORD VIGNETTE CHALLENGE!

Prose writer's challenge! `Amberlouie called for 'vignettes' with rising action, climax and denouement, based around one object or idea (such as the colour, red). Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, the word limit, which was supposed to be set at 500, was mistyped as 50 words in the ~Writers-Workshop news article: [link]

I wrote a few 50-word vignettes and found them to be a valuable exercise, so I 'd like to see yours! Please note links to your (English) 50-word stories to me and I'll feature them in my next journal.

is a club for exactly that. Check out some of the cool prompts and deviations there.

Here are my micro-vignettes: [link]

Here's a 50-word story by *Oleem who was the first to rise to my challenge, as well as two 50-word stories by ~chugglepuff.

This entry just came in from =IanSeraph and here's another from ~RockerLane1110


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is encouraging writers to suggest a lit artist to feature. So what are you waiting for, eh?

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GALLERY FEATURES!

One of the best things about that * beside my DA name is being able to show off some of the cool arts and lit around here. Here two writers and two artists whose galleries are worth a long look.:







Hiroshima, On losing my virginity

Once, Habits







Things to do, Once upon a time

If you don't know, Speak


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Promotional Stuff!
=Vindicta38 has published a book of poetry via Lulu. Grace, Grime, Life and Death may be found here: [link]

Canadians! You can find Counting Clouds: A Collection of Poetry, by Joseph L.M. Sturm, a.k.a =Mattiello, at Indigo Chapters online:
[link]

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Let a smile be your bumbershoot. Check out

I am Canadian, eh? Check out the art and lit of the Great White North at .