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DrMeh and me are getting the monthly prompts over at up and running again. To help get the ball kicked off, I'm featuring the latest prompt here in my journal.

Monthly Writing PromptToday is the day to submit to the prompt! Scroll down to read more.
First off, we have some news; LLW has long been well known for our writing prompts, but busy lives often step in the way. We have decided to restructure our writing prompt system and do monthly writing prompt. This gives you more time to write and also more time where your pieces will be featured in our group blog. Please read on for info on our latest writing prompt!
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To submit to the writing prompt, please remember to put "for the Live-Love-Write writing prompt" in your artist's comments and submit to the Writing Prompt gallery for your feature every week. Entries without this info will be denied. To submit to a past p

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Previous Writing Prompt

Respond to the following theme:

"Stranger"

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Admin's Choice:

kat-eunhyeo
strangeris it stranger not to know yourself
for your skin to pinch at your bones
for your face to change every time you speak?
is it stranger to hear your own name
one picked out of a dozen
and forget that it's yours?
is it stranger to be scared of your own mind
parasites worming through your brain
and eating you alive?
or is it stranger that you're a stranger to yourself?
(if you don't know who you are, who will?)
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AnastasiaTarin

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Poetry

pointviewi'm the stranger
in a strange land
thinking strange thoughts
over strange people
they worship a strange man
who lived in stranger times
strangely came back from death
this son of a strange god
they have strange rules
helping strangers
fearing strangers
hurting strangers
at the same strange time
they have strange places
strange fires and skies
you spend forever strange
it's a strange afterlife
but stranger still
is their strange holy house
where no matter how strange
all strange sins are forgiven
if you ask strangely enough
if you are strange enough
strange like they are
they think it's strange
i'm not their strange
but i ask
who is stranger Stranger LoveMomma always told us not to talk to strangers
The men who lumbered out of pits in the earth
there skin darkened with coal
there eyes shining through
like diamonds
She didn't have to tell me
as there loud footsteps echoed
through town
"Eyes to the ground, dear"
She'd whisper when
I tried to glance up
They were like monsters
fromt the deepest depths
That is until I spoke to one
I didn't understand classes
or why some folks
had to dig in the earth
and other only to destroy it
I didn't know that we were rich
and they poor
or why mama's skin was perfect
as a new sheet of paper
and the women's
in town was cracked and 
tanned in stories
I couldn't decipher
tales of hunger
tales of poverty
tales of unjustice
No they were just strangers
with chapped lips
and sunken eyes
Yet at times as I grew
older I found I 
knew them better
then I knew mama
And when I married
a coal dust covered man
who held me in his strong arms
and the preacher named
me one with him
and us one with god
Our rings p StrangersInvisble as ghost,
these strangers
Wanders reluctantly
to nowhere
In the sight of night,
these strangers lumber through here
Who'll ever wonder
where they are to? StrangersWe meet again, or rather we don't meet.
I see you from across the room and perhaps our eyes meet like they have once or twice before.
I can hear the muffled undertone of conversation about me to the people around you.
I can't really tell whether its good or bad.
All I know is this, that dear, you may be only an acquaintance to my eyes but you're no stranger to my thoughts.
As a matter of fact I'd even be willing to say that you're the sole resident of my heart.
And while I feel as though all of that brings me closer to you.
Closer to knowing you.
I never will.
Because I'm a stranger to my own emotion, too shy to ever actually talk to you.
Too shy to compliment you on your soft grey eyes.
Too shy to compliment your purple feathered hair and cute style.
Too shy to tell you how beautiful your smile is....
So for now I suppose I'll hope and wait for the time that you approach me because I'm a stranger to conversation.
Never really been much good at "breaking the ice."
So for now I suppose strangeris it stranger not to know yourself
for your skin to pinch at your bones
for your face to change every time you speak?
is it stranger to hear your own name
one picked out of a dozen
and forget that it's yours?
is it stranger to be scared of your own mind
parasites worming through your brain
and eating you alive?
or is it stranger that you're a stranger to yourself?
(if you don't know who you are, who will?) The Fire On The HillI am looking for the water my lover lies in,
Cold in the shadow of the evening,
He’s a stranger to me, still I search for him,
Where the animals oft are feeding.
He wades there to prove himself devout,
He wades there to prove he is brave,
He wades there all night without coming out,
At mercy of hard teeth, claws and chill waves.
His mother camps on yonder hill
Setting white fire to driftwood and breeze,
When the animals see, their hunger stills
And enchanted, they sink to their knees.
With hope in his heart, he bares the whole night
With his mother’s help, heedless of warning,
He crawls from the pond upon proving his might
To find a judge's charges upon him that morning.
If I am not there when he faces his charges
He will be beaten and cut and scorned,
I must show them he conquered the water
And his mother’s fire could not him warm.
He is a soldier strong and brave,
He proved it this night in the water,
His mother is cunning and him she saved,
And I would wed him and

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Prose

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This month's writing prompt, from February 1st to February 28th is:

Respond to the following theme:

Palpitation

My group has a big contest going on. You could win a quill, dA core memberships, points, art, features, and more to be won!

The time is nigh for the Fifth Annual Writers--club Literature Tournament!

This is a tournament for all writers welcoming prose and poetry! It will be a grand competition spanning three rounds of literary challenge! First of all, you must be willing to write for each of the rounds over the coming months.

There will be judging at the end of each round and those who progress to the next round will have to write a new piece for the next round's theme. A new participants list with the surviving writers will be released upon the announcement of the new round.

In past years, we would do a different prompt for each round, but we’re switching things up to make things more fun for our fifth year. For this tournament, each round will be a different genre.

If you want to participate, it is key that you enter the first round. Participants must be prepared to take part in three rounds.

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To sign up, join the group as a member. From there, feel free to submit your entry to the Tournament Round I Folder.

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Round I Genre: Mystery

The who, what, where, why and how are all up to you. Your entry can be prose or poetry, but it must be of this genre. Other than the genre requirement, the world is your oyster.

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Deadline:  November 20th

We will accept participants and submissions for the first round until that date.

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Media

Poetry or prose

There is no minimum length requirement for prose or poetry, but prose submissions should not exceed 7,000 words.

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  Prizes!  

:thumb139460745: First Place :thumb139460745:
Quill and Inkwell Set
Three Month Core Memebrship from BreaghaDerryth
150 Points from RollingTomorrow
100 Points from Kashbugg
100 Points from CircleDreams
75 Points from hadasaugh-sculpt
Art request from RollingTomorrow
Short story request from DrMeh
Critiques from RollingTomorrow, DrMeh, Pepper-the-phoenix, Kashbugg
Feature at Writers--club
Feature at Live-Love-Write
Feature at xWritersUtopiax
Features from RollingTomorrow, DrMeh

:thumb139460926: Second Place :thumb139460926:
One Month Core Memebrship from BreaghaDerryth
100 Points from RollingTomorrow
75 Points from CircleDreams
50 Points from hadasaugh-sculpt
Chibi art request from RollingTomorrow
Critiques from RollingTomorrow, DrMeh, BreaghaDerryth
Feature at Writers--club
Feature at Live-Love-Write
Feature at xWritersUtopiax
Features from RollingTomorrow, DrMeh

:thumb139461049: Third Place :thumb139461049:
75 Points from RollingTomorrow
25 Points from CircleDreams
25 Points from hadasaugh-sculpt
Chibi art request from RollingTomorrow
Critiques from RollingTomorrow, DrMeh
Feature at Writers--club
Feature at Live-Love-Write
Feature at xWritersUtopiax
Features from RollingTomorrow, DrMeh

:thumb174214341: Honorable Mentions :thumb174214341:
Feature at Writers--club
Feature at Live-Love-Write
Feature at xWritersUtopiax
Features from RollingTomorrow, DrMeh

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Tournament Rules

The tournament will have three rounds, each with a separate prompt.
You must participate in the first round to take place in the future rounds.
Your submissions can be prose or poetry and you can make one submission per round.
 Please include the icon in your description. You just have to paste the following: :iconwriters--club:
You must submit your entry as a literature deviation, not a journal entry.
There is no minimum word length, even six word stories are acceptable. Prose entries should be kept under 7,000 words.  
Your pieces can be related to one another but they do not have to be.
Your entry must be a new deviation.
Submissions can be in English or French.
Mature content will be accepted. However, you must label it as mature content.

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If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

We extend many thanks to everyone who has contributed and helped to make this contest possible.

Good luck to everyone! Be prepared for a grand writing tournament!

Hey guys! I've got some conventions lined up for the fall.

Newark Comic Con 
Newark, NJ
August 20th

Anime USA
Washington, DC
October 21st-23rd

Thy Geekdom Con
Wilmington, DE 
November 5th

I'm super excited about Anime USA!

The second one I've never been to before, but it's in Delaware and it looks pretty fun! The badge price there is pretty cheap too, just $10 per person. It looks like it'll be a fun one day con!

Past conventions this year...

CloverCon
CPAC

I'll be at the Castle Point Anime Convention artist alley on Sunday in Hoboken, NJ. I'm at table A09, I'd love to meet some of you guys if you're going to the con.

Chibis - $8.50

   
Full color portraits  - $8.50



Full color half body with simple background - $17
$7 per additional character.

  

Full color full body with simple background - $30
$10 per additional character.

 

Payments can be made via PayPal in USD.

Fanart, OCs, yaoi, yuri, and pretty much everything other than nudity is okay.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

Commissioners will receive the full, print sized digital file of their commission. Commissions of original characters will never be printed or sold and commissioners can request to have commissions kept private and not posted anywhere online.

Photo references are preferred. If drawing based off of description, I will send you the sketch so that you can ask for modifications and make any changes requested. After the lineart is finished, no further major changes other than colors can be made.

As a side note on prices; I apologize if they seem a little high, but I've priced myself at making less than minimum wage per hour worked on commissions. Please keep that in mind before commenting on the prices.

Send me a note if interested and I'd be happy to draw for you!