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Literature Preview Images - What Can I Use?Hello, everyone!
Using a preview image for literature is something that can be a good creative addition to your piece.
However, there are some rules that go along with it.
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What sort of things can I use for Preview images?
Preview images which were created using your own resources and your own efforts are most appropriate for use; you should not simply 'take' images which belong to other creative people without first getting their permission. Otherwise all preview images must abide by the deviantART terms of service as well as all other relevant policies.
Simply saving a random picture you found online without obtaining the artist or photographer's exact permission is against the rules of dA. More so than that, it is also unfair to the person who originally created the piece. Simply saying "I got this image from here" and providing a link.
If you didn't ask the person and they did not say yes, then please do not use the image. This could can put deviants in trouble as wel

Getting Exposure For Your Writing And ArtThis article was originally created by :iconAbstract1106: and has been submitted on behalf of :iconbuild-your-platform:
Introduction
Mastering online platforms like deviantArt isn't difficult, but it can be time-consuming. We'll preface this new series with a simple mantra:
"When I do the work, I will get results."
It really is that simple. There will be days when you feel like you're doing a lot with nothing happening in return, but I encourage you to see beyond the beginning stages to the big picture. At first, you are the only one talking about what you do. After a while, others will talk about it too, and then you don't have to work so hard. But you will always have to pay attention and you will always have to give more than take. So just get used to it. The payoff is worth it: getting to do what you love for a living.
Since we are doing this on online platforms like deviantArt and etsy and Facebook and whatnot, this series will focus on using online

Run-Chpt.1I'm running right now. Running away from everything I have ever known. But I'm running to the truth and that's all that matters. I am the girl who is running to the truth and this is my story.
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I always knew I was a Clone. I never felt pain nor love, never laughed nor smiled. I was a shell of what I was supposed to be. What I was supposed to be was a normal, human, child. Not a freakish copy of a child without a soul. I didn't even have a name- they didn't even bother with us. No, we were kept in a government warehouse, hooked up to machines and injected with enough liquid to keep us alive. We were kept in a dreamlike state, except we didn't dream. You need memories to dream, and Clones weren't allowed to have our own memories.
Clones were only allowed to have our Originals' memories.
Originals were the ones we were cloned from. When one of them would die young, their memories would be saved, and the memories would be downloaded into the Clones' brai

How to Add Your Unpaid Writing or Art to a Resume>>

Bad newsOr the worst. There is nothing they can do at the ticket office. Unless *reeeky2001 becomes deactivated, banned, or hands over Founder status, there is nothing that can be done.
I'm sorry to say it guys, really I wanted it to work and I tried, but this is now a dead group.
I am going to disable all folders and deny new members.
There is absolutely no way for me to handle this much work on my own, and there is no way for you guys to help.
All of the best wishes,
i-lie/Danalee

COMPLETE FAQ and Folder Rules for Unframed-Nature:iconhappysunplz: Welcome to #Unframed-Nature,
and to Our NEW Complete Group FAQ & Folder Rules for 2013! :iconhappysunplz:
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:iconwhiteflowerplz: Introduction and Welcome! :iconwhiteflowerplz:
First, I would like to take a moment to wish ALL of our Admins., Members, and Friends of our Group,
A TRULY WONDERFUL YEAR in 2013!
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Below you will find our Group's New FAQ, New Folder Rules, and New Folders for 2013.
This Group News Article, intends to contain everything you need to know, in order to understand what we are about at #Unframed-Nature, and what types of art work we are looking for, in each one of our folders.
We have made a few changes to our current folders, in order to hopefully clarify a few issues we've had during the past year, and we've added a few NEW folders, in hopes to give more meaning to our group, with both a

Moderators!I need some.
It is probably the holiday season, but with just three of us we are way behind, there are 150 of your submissions waiting for approval. I know I haven't been checking for a couple days. My family does Christmas, and we had ours early, yesterday. Then I still have to go to my aunts for dinner tomorrow, and my in-laws on the thirtieth.
So what you, as a moderator, would be doing would be pretty simple. You would pick a folder or two, depending on how much traffic it gets, (RiseandBe & FerelWing would have first pick, of course) and simply make sure that the deviations are, in fact, poetry, and that they belong in that folder. If not, you simply comment and tell the deviant the deviation is in the wrong folder, and Reject. If it is really slow in your section, you can screen other poems in waiting.

You can also suggest your favourites from yours, or others

Holiday Card Project: Longmont United HospitalIf you guys didn't know, deviantart had an amazing Holiday Card Project this year. Deviants from around the world sent in their beautiful holiday cards, and they were distributed to hospitals. I was lucky enough to be one of the volunteers that distributed cards to spread the holiday cheer. I chose the Longmont United Hospital to hand out cards, as it holds a special place in my heart.
I received the cards in the mail earlier this week. The amount of artistic detail and creativity I saw with these cards was astonishing. You all have some real talent!

A few of the cards:

Bumblebee protected the cards from any intruders. She was giving everyone a stare down that came close to the cards.

Eventually, Bumble let me near the cards, so I went on my way to the hospital.

I arrived and went in to hand off the cards.

Holiday Card Project!Today was an amazing day, probably one of the best of my life. The card project went great, the caroling went awesome and the rest of the day was super fun too. I'd just like to tell you all how it went if that's alright

First we started out with getting up and eating food. Exciting right? Then was a 4 hour drive there, in which time we slept and got rested up to get to the hospital. We practiced our carols for 20 minutes before getting there and we headed in quickly because it was really cold out. We headed up to the transplant floor and talked to the nurse.
Our first roadblock came in the form of that they have 32 beds that can be filled... and they only had 15 patients there at the moment, 8 of which who were sleeping and didn't want to be bothered. Deviant art... sent me 50 cards even though I only requested 32. We just shrugged and went with it, going room to room to spread holiday cheer.
The first people we went to were two patients visiting in the hallway with too ladies. W

Theme of the Week: HospitalPeople break their bones, people fall ill, people scrape and get cuts and bruises... and some people go to the mental hospital. Surgery, lobotomy, coma, test tube, blood. Blood everywhere. Fix it! Mend the wounds. Bring out the Oxycontin for the patient.
Was a loved one in the hospital? Were you? One of your dear characters? What is it like to be broken? Went somewhere where you are labeled as broken?
They try to fix you, but sometimes they fail. The doctor is sorry the boy didn't get better in the chemotherapy. The family cries and prays for the suffering soul.
But sometimes you come out good as new! Like nothing happened! You thank the doctor and the doctor is proud to do their job!
And birth. The mother loves the new soul brought to the world, born under the watchful eyes... in the hospital.
Hospitals are made to help people. They work hard, and we work hard to write our poems and prose. Let the doctors, the nurses and the hospitals inspire us this week!
Stay healthy, or get better,

Holiday Card DeliveryI had the pleasure to deliver some holiday cards you wonderful deviants made this year. I called the University of Missouri Hospital Volunteer division. They were more than happy to accept the holiday cards from you deviants. The hospital is made up of many buildings as it is a training center used by the University students as well. I took a panoramic photo of most of the buildings which you can view below. I had to stand on the top of my car to get a decent image. I bet I looked like a fool with a camera in my hand as I turned slowly taking photos trying not to fall off the top of my car and keep my balance and position to get a decent picture. Lets just say I lost count after taking 15 panoramas, but I think I finally got one decent enough to show you.

New Folder! Song LyricsWe have added another gallery folder, "Song Lyrics." Any written song lyrics should be submitted to this folder from here on out. Enjoy! Music is love.
~Kiarorin

Writing Tips #3: Poetry (General edition)Poetry is a very broad thing to cover. However, I hope you find these general tips and tidbits helpful when writing. I hope you guys find this useful.
-Decide what format your poem will work the best with.
Think about what your poem is trying to be, and who it is targeted to. If you are planning to a poem for a more child-like audience, for example, you would generally want a lot of alliteration and rhyming to make it sound young and cheerful. However, if you wanted a more serious adult piece, you would most likely not make the poem rhyme due to the fact that rhyming makes it sound more childish (which is not always a bad thing!). Is your poem going fit better if you write it as a haiku or another Eastern poem or is it going to fit better as urban/spoken word? If you are writing Eastern poetry, then you will focus more on syllables and the themes of nature, peace, and things like that (traditionally speaking). If you write urban/spoken word, the poem is less dependent on rhyme schemes

Theme of the Week: HomeHome is where the heart is. Live in the city, live in the country, live in the jungles. Home is where you make it, like the bird makes a nest, like the wolves make a pack, like the leprechaun would dig an underground home.
You can do anything relating to what "home" means to you. So get comfortable and let inspiration find its way into your head... and makes its home there.
Happy upcoming Thanksgiving!
~Kiarorin

National Novel Writing Month is here!Throughout the month of November you have one goal as a writer: Write a novel of at least 50,000 words, before December hits.
Every year, thousands of writers of all ages spend the month of November in the company of crumpled papers and the clacking of keyboards in the hopes of finishing their novels (or at least reaching the word limit). While it's challenging and time consuming, it encourages you to set real goals and get serious about your stories. I would encourage anyone interested to check out the National Novel Writing Month website ( http://www.nanowrimo.org/ ) and at least register. It allows you to have more support than some other places could, because it is specially made for this event.
Now, if enough of you say you will try it, I will post tips and motivational journals here on #Live-Write-Now to help you reach 50,000 words by the end of November. (Also, if you say you'll give it a shot, no registration or anything needed other than taking on a serious commitment, I'll gi

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by *TheFinalHikari, Dec 1, 2012, 7:09:31 PM
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Over the past few months, we have had the pleasure of encountering several members who had their writing professionally published in a means that made it possible for others to buy. For a few, we were linked to novels or eBooks on Amazon, Lulu, Barnes and Noble, and other websites.

It's really a wonderful thing for a writer to get their words out in print.

Even for those of you who managed to get your work physically printed through a publishing house, it can be very difficult for an author to gather up a fanbase and receive enough advertising for their writing.

As #Writers--club is a group with over ten thousand members, we would like to take a small step toward helping our rising authors.

If you have had your work published where it is available for others to buy online, whether it be as a novel, poetry book, short story, eBook, a work as a part of an anthology, please send a note to the group with a link to where it can be purchased. Anyone who has self published is completely welcome to submit a link as well.

From there, we will pick out candidates to be featured as our Members of the Month. We'll pick out several deviations from your gallery and showcase your work with a link to where your published writing can be purchased.

We want to do our part to help out all the rising writers of our time.

If you think that you will be publishing or self publishing your novel or other form of writing in the future, please feel free to fave this journal and submit your link when the time comes. We will be running this program for many months to come.

And finally, to everyone, keep writing and doing your best!

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~tinaaw Jan 2, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

I am published in Canada. Pls consider works for inclusion

~ChildOfTheWest Dec 13, 2012 Professional Writer

I'm having a book published sometime in 2013, I hope this is still going on when it happens. o_O

*mlatimerridley Dec 9, 2012 Professional Writer

Such a brilliant idea, it's hard to get noticed sometimes! We're co-authors

, our young adult urban fantasy book was just published there in October; [link]
It would be really nice to see what everyone else is working on too

~alms4purgie Dec 7, 2012 Writer

What if you have something that's planned for an anthology, but no information is released about it yet, such as for pre-orders? The one I'm going to be a part of won't be out until July of 2013.

~NewFrog Dec 6, 2012

thank you very much, visit cool thing at: www.newfrog.com/

*TheFinalHikari Dec 6, 2012 Writer

Are you looking to feature a specific author?

*InsanityAdjuster Dec 4, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

See G.E. Graves at www.tincupstudios.com

*TheFinalHikari Dec 5, 2012 Writer

Thank you very much!

We will most definitely feature your work; we're giving each applicant a Member of the Month feature, so it may be some time before your feature comes up, but we're keeping a list to get everyone in.

Is there any advice about publishing you would like to share with your fellow writers?

There are a lot of members who are curious about various published deviants' endeavors in the process.

*InsanityAdjuster Dec 5, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I'm sure Mr. Graves would be willing to give advice - [link]

~Stan-D-Man Dec 3, 2012

I have one book in print..came out in Nov 2010, and is available in virtually every online bookstore in the world, in Hardcover, paperback and ebook formats...but it's a non-fiction that is a highly controversial subject, and probably not suitable for this post...

I also have a fantasy novel that I've been working on. I finished the first rough draft and I'm working on the first rewrite...I'm hoping to finish by March or April...but that is simply a goal.

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