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Writing Tournament 2013 ~ Round ICome one and come all, raise your pen take part in this grand literary battle! There are subscriptions, points, and more to be won! You all have until February 19th to enter.
The time is nigh for the Third Annual #Writers--club Literature Tournament!
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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.
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My aim is to produce a fairly comprehensive list of considerations. Like a Wikipedia article, it's meant to be a place to begin research, not a one-stop guide.
First, an important note. I'm a mathematician, not a publisher. Publishing is a hobby of mine. It's a hobby I take seriously, and as such, I've done the best research I can do. But I make my living teaching people how to put two and two together, and not helping them publish stories about funny things their cats do. Hence, this is a living document. Feel free to share your own thoughts and experiences. In fact, please do! Although I have things to share, I'm here to learn.
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Tina White is a published writer, living in Australia and currently writing her third novel, editing more and enjoying writing books thoroughly. Her bio and upcoming chapters, novel thoughts and ideas can be found on her DA profile at http://tinaaw.deviantart.com
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I like to think I'm somewhat of a self-made genius in the art of simplifying the complex, so here's my boiled-down summation of the two topics:

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REOPENED ACG - Tales of Time - ContestTHIS CONTEST HAS BEEN REOPENED DUE TO DA MEMBER UNATHORISED TO JUDGE AND DECIDE ON WINNERS. WE APPOLOGISE TO THOSE WHO WERE INCORRECTLY INFORMED OF THEIR WIN. WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THIS CONTEST TILL 8th AUGUST 2013 - THIS GIVES YOU AN ADDITIONAL 3 MONTHS. WE HOPE THIS MAKES UP FOR INCONVENIENCE CAUSED AND GIVES US ENOUGH TIME TO COLLECT PRIZES.</a>
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*BlackthornPubl 2 days ago Professional Writer

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*SideQuestPubs Jan 31, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

Good advice.
It might be a while before I have anything I'd want to add--longer still before I have anything I'd want on a permanent resume--but this is still useful information.
I'm saving it to my collection of resources.

*Ainohimitsu Jan 31, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

This is a really helpful article and something I've never thought of before. I've been writing poetry on dA for years, and I constantly get friends and/or family members (in both my real and virtual lives) asking me "why don't you write for money?" or "when are you going to put that poetry book together?" I never really know what to say because my stuff is essentially up on the net for free.

~Kai-Okata Jan 30, 2013 Student Writer

"Let's say that you've created some buzz around a few written pieces on a platform like deviantArt."

Hah. I wish.

*mothbanquet Jan 31, 2013 Professional Writer

You can only keep trying, keep working and keep learning. Your audience is out there and if I've learned anything at all, it's that it's up to us to find them, not the other way around!

~Kai-Okata Jan 31, 2013 Student Writer

;_;

~Michel-le-fou Jan 30, 2013

Yeah, that would be great! To support oneself by craft rather than by a dull daytime job. I had to support me by taching ESL abroad till these past two or three years.

*mothbanquet Jan 31, 2013 Professional Writer

I believe that is the ultimate dream, at least as far as I'm concerned. I don't aim to be a rich man, nor a world-famous celebrity. All I want is to live for nothing else but the craft.

Okay, maybe a Ferrari would be nice...

~Michel-le-fou Jan 31, 2013

Poets and writers never can buy Lamborginis.

~austheke Jan 30, 2013 Writer

I don't disagree that any writing experience, especially in a critique-based community like (some parts of) the dA literature community, is valuable to a writer--it does "hone your craft" and usually contributes to your growth as a writer. But I don't think I necessarily agree that it belongs on your resume outside of a "personal interests" section (which I don't include on my resume anyways).

I guess it very strongly depends on exactly what kind of work or position you're applying to, but I can't think of a situation where I would feel that it's appropriate to speak about my internet writing career as actual experience. You can take a look at my deviantART page--I have many lovely friends who all like my work to some extent, but it's difficult to say that that proves my worth as an author.

You've written in another article that "you need to be successful to be successful", and that's true. While I'm absolutely thrilled to have deviantART watchers, employers and especially publishers see these things in terms of cold, hard numbers--and I hate to say it like this, but the numbers of the average person reading this article will not be significant.

Your advice here could be good for someone with twenty-thousand followers, but not for two hundred or even two thousand, and I think that's misleading. Looking at the examples you gave, and thinking from the perspective of an agent or editor, I'm thinking "that's nice..." and not much else.

I apologize if my tone was harsh; I'm in a bit of a hurry and trying to word my sentiments properly is proving to be difficult. But I hope you understand some of the concerns I have about this article.

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