Clan-wide announcements:
This week's featured fiction is The Last Sentinel! Read, rate, and review, please!
[7/5]
What Shy0ne says about this piece: This is great story about a young woman who hunts the supernatural. Rea is a sentinel, a protector, and the last of her kind. There is plenty of action comedy and a hint of romance. And some memorable and likable characters. Sen has some beautiful description in this story and the plotline is developing into a juicy story. I hope that others will read this and encourage Sen to write some more chapters.
How does featured fiction work? The author of this week's featured fiction will pick the featured fiction for next week. For a list of previously featured fictions, please click here. Note that you can pick a previously featured fiction as long as it hasn't been featured in the past year. (Authors, I need your picks by Saturday at the latest.)
Forum-specific announcements:
Don't want to read all the announcements every day? You don't have to! Just look for the
symbol for new items and the 
symbol for items that have changed status.
Forum coding tutorial
LoS FAQ
The newest report from the moderators council
LoS Slogan
New from the webmaster's lair: new features and changes
Clanmates' News:
Tornell is looking for an author for his zombie 2D shoot 'em up. Read more here.
SerenityFrost is looking for an idea pusher/stick poker. More information here!
Tornell is looking for 3 scriptwriters for his new webcomic. More information here!
GinKazeRyuu is looking for an editor for "Marigold". Click here for more information.
GinKazeRyuu is looking for an editor for Team MLC chapter 5. Click here for more information.
Mack is looking for a beta reader for MLC Takes Over What's the Scoop? Contact her for more information.
GinKazeRyuu is also looking for a beta reader for "Desert Roses." More information here.
For more clanmates' news, you can go here or the blog section.
Roleplaying news:
There is a new post in the RP. Read the last post here.
The officers of the Lionwell army has been added to the Heraldry section.
Contests, Activities, and Other Events:
Currently Open
The reviewing workshop is held once a month. Each participant must earn 8 points by reviewing fellow members' pieces. For more information, you can read this.
Current activity status: Round 13 is closed. Round 14 is open.
[8/1]
Anyone up for a fiction battle?
Current contest status: Sign-ups are closed! First round pairings have been announced! You may begin posting your battles on 7/8.
[7/8]
Join the build a character challenge!
Current challenge status: Closed! Congratulations to all our winners!
[7/3]
It's nearing the time of year again when we honor the best stories and writers in MLC from the past year. Yes, it's the second annual MLC writing awards! Want to present an award? Click here!
Current contest status: Voting closed! Results will be announced on 7/13.
[7/13]
Can you find the mystery story? Click here to try!
Current activity status: New story up!
[7/11]
The Deviant MLC is running two contests. Click here for more information. (offsite link)
Current contest status: Accepting submissions now!
Enter the MLC Caption Contest!
Current contest status: Accepting caption submissions now!
[5/3]
The complete list of contests and activities can be viewed here.
Trivia, Polls, and Questionnaires
Think you know MLC fiction? Check out the Weekly MLC Trivia Question!
[6/27]
Do you know your games? Then prove it!
[6/27]
Reader requests:
The Awakening
[7/7]
Zombie!
[7/6]
The Davis
[7/6]
"A Scene Between Kevin and Savana"
[7/6]
Black and White chapter 10
[7/3]
How do I get my fiction in this category? Post a reply in this thread, post a bulletin in MLC on Tokyopop, or send me a PM and I'll add you to the list! (Note: It helps if you post a link as well.)
Contest Submissions
Zaul (nominated for "Best Writer" in the MLC writing awards)
ElianaMoran (nominated for "Best Writer" in the MLC writing awards)
NearlyMello (nominated for "Best Writer" in the MLC writing awards)
Calamari (nominated for "Best Writer" in the MLC writing awards)
Ameaba (nominated for "Best Newcomer" in the MLC writing awards)
Sewing_warrior (nominated for "Best Newcomer" in the MLC writing awards)
Esuka (nominated for "Best Newcomer" in the MLC writing awards)
Keba Si Rota (nominated for "Best Newcomer" in the MLC writing awards)
Sander (nominated for "Best Newcomer" in the MLC writing awards)
Saint (nominated for "Best Series" in the MLC writing awards)
Black and White (nominated for "Best Series" in the MLC writing awards)
Happenings of an Ork and a Woman (nominated for "Best Series" in the MLC writing awards)
The Twenty-Four Hour Project (nominated for "Best Series" in the MLC writing awards)
"Of Wolf and Man" (nominated for "Best One-Shot" in the MLC writing awards)
"End of Line" (nominated for "Best One-Shot" in the MLC writing awards)
So Cold (nominated for "Best Fanfiction" in the MLC writing awards)
Zokusho: Tahou Ibun (nominated for "Best Fanfiction" in the MLC writing awards)
"The Hauntsman" (nominated for "Best Fanfiction" in the MLC writing awards)
"Christmas Poem" (nominated for "Best Poem" in the MLC writing awards)
"The Balloon’s Journey" (nominated for "Best Poem" in the MLC writing awards)
"Here Is a House" (nominated for "Best Poem" in the MLC writing awards)
"Keba’s Island" (nominated for "Best Clanfiction" in the MLC writing awards)
Deck the Halls with MLC (nominated for "Best Clanfiction" in the MLC writing awards)
Contest Winners!
Julia Duncan (Mack's submission to the build a character challenge)
[7/8]
The Quickwater Revelations (Zaul's submission to the build a character challenge)
[7/8]
Intersections (Ameaba's submission to the build a character challenge)
[7/8]
Lost and Stolen Things (NearlyMello's submission to the build a character challenge)
[7/8]
The Glass Book (Shy0ne's submission to the build a character challenge)
[7/8]
Magician (Calamari's submission to the build a character challenge)
[7/8]
"The Cat Lady" (SerenityFrost's submission to the build a character challenge)
[7/8]
"Aliens Vs Humans" (MrGBH's submission to the build a character challenge)
[7/8]
"The Goddess (Small Steps)" (Tollie's submission to the build a character challenge)
[7/8]
MLC Reviewing Corner
Featured reviews
Zombie! chapter 1, reviewed by Ameaba
I like the narrative style, but I was confused about the setting. : I don't know if you want to clear it up, but it was hard for me to tell if we were in an office, on a dock, or in a court room. Probably how you want it to be narrated, but it made me go a bit crosseyed. (Especially when he said "Polski". Why'd he say that?)
That said, I look forward to a Zombie story told from Vera's side. I like how you snuck in her being the translator, and that it's supposed to be translated from Russian. Very clever. (Though, since it's all in English and they're supposed to be speaking in Russian and English, I was a little confused about what language was being spoken when. That'll be a bit tricky, eh?)
Read the story here!
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Zombie! chapter 1, reviewed by GinKazeRyuu
I love it how its a sorta professional/something you read outta a newspaper feel but its also sorta..quirky. Or maybe I just find the sentence "It took him a while to realize that we were speaking Russian" sort of amusing ^^:;
Can't wait to see it unfold
Read the story here!
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The Quickwater Revelations Psalm 1, reviewed by Tollie01
Good story and one that i was immediately interested in after reading your character discriptions but did you have to end it so soon? I wanted to read more darn it!
Spg was good but these 2 caught my attention...
Read the rest of the review and the story here!
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"A Scene Between Kevin and Savana," reviewed by Zaul
I have to agree with everyone else. When you are dealing with sensitive subjects like this you need to build some more setting to get the reader engaged in the story. Right now is a bit tame even though is has this rather horrid topic. Like everyone else I suggest you flesh it out some more it could be a powerful story if you set it up some more.
Read the story here!
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"A Scene Between Kevin and Savana," reviewed by Ameaba
I think it needs a point. Yes, rape and abuse is violent and disgusting, but there's usually a point in story's about it: the girl finally gets away, or the guy gets busted, or nothing happens and the woman continues to suffer. Granted, if there is more to come, then the point will be made clear, but if this is a stand alone, that's what I feel is missing most. The other things are surface stuff, that can be caught with a spell check and a look through.
Read the story here!
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"A Scene Between Kevin and Savana," reviewed by GinKazeRyuu
Hmm, I agree with cal mainly, though not about the action sequences; yes, the action does need some more strength, but I think the question is more of you need to describe what is going on to rise the intensity. This is a story about abuse- summing upthe story in several paragraphs, in a realistic feel as your going for isn't the best approch. We want to understand and feel the character- it makes the moment more dramatic and more horrible. that's my advice, anyway ><
Read the story here!
-----
Have you written a review recently? Let me know, and I'll feature it!
Reviewing resources
The reviewing workshop is held once a month. Each participant must earn 8 points by reviewing fellow members' pieces. For more information, you can read this.
To find a complete list of all under reviewed fiction, click here.
Gin has made a Library Review Account to keep track of how many reviews each piece has.
Reviews and "What's the Scoop?":
"What's the Scoop?": The Thread That's Destroying HQ News!
[7/7]
"What's the Scoop?": Conventions July 2009
[7/5]
"What's the Scoop?": Releases June 2009
[7/3]
"What's the Scoop?": Tokyop News June 2009
[7/3]
Discussions, illustrations, and other generally cool stuff:
None at this time.
Advertisements:
Join the reviewing workshop! It's a fantastic way to get your pieces read, while checking out some great pieces of fiction from your fellow writers.
[Calamari, 7/8]
***
MXSkai has 14 days from the music contest and 7 days from the MLC awards.
NearlyMello has 7 days from the music contest.
Airichan has 7 days from the MLC awards.
ED has 7 days from the MLC awards.
MrGBH has 7 days from the MLC awards.
Ameaba has 46 days from the reviewing workshop.
Shy0ne has 50 days from the reviewing workshop.
Mack has 6 days from the reviewing workshop.
Esuka has 2 days from the reviewing workshop.
Keba Si Rota has 2 days from the reviewing workshop.
Tollie01 has 10 days from the reviewing workshop.
GinKazeRyuu has 7 days from the reviewing workshop.
Calamari has 7 days from the reviewing workshop.
Zaul has 1 day from the reviewing workshop.
ElianaMoran has 50 days from the reviewing workshop.
This week's featured fiction is The Last Sentinel! Read, rate, and review, please!
[7/5]
What Shy0ne says about this piece: This is great story about a young woman who hunts the supernatural. Rea is a sentinel, a protector, and the last of her kind. There is plenty of action comedy and a hint of romance. And some memorable and likable characters. Sen has some beautiful description in this story and the plotline is developing into a juicy story. I hope that others will read this and encourage Sen to write some more chapters.
How does featured fiction work? The author of this week's featured fiction will pick the featured fiction for next week. For a list of previously featured fictions, please click here. Note that you can pick a previously featured fiction as long as it hasn't been featured in the past year. (Authors, I need your picks by Saturday at the latest.)
Forum-specific announcements:
Don't want to read all the announcements every day? You don't have to! Just look for the
symbol for new items and the symbol for items that have changed status.Forum coding tutorial
LoS FAQ
The newest report from the moderators council
LoS Slogan
New from the webmaster's lair: new features and changes
Clanmates' News:
Tornell is looking for an author for his zombie 2D shoot 'em up. Read more here.
SerenityFrost is looking for an idea pusher/stick poker. More information here!
Tornell is looking for 3 scriptwriters for his new webcomic. More information here!
GinKazeRyuu is looking for an editor for "Marigold". Click here for more information.
GinKazeRyuu is looking for an editor for Team MLC chapter 5. Click here for more information.
Mack is looking for a beta reader for MLC Takes Over What's the Scoop? Contact her for more information.
GinKazeRyuu is also looking for a beta reader for "Desert Roses." More information here.
For more clanmates' news, you can go here or the blog section.
Roleplaying news:
There is a new post in the RP. Read the last post here.
The officers of the Lionwell army has been added to the Heraldry section.
Contests, Activities, and Other Events:
Currently Open
The reviewing workshop is held once a month. Each participant must earn 8 points by reviewing fellow members' pieces. For more information, you can read this.
Current activity status: Round 13 is closed. Round 14 is open.
[8/1]
Anyone up for a fiction battle?
Current contest status: Sign-ups are closed! First round pairings have been announced! You may begin posting your battles on 7/8.
[7/8]
Join the build a character challenge!
Current challenge status: Closed! Congratulations to all our winners!
[7/3]
It's nearing the time of year again when we honor the best stories and writers in MLC from the past year. Yes, it's the second annual MLC writing awards! Want to present an award? Click here!
Current contest status: Voting closed! Results will be announced on 7/13.
[7/13]
Can you find the mystery story? Click here to try!
Current activity status: New story up!
[7/11]
The Deviant MLC is running two contests. Click here for more information. (offsite link)
Current contest status: Accepting submissions now!
Enter the MLC Caption Contest!
Current contest status: Accepting caption submissions now!
[5/3]
The complete list of contests and activities can be viewed here.
Trivia, Polls, and Questionnaires
Think you know MLC fiction? Check out the Weekly MLC Trivia Question!
[6/27]
Do you know your games? Then prove it!
[6/27]
Reader requests:
The Awakening[7/7]
Zombie!
[7/6]
The Davis
[7/6]
"A Scene Between Kevin and Savana"
[7/6]
Black and White chapter 10
[7/3]
How do I get my fiction in this category? Post a reply in this thread, post a bulletin in MLC on Tokyopop, or send me a PM and I'll add you to the list! (Note: It helps if you post a link as well.)
Contest Submissions
Zaul (nominated for "Best Writer" in the MLC writing awards)
ElianaMoran (nominated for "Best Writer" in the MLC writing awards)
NearlyMello (nominated for "Best Writer" in the MLC writing awards)
Calamari (nominated for "Best Writer" in the MLC writing awards)
Ameaba (nominated for "Best Newcomer" in the MLC writing awards)
Sewing_warrior (nominated for "Best Newcomer" in the MLC writing awards)
Esuka (nominated for "Best Newcomer" in the MLC writing awards)
Keba Si Rota (nominated for "Best Newcomer" in the MLC writing awards)
Sander (nominated for "Best Newcomer" in the MLC writing awards)
Saint (nominated for "Best Series" in the MLC writing awards)
Black and White (nominated for "Best Series" in the MLC writing awards)
Happenings of an Ork and a Woman (nominated for "Best Series" in the MLC writing awards)
The Twenty-Four Hour Project (nominated for "Best Series" in the MLC writing awards)
"Of Wolf and Man" (nominated for "Best One-Shot" in the MLC writing awards)
"End of Line" (nominated for "Best One-Shot" in the MLC writing awards)
So Cold (nominated for "Best Fanfiction" in the MLC writing awards)
Zokusho: Tahou Ibun (nominated for "Best Fanfiction" in the MLC writing awards)
"The Hauntsman" (nominated for "Best Fanfiction" in the MLC writing awards)
"Christmas Poem" (nominated for "Best Poem" in the MLC writing awards)
"The Balloon’s Journey" (nominated for "Best Poem" in the MLC writing awards)
"Here Is a House" (nominated for "Best Poem" in the MLC writing awards)
"Keba’s Island" (nominated for "Best Clanfiction" in the MLC writing awards)
Deck the Halls with MLC (nominated for "Best Clanfiction" in the MLC writing awards)
Contest Winners!
Julia Duncan (Mack's submission to the build a character challenge)
[7/8]
The Quickwater Revelations (Zaul's submission to the build a character challenge)
[7/8]
Intersections (Ameaba's submission to the build a character challenge)
[7/8]
Lost and Stolen Things (NearlyMello's submission to the build a character challenge)
[7/8]
The Glass Book (Shy0ne's submission to the build a character challenge)
[7/8]
Magician (Calamari's submission to the build a character challenge)
[7/8]
"The Cat Lady" (SerenityFrost's submission to the build a character challenge)
[7/8]
"Aliens Vs Humans" (MrGBH's submission to the build a character challenge)
[7/8]
"The Goddess (Small Steps)" (Tollie's submission to the build a character challenge)
[7/8]
MLC Reviewing Corner
Featured reviews
Zombie! chapter 1, reviewed by AmeabaI like the narrative style, but I was confused about the setting. : I don't know if you want to clear it up, but it was hard for me to tell if we were in an office, on a dock, or in a court room. Probably how you want it to be narrated, but it made me go a bit crosseyed. (Especially when he said "Polski". Why'd he say that?)
That said, I look forward to a Zombie story told from Vera's side. I like how you snuck in her being the translator, and that it's supposed to be translated from Russian. Very clever. (Though, since it's all in English and they're supposed to be speaking in Russian and English, I was a little confused about what language was being spoken when. That'll be a bit tricky, eh?)
Read the story here!
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Zombie! chapter 1, reviewed by GinKazeRyuuI love it how its a sorta professional/something you read outta a newspaper feel but its also sorta..quirky. Or maybe I just find the sentence "It took him a while to realize that we were speaking Russian" sort of amusing ^^:;
Can't wait to see it unfold
Read the story here!
-----
The Quickwater Revelations Psalm 1, reviewed by Tollie01Good story and one that i was immediately interested in after reading your character discriptions but did you have to end it so soon? I wanted to read more darn it!
Spg was good but these 2 caught my attention...
Read the rest of the review and the story here!
-----
"A Scene Between Kevin and Savana," reviewed by ZaulI have to agree with everyone else. When you are dealing with sensitive subjects like this you need to build some more setting to get the reader engaged in the story. Right now is a bit tame even though is has this rather horrid topic. Like everyone else I suggest you flesh it out some more it could be a powerful story if you set it up some more.
Read the story here!
-----
"A Scene Between Kevin and Savana," reviewed by AmeabaI think it needs a point. Yes, rape and abuse is violent and disgusting, but there's usually a point in story's about it: the girl finally gets away, or the guy gets busted, or nothing happens and the woman continues to suffer. Granted, if there is more to come, then the point will be made clear, but if this is a stand alone, that's what I feel is missing most. The other things are surface stuff, that can be caught with a spell check and a look through.
Read the story here!
-----
"A Scene Between Kevin and Savana," reviewed by GinKazeRyuuHmm, I agree with cal mainly, though not about the action sequences; yes, the action does need some more strength, but I think the question is more of you need to describe what is going on to rise the intensity. This is a story about abuse- summing upthe story in several paragraphs, in a realistic feel as your going for isn't the best approch. We want to understand and feel the character- it makes the moment more dramatic and more horrible. that's my advice, anyway ><
Read the story here!
-----
Have you written a review recently? Let me know, and I'll feature it!
Reviewing resources
The reviewing workshop is held once a month. Each participant must earn 8 points by reviewing fellow members' pieces. For more information, you can read this.
To find a complete list of all under reviewed fiction, click here.
Gin has made a Library Review Account to keep track of how many reviews each piece has.
Reviews and "What's the Scoop?":
"What's the Scoop?": The Thread That's Destroying HQ News![7/7]
"What's the Scoop?": Conventions July 2009
[7/5]
"What's the Scoop?": Releases June 2009
[7/3]
"What's the Scoop?": Tokyop News June 2009
[7/3]
Discussions, illustrations, and other generally cool stuff:
None at this time.
Advertisements:
Join the reviewing workshop! It's a fantastic way to get your pieces read, while checking out some great pieces of fiction from your fellow writers.
[Calamari, 7/8]
***
MXSkai has 14 days from the music contest and 7 days from the MLC awards.
NearlyMello has 7 days from the music contest.
Airichan has 7 days from the MLC awards.
ED has 7 days from the MLC awards.
MrGBH has 7 days from the MLC awards.
Ameaba has 46 days from the reviewing workshop.
Shy0ne has 50 days from the reviewing workshop.
Mack has 6 days from the reviewing workshop.
Esuka has 2 days from the reviewing workshop.
Keba Si Rota has 2 days from the reviewing workshop.
Tollie01 has 10 days from the reviewing workshop.
GinKazeRyuu has 7 days from the reviewing workshop.
Calamari has 7 days from the reviewing workshop.
Zaul has 1 day from the reviewing workshop.
ElianaMoran has 50 days from the reviewing workshop.
New members 21/5-09
If you are a new member and have joined one of the last few days you will most likely have to make a new account. Due to an extreme bot-attack all accounts with a postcount of zero that I have not been made explicitly aware of has been deleted. Before you make a new account we therefore suggest you attempt one login to see if you are on my "safelist". The LOS team apologise for this inconvenience.
Sincerely
Zaul