Tweet me!Announcements 17/9-09
Clan-wide announcements:This week's featured fiction is coming soon!
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 Thursday at the latest.)
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The newest report from the moderators council
New from the webmaster's lair: LoS NewsslideClanmates' News:
For the complete list of advertisements for writers, readers, and editors, please check out the proofreading notice board.
For more clanmates' news, you can go to the clanmates' news thread or the blog section.
Roleplaying news:
The newest post in the Fallout RP
The Feedback Thread and Q&A for Saturan Adventures
The newest post in Saturan Adventures
Contests, Activities, and Other Events:
Work on making your settings come to life in the settings challenge.
Current challenge status: Accepting sign-ups now!
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Stretch your boundries with the new 4-month challenge!
Current challenge status: Accepting sign-ups now!
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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 16 is now open!
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Ever wondered what it would be like if you gender bent your characters? Now you can find out! Get Bent!
Current contest status: Accepting challengers!
Can you find the mystery story? Click here to try!
Current activity status: New story up!
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The Deviant MLC is running two contests. Click here for more information. (offsite link)
Current contest status: Accepting submissions now!
Polls, Trivia, and Other Stuff:
Question Impossible
Reader requests:
Chaos on the Battlefield chapter 2
[9/20]
Blood of the Innocent chapter 7
[9/19]
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
None at this time.
Contest Winners!
The ending of Fiction Battle: Alexandra vs. Starling
[9/19]
MLC Reviewing Corner
Featured reviews
"A Friend's Reason," reviewed by Ameaba
Just a comment: no punctuation! D:
You don’t need it, but I’m fond of punctuation in my poems. Alongside line breaks and stanza breaks they help divide and organize the poem, and it might be nice to play with it here.
One suggestion I have for the poem: could you make it more specific? Right now it is filled with some really pretty imagery, but it feels really distant. I think if you could make the poem more tactile (adding sense descriptions, probably more feeling type things here since it’s a rather sensual poem about emotional intimacy between two people) and maybe even more personal to the characters (it doesn’t have to be you. I often “make up” people in my own poems because I really want to write about a feeling, but I don’t want it to be all about me ‘cause then I get self-conscious. So I keep the meet of the poem, but I make it seem intimate by creating a character that I can write intimate stuff about. (Such as Dan from my water-snake poem. I saw a snake die similarly, but I changed a bunch of stuff so you could still get the impact but I wouldn’t have to be embarrassed about showing in detail what happened to me. xD))...
Read the rest of the review and the story here!
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A Hero's Welcome parts 2-4, reviewed by Ameaba
Ok, I still adored this chapter—but same old complaint: write more!
Specifics:...
Read the rest of the reviews and the story here!
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"Heat," reviewed by Ameaba
I love it!
Well, ok, to be more specific, I definitely like the story itself, and I like the vast majority of the writing, but I think that the repeating itself was clunky. Or, it was more that I got annoyed because I paid attention the first time and I didn't feel like I needed to be told over and over. Sometimes it's really great, and lovingly sarcastic, to remind people that this is a really smart person doing the stupid thing (my roommate now likes to say that, when we bump into things and scream 'ow!' that we can't think about silly stuff like keeping our hip bones far away from the corners of tables because we're too busy doing astrophysics in our heads), but I think you used it a little much.
Here's the spot that annoyed me:...
Read the rest of the review and the story here!
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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.
Reviews and "What's the Scoop?":
"What's the Scoop?": Tokyopop September 2009[9/22]
"What's the Scoop?": Golden Week[9/22]
"What's the Scoop?": Conventions September 2009
[9/21]
"What's the Scoop?": Right Stuf! August 2009
[9/21]
"What's the Scoop?": Releases September 2009
[9/19]
Discussions, illustrations, and other generally cool stuff:
None at this time.
Advertisements:
None at this time.
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Important notice for anyone who has advertisement days: On January 1, 2010, I will be deleting all unused ad days. Please use them or lose them. Thanks.
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 43 days from the reviewing workshop.
Shy0ne has 50 days from the reviewing workshop.
Mack has 15 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 and 7 days from the MLC awards.
GinKazeRyuu has 7 days from the reviewing workshop.
Calamari has 14 days from the reviewing workshop.
Zaul has 1 day from the reviewing workshop.
ElianaMoran has 50 days from the reviewing workshop.
Raziel has 7 days from the MLC awards.
Sander has 7 days from the MLC awards.
:!: The newest report from the moderators council
New forum and site look
New from the webmaster's lair: new features
Clanmates' News:
Say hello to our newest member, The_Pastmaster!
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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 15 is open.
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Anyone up for a fiction battle?
Current contest status: Third round writing is open! Posting opens on 8/5.
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Can you find the mystery story? Click here to try!
Current activity status: New story up!
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The Deviant MLC is running two contests. Click here for more information. (offsite link)
Current contest status: Accepting submissions now!
Trivia, Polls, and Questionnaires
Do you know your games? Then prove it!
Think you know MLC fiction? Check out the Semi-Weekly MLC Trivia Question!
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Reader requests:
"The Black Widow's Night"
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High Rise Hostages
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"Hand in Hand"
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Delphosian Holy Book chapter 6
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"Silverland"
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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
None at this time.
Contest Winners!
None at this time.
MLC Reviewing Corner
Featured reviews
"The Black Widow's Night," reviewed by Calamari
I really love the storyline of the poem, as well as some of the imagery you use. I think it could be a bit longer, though, and some of the clunky rhythm could be smoothed out. I would try reading it aloud; that works especially well for rhyming poems.
Comments on various lines:...
Read the rest of the review and the poem here!
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"Pigeons," reviewed by GinKazeRyuu
Great description, though, Shy 
Hahahha, but, while as it wasn't your strongest, who cares. I'm not here to expect a masterpiece each week , ya know? It proposes a really interesting idea, and the whole attempt at the metaphore thing really made me chuckle.
Like pigions huh...You're somewhat harsh, Cal. I'd be scared to ask you to describe my relationships..O.o
Read the story here!
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"Hand in Hand," reviewed by Ameaba
This is super cute! I want a relationship that lasts that long. :3
But… it feels a little empty.
The first thing I want is DIALOGUE!
Can I say that it starts a bit slow an confusing? D: I’d rather start with dialogue than a list, so I can see, hear, and feel the characters, and get to know them. The “cold” reporting of their actions is hard to keep who’s who straight. (You could start very similarly, too, with a scene of Andrew asking Eric to be a study partner, and then Eric’s response. Being a total geek and a fan girl, I even wanted to try my hand at it. Probably all wrong, though. xD...
Read the rest of the review and the story here!
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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?": Conventions - August 2009
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"What's the Scoop?": Right Stuf July 2009
[8/5]
"What's the Scoop?": Tokyopop July 2009
[8/5]
Discussions, illustrations, and other generally cool stuff:
None at this time.
Advertisements:
None at this time.
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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
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 21/12-08
It is the season friends and time to reflect on the year soon past. As such I would like to take a moment to reminisce about LoS’ rather rocky start as an alternative to Tokyopop (TP). It already seems a long time since me and Calamari stuck our heads together and started playing with the idea of relocating MLC HQ...
Read the whole Christmas greeting here.
Log on problems 1/12-08
Many members are experiencing log in issues and other problems, such as library posting problems. While we work on improving this there is one thing you can do yourselves. If you try to delete your cookies and restart your browsers you might be able to loose some of the errors yourself. So in short try that it might save you and us some trouble. If that does not work, report to the e-mail account below or get hold of me some other way. I assure you we want to fix your problem, so do not hesitate to report!
Yours
Zaul
New version, new bug-hunt 30/11-08
The upgrade has brought with it some bugs as expected. As before please report them in the bug thread: http://zed.doneportal.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=567
Or if you cannot log in, please report them to tornell at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Yours
Zaul
Upgrade-process 14/11-08
I am currently starting the upgrade-process of the page, it will take about a week, and you might hit a few roadblocks and bugs. Please do not report them, I know they are there. And they will not remain when the upgrade-process is finished.
-T. Ornell
Site problems 30/8-08
Due to an stolen laptop from one of "Ornell data"s employees there has been an major security breach. This breach has led to some deleted system files from the LoS site. This security breach has not lead to exposing any of your passwords, email adresses and similar becouse this data has been encryptet. The site is back online again now. If this has lead to mutch inconvinience I am deeply sorry.
T. Ornell
Major fix coming up 19/8-08
The following days we will be updating the site with a fix that will boost its performance. There has been some errors that have subtracted from the site's potential speed. These will now be changed.
Regards
Zaul & Ornell
Settling in 30/7-08
Right, we are getting settled. After a few minor bugs and so forth I feel the site is now beginning to slowly work as it should. The library is up and functioning and all members are transferred and active as far as I know. So, with that said enjoy and keep up business as usual. Write and have fun!
Sincerely
Zaul
Bug-hunt 30/7-08
There are still some bugs on the site. Some we know of other we might have yet to learn of. There for I have started a new thread for bug reporting: http://zed.doneportal.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=567
Other then that Ornell's bug quest is still going strong:
If there is any bugs on the site, please report them to me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . If you have problems logging in please try to use the login form on the front page. If that does not work, send me an mail and I will fix it for you. There will be tutorials on the page when they're finished.
Yours
Thomas Ornell
