Three guesses as to what I've been up to these past several months.

UPDATE
Sorry I have been MIA for the last week and a half! I just started my summer job and it's more time consuming than I originally thought it would be. I WILL read everyone's stuff soon since everything is settling down again. I MAY NOT COMMENT, but it's not because I don't love. It's because my number of deviations is approching 300. I ask for patience and understanding This is just a little update to let you all know I'm not dead.

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June is coming to an end and I want to thank everyone who participated in the June Prompts Challenge! You all submitted wonderful pieces and I enjoyed reading all of them (even though sometimes I fell behind from the sheer number of deviations uploaded daily ) There were 30 prompts in total and so far, 3 participants have finished. I will honor their hard work with a feature!


-- *falathiel -- [link] -- and -- [link] -- and -- [link]
-- ~levielan -- [link] -- and -- [link] -- and -- [link]
-- *Out-Of-Spite -- [link] -- and -- [link] -- and -- [link]


For the participants who wrote 20+, I will also feature my favorite pieces:


-- *Blueskye27 -- [link] -- and -- [link]
-- ~ottersandsky -- [link] -- and -- [link]
-- *pardonM3 -- [link] -- and -- [link]
-- ~prairiedaisy -- [link] -- and -- [link]
-- ~skerd22 -- [link] -- and -- [link]
-- *tanafeyroyale -- [link] -- and -- [link]
-- ~thefaerie -- [link] -- and -- [link]


Check them out and give them some love! (There’s still some June left so I will be updating this as people finish and/or reach the 20+ mark )


AND NOW…


Onto July! This time ‘round we’re going to feel up July because it’s all about TEXTURES.
This month, I have compiled a list of 15 textures that you can write about in poetry, prosetry, or prose. You can find them here: [link]

Entries should ideally be coming in every other day (to give you all a bit more time to write), but I encourage you all to write often anyway. As always, I promise to read everything. A few more notes:

1. Comment and inform me that you’d like to play
2. I’ll watch you (if I’m not already) so I can read your fabulous stuff
3. IN THE AUTHOR’S COMMENTS, mention the challenge and/or the texture you are writing about. This makes it easier for me to keep track of everyone’s progress.
4. You don’t have to go in order!
5. I encourage you to meet fellow participants! Please read and comment on each other's entries :]
6. Have fun and spread the word! The more the merrier.

So who wants to play?

PLAYERS:

*pardonM3
~forWinds
~airchildstrega
*Blueskye27
~prairiedaisy
*tanafeyroyale
*falathiel
~AngelGrewBlackWings
*dirtysmalltowngirl
~PrestonMeyers
~misfit-t0y
~ottersandsky
~sherrabelle
*Out-Of-Spite
~Longgreysheep
~levielan
*xxpainedXbeautyxx
~VeiledVeracity
~partofthepantomime
*Effamay
~TheFairie
~emotionaltulip
=Unaccompanied-me
~ruffienne
~Alleyana
~AutumSun

QUESTION:
~meammouse, =short-tempered, and ~Crazy-Diam0nd...where are your June entries?? D: Please share your wonderful writing as soon as you can, hm? (Everyone else, don't mind me; I'm just making my challenge management rounds. ^_^ Keep up the good work!)

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June's challenge is going to be a little different from May's - the challenge will be in completing this prompt table: [link]

Same rules apply as the MayDay Challenge: one entry per day. If you can’t write something every day, that’s okay, too. The goal is to fulfill the prompt table by the end of the month. Poetry or prose, anything is fair game. Any takers? :]

Takers:

~pardonM3
~hoochalobster
~airchildstrega
=Blueskye27
~ottersandsky
~TheFairie
~meammouse
~Nekraile
~prairiedaisy
~cries-of-the-past
=sandmanno3
=short-tempered
*Out-Of-Spite
~DarkLiterature
~ragdoll89
*tanafeyroyale
~SunBeneathMyDoor
~AngelGrewBlackWings
~PrestonMeyers
=ironjohnna
~sherrabelle
~Crazy-Diam0nd
~skerd22
*falathiel
~Longgreysheep
~twilight-cat
~Alannavich
~levielan
~dirtysmalltowngirl

EDIT: You don't have to go in order! :]

As an exercise in creativity and determination, I have officially called on the MayDay Challenge. Every day of May will have a corresponding poem and every poem will be subsequently posted on either DA or LJ (or both). It's a fun way to develop healthy writing habits! So if you write poetry, or you've never written poetry but would like to try, or you used to write and would like to start up again, or even if you write poetry in secret, take on the MayDay Challenge! These amazing individuals have already begun in their writing quests:

~pardonM3
~partofthepantomime
~meammouse
~inpocheparole
~hoochalobster


Happy writing!