NEWS LETTER - Archive of Issues

**Radzeer** · March 27, 2011, 12:07 PM

In this thread you can read the latest news about competitions, polls,
After Action Reports and Creative Writing projects.

*** Updated weekly! ***

**Radzeer** · February 26, 2012, 10:09 PM

NEWS from the Writers' Study - February 27, 2012

Here you can see the active storyboard, submission threads and polls from the Writers' Study competitions. Things change weekly, so check in from time to time to participate in the community activities by voting, writing, commenting, reading and much more!

Special announcements The news thread now provides opportunities for writers to advertise their work (see below). We are looking for no more than 70 words with a link to the AAR or Creative Writing piece the author would like to advertise. For the sake of simplicity, we will not post pictures and cannot use excessively large fonts. Please note that the news thread changes on every Monday, so keep the announcements focused on what happened in your story in the previous week.

Tale of the Week - It is time to vote for the best submissions in TotW 128! Cast your vote(s) here.
- Check out the storyboard of TotW 129 here.

MAARC - MAARC XXXV submission thread is open. Nominate your own work or encourage others here. Voting will start on Match 1.
- You can see the winners of MAARC XXXIV here.

BAARC - BAARC III is open for submissions. There must be some fighting going on somewhere!

Advertisements posted by our writers
Here you can find some fine examples of what has been crafted by our talented writers last week!

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Takeda - a Shogun 2 AAR
The Takeda were rightly feared as master horsemen, but years of constant warfare had weakened the clan to the point where Kai itself was threatened. As I looked on the improvement in conditions since those godforsaken years was apparent, however. The Shinano warlords will come again soon, but the quiet industry of these people reflect their confidence that the Takeda would be ready, and Harunobu would lead them to greatness.

The Tales of a Kingdom by Shankbot12
A Stainless Steel England AAR

Volume 1:COMPLETE- Follow William Smith as he helps advise the Kings during the early days of the Kingdom.
Volume 2:ONGOING- Ready the diary of Eustace as his life unfolds, and see the world through a bastard's eyes.

Next Update coming soon

Heaven's Descent, Cyprus Reborn: A Crusader AAR
For generations, the Crusader Kingdom of Cyprus has clung onto the remnants of its past glory, dreaming to one day recapture Jerusalem and restore their beloved Kingdom of Heaven But in a time when Christendom has turned on itself and Islam stands ready to invade Europe, Cyprus stands alone, all but forgotten by the world. Join one unlikely group on the most unlikely of journeys to see their dream realized!

Fortune Favours the Bold: A Carthage AAR

Many people don't know that dreams are a reality of their own, you can feel, see, taste, hear, and speak in a dream, yet people still think they are nothing but figments of imagination, Hannibal Barca, hero of Carthage is one of few people in History to completely understand that dreams, are as real as the world around you. A Epic struggle between Hannibal and something greater than himself begins and that struggle will take him across the known world, follow this journey with the new instalment of Fortune Favours the Bold.

Primus Inter Pares completed!
After 15 months, 60 chapters and 2,000 pictures, the story of the Kievan Rus has ended. Check out the "Behind the Scenes" part for some background information on how this AAR was created. Who was the real Oleg? Did Yurii really die? Who made Andrei the kingmaker? Why did the Teutons fly the Kievan banners? Find out the answers there. Happy reading and thanks for following!

Resources for writers

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Feedback If you have questions or feedback, please use this thread: Writers' Study Chat and Feedback

**Robin de Bodemloze** · March 04, 2012, 09:09 PM

NEWS from the Writers' Study - March 5, 2012

Here you can see the active storyboard, submission threads and polls from the Writers' Study competitions. Things change weekly, so check in from time to time to participate in the community activities by voting, writing, commenting, reading and much more!

Special announcements The news thread now provides opportunities for writers to advertise their work (see below). We are looking for no more than 100 words with a link to the AAR or Creative Writing piece the author would like to advertise. For the sake of simplicity, we will not post pictures and cannot use excessively large fonts. Please note that the news thread changes on every Monday, so keep the announcements focused on what happened in your story in the previous week.

Tale of the Week - You can see the winners of TotW 128 here.
- Vote for your favourite entries for TotW 129 here.

MAARC - Vote for your favourite AAR's in MAARC XXXV here.
- MAARC XXXVI submission thread is open. Nominate your own work or encourage others here.
- You can see the winners of MAARC XXXIV here.

BAARC - BAARC III is open for submissions. There must be some fighting going on somewhere!

Advertisements posted by our writers
Here you can find some fine examples of what has been crafted by our talented writers last week!

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Resources for writers

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Feedback If you have questions or feedback, please use this thread: Writers' Study Chat and Feedback

**Boustrophedon** · March 12, 2012, 04:47 PM

NEWS from the Writers' Study - March 12, 2012

Here you can see the active storyboard, submission threads and polls from the Writers' Study competitions. Things change weekly, so check in from time to time to participate in the community activities by voting, writing, commenting, reading and much more!

Special announcements
The news thread now provides opportunities for writers to advertise their work (see below). We are looking for no more than 100 words with a link to the AAR or Creative Writing piece the author would like to advertise. For the sake of simplicity, we will not post pictures and cannot use excessively large fonts. Please note that the news thread changes on every Monday, so keep the announcements focused on what happened in your story in the previous week.

Tale of the Week
- You can see the winners of TotW 128 here.
- Vote for your favourite entries in the tie-breaker vote in TotW 129 here.
- Vote for your favourite entries in TotW 130 here.
- Submit your story in TotW 131 here.

MAARC
- MAARC XXXVI submission thread is open. Nominate your own work or encourage others here.
- You can see the winners of MAARC XXXV here.

BAARC
- BAARC III is open for submissions. There must be some fighting going on somewhere!

Advertisements posted by our writers
Here you can find some fine examples of what has been crafted by our talented writers last week!

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Resources for writers

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Feedback
If you have questions or feedback, please use this thread: Writers' Study Chat and Feedback

**Dark Storm** · March 27, 2012, 01:09 PM

NEWS from the Writers' Study - March 26, 2012

Here you can see the active storyboard, submission threads and polls from the Writers' Study competitions. Things change weekly, so check in from time to time to participate in the community activities by voting, writing, commenting, reading and much more!

Special announcements
The news thread now provides opportunities for writers to advertise their work (see below). We are looking for no more than 100 words with a link to the AAR or Creative Writing piece the author would like to advertise. For the sake of simplicity, we will not post pictures and cannot use excessively large fonts. Please note that the news thread changes on every Monday, so keep the announcements focused on what happened in your story in the previous week.

Tale of the Week
- You can see the winners of TotW 129 here.
- You can see the winners of TotW 130 here.
- Vote for your favourite entries in the tie-breaker vote in TotW 131 here.
- Vote for your favourite entries in TotW 132 here.
- Submit your story in TotW 133 here.

MAARC
- MAARC XXXVI submission thread is open. Nominate your own work or encourage others here.
- You can see the winners of MAARC XXXV here.

BAARC
- BAARC III is open for voting.

Advertisements posted by our writers
Here you can find some fine examples of what has been crafted by our talented writers last week!

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Resources for writers

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Feedback
If you have questions or feedback, please use this thread: Writers' Study Chat and Feedback

**Robin de Bodemloze** · April 03, 2012, 07:07 AM

NEWS from the Writers' Study - April 3, 2012

Here you can see the active storyboard, submission threads and polls from the Writers' Study competitions. Things change weekly, so check in from time to time to participate in the community activities by voting, writing, commenting, reading and much more!

Special announcements
The news thread now provides opportunities for writers to advertise their work (see below). We are looking for no more than 100 words with a link to the AAR or Creative Writing piece the author would like to advertise. For the sake of simplicity, we will not post pictures and cannot use excessively large fonts. Please note that the news thread changes on every Monday, so keep the announcements focused on what happened in your story in the previous week.

Tale of the Week
- You can see the winners of TotW 132 here.
- Vote for your favourite entries in the second tie-breaker vote in TotW 131 here.
- Vote for your favourite entries in TotW 133 here.
- Submit your story in TotW 134 here.

MAARC
- MAARC XXXVI voting is now under way. Voteyou’re your favourites here.
- You can see the winners of MAARC XXXV here.

BAARC
- BAARC III is open for voting.

Resources for writers

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Feedback
If you have questions or feedback, please use this thread: Writers' Study Chat and Feedback

**Radzeer** · April 09, 2012, 09:30 PM

NEWS from the Writers' Study - April 9, 2012

Here you can see the active storyboard, submission threads and polls from the Writers' Study competitions. Things change weekly, so check in from time to time to participate in the community activities by voting, writing, commenting, reading and much more!

Special announcements
The news thread now provides opportunities for writers to advertise their work (see below). We are looking for no more than 100 words with a link to the AAR or Creative Writing piece the author would like to advertise. For the sake of simplicity, we will not post pictures and cannot use excessively large fonts. Please note that the news thread changes on every Monday, so keep the announcements focused on what happened in your story in the previous week.

Tale of the Week
- Vote for your favourite entries in the tie-breaker vote in TotW 133 here.
- Vote for your favourite entries in TotW 134 here.
- Submit your story in TotW 135 here.

MAARC
- MAARC XXXVI went into overtime. Vote for the tiebreaker poll here.
- MAARC XXXVII submission thread is open. Nominate your own work or encourage others here.

BAARC
- BAARC III has gone into overtime voting too. Find the details here.

Advertisements posted by our writers
Here you can find some fine examples of what has been crafted by our talented writers last week!

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Resources for writers

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Feedback
If you have questions or feedback, please use this thread: Writers' Study Chat and Feedback

**Dark Storm** · April 21, 2012, 08:44 AM

NEWS from the Writers' Study - April 21, 2012
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Here you can see the active storyboard, submission *threads and polls from the Writers' Study competitions. Things change *weekly, so check in from time to time to participate in the community *activities by voting, writing, commenting, reading and much more!
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Special announcements
The news thread now provides opportunities for *writers to advertise their work (see below). We are looking for no more *than 100 words with a link to the AAR or Creative Writing piece the *author would like to advertise. For the sake of simplicity, we will not *post pictures and cannot use excessively large fonts. Please note that *the news thread changes on every Monday, so keep the announcements *focused on what happened in your story in the previous week.

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Tale of the Week
- Check out the winners of TotW 133 and 134 here.
- Vote for your favourite entries in TotW 135 here.
- Submit your story in TotW 136 here.

MAARC
- MAARC XXXVI Has now finished, find this Months winners here.
- MAARC XXXVII is still taking submissions, so please go and nominate your favourite AAR *here.

BAARC
- BAARC III Has now finished. Find the details of the winners here.

Advertisements posted by our writers
Here you can find some fine examples of what has been crafted by our talented writers last week!
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Resources for writers

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Feedback
If you have questions or feedback, please use this thread: Writers' Study Chat and Feedback

**Boustrophedon** · May 07, 2012, 02:01 PM

NEWS from the Writers' Study - May 7, 2012
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Here you can see the active storyboard, submission *threads and polls from the Writers' Study competitions. Things change *weekly, so check in from time to time to participate in the community *activities by voting, writing, commenting, reading and much more!
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Special announcements
The news thread now provides opportunities for *writers to advertise their work (see below). We are looking for no more *than 100 words with a link to the AAR or Creative Writing piece the *author would like to advertise. For the sake of simplicity, we will not *post pictures and cannot use excessively large fonts. Please note that *the news thread changes on every Monday, so keep the announcements *focused on what happened in your story in the previous week.

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Tale of the Week
- Check out the winners of TotW 137 here.
- Vote for your favourite entries in TotW 138 here.
- Submit your story in TotW 139 here.

MAARC
- MAARC XXXVI has finished and the winners have been announced here.
- MAARC XXXVII still has one day left to vote on the poll, right here.
- MAARC XXXVIII is still taking submissions, so please go and nominate your favourite AAR here.

BAARC
- BAARC III Has now finished. Find the details of the winners here.

Advertisements posted by our writers
Here you can find some fine examples of what has been crafted by our talented writers last week!
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Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Resources for writers

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Feedback
If you have questions or feedback, please use this thread: Writers' Study Chat and Feedback

**Shankbot de Bodemloze** · May 15, 2012, 01:01 PM

NEWS from the Writers' Study - May 15, 2012

Here you can see the active storyboard, submission *threads and polls from the Writers' Study competitions. Things change *weekly, so check in from time to time to participate in the community *activities by voting, writing, commenting, reading and much more!

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Special announcements The news thread now provides opportunities for *writers to advertise their work (see below). We are looking for no more *than 100 words with a link to the AAR or Creative Writing piece the *author would like to advertise. For the sake of simplicity, we will not *post pictures and cannot use excessively large fonts. Please note that *the news thread changes on every Monday, so keep the announcements *focused on what happened in your story in the previous week.

We have some topics where we want your views and suggestions:

- Join in the MAARC Prefix discussion here.
- There is an ongoing discussion about a "Story of the Year" competition. Please see this thread and let us know what you think.

Tale of the Week - Check out the winners of TotW 138 here.
- Vote for your favourite entries in TotW 139 here.
- Submit your story in TotW 140 here.

MAARC - MAARC XXXVII has finished and the winners have been announced here.
- MAARC XXXVIII is still taking submissions, so please go and nominate your favourite AAR here.

BAARC - BAARC III has now finished, and a discussion on what to do with the BAARC is currently taking place here.

Advertisements posted by our writers Here you can find some fine examples of what has been crafted by our talented writers last week!

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Resources for writers

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Feedback If you have questions or feedback, please use this thread: Writers' Study Chat and Feedback

**Shankbot de Bodemloze** · May 21, 2012, 01:38 PM

NEWS from the Writers' Study - May 21, 2012

Here you can see the active storyboard, submission threads and polls from the Writers' Study competitions. Things change weekly, so check in from time to time to participate in the community activities by voting, writing, commenting, reading and much more!

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Special announcements The news thread now provides opportunities for writers to advertise their work (see below). We are looking for no more than 100 words with a link to the AAR or Creative Writing piece the author would like to advertise. For the sake of simplicity, we will not post pictures and cannot use excessively large fonts. Please note that the news thread changes on every Monday, so keep the announcements focused on what happened in your story in the previous week.

We have some topics where we want your views and suggestions:

- Join in the MAARC Prefix discussion here.
- There is an ongoing discussion about a "Story of the Year" competition. Please see this thread and let us know what you think.

Tale of the Week - Check out the winners of TotW 139 here.
- Vote for your favourite entries in TotW 140 here.
- Submit your story in TotW 141 here.

MAARC - MAARC XXXVII has finished and the winners have been announced here.
- MAARC XXXVIII is still taking submissions, so please go and nominate your favourite AAR here.

BAARC - BAARC III has now finished, and a discussion on what to do with the BAARC is currently taking place here.

Advertisements posted by our writers Here you can find some fine examples of what has been crafted by our talented writers last week!

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Resources for writers

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Feedback If you have questions or feedback, please use this thread: Writers' Study Chat and Feedback

**Shankbot de Bodemloze** · May 28, 2012, 03:50 PM

NEWS from the Writers' Study - May 28, 2012

Here you can see the active storyboard, submission threads and polls from the Writers' Study competitions.
Things change weekly, so check in from time to time to participate in the community activities by voting, writing, commenting, reading and much more!

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Special announcements The news thread now provides opportunities for writers to advertise their work (see below). We are looking for no more than 100 words with a link to the AAR or Creative Writing piece the author would like to advertise. For the sake of simplicity, we will not post pictures and cannot use excessively large fonts. Please note that the news thread changes on every Monday, so keep the announcements focused on what happened in your story in the previous week.

We have some topics where we want your views and suggestions:

- Join in the MAARC Prefix discussion here.
- There is an ongoing discussion about a "Story of the Year" competition. Please see this thread and let us know what you think.

Tale of the Week - Check out the winners of TotW 140 here.
- Vote for your favourite entries in TotW 141here.
- Keep a close on the Tale of the Week forums, we'll soon be taking submissions for TotW 142.

MAARC - MAARC XXXVII has finished and the winners have been announced here.
- MAARC XXXVIII is still taking submissions, so please go and nominate your favourite AAR here.

Come on guys it is almost the end of May and still only 1 submission!

BAARC - BAARC III has now finished, and a discussion on what to do with the BAARC is currently taking place here.

Advertisements posted by our writers Here you can find some fine examples of what has been crafted by our talented writers last week!

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Resources for writers

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Feedback If you have questions or feedback, please use this thread: Writers' Study Chat and Feedback

**Robin de Bodemloze** · June 04, 2012, 02:24 PM

NEWS from the Writers' Study - June 5, 2012

Here you can see the active storyboard, submission threads and polls from the Writers' Study competitions.
Things change weekly, so check in from time to time to participate in the community activities by voting, writing, commenting, reading and much more!

*

Special announcements The news thread now provides opportunities for writers to advertise their work (see below). We are looking for no more than 100 words with a link to the AAR or Creative Writing piece the author would like to advertise. For the sake of simplicity, we will not post pictures and cannot use excessively large fonts. Please note that the news thread changes on every Monday, so keep the announcements focused on what happened in your story in the previous week.

We have some topics where we want your views and suggestions:

- Join in the MAARC Prefix discussion here.
- There is an ongoing discussion about a "Story of the Year" competition. Please see this thread and let us know what you think.

Tale of the Week - Check out the winners of TotW 141 here.
- Vote for your favourite entries in TotW 142here.
- Submit your stories for TotW 143here.

MAARC - MAARC XXXVII has finished and the winners have been announced here.
- MAARC XXXVIII has been extended to June. Please go and nominate your favourite AAR here

BAARC - BAARC III has now finished, and a discussion on what to do with the BAARC is currently taking place here.

Resources for writers

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Feedback If you have questions or feedback, please use this thread: Writers' Study Chat and Feedback

**Shankbot de Bodemloze** · June 11, 2012, 01:02 PM

NEWS from the Writers' Study - June 11, 2012

Here you can see the active storyboard, submission threads and polls from the Writers' Study competitions.
Things change weekly, so check in from time to time to participate in the community activities by voting, writing, commenting, reading and much more!

*

Special announcements The news thread now provides opportunities for writers to advertise their work (see below). We are looking for no more than 100 words with a link to the AAR or Creative Writing piece the author would like to advertise. For the sake of simplicity, we will not post pictures and cannot use excessively large fonts. Please note that the news thread changes on every Monday, so keep the announcements focused on what happened in your story in the previous week.

We have some topics where we want your views and suggestions:

- Join in the MAARC Prefix discussion here.
- There is an ongoing discussion about a "Story of the Year" competition. Please see this thread and let us know what you think.

Tale of the Week - Check out the winners of TotW 142 here.
- Vote for your favourite entries in TotW 143here.
- Submit your stories for TotW 144here.

MAARC - MAARC XXXVII has finished and the winners have been announced here.
- MAARC XXXVIII has been extended to June. Please go and nominate your favourite AAR here

BAARC - BAARC III has now finished, and a discussion on what to do with the BAARC is currently taking place here.

Resources for writers

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Feedback If you have questions or feedback, please use this thread: Writers' Study Chat and Feedback

**Shankbot de Bodemloze** · June 19, 2012, 04:00 PM

NEWS from the Writers' Study - June 19, 2012

Here you can see the active storyboard, submission threads and polls from the Writers' Study competitions.
Things change weekly, so check in from time to time to participate in the community activities by voting, writing, commenting, reading and much more!

*

Special announcements The news thread now provides opportunities for writers to advertise their work (see below). We are looking for no more than 100 words with a link to the AAR or Creative Writing piece the author would like to advertise. For the sake of simplicity, we will not post pictures and cannot use excessively large fonts. Please note that the news thread changes on every Monday, so keep the announcements focused on what happened in your story in the previous week.

We have some topics where we want your views and suggestions:

- Join in the MAARC Prefix discussion here.
- There is an ongoing discussion about a "Story of the Year" competition. Please see this thread and let us know what you think.

Tale of the Week - Check out the winners of TotW 143 here.
- Vote for your favourite entries in TotW 144 here.
- Submit your stories for TotW 145 here.

MAARC - MAARC XXXVII has finished and the winners have been announced here.
- MAARC XXXVIII has been extended to June. Please go and nominate your favourite AAR here

BAARC - BAARC III has now finished, and a discussion on what to do with the BAARC is currently taking place here.

Resources for writers

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Feedback If you have questions or feedback, please use this thread: Writers' Study Chat and Feedback

- And something useful for you guys to end us off!

**Shankbot de Bodemloze** · June 25, 2012, 11:12 AM

NEWS from the Writers' Study - June 25, 2012

Here you can see the active storyboard, submission threads and polls from the Writers' Study competitions.
Things change weekly, so check in from time to time to participate in the community activities by voting, writing, commenting, reading and much more!

*

Special announcements The news thread now provides opportunities for writers to advertise their work (see below). We are looking for no more than 100 words with a link to the AAR or Creative Writing piece the author would like to advertise. For the sake of simplicity, we will not post pictures and cannot use excessively large fonts. Please note that the news thread changes on every Monday, so keep the announcements focused on what happened in your story in the previous week.

Check this out!

We have some topics where we want your views and suggestions:

- Join in the MAARC Prefix discussion here.
- There is an ongoing discussion about a "Story of the Year" competition. Please see this thread and let us know what you think.

Tale of the Week - Check out the winners of TotW 144 here.
- Vote for your favourite entries in TotW 145 here.
- Be on the look out for TotW 146 - the submission thread will be open shortly!

MAARC - MAARC XXXVII has finished and the winners have been announced here.
- MAARC XXXVIII has been extended to June. Please go and nominate your favourite AAR here

BAARC - BAARC III has now finished, and a discussion on what to do with the BAARC is currently taking place here.

Resources for writers

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Feedback If you have questions or feedback, please use this thread: Writers' Study Chat and Feedback

- And something useful for you guys to end us off!

**Boustrophedon** · July 03, 2012, 09:32 PM

NEWS from the Writers' Study - July 2, 2012

Here you can see the active storyboard, submission threads and polls from the Writers' Study competitions.
Things change weekly, so check in from time to time to participate in the community activities by voting, writing, commenting, reading and much more!

Special announcements The news thread now provides opportunities for writers to advertise their work (see below). We are looking for no more than 100 words with a link to the AAR or Creative Writing piece the author would like to advertise. For the sake of simplicity, we will not post pictures and cannot use excessively large fonts. Please note that the news thread changes on every Monday, so keep the announcements focused on what happened in your story in the previous week.

Special announcements
Check this out!

Special announcements
We have some topics where we want your views and suggestions:

- Join in the MAARC Prefix discussion here.
- There is an ongoing discussion about a "Story of the Year" competition. Please see this thread and let us know what you think.

Tale of the Week
- Check out the winners of TotW 145 here
- Vote for your favourite entries in TotW 146 here.
- Submit your story in TotW 147 here

MAARC
- MAARC XXXVII has finished and the winners have been announced here.
- MAARC XXXVIII has got a poll now and 11 submissions await your vote here

BAARC - BAARC III has now finished, and a discussion on what to do with the BAARC is currently taking place here.

Resources for writers

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Resources for writers

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Feedback
- If you have questions or feedback, please use this thread: Writers' Study Chat and Feedback
- And something useful for you guys to check your TotW submissions word count!

**Shankbot de Bodemloze** · July 09, 2012, 05:28 PM

The Writers' Study Newsletter - 9th July

What's happened, what is happening, and what is going to happen...

The Intro
After hearing some your comments I've decide to try and 'jazz' things up a bit, but be warned jazzing things up isn't really my strong point... Remember here you can see the active storyboard, submission threads, and polls from the Writers' Study competitions. Things change weekly, so check in from time to time to participate in the community activities by voting, writing, commenting, reading and much more!

New & Noteworthy CW Pieces
Now since none of you seem to use the Advertising Thread (USE IT!) I've decided to list some of the new Creative Writing stuff that I think you should check out. Please don't be offended if your piece isn't included, if anything it'll teach you to use the Advertising Thread more! I've chosen the Creative Writing section simply because we over in the Study are trying to attract more people to the section, and as the AAR forums have a lot of viewers I thought why not?

I've picked stories that are quite different from the norm we have, and ones that really deserve more readers:

The Last Great Acamar War - A relatively new story by AAR author Scottish King. It is different because of its genre, which is sci-fi, and after only two updates I was hooked. I guarantee you'll be the same. Read this, comment, and then rep the author for his hard work.

World of Gaiisha - A story written by a brony, but don't let that but you off. This piece by Derpy Hooves is set in the authors own world, and is include because the he wanted more readers, and rightly so. Although I haven't commented I've had a read through and I'm always wondering how the author comes up with all this. Worth a read. Period.

The Tale of Aron - For those of you used to play/still play ye old Runescape then this is the story for you. I follows the life of Aron and what he gets up to, which is quite a lot. He is defiantly a P2P. The author has put a lot of work into this, and several things have been redone, and I can tell you now it has paid off.

The Telian Chronicles - Another brony tale, this time by Princess Cadance (who is a bloke before you get any ideas). Again set in the authors own world, it is completely different to Derpy's. The amount of back story and added detail in this is staggering, and you will read it. Even better read both and compare and contrast, I'm sure the authors won't mind.

Tale of the Week
The winner of TotW 146 has now been announced - see here to find out who it is.

Votes are now being taken for TotW 147, there is a great selection of choices this week so please read through them and then cast your vote here once you've decided.

And finally please submit your tale in TotW 148: Back Down South. Once you feel you're ready go here to do your business.

The MAARC
There is a tie-breaker for 3rd place, and we can't find out 2nd and 1st until you've voted. So be quick, go vote now... here.

And just as dawn rises so does a new month, and you all know what that means. White Rabbits! Oh and a new MAARC has started, go and submit your (or another person's) AAR here.

Stuff for you... so look at it!
If you are looking to read past winners of our competitions, check out these threads:

If you are looking for AARs to read, check out these threadss:

AAR Advertising Board
The Finished AAR List

If you are looking for writing related advice, have a look here:

The Critic's Quill
The Critic's Quill - a monthly publication featuring interviews, articles and reviews of AARs.

Issue 34 has been published, and with fabulous reviews and articles on offer we suggest you go and give it a read here.

My last words... finally
-Something fun for you guys. See here, and find out which writer you write like. Please post your results in the chat thread.

- If you have questions or feedback, please use this thread: Writers' Study Chat and Feedback

-And something useful for you guys to checkyour TotW submissions word count!

Right there we go, I hope you guys like this format and I'd really appreciate your thoughts on the Chat thread, just so we know what to do next time. I've tried to change it a bit as I generally felt a negative response to the current layout - so as I've said your thoughts are a must. To round us off I want to say something you, the guest who is reading this. If you like what you've seen, and even if you haven't, please, please sign up and say hello, offer your thoughts etc. We are quite a friendly bunch, if you do happen to sign up drop me a Visitor or Private message and I'd be honoured to help you out.

**Shankbot de Bodemloze** · July 16, 2012, 02:24 PM

The Writers' Study Newsletter - 16th July

What's happened, what is happening, and what is going to happen...

The Intro
This week we have some very important information for you to digest, so read this one... twice! We hope you enjoy it, and as ever we want to hear your thoughts in the Chat Thread. This week we actually have some adverts, and it is great to see so many stories being written, but we need more readers. You guys in the AAR forums go over and have a look - you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Adverts by our Writers

Originally Posted by Lord Inquisitor Derpy Hooves

World of Gaiisha

Gaiisha is a world stained with the blood of many. Countless wars and events have occurred since the beginning of its recorded history.

Presently there are no stories, except past TOTW entries. However, there are articles that I have written on the different wars and periods of this world

Click here to read Gaiishan lore.

Originally Posted by Borissomeone

Empires are set to clash. The Lady of the Mound has riddled the Gallia with her cult as clueless champions are named to defend an empire that has become complacent after a hundred years of peace. Old men rule from the capital, the Emperor dancing to their whispers.

From the vast grass plains new threats to the Empire stir, greed and the need for resources push an empire forward.

A hundred years of peace is about to be shattered as old and new foes move toward war.

A boy and his surly duck give a warning 'Beware the Weeping Dragon'

Welcome to my world.

Link:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...4#post11693644

Originally Posted by HeirofAlexander

The Tale of Nobutada 2.0

From the ashes of The Tale of Nobutada rises The Tale of Nobutada 2.0. A phoenix in all but name.
In the second version of the tale we follow the same young protagonist on his journey as a Takeda cavalryman.

Chapter X soon to follow.

linky

Originally Posted by Rex Anglorvm

Do you want blood, battle, betrayals? If yes then Tale of Rome is for you.

Join Lucius as he finds himself ever enclosed by the 'glory' of Rome.
And with Rome's greatest enemy nearing the gates, political mayhem at the Capitol, and brutal raids along the coast things are about to go off.
The only question that still remains is why you aren't already reading it?

The world is split into two types of people, those who have read Tale of Rome and those who are about to - where do you want to be?

Go on, read it here!

Originally Posted by Tigellinus

In a World covered in blood, hatred and anger a man must live up to his oath. But the question is will that Oath kill him? make him do unimaginable terrors and crimes all for his friend; honor dies with glory,

Join the tense tale of The Praetorian as Octavius protects his friend Flavius Jullius, But it may cost him dearly his life, family and friends may be destroyed.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=549667

Thanks!

Tigellinus

Tale of the Week
We are still waiting for the TotW 147 poll to end, so hurry up and cast your vote here!

TotW 148 has gone to the vote, and with some excellent submissions you'll be wishing for more than three votes. Read, decide and vote all on this thread.

This week's TotW has been inspired by a very old song... The Windmills Of Your Mind is open - and we want you to submit! (Which can be done here)

*Important News*

Introduction

Over the past couple of months there has been a whirlwind of activity behind the scenes in the Writers Study, and whilst some of you may have heard rumours (sorry) nothing definite has been confirmed. This is the aim of this little article, so to speak, to bring you up to speed with what we've got planned. A lot of the stuff is just minor things that won't affect your day-to-day visit, however for those of you who amongst the regulars of the Study you may catch up on some noticeable changes. Below we'll list most of the changes, and explain why they're happening, at the end we'd love to hear your thoughts.

Forum Changes

First off many of you may have noticed the 'Grand Archive' in the CW section, it is still a wonder to me why it is there in the first place - but we've decided to move it into the Lounge as a place for old threads to be archived. Also the Duels and Challenges forum will be moved into the CW section from the TotW forum, but what for... Speaking of the CW section we'll be bringing back out the 'Gilded Hall', which will be a place to store finished CW piece, some of you older members may remember it from ages gone by. We want the CW forum to be on par with its AAR counterpart, and we feel it is only fair that they are treated the same.
The Narthex, which was a place for new writers to introduce themselves, will be merged with the WS Chat thread and will stay in the Lounge. We feel the chat thread should also be a place for new writers as well as a place to... well chat. Bearing the Lounge in mind the MAARC HoF will be merged with the WS Scoreboard and Hall of Fame, keeping the name of the latter. We felt the MAARC there is no need for both, and the MAARC is such a key part of the Study that the past winners can be immortalised in the Lounge.
Flying to the AAR forums one will notice some changes as well. The actual AAR forum will play host to the Finished AAR Index, so be sure to check it out before going to read your favourite genre - there is some great stuff. The individual ones will remain where they are, but for a general browse we suggest you check this out. Also the Advertising board will be moved from the MAARC forum into the Lounge because we want both works of fiction and AARs to be advertised. Finally in the vain hope that more people will submit their adverts we are moving the News Thread advertisement into the Lounge as well, so more of you will see it!

New Competition

The biggest thing most of you'll notice is the new competition we are planning on introducing in September. This competition will be called The AAR of the Year (AAROTY) and has evolved from a thread posted by ybbon in the Lounge. It will be based in the MAARC forum (more on that later) and as September draws nearer we'll release more information as we finalize the details. It will be starting on the 1st September, so keep your eyes peeled.

Other Stuff

Due to us realising that the MAARC medal is used for pretty much all our competitions we've decided to name it more aptly - The Writers' Study Competition Medal. Nothing besides the name will change, but we felt it needed to be done. If you have any more thoughts for a new name please let us know.

You have waited, we have waited, and you have waited some more... but finally we are making progress on the planning of the Writers' Study new publication - Writers' Block! This new publication should be popping up around September also. Feel free to speculate, but we ain't saying nothing... yet.

It is coming back... with a vengeance! In the not-so-distant future we will be bringing back the Duels and Challenges. An event where the underbelly of the Study will sharpen their quills and poison each other's mind in a battle of acumen, wit, and trash talking. We are finishing up on the details, and a FAQ thread will be posted in the Lounge.

Closing Remarks
There we go, us at the Study hope you are looking forward to these changes as much as we are, they have been a long time coming and we can't wait to see the final product and share it with you. These changes will be implemented as and when, so keep your eyes open. Of course that's not all, we have heard some mysterious rumours about a new Creative Writing competition about to appear on the horizon. Some are saying it will be one of the greatest TWC competitions ever, others say the greatest - all we know is it is coming, and we all better be ready...

- If you have questions or feedback, please use this thread: Writers' Study Chat and Feedback

To round us off I want to say something you, the guest who is reading this. If you like what you've seen, and even if you haven't, please, please sign up and say hello, offer your thoughts etc. We are quite a friendly bunch, if you do happen to sign up drop me a Visitor or Private message and I'd be honoured to help you out.

Stuff for you...
If you are looking to read past winners of our competitions, check out these threads:

If you are looking for AARs to read, check out these threads:

AAR Advertising Board
The Finished AAR List

If you are looking for writing related advice, have a look here:

**Robin de Bodemloze** · July 22, 2012, 10:51 AM

The Writers' Study Newsletter – 23rd July

What's happened, what is happening, and what is going to happen...

The Intro
This week we welcome back an old institution in the Writers’ Study – the duels and challenges. As we speak two eager contestants are gearing up to dazzle you – and each other with their literary prowess. No stone will be left unturned and no insult left unsaid as they do everything in their power to gain victory over the other. We look forward to seeing their creations and hope you enjoy them too.

As ever we want to hear your thoughts in the Chat Thread.

Adverts by our Writers

Originally Posted by Paragon

ONE SINGLE MAN
Stainless Steel – Crown of Aragon

Between chaos an order, the eternal glory of victory and sinking in the obscuerness of defeat, sorrounded by falling allies, the forging of a legend commences! A series of neverending wars, empires falling and rising, all of Europe dancing to the actions of one single man!

What part of it is myth and what is truth? Find out yourself!

Chapter VI soon!

Originally Posted by Scottish King

The Last Great Acamar War

A mysterious attack on a border control has the whole Acamar Galaxy anticpating war after forty years of peace. In the previous chapter, the dubious High Councilor of the Quasilion Empire was trying to convince very powerful men that war was a necessary measure that must be taken. Will he succeed? Or will he be ratted out as a traitor? Find out in chapter 3 of: The Last Great Acamar War!!!

Tale of the Week
We are still waiting for the TotW 148 poll to end, so hurry up and cast your vote here!

TotW 149 has gone to the vote, and with some excellent submissions you'll be wishing for more than three votes. Read, decide and vote all on this thread.

This week's TotW has been inspired by a personal favourite of mine... the annual encierro at Pamplona. Submit your stories here

*Important News*

Introduction

Over the past couple of months there has been a whirlwind of activity behind the scenes in the Writers Study, and whilst some of you may have heard rumours (sorry) nothing definite has been confirmed. This is the aim of this little article, so to speak, to bring you up to speed with what we've got planned. A lot of the stuff is just minor things that won't affect your day-to-day visit, however for those of you who amongst the regulars of the Study you may catch up on some noticeable changes. Below we'll list most of the changes, and explain why they're happening, at the end we'd love to hear your thoughts.

Forum Changes

First off many of you may have noticed the 'Grand Archive' in the CW section, it is still a wonder to me why it is there in the first place - but we've decided to move it into the Lounge as a place for old threads to be archived. Also the Duels and Challenges forum will be moved into the CW section from the TotW forum, but what for... Speaking of the CW section we'll be bringing back out the 'Gilded Hall', which will be a place to store finished CW piece, some of you older members may remember it from ages gone by. We want the CW forum to be on par with its AAR counterpart, and we feel it is only fair that they are treated the same.
The Narthex, which was a place for new writers to introduce themselves, will be merged with the WS Chat thread and will stay in the Lounge. We feel the chat thread should also be a place for new writers as well as a place to... well chat. Bearing the Lounge in mind the MAARC HoF will be merged with the WS Scoreboard and Hall of Fame, keeping the name of the latter. We felt the MAARC there is no need for both, and the MAARC is such a key part of the Study that the past winners can be immortalised in the Lounge.
Flying to the AAR forums one will notice some changes as well. The actual AAR forum will play host to the Finished AAR Index, so be sure to check it out before going to read your favourite genre - there is some great stuff. The individual ones will remain where they are, but for a general browse we suggest you check this out. Also the Advertising board will be moved from the MAARC forum into the Lounge because we want both works of fiction and AARs to be advertised. Finally in the vain hope that more people will submit their adverts we are moving the News Thread advertisement into the Lounge as well, so more of you will see it!

New Competition

The biggest thing most of you'll notice is the new competition we are planning on introducing in September. This competition will be called The AAR of the Year (AAROTY) and has evolved from a thread posted by ybbon in the Lounge. It will be based in the MAARC forum (more on that later) and as September draws nearer we'll release more information as we finalize the details. It will be starting on the 1st September, so keep your eyes peeled.

Other Stuff

Due to us realising that the MAARC medal is used for pretty much all our competitions we've decided to name it more aptly - The Writers' Study Competition Medal. Nothing besides the name will change, but we felt it needed to be done. If you have any more thoughts for a new name please let us know.

You have waited, we have waited, and you have waited some more... but finally we are making progress on the planning of the Writers' Study new publication - Writers' Block! This new publication should be popping up around September also. Feel free to speculate, but we ain't saying nothing... yet.

It is coming back... with a vengeance! In the not-so-distant future we will be bringing back the Duels and Challenges. An event where the underbelly of the Study will sharpen their quills and poison each other's mind in a battle of acumen, wit, and trash talking. We are finishing up on the details, and a FAQ thread will be posted in the Lounge.

Closing Remarks
There we go, us at the Study hope you are looking forward to these changes as much as we are, they have been a long time coming and we can't wait to see the final product and share it with you. These changes will be implemented as and when, so keep your eyes open. Of course that's not all, we have heard some mysterious rumours about a new Creative Writing competition about to appear on the horizon. Some are saying it will be one of the greatest TWC competitions ever, others say the greatest - all we know is it is coming, and we all better be ready...

- If you have questions or feedback, please use this thread: Writers' Study Chat and Feedback

To round us off I want to say something you, the guest who is reading this. If you like what you've seen, and even if you haven't, please, please sign up and say hello, offer your thoughts etc. We are quite a friendly bunch, if you do happen to sign up drop me a Visitor or Private message and I'd be honoured to help you out.

Stuff for you...
If you are looking to read past winners of our competitions, check out these threads:

If you are looking for AARs to read, check out these threads:

AAR Advertising Board
The Finished AAR List

If you are looking for writing related advice, have a look here:

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