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Post by Carolyn on Apr 2, 2020 18:05:26 GMT -5
Hello, y'all! You know the drill. Welcome to our FIFTEENTH great collab, woo hoo! Based on the theme poll, Neopian Literature will be our next theme. Feel free to spread the word! The date of the collab will be June 26th, 2020. Deadline will be two weeks before this date, June 14, 2020junescarlet June Scarlet, Rabbit and Carolyn ( Carolyn) will take care of bookkeeping. When you have a submission idea, pm one of us the following: Proposed title of entry: Type of entry: Short description: Collaborator? Y/N (If yes, UN) |
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Post by Carolyn on Apr 2, 2020 18:05:39 GMT -5
Woo hoo! The bookkeeping post of awesomeness! For now, I'll list the potential books you guys wanna write so there's a running list. Then it'll be less likely for folks to double-up. Articles superkathiee- (Held over) Carolyn - "Basic Potion Brewing" (Held Over) Stephanie (swordlilly) + Collaborator- How to Maths: the Food Club Edition (Held Over) Geo 🇺🇦 🌻 "The Culture and History of Faerieland" (Held Over) Kat - "Awkward Social Function and YOU!" (Held Over) halleycat2235- What does my pet know? (About her pet's knowledge of Neopia through books) (Held Over) sessduh and weet_woo - Maraquan Masterpieces: Top Maraquan Literature: It's a list type article of the best Maraquan books. It's actually all finished, we're just waiting to submit closer to the day. (Held over) skittlesrock10292- Which Neopets Book Best Fits You? (Held Over) thehotaru21 (Held Over) francineh- Yooyuball from the Staff's View Alli_draggy- Hissi Exercise Moni June Scarlet - Maybe "Scorchio Sketch Book?" sunbathr- There are Stars Up There and Stuff (part 3) imbitter and miist: Mira's Writing Endeavors - The gist is the Space Faerie has actually written most of the books on space. The article goes through them and explains what they're about. Short storiesbubbles150- ghost story type of entry, I have three pets who will be in it: Oira, Lhaiza and darkness626822 though darkness will be his name in the story! katshinapp- Ancient tales of Horror (a short horror tale inspired by the book Ancient Tales of Horror, probably something about ghosts in neopia or something) (Submitted) Liou- "Sophies Leave Me Alone Notice" (Held Over) ComicsStargirl089 and t0tor0- Inside the Mind of a Lupe (Accepted) charming thievery - Hansos Guide to Escaping Dungeons (submitted?) Huntress- (Accepted!) Andypopo- The Book shopkeeper misinterprets this rather punny book. Neopian Literature: Behind the pages of 381 Dirt Jokes! (Accepted!) Mistyqee- WIP (Submitted?) Rabbit ♠- WIP silverfang_avatar (interested but unsure if entering) blindplacebo shellshocks - Coltzan's Last Words kieselcamper - Decorating Your Garden applefaerie99 SeriesHerdy - 5-part series with a different book in each part (Sakhmet Tales, The Thieves Code, Hubrid's Book of Death, Ruling the Universe, and Anubis Toxicology Reports (Abridged)). (accepted) Homsar_eggplant: "Shadow Tome" Doc uses this tome to escape from prison. What could go wrong? (accepted) Blueysicle - "Quarry Life." (accepted) Unsuretherainbowsheep (accepted) superkathiee (accepted) Sparktater (Article or story?) Worst.Poetry.Ever dinduidindo gray_wolf_1976 (Short story or comic) innosently |
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Post by Kat on Apr 2, 2020 19:29:57 GMT -5
Ooh, nice! We have two months to think of a book we want to adapt!
Because I...have NO idea what to do.
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Post by Carolyn on Apr 2, 2020 19:47:44 GMT -5
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Post by Sparktater on Apr 2, 2020 20:11:22 GMT -5
This one should be fun! I have a couple of loose ideas already.
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Post by Kat on Apr 2, 2020 20:15:53 GMT -5
That...is going to make it even more difficult for me to choose AHAHAHA Seriously though I'll probably browse them when I'm done with worky mcworkface and make a shortlist. |
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Post by Blueysicle on Apr 2, 2020 22:17:38 GMT -5
One thing that I think is kind of neat about the theme of this milestone collab is that it circles around to the idea of reading and writing, which is what we're all about, no?  As for myself, it would make the most sense for me to narrow down my choices to the "Moltaran Books" category. Only thing is that most of those books are clearly manuals and non-fiction, whereas my comfort-zone is in fiction. And those that do seem to be fiction books wouldn't fit well into my Infinity saga for a multitude of reasons. (Ranging from taking place in the modern day, while Infinity takes place in pre-steampunk period over a century and a half ago, to centering around Moltara Caves, which is a location I haven't been able to get to in the main plot yet and I'd rather not show my hand on that too early)
For the moment, though, I think that I'm leaning towards Quarry Life. It seems to be one of the aforementioned non-fiction books, but I have an idea how I could work around that to make it into a Short Story/Series. (Probably the latter, as my brainstorming is turning up enough ideas that I doubt would fit into a Short Story) That said, I don't want to 100% commit to it yet, because a different book may end up appealing to me more. So we'll just have to see later down the road. |
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Post by Kat on Apr 3, 2020 10:18:09 GMT -5
Okay so, I've got a few books I'm gonna be putting on my shortlist. - Awkward Social Functions and YOU! would make a great article. Believe me, I've seen my share of those. - Friends Forever is cute too but I'd need to really rack my brain for a nice friendship yarn. - Birthday Best could be a short story or an article. Gotta love that versatility. - Not gonna lie, Jhudora: Terms of Service is tempting me. Taunting me. Challenging me. Wow, some of the art on the book items in existence is really, REALLY old. |
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Post by Sparktater on Apr 3, 2020 14:38:22 GMT -5
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Post by Moni on Apr 3, 2020 14:52:35 GMT -5
books that are somewhat notable: "12 angry myncis": honestly, yes. a neopets version of 12 angry men would be amazing. love that book. "a furry tale": ripe for content "book of vision": very nice. you can make a cthulu out of this. "casual class warfare": from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs "extinct neopian languages": tagging Reiqua"finding illusen": what what is going on?? "fuhnah: fire of the heart": metal title. "how to be wise like me": a self-help book written by a monarch. amazing. "i, moehog": i, robot but neopets. "ylana skyfire saves halloween": tons of ylana skyfire books. they're all hilarious. "how to avoid holiday parties": lots of "how to avoid" holiday books. i like to think they're all written by the same guy. |
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Post by Geo 🇺🇦 🌻 on Apr 3, 2020 15:00:58 GMT -5
Fyora's Royal Address - Could be interesting since the description implies that either Fyora uses some type of cipher or her address is written in really bad, unreadable PHP without comments (never do this to me, I will rage for days). Then again, I'm trying to avoid any books about Fyora because they all seem boring or overdone given she gets her own day that's already very close to this collab. Culture and History of Faerieland - Oooo, I've always wanted to explore this! I think I might have found the perfect book. Faeries from Paradise - But wait, here's another one that's going to make it hard for me to decide since this one is about the faeries' origin. Space Faerie Tales - But wait, are the faeries actually from outer space or another planet and for whatever reason, left their planet and crash-landed on Neopia?
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Post by Liou on Apr 3, 2020 17:32:09 GMT -5
June Scarlet if you can bring Story into this I will be very very hype =D So I got a little carried away! No shortlist yet, I'll just throw in books I find inspiring and then others I find cool, in case they can inspire y'all. Neovian and Faerieland Books are the ones I'm focusing on so far - and quicker to browse.
Ghosts of the Desert - a scroll with ghosts literally living in it? That could be so cute! Like Tom Riddle's diary except with an entire sitcom of ghosts chatting inside!!
These books intrigue me: Ancient Arcana - a story about what can happen around a powerful book? Hidden Tower Secrets - more for article territory, like many Brightvale Books. Oh and the Travel Brochures could be made into articles. I think they have comedic potential. For some kind of sassy second-person narration from curser to target, like an increasingly hostile toast at a wedding pulling out receipts -for cursing- or a narrator explaining what to do now that you've been hexed.
It doesn't have to be the actual text of the scroll, it can be a story of events happening around the scroll, or stay ambiguous.
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Post by Blueysicle on Apr 24, 2020 23:29:15 GMT -5
So I think I'm going to commit to Quarry Life. With as many ideas as I have for it, it'll definitely be a series. (Probably a five-parter) That -of course- means I'm really, really going to have to buckle down if I'm to get this done by June... I'm gonna try to compromise and keep the word count lower than I usually do for series, but I make no promises. 
I'll hold off on doing a full description of it right now, and will wait until later when I have some actual progress to show for it instead of ideas bouncing around my head.
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Post by Liou on Apr 25, 2020 15:27:40 GMT -5
Status update:
Currently going with Sophie's Leave Me Alone Notice!
Likely to be a short, have wild ambitions to turn it into a series.
If that doesn't pick up fast enough, Plan B is Ghosts of the Desert.
(And if it's one week before deadline and I still can't even, my Safety Plan is Flight of the Battle Faerie. Aethia flexing her muscles and sparkling, or something.)
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Post by Kat on Apr 25, 2020 23:33:38 GMT -5
I'm most definitely committing to "Awkward Social Functions and YOU!" and it will be an article, not a short story. Although I might still take a crack at "Birthday Best" to make it another article for another day.
Wow, I missed writing articles.
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