This article will be posted every fourth Tuesday of the month and will revisit one past group spotlight from Love dA Lit and one literature group who needs admins to help with their various group activities.

Note: I will be on vacation during the last two weeks of August so I will not be posting a League of Lit Groups article for that month. I will resume posting in September.

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Send SixWordStories a note with a short blurb about why you want the position and include an explanation of "your concept to us [SixWordStories] for the project/contest and why you think it would be a good idea for us to take you on board and/or why we should do what you suggest".

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Project Manager
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Project Manager:

• Organize and create new projects relating to the group.
• Help with and/or mantain current projects.

Contest Manager:

• Come up with concepts for contests.
• Organize and promote the group's contests.

Please be advised that I am not an administrator of the featured group, if you wish to apply please send a note to SixWordStories.

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inknalcohol, whose face is not really grim, didn't mind me stalking him answering a few questions regarding FocusOnLit.


Since its start over a year ago, how do you think FocusOnLit has changed? Remained the same?

We've changed, because the original concept was strong, but slightly confusing.  Once there were more than a handful of teams, we quickly realized that the process we were using wasn't working.  So we revamped it a bit and things run a lot smoother now.  But we're still teaming up deviants into small critique groups to get feedback.

The group has hosted quite a few workshops since our last interview, which one do you think would be the most beneficial to repeat?

Our motivation workshop.  Hands down.  All the others are grand, but without motivation, characters don't grow and readers won't become interested.

What is the least glamorous aspect about running FocusOnLit?

You mean the part that's a thorn in my side?   That would be the actual team creating.  Sometimes it takes awhile for us to get a full team together because we're not a huge group.  And sometimes, even once teams are made, things fall through and there's only one member submitting.  So we have to shuffle things around a bit so hopefully everyone that's submitting is getting feedback.

In your opinion, what is your absolute favorite thing about the group?

The feedback.  I've gotten some of the best feedback from my small group of three other deviants.  I value their feedback more than anyone else.  We've also heard from some of our members that they've not only gotten feedback on their work because of the group, but have also formed bonds of friendship in their teams.

Anything else of note that you would like to share?

Since we just closed our two month writing marathon, we're taking a bit of a breather, but we'll still be motivating our members to submit regularly to group.  And of course to continue giving feedback!

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His death should have been swift on the battlefield, but instead he was ambushed while he bathed. He'd cut down seven men before the poisoned arrow made him too weak to lift his ax. The poison wasn't lethal, unfortunately. Its purpose was to render him unconscious for interrogation.
His sire, the famous Conqueror of Brundan, must be laughing from the afterlife. Even shame failed to give Varan the strength to rise or curse his luck aloud.
Infection ravaged his mind and body. Time blurred and he no longer knew how long he'd been held prisoner. He was a minotaur. A Bullman. He was stronger than any human could hope to become, but the illness made his limbs too heavy to lift rendering the chains moot. He was the Joranaham Chieftain :thumb278315620: :thumb308639442: :thumb288982955:

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Please feel free to send me a note if your literature group has an open admin position, or if you know of a group who needs help.

Keep in mind that since this is only a monthly article I can't plan too far in advance, but I will be happy to add your group's call for help to my Love dA Lit article in the meantime.

Being featured in Love dA Lit previously does not bar you from being featured as the 'Group in Need'. That means that if I feature your group here and you haven't all ready been featured in Love dA Lit, expect to hear from me soon.

If you have any questions regarding this article or suggestions, never hesitate to comment below or send me a note!

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