Clan-wide announcements: 
This week's featured fiction is
Portrait of...! Read, rate, and comment please!
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What Tollie01 says about this piece: I really liked the fact that dispite their shortness [the stories] managed to create a world that anyone can relate to and characters that you can feel for.
How does featured fiction work? The author of this week's featured fiction will pick next week's fiction. For a complete list of the fictions which have already been featured,
click here.
Authors, please send me your pick and a short "plug" for the work by Tuesday, otherwise I will not be able to get it posted in time!Forum-specific announcements:Don't want to read all the announcements every day? You don't have to! Just look for the
symbol for new items and the
symbol for items that have changed status.
Check out
the newest report in the Moderator's Council.
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Got bugs? Report 'em
here or
here!
Clanmates' News: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.
Contests, Activities, and Other Events:Currently OpenAmeaba is starting a new workshop. Click
here for more details or
here for the official rules and details!
Current activity status: This week's discussion is
here!
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Calamari is organizing a midsummer story exchange.
Click here for more information.
Current activity status: The deadline for submissions has been extended to 1/7.
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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 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: Current round runs until 1/25.
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The complete list of contests and activities can be viewed
here.
Trivia, Polls, and Questionnaires Do you know your games? Then prove it!
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Think you know MLC fiction? Check out the
Weekly MLC Trivia Question!
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How otaku are you? Test your knowledge with the
Weekly Manga Question!
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Show off your knowledge and check out the
the Random Poll Question!
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Reader requests: Zokusho: You Can't Go Home Again[1/12]
Saint chapter 4[1/12]
Reclamation chapter 3[1/12]
Impossibility[1/9]
Emet & R, Version 2[1/8]
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 submissionsNone at this time.
Contest Winners!Rainbow-Phobia (Keba Si Rota's story for Calamari from the Midsummer Story Exchange)
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Machines Option II (Ameaba's story for MXSkai from the Midsummer Story Exchange)
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In Your Dreams (Calamari's story for Kitab from the Midsummer Story Exchange)
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Midsummer Story Exchange, from MrGBH by Tollie (Tollie01's story for MrGBH from the Midsummer Story Exchange)
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The First Frost (Zaul's story for Ameaba from the Midsummer Story Exchange)
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MLC Reviewing CornerFeatured reviews"Rainbow-Phobia," reviewed by GinKazeRyuuhahaha, love the flow of conversation, and very surprising ending O.O oh, but he does have a good reason too..in one Carribian tribal culture, rainbows were feared to be snakesof a God and if one looked into them, they would bite your eyes.Read the story
here!
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"Rainbow-Phobia," reviewed by Tollie01That was great fun and maybe one of the first horror stories that i've raed here. Rainbows will never be the same again.Read the story
here!
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"Heart-Beat Part I," reviewed by CalamariI liked it. Sarah is an interesting character, if a bit hyperactive, and I like the dynamic between her and her mother. The mention of the ketchup battle was a nice touch, although it made me wonder what sparked it...
That said....there's always room for improvement.
It might just be me, but it seems very awkward for a character to describe herself, especially in the detail that Sarah does. You don't go around thinking about how you look all the time (or, at least, I hope you don't), so your characters shouldn't either...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 resourcesThe 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.
Ameaba is starting a new workshop. Click
here for more details or
here for the official rules!
To find a complete list of all unreviewed fiction, click
here.
Reviews and "What's the Scoop?":"What's the Scoop?":
Conventions January 2009[1/10]
"What's the Scoop?":
Releases January 2009[1/10]
El-Hazard, reviewed by Tollie01
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Le Chavlier D'Eon, reviewed by Tollie01
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Discussions, illustrations, and other generally cool stuff:Writing Workshop: Meab's Discussion[1/8]
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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 38 days from the reviewing workshop.
ElianaMoran has 29 days from the reviewing workshop.
Calamari has 12 days from the reviewing workshop.
Shy0ne has 6 days from the reviewing workshop.
Mack has 6 days from the reviewing workshop.
Esuka has 1 day from the reviewing workshop.