The Lit Net Monthly News

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[FONT="Book Antiqua"]December09/ January10[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/I]


Welcome to the joint December09/ January10 edition of The Literature Networks online newspaper. Every month, we will keep you updated with information regarding threads, contests, Book Club and lots more!
Happy Reading.

[I][CENTER][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Forum Book Club[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/I]

The Book Club is now reading the December Crime Fiction Read The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler [url]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48928[/url] and the January random selection Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick. [url]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49885[/url]
Also its time to vote for the February read. [url]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48927[/url]
The March nominations are now open [url]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49886[/url]
Also for anyone who is interested, the 09 Christmas read was the Turning of the Screw by Henry James. You can join in the discussion by following this link! [url]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49425[/url]
The Forum Shakespeare Discussion Group is currently starting on Henry IV Part I. Pop over to the sub forum is you are interested in participating in the Discussion or any other forum Discussions. [url]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=5895[/url]

The Forum Book Club is always happy to have new participants. If you are interested, you can find it in the Reading section of the Forum Index page.

[I][CENTER][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Official Forum Contest[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/I]

The first elimination round for the 2010 Short Story Contest is open for entries. If you are interested, please follow this link and read the guidelines before submitting [url]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49792[/url]

[I][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"][CENTER]Unofficial Poetry Contests[/CENTER][/FONT][/SIZE][/I]

The Personal Poetry forum is one of Litnets’ most active forums and comes complete with a sub-forum dedicated to poetry games and contests. We have three very popular poetry contests located in the sub-forum; The Picture [URL="http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23675&page=42"]Poetry Contest (continued…) [/URL] , [URL="http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23444&page=34"]The Form Poetry Contest [/URL] and [URL="http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38056&page=4"]The Subject Poetry Contest[/URL]. Why not pop in and give it a go. You might just win!
The current winners are;
Form: TheFifthElement
Picture: DanielBenoit
Subject: alakungfu
Congratulations to you all!

[I][CENTER][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Featured Personal Poetry[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/I]
This month we have selected ive poems from The Personal Poetry Forum, posted during the month of November and December, to feature in the Litnet Monthly News! I hope you like them too!

[I]November Poems[/I]

[B][U]Sitting in the Snow by Luckey09[/U][/B]

As the grass withers,
And the flower fades,
And the leaves fall in
The cool autumn days,
And the sun cuts his days short,
And night shadows the sky,
And the old men grows sleepy,
And sleeping dogs lie,
And the fruits grow less sweet,
And the warmth leaves your hands,
And the days grow in silence,
And the bird leaves the lands,
I’ll sit under this tree
Till the skies turn back blue,
Throughout the cold winter
Just waiting for you.
And you’ll sit by the fire
Just wishing to know
What kind of fool
Would sit in the snow.

[B][U]I Keep Death Prisoner by kevinthediltz[/U][/B]

Death waits for me at the door.
Like looking into a mirror.
Skin dripping off bones.
I keep it locked away.

Boots click on the concrete floor
It paces back and forth in its cell
Beating the walls
Feeding on the dark

Its plea is tempting
Spoken through a crack
"I'm waiting for you
Let me free you from this"

It pants and houls and waits for a fall
Licks the air for blood
Tastes my weakness
Waiting and watching

I give it nothing
I have nothing to give
I keep it prisoner
A trophy in my cellar

[I]December Poems[/I]

[B][U]Limerick by prendrelemick [/U][/B]

There was a young lady from Ealing,
who got on a bus to Darjeerling,
It said on the door,
don't spit on the floor,
So she carefully spat on the ceiling.


[B][U]Confessions of a Hooker by Biggus[/U][/B]

Lying in bed on their wedding night
The newly wed wife said, eyes full of tears
“Before we were married
I was a hooker for eight years”
The husband said to her calmly
That he had no concern about it
And that it might even
Spice up their nuptials a bit
Then she got flustered
And said “no, no you don’t understand
My name was Jeremy
And I played Rugby for England”


[B][U]What Time is There? by MorpheusSandman[/U][/B]

Will these distant thoughts
Divide the time
Between you and I?
The decrepit hands on clocks
Tick on; The noose
Is strung up by the minutes
Helplessly I’m hung
Left to suffocate unless the
Feet of my evil
Executioner will march
Backwards

What time is it there?

Waiting for inevitable death
The deviant sundown
Shines on; The amber
Glints on the guillotine
Or sharpened reaper’s scythe
Which descends
With the precision of a
Surgeon’s scalpel
To perform this wordless
Tracheotomy

What time is it there?

And I wonder at my smallness
This extant existence
What creeps between seconds
When money won’t buy
A single minute
Just dream of demons that eat
The light of life
Who can swim through shadows?
Reach the furthest
Shore of stilling time

What time is it there?

For a fleeting moment
I thought
I saw you lucent in the
Last light
Of the fading horizon
An ageless angel; my savior
Where are you
Now?
And I wonder, I wonder
What are you doing
Now?
And I wonder, I wonder
I hope you sleep
Like me
In the comfort of eternity
And I wonder, I wonder

As the hands have lain down on their lap
Resting in the sifting dust
These two lambencies that skip across the surface
Falter to a weakened walk
Then a crawl
Then
Are
Still
And still I wonder

What time is it there?

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[I][CENTER][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Profile Of The Month[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/I]

This months I have selected Beautifull's profile, as the Profile of the month for its starry night sky and dreaminess. [url]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/member.php?u=48689[/url]

[I][CENTER][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Blog of the Month[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/I]

This months blog of the month is Heathcliff's Foxtrot's Theory. Check it out. [url]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/blog.php?u=63809[/url]

[I][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"][CENTER]Featured Threads of the Month[/CENTER][/FONT][/SIZE][/I]

Every month we will feature different threads and games. This months Thread of the Month and Game of the Month are:
Thread of the Month is truly great short stories [url]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43163[/url]
Game of the Month is Avatar poem [url]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50145[/url]

[I][CENTER][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Lit Net Book Reviews[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/I]

This month’s book review was randomly selected from the Write a book Review sub-forum in general Literature.



[B][U]The Pluto Files by Neil deGrasse Tyson[/U][/B]

The book chronicles the rise and fall of Pluto from it’s discovery in 1930 to until 2006 when the International Astronomical Union passes a resolution on the Definition of a Planet in the solar system. Pluto didn't make it. The author was at the heart of the controversy by not including Pluto with the other planets at an exhibit at the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History. The book includes interview and quotes from both sides of the arguement even hate mail from angry school kids all bristling at Plutos demontion.

It's a pretty easy read, the author was able to throw in info on the other planets even the periodic table and still keep it entertaining.

By Papayahed


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[I][CENTER][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]November Birthdays[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/I]

Here are this months Litnet birthdays! Also, don’t forget that many of these members will be sent an interview, so look out for the [URL="http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36273&page=4"]Getting to Know You thread[/URL].

Happy Birthday!

December09
Veda, Saskian, Mark F, WhimsySA, MissJaneEyre19, Forfila, Cellar Door, rimbaud, Pensive, ninawho, K.M Roberston, Digitalcrash, Alexei, Meh!, The Comedian, Mrs Dalloway,Paperleaves, Virgil, Sweets America, crazefest456, eyemaker, Jamsian, TheDave, Jekan Blazer, browneyedbailey, TheFifthElement, ntropyincarnate, psycheinaboat, ClaesGefvenberg, B-Mental, JaneEyre24, Wyoecho, BienvenuJDC, roland64, Eric the viking, Cat_Brenners.

January10
IJustMadeThatUp, djy78usa, Maryd, Mona Amon, APEist, GustavoL, Chinarose, Niamh, Suziemb, Chartreuse, Desolation, snowangel, Naomi moon, Skib, TEND, Kilted Exile, a_little_wisp, IWilKikU, Grace86, Laindessiel,

[I][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"][CENTER]New Additions to the Site[/CENTER][/FONT][/SIZE][/I]
There are some new quizzes added to the forum by Logos. If you have some free time on your hands, why not give them ago! [url]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/quiz.php?catid=1[/url]
There have been some recent upgrades to the forum. If you are interested in seeing what Admin has now created and changed, please follow the link below. [url]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45417[/url]

[I][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"][CENTER]Letters to the Editor[/CENTER][/FONT][/SIZE][/I]


Dear LitNet Newsletter,

*New for 2010!*
Here's a chance for book-lovin' and pop culture consumin' trivia fans to share their knowledge and test what they know! It's the LitNet Forum Games
Quiz O' the Week!

You can participate in the weekly quiz in TWO-- that's TWO!-- ways!* Not only can you tease your brain by answering the questions, but you can write and post your own quizzes!

Click this link for details:
[url]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49916&highlight=Forum+Games[/url]

I hope many LitNutters join in the fun!

Your friend and admirer,
Aunt Shecky



[I][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"][CENTER]Special Thanks[/CENTER][/FONT][/SIZE][/I]

I would like to thank everyone who helped contribute to the Newsletter over the last year, whether they were aware they were contributing or not!
Also a special thank you to all those that subscribe to the newsletter.
I also want to apologies for not posting a newsletter last month. This was due to reasons out of my control.
Happy New year to all who have just celebrated it. :)
Yours truly
Niamh, The Litnetter