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Welcome to the June issue of the Bibliofaction Lite Newsletter. In this Issue
In Other News Someone sent me this the other day. An example of one of the worst similies I've seen...supposedly written in a school essay: "Her hair glistened in the rain like nose hair after a sneeze." More of these please! Pass it on Do you know anyone else who enjoys reading or writing short stories? Click here to forward this email to up to five friends. |
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Well, it was here briefly, and now it’s a bit cloudy again. But fear not, it’s bound to warm up soon. In the meantime, kick back, slap on the lotion and soak up these literary rays of sunshine…
As well as being the national year of the frog, and the international year of the potato (no, seriously – see www.potato2008.org) 2008 is the National Year of Reading, which, let’s face it, is good news for writers. Led by a consortium of organizations including Arts Council England and the National Literacy Trust, the year marks a celebration of reading in all its forms, and everyone’s encouraged to get involved, from those who enjoy it already, to those who struggle with literacy on a daily basis. Each month there’s a different theme aimed to get across the fun of reading to everybody, and this month it’s “holiday and summer reads”. What would be your desert island book? Log on to www.yearofreading.org.uk and get involved with an event near you. The more people out there reading, the more to enjoy your stories on Bibliofaction! Fancy £50 worth of book vouchers? Write us a winning story and we’ll send ‘em over 
‘What I Did on My Holidays’ – the classic school essay title, and a good example of Writing from Life. But when we grow up, our understanding of creative writing often defaults to fiction. Well, it doesn’t have to be that way; we all have a narrative which makes us the people we are. What are the things you like doing? Where do you enjoy going? What frightens you to death? Who are you when you close the door on the world? Tell us your story, and you could be our first competition winner! You can find out more and publish your story here.
Something I’ve noticed in the past few months since the facebook boom is a new verb thrust upon our language, “to facebook”. Phrases such as “he facebooked me”, meaning “he sent me a message via facebook” are becoming more and more popular. Rather than getting uptight about it, let’s love it, embrace it and use it to our advantage. Bibliofaction has just launched a facebook group, which is really exciting. You can join by clicking here, and let your friends know you’re a member. Before you know it they’ll be facebooking you to say how great your stories are! We need your help! Pretty please... 
A message from our technical director, Adam Lofting… Hi there lovely people! This is my first message to you all and it’s a bit nerve-racking if I’m honest. I’m not a writer and I’m writing a message to this exciting group of writers who have laid the foundations of the Bibliofaction community. (I hope I don’t make too many spelling mistakes!) I write programming code rather than prose and I spend my free evenings adding new features to the website. It is so exciting to watch you guys interacting with the code I have written. Since our launch, the website has been growing at a steady pace and every day more and more people discover Bibliofaction. The more people that join, the more feedback you will receive and the more people that read the stories, the more fans you can find for your writing. At the moment the website is a bit like the runner beans in my vegetable patch; very young but growing steadily. Without help they would grow naturally but if they’re watered and fed, they can grow even stronger. And on that note, I want to tell you about a new feature I have added to the website (think of it as plant food for our seedling website)... “Share this page” What’s in it for us? What’s in it for you? Thanks for reading, and thanks for writing! What would you like to see on Bibliofaction? If you have any suggestions, please contact Adam or Andy through the form on the website or by emailing press@bibliofaction.com |
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