Weekly Round Up #30 (FRIDAY THE 13TH VERSION)

This week holds one of the most dreaded days of the year—other than the ‘romantic’ holiday that should never be named. It’s going to be Friday the 13th! We here at BTB hope that you’ll take adequate precautions on this tricky day and that all individuals with acute triskaidekaphobia have your paper bags and therapists ready. To keep your mind off of the 13th—and the horrifying day that comes after (don’t say it!)—we’re willing to provide you this lovely list of events going on here on dA. So let’s round up!

Our Latest Round of Journals:
Prompt#16—The Year of the Sheep/Goat/Ram 
How to Tuesday/Tuesday Tips #7—Manga Tutorials 
Recommend a Friend Wednesdays #10
Inspiration and Music to Create By #19



Welcome and to our group! Join us, as we try—and possibly fail—to discover the meaning of life!


CRAnimeAndManga’s contest for February is based on the theme ‘Love’.  Submit your original manga/anime entries by February 28th to win a premium membership! 

*CRPhotography’s
1.) latest weekly challenge is up! This week, participants must take a photo of a tranquil place. One winner gets 100 points! Deadline: February 13th.

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2.) Monthly contest is going on now! This month’s theme is “Macro”. Submit your best macro photos for a chance to win a 3-month premium membership. Deadline: February 28th. 


*Live-Love-Write is hosting its monthly Dodecathlon! This month, participants must write a story or poem based on the idea of ‘colors’.  Winners get a premium membership, points, and/or features! Deadline: February 28th. (  )

DreamingAutumn and HugQueen are hosting a “Fairy Tale” contest! Participants can either write a twist to an existing fairy tale or their own fairy tale, and win a premium membership, a chibi papercraft, a gif, and much more! Deadline: March 1st. 

*mental-health is hosting a “What’s It Like” contest. Describe your experience with mental illness or caring for someone with mental illness, and you could win 4,000 points! Deadline: March 9th. 



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* means that you must be a member to participate.


MotleyDreams’s latest “Literature Articles You Should Know” is available now. 

LadyLincoln’s latest “The Ladies of Lit” is up! 

Medoriko would like you to know “Who’s Who on dA” with some lit features! 

TheAwesome-Kori’s created a forum called “Creative Studio Boards” for those of you into original stories, web series, music, and much more (which is pretty much everyone here!). Why don’t you check out their journal for more details?

Infinite-Word-Forge is doing commissions once again! 

Graphix-Goddess needs help promoting her novel series, Flourescence. 

witchbite is itching to do some commissions! 

Nichrysalis is setting up a massive collaborative poetry project! If you’re interested in helping out or picking a theme, why not stop by?

LadyLincoln’s latest “30 Writers You Should Discover” is up!


TheKnow’s latest “Database Round Up” is available now! If you need research for your writing project, this is the place to go!

Manga-Apps has an informative journal about hosting your webcomic on your own website. 

Writers-Ink has a new workshop on rhythm and rhyme in poetry!

CRPhotography’s latest “Transfixed”, its monthly feature on still life photography, is up! And this month, they’ve got nendroids. Wee~ 

theWrittenRevolution’s
*1.) Newest monthly prompt is “A Carnival of Masks”. Your challenge, if you accept it, is to write something about someone wearing a mask—either physical or metaphorical. One lucky winner will get 100 points! (But you must participate in the monthly chat to be eligible for said points.) 

2.) First mentorship lesson has been released! If you’re interested in tips on how to improve your writing, check it out. 

3.) Newest interview series is “Prose and Poetry Basics”.

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4.) Is looking for folk song experts, programmers, performers, singers, writers, academics, translators, artists, people who can help promote this, and anyone who is interested to help them collect diverse folk songs for their “Diverse Traditional Folk Songs” project (inspired by We Need Diverse Books)!

Writers--club is looking for self-published writers in the northeastern U.S. to come (with their books) talk to students at a New Jersey college! If you’d like more exposure—pff, if?—why don’t you check it out? 

Writing-To-Save’s:
*1.) Hosting a Gallery Raid, but this is based on four themes: ‘change’, ‘exhilaration’, ‘progression’, and ‘togetherness’. You must choose 4 things from their gallery (one for each theme), along with one of your own pieces and put their links in the comment section.  Participants that provide constructive criticism will receive a free literature tag. 

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2.) Holding a Super Group Raffle! Help Writing-To-Save become a super group by paying a dollar (80 points) to get a raffle ticket. Prizes include a commission, a premium membership, and more. 

TheWritersHaven is also hosting a Super Group Raffle. At the price of a dollar, you get a chance to win premium memberships, journal features, and much, much more. However, there’s only 100 tickets available, so hurry! 

Flying-Fingers’s:
1.) Providing literature tags for 200 points a pop!

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2.) Would like your NaNoWriMo works for their showcase! NOTE: You may need to be a member to participate.


CRLiterature’s
1.) Hosting its first “Digging Through the Dusty Dictionary” prompt! This first prompt is to write a 150-word work based on the word ‘pabulum’. 

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2.) Book Club for February is reading the short story “Town of Cats” by Haruki Murakami. If you’re a fan of Murakami, then this is your chance to nerd about his writing! 

The newest installment of Live-Love-Write’s  “Whose Chapter Is it, Anyway?” is up! Check out the evolving tale of Gray and Red as they fight to free their land from the clutches of Death and a corrupt king! 

Rising-Artists’s
*1.) Newest “Feedback Corner” is going on now! If you want to give or need constructive criticism, click here for more details.

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*2.) Newest “Feature O’ Friends” is up! If you have a friend who isn’t getting the recognition they deserve, then why not have them featured?

*ProjectComment’s  
1.) Newest 0 Constructive Comments Showcase is up! (  ) Stop by to give your input.  One lucky deviant will get a feature in the next showcase!

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2.) Newest round of Comment Tag is starting soon! Participate in this fun game where you both give and get constructive criticism! 


P-h-o-t-o-g-r-a-p-hy is in need of a new founder! If you’d like to run a group dedicated to all things photography, check here for more details. 

CRPhotography wants to know “Do you have what it takes…to become a member of the CR Lit team?”

Flying-Fingers is in need of admins! 

Are you a new deviant in need of guidance, tips, and support? Or a senior deviant with the need to guide the next generation of artists? Then join APlaceToBegin!  

CRPhotography is looking for people to fill the following positions: Photography Monthly Newsletter, Photographer of the Day, Gallery Submissions, On-Call Specialists, and Bloggers! 

Beta-Readers  returns! If you want to beta, need a beta, or want to be like e-Harmony but for authors and beta readers, check it out!

Are you an aspiring author in desperate need of good critique? Is that novel not quite what you want it to be yet? Then check out FocusOnLit, where you can form a critique group and get those chapters read!

ProjectComment is looking for volunteers. 

NOTE: If you decide to participate with these fine groups and/or fabulous events, please mention that Beat-The-Block referred you to them!

Until Next Time~
GoldenNocturna (Lisa)
Commodore of Socialness


HugQueen's Love dA Lit 

Writers-Ink’s Weekly Round Up

CRAnimeAndManga ‘s Monthly DD Round Up

CRPhotography’s Monthly Photography Newsletter

CRLiterature’s Monthly DD Round Up


1.) Is there any news that we’ve missed?
2.) How would you feel about a Saturday Showcase, where we feature submissions without any comments for the group to see and comment on?
3.) How about another contest? Any ideas or themes in mind?
4.) Plans for that dreaded ‘romantic’ holiday that I shall not name?
5.) Plans for the 13th?