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THE INKWELL
🌺Welcome to the Wikia’s newspaper!🌺

Here you can find tips, contests, book recommendations and more!

General Happenings
June is here and Summer approaches for most of us!

We officially welcome CjKawaii2345 to the wiki!

We officially welcome Henrythegreat4 to the wiki!

We officially welcome CookiesAndCrumpets to the wiki!

We officially welcome Miss Icyfox back home! We hope she’ll be here a long while more!

June is LGBTQ pride month.

Story of the Month
This is the featured story of the month!

Contact Claweight if you wish to nominate.

Story of the Month
Alone

By RandomCharacters

Descriptive, realistic, powerful. Work in progress, but highly recommended.

Featured Author
This is the featured author of the month! If you want to nominate someone or yourself, please contact Claweight. Do not EVER nominate someone else or push someone to nominate themselves if they show discomfort!

Kat2wind2archer

Writes beautiful, descriptive and emotional stories. Popular stories include the Alpha Games series.

Also has lovely art to accompany it.

Help Ads
Post here to offer a service or ask for a service! If you want your ad here, contact Claweight with a general summary of it.

Need help with coding? Contact FireFlows! She has a lot of helpful advice and instructions on borders, color text, and other basic wikia coding.

SPOTLIGHT TOPIC
~Contact Claweight to suggest a topic for discussion in future issues.~

In the past few months, there has been a spike in vandalism.

Vandalism is when you purposefully defile, destroy, or otherwise snatch away someone’s hard work and replace it with a foolish mockery.

I am lengthening the ban for vandals, anywhere from a year to infinite. The length depends on how serious the vandal has damaged a story, the level of NSFW/inappropriate content, and how many pages the vandal has targeted.

I urge others to voice their opinion on this subject.

Interviews
There will be 1-2 interviews per issue, depending on the number of interviewers, and those who want to be interviewed. Interviewing topics are up to the reporter’s imagination! Contact BlackDragonKid if you want to be interviewed, or Claweight if you want to become an interviewer.

BDK’s interview with Miss Icyfox (Abridged)

BlackDragonKid: So, how do you feel about the changing of the wiki?

Miss Icyfox: It’s gone for the better by a long shot!

BDK: OK, good. What do you think about the downsides of the wiki? Such as vandalism and art stealing?

Miss: Well... people tend to do stupid stuff sometimes, and there's no way to stop it.

BDK: True.How do you feel about the newer joiners?

Miss: I’m always excited for new people joining!

BDK: Same. Furthermore, how do you feel about the art always being added to the community?

Miss:  It's awesome! So many people can draw better than me, haha

BDK: Not me. you’re way better at art than me. How do you see the community mindset altogether vs the old community mindset?

Miss: The community mindset now is so much better than it was then. No one attempts to start witch hunts now.

BDK: Glad I joined not too long ago. If the wiki went under a change and some people get banned by accident. What would you do?

FireFlows: Hah.. that happened before... but they weren't banned on accident.

BDK: Ooh.

Miss: If they were banned on accident and I wasn't one of them, then I would try to help get them back!

BDK: How would you feel if you got amazing rights. Then a wiki change glitched you to a higher form of power?

Miss: At that point, the best and honest thing that could be said is that I would kind of go mad with power haha

BDK: I would have stepped down. If Graystripe returned, What would you do? I would give them a warm welcome back!

Claweight: i would tear their innards out and banish them forever for abandoning us.

Miss: Isn't Greystripe the first person on the wiki, as in the one who created it? If I'm thinking correctly, then VIRTUAL HUG TIME!!

BDK: SAAAAME! I DONT CARE IF THERE WAS HIATUS OR ANYTHING!

BDK: If you were sucked into a wiki change and made to do an important decision. What would you do to improve the wiki?

Miss: Hmm... try and promote the wiki more?

BDK: Good idea. I would take away all the bad things of the wiki. And add more stuff.

Miss: So, is that it?

BDK: Yup. Wrapping up. we don’t want it to be too long now do we?

Miss: Yeah.

~

Art
This is a spot for art of all sorts! Message Claweight to get your art featured.

Book Recommendations
Not sure what to read next? Peruse this section, or go to the Book Recommendations page to fill out your own request, which will be answered by The Grand Librarian in the next issue!

To become a certified Librarian and give recommendations, ask Claweight on their message wall.

Claweight will try to recommend at least 3 books, but sometimes they may recommend one or two longer ones.

Kat2wind2archer’s request

RECOMMENDATIONS:

1. Blood on the River by Elisa Carbone

This book is about Jamestown, one of the first English colonies in America. It begins in 1607 and ends in 1611 or 1612. Most of the characters are real, but it is still categorized as historical fiction. The main character, Samuel Collier, has anger issues and has to learn to cope with them and use his feelings as a way of devising logical action.

Samuel gets in trouble with the magistrate for some indistinct reason, but instead of getting hung he is released, put in an orphanage, and selected to go on the Susan Constant to the New World.

It was a quick read for me, and some have said the ending was disappointing, but I was personally satisfied. There is an afterword with some interesting historical info as well.

2. Holes by Louis Sachar

This one is complex, but good. Intentional plot holes keep you guessing until they are either revealed or the book ends with you left in the dark. Some things aren’t ever explained.

Stanley Yelnats gets in trouble for something he didn’t do and gets sent off to Camp Green Lake where all you do is dig holes. A lot of things happen here. Zero, a boy Stanley befriends, is probably the most interesting and complex character. A lot of things happen. Major spoilers. There is a sequel, which brings us to the next recommendation.

3. Small Steps by Louis Sachar.

Read after Holes. Hard to explain. More intense, more upsetting scenes, but still good and satisfying. Follows a different boy from Camp Green Lake. Takes place in Texas, same as the last book. A little romance, but it’s not the entire book.

FireFlows’ Request

1. Rules by Cynthia Lord

Haven’t read it in a while, but it’s realistic and pretty good. Involves mental illnesses and disorders. Not sure what else to say. Interesting cover.

2. The Secret Keepers by Trenton Lee Stewart

Hard to explain, again. Involves some magic. Have the summary:

When Reuben discovers an antique watch that was mortared into the wall, he soon learns it has a secret power. As one secret leads to another, Reuben finds himself torn between his innately honest nature and the lure to be a hero. Now he is on a dangerous adventure, and with fearless Penny, mighty Jack, and the wise Mrs. Genevieve on his side, Reuben must outwit and outmaneuver the sly villain called The Smoke and his devious defenders the Directions, in order to save the city from a terrible fate.

read it.

Contest
Every month, there will be a new writing prompt, which you can make a short story out of in a blog post! Claw’s favorite story will be featured in the next issue. Prizes are related to AJ items and are currently pending.

June’s writing prompt: Write a story from an OC’s point of view in the summertime at your mind village, where OCs dwell. Describe the changes and other things.

If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, use the same prompt but with wintertime in the place of summertime.

~Sloieg ent dylti opts.~

MORE TOPICS MAY BE ADDED IN THE FUTURE 