Post by Crimson Amarone on Jun 6, 2015 18:12:00 GMT
June Newsletter
Poirot Cafe will be celebrating its 1 Year Anniversary on June 9, 2015!
Thank you everyone for your support in helping this forum grow so far in its first year! In our first year we have already gotten over 100 members. We've gone through ten 5k word themed competitions. Our members have helped teach each other how to participate in RolePlay activities and begun a very intense RP story on its third plot arc. Our member base has really expanded to encompass DCMK fans from all over the world. We'd like to thank you for helping spread the word for this little community and to continue to keep this forum a lively, enjoyable, and helpful place to interact and discuss this series. Most importantly, its been amazing to see everyone being able to share their fanfics and assist each other in your writing processes. I hope Poirot Cafe continues to grow and that we can always provide our members with engaging activities and resources to helping us become better writers.
May–June Themed Contests
10,000 Words Themed Writing Competition #1 May-June: Memory
Entries should be 7,500-10,000 words long.
Writing: May 3 - Sunday, June 14
Voting: Sunday, June 14 - Saturday, June 27
Optional Prompts:
1) Memory of a Special Occasion
2) Rashomon Effect (See here.)
3) Deja Vu
Entries as of June 2:
Themed Writing Competition #12: Once Upon A Time
Writing: May 31 - Sunday, June 21
Voting: Sunday, June 21 - Saturday, June 27
Optional Prompts:
1) True Love's Kiss
2) Magic
3) Children's Stories
Entries as of June 2:
Themed Writing Competition #11: Seeking Symmetry
Writing: May 17 - Sunday, June 7
Voting: Sunday, June 7 - Saturday, June 13
Optional Prompts:
1) Mirror Mirror
2) Revenge
3) Beginnings and Endings
Entries as of June 2:
Past Contests
Themed Writing Competition #10: Murder Mystery
Entries:
The Fifth Detective by Mikauzoran
Murder at the Blue Parrot by Ichthyphobia
Themed Writing Competition #9: Refuge
Winner:
Shaking Hands by Ichthyphobia
Other Entries:
Redo by Mikauzoran
Strawberry Hill by rainbowcupcake
Themed Writing Competition #8: Betrayal
Winner:
I am Brutus by Mikauzoran
Other Entries:
The Tragedy of Marc Antony by TinyTantei
That Little Traitor by KaitouPhantom1412
Attachment by neonquincy1217
Sic Semper Tyrannus by House of Mystery
Fishes and Dresses by SharaRaizel
Themed Writing Competition #7: Alone
Winner:
A Night Without Comfort by Nikudou Natsumi
Unknown Isolation by Mikauzoran
Other Entries:
One's Company by House of Mystery
Glass by kkrazy256
Alone in Japan by Kaggami
Mask by LaurelWreath
Tell us your word count goal for Camp NaNoWriMo and let us help encourage you to reach that goal! Shoot for 50,000 words but as long as you hit 10,000, you've succeeded!
Upcoming Writing Events
Now that May has rolled around, Poirot Cafe has started our 10,000 word story contests! Competition #1 is underway and the deadline is Sunday, June 14. For these 10,000 word contest, participants will have 6 weeks to write their story and the last two weeks of the second month are for members to read and vote. This contest will work similarly to the monthly 5,000 word contests. Check out Competion #1: Memory!
The planned schedule will be:
- May-June 2015
- July-August 2015
- September-October 2015
- November-December 2015
- January February 2016
- March-April 2016
- And so on...
Ongoing RolePlay
Poirot RP Collection
Arc 3: Superintendent Generel’s Assassination
Arc 2: Red Midnight Heist
Arc 1: Coffee Best Served Hot
(SUMMARY OF RP ARC COMING SOON!)
Recommended Fanfics
“Storybook Mysteries” by Icka M Chif.
Recommended by Ichthyphobia
Summary: Au-ish. "Cases do seem to be becoming increasing strange as of late."
Rated: T
Recommend your favorite old or ongoing DCMK Fanfics here!
June Birthdays
Members
June 1
thebigcrunchone9
June 2
shirokuro57
June 3
illama
yannami
June 4
sakurak504
June 8
yaminotsuki
June 12
orange04
June 18
MeridianGrimm
June 21
twonafish
June 22
armadillo3
June 27
izfa6
DCMK Characters and Cast
June 21
Kuroba Kaito
May 4
Kudou Shinichi/Edogawa Conan
New Members who joined in June & May
madelita
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haru33
midnight
tinnacool
Icyicy00
Meitantei-kun
nutmegsbread
Who joined in June, May, & April
GuyFreakz
hoshiryo
ghost
Sinha
Eclipse
Shihominn
kesquest
athousandmasks
minitantei
marie
amateurdreamer
faliara
holyfa
twonafish
@windbristle
kit2000andanna
Wait Staff Opportunities
Not looking to hire at the moment, but feel free to contact Crimson Amarone by PM, (or Crimson Amarone along with Mikauzoran and Nikudou Natsumi in a group PM) to see if you can do anything to help, or have any ideas you would like to discuss for forum events or development.
View Help Wanted thread for information about Staff positions.
Beta Readers Wanted
Please create a thread on the Beta Services subboard under Fanfic Writing Resources if you are seeking to work with a Beta Reader on your fanfic. If you would like to offer to be a beta reader, please create a thread and fill out the beta profile form.
Future Beta requests and offers will be listed each month as needed.
Poirot Cafe Beta Readers:
Kaggami
TheIt
Crimson Amarone
DCMK News
Conan Manga Back on Break Until Early Summer
After four new consecutive files, the new issue of Shonen Sunday (#27) announced that the Detective Conan manga will once again resume its hiatus until “early summer“. Starting from issue #28, Shonen Sunday will once again publish reprints of old Detective Conan files. No specific date was given for when exactly new files will be published again.
As previously reported, Gosho Aoyama announced in March that he had recently undergone surgery, and while the operation was a success, he would be remaining in the hospital until summer.
Movie 20 Teaser Content Revealed
With the nineteenth Detective Conan movie Sunflowers of Inferno being released in Japan yesterday, we have learned a bit more about what can be expected for the upcoming 20th movie of the series to be released in April of 2016.
Following revelations from Gosho Aoyama in a series of postcards about a month ago, we learned that both Gin and Amuro would be appearing in the next film and that it would then logically be about the Black Organization. The teaser has brought more speculation about the potential content of the movie as it presents a glass of alcohol in a dark and gloomy bar with Gin’s voice being heard in the background, saying: ”Bourbon, Kir… Don’t tell me…?”.
More information will naturally be revealed about the movie by the end of the year.
Discotek Licenses Lupin vs. Conan TV Special & Movie for U.S. Release
In a very welcome piece of news, Discotek Media has announced they have obtained licenses to release both the Lupin the 3rd VS Detective Conan TV Special from 2009 and Lupin the 3rd VS Detective Conan: The Movie from 2013 in the United States.
Both releases will—at the very least—be subtitled and, judging by their stellar track record on recent Lupin releases, contain some valuable extras as well. No word has been passed on as to whether the releases will be only on DVD or will also be issued in Blu-ray varieties. We’ll keep you posted as more information is released.
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