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Name: Raven OFiernan Birthdate: 1976-09-29 LJ Talk ravens_quills & livejournal.com (Jabber) Bio: This is a new journal from the creator of many, many journals. It is going to be for work on my novel, The Mirror Crack 'd. I've been working on outlining and planning this novel since January, as it has been my project for the 2 Year Novel course at Forward Motion (ravens-quills.l....om/profile)
Animal Quills is a community for animal people to post their written works and thoughts essays, poetry, experimental writings, musings, stories, fictions, calligraphy, etc. Those writings must be related in a way or another to animal people, experiencing one's animal, and such as. Although this place was admittedly created for the mundane living or extinct animal folk, we welcome non-fluffy otherkins who feel animalness is a strong part of their being gryphons, phoenikoi, dragons, kitsunes, and other animal-type creatures from human folklore (community.livejournal.com....ls/profile)
Please remember the focus of this community and try to stay on-topic. Animal Quills is not a community to debate theories on therianthropy/otherkin, terminology, past lives or the usual werecommunity topics ("have U told someone", "do you ph-shift", "look I'm behaving this way and this makes me a tr00 were", and so on and so forth). Neither is this a place for newbies and other people seeking answers or posting questions. This community is for real animal people who have things to say on the subject from their very own concrete experience if you don't, refrain from joining. Discussions on the posted writings are encouraged (community.livejournal.com....ls/profile)
Chosen by readers across the country and announced by Al Roker and Hoda Kotb, the Quills Book of the Year was awarded to Angels Fall by Nora Roberts, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons. Dan Rather and Catherine Crier presented the Debut Author of the Year Award to Diane Setterfield for The Thirteenth Tale , published by Atria (www.thequills.org/press.html)
The Quills is the first awards program to honor excellence in publishing and include consumers in the voting process. AARP, Borders, Inc.®, PARADE , and USA Today are participating supporters. (www.thequills.org/press.html)
Our mission is to actively support qualified literacy based initiatives and help drive those programs and causes while building literacy awareness nationwide, and First Book is a strong, most worthy, and innovative leader in this field, remarked Gerry Byrne, Chairman of The Quills Literacy Foundation, which he founded. (www.thequills.org/press.html)
“We are thrilled with the excellent work of the Quills / PW Selection Committee, guided by PW’s Sara Nelson. They have considered the best of both the commercial and literary world and provided us with a powerful list of outstanding finalists,” said Gerry Byrne, who is also Chairman of The Quills Literacy Foundation, which he founde (www.thequills.org/press.html)
ÂNow in its third year, the Quills  celebration continues to gain momentum , said Jay Ireland, President, NBC Universal Television Stations. ÂWeÂre excited to return as the media partner for this important event that promotes literacy and to bring the Quills to an even wider audience this year through our expanded broadcast and online platforms. (www.thequills.org/press.html)
David Nudo, publisher of Publishers Weekly, commented, ÂWeÂre pleased to bring increased attention to some of the yearÂs most worthy titles as we broaden our role within the Quills program. Publishers WeeklyÂs skilled and diverse editorial team brings a perspective that will help insure that this yearÂs nominated titles will be both of popular interest and literary quality. (www.thequills.org/press.html)
ÂWe are pleased that we have again engaged the American reader and brought greater recognition to books and literacy, remarked Gerry Byrne. He added, ÂWeÂre delighted with the outstanding works of the well-regarded nomineesÂauthors who we were proud to honor here tonight. We look forward to growing the Quills in the years to come. (www.thequills.org/press.html)
The Quills Corporate Literacy Award will be given to Target, in recognition of its numerous and pro-active literacy and book programs including its national Ready. Sit. Read! program, Target Parent/Child Book Club, and sponsorship of Family Reading Nights, Reach Out and Read, Letters About Literature, United Through Reading, and several book festivals. "Target recognizes reading is the foundation for lifelong learning and has created several programs to help instill a love of reading in children," said Laysha Ward, Vice President, Community Relations, Target. "It is an honor to receive the Quills Corporate Literacy Award in recognition of our continued commitment to early childhood reading." (www.thequills.org/press.html)
President of www.MSNBC.com Charlie Tillinghast commented, "We're pleased to be involved with the Quills , a book award that brings readers right into the voting process. We're happy to extend our voting technology to the Quills and involve our large consumer base in this excellent program. I'm looking forward to a successful partnership." (www.thequills.org/press.html)
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