Hello fellow authors!

Courtney has been doing such a great job of keeping everyone updated on the new things happening around the site that I don't want to bump down all the awesome things she has been doing, but she encouraged me to introduce myself.

I'm Leticia (or Tish), aka creativechaos and I will be a new administrator here at NSYNC-Fiction. I will be mostly a helper to Courtney, because she has done such a great job taking over already. I will be behind the scenes of most of her work, and I will be the work behind the new Unwritten 2.0, bringing back author interviews and features.

You can catch me frequently in the author chat room, and if you need any help you can also contact me on Twitter @_creativechaos (don't forget the underscore).

Last but not least, don't forget that today (Sunday) is the last day to sign up for Secret Santa 2015! If you want to get in on the fun, get your submission in by TONIGHT! Don't miss out! The link to the survey is https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZPD7QM8

I look forward to our new adventures and new stories! 

We want YOU…to send in your questions for our first featured author! Do you have a burning question you’d like to ask an author about their stories or their writing? Send it in to us at nsyncfictionarchive@gmail.com!

We need readers like you to send in some good questions for our authors to be featured when we interview them. We will choose at least 3 fan questions from the submissions and ask our authors. Don’t forget, our first featured author will be AceofSpades in January, so please send in your questions by December 20th!

And don’t forget that we need a new featured author for February. Please send in your submissions for current, active authors over on the archive and we will choose a new one for February!

Thanks to some feedback from a fellow member, I have decided to implement a Writing Tips page for us. Each week, I will find a new, fun article to keep your creative juices flowing.  This weeks article is below, but they will all be archived in the Browse panel under Writing 101. If you find any good articles that you would like to have featured please email nsyncfictionarchive@gmail.com or tweet @nsyncfiction with the link!

Finding Your Muse

1. Listen to music. Songs, and music in general, are great ways to boost your muse. The lyrics and the melodies that you listen to can help alleviate thoughts that might load you down, making it increasingly hard to "find muse" to roleplay with. One of the more classic advices for "finding muse", but it seems to work so well. 

2. Explore your world. This is something that is overlooked, simply because we go to and from the places that we need to - home, work, the grocery store, ect - but we don't take the time to enjoy them. So much happens around us - a bird that flies into a door, the girl who accidentally steps in dog feces, some woman two aisles over who slips on water that wasn't properly wiped up, the guy who parks his car "halfway" into the grass at an odd angle - there's ideas all around you, and they happen "naturally". Let them give you ideas to build your muse.

3. Begin writing anyways. You may not have ideas, but simply writing something down can help generate some thoughts. Consider it like brainstorming, and remember that you can always "start over" or revise previous thoughts before you finish any final drafts. Writing in and of itself, especially if you reread what you are writing as you let yourself think of new ideas, can help to generate thoughts as well. 

4. Socialize with people often. This can also be a key component of muse. If you surround yourself with several personality types in your daily life, you will see how each of them respond in normal situations "and" they can help to inspire some of the best stories. Just think of when your friend did something that was hilarious or that wasn't in his usual behavior and made you think. There are unwritten tales all around you. 

5. Read a lot of different tales. Even if you stick to one genre when you write yourself, you can borrow smaller concepts, personality quirks, or even scenery ideas, and so much more from reading several types of books. Each book was probably inspired from the author's own exploration of other books or tales and things that happened to or around them in their daily lives. If you aren't reading a lot lately, see if picking up a book once in a while doesn't help spark your muse some.

Source: http://www.wikihow.com/Find-Your-Muse

I have created a member chat room. It is chatzy but I have put in a few dollars to make it a premium room so there can be unlimited users.  Here is the link if you are interested. You can feel free to use the room to bounce secret santa ideas off one another, however, keep in mind not to share who your secret santa is, just plot lines and such.  I will be hosting chats every Tuesday night starting at 8pm you can come in and ask me questions and give me feedback for the site.

When you go to the link, it will ask you for some basic information, such as your name. You can just use your handle here if you are not comfortable with that. Questions? Feel free to ask.

http://us19.chatzy.com/75627326836925

Hello Authors and Readers!

I have spoken to Whitney tonight.  Unfortunately her job leaves her so swamped that she hasn't been able to be active on the site. She has asked me to become an admin in her absence. I just want to say how excited I am for this opportunity. I've been a part of this site for so long, and I'd like to breathe some new life into it if I can.

 Just a little bit about me.  I'm 31, and I love anything Justin related. My favorite type of fiction to write is Alternate Universe, but I've written many genres. The best story I've ever written was Business First. I love to sing and write, and I work retail. That about sums me up in a couple of sentences.

I'm open to any thoughts or suggestions anybody might have. I'd like to start challenges after Secret Santa, and get some new featured stories out, as well as an awards for next year.  I know there are a lot of you out there writing as well as lurking and I would love to hear from all of you! Message me anytime! Thanks and Stay Nsync!

Xo

Courtney

The time has finally come for the 5th Annual NF Secret Santa Story Exchange stories to be submitted!  Stories will be posted between now and December 31st.  Be sure to read and review and thanks to all the authors for participating. 

Happy Holidays!

PopTober starts tomorrow! HOORAY!

We're excited for a month of NEW stories to read and review. Please be sure to check here at NF daily for the new story to be posted... then read it... then PLEASE leave a review! Writers pour their heart and sould into a piece especially for the archive!

A couple of reminders:

1. If you're new to the archive, you must post your story as per normal, first. THEN go to the challenge, click on RESPOND TO THE CHALLENGE, and add your story. If it's not already up in your account, you won't be able to add it!

2. I STILL have about 9 open dates if anyone is interested in writing a shortie, longie, visual... as long as the main character is an *NSYNCer, it goes!

3. PLEASE make sure your piece is complete, edited, picture perfect on the day you've chosen to post. Please also post as early as possible so we have time to send people to read it. There is no use in dedicating a day to YOU if there is no story to point to.

Thanks, and let's get this party started! See you all October 1!  

A lot of writers have expressed a desire to jump back into the fanfic world since the reappearance of our fave Fab Five. :)

So here's a little something to put some AH! in your step! 

POP!Tober is an *NSYNC Fiction writing challenge that runs from October 1-31.  It is short, COMPLETE, stories that POP! 

Signups are NOW through Sept 30th or until the challenge is full... word to the wise, new authors-- these challenges fill up FAST.   

Check out the challenge and the sign ups so far HERE: 

http://tinyurl.com/NFPoptober

And get ready for 31 days of NEW stories in October!