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Welcome to Novels WikiProject
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The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XXIV - May 2008
The May 2008 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
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The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XXV - June 2008
The June 2008 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.
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WikiProject Novels is currently holding a roll call, which we hope to have annually. Your username is listed on the
members list, but we are unsure as to which editors are still active within the project. If you still consider yourself an active WP:Novels editor, please add your name back to the
Active Members list. Also feel free to join any of our
task forces and take a look at the project's Job Centre to get involved!
The members list is currently under review so we have moved all past active member's name to a
Incumbent List and are doing a Project Roll Call. If you still consider yourself an active
WP:NOVELS editor, please add your name back to the
Active Members List. You may also wish to add your name to any of our many
Project Task Forces.
Devil May Care, written by
Sebastian Faulks ("writing as Ian Fleming"), has become
Penguin Books fastest selling hardcover fiction title. It is the latest installment in the book series about British secret agent
James Bond and was released to coincide with the 100th anniversary of late Bond creator
Ian Fleming's birthday on May 28, 1908.
Me Cheeta: the Autobiography, written by a
ghostwriter, is the autobiography of
Cheeta the Chimp who is listed in the
Guinness World Records as the oldest recorded non-human primate at the age of 76. He has appeared in various movie roles which included twelve
Tarzan movies and even battled addiction to alcohol and cigars. The book is not published until October 1, but judges for the 2008
Guardian First Book Award were sent a early version and were so impressed that they have included it on the 10-strong longlist.
Stephenie Meyer, who is listed by
Time magazine as one of its 100 most influential people of 2008, has decided not to continue with writing her draft for Midnight Sun after 12 chapters of the unfinished manuscript were leaked on the internet.
Current debates
Categories for Discussion has a series of discussions about whether to categorize certain specific types of fictional characters: double agents, dictators, characters with
eidetic memory, etc. Advice from any Novels project members would be valuable in assisting them.
WikiProject Media franchises aims to help editors with the coordination of articles within the thousands of media franchises which exist and has requested input from our members. They are currently
discussing a naming convention for franchise articles. Since this may affect one or more articles in our Novel project, they would like to get opinions before implimenting any changes.
With the Newsletter being almost three months overdue, I have decided to take on the position of Editor to make sure it reaches you regularly on time each month. The Newsletter is meant to inspire and encourage our team of Editors and so my goal shall be to make it informative and interesting each issue.
We now have many positions vacant in our Project Team, so we are looking for members who have the time and interest to take on the various roles, details of which can be found at the Job Centre. Shortly a Coordinator nominations notice shall also be sent out to all members, which will commence the annual Coordinator selection process.
Next month's Newsletter will include a message from our Coordinator
Maria, who will introduce herself and speak on our forthcoming elections for extra Coordinators.
This month's
Collaboration has been selected by popular vote and is Look Homeward, Angel. The next collaboration is due for selection on 14 September, 2008 so cast your
vote.
Newsletter challenge
Our last newsletter's challenge The Pure Land was completed by our member
Maclean25, who also provided us with tipline news for this newsletter.
The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is Leslie Ann Moore's first book in her fantasy 'Griffin's Daughter' trilogy, which was named by the Independent Book Publishers Association as the 2008 Ben Franklin Award winner for Best First Fiction, Griffin's Daughter. Note: This article was previously deleted due to lack of notability, but that now can be established since winning this award.
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Hello. FYI, I've had a userbox created for me, and I thought it might be of interest since you were involved with the WikiProject Novels/Crime task force. It says "This user reads Hard-boiled detective fiction" and the code to implement it is: