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In short, don't be shy to break the rules of grammar, if there is a good reason - if your writing will be more effective by doing so. The point of writing is to communicate as effectively as possible. The point of grammar is to give us a framework for better communication. If you sacrifice effective communication for correct grammar, you are missing the point. Just make sure that a broken grammar rule does not look like an accident; if it does, the only thing you will be communicating is cluelessness.

FanStory is an online community featuring publications of writing work, reviews, user rankings and contests. The home page has featured poems, stories and highly ranked poems and stories from the community members.

Where is blogging taking you? If you are like me you start off targeting a specific niche and then focus all your efforts learning everything you can about the niche. While doing this you also find that an essential step for success as a blogger is communicating your message. You search the blogging sphere to find blogs with high readership; analyzing them to determine how the blog is able to successfully communicate their message. The task is never ending, because attracting and retaining readers is critical.

Angus organised the assisted passage of an entire German speaking European community to recreate the old world in the new world of Barossa Valley Australia. This community came from Silesia which is now part of Poland, and established the township of Bethany in 1842.

Bookcrossing has a unique way of sharing books - it's users leave their old books on park benches, coffee shops etc. But the site itself also offers a community to discuss books, authors and characters.

Seems an excellent community, most of the services onsite (articles, monthly ezine etc) are free without having to sign up, and some good figures on membership for groups. Filmmaking and writing.

Bookcrossing - share books via this famous community - register the book, and leave it to be picked up locally at a park, coffee shop or anywhere you purposely leave it. You can also hold a library of books read onsite for yourself.

authonomy is a website from HarperCollins which promises some interesting dynamics. Part social network, part self-publishing (on the net), the site is setup to let authors publish their manuscripts onto the web, and have these rated by, commented on and read by the authonomy community. Top rated or supported books are promised that in the future HarperCollins wants to look at these for possible publishing. The site also contains top ranked books on the frontpage, and an active forum.

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LOS ANGELES | January 28, 2012 Police continue a search for a man accused of sexual assault of a female UCLA student, the university which is ranked second of all universities nationwide and first in community service according to Washington Monthly's rankings. The sexual assault occurred at about 2:20 a.m. Friday at the top of the steps that connects the Saxon Suites dormitories with Gayley Avenue. The man accused of the assault called out to the female UCLA student while she was climbing the steps. After a short conversation, the man sexually assaulted her. Their brief conversation could have sounded something similar to the following: "Hey. What's your name? What's your major? Do you live around here? Yes? Well take some of this," and the sexual assault occurred. The assault victim eventually got away from the man and immediately called the police, who arrived shortly thereafter and after the man had already fled the scene, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. It appears that UCLA police are looking for the suspect who is described as a 6 foot tall white male weighing 150 pounds and about 21 years old with short brown hair and blue eyes, according to a crime alert issued by the UCLA's campus police department. NBC4 was told by several students that the sexual assault occurred along a narrow stairway where other similar crimes have occurred in the past. Those students said that female students usually try to avoid walking the stairway alone at night.

"Writing is not just an art; it's a tool that helps people convey opinions in a clear, concise manner. If you intend to become part of any business, the successful communication with collaborators will depend upon your ability to write."

"When you dreamed of becoming a powerful businessman, you assumed that your main responsibilities would involve communication, idea generation, and budgeting. You never imagined that your reputation would be based upon the way you write; otherwise you would pay more attention to those academic writing assignments that you hated at college."

Listal not only does books, but music, movies, games and more. Tag them, and share with a community.

Douban is a Chinese book loving community

A set of mailing lists (groups) which communicate via Email, open to all styles and genres of writing. There several critiquing and discussion lists to join and participate in.

Huge writer's site with Writer of the Month, forums, articles, journals, poetry, interaction. Publishing Days are Mondays and Fridays.

Content on topics such as promoting your ebooks, writing tips, SEO, SEM, content creation, communication skills, psychology, blogging, and small business management.

Writer's News magazine - the website includes subscription forms for the physical magazine, and links to home study courses, an active set of community boards, competition details, and U.K. writing news stories.