3 More Staff Member Positions!

Hey guys! If you'd still like to become a Staff Member for the blog, we're looking for 3 more co-authors! Staff Members will have the job of helping me plan activities and write posts for the blog to keep it more lively! (because I can't do it all on my own!) If you're interested, make sure to Owl me ASAP, because once these positions are filled, it will be MUCH easier to come up with more writing activities!

On a related note, Staff Members will also have the opportunity to help admin for the Writing Club Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/hihwritingclub), created by the wonderful Kajsa Forden! Don't miss out! :)

(Note: All Staff Members will need a Gmail account to co-author; if you don't have one, they're quick and easy to set up!)

Introduction: Skye Lunar

Hey guys, I've been tasking all of the new Staff Members with writing posts introducing themselves, but then one day one of them came up to me and asked where MY introduction was. So, not to be unfair, I've decided that since I'm, technically, a part of the staff, I should write one too. Here goes:



Hi! I'm Skye Lunar, a First Year (Second Year tomorrow) in Ravenclaw. For those of you who don't know me, I'm the creator of Writing Club, or as I like to call it, "The Little Club That Could". We currently have over 500 members (541 to be exact), making us the 4th most popular club at Hogwarts. That's more than I could have ever dreamed!


Now, to describe myself: I'm blonde, short, and have gray eyes. I'm 15 years old, and going into my sophomore year of high school. I'm very academic and love love LOVE to write (it's like the only thing I'm good at). Let's see... I'm Muggleborn, and I have an owl named Jupiter and a cat named Venus. My wand is Sycamore and Dragon Heartstring, 12 3/4 inches, and Unyielding. I'm also a Prefect for Astronomy, and I'm willing to help anyone who needs it in that class (or any class, for that matter). If you need to reach me (whether with questions, suggestions for the Club, or anything else you may need), you can Owl me at http://hogwartsishere.com/skyelunar084/. I usually get back to people relatively quickly (as I'm on all the time). Also, feel free to Add me, as I accept any and all Friend Requests (even the random ones that everyone gets). I look forward to working with everyone and I hope we can all have a great time in Writing Club!

News Flash: Writing Club is on Facebook!

Check out our new Facebook page!
All writers, check it out for updates, prompts, articles, and other news!
Staff members, let me know if you want to admin!
Also, if you have a Facebook, check out the HiH group for all students from HiH!

Rita Skeeter Writes Again! +Prompt

The news broke just days ago - Rita Skeeter has the story of the summer!

JK Rowling surprised many of her fans by releasing a fantastic new short story, featuring a 34-year-old Harry Potter, as an article with Rita Skeeter's byline.

The story features the reunion of Dumbledore's Army at the Quidditch World Cup, in the midst of the muggle World Cup events. This is a major deal for fans as it is the first time Rowling has written about these characters, chronologically, since the epilogue of Deathly Hallows.

While this news is exciting and much-awaited, we all hope Rowling didn't take too much time from the Fantastic Beasts screenplay to feed her story-ravenous fans.

This news warrants a fun and slightly magical prompt. I work with photos often as prompts and this particular photo has inspired many flash fiction blurbs by me and by other creative writers.

Found on Pinterest

If this inspires a line, a quote, a poem, a flash fiction piece, a short story, or even a novel, that is fabulous! Write whatever comes to mind!

Comment with one of your favorite lines or phrases from your inspired piece! And don't forget to check out Rowling's new short story, by Rita Skeeter, on Pottermore or at the above link! Happy writing!

Weekend Notes: Three-Word Challenge

This is a game inspired by terribleminds.com, who does a lot of weekly challenges and some involving random words. 

Basically, how you do it is, using a Random Number Generator, some dice, random scrawls on pieces of paper, or whatever you like, you pick one word from each list. Then, you write a 800 word story. You can use the words in whatever order you wish, and you can use them however you want to. Just use them. 

I'm also playing around with the required words, let me know what you think is a good length.

Post it in the comments, or somewhere else and link to it in the comments. Due by next Sunday, July 13th 2014 :)

This is the start of a weekly writing promt/game posts I'm doing. Enjoy! I cannot wait to see what you guys come up with -- Dita

List One

1. desert
2. target
3. headline
4. train
5. warship
6. christmas
7. old man
8. octopus
9. minute
10. diving board

List Two

1. lollipop
2. bra
3. river
4. cashier
5. caterpillar
6. ketchup
7. blanket
8. anchor
9. mill
10. van

List Three

1. slide
2. gloves
3. eating
4. poem
5. telescope
6. shop
7. stardom
8. powder
9. necklace
10. purse

Intro: Madison

Hi everyone! I guess all the staff members are introducing themselves, so I thought I would go ahead and do one. My name's Madison (but I'm under Marina Penrose on Hogwarts is Here). I am so excited to be apart of this blog!

Basically, words make up my entire life. I love to read, and I am actually currently at an arts high school where I major in creative writing, which I absolutely adore. Like a lot of people here, I really hope to be an author one day, so I guess we'll see what happens. :) Obviously, I love Harry Potter. Those books were actually what kind of kindled my love for reading (and also introduced me to the torturous world of fangirling). J.K. Rowling's story is such an inspiration to me, and I definitely look up to her. Also, I just recently started writing fan fiction, and I think it's a ton of fun! So if you feel like checking it out or giving me feedback my username is WordsHaveThePower on fanfiction.net. But, you know, whatever floats your boat. :)

I am so happy that I get to help with this blog. All the staff members seem like super nice and amazing people and I can't wait to work with them, as well as all of you guys! I'd love to read any of y'all's writing, so feel free to leave me comments or Owl me on the website with links to your writing if you have them! I can't wait to see what will happen with this blog. :)

Lots of love,
Madison

Introduction to Staff Member

Hello!
          Bonjour!
                        Le Suilon!


  I'm so glad to be here and to have an opportunity like this! My name is Zoie, and I am new to the Hogwarts Is Here -isphere (I just enrolled yesterday). I absolutely love reading, writing, and just creating in general. And I'm not claiming to be great at what I do, I still have a ton to learn about everything, but I believe loving what you do is the point! 

And I would love to talk to all of you, and offer any advice or inspiration I can. So, feel free to contact me (I'm also new to Blogger so I'm not sure how you can but I'll figure it out)

Love,

   Zoie:)