Time for updates again everyone!

First of all, thanks to everyone who already registered for the December ‘08 DOPAMINE Writer Hunt. If you haven’t yet and want to participate, check out our last announcement.

Now on to the updates. As always, we’d like to thank our head proofreader CrazyGirlOfManyNames and our head encoder Wanna.Be for making the release possible. Of course, shout out goes to all our active writers D3stinyx, Cappuccino, Aries and SilentStar. Thanks very much everyone, I wuv you all.

Mine
An Akutagawa Jirou Prince of Tennis Dream Novel by CrazyGirlOfManyNames

Philophobia [the fear of falling in or being in love] Part Two (end)
An Atobe Keigo Prince of Tennis Dream Novel by by Wanna.Be

Unbelievably, Undeniably Yours
An Atobe Keigo Prince of Tennis Dream Novel by by CrazyGirlOfManyNames

Odd One Out
A Kikumaru Eiji Prince of Tennis Dream Novel by by D3stinyx

A Song for You
A Kikumaru Eiji Prince of Tennis Dream Novel by by CrazyGirlOfManyNames

Nostophobia [the fear of returning home]
A Nioh Masaharu Prince of Tennis Dream Novel by by Wanna.Be

Your Monument
An Oshitari Yuushi Prince of Tennis Dream Novel by by SilentStar

Heart Station
A Saeki Koujirou Prince of Tennis Dream Novel by by D3stinyx

Say I love You Chapter 2
A Shishido Ryou and Ootori Choutarou Prince of Tennis Dream Novel by by D3stinyx

The Tale of Three Oranges Orange 2
A Shishido Ryou Prince of Tennis Dream Novel by by Cappuccino

Fairytale Land ~ the Nightingale Prologue
A Yagyuu Hiroshi Prince of Tennis Dream Novel by by Aries

Hope you guys enjoy! Next updates will be for the Holiday season. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone celebrating it!

Note: If you don’t have the time, the drive, and the passion to write at least one DN per month, please don’t apply. We’re currently looking for active writers who want to satiate their thirst to write and share what’s in their minds. We already have much too many writers on hiatus, we don’t want to add to that number. If you want to write DNs but don’t think you can commit to one per month, please be informed that DOPAMINE accepts guest PoT Dream Novels as long as they’re written in readable English.

How to register for DOPAMINE’s August 2008 Writer Hunt:

• Put this in the Subject line of your email: “December ‘08 DOPAMINE Writer Hunt [insert your pseudonym here]“
• In the body of your mail, include these information:
  • Writer pseudonym:
  • PoT Characters you’ll MOST likely write dream novels about:
• Address the email to: writerhunt@dopaminefics.com

You will receive a confirmation email that includes a secret code AND a codename. Please DO NOT share either info with anybody else. The secret code ensures only those who register can participate. The codename, on the other hand, will serve as your temporary pen name and your only means of identification throughout the event.

A member of Team DOPAMINE (Thanks, Wanna.Be) will serve as the conduit between you and the judge (me). The conduit will be responsible for sending you the confirmation email and assigning you your codename. The judge (again, that’s me) will have no access to the email address mentioned above and will NOT know who the registrants are. The conduit will send your entries to the judge with no identifying marks other than your codenames to eschew any possibility of the decision being influenced by external factors*.

Anybody who divulges the secret code or even publicly alludes to their codename (especially in the DOPAMINE web site and forum) will automatically be disqualified.

Registration is NOW OPEN, right this minute, until 23:59 (GMT Timezone) of December 14, 2008.

Everybody’s welcome to participate, even those who joined last time and those who registered but weren’t able to send in entries in the end. It might take some time before Wanna.Be gets back to you, but if after a week you haven’t received a reply yet, just send in a follow-up email. Yahoo mail users, please check your Bulk mailbox first; our note might have ended up there.

First timers, to get an idea of what the Writer Hunt is all about, check out the August Writer Hunt details.

That’s it. Any question, just ask.

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*By external factors, I mean people stalking me thinking that befriending me will increase their chances. Srsly. This happened last Writer Hunt. Not that I can get influenced, but it really is disheartening that people would think that way. As such, if anybody contacts me and tells me or even hints at their codename (Wanna.Be won’t tell me who got which codename until the end of the Hunt), they will also be disqualified.

The details of the December ‘08 DOPAMINE Writer Hunt will be posted on November 14 or 15, 2008, depending on my schedule. Watch out for it!

It will be a month-long Hunt registration, so please help us spread the word around. Tell your friends, acquaintances, neighbors, classmates and whoever else it is you think would be interested in writing Prince of Tennis Dream Novels. See ya later!

[UPDATE]

Guys, why are some of you already sending in applications? As I said above, the details are yet to be posted this weekend. Don’t try to get ahead of the pack by digging for the August Writer Hunt details; that won’t impress us and won’t put you at an advantage. In fact, doing so undermines your chances. We expect all the members of Team DOPAMINE to be able to follow simple instructions; that’s essential so we can remain organized every month. Not following our directions can only mean you may not be a good fit for the team from the outset.

Please everyone, play by the rules.

Hōkago no Ōji-sama, a tribute manga for Prince of Tennis, was released last November 4, 2008 in Japan. Judging by the title, it would probably be something about teh bois after practice. Nice eh? It won’t be drawn by Konomi himself (because it’s a tribute after all) but by Sakura Kenichi, mangaka of Dragon Drive.

Any ideas and speculations on what Hōkago no Ōji-sama will be about? Share your thoughts in the comments section!

UPDATE!

The first chapter of scanlated (in English) Hōkago no Ōji-sama was released just now! You can grab your copy over at ryColaa’s!

In many countries millions of miles away from the United States, people can only dream of having the privilege to vote. You are very lucky to have lived in one of the freest countries on earth, where you can speak your minds without fear of reprisal. When you cast your ballot, think of your brethren across the pond who can only wait in silence for their future to be decided by someone else. Think of the people who cannot even access the internet or purchase their own computers and cell phones. Think of the people who, upon expressing their opinions, are thrown behind bars as political prisoners. Think of those who cannot even enjoy the most basic human right — the freedom of expression.

To all DOPAMINE readers who are legal-aged US citizens, PLEASE vote. It’s not just your duty or your right, it’s a privilege not all people across the globe enjoy. And for those who aren’t yet of age, do remind your elders of it; it’s the least you can do. (Plus, I heard you can get a free Krispy Kreme donut and a scoop of ice cream if you vote. =D )

Hi guys!

First of all, let me greet you a Happy Halloween! Hope you guys had a great time. Sorry for the lateness, but as I was uploading the files to our server, I realized half of the Dream Novels for this update is about Atobe. I love Atobe, but I wanted to add a bit of variety to the mix so I finished the prologues of an Inui Dream Novel I was working on. I thought I wasn’t going to make it, but thanks to Wanna.Be’s superb ninja coding skillz, we were able to finish. She even threw in an Akutsu one-shot for y’all! Thanks Wanna.Be, you rock. T_T Of course, thanks very much to CrazyGirlOfManyNames for proofreading the Dream Novels and to the rest of Team DOPAMINE for doing such a great job all the darn time. ♥ You guys are wonderful.

Anyways, as promised, here’s the second round of updates for September and October 2008! Next team updates will be for November, but I’ll try to up my own dream novels before that.

REGULAR UPDATES

Admitting He Cared
An Atobe Keigo Prince of Tennis Dream Novel by CrazyGirlOfManyNames

Philophobia [the fear of falling in or being in love] Chapter 1
An Atobe Keigo Prince of Tennis Dream Novel by Wanna.Be

Lost Words
A Fuji Syusuke Prince of Tennis Dream Novel by CrazyGirlOfManyNames

Something Amazing
An Akutsu Jin Prince of Tennis Dream Novel by Wanna.Be

Unlike Myself
A Shishido Ryou Prince of Tennis Dream Novel by CrazyGirlOfManyNames

Civil Status: Single Prologue I and Prologue II
Luvotomy Saga Book III
An Inui Sadaharu Prince of Tennis Dream Novel by MitsuiSelphie

GUEST SUBMISSIONS

Broken
Dream Novel Generator Idea #3
An Atobe Keigo Prince of Tennis Dream Novel by ann1130

Valentine Day Gift
A Marui Bunta Prince of Tennis Dream Novel by Ren

If you notice, Inui Sadaharu’s “Civil Status: Single” is marked as Luvotomy Saga Book III. It’s actually part of a group of interconnected Dream Novels I’m working on which includes Sengoku Kiyosumi’s “So Exclusive” as Book I. Don’t look for Book II yet, I’m still working on it but I can reveal that it’s about Saeki Koujirou.

OK, now onto the announcements I promised!

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