News, Issue 3

Hello, there! Since there's been some changes happening around here since the previous update, I'm here to get you up to speed. The first change, of course, is that he's brought in a new editorial assistant- me.

I'm known as carlsojos, but if you insist on referring to me by a surname, Mr. Anonymous shall suffice. Now, how did I manage to join MeNaSe? Quite simply, I spotted Zehava looking for a little help at a website where I've been posting fan fiction for a few months. I looked at it, agreed to take a test of my proofreading ability, and impressed Zehava enough that he put me on the imaginary payroll and set me straight to work. While I'm not a writing prodigy (I would've laughed at the concept of me doing creative writing this time last year), I find it quite pleasurable to break out the red pen and try to put some polish on an already promising story.

As for what I'll be doing here, I've signed on to do some editing, of course, but based on my briefings, I'm supposed to also help implement some of the social medias out there, as well as provide a second opinion to help make this place an even better spot to find obscure, niche, and all-around quality literature.

Now that's enough about me. For those of you who've been watching MeNaSe, you may have noticed that we've just added a single master list where you can find all of the titles we have here for your reading pleasure. The purpose of this is to make it easier to look for whatever story you fancy, as well as allow you to browse into the different genres without having to go to another page. Quite simply, it's easier to read, so you can read the real reason to be here- the stories themselves.

As mentioned earlier, MeNaSe has been considering the potential uses of social media, and we've came up with a few ideas to try for. We are in the process of preparing a Facebook page for the site, and we also currently planning to create pages for some of the novels we host here, so that more people can see the abilities of the authors we work with, along with bringing additional attention to our site. More visibility equals more readers, which in turn equals more people who become inspired to pick up the pen and join our ranks as writers.

Also of note is that MeNaSe has a Gaia Online account, which has been around for a while. While it hasn't really played an important role to date, Zehava has handed me the keys and told me to go to town on it. While I'm not fully sure what I will do with it just yet, I have a couple ideas on how it can help the site, and these will come to light as they are implemented. C'mon, you can't expect me to mention everything being planned here! All right, I'll tell you that my primary goal is to find more writers to help keep us growing, but I won't go into any more detail about the plan I'm still formulating.

On the subject of new stuff, Zehava has resolved to complete Ore No Imouto, and he's promised to release it for your viewing pleasure this April. Based on how he worded his conversation, it sounds like he's about to walk on hot coals to make sure he doesn't miss the date, so it'll be interesting to see this latest work.

This last one's important if you like money (I bet you do). Zehava has yet to receive a translated copy of Demise of the Reincarnation, from the Digital Devil trilogy. He's already promised eighty dollars to the first person who can provide such a copy to him, and I can tell he's quite serious about this one. We got cash and a need; if you can get that translation to us, we will get you the money, promised.

That's all I have for you, so keep an eye out on our Twitter; we'll be sure to keep you posted on anything that happens here.

-carlsojos

News, Issue 2

Hi all! Welcome to our second news post, where we share our exciting new initiatives with you, as well as our recently completed projects and future work.

First, as we’re sure you’ve noticed, is that we’ve finally published Warrior of the Demon City, book two of the Digital Devil Story trilogy. There were a number of setbacks to getting this one out, not least which of were a catastrophic hard drive failure that erased the half-completed copy I was working on and me getting hit by a red Cherokee Jeep, but it’s out!

However, that leaves us in a bit of a conundrum, as the last book of the Digital Devil Story trilogy, Demise of the Reincarnation, has not been translated. To address that, we’re issuing a $80 bounty to the first person to hand us the translation. Please spread the word!

We’re also excited to announce that we have a new short coming your way next week! Skilled social media and public relations practitioner Kate Ottavio has fallen to the dark side and has started writing a series of stories for her character Elizabeth Kent. They’ll be slice of life tales, and she does them quite well, keeping everything as open-ended as life truly is. Her first story, It’s All Normal, will be out next Tuesday, December 21!

On slice of life, on January 5, 2011, we’ll be publishing Ryuno Core’s The Longing of Shiina Ryou. This light novel is slice of life, comedy, supernatural, and is actually fairly difficult to define, genre-wise. Let’s call it a genre-buster. A very fun, funny read that will become a series.

The next projects Zehava will be working on will be editing the strangely popular slice of life Japanese light novel Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai (My Little Sister Can’t Be This Cute) and Ryuno Core’s Metamonogatari for publication. Ore no Imouto may be out by end of year.

Working on a few other short stories as well, but not sure when they’ll be done yet.

Lastly, we need staff! If anyone is interested in becoming an editorial assistant, please let me know!

That's all for now! We'll be tweeting as we go along, so stay tuned!

-Zehava

News, Issue 1

Hi all! Welcome to our first news post, where we share our exciting new initiatives with you, as well as our recently completed projects and future work.

First, we're excited to announce that we have two new short stories coming your way on Halloween! One is by Amberlynne O'Shea, and the other by Andrea L Rau. Both are quite suitable for the time of year, and have been finalized. We're looking forward to hearing what you think about them!

Just as important, I've finished editing Warrior of the Demon City, book two of the Digital Devil Story trilogy. We'll be publishing that one shortly, probably on the night before Halloween.

The next project Zehava will be working on will be editing original light novel Longing of Shiina Ryou for publication here on MeNaSe! Bakari is currently embroiled in tech issues, but he will be sharing his work soon.

Speaking of tech, we're experimenting with a service called Calaméo to give our readers access to cooler e-books, so stay tuned as we prepare to roll out that initiative in the near future. Free, thankfully!

That's all for now! We'll be tweeting as we go along, so stay tuned!

-Zehava