April 2019 Edition

The April 2019 edition is an edition of the BlogClan Newsletter.

**TABLE OF CONTENTS**

* Editor’s Note

* New Mods

* Important Dates

* Lost Stars Review

* Path of a Warrior Review

* Advertisements Part 1

* POTW & Lost Stars Art

* Memes

* Art

* April Fool’s Day

* Quiz

* Quiz Results

* Advertisements Part 2

* Poll

* BlogClanner Feature

* Vouch for Me!

* Advertisements Part 3

* BlogClan Content

* Quote of the Month

* Credits

**EDITOR'S NOTE**

Welcome to the BlogClan Newsletter, April edition! I can’t tell you how amazing it feels to have carried this project not through one, but two months! April has been a month full of change. We have some wonderful new additions to BlogTeam (congratulations!) and a few new BlogClanners (welcome!). Here at the BlogClan Newsletter, we’ve held ourselves to a stricter schedule and added a few new pieces. Now that we’ve found our footing, it’s time to start improving ourselves. We’re by no means perfect, though. As we go through May, I propose this question: how can you change yourself for the better?

~Wavey

**FEATURE: NEW MODS**

This April, BlogClan had the exciting, once-in-a-blue-moon experience of initiating new BlogTeam members!! The last time this happened was in May, 2017. Almost two years ago! Many BlogClanners filled in applications and vied for a spot on BlogTeam. Their jobs would be mostly specialized, like Allegiances Editor and Article Editors, but they also would have all the abilities and privileges of mods. The BlogClanners that were finally chosen were the wonderful… \*drumroll\* Viper, Birchy, Wint, Kat, Goldi, Cheetah, Rosefur, and Rainie. Good job to all of you, and good luck!

There were 6 specific spots that needed to be filled, and two extra roles given out. These roles were: Allegiances Editor- who updates the allegiances every month; Articles Editor- who edits, mods, and posts articles; BlogClanner in the Spotlight Editor- who chooses a special BlogClanner who deserves mention and writes a mini article about them; Monthly Round Up of Cats Editor- who makes a monthly fun post about cats; Clanniversary Editor- who writes a celebratory post for BlogClanners’ Clanniversaries; and Birthday Editor- who writes  a short and sweet post commemorating BlogClanners’ birthdays. The new BlogTeam members’ assignments are…

* **Viper–** Allegiances Editor

* **Birchy-** Articles Editor

* **Wint-** BlogClamner in the Spotlight Editor

* **Kat-** Monthly Round Up in Cats Editor

* **Goldi-** Clanniversary Editor

* **Cheetah-** Birthday Editor

But wait, there’s more!! Two more people were given jobs on the BlogTeam!!

* **Rose-** TSGN (Trailing Stars Graphic Novel) Editor

* **Rainie-** General Editor; to help out with other roles

Congratulations!!!

The last time this happened, as said above, was in 2017. Embix, Russet, Cypress, and Icy applied and were selected to join the BlogTeam. Later that year, during the summer, Sunny was also added to the team. We love these mods, although we also know that being as awesome as they are is a lot of work, and can be tiring. So, we are glad that they can finally take a break, get some sleep, and relax.

Congratulations again to the new mods!! We know you’ll do a great job.

Amazingly, we got some opinions of the new mods from mods both old and new! One such mod is Birchfoot, who gave her thoughts on being on of the new and chosen moderators.

* “I was very scared on the first day of doing it because I thought I'd mess up big time!! I'm happy to be able to help out and I think I’m now more engaged with the entire community than I think I was a while ago, but I'm still intimidated…”

Thank you Birchy for that honest and wonderful thought! It helps up to understand that although being a mod is a lot of fun, it also is a lot of work!

Another new mod we got a quote from was Cheetahspark! Here are her thoughts.

* “*Ahem...*Well, i’m super super grateful to the BlogTeam and the rest of the Blog for supporting me and allowing me to give back to the Blog everything it gave me. I love the Blog so much and i love being able to help keep it running - plus being a mod is super fun! Thanks for everything, BlogClan ️

* Also a huge shout out to the other members of the BlogTeam, new and old, for being there for me and helping me out.”

We have one last quote, this time from Flowerstream, a mod who is helping the new additions to the team find their footing and easing them into their new roles.

* “I think obviously it's a big transition, adding so many new mods to the team, but this is something we really needed and they're really amazing additions who I know are going to do amazing things with the Blog.”

Thank you Flo for your words of encouragement and support to the new mods!

**IMPORTANT DATES**

This month, we had a lot of very important dates! We want to give a shoutout to all people celebrating their Clanniversaries or birthdays! Yay!

**BIRTHDAYS**

* **Potato -** April 5

* **Fernpaw -** April 5

* **Fidgettail -** April 5

* **Lion -** April 18

* **Maple (blog) -** April 18

* **Flighty -** April 18

* **Wistep -** April 19

* **Viperpaw -** April 20

* **Emberblaze -** April 21

* **Sandy -** April 25

* **Hazelholly -** April 26

* **Embermoon -** April 27

* **Riverpool -** April 30

**CLANNIVERSARIES!**

* **Littlefang -** April 10

* **Cedartalon -** April 23

* **Crystalkit -** April 25

* **Frostfire -** April 28

* **Pebblerose -** April 29

**SPOILER WARNING!!!**

The next article contains reviews for Lost Stars and Path of a Warrior. Please skip if you don’t want to be spoiled!

**LOST STARS REVIEW**

With the captivating new book of a new arc comes a new story, new cats, and new life that readers come to live in. Lost Stars, the first book in The Broken Code arc, takes us on a journey with three new cats.

* Rootpaw, a misunderstood cat. He is seen as a weird feline because of his father, Tree.

* Shadowpaw, an underestimated medicine cat because of his status in his Clan, a small apprentice. His visions would guide the Clan into safety, if they would listen to him. Bramblestar is sick with a deadly disease, and Shadowpaw has a vision of how to save him - if only others would pay attention to him.
* Bristlefrost, a warrior, allowed to take her warrior assessment because of her heroic act, which saved Rootpaw from drowning. She confessed her love to Stemleaf, who sadly rejected her. Now in a state of minor depression, Bristlefrost wants to focus on her warrior training instead of her loss.

Together they all have two goals: one, to keep their Clans thriving in safety, and two, the harder one, prove themselves to their Clans.

**PATH OF A WARRIOR REVIEW**

Three new stories came out this month: one about the first ever leader of ShadowClan, one about the noble deputy of ThunderClan who was killed by the traitorous Tigerclaw, and one about why a ShadowClan deputy who stepped down from her role.

You know what I'm talking about: the Path of a Warrior novella, which features Shadowstar, Redtail, and Tawnypelt.

None of these cats ever got a point of view, and their stories let us discover parts of their lives that never been touched.

Tawnypelt's Clan is definitely a book you should read. It gives us a lot of characterization of her and the other ShadowClan cats.

We see Tawnypelt's spicy side as well as her gentle one, understand why she made the hard decisions that she made, see how she gets through the grief of Rowanclaw’s death, and experience a trip to the Tribe of Rushing Water to save Shadowkit from deadly seizures, as well as save the Tribe from destruction.

Redtail's Debt gives the spotlight to a cat who always stays out of it. It features Redtail, back in the old forest, through his life until his death. It shows a puzzling mystery in the first arc, caused by Tigerclaw. His “debt” to Tigerclaw happens when Tigerclaw saves Redtail from a bird that tries to swoop in on him. Redtail says later to Tigerclaw, “I owe you my life!” Hmmm… Yeah, sure. Even though there's a small plot mistake, it's still a pretty good novella. #StagleapIsAwesome

Shadowstar's Life is the last story of the novella. It features early ShadowClan, where ShadowClan counted as the noble Clan and SkyClan was still in the old forest. It features Shadowstar how she was shown in the other books: fierce, won't step away from a battle, usually not admitting her mistakes, etc. In this book, SkyClan’s territory is being cut down by Twolegs, which SkyClan needs desperately - but how far will they go to get it? Shadowstar turns a little into a Bluestar here (if you read the book you'll understand me) and that really fits her. She gets into a battle to prove that a cat from SkyClan tried to kill her. She loses her ninth life, like promised, without getting too much out of character.

Overall, this is a bunch of amazing stories you should definitely read! Cloudy, out.

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**ART**

**MEMES**