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scarify - Word of the Day - Fri Dec 2, 2022

December 2, 2022

December Festivities, and not just the flashy ones!

December offers such a wealth of subject matter on which we can write. There are the parties with friends. Gatherings with relatives. The symbols and holidays are liberally sprinkled throughout the month. I wanted to explore some different paths this year beyond Christmas. Prompt #93 - Winter Solstice - You are invited to a bonfire on December 20th in the middle of a clearing in the woods. The snow blankets in a thick layer on the grass and coats the tree limbs. There are tents with fe

Cole Matthews in Prompts

December 2, 2022

MDBCs 02 Dec 2022

December 2nd 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Armed Forces Day (Cuba) Christian feast day: Avitus of Rouen Bibiana Channing Moore Williams (Anglicanism) Chromatius Habakkuk (Eastern Orthodox) Nonnus December 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) International Day for

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December 2, 2022

MDBCs 01 Dec 2022

December 1st 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Battle of the Sinop Day (Russia) Christian feast day: Alexander Briant Ansanus Blessed Bruna Pellesi Castritian Blessed Charles de Foucauld Edmund Campion Eligius Evasius

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December 1, 2022

Gay Authors Archive

2023 Anthology Theme Selection

Thank you to all who volunteered to serve on the anthology theme selection committee! I had six people volunteer, so all six will be included on the committee. I have contacted these individuals, and we will begin the process of selecting and narrowing down themes for the GA membership at large to vote on. This process will take place over the next two weeks, December 1-14, and on December 15th I will open up voting to the GA membership to ultimately decide the theme for the 2023 anthology.

Valkyrie in Anthology

December 1, 2022

jamessavik's Blog

Technical Difficulties

Speaking as a tekkie, there are times when you have a huge charlie-foxtrot on your hands and there's nothing you can do about it. A tiny little resistor, capacitor or transistor decided to commit suicide and takes your system with him. It's totally NOT your fault, but you are the TEKKIE on the spot and take the heat for it anyway. Having been there and done that, I suggest 1) have a thick skin and 2) a sense of humor. Murphy will visit you. It's going to take you x amount of time to fi

JamesSavik in humor

December 1, 2022

deracinate - Word of the Day - Thu Dec 1, 2022

December 1, 2022

Words, Words and Words

Book Review: Going Down in La-La Land by Andy Zeffer

Adam, an aspiring actor, makes the trip from New York to LA in search of fame and fortune. What he finds is a trip into the underside of fame in LA. Here is a modern-day Rake’s Progress; Adam (the narrator) arrives in LA with such high hopes, he has the looks and talent to be a star, but he finds an unfriendly city where he can’t get his foot on the bottom rung of the showbusiness ladder. This novel could have been a pro-faced, and even homophobic, grime tale, warning about the “evils”

Drew Payne in Book review

November 30, 2022

crepuscular - Word of the Day - Wed Nov 30, 2022

November 30, 2022

MDBCs 30 Nov 2022

November 30th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Bonifacio Day (Philippines) Christian feast day: Andrew and its related observances. Joseph Marchand (one of Vietnamese Martyrs) November 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Commemoration Day (United Arab Emirates) Day to Mark the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from the Arab Countries and Iran (Israel) Independence Day, celebrates the ind

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November 30, 2022

wimple - Word of the Day - Tue Nov 29, 2022

November 29, 2022

MDBCs 29 Nov 2022

November 29th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Brendan of Birr Francis Fasani Illuminata Radboud of Utrecht Saturnin November 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (United Nations) Lib

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November 29, 2022

MDBCs 28 Nov 2022

November 28th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Albanian Flag Day, celebrate the independence of Albania from Turkey in 1912, the first Albanian flag raise by Skanderbeg in 1443, and for the new parliamentary constitution in 1998. Bedfordshire day is celebrated in the county of Bedfordshire to celebrate the birth of John Bunyan Bukovina Day (Romania) Christian feast day:

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November 28, 2022

parvenu - Word of the Day - Mon Nov 28, 2022

November 28, 2022

Gay Authors News

November CSR Discussion Day: A Soldier's Guide to Single Parenting by Dodger

Welcome to our November CSR Discussion day with GA's newest Signature author, Dodger! Did you have chance to congratulate him before? If not, you can do so here, plus share a thought about his featured story, A Soldier's Guide to Single Parenting, or my interview with him! Enjoy! What are you wearing (and no fibbing!)? No fibbing? Okay. Only sweatpants and a t-shirt, which, like their owner, have seen better days. I just got up, and it's my day off, so I'm probably going to stay like t

Cia in CSR- Can't Stop Reading

November 28, 2022

MDBCs 27 Nov 2022

November 27th 2022 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Acarius of Tournai Barlaam and Josaphat Bilihildis Congar of Congresbury Facundus and Primitivus Humilis of Bisignano James Intercisus Leonard of Port Maurice Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Roman Cathol

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November 27, 2022

vindicate - Word of the Day - Sun Nov 27, 2022

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November 27, 2022

Gay Authors News

Weekly Wrap Up (Nov. 20 - Nov. 26)

I hope my 'merican friends and their families of origin or found had a super Thanksgiving holiday. Did you eat too much? I think TG is one of the mandatory 'pass' days that you get to eat what you want, how much you want, and for as long as you want. It is surprising that with New Year's resolutions that people make those far stretched promises to themselves to stop smoking, go to the gym, stop drinking alcohol and such, that there is nothing for Thanksgiving. Maybe there should be promises to

wildone in Weekly Wrap Up

November 27, 2022

Words, Words and Words

Book Review: Holocaust Tips for Kids and Smite the Heathens, Charlie Brown by Shalom Auslander

Satire is a difficult form to get right. If it is too humorous then it might not be biting enough; if the satire hits home then it can be dry and even dull, and then it can be humourless and miss its target. These two short stories take a satirical aim at religious persecution and antisemitism in particular. Holocaust Tips for Kids is a young teenage American boy’s view of the Nazi Holocaust. It reads like that teenage boy’s scrapbook, facts and reportage sit all beside the boy’s own w

Drew Payne in Book review

November 26, 2022

jape - Word of the Day - Sat Nov 26, 2022

November 26, 2022

Flashbacks

Flashbacks Depending on where you place them and how they are used in your writing...I’ve found that adding a flashback, or even multiple flashbacks, to your fiction can be really effective when it comes to expanding upon the story beyond the story. It’s like...putting two mirrors facing each other and creating that illusion where it looks like it just reflects itself and goes on and on forever in both directions..when it really doesn’t. But it gives your story that kind of vibe when used co

Comicality in Writing Tips

November 26, 2022