We know who wrote which story and won this year’s contest. Congratulations Gary L. And now? Watching the horizon thoughtfully and waiting for inspiration to strike? Or you could write a prompt story and maybe expand it….
PT Prompt #354
What if you could make objects talk? Heinrich Heine’s quill, for example. (I just saw it at a museum.) Which object would you choose, and what does it tell you?
PT Prompt #355
Five friends are playing a board game. After a while, they roll num
Wowsers, did you see the numbers of stories and comments posted in September? I bet a lot of that had to do with all the great stories posted by our Anniversary anthology authors, and all the amazing readers who took the time to read, react, and comment. So thank you to everyone! If you missed a story, or you just want a single shop stop to find links to every story in the Anthology, this Wrap Up is for you.
Quarter 3, 2022 Reading Report
Top 10 Most Recommended Stories
Shadow Effect by kbois
Faithful to the Cause by Mrsgnomie
Boundaries: An Old West Tale by Headstall
Jay's Loelife by Mrsgnomie
For Better or For Worse by kbois
Spirit Wolves by kbois
Luke Hanson's Mind & Punishment: A Teen in Despair by James Matthews
Worlds Apart by Grumpy Bear
House of Frost by Dabeagle
On Track by Headstall
Top 10 Stories
In lieu of a chapter posting today (hurricane clean up is still monopolizing my time) I figured I'd share my thoughts on my recent vacation.
A little background... later this month my husband and I will celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary. We've been together 36. In those 36 years we've taken exactly one vacation that has been a full week where we have gone somewhere by ourselves and not involved visiting family. That was our honeymoon. A week in Disney World when Disney was actually fu
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold on there. That's not the right title, is it? Ask An Author 3.0 #21? Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah!
Batman.
All jokes aside, there's a good point in my confusion. Is this even legitimate? I need the official AAA rulebook because I'm pretty sure what's about to go down is so off the beaten path. If you haven't already guessed, we don't have questions this month.
At least, not for an author. Guess again! It's not an Admin, Author, Promising Author, Signature
There was a time I didn’t live in fear of creating. A time when, after I had finally managed to regain my childhood wonder for the art of art itself, I no longer felt the need to hide the ideas in my head. I wrote novels, I wrote short stories, I wrote… darkness and light.
And I shared those stories with the world, or at least my own little corner of it. I loved being able to put those stories out there and have people read them, respond, tell me what they thought, whether they liked it or
Chapter 9
Friends, Romans, Countryman... 😛 Yes, I am introducing a Roman Christian missionary in my historical fantasy story involving Chinese gods, Buddhist deities, and a whole lot of references to Journey to the West. To be fair, I never quite understand why Chinese writers avoid talking about Christians as they came around this period as Missionaries in China, establishing the Church of the East. The same goes with historical fantasy western writers, who avoid talking about Chinese phil
A Flash of Brilliance
Land Power created Nations
Sea Power created Empires
Air Power created Collective Blocs
Space Power will create a Human Civilization
-If I write a full series, I would use that as my tag line
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Have you ever had moments where you wish things were different? After reading about discrimination, hate, atrocities, and death, how can all that stuff change? What type of person could do that? What are their motivations and ideals?
Happy October, readers, and another start of the CSR Can't Stop Reading story feature so you can hopefully find another gem you missed or return to a story you enjoyed in the past. Which will Remijay's story There Once Was Love be for you?
There Once Was Love
by Remijay
Length: 62,597
Description: This story is about a teen that has everything a boy his age wants. Except a few necessary things. Read along as his story unfolds.
A Reader Said: A very realistic ending that
Well it has happened October has darkened our doors This means the seasons are a changing. Have you got any frost on your pumpkin, or any other parts yet ?
It is also sad in the sense that this week concluded week 4 of the Anthology - Anniversary. Please, if you haven't had a chance yet, make sure you thank your Authors, Poets and Editors and Beta's for making this one of the best, not only in participation, but in content on the sites 20 year history. Also time for a HUGE shoutout to o
The title of this blog asks the question, but you will probably ask what pain am I talking about. I'm talking about the pain of loss and grief, losing someone who is close and means a great deal to you. It doesn't matter who you are, in time it is something that we all experience. Many of us have already experienced it, some of us are yet to experience it, it is not something any of us can escape.
You may ask what is the significance of this blog, why bring this up now? Well I'll tell you a
Well, here it is, the last week of GA's Anniversary month and the last of our anthology entries. We've had some amazing entries, but we have more for you to read! Keep up the energy and don't forget to like, comment, and review these stories. We'll feature all the stories next week in one place for readers in case you missed one or you want to save the list to go back to your favorites! Authors, keep your eye on the Anthology Club soon for a chance to share your feedback on this year's anthology
It is 2008 and John, an Irish university student, is spending a year at an American liberal arts college. During that year he forms three very different relationships with three very different young men—the radically gay Jake, Eric the straight jock whose life is turned upside down when he is shot, and Brendon, his former best friend from Ireland. Also during that year he will be involved in a shooting, cause a scandal at a historical monument, meet an ex-president and be complimented by a risin
Chapter 8
Oh heavenly politics
Some interesting things to think about in this chapter, historically Chinese civilization did begin to hybridize Buddhism and Taoism around this point in history. The blending was partly due to the invasion of barbarian tribes from the steppes with a need to unify various systems together to act as a counterweight. They incorporated mixed belief systems similar to how Romans adopted Egyptian gods or Persian deities in the Middle East, while still worshi
Prompt 354 made me smile. I love personification - some of my favourite stories use it. What would I choose? No idea off the top of my head but it would be something with links to other artefacts so you could get a good conversation going... 🤨😄
In storytelling, brume is a powerful literary and atmospheric tool used to evoke mystery, mirror a character's internal confusion, and blur the lines between reality and the supernatural.
Psychological and Symbolic Functions:
Internal confusion: It reflects a character's doubt, grief, or moral ambiguity.
The unknown: It hides dangers, forcing characters to rely on senses other than sight.
Liminal space: It creates a boundary between the physical world and the spiritual realm.
The word brume (meaning a mist or fog) entered English from French, tracing back to the Latin word brūma, which is a contracted form of brevima or brevissima, the superlative of brevis ("short"). It literally signified the "shortest day", referring to the winter solstice.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the noun brume (meaning a mist, fog, or vapor) first appeared in English during the Middle English period (1150-1500), with its earliest recorded evidence dating from b
Jones renamed her Bon Homme Richard (usually rendered in more correct French as Bonhomme Richard) in honor of Benjamin Franklin, the American Commissioner at Paris whose Poor Richard's Almanack was published in France under the title Les Maximes du Bonhomme Richard.[
Poor Richard's Almanack - Wikipedia
USS Bonhomme Richard (1765) - Wikipedia
A good question and a good answer. I just wanted to fill in a few of the gaps.
Thanks guys,
This has always confused me. If the French and King Louis XVI gifted a ship to Captain John Paul Jones to use against the British, named it Bonhomme Richard to honor his friend Benjamin Franklin, where did the name Richard come from?