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review Featured Story: The Web

Who's into a spooky story? It's October after all, and time for all sorts of shivery scary stories all set to send a chill up your spine. Check out what Puppilull thought about one of MrM's short stories from his flash collection of vignettes. Sometimes, it just takes a few words to truly bring out the heart-pounding fright... and he kicks it off with the title alone: The Web (eww!) Vignettes Collection: The Web MrM Reviewer: Puppilull Status: Com

Cia in Featured Stories

October 8, 2018

V's blog

Sexual Assault and the aftermath

CAUTION: THE FOLLOWING BLOG ENTRY TALKS ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. PLEASE PROCEED WITH CAUTION. Hey everyone , How’s everyone? I hope everyone’s doing good. I haven’t been doing that great. I might say, I have been doing quite awful suffering from both depression and anxiety for the past two months or so. I have been kind of absent from the site due to being extremely busy with the university for the past couple of months (dissertation is not the most favourite t

Victor Gutte

October 7, 2018

Weekly Wrap Up (Sept 30 - Oct 6)

Now that October is well on its way, let's get excited for the 31st, which is All Hallow's Eve. Now if you really want to be scared, picture yourself waking up on a Sunday morning to find me in your bedroom watching you sleep . If that is too much to handle, maybe check out the two stories being published every Sunday for the next 4 weeks! Check later today for the discussion forums and links to the stories or sign up for the GA Weekly Newsletter. So shall we

October 7, 2018

Writing Prompts #706 & #707

October has come! It's time to enjoy some flash fiction this first Freaky Friday. What's that sound...? Is it... a creepy cackle? A spooky rattle? Maybe you can come up with a spooky twist to prompt #706 because I know that would freak me out and there's all sorts of paranormal premises that you could use! Hmm.... Prompt 706 – Creative Tag – Sleep The patient has been in the hospital for longer than you’ve been alive. They barely look eighteen, and doctors keep runn

October 5, 2018

quokka's Blog

Tsunami

Chapter 6 has been corrected...

quokka

October 3, 2018

interview Ask an Author 2.0 #12

It’s been a year since Ask an Author’s reboot. Although the feature appears to be as popular as ever, getting questions continues to be a struggle. Serious or silly, professional or personal, short or long, what you ask makes the monthly blog possible. Don’t be shy, tell me what you want to know, and I’ll look for answers. • • • • • A self-described NoCal gay, @Ashi puts the social in social media in Gay Authors. The man has to be one of the friendliest people around here. What many of

Carlos Hazday in Author Interviews

October 3, 2018

jamessavik's Blog

15 years

15 years with no drugs or drinking. Holy shit. I remember when missing out for a day or a few days was... really uncomfortable. When I first started writing, I got some flak about including a lot of drugs. Well, they did say write what you know. When I first really started writing, that's what I knew. It took a while but I move on. I still dream about the... never mind. What I find is sad is that a lot of gay people have trouble in rec

JamesSavik

October 1, 2018

csr feature October CSR Feature: Atlantis Shift series by Carlos Hazday

October brings us a nice long month to read, a full 28 days, so I wanted to feature a series. Carlos Hazday's Atlantis Shift series delves into the mystical world under the waves that so fascinates many due to the very mystery it still holds on the planet, and I couldn't pass it up. It's also another older feature from his early days showing his creativity from the beginning and his growth since then. You'll get to know more about these stories and Carlos in my interview at the end of the month,

Cia in CSR- Can't Stop Reading

October 1, 2018

Weekly Wrap Up (Sept 23 - Sept 29)

Wow, September is gone. How may days to Christmas? Maybe I will write a Christmas Tale to get everyone into the season Please, if you are an author, read and reread Cia's Wednesday Blog Post as it has some really, really, really valuable information on how to protect your works on the internets! To start of the week, Cia hosted the CSR Day for September: Wednesday was the important day to learn about protecting your works on the internets: The

September 30, 2018

Drew's Slice of Pi

College Weeks 5 & 6

Howdy y'all! It's time for another College Week, or two. So, last weekend, I was simply too buried in homework to actually write up a blog post. And while I still have plenty of homework this weekend, it isn't as bad as it was last week. So, let's get started! PHYS 2425: In Physics, last week we learned about Energy, Conservation of Energy, and Simple Machines. This week, we learned about Linear Momentum. MATH 2414: Last week, my class reviewed what we

Drew Espinosa

September 29, 2018

writing prompts Writing Prompts #704 & #705

September has nearly fled, October is fast approaching, and the Extreme Halloween flash fiction stories are due. Did you write a prompt piece for that event? We're going to share it in the newsletter and more, so make sure you get that flash piece posted! If you didn't, maybe you can write something for these prompts, provided by GA's very own prompt guru, Comicfan! Prompt 704 – Creative Tag – New Home You’ve bought a home that is over a hundred years old, but looks like brand n

September 28, 2018

writing tips Plagarism and Protecting Your Stories

As a few authors might have noted, there was some cause for concern earlier this week in regards to unsolicited commercial interest in some GA authors' stories. We have shut that down, hopefully for good as the so-called author/eBook producer has pulled their content from sale as well, but I will be continuing to monitor content for a while to see if they pop back up again with any stories that have GA content in them stolen from the site. Which is what I'm here to talk about today... We don't j

Cia in Writing Tips

September 26, 2018

csr discussion September CSR Discussion Day: Time Will Tell by Remijay

September was a short month week-wise for reading the CSR story, so we had a shorter selection (and much shorter than last month's!) with Remijay's Time Will Tell. Did you make the time to read this contemporary twin feature? That's one of the interesting parts of this--the story started posting years before it was finished. Make sure you share what you think in the comments below, but first I want to share my interview with Remijay where I ask him about writing over the course of years.

Cia in CSR- Can't Stop Reading

September 24, 2018

Weekly Wrap Up (Sept 16 - Sept 22)

So we had a bit lighter week here at the blog. It was a relief for me, I didn't have to get up at 3:30 AM EVERY morning to feature the blog of the day EVERY day Actually Cia was up at 2 AM to write up the September Classic Author. When does she sleep? Skip to Wednesday Cia slept in to 2:03 to give us the September Classic Author Excerpt Friday, Cia brought us all this weeks Comicfan's Prompts of the Week: Friday Comsie wrapped up the week wit

September 23, 2018

jamessavik's Blog

It's not just nostalgia

It's not just nostalgia. Despite the scores of made for TV series being made, the older ones were better. MUCH BETTER. Chances are if you turn your TV on, you will watch one of several formulas: situation comedy (shit Comms), medical dramas or police procedurals. There are a few variations but not very many. It's what Hollywood knows how to do and they make them like an assembly line of Toyotas. It doesn't take too long to notice that there are really only about fifty the

JamesSavik

September 21, 2018

writing prompts Writing Prompts #702 & #703

Flash fiction is a great way to help keep your inspiration juices flowing, especially if you're blocked on a long writing piece. Or you can use it to explore different writing techniques. Either way, just make sure you give it a try and pressure your author friends to try it too. In this case, peer pressure is a good thing, lol! Seriously, expand your repertoire and try your hand at something new if you haven't done it before. Or have some fun if you have but aren't really using it to push your

September 21, 2018

jamessavik's Blog

Big & Tall Blues

XXL does not equal 2XLT. XXL means short and fat. 2XLT means large, tall and amazing. XXL is big and wide. Sorta like a circus tent. It does not fit well. It fits like a tarp. It often exposes the innocent public to the dreaded plumber's crack. 2XLT is a large size but it's long for tall people. Not short for W I D E people. Insist on 2XLT on all of your internet dating and orders for large, tall and amazing. It shows o

JamesSavik

September 21, 2018

classic author excerpt September Classic Author Excerpt: The Sons of Memory by Stefan Schmidt

Did you catch Monday's blog featuring Stefan Schmidt's novella, The Sons of Memory? This tale of Theseus brings out a lot of the old classic stylings with all the trappings of the Greek mythology, including a minotaur who needs... well, what he needs. And this story isn't shy with the details. I decided to share the excerpt from the very beginning, because as with all good stories, that sets the plot and the first glimpse of the character. Care to check out... the maze?

Cia in Classic Feature

September 19, 2018

classic author feature September's Classic Author Feature: The Sons of Memory by Stefan Schmidt

A classic tale with a twist by a Classic GA author? How about that?! Check out this month's Classic Author feature, The Son's of Memory by Stefan Schmidt, a nearly 24k story all about sacrifice, monsters, misunderstandings, and maybe some mischief. Okay, we're talking about the Greek Gods, so there's going to be a whole lot of mischief! Length: 23,966 Description: This is the ancient tale of Theseus, prince of Athens, who tries to stop Athens' tribute to Cre

Cia in Classic Feature

September 17, 2018

Weekly Wrap Up (Sept 9 - Sept 15)

Well I'm currently freezing to death with close to 0 C or 32 F weather in mid September . But that is nothing to what our members in the Carolina's and Georgia as well as our many members in the Philippines are going through. Here's hoping you are all safe and secure through these trying times Shall we take a look at what happened over the past week? Monday, Cia brought us a Story Review. i even heard that the author, K.C. is lurking around the site again

September 16, 2018

Drew's Slice of Pi

College Week 4

Howdy y'all! Time for another College Week! PHYS 2425: This week, my teacher taught us about forces, specifically friction. However, this was also the week that my class had our first exam. And well... I got a C. To be honest, I'm one of the lucky ones, half my class actually failed it. MATH 2414: But not everything is doom and gloom. Where last week we learned how to differentiate inverse trigonometric functions, this week, we learned how to integrate them. Again... super fun!

Drew Espinosa

September 15, 2018

writing prompts Writing Prompts #700 & #701

TGIF! Yes, yes, it's Friday! Prompt Day! Thanks to Comicfan, we have many more for you to enjoy. What sort of selections do we have for you this week? Well, it's nothing so interesting as what's for dinner. Oh man, do I hate getting that question at the end of a long day when I have NO idea so sometimes my answers can be a tad... interesting, lol. Did you write a flash piece with some interesting answers as well? Prompt 700 – Creative Tag – School You’ve just taken a class at th