Welcome to my little potpourri of updates. It has been a little while again. As it happens, I get way too busy bouncing all over the place with all the stuff I'm doing. Some personal stuff first... the project I started two years ago with my mother after dad died is now pretty much done. We converted the back porch of the house into a very nice family room that is pretty much all windows. (There are 15 windows in the room). It turned into a great place for me to write and to read when I st
emptiness is loneliness
loneliness is cleanliness
cleanliness is godliness
god is empty just like me
Smashing Pumpkins *even though I can't stand Billy Corgan because he's a whiney little bitch, this is a great quote*
Hope everyone has had a great week so far and is looking forward to the weekend. What better way to start it off than with brand new prompts! If you've been feeling stuck, or maybe just want to do something a little different, maybe one of these prompts will jump start a new idea. Just remember, prompt responses under 1,000 words must be posted as part of a collection. Also, to make it so that nobody feels like their prompt response is getting overlooked, we've changed the format. Rather than us
Hey everyone
Just thought I would let you known what my schedule is for posting chapters of my current stories.
Frontier - Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday (Unless my editor tells me to slow down, then Saturdays postings will be dropped)
Cheers Quokka
P.S The days listed above, are Western Australian Standard TIme:- UST +8 hrs
First, let me say....in this I will be using the terms evil and bad. For the purpose of this writing, they are interchangeable. It was difficult sticking to one or the other.
What is the devil's job? Many would say it's to tempt some from their path to lead them down a path of evil ways. If that is the case, does the devil create evil or does the devil merely exploit the inherent evil that is within us all? If the devil were to create evil, wouldn't that mean that some were born to be evil
Hello my followers
I hope you enjoyed the story - Uncertain Future
Stay tuned for a much shorter story - Twin Change
Simular to a movie that came out on television a few years ago, but different in many ways.
Felix and Finn are twin brothers separated at the age of two years, following the separation of their parents.
One twin remained with his mother in the UK, while the other travelled to New Zealand, his fathers home country.
It's time for another author promo! I'm completely out of these promos, so if you'd like to promo your own work, take a look at the thread for guidelines and then PM me. For this month, our featured promo spot is for Mikiesboy. There were three questions that Mikiesboy had to answer for each story. The questions were What gave you the idea for this story? What was your favorite thing about writing this story? & Please tell us something about this story that is not already in the description.
I hope everyone had a great weekend, but now it's time to start off a new week. A great way to start the week is to take a look at a story that can be found on Gay Authors. Today's feature is Rule #3 by CassieQ. William King was nice enough to provide us with this great review. If you haven't already done so, maybe it will inspire you to take a look. If you do, don't forget to leave Cassie some reviews. Enjoy!
Rule #3
CassieQ
Reviewer: William King
Status: Complete
Word Co
I took a trip recently. It was not an easy decision to do that but I did it any way.
This came out of that trip
family
I recently went to see family
People who birthed me
Raised me
Taught me
With whom I share genetics
Parents siblings
People who made me feel
Less than
So Wrong
From whom I distanced myself
To save myself
I recently went to see family
People who have
It's that time of the week again! In case you missed any of what's been going on this week, never fear, because we'll take a quick peek at everything that we looked at from Monday on. Are you worried you might have missed a story update from one of your favorite authors? We'll help you out there too with the story updates from all of GA's promoted authors.
Contests
Halloween Short Story Contest - Due September 15th, 2017
Anthology Announcements:
***NO
I like labels... self imposed labels of course. It's human nature to want to put things in little boxes, even things that don't fit. Organizing them by similar characteristics so we can better understand and define them. I like this. But I believe people can only be labeled by themselves in most cases (if you have red hair your a red head deal with it or dye it lol) so I label myself and express these labels loud. So no one can do it for me and get it wrong!
I have always known who I
Hope everyone has had a great week so far. It's time for this weeks writing prompts. If you're stuck, or you're considering writing for the first time, these might be perfect for you. Don't forget that stories under 1,000 words must be posted as part of a collection. For the featured prompt responses, we're going to start doing things a little different. Rather than me pick a prompt from the previous week, the authors themselves can share their prompts in the comments. This way, no one gets left
Up until now I have been using the identifier 'non-binary' , mostly because I have no idea what my gender is, how I want to express it and so on.
Also, it just fits.
Over the last few months I have been paying around with my gender expression; clothing, hair style, accessories, binder.
I also started using men's body wash and deodorant.
I definitely feel best when I'm as 'man' as I can be.
The idea of top surgery in theory is nice, and I would love to tak
I hope everyone is having a wonderful day today. For your enjoyment today, we have an interview with Valkyrie where she talks about her writing process, her book Hollow Hills, and a few questions just for fun. If you haven't read Valkyrie's stories, you can do so here! Hope you enjoy!
Valkyrie
General Author Questions
What does your writing process look like?
I don’t really follow the same process with every story. Sometimes I’ll jot ideas down or make an outline, but most
I always hated shopping.
I would see cute clothes, but not cute FOR ME.
Nothing ever felt like it fit right, even when it fit the way it was 'supposed to'.
I found myself constantly passing by masculine looking clothes even though they felt more ME.
I never understood the 'in fashions' or shared my friends idea on perfect outfits.
I felt awkward in the women's section, like I was an invader that didn't belong. I always felt like people were looking at me thinking ' you
This month's CSR announcement was slightly delayed so I could post it live so Renee wouldn't find out it was happening since she's the lead blogger... but Monday has arrived so I can let everyone know this month's featured story is Reece's Choice by Renee Stevens! Woo hoo! This is a nice contemporary novella, an easy read at just 25k, so make sure you've read it and are ready to discuss the story on Monday, July 31st!
Reece's Choice
by Renee Stevens
Length: 25,483
This was a message to my Patrons, which means there will be some information in here which will likely make no sense to you, but I wanted this to be known.
This last weekend was hell. The only worse weekends I've ever had involved loved ones dying, just to give you a measure of perspective. Over the course of 48 hours, my already bad mood for the week (because the week was fairly shitty, too) went full depression.There's a lot going on, but I'm only going to tell you about the two things whic
First Amendement to the U. S. Constitution:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
I hope everyone has had a great week. There were no prompts this week, but they'll be back next week. So let's take a look at what blogs were posted.
Contests
Halloween Short Story Contest - Due September 15th, 2017
Anthology Announcements:
***NOTE: All Deadlines are for submission to the Anthology Proof Team
2017 Fall Anthology: The Fall Out / Secret Spaces - Due November 15th, 2017
Premium Updates:
A Closed Door by Andrew_Q_
Wen my niece was 3, I was in my sewing phase. Some fabric company had just come out with a set of watermelon fabrics, with one looking like the rind, and another being red with white and black watermelon seeds. I also found a pattern for preschool girls dresses that was a watermelon. I made it. It had this huge bib like collar that was half a watermelon, and the pockets were triangle watermelon slices. I even found lady bug buttons and added felt leaves and ladybugs.
It was my first
On may 9th, 2017 British Columbians voted for change. Today, they have finally gotten it. The Legislature voted 44-42 in favour of the NDP amendment to the Throne Speech expressing no-confidence in the Clark government. Because of that vote, Premier Clark and her cabinet have resigned. Later today, after meeting with both Premier Clark and Opposition Leader Horgan of the NDP, the Leftenant-Governor has invited John Horgan to form a government and Cabinet, accepting the resignation of the Clark g
This book belongs to Cole:
2007
Standing at the airport in New York. I watched all the other people grabbing cabs, meeting with friends, or others like me excited for what new adventures this place had to offer. It was still so crazy that after only visiting once I moved here. I really had no idea what I was getting myself into. There was no going back now. I had said good bye to my life in Portland, now ahead of me stood my next chapter. Nothing was going to hold me back
I thought Cia was up to tricks, and she was 😮
I got 2 correct by just listing the authors she listed in order of the stories listed
@Gary L and @Mikiesboy, I was so onto you both
Congrats to everyone who participated not only in the writing and editing, but participating in the blogs (should we call it the blog of liars 😮).
A huge shout out to @Gary L, swept the floor with his first Secret Author contest. Take a bow
Huge thanks to @Cia who always does this
Just the facts:
CALMNESS Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
CALMNESS Synonyms: 128 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
CALM Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Calm vs. Calmness | the difference - CompareWords
The concept of calmness in storytelling acts as a structural anchor that gives meaning to action. Just as music requires silence between notes to create a melody, a narrative requires moments of stillness to give impact to its conflicts.
Emotional Counterbalance:
Accentuates chaos: Constant action leads to audience fatigue. A period of stillness makes the next dramatic peak feel far more impactful.
Allows digestion: Quiet scenes give the audience time to process major plot twists
The word calmness combines the root calm (from the Late Latin cauma, meaning "heat of te midday sun") with the Old English suffix -ness which denotes a state or quality. Historically, intense midday heat in the Mediterranean caused winds to stop and the sea to grow still, shifting the word's meaning from "burning heat" to a "quiet, resting state". The shift from describing weather or the sea to describing a peaceful human mind occurred around the 1560s.
According to the Oxford English D