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Tech Tuesday - 2017 Year in Review

There seems to be an unwritten rule out there for websites and publications everywhere that the last week of the year is the time to do a year in review wrap-up sort of post. This is the one for Gay Authors. 2017. What a year! This was the year we jumped 50 versions of software to finally break free of the 3.4 version of the forum software and break into the world of 4.1 and then 4.2 versions of the software. We've had hundreds of Stories archive software updates in the same timeframe a

Myr in Technology Archive

December 26, 2017

Merry Christmas!

Everyone here at Gay Authors wishes all of you and your families the best on this day. Merry Christmas!

Myr in News Archive

December 25, 2017

weekly update Weekly Wrap Up (Dec 17 - Dec 23)

Merry Christmas Eve everyone! I hope you have all had a great week! Just a reminder that you still have another month to read Christmas stories to participate in next months CSR Discussion day. You can read more about the December and January CSR here. Now, since I'm running late with the wrap up, let's get to it! Contests 2018 Summer Novella Anthology: Summer - Due April 15th, 2018 Anthologies 2018 Spring Anthology: Now or Never - Due May 15th

Renee Stevens in Weekly Wrap Up

December 24, 2017

Articles in Review Week 3

Week 3 of our Writing Tips Article Review is upon us. This week, we have an article from Don H and sat8997.

Myr in Writing Tips

December 23, 2017

Writing Prompts #634 & #635

I hope everyone is having a great week! It's time for this weeks prompts, supplied by our prompt guru, Comicfan. Just a reminder, and for those who haven't worked with the prompts before: prompt responses under 1,000 words must be posted as part of a collection. Prompt 634 – Creative Tag – The Romance Cover Model He is the man who has graced a hundred romance novels. His long hair, broad chest, and sheer masculinity has captured the imagination of hundreds of readers. You h

Renee Stevens in Prompts

December 22, 2017

Ghosts of Christmases Past

As we head into the final days before Christmas 2017, it might be a great time to take a break from the hectic holiday season and reread some of our anthologies from Christmases Past. Our 2004 Christmas Anthology: https://www.gayauthors.org/stories/browse/category/7-2004-anthology-christmas/ Our 2006 Winter Anthology Blizzard Theme: https://www.gayauthors.org/stories/browse/category/11-winter-blizzard/ Our 2015 Secret Santa Short Story Contest:

Myr in Anthologies

December 21, 2017

December Classic Author Excerpt: Tyler by Vlista

Did you catch Monday's blog featuring Vlista's teen drama, Tyler? Make sure you check it out and download your copy of the signature graphic at the bottom if you want to share your love for the story. Or, if you haven't read the story before or checked it out yet, enjoy this excerpt below! Cia said: Vlista's stories can be quite graphic and dark, but Tyler is more about the life after the worst a teen has faced than the negative experiences that shaped him. I really like the s

Cia in Classic Feature

December 20, 2017

Tech Tuesday - Chapter Text Controls

One of the most important aspects to our Stories software is allowing members to make the reading window fit their need for reading. Whether that is to adjust the text size, the contrast, the indents or the width of the text window. Here are the controls: Text size should be obvious here. The green highlight, as shown here, means that the current text is larger than the default text. If you have no highlight, then you have default text size. If you have A- highlighted, then

Myr in Technology Archive

December 19, 2017

December Classic Author Feature: Tyler by Vlista

This month I picked a Classic Author story to feature that might make for some difficult reading, but the hope inside the story is what I like to focus on. As one of the older stories on the site, you might have missed it before, but I hope everyone will enjoy Vlista's teen drama, Tyler! Length: 86,934 Description: Tyler’s a foster kid, after being abused by his parents and mistreated in foster care he’s angry with the world and all but given up on finding t

Cia in Classic Feature

December 18, 2017

weekly update Weekly Wrap Up (Dec 10 - Dec 16)

I hope everyone has had a great week so far! If you haven't already done so, please check out Myr's announcement about the Birthday Policy Change. If you find yourself feeling like you're going in circles, and that you can't seem to get 100% complete, check to see if you've selected a favorite genre! Trust me, that kept me at 67% until I realized what I didn't do! Now, let's see what happened this week! Contests 2018 Summer Novella Anthology: Summer - Due April 15th,

Renee Stevens in Weekly Wrap Up

December 17, 2017

TetRefine's Blog

How PrEP Changed Gay Sex, Anecdotally

So the topic of sex is absolutely fascinating to me, especially gay party/hookup culture in big cities. Anybody who has read my previous blogs can see that. I've been both a passive studier and active participant over the years, and I've gotten a pretty unique view of it all. A good friend of mine once said, "to understand gay men, you need to understand the messy emotions and politics of sex." Now I realize that my experience (and his) as gay men is very much ones that have taken place inside a

TetRefine

December 16, 2017

Articles in Review Week 2

Welcome to Week 2! As we continue to highlight previously posted Writing Tips, we'll bring you something old and something new.

Myr in Writing Tips

December 16, 2017

Writing Prompts #632 & #633

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. Prompt 632 – Creative Tag – Snow Job You’ve rented a cabin up in the mountains to get away for a while. You barely settle in on your first night when a horrible storm hits, burying the area in over a f

Renee Stevens in Prompts

December 15, 2017

Mikiesboy's Blog

Christmas, This Year

Hi all. It's been awhile since i wrote a blog. I wrote a blog about Christmas last year on Dec. 26th, i was supposed to plan and do and not be stressed this year. How am i doing? Abysmally i think covers it, though i don't feel stressed particularly. This year the tree is up, so are some other bits and pieces scattered around and even a poinsettia, a traditional red one. However, there are zero presents bought. There is no baking because Michael found out during the su

Mikiesboy

December 14, 2017

Did you Read and Review the Fall 2017 Anthologies?

Have you read and reviewed all these stories yet?

Myr in Anthologies

December 14, 2017

Writing Tip: Keep in Mind

When deciding what to post for today, I took a look through some of the things I have in reserve. I found a writing tip sent in a while ago and when I took a look back, I realized I'd never used it in a blog! So, without further ado, here's "Things to Keep In Mind" by craftingmom! Things I constantly keep in mind as a writer by Craftingmom 1. The Opening needs to grab the attention of the reader and be interesting enough to hold it.

Renee Stevens in Writing Tips

December 13, 2017

Tech Tuesday - Premium Content and Gift Cards

Greetings everyone! It occurred to me that since this is the gift-giving season, we should share with you that GA does have a built-in Gift Card system that you can use to gift Premium Content (or credit for eBooks). But first, let me get to the why Premium? Everyone who has been on the Internet for awhile and is familiar with the other story sites like Gay Authors knows that there are basically 4 business options out there: A private or small group that covers

Myr in Technology Archive

December 12, 2017

Methodwriter85's Blog

32 Candles

Okay, so tonight I celebrated my 32nd birthday with my niece who just turned 23. (She was born the day before my 9th birthday- I on December 7th and she on December 6th.) My family has been doing joint birthdays for us forever. This year, we were having it at Red Robin. So it's me, my mom, 2 sisters, 2 brother-in-laws, 3 nieces, and 2 nephews. One sister (the one with the daughter turning 23) and her entire family is basically on a vegan diet. So me and my mom

methodwriter85

December 11, 2017

Featured Story: Christmas at Famous-Barr

Well, we're at the start of another week and, to finish off the year, we are going to look at a story written by AC Benus called "Christmas at Famous-Barr". If you like what Timothy M has to say in the review, why not go check out the story and leave the author a review! Also, if you've read a story you've enjoyed lately, and would like to see it featured in the GA News Blog, simply shoot me a PM and send me a review. I'm always looking for reviews. Christmas at Famous-Barr AC B

Renee Stevens in Featured Stories

December 11, 2017

HB's Blog

A Year in Review

It’s December and I’d like to take some time to look back over this past year. In January, I wrote about how New Year’s resolutions weren’t really my thing. Well, taking stock of a year was also never my thing. But this year has been a year of firsts for me, so here goes. I started the year by posting Between the Push and Pull, a story about two porn stars who fall in love but couldn’t overcome the baggage they brought to the relationship. In March, I wrote a short 18k st

Hudson Bartholomew

December 10, 2017