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The New Book, Part 3

Two days, 5,313 words, and Chapter 3 is over. Ended with new found love and a marriage. Oooh, so mushy-mushy. Total word count thru 3 chapters is 16,110. As I’ve said before, this is going just swimmingly. If I could get some sleep this could go even better. Chapter 4 starts out with Sister Angelina of the chromed rod and wooden ruler. Sounds absolutely peachy! Though, there will be a happy surprise. Originally thought to use Sister Angelica as the evil nun, but I Googled tha

November 5, 2015

The New Book, Part 2

Well, actually, it’s going swimmingly. Yesterday I worked on Chapter 3, section 2, and it went better than expected. It just didn’t seem to want to end. It’s mostly dialogue. It’s a party, a barbecue, steaks. There’s a problem on the commune that needs to be solved and the initial six partiers are trying to come to terms with their new situation. Then four new characters show up, which causes just a bit of consternation for the first six. In the end, there were over 1,800 words. Just whe

November 4, 2015

Interview Ask An Author #33

I can't believe it's already November! The great thing about it being the start of a new month, is it's time for a new Ask An Author feature and this one is a Special Edition! For those who don't know, Ask An Author is when members send their questions for their favorite authors to Dark and they ask the questions. So remember, if you have a question you want to ask, but don't want to do the asking, send it to Dark! Ask an Author #33 Welcome back to another quirky question and answe

Renee Stevens in Anthologies

November 4, 2015

Random Thought's

Why Do I Feel So Bad....

Today I was having a conversation with a co-worker who work in Minneapolis (about 4 hours away). She started talking all dark and about how she didn't want to live anymore and how she was done with our team and the company we work for. I got really scared for her and went to my local HR person and talked with her and shared the text messages that were traded. I landed up talking to her HR counter part in MPLS and provided her the documentation plus some other things my friend had told me.

AquariusGuy

November 3, 2015

The Book And Life

This morning I finished Chapter 2 of the new book. Remarkably, it has an ending slightly similar to Chapter 1, though without the mushy-mushy part. Right now, the plan is to have a number of characters solo in their first chapter; then come together and separate (or stay together) in subsequent chapters. The bot situation on Hercules III is a little different than the previous book, which has a lot to do with how they have an impact on human life. One aspect of the new order is the diffe

November 2, 2015

Fortune and Mens Eyes

The Amazing And Wonderful Famous-Barr

The Amazing and Wonderful Famous-Barr As I begin posting my series of Christmas short stories and novellas set in this department store, I am struck by how paltry and sad the Wikipedia entry is for this amazing company. In an effort to improve that article, I have created this short summary, which I hope to tweak and eventually add to wiki. My information comes from first-hand sources, primarily documents made by the company, such as employee newsletters and handbooks, an

AC Benus

November 2, 2015

CSR Book Club C S R Feature: A Rescued Life By Lilansui

Who else thinks this is a good month to curl up with a story and a hot/cold beverage? I do, I do!! This story has been called beautiful, fabulous, and wonderful, so I thought it could use some feature time. Check out this month's featured story, read it, then be ready to come back and share your thoughts on the discussion day at the end of the month! A Rescued Life by Lilansui Length: 53,313 Description: Stabbed and left for dead, Toshiro Shindo is at the end of the

Cia in CSR- Can't Stop Reading

November 2, 2015

Blog of Cynus the Pan-Ace

Weekly Wrap Up!

So have you woken up today with a candy hangover? Or worse, for those of age, a real hangover from partying too much? Well time to pack away the ghosts, goblins, ghouls, and drama queens (like that will happen ). We had a little different week here at the GA news blog for this most festive weeks of the year. Monday saw our monthly CSR Discussion Day. This month we not only had 1, not 2, but 3 stories, hahahaha (done in my best Count voice). Three stories were up for the month to be read

wildone in Weekly Wrap Up

November 1, 2015

Methodwriter85's Blog

His Casual Acquaintance- A Halloween Story

Awhile back, a fellow GA member told me the story of a party buddy he used to have, and a curiosity surrounding him late one summer that still gives him chills to this day. Here's the story: His Casual Acquaintance When Greg was in his teens, he went to high school in the South. It was the early 1970's, and his hair was long- all the way to the back. Back then, having long hair meant that you smoked pot. At least the old folks thought you did, anyway. It was a sign that you weren't willi

methodwriter85

October 31, 2015

Life is worth an entry

0's And 1's: Cbdt Chapter 3 Lives

https://www.gayauthors.org/story/w-l/0sand1scbdt/4 I hope sincerely that people, who thought I only dabble in writing are now seeing that I am laying groundwork in an expansive story. I want to write a story that does not just sit in one place and tells a story from one perspective. I want my characters to be smart, but ignorant of certain facts at different times. In this chapter Hunter wakes up from a wild night of drinking and partying, he doesn't know where he wakes up and when he fi

W_L

October 31, 2015

Writing World

Prompts Writing Prompts Second Chance #270 & #271

Hi Everyone Turns out that I'm helping out in a pinch with this weeks Prompt Me! blog entry. Our prompt guru Wayne, aka Comicfan, and Renee are shall we say 'indisposed' for now. Since I'm not an expert here, I thought I would copy a Prompt Me! that was originally posted on October 17, 2013 by Comicfan. I thought why not give this another go to share your Spooktacular writing skills with all! Prompt 270 – Creative Tag – First Line “Because, I’m leaving you.” Prompt 271 – Creati

wildone in Prompts

October 30, 2015

TIMID

My First - And Perhaps Last - Blog

How to write a blog? I've no idea, since this is my first try. I've looked at a few blogs written by other GA members, and I don't think I could come up with anything remotely resembling the interesting, funny or cool entries of other people. In any case I don't have much to say, and I certainly don't expect anyone to pay a lot of attention. Except my GA friends who're kind, supportive and wonderful. You know who you are. My main reason for creating a blog and making an entry is to compi

Timothy M. in Member

October 29, 2015

Withdrawing The Anchor

My heart was broken yesterday. Does that sound a tad cliche? Perhaps it is, but not to me, For now my love will never be. But in the silence of the night, I contemplate my common plight, And now, quite plainly, I can see, That in the breaking, I am free. Yesterday, I learned something about a friend of mine. She is in love with someone; a person whom I do not know, but who has been in her life for some time. There was

Cynus

October 29, 2015

The New Novella Or More

I’m still riding the high wave of mania. That’s okay if one can channel the extra energy into some purposeful task. I finished the first draft of Chapter 1 of the new book yesterday morning. I’ll need a week or so to give it a number good reads looking for those errors that hide from your eyes. Having had a number of different keyboarding jobs in the past (word processing and typesetting), it’s not surprising that their are always a number of works that come out rong. Primarily this will be sort

October 28, 2015

Life is worth an entry

Cbdt Characters: Hunter Douglas

Just like DVD commentaries, you guys get to hear me talk about the characters and what went into their development. Hunter was the 2nd Character I created for this story (The first character is going to show up in chapter 3). He's my ideal of what the future of LGBT movement will evolve into; he is a cross between Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Leonardo Da Vinci. Imagine if one day, a gay teenager invents a massively popular App, then he uses his success and keeps inventing until h

W_L

October 27, 2015

Shrink Time And An Introduction To Iterations

I went to the shrink last week. I wanted to discuss the problems I was having with getting and staying asleep. It seems the VA hospital in Seattle came up an instruction booklet for older adults to acquire proper sleep habits. Starting off with going to be at the same time every night then getting up at the same time the following morning. Since my son turns the TV off at 1:30 a.m., that is my scheduled bedtime; 9:30 is the time I’m supposed to get up. The TV is distracting so it delays the

Victor's Wavering Weirdness

October 26, 2015

Conversion Therapies

I just wanted to share this with you all. My mom subscribes for a weekly magazine I generally steal away for a couple of hours it to read about the sex Q/A. You know, the kind of one where couples send questions to a sexologist and he/she answers them. You can just call it a guilty pleasure or a pet peeve or whatever. I find it entertaining to read about the kind of problems straight couples face regarding sex This week I read something that made me think now that's rare ....okay the que

Victor Gutte

October 26, 2015

CSR Book Club C S R Discussion Day: Halloween Short Stories

'Tis the witching week! Perfect timing to talk about the three short stories we featured this month by GA authors, Gee Whillickers, Cynus, and Bill W. Did you make time to read them? They're only about 5k each, so if you haven't, check out the announcement blog post with links to each one. If you did, now's the time to add your comments and reviews! First, of course, I have a great interview with each author to share. Cynus: What’s your favorite Halloween memory or tradition? This me

Cia in CSR- Can't Stop Reading

October 26, 2015

Methodwriter85's Blog

My Halloween Loop 2015

Last night, I went on the Halloween Loop, which is something that Wilmington puts on every year as a way to entertain their residents and the people of the suburbs and making Wilmington a happening night spot, at least for that particular night. Anyway, dressed as a cowboy, I went to many different bars- Chelsea Tavern, Extreme Pizza, Shenaniganz, Firestone Roasting House, Kelly's Logan House, Satsuma Kitchen, Scratch Magoo's, and finally ended up at Rooney's/The Trolley Square Tap Room. It was

methodwriter85

October 25, 2015

Fortune and Mens Eyes

The Last Word

The Last Word sometimes a song says more than a heartbeat, sometimes a glance through a windshield shows the longest goodbyes – but mostly it's the words in our hearts and the view in our mind that says it best those I love yous speak the loudest over time.

AC Benus

October 25, 2015