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The New Book, Part 10

Chapter 10 is in the bag with 6,902 words. Two days, 6,902 words, just a bit too much. I watched an interview quite a while ago of an author who only wrote no more than 1,500 words a day. I’m definitely exceeding that rule, but as I’ve said before, this is a good story with a good set of characters who work well together, sometimes. Chapter 10 is one of those heartwarming stories. This book has a lot of those. Coming up, Chapter 11 will concern a young girl who leaves her boyfriend and goes

November 29, 2015

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

I hope everyone has had a great weekend, and for those who celebrated, I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Before we get into the wrap up, I'd like to remind everyone once again that the Winter Anthology is just around the corner. If you have a story that you plan to submit, the deadline is coming up fast. I hope to see even more stories come in over the next few days. Now, lets see what happened this past week. For our Monday featured story, we had a review from LitLover of JohnAR's st

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November 29, 2015

Cbdt Chapter 7

https://www.gayauthors.org/story/w-l/0sand1scbdt/8 New developments and new characters, I love exploring the world, but the biggest piece of understanding is subtle interactions. Benji is tasked with subtly enabling detection without revealing how much he knows and with a clear target. On a side note, during federal Implementation of Health Information Technology standards at my former employer, a Medical Center, we actually did hire outside consultants to test the database. Here's the k

November 28, 2015

The New Book, Part 9

Chapter 9 is in the can at nearly 6,500 words. As luck would have it, Chapter 8 and Chapter 9 are now connected as Part 1 and 2 of the same story with a set of antagonists that in many ways are worse than the established antagonists on the ship. They are a group that is so evil they will go to any possible extent to eliminate those who they consider defective or a threat to their existence. Yes, I play the hate card, again. If this book goes to twenty chapters it’s on course to come in at ov

November 28, 2015

Circle Of Life: Lion Guard Review (Non-Lgbt Show)

Before I do a write up for CBDT, I want to have some fun and do a review of a kid show that I caught by accident. Caught the tail end of Lion Guard earlier this week, then found it on demand for free on my Digital Cable. For those who do not watch Kid shows for nostalgia (How many of these shows are actually throwbacks to our generation's childhood, Millennials Rule! ) Lion Guard is the new Disney animated spin-off to Lion King movies. Yes, you can enjoy the show without being a kid

November 27, 2015

Musings From Me

Putting It Together...

So hey! I thought it'd be a good idea to write a post here, which i'm going to try to do every month from now on, just so that I feel a bit more motivated to do stuff lol So first, I started a new job in September which I actually forgot to blog about lol I'm an elementary school cover teacher, 3 days a week I cover all the years from Year 1-6, and I spend a morning or afternoon with them when their class teachers are doing their lesson plans and marking etc. Giving teachers 3 hours to p

Johnathan Colourfield

November 25, 2015

Author Promo Author Promo: Carlos Hazday

It's time to start our new blog feature: Author Promos! Authors were allowed to choose up to three of their stories to be promoted in the blog. For each story, they had the same three questions to answer. For our debut blog entry, we're bringing you Carlos Hazday with his stories Melvin Ford, Children of the Dust, and Happy New Year. Enjoy! Carlos Hazday Author 16 stories * 777 reviews * 287,170 total words Melvyn Ford Description: A 1929 Ford Model A Tudor is

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November 25, 2015

The New Book, Part 8

Well, Chapter 8 is now in the folder. It needs a few revisions and proofs, but it’s fairly well established as it is. Unfortunately, it came in at over 7,000 words. But, I can’t see any way to stretch it out to 10,000 so I could split it in two. So, I guess I’ll just have to live with a long chapter. One thing about this chapter, though, there is a storyline that can be established for a future chapter. I could’ve done it now, but it would be better to do it later because of the nature of an

November 24, 2015

Story Review Featured Story: Metashadowlands

It's a new week and it's time to take a look at one of the many stories that are posted for your enjoyment on Gay Authors. Today, Liltlover has provided us with a review of MetaShadowlands. Enjoy. MetaShadowlands by JohnAR Author Reviewer: Litlover Status: Complete Word Count: 102,329 MetaShadowlands is the third book of the MetaWolf series by JohnAR. Most readers will attest to the fact that the Meta series is a series unlike any others you have probably read.

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November 23, 2015

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

I hope everyone has had a great weekend so far, maybe even found some time to write. Just as a reminder, we have two great events coming up within the next month. If you're writing a Christmas story, maybe think about entering it in the 2015 Secret Santa Contest. If you're not writing a holiday story, there's still time to participate in Blackout, the 2015 Winter Anthology. Now, lets recap what happened in the blog this past week! Monday we featured a story I personally love, Confounded by A

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November 22, 2015

Chapter 6 Cbdt

https://www.gayauthors.org/story/w-l/0sand1scbdt/7 Well that was a fun chapter. I know some people will expect explosions and gun battles (Those will happen later), but most data-based investigations are inconclusive until you can find common threads or links. Despite the advances in technology, deductive reasoning as seen on CSI, NCIS, or Criminal Minds based on hard evidence alone is not enough. I am introducing a genre concept for GA writers and readers, Abductive Reasoning. Detective

November 21, 2015

Writing World

Prompts Writing Prompts #462 & #463

Well, it's Friday again and since Comicfan is without a computer right now, and I'm out of prompts, I guess I'm just going to have to wing it. Since Thanksgiving is next week, I decided to do one prompt using it and one not (sorta). Hopefully you enjoy these prompts and if you do, don't forget to share it in the prompt forum. Prompt #462 - Creative Tag - List of Words Use the following words in your prompt: Thanksgiving, turkey, dog, cornucopia, pilgrim Prompt #463 - Creative Tag - Noisy

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November 20, 2015

The New Book, Part 7

Well, must have been feeling real good today. Wrote and finished the first draft of Chapter 7 all in one day, just over 6,000 words. Of course, it had the protagonist from Chapter 1, so it went rather well. He’s a good character that just has a little trouble with life at the present time. Though, he’s young right now and has a long way to adulthood. Can you imagine being 12, while actually being 173 years-old? This guy has 257 years to live until he’ll be 18 and an adult. My only problem with h

November 20, 2015

What Is The State Of Us Racial Relations?

Before the Paris attacks, before our minds and hearts were set ablaze with images of terrorism, the biggest news in the US was 21st Century Racial tensions. I made a thread in the Pit to ask a simple question: I am not doing this to gain attention, not to start an argument or another protest, but I want to know the truth. I am a minority Asian Citizen of the US as well, but I don't understand the racial tension from an African American point of view. There are other things I can talk a

November 20, 2015

Methodwriter85's Blog

The Class Of 1995 #throwbackthursday

I've been going through the 1995 Newark High School yearbook to find pictures that I can post to my museum's Facebook, and I found this wonderful photo from the class of 1995: I get such a kick out of going through the old yearbook photos...seeing how people looked, how they dressed, and getting a feel for the era and the area. Checking out all those baggy mid-90's clothes was pretty funny. (I tried going through an '03 yearbook to see if the clothes started to look funny to me yet, but they do

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November 20, 2015

Writing World

Writing Tip: Grammar Rodeo #7

The hardest part of self-editing is knowing when you're doing something wrong if you don't actually know you're doing something wrong. You might have an inkling and check a reputable source and figure out how to fix your sentence or story, but, other times, you might think you know what you're doing yet still get it wrong. But sometimes we're taught wrong. I think many older authors will recognize these grammar don't rules that are really grammar do rules! Grammar Myths We All Know Wrong

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November 18, 2015

The New Book, Part 6B

Finally finished Chapter 6 today. It’s a long one, over 6,700 words, but I think that was the only way to completely tell the story of a new character who goes from a horrific life to one peace, but full of questions. Sorry about being so vague, but, you know, that’s just the way it goes. The next set of chapters will move up in time allowing each character to come to terms with their existence on Hercules III. The future still looks a bit vague, though. I know where I want to go, but I’m no

November 17, 2015

Looking for sense in the chaos of my thoughts

Review Featured Story: Confounded

It's time to take a look at another story. This week, Timothy M has provided us with a review of Confounded by Andr0gene. This is actually one of my favorite stories by Andr0gene and I've re-read it a few times. I hope that you enjoy it as much as Timothy and I did. Confounded by Andr0gene Promising Author Reviewer: Timothy M. Status: Complete Word Count: 24,632 What happens when a self-confident, possessive but caring man with a huge capacity for lov

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November 16, 2015

First Entry. Yet No Words...

#fluctuatnecmergitur #prayforparis #prayforbeirut #prayforbaghdad #prayfortheworld #paris #parisattacks #blue #white #red #light #theatre le #manège #architecture #pierrehebbelinck #archi #urban #city #ville #town #glass #concrete #steel #window #bluestone #pretty #sky #mons #belgium From Instagram: @remypbourgi ... First entry. Yet no words.

Pierre Ghislain

November 15, 2015

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

We're going to get right into the wrap up this week, starting with a reminder. The winter anthology deadline is coming up quick and we've only had a couple of entries so far. If you want to participate in the anthology, you need to have your stories to the Anthology Proof Team by December 3rd. Hope to see lots more entries come in! Now, let's see what happened in the GA news blog this past week. This week was our Signature Author week and we started it out by featuring CJames with our new Si

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November 15, 2015

ACEd it!

In Need Of An Ear? Lol

Anyone up for an embarassing confession? I need advice on something. Not sure who I can confide in. Friends? Can't tell some of them and the ones I can stop replying lol. Definitely not family lol. PM me if you're curious or have the feeling to laugh at someone lol

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November 14, 2015

The New Book, Part 6A

Chapter 6 is going a bit slower than the first 5 chapters, but I took Wednesday off. Hey, I’m a vet, disabled vet, too; not bragging, just saying. Frankly, I was drunk for most of the 7 years I was in the Air Force. That kind of thing tends to happen when you’re the child of alcoholics; not bragging, just saying. Also, the lack of sleep finally caught up with me. I’ve been averaging 6 hours of sleep and, now, in the last three days have had to take an hour nap in the afternoon (prime writing tim