Now that the Secret Author contest is behind us, it's time to focus on our next site event... the annual Anthology! We have two themes this year - Horizons and Unspoken. Which one is speaking to you? Or are they both? There's just about a month to go before the deadline to submit stories to me for the Proof Team to do their magic. I've already had some stories come in, and I'm excited to see what else this anthology brings. So, raise your hands... who's got something in the works for us?
What so many readers & authors have been waiting for! It's time to guess which story begins to which author! I'll provide 2 randomized lists of the story titles and author names below. You get to match them up! Yes, authors can play along. Yes, they MAY tell the truth about which story they wrote... or they may NOT reveal the secret. Muahahahahaha!
Visit the topic to PLAY ALONG!
FYI, I won't be responding much today or tomorrow. Why? Want to reveal tha
Hello GA'ers Or would that be GA'yers I like GA'ers better
So thank the unusual weather here in my neck of the woods. I got woken up by a thunderstorm and have kind of been watching the lighting storm lighting up the bedroom. Whilst doing so, I said to myself, 'Self, did you do the Wrap Up last night before bed?' I knew I had not, so here I am at 3:15 AM wrapping things up
I was out to a smaller town called Golden, BC the past few days. Took two my my nephews to the highest suspe
It was brought to my attention I forgot to feature the poll topic in a blog this week.
Oops!! 🤯
Make sure you vote on your top 3 uses of the "Reveal the Truth" theme in the stories you read. I did have to split the titles across 2 questions, and you have to have at least one story picked in each, so if all 3 of your top choices are in 1 question/answer, please place your votes in a comment and I'll add them in at the end!
often
truth in being gay
and young
end
when you are old
and you
realize
you are old man
in the mirror
one you stay away
from
when you are young
becasue you fear getting
older
Most Read Horror Stories since Horror Deep Dive 6
Top 1 Most Read Horror - Body Snatcher
Revolving around the invasion or replacement of human bodies by extraterrestrial beings, parasites, or other entities, body snatcher horror explores the loss of control over one's own body.
Curing Humanity by Wayne Gray Complete
Top 5 Most Read Horror - Gothic
(aka gothic romanticism; and dark romanticism): fiction mixing themes of horror, romance, and death
Sh
Can you believe all the stories we've had this month, the authors we've had return, and the reading I've asked you to do? C'mon... it's good for you! A favorite series of GA readers more than a decade ago (I sometimes can't believe I've been here that long either) I hope you enjoyed reading Topher's story, Carter's Army. Check out his interview and what he has going on past and present with that and more! Make sure you share your thoughts below once you're done; maybe we can keep encouraging our
At some point, every writer stares into the abyss of their manuscript, googles “how to write good,” and ends up ugly-crying through a screenwriting guru’s YouTube ad. And it is in this fragile, emotionally collapsed state that the truth reveals itself:
Most writing advice is either painfully obvious or spiritually useless. (“Just write!” Okay, Brenda. Thanks.)
So, in the spirit of not helping whatsoever, here are some writing tips I completely made up while avoiding my own stories.
ON it!
Thanks for the encouraging words. I do see often how this community of people come together to support each other ( in my time of lurking). If i don't catch someone this time. I hope to catch someone for the next story. Questions and I are best friends so you'll find me in your PM's eventually. Thanks again!
I would suggest looking for an editor now. Sometimes it can take some time to find one. If you don't have any luck, then do your best to self-edit it and we'll go from there. And don't worry about dropping the ball. There's plenty of helpful people on the site, and if you have any questions, feel free to PM me.
That's after the stories go through the proof team. Authors should send them to me first, as an attached Word document, then after the proof team sends it back it gets posted, but not published.
I have one - I'm experiencing first time jitters and trying not to drop the ball.
I've got about 8k words in, and I think my timing is all wrong to find a editor on time. I feel like if I put in a post now ( with it not finished) its too soon, but I am mindful that with the deadline looming I need to give someone time to do any editing work. Let alone let the post be seen to find said editor, and the act of navigating the site to publish it correctly too.