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Reminder

I received a letter in the mail today from AARP. On the outside in red, all cap, sans serif, heavy block letters was the word REMINDER. My mind wandered back in its creative nether regions and came up with a scenario where a similar letter could be received by a citizen of some future society. Of course, the return address would not indicate which agency had sent the letter, but inside the letter might read something like this: REMINDER: Your subscription to citizenship in the Kingdom of Cal

March 15, 2016

lomax61's Blog

Beta Readers - Kissing The Dragon

Hello everyone, I've had a couple of novels showcased on Gay Authors but find myself in need some more in depth help with the latest one. So I'm looking for Beta Readers and I decided to open the invitation to anyone who wants to join me in this endeavour. Let me know if you're interest, and I will direct you to the relevant story link. Thanks in advance, Brian (Lomax61)

lomax61

March 15, 2016

Redirection

I was starting to read a Sanitaria Springs story by dabeagle when "I Can Hear Music" by The Beach Boys came on and I got to thinking about what happened today. Other than Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," especially with its opening clarinet glissando, the beautiful tenor of Carl Wilson has to make "I Can Hear Music" my number one favorite oldies song and I have a lot of favorite oldies songs. I completely revised Chapter 1 of 319 Winesap Lane removing all the sex between Geoff and Jerry. I als

March 15, 2016

Signature Feature March Signature Feature: Damphir By Nephylim

This month we're featuring a story I happen to personally enjoy very much: Damphir by Nephylim. There are a lot of twists and turns, and a ton of really interested characters to meet along with the main character, Glory. Length: 61,144 Story Description: A werewolf called Rover, a cat who can fly (among other things) a confused vampire, a spiteful faery and a testy human all confined in the same house and trying to learn to live together. A strange mix and a strange story.

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March 14, 2016

Craftingmom's Blog

Brady's Story Hits Close To Home

Okay, so yesterday I woke up to check my emails, and I get a daily 'news' email from our local news feed. And the headline hit me: Loudoun Teen Overcomes Heartbreaking Obstacles in Life..." A teen here in my county (I'm sure there are so many others that we never hear about, sadly) who has been struggling with his sexuality for years was outed by his parents when they found "incriminating" messages on his computer. And they threw him out in his senior year of HS. It was so sad to read it ha

craftingmom

March 13, 2016

Aditus' Road Blog

Mardi Gras / Carnival 2.0

We had a bad storm in February, which meant our carnival parade has been cancelled. My city is famous for its political floats and we couldn't just not have a parade, which means we had it today. The weather was perfect, so were the floats IMO. For those who speak a little German, although most of the floats are self-explanatory.

Aditus

March 13, 2016

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up (Mar 6 - Mar 12)

Another week has ended and it's time to look back and see what happened in the blogs. Before we get to that though, just a reminder that if you're somewhere that practices Daylight Savings, it's time to spring your clocks forward by an hour. If you forgot, don't feel bad, I completely spaced it until the time on my computer jumped forward an hour! Now, time for the wrap up! March C S R Feature: Short Stories By Renee Stevens - This month's CSR Feature is a collections of short stories by Ren

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March 13, 2016

319 Winesap Lane, Part 2

I had a question about 319 yesterday so I sent dabeagle an email and asked his professional opinion about the kind and amount of sex I was anticipating in the story. I think he gave me an honest and truthful assessment of where I was heading and needless to say I am no longer going to write the story in that direction. If anything, the story was being written in a way that could only be something that would be appropriate on Nifty, which is something I no longer intend to do. So thank you very m

March 13, 2016

Wayne's Updates

If It's Sunny, Why Am I Getting Rained On.

My mother used to joke that if it wasn't for bad luck I'd have none at all. Just want people to know I haven't faded away. I'd had a temporary fix on the computer but before February was over so was the fix. Computer dead beyond repair. It's okay because I had been saving up. First of March, the brakes on my car failed. There is nothing like coming to a red light,hitting your brakes, and not even slowing down. I've found out that when your brakes fail you don't coast to a stop. You just

comicfan

March 13, 2016

Aditus' Road Blog

Aditus Caesura - Delays

There's no talking around this: I'm stuck. The first chapter and prologue is written, but I'm not happy. Beside some minor things I'm struggling with perspectives. I'm experimenting with authorial (omniscient) narrator perspective, but I'm afraid I end up head-hopping a lot. The other option is I change the perspective mid-story, not ideal either. Then my summer antho story is nudging me. In my head it's almost written and I itch to actually start the piece. There's some beta-reading too. I

Aditus

March 12, 2016

Methodwriter85's Blog

His Casual Acquaintance (Revised)

I wrote this story awhile back, but decided to revise it and clean it up a little. Tell me what you guys think! **** I have this friend, Greg. One day, he talked to me about a curious encounter with someone that still gives him the creeps. When Greg was a young boy in his teens, he went to high school in the South. Greg had this friend Barry. Barry was this really hot guy, so much so that, "The sidewalks just sizzled under his feet." As a popular guy, Barry would throw parties that all kinds

methodwriter85

March 12, 2016

Fortune and Mens Eyes

Gay Song Three – Love Betrayed

Gay Song Three – love betrayed Note: for this series of postings, the term 'Gay Song' refers to music written to/for/by or about Gay men or women. A second category also deals with music identified as Gay because it speaks to the heart of the Gay Experience. So to make this easier, I will call them Gay in the 1st Degree (to/for/by/about), or Gay in the 2nd Degree (like Judy Garland singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow). --- Will Young won the first ever Pop Idol television show in

AC Benus

March 10, 2016

319 Winesap Lane

My writing therapy program has come to fruition. I finished chapter 1 of 319 Winesap Lane and it came in at over 5,600 words. I suspected all I needed to do was get a good storyline and a couple characters to get this thing going, but it’s been much easier than I thought. Though I have to admit the it didn’t go without a few hesitations. It definitely didn’t help I was trying to get caught up with 18 Weeks of Twoey by skinnydragon. It’s an interesting story and I recommend it to anyone who is in

March 10, 2016

2016 Spring Anthology - Crossing The Line * Now Live *

I hope everyone is ready for some new reading!!! To help you get over those hump day blues, we have 9 brand new stories for your enjoyment. The theme for the anthology was Crossing the Line and there are some great takes on the theme. Hopefully you enjoy the stories and don't forget to leave the authors a like, and a review to let them know what you think. A Bad Day to be WET Myr “Calculations are complete,” Aegis reported. “And how did we do with that last one?” Bi

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March 9, 2016

My Life - My Views

Happy Birth Day Fairy Tail

Hey Fairy Tail, I don't know you are gonna love this surprise or not. But I had written a poem for you. And now it is presented here for you. I just hope you Love it... You came to me, Love, as total stranger; brought the joy, brought the zeal along with you. Never stopped kissing me, nor to bliss me. Oh! God's delightful angel, clasp my soul. And have another small surprise too. A simple one. http://www.gayauthors.org/forums/gallery/image/12924-7496221bfdf3c5ae51fa9e1133

Emi GS

March 8, 2016

CSR Book Club March C S R Feature: Short Stories By Renee Stevens

Who's enjoying March? Temperatures are warming for the northern hemisphere and cooling for the southern, with a lot of variations depending on where you live. Some people still have heat waves, some still have snow, but change is coming to everyone. This month we're changing it up again by not having just one story featured, but three! Friends First Length: 5,712 Description: Keith thought things were going great, unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) for him, things aren't always as

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March 7, 2016

Filet Mignon And Girl Scout Cookies

'Tis the season, Girl Scout cookies are out and it's time for some serious money exchanging and pigging out on Thin Mints, which have to be the most cost effective cookie in the collection. My son likes Samoas, which are good because chocolate goes well with coconut, but not they're not as good as Thin Mints in my opinion. I'm a chocolate and mint kind of guy. Chocolate mint ice cream, creme de menthe over chocolate ice cream, grasshopper cocktail, grasshopper pie, York Peppermint Patties, Andes

March 7, 2016

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up (Feb 28 - Mar 5)

I hope everyone had a great week and a wonderful start to the weekend. Did anyone do anything special to celebrate Leap Year? Do you have Leap Year traditions? Feel free to share in the comments if you'd like. There were a lot of great things happening in the blog this past week, and a lot of great featured content. Lets see what we had! C S R Discussion Day: The Holly And The Ivy By Aditus - There was a great discussion day on Monday for the February CSR story, The Holly and The Ivy by Adit

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March 6, 2016

Writing World

Prompts Prompt Me! #482 & #483

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. Hopefully you'll find something in this weeks prompts to spark an idea and get you writing! Prompt 482 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following words in a story – a tree limb, a garbage bag, a lemon, a chicken, and bees.

Renee Stevens in Prompts

March 4, 2016

Methodwriter85's Blog

"i Had A Dream I Kidnapped You And Kept You Forever" In Another Medium

Awhile back, I wrote a story about a scary occurrence that happened to my friend Jack. You can read about that here. Anyway, the story has been read by Unit 522, a YouTuber who specializes in reading creepy stories. He did it in a collaboration with HauntingStories. Check it out here: (the story starts at the 5:24 mark) I think he did a great job with it. Such a crazy, creepy tale.

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March 4, 2016