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    Weekly Wrap Up (Sept. 15 - Sept. 21)

    By wildone

    First thing first, I really need anyone who is thinking to enter our yearly Anthology, please see Val's Thursday blog and if you fingers haven't started typing, get them going! As you read this, I am indisposed. Read into that what you want . But I'm up by a lake in the mountains looking at the colours change for fall.  So next week in the northern hemisphere, we flip into fall, autumn, whatever you like to call it. Down under the equator, they are about to hit spring   What is y
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Writing World

Writing Prompts #414 & #415

Who's ready for a new set of prompts to get the wheels turning? Sometimes an author hits a road block that they just can't seem to make their way through. The weekly prompts are a great starting point to jump start some new ideas. Whether you're looking to just do a quick flash piece or maybe you want to do a bit longer story, why not give them a try! A couple of things to remember: Prompt responses under 1,000 words must be posted as part of a collection. Do to the high number of collections co
Renee Stevens

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Gay Authors News

Ask An Author #27

Hope everyone is having a great week so far! Once again, it's the first Wednesday of the month, which means it's time for this month's edition of Ask An Author. A big thank you goes out to Dark for continuing to provide us with this great feature. Remember, Dark can only provide the Ask An Author feature if members keep providing questions. Ask an Author #27   Welcome back to another quirky question and answer session with your favorite authors!   In AtA #26, we had questions for auth
Fortune and Mens Eyes

Rhyming Is Fundamental

. Rhyming is Fundamental   I'm no great Rhymin' Simon, and make lots of 'mistakes' that would cause academics to wag boney fingers at my poetry night and day, but I do know something about the basics. I thought I'd share some information and thoughts on how you can be more comfortable making your own rhymes. I'm not going to present these ideas in a 'right or wrong' method. Rules exist to be broken, but artistry means you know what you are breaking and do it deliberately.
AC Benus

AC Benus

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Caz Pedroso's Blog

Summers Been Released In Hastings

Bank holiday Monday (4th May) saw the Traditional Jack in the Green parade in my hometown of Hastings UK.   Every year Morris dancers from all over gather to perform and walk the streets of Hastings Old Town.   The parade ends on the West Hill, where the Jack is symbolically slain, releasing the spirit of summer for another year.   It is a very busy day for the town, with thousands of outsiders gathering to witness the festivities. Many come on their motorcycles, there can be over 40,000
Caz Pedroso

Caz Pedroso

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jamessavik's Blog

The Plan

When navies build a ship, it's a big expensive deal. Ships are supposed to last decades but many things change over decades. There are engineering improvements and new technologies. Missions expand and more capabilities are required. There is a real danger and, it has happened many times, that multi-million dollar state of the art warships are obsolete before they leave their builders slip.   It's called different things by different services. Refit. Modernization. Overhaul. Sailors wouldn't c
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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Gay Authors News

C S R Feature: Penguin By Valkyrie

This month we are saying goodbye or hello to days at the park and picnics... but it's always the season for love! So this month we're featuring: Penguin by Valkyrie   Length: 14,683 Description: Where will a chance encounter at a park lead?   A reader said: The romantic wins the day in the end. ~ Jaro_423   This month's discussion day will be held on Monday, May 25th, so make sure you read the story and be ready with your thoughts and questions for Valkyrie!!
Gay Authors News

Weekly Wrap Up!

I hope everyone had a great weekend. As we get ready to start a new week, it's time to take a look back at what happened this past week in the GA News Blog. There was a lot of great things going on, and if you haven't already checked out the past week's post, now is the chance for you to get a glimpse and maybe go read up on the posts you missed.   We started the week out with the CSR Discussion on Rumors of War by Cynus. There was a great interview and then Cynus joined us in the blog to answ
Life is worth an entry

Human Nature Is A Vicious Cycle

In modern civilizations, we hold ourselves as "enlightened" and above the old crimes of the past. Yet as recent history would tell us, such claims are haphazard. Lewis Sinclair would say, "Now is the fact that can't be dodged", because we have a tragic issue beyond just a few isolated cases. There is a terminal illness inside the experiment of free democratic societies.   No matter how long we struggle, how true our cause, or how noble our sacrifices; somethings persist in society, an "open so
W_L

W_L

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Craftingmom's Blog

Again, Sometimes The Fix Is Easy...

Okay, so here's my funny for today....   The safety release cable that connects from the engine to the handle on our lawnmower broke at the end of last season. We thought we'd have to buy a new mower but we managed to fix it and get it running again.   So I come home after dropping my daughter at her golf lesson, and there is one strip of lawn cut. My husband said that's all he could do before it just quit.   When I asked if he knew what was wrong, he said, "I'm just a computer guy.
craftingmom

craftingmom

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The Wisdom of M

On A Dead Child By Middleton

ON A DEAD CHILD by Richard Barham Middleton   Man proposes, God in His time disposes, And so I wander'd up to where you lay, A little rose among the little roses, And no more dead than they.   It seemed your childish feet were tired of straying, You did not greet me from your flower-strewn bed, Yet still I knew that you were only playing -- Playing at being dead.   I might have thought that you were really sleeping, So quiet lay your eyelids to the sky, So still your hair, b
MrM

MrM

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Methodwriter85's Blog

Youtube Turns 10

YouTube is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month, and to celebrate, I thought I'd post my favorite 10 videos from YouTube. What are yours?   10. by Jenna Marbles, 2010  I love how Jenna Marbles packs insightful social commentary into a dumb blonde persona. Well-done.   9. " , 2008  Twilight brought much laughter during its run, least of all the many, many spoofs that existed.   8. , 2007  For context: Britney Spears 2007 VMA's   7. "Oakland!", 2009 (A Tourism Guide)  
methodwriter85

methodwriter85

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Writing World

Writing Prompts #412 & #413

So, I'm running a bit behind today, but the prompts are back! Last week there were no prompts due to the release of the poetry anthology. Hopefully one of these two prompts will inspire you to write something. Don't forget to share them, and maybe you'll be the featured prompt response next week. Don't forget, prompt responses under 1,000 words, must be posted as part of a collection.   Prompt 412 – Creative Tag – First Line “What time are we supposed to be there?”   Prompt 413 – Creative Ta
Renee Stevens

Renee Stevens in Prompts

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Writing World

Writing Tip: Grammar Rodeo #3

Who's ready for another Grammar Rodeo? This one focuses on Affect vs Effect and Ellipses vs Em Dashes. A thank you to Cia for taking the time to put these together. I hope you find them as informative as I do. Grammar Rodeo #3 Those Pesky Word Choices   Affect vs. Effect This is one of those small things that isn’t always picked out by a spellcheck, but knowing when to use affect vs. effect can be tricky for some people to remember. I have a simple mnemonic clue for authors when
Renee Stevens

Renee Stevens in Writing Tips

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jamessavik's Blog

Q & A With The Beast

Why did you change your avatar from the silly cat to the blue Beast?   I'm posting Broken here at GA and that ties into that story.   Why did you post Broken? It's been on the shelf for a long time.   I'm stronger now. I plan to finish it. Anyone that has read it up to this point will tell you that there is a lot of ugly stuff in it and you can tell by the last chapter- it's going to get worse fast.   There's a whole lot of drugs in it...   Duh. It was the seventies. The whole country
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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Gay Authors News

Csr Discussion Day: Rumours Of War By Cynus

Today we're featuring an interview with Cynus as for the April CSR featuring his stories in his Rumours of War series. Did you check out one of his stories? What did you think? Enjoy this interview and then share your thoughts on his story and his writing. Cynus will be popping in today to talk, so have at it!   Are you a person who makes their bed in the morning, or do you not see much point? No. Definitely not. I don’t even sleep in a traditional bed. I lived in South Korea for nearly two ye
Cia

Cia in CSR- Can't Stop Reading

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drak's sekrits

About Obama

I live in region where there is little love for Obama.   Some people tune in to a ton of FOX News or something to that effect, and their opinions are shaped by different information than the information I absorb from such sources as "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," MS-NBC, the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, NORML, the BBC, the New York Times, and a liberal education in English literature and upbringing as the son of two college professors.   Today I drank beer with a kind, gentle, g
Drak

Drak

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Gay Authors News

Weekly Wrap Up!

Hoping everyone here has a super week! With the release of the 2015 Poetry Anthology it's time to start looking forward to the 2015 Summer Anthology and the 2015 Fall Anthology. Pop by the Anthology Forum for all the details, the theme for the Summer Anthology is Road Trip!   This week we're going to go a little bit backwards in our look back at the week.   Friday of this week we put aside the Prompts for a week as we had a much awaited Anthology, the 2015 Poetry Anthology! There is f
wildone

wildone in Weekly Wrap Up

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Craftingmom's Blog

Ingress Anyone?

So about a month ago, my husband started playing this google maps game called Ingress. If you don't know what it is, it is basically an overlay of google maps with things called Portals. There are two teams--the Green Enlightened group and the Blue Resistance group, of which you pick your side when you join. Then you 'hack' the portals and attack the portals from the other team to gain points (AP). The part I like about the game is that it gets me out walking to new and interesting places.
craftingmom

craftingmom

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Marc's Blog

Iceland's Facebook War Over Sex Education

Iceland is one of the most progressive countries in the world when it comes to gay rights - but more conservative views are not unknown, and one prominent musician has started a social media storm by attacking a new sex education curriculum. Gylfi Aegisson was once one of Iceland's most well-liked musicians, known for his folk songs about sailors. But he's now attracted the ire of gay rights groups after criticising authorities in one small town who decided instruction about homosexuality would
MarcW

MarcW

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drak's sekrits

My Beliefs On God And Religion

Recently, I was given a questionnaire by a student instructed to interview a homosexual. One of the questions was whether I was religious. I put down that I did not belong to a religion.   Do I believe in God? I have trouble with the semantics. I think we need to determine what is meant by the word before we go any farther. God means different things to different people, just as Lucifer does. Every divinity seems to fluctuate in popularity and reputation just like a soft drink brand. A lot dep
Drak

Drak

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Wolf At The Keyboard

Without A Hitch

I should have known better. Really, I should of, but I didn't. I had faith that everything would be A-OK. We found a house, we put reservation money on it, we could afford it, we got the mortgage, we chose our options, they built my house (and my kitchen) just the way I wanted it.   And then the fuck-up happened.   Here I am, sitting in a land of boxes, with two plates and one saucepan in my stripped out kitchen, and instead of surviving like this for another day, we have to manage for anot
Sasha Distan

Sasha Distan

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Gay Authors News

2015 Poetry Anthology: Remember *now Live*

Sorry all, no prompts for this week! This week we're bringing you the 2015 Poetry Anthology: Remember! So as hopefully not to give too much of each entry away, I've only shared the first four lines. Don't forget, if you like what you read, take just a moment to leave the author a review letting them know how much you appreciate their hard work!       Beyond Dolores Esteban       Time is ticking I've embarked on a journey Inevitably The seconds pass by    
Renee Stevens

Renee Stevens in Anthologies

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