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Part 2: Love Of A Lifetime Review

It's getting hot in here for Part 2: Title: Love of a Lifetime Setting: Rural/College, Carterville North Carolina and Fictional Adam State University Plot Overview: Andy Hatcher is a 26 year old banker, who just moved into Carterville, North Carolina after a messy divorce. He finds himself falling in love with 17 year old C.Z Johnstone, a 17 year old boy, who delivers his newspaper and has a really hard life. While Andy does not at first know he is gay, CZ had known for a long time,

September 7, 2015

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

Sorry for the lateness of today's wrap up. Since I'm running so late, let's get right to it today. On Monday we had the CSR Discussion day for Becoming Real by AC Benus. AC also joined us on the blog for a live Q & A. There were some great questions asked. If you missed it, go see what readers had to ask and what AC had to say! Wednesday was this month's Ask An Author feature. Dark had questions for Andrew Todd, Sasha Distan, and Headstall. It was a busy day for commenters! Curious a

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September 6, 2015

Part 1: When Love Comes Review

Alright, here it cums! ( ) Title: When Love Comes Setting: Unspecified University setting, later revealed to be fictional Adam State University in later stories Plot Overview: Dr. Gary Griffith is a young college professor, who recently finished years of education and started his teaching career. He has come to grips with his sexuality and is just beginning to understand himself. Matt Stevenson is a College football player, who has fallen in love with Professor Griffith, but is afra

September 6, 2015

How My "special" Reviews Will Work For Jeff Allen's Epic Story

Alright, this is how my 4 part review will work on Jeff Allen's Carterville-Adam State stories. I will use a formal format for these stories, because I believe Jeff deserves something more than my usual blurbs. The reviews will follow the format: Title Setting Plot Overview Character/relationships Theme Story Review: Story Link: As for how I am reviewing and splitting out the reviews, here's my schedule: Part 1: When Love Comes (9/6/2015) Part 2: Love of a Lifetime (9/7

September 6, 2015

DynoReads' Blog

Unfinished Work

When someone dies, there is always some unfinished work left. Usually it's something the deceased started. Today I found something I started for my brother when he first got sick 9 years ago. I was knitting a prayer shawl that should end up like this, only in denim blue heather: The pattern, http://debbiemacomber.com/knitters/alixs-prayer-shawl, was slightly beyond my skill level. I can make it, but can't recover from a dropped stitch without tearing out rows. About 5 years ago I was b

DynoReads

September 5, 2015

Some Things Off My Chest

As I start my long weekend of reading and writing due to the labor day holiday, I've hit upon something I should have done a long time ago, but I feel like I never could do, I want to say "I'm sorry". Confession is good for the soul and after thinking things over, I've got to confess my soul: As an author, I've been at GA for many years without a single great hit or an ugly negative story, as a gay man I have been out for 4 years without having a stable relationship for more than 3 month

September 5, 2015

Writing World

Prompts Writing Prompts #444 & #445

Hope everyone has had a great week so far and is looking forward to the weekend. What better way to start it off than with brand new prompts! If you've been feeling stuck, or maybe just want to do something a little different, maybe one of these prompts will jumpstart a new idea. A couple of things to remember: Prompt responses under 1,000 words must be posted as part of a collection. Prompt 444 – Creative Tag – First Line “Would you, please, go to sleep?” Prompt 445 – Creative Tag – Cof

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September 4, 2015

Official National Languages: My Take

Alright, one political post a week An issue was raised about the use of Spanish in communication versus using English, which is the majority language of the US currently. It's a really provocative question about language and people. I do believe that an official language in some countries are necessary to create a cultural identity. It's a good idea for nations that want to establish some kind of hegemony over customs and standards. For the United States, it's a little more complicated.

September 3, 2015

Billy Martin's Blog

Trials And Tribulations

What? A new chapter?! You have to be kidding me! No way.... Nope, it's true! I have indeed posted a new chapter for T&T. I hope you enjoy!

Enoch

September 3, 2015

Billy Martin's Blog

Kentucky Clerk Jailed By Federal Judge Over Gay Marriage

Sep 3, 1:59 PM EDT Judge jails Kentucky clerk for refusing marriage licenses By ADAM BEAM Associated Press AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) -- A defiant county clerk was sent to jail for contempt Thursday after insisting that her "conscience will not allow" her to follow a federal judge's orders to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. "God's moral law conflicts with my job duties," Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis told U.S. District Judge David Bunning. "You

Enoch

September 3, 2015

Aditus' Road Blog

How A Student Chose A Shakespeare Sonnet.

M. has to memorize and recite a Shakespeare sonnet for school. Most important criterion: No ‘thee’, ‘thou’ and ‘hath’ and shit. My comment: I never found ‘shit’ in a Shakespeare sonnet before, so I googled it. I didn’t find any, thank God. His final decision fell on Sonnet 130. Next step: How do I pronounce this shit? Again with the shit… Anyway, for a German student that’s not an easy task. He needed some help and he found Stephen Fry: http://sonnets.touchpress.com/titles/sh

Aditus

September 3, 2015

jamessavik's Blog

My Dumb Ass Of The Year Award

Given the actual existence of Kanye West, it is difficult for anyone to be a bigger dumb ass but this summer, some one has risen to the challenge. My dumb ass of the year: county clerk of Rowan County, KY Kim Davis. This attractiveness challenged individual has been divorced 4 times. She has taken it upon herself to stand tall for the sanctity of marriage by refusing to give gay couple marriage licenses. Only the most incredibly tone deaf, insensitive idiots would fail to see th

JamesSavik

September 3, 2015

Serial Killers

Well I took a slight break tonight from marathon reading and writing to watch some TV, or more precisely catch up on some TV. I don't know how many of you watched Hannibal, but it really is a provocative TV drama centering around Hannibal Lecter, America's favorite Cannibal. I finished the final season today and had several thoughts about this version of Hannibal and Will Graham. Yes, they are most definitely a messed up gay couple, but in a weird horror movie way, Hannibal makes sense as he

September 3, 2015

Riding Thoughts

Here's To Us

No matter what our kids and the new generation think about us, WE ARE AWESOME !!!! OUR LIFE IS LIVING PROOF !!!! · To Those of Us Born 1950 - 1979 TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 50's, 60's 70's and 80's!! First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright c

Carlos Hazday

September 2, 2015

Interview Ask An Author #31

Wow, it's hard to believe it's already September. This year has gone by so quickly. Don't forget, tomorrow is the last day to get your anthology entries in. We already have a lot of great entries, but there's always room for more! Now, onto regular business. As most members probably know, the first Wednesday of the month is set aside for our Ask An Author feature, provided to us by Dark. For those who don't know what the Ask An Author feature is: If you've always wanted to ask your favorite au

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September 2, 2015

Now I Remember How I Got Into Gay Fiction

I just started re-reading one of my earliest bookmarks from Cryboy.org. As I read Jeff Allen's story "When Love Comes" part of his trilogy of stories, I realized why I started down the path of reading gay fiction and I can even now pinpoint something else, the balance of an erotic story and a gay fiction story. I will do an in-depth review on these three classic gems in a few weeks after I am done with the over 100 chapters, but for now, I just want to share something I rediscovered. Like it

September 2, 2015

Another Retro Review: "wilderness Survival" By Jim Carter, Also My First Negative Review

I am going through a camping fetish stage right now, so bear with me as I dig through my old story bookmarks. I don't know why I feel like digging up the past, but there's just something interesting and reminiscent about reading old stories I used to like. So let's review this story: http://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/highschool/wilderness-survival/ To start off, I thought The Journey by Sunshine boy was dated, but pleasant and capable of being updated if the writer ever returns. This story

September 1, 2015

TetRefine's Blog

New York City Dreamin'

I got a new job. It pays better then the last one I had (so thats a plus), but there are also a lot of drawbacks to it also. First off, its across the river in New Jersey, and there is no train connection near where I'll be working. That means I have to keep the expense of having a car, paying for gas, and the tolls every day to cross the bridge. I also HATE driving. Its even worse because its in heavy traffic both in the morning and afternoon commute. At my old job in the city, I hoped on a sub

TetRefine

August 31, 2015

Fortune and Mens Eyes

Excerpt Four From Becoming Real

Excerpt Four from Becoming Real: Hello, all! The book club this month is featuring my collection of coming out stories, Becoming Real. I will be live to chat today, 7 to 9 PM, but for those of you who may not know what to expect from the work, I think I will post a few sample excepts. These are a personal sampling, and just meant to give you the flavor of the seven short stories through the lens of some of my favorite moments. Please enjoy, and please leave comments if you have any.

AC Benus

August 31, 2015

CSR Book Club C S R Discussion Day: Becoming Real By A C Benus

This month we featured our newest Promising Author, AC Benus, with his coming out story, Becoming Real. He's been kind enough to share a great interview below, so check it out! Then make sure and share your thoughts about his story or leave any questions you might have for him about his other work as well. He's also going to be here "live" to answer questions back and forth on the blog from 7 to 9 PM, Eastern! Single people often have more time to write. Are you single? - First of all, l

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August 31, 2015

Retro Story Review: "the Journey" By Sunshine Boy

I am avid reader, but not always bound by GA's collection of talented writers Today, I am going to review an oldie that I fished out of my bookmarks from years ago. It's a short story that can be read in one day if you feel like it, despite being split into 20 chapters. I never met this author during his time, but I do appreciate a nice reading. http://iomfats.org/storyshelf/hosted/sunshine/ To start off, how much is love worth to you? I don't know about you guys, but $1500.00 sound

August 31, 2015