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    2025 Anthology - Creature Feature - Guidelines

    By Valkyrie

    I'm super excited about this year's theme!  There are so many possibilities.... Do I go with a cute fluffy kitty?  Or maybe a fire-breathing dragon?  Or an army of Norse penguins fighting Canadian otters?   It's a good thing there's a lot of time before the deadline, although with my prowess at procrastinating, I probably won't start till the week it's due   The guidelines for this year's anthology are posted below.  So now that we know the theme and the parameters... start writing!  
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Wolf At The Keyboard

Overly Long Absence

So I've not been about. This is not my fault.   1) our internet got cut off 5 days before we moved 2) we moved house 3) school blocked GA from all school computers 4) despite having moved in on the 2nd May, our internet didn't get connected until TODAY!   Normal people are irrational and grumpy without the web, so can you imagine what my life has been like living with a first-class grade-a bona-fide geek-nerd and programmer without internet? He's been in hell. Oh goody.   The house is b
Sasha Distan

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drak's sekrits

Boston Bomber 2

I was touched that the Boston Bomber told a nun no one should suffer like his victims did. Really. I thought to myself, well, here's two eyeballs, two kidneys, two lungs, a heart and a liver to harvest to repair the victims, who can get bumped up the waiting list for a transplant. No need for pain medication, as resources are limited, and our sick and dying have so much need of pain relievers. Restraints are all that is required for Mr. Bomber, restraints and liberal use of a taser.   Our grea
Drak

Drak

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Gay Authors News

Featured Story: Finding Alex

For those that missed this month's signature background announcement, this month's Signature Background is "Finding Alex" by Krista. If you haven't already downloaded the background, there's still time! As our featured Monday post, we're sharing a review that Suvitar provided us. Suvitar obviously enjoyed the story and hopefully, after reading today's review, you'll decide you want to take a look for yourself. Enjoy! Finding Alex by Krista Signature Author   Review
TetRefine's Blog

Thank A Teacher

So this past week was Teacher Appreciation Week, and I think it is all very important that everybody thank a teacher that really taught you something valuable. The very fact that you can enjoy reading on Gay Authors all stems from an early elementary school teacher showing you all the skills and techniques of being an effective reader. The fact that so many of you can write wonderful, sweeping, complex stories all began with learning how to write basic sentences in preschool, kindergarden, and 1
TetRefine

TetRefine

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Gay Authors News

Weekly Wrap Up!

First off, let me start by saying to all the mother's out there.... HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! I hope you all have a wonderful day. Also, just a reminder that there is less than a month to get your Summer Anthology entries sent to the Anthology Proof Team. The team is standing by, ready to complete your final proof. The theme for the Summer Anthology is Road Trip. I look forward to seeing what everyone comes up with! Now, let's see what happened this week in the GA News Blog.   Our May CSR Book Club
Random Thought's

This Week

This week is one I would not want to re-live ever.   It started on Sunday with one of the worst things that could ever happen. I got the call from my uncle that my sister has passed away. I didn't believe him and called him all sorts of things but he still stood my me. He was here for my parents while I was 1,000 miles away in Iowa. I got on the first flight I could to be home.   I had to help my parents prep and get things ready to lay my sister to rest. She was only 18 months older than me
AquariusGuy

AquariusGuy

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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
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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.
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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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