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    Secret Author Story-Author Reveal & Match Up!

    By Cia

    Woohoo! It's what all of you have been waiting for! That's right, the grand reveal of... just the author's names. That's right, we have another game because where's the fun in just TELLING you who wrote your favorite story? Right now there is a 3 way tie between who used the theme in readers' favorite way, but with just 3 votes each, we can do better! Vote here on your favorite use of the Forbidden Knowledge theme. Now, for your match up fun! I've listed in numerical order, all the a
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advocatus diaboli's Blog

Government shutdown.

Here's some things that the United States government doesn't consider essential: Safety inspections for foods and drugs.* * Operating in emergency status. Details here: http://www.hhs.gov/budget/fy2014/fy2014contingency_staffing_plan-rev2.pdf Public housing. No new social security applications are being accepted. The CDC and flu shots. The Environmental Protection Agency. The Head Start program. For those of you that don't know what that is, it provides education, health &
advocatus diaboli

advocatus diaboli

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Tropical Paradise

Juan Linz is dead and US government is getting worse.

Article   I usually stayed away from politics since the Soapbox got closed but this article, linking the passing of a great political scientist and the present crisis of governance in the US, got me nodding in agreement. So I thought I would share it with you in case you wanted to know what you are up for.
paya

paya

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joann414's Blog

Really? "embarassed"

So. All of you know that I should have been born a blonde. But, as I get older, it is becoming more obvious. My antics are almost unbelievable, but true. "unfortunately"   Hubby is in awe of how I am still me, even at this age. He thought I would grow out of it, and learn from experience. Nope, I'm still me evidently.   "back at the farm" A couple of weeks ago, hubby was over at the lake, filling the fish feeders, cutting the dam, etc. I decided to try to help him with the outside chores, an
joann414

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Gay Authors News

Wacky Wednesday: Ask An Author #9

OCTOBER!!! Not only is it officially pumpkin-spice everything month, we also get the most recent edition of the GayAuthors.org feature Ask An Author. Thank you as always to creator and implementor, Dark, for his work on this feature - one of our most popular. Enjoy!   Ask an Author #9   Welcome back to another quirky question and answer session with your favorite authors!   In AtA #8, we had questions for authors JWolf, K.C., and Mann Ramblings.   In AtA #9, we hear from authors
Trebs

Trebs in Author Interviews

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Ichthyic Insanity

Count Dracula Counts Adjectives

From A Single Man by Chris Ischerwood One adjective hahaha. Two adjectives hahaha. Three hahaha, four, five, six, seven, (Work it Chris!), eight, nine adjectives hahaha. **Cue lightening and thunder** Sesame Street anybody? On a minor thought, the book is ok reading, if you don't mind literary fiction. I prefer the movie version then again the movie version is very different from the book. For one the MC in the movie is a lot nicer than the MC in the book. While the MC in the book does hav
crazyfish

crazyfish

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Life is worth an entry

Final List for Halooween Horror Theme Stories 2013

Alright Final List for the Event!   1. Curse- thebrinkoftime 2. Ghost- Thorn Wilde 3. Mad Scientist- Scotty94 4. Vampire- aditus 5. Slasher- joann414 6. Cemetery- Rustie 7. Zombie- WL 8. Demon- Sasha (The pup ) 9. Werewolves   In case you forgot the description:   Some details:   No Limits on Word counts i.e. no limit to min or max, No limits on format, and no limits on technique.....   Horror fiction began as experimental, unstructured, and range from poetry to epic novels. M
W_L

W_L

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huktaunluv's Blog

Never Settle For A Diagnosis You Know To Be Wrong!

Over the past year, I've experienced episodes of back pain accompanied with bouts of nausea. The first few times I rode them out and didn't seek medial help. The last three times before this week, I sought out medical attention through the ER and with my primary doctor. I had my kidneys checked and knew they were not the cause of my pain.   Then early Saturday morning of last week, I had an attack which left me in tears and went to the ER. I explained all my symptoms and told the doc I didn't
huktaunluv

huktaunluv

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Gay Authors News

Csr Discussion Day: Accidents Happen By Comicfan

This month's book club selection featured Accidents Happen by Comicfan. The story is a bit longer than our usual, but with 5 weeks to read it, I hope that everyone is ready to discuss! The most votes for our feature today was for an interview with Comicfan, so I hope you all enjoy learning a bit more about our resident prompt guru and Hosted author!   First, the hard stuff!   Who do you like best, Jerry or Tom? I’m always rooting for Jerry.   Are you a person who makes their bed in the mor
Cia

Cia in CSR- Can't Stop Reading

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Fishwings' Blog

When you can't study, get rowdy

It relieves you of all the stress, I swear. Finally got a chance to see Zedd this weekend and holy it was the shit. Nothing compares to the feeling of a bass so loud you can feel deep in your chest. Couldn't embed my facebook videos but well, this is good enough.   Look at those lights:   <iframe src=" https://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=10153287025635223" width="724" height="1280" frameborder="0"></iframe>     Seriously, look at those fucking lights:    
Fishwings

Fishwings

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Life is worth an entry

Tired of hearing the same things

Here's my take on the US situation:   Something has to give in the US:   It's political in-fighting every night. Come on, as a society, this type of stuff has to be settled once and for all.   If a government shutdown occurs, then the US defaults, let's see what happens:   "If" the prediction of doom and gloom are over-dramatized by political pundits and news reporters, then we know that not all government operations are necessary, nor is our business relations dependent on a Federal gov
W_L

W_L

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Wry Wrambling of a Rebellious Rimbaud

I just sneezed

I should be here more often but my career ( what a weird thing to come from my mouth ) has me full up the last year. As it is, in a weeks time, I'll be leaving San Francisco to open the second restaurant in what I hope is the start of a national brand.   And though I'm not the owner or investor ( yet ) I am quickly moving up in the new company.   Can you believe they put me in charge of a multi-million dollar restaurant? And a celebrity Chef too boot.   How my life has changed in the last
Jason Rimbaud

Jason Rimbaud

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Methodwriter85's Blog

Modern Pop/World History Nerd-Out, Part 2

The 1970's   1979: "Video Killed The Radio Star" by the Buggles. The Iranian Hostage Crisis begins. Three Mile Island. A "Disco Sucks" rally is held where thousands of disco records are burned.   1978: "Heart of Glass" by Blondie. "Halloween" is a hit movie. "Dallas" premieres.   1977: "Go Your Own Way" by Fleetwood Mac. Elvis dies. Jimmy Carter takes over the presidency. Studio 54 opens in New York City.   1976: "Baby, I Love Your Way" by Peter Frampton. The American Bicentennial. Nadia
methodwriter85

methodwriter85

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Gay Authors News

Weekly Wrap Up!

ANNOUNCEMENT: Sorry for being late to the party, but want to make sure to recognize and congratulate GayAuthors.org's newest Promising Author - Stellar!   REMINDER - This Monday, Sept 30th will be the discussion day for our Can't Stop Reading (CSR) Book Club and this month's book, Accident's Happen by Hosted Author comicfan! Finish reading and prepare your thoughts and join us Monday to give your thoughts...   Our week started strong, K.C. not only reviewed Ice Fairy by Author stephanie l. d
Trebs

Trebs in Weekly Wrap Up

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Methodwriter85's Blog

Modern Pop/World History Nerd-Out, Part 1

So, to kinda "test" my off-the-top-of-my-head knowledge about modern history and pop culture, I thought it'd be fun to work back and see what events, songs, general popular culture I can remember off-hand from every year, and see how far I can go back without any kind of googling. (I won't try to add EVERYTHING, just a few things.) The year that stumps me and I can't recall anything about it, is the end of this nerd-out.   The 2010's   2013: The Navy Yard shooting. "Blurred Lines" by Robin T
methodwriter85

methodwriter85

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Ichthyic Insanity

Hard Characters

The first iteration of Luke's character in Love and Go was something of a sarcastic, couldn't-care-less character mucking about in a garden of hurt. Fun guy really. If you're interested in reading an unedited version of Love and Go with hardass Luke, ask me. It's probably a better rendition but there was issues with motivation and the like. And I thought I was getting too comfortable writing the same sort of characters, and then I read The Defense by Nabokov which portrayed a disturbed chess pl
crazyfish

crazyfish

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The Fantastic Mr. Wilde

How to Swear Without Swearing

Attention! This post does contain some actual swearing. Posted this to Tumblr earlier, where it was well-received. Thought I'd share with the community as well.   There are a lot of comparatively mild curse words that we just accept as being family friendly without much thought as to where they come from. Some are just milder versions of a word we consider unacceptable, such as saying 'crap' instead of 'shit' or 'darn' instead of 'damn'. Others have so completely lost their original me
Thorn Wilde

Thorn Wilde

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huktaunluv's Blog

Not Feeling All That Well...

so I'm off to the hospital again! I went to the ER last Saturday morning, I felt good for a day but have been unbelievably uncomfortable ever since then. I'm hoping I can get a better diagnosis at this hospital than what I got at the last one. I have a nagging feeling something was overlooked and I'll regret not going back to have myself looked over again. I'm just nervous about what can be found but I'd rather have a definitive answer than play a game of "What If?" Well I'm off!
huktaunluv

huktaunluv

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Stuff from Cia

eBook Review: Wallflower by Heidi Belleau

My rating: 4 of 5 stars   I’m a fan of Heidi Belleau. Her writing feels ‘real’. That, to me, is what contemporary fiction is all about. Most people aren’t perfect with ideal lives or living in squalor and on the brink of complete meltdown. Yet those extremes are very well represented in MM fiction. Heidi takes stories about the average man, or woman, and makes them interesting.   Which leads me to Rob and Bobby. Okay, I’m not an online MMORPG fan. I’m not a game fan at all, but I love fantas
Cia

Cia

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Writing World

Writing Prompts #264 & #265

Oh, it is that time of the week again. Yes, I get to see if I can succeed in luring someone to pick up my challenge and write a new prompt tale. Interested? Well, let me show you what I have up my sleeve this week.   Prompt 264 – Creative Tag – Fall It is the beginning of fall and the temperatures are beginning to change, the leaves are changing color, and the moods of people are changing as well. Create a story centered around the idea of change – whether it is physical, mental, or maybe even
comicfan

comicfan in Prompts

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Owls' hoot's

An apology and an update.

Hey yall,   I wanted to take some time to stop in and drop and entry. I want to apologize for my overly erratic posting habits (even for me). Instead of boring yall with the details I've give you the bare bones.   I was living with a relative who (unknowingly to me) was going through the eviction process. So when they were kicked out so was I and I spent two weeks packing, storing and eventually moving with my grandmother. My grandmothers health has taken a bit of a downward turn so I'm sp
NightOwl88

NightOwl88

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Life is worth an entry

An interesting thought: Emotional Paradoxes

I was surfing around the web and came upon an interesting quote that touched my heart:   It's about a guy, who can not love, so must let that person go. Yet, paradoxically, if he could start the entire thing over again, he'd love this person with all his heart.   "if you can't give happiness to the person you love, you should let them go. But if we can start over, I would choose to keep you, use all my strength, and give you happiness."   I like emotional paradoxes; it reveals more about
W_L

W_L

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Ichthyic Insanity

Silly poetry

Here lies Zebedee Yamilla, a particle physicist of intrepid renown. Her cosmic love for Attaboy Jack, reviled collector of nipples and noses, proved her end in this cold, cold ground. Valiantly she sought to prove his innocence, insanity by reason of neutrino-compactified neurons she said. But the many-bodied sneers of the physicist legate derided, and the hours amongst water-cerenkov detectors scintillated no light. Alas her spirit became renormalized in despair. N
crazyfish

crazyfish

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Life is worth an entry

Hard choices in life....everything has a cost

From the little household budget of a thousand dollars a month to a small business with millions a month to a Corporation with billions a month to a nation with hundreds of billions a month, everyone makes hard choices.   An economy is not fair, not equal, and not even efficient, when you actually look deeper at it. Sure you can use plots and algorithms to figure out general Alphas to Delta trends that makes things easy to project and look smooth on the eyes, but human reasoning is not always
W_L

W_L

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