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Congratulation New Jersey on being the 14th State

I want to congratulate the state on being the 14th to have gay marriage. Gov. Christie stopped his legal challenge, so the way is now clear. Technically, I know he's not a gay rights' supporter or even advocate, but at the very least, he stopped fighting it and let the course of history be the judge. It might cost him the Republican Nomination for President, but he has my praise at least for being a leader with some balls to take on things he doesn't agree with, but his constituents over

October 21, 2013

jamessavik's Blog

CASE: BLACK coming soon

FROM: National Command Authority TO: All Commands RE: CASE BLACK THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN HIT WITH A CATASTROPHIC BIO-TERRORIST ATTACK OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN. CASE BLACK HAS BEEN DECLARED. FOLLOW PROTOCOLS: SILENT WINTER, VIOLET PYRAMID, SIERRA HARVEST. DECRYPT ORDERS AND ACTIVATE CASE BLACK IMMEDIATELY. ALERT STATUS TO DEFCON 2. SNAP COUNT IS IN EFFECT.

JamesSavik

October 21, 2013

Story Review Featured Story: For The Heart Of Phillip

We sent out a call for reviews and you responded! Thank you. Louis (LJH) gave us this wonderful review of Author stephanie l danielson's For the Heart of Phillip - enjoy! And if you want to write a review for the blog, just let Renee Stevens or myself know. For The Heart of Phillip by stephanie l danielson Reviewer: LJH Status: Completed Free PDF Ebook Size: 1.34 MB “Deepening”. Some stories have it, many don’t. It’s not easy to define. It’s certainly easy to identify a story

Trebs in Featured Stories

October 21, 2013

jamessavik's Blog

Carolina style BBQ sauce

You can buy all sorts of BBQ sauce at your local Kroger and lot's of it is pretty good. Most of it is pretty generic but I've yet to find any based on mustard or vinegar outside of a good BBQ house. If you are up for a culinary adventure try this one on for size: Carolina Style BBQ Sauce Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup Yellow Mustard (French's or Heinze) 1/2 cup Brown Sugar 3/4 cup cider vinegar 3/4 cup beer (dark is best) 1 TBS Chili powder 1TEA black pepper 1TEA white pepper 1/2

JamesSavik

October 20, 2013

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

First off - cold's suck! Thanks to those who asked how I'm doing - much better now, just a slight cough lingering. And BIG thanks to Renee Stevens for covering this week in her usual fantastic way. Renee started this week off with a review on Reviewing, as we need YOUR help for continue great content on this blog, both in terms of wonderful articles but also in the reviews that are submitted. Think you're interested in writing a review but not sure how - check out Monday's blog article for all t

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October 19, 2013

Stuff from Cia

eBook Review: Light by Nathan Burgoine

Light by Nathan Burgoine My rating: 4 of 5 stars Light surprised me. I was expecting something a bit more intellectual, technical, I guess you might say. The cover was very 80s-esque, but the plot is very much within the current trend toward superhero fiction. The blurb really plays up the story's overall plot, and the style, so I wasn't disappointed, just a little surprised at the contrast between the cover and actual story. I'm not going to go over the plot. It's covered really well i

Cia

October 19, 2013

Chapter 3 is Live, No politics in this entry :P

http://www.gayauthors.org/forums/story/w-l/Causality/4 Time to get into the case, but first, we must get into a little more complexity. There's a lot of set up here and some interesting things to think about for the next few chapters. You get to learn more about Sid, Alex, and Patrick, plus flow through their psychological issues surrounding the past, present, and future Also, since I was told I should not use too many non-english scripts too much, I had to adjust the story. Spa

October 19, 2013

Writing World

Prompts Writing Prompts #270 & #271

Ah, all the little terrors are knocking on my door. No, not trick or treaters, but people demanding I fork over the new prompts. Halloween is two weeks off yet, but some people really want their prompts. Prompt 270 – Creative Tag – First Line “Because, I’m leaving you.” Prompt 271 – Creative Tag – The Murder You had been invited for a vacation, and happy to get away from your daily life quickly took it. Once you were dropped off at the island, you found you were one of only four people

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October 18, 2013

Tea Party Movement and the Red Guard of the Cultural Revolution

Side Note before my comparison: I have seriously been considering moving to Australia (Graeme, I am looking at Perth, don't worry I won't move next door. ) My sister is over there now and the job opportunities are more lucrative for Accountants, plus I have a certain interest in Australian boys. Still it is only exploratory at the moment Besides, I think I can adjust to Australian Politics far better than Canadian (We won't have Hockey fist fights) _____________________ As a Chin

October 18, 2013

How the US Government in theory works?

There was a funny conversation I had today about future Republican Presidential nominees. Ted Cruz would probably be the worst and long shot in the mix, while New Jersey Governor Christie has a shot. The conversation then went into a tangent on why the Democrats are not putting more pressure on Christie; it is a Blue state, Republicans are ebbing in the polls, and Democrats could win back the NJ Governor's mansion? I contended that the Democratic Party understands something about RealPol

October 16, 2013

Comments, Musings, Ponderings, Thoughts, 'N' Thangs

Story Review Featured Story: Porcupines

Huh?!? Wut? Wacky Wednesday AND Featured Story? YES! Because we used this Monday's blog for a review of reviews (um - ya, I think I said that right) - we didn't want to miss featuring a story this week. Joann414 was gracious enough to lend her reviewing talents to give us a look at Porcupines by Author Cole Matthews. As we mentioned Monday, we always need more reviews as well as good informative articles, such as writing tips or author interviews. If you have an idea you want to work on, contact

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October 16, 2013

Skywriting

As I go to sleep today

My mother called yesterday to relay some comments my aunts had to say about me. I was well-mannered, so helpful, they said. They told my mom that she raised me right. As I have been at times compared to a permanently boiling over teakettle, I find these comments both amusing and a bit worrying. As blunt and basically arrogant as I am, the only kind of person that would think I had good manners must have an interesting view of the world. But, that's my family. I tell people I'm the nice, mellow,

B1ue

October 16, 2013

Decision Day! ...Or Not.

So, remember that Michigan case that I posted a blog for back in March? Judge Milton Friedman, who presided over the case, is set to issue his ruling tomorrow. The hope is that he'll strike Michigan's gay marriage ban down as unconstitutional. Seven of Michigan's 83 counties are so hopeful, in fact, that they're prepared to begin issuing same-sex marriage licenses immediately should the ban be so stricken. EDIT: Judge Friedman stated: "I'm in the middle. I have to decide this a

MJ85

October 16, 2013

Tropical Paradise

My "admiration" for the US politicians is reaching all time highs ;)

Ted Cruz Could Force a Debt Default All by Himself - link to an article whose title says it all, doesn't it?

paya

October 15, 2013

Are we all Zombies?

No, I am not looking at our Green googly eyes friend from the UK I've been thinking about the concept of a zombie and writing the horror story for the Halloween story writing prompt that I started a few weeks ago. I am feeling like my life is on autopilot a lot; I work, I eat, I watch senseless TV series, and I sleep. Sometimes, I write, which opens up my imagination, but on days without writing I feel extremely empty and purposeless. Even with writing, I still feel a bit empty, just no

October 15, 2013

The Triple J Ranch

A Brief Respite

Hey All-- I've just posted Chapter 12 of 'Second Chances'. I'm early this week, because my work schedule is a little bonkers. After this chapter, there is going to be a (hopefully) short break in my postings. I've fallen behind in my writing and the leeway I had with chapters has all but vanished. So, I find myself needing to take some time to sort things out and play catch up. Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully, it will be a short break.

Andrew Todd

October 14, 2013

The Fantastic Mr. Wilde

mental health What's Going On With Me

So, some of you may have noticed that I haven't been very active lately. I checked the forums yesterday and had a huge shock when I noticed that the member status thingies had changed... I haven't been busy. I'm still unemployed. I've barely been writing, and I haven't touched an instrument in like two weeks. I've just been depressed. It's been coming in sort of waves. Then, a couple of weeks ago, I decided to make an appointment with my GP to see if I could get a referra

Thorn Wilde

October 14, 2013

Random Thought's

Family

They say you can't pick your family but I sure wish I could. Between my immediate family and my mom's extended family I would trade the whole bunch of them in. The family dynamic between all of us is dysfunctional and that is putting it nicely. Many many moons ago my great-aunt asked me why we don't address my my aunt's and uncle's by such titles and just use their names. If she were here now she would probably tell me to be respectful but how do you be respectful to people who treat you lik

AquariusGuy

October 13, 2013

Stuff from Cia

eBook Review: After the Fall by L.A. Witt

After the Fall by L.A. Witt After the Fall was an interesting book. I enjoyed the horse facts, though I grew up around western riders, so eastern riding was a refreshing change. The average reader shouldn't have any trouble understanding the lingo used, especially since Nathan ends up teaching Ryan how to ride since he's the one who landed him in a world of pain. L.A. Witt is an accomplished rider, and I was looking forward to this installment in the Tucker Spring's series. Her stories

Cia

October 12, 2013

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

ANNOUNCEMENT: DAH-DAH-DUMMMMM!!! The 2014 GA Quarterly Anthology themes have been set. Thank you to all of the members who helped participate in choosing next year's themes, through theme suggestions and voting. Special thanks to Renee Stevens and the rest of the Anthology team for working so diligently on compiling these suggestions and compiling them down to the final choices. Looking at the five final themes - next year's anthologies should be very interesting to read! October's Can't Sto

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October 12, 2013

Alright Back to Writing: Chapter 2 is now live

https://www.gayauthors.org/story/w-l/Causality Some good things to think about: 1. Yes, Chinese hell is much more Bureaucratic than punishment based. Our mythology is closer to Ancient Greek and Roman than Judeo-Christian. It's a holding point for reincarnation; you wait for your turn to come back in a long line. 2. So, what's up with Sid and his alter-ego? You should be asking a second question, where did I come up with his name? That will give you a big hint as to his character arc