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Getting ready for the train ride down to DC

Checklist: 1. GA anthology stories downloaded Can't do it, hope there's wi-fi at the hotel 2. Alternative reading for long train ride, The Lost Bank- Check 3. Clothing appropriate for DC in the summer (I am not going nude, it'd make a bigger scene than the protesters in front of the Capitol and White House)- Check, Cargo shorts and shirts 4. Music for the ride- Check, just downloaded the new album by The Maine and The Fray + my other favorite bands 5. An emergency escape pla

June 15, 2012

Andy's Blog

Back Home

Just back from a two day cancer conference in Manchester - woo hoo!! Lots of the usual learning stuff - what we are doing to treat children's cancers, what the future holds, survival statistics, what we are doing better on etc etc etc. More important - 2 nights out painting the town pink Lots of fun in the bars in probably the most well known street in England outside of London. Had a few drinkies too many and committed the age old sacrilege of karaoke Stayed out each nigh

Andy78

June 15, 2012

Wayne's Updates

So when problems strike

Alright I feel like hell and will be posting parts of this in a few spots so people know. I hate going anywhere without being all set. Considering I was the one who set up the DC get together let me simply put this as simply as I can. I won't be there Three things made sure that doesn't happen. First Strike was my car. I had set over a thousand dollars aside for this trip. I figured no way was I going to be caught flat for it. However, my car in the last month alone stripped me of over $1100

comicfan

June 15, 2012

KingdombytheSea's Blog

The Year That Ate My Life

As some of you may have noticed, I’ve been “gone” from GA for a while. I ended my last post of Social Skills, wrote a short story, chickened out about posting it, and disappeared into the mist. It took me about a month to begin working on a new piece. At the time, I was moving from an apartment into a house, and my writing time was severely limited. In addition to that, I’m a very slow writer (or, if you choose to believe, as Carringtonrj so kindly put it, a “thoughtful” one ). I can’t seem

Sara Alva

June 15, 2012

What is natural law? - It's a question beyond politics or economics

You have given me a lot of things to think about in terms of philosophical arguments and concerns over the nature of “Natural Laws”. I am not sure if this is the best answer, but it is a probable answer to a question that is uncertain. What is “natural law”? There are several ways to interpret the concept and I’ve seen several different perspectives trying to frame the idea. First, some people assume natural laws mean absolute rules, based on certain facts of nature, i.e. there is

June 14, 2012

Some music for the nihilist in all of us

I was browsing Billboard to see what was hot in today's music just out of curiosity as I haven't gone on that site in ages and I want to prove my astrological chart wrong that I can enjoy popular things. To be honest, I don't follow many popular bands anymore outside my small circle of pop, punk, and rock groups, but I saw Linkin Park had a #1 rock song, so I thought why not, they're usually good. Oh I love it!

June 14, 2012

Story Review Author Showcase

Ready to check out a new story but not sure what to try? Hopefully these two reviews may help. New reviewer ChingTara reviewed Three Hundred Years by Promising Author WrathOfMagneto and MJ85 has done a great review of What Remains by Author myself_i_must_remake. If you'd like to help us out by reviewing a story here on GayAuthors, just let Renee Stevens or myself know. We love seeing more people reading and reviewing and helping us to highlight the great talent we have here, writing compelling s

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June 13, 2012

The Yettie's Blog

Technology is Amazing

I was finally due an upgrade for my phone which I've probably had too many years to truly consider myself to be trendy. To be honest I am no technophobe, I've just always figured that a phone is to make calls on and maybe send text messages. Ok maybe a lot to send text messages. Actually I am quite grateful for the 'unlimited' number of text messages that my traffic offers me, as there are times when i can get quite carried away with my textual conversations. However, I was really quiet

Yettie One

June 13, 2012

A piece of my astrological chart

So I went to Cafeastrology.com and tried it out. It hit me right now on the mark, sadly. Look at the quotes: I actually do feel that way right now about my life and job. Heck, I'd love to be free being able to live my life as I want to and doing what I "feel". Like right now, if not for obligations, I'm feeling like flying South America and traveling down the amazon or going back to school and learning molecular biology. That was just an attribute according to the chart, my core

June 13, 2012

jamessavik's Blog

On the road again

Let us be lovers; we'll marry our fortunes together I've got some real estate in my bag So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner's pies And we walked off, walked off, walked off to look for America "Kathy," I said, as we boarded the greyhound in Pittsburgh "Michigan seems like a dream to me now Took me four days to from Saginaw They've all gone to look for America All gone to look for America." Laughing on the bus, playing games with faces She said the man in the gabardine suit was a

JamesSavik

June 12, 2012

Writing World

Writing Tip Writing Tip: Publishing, Part 1

We are very appreciative of everyone here at GayAuthors that has stepped up and offered to help in some manner. One of our volunteers, K.C., did some interviews with AnytaSunday and Nephylim recently about publishing. Here is part one of his two part contribution. Publishing Interviews by K.C. You said you were going to do it! You swore you were going to do! Even a few of your friends laughed at you, but you’ve finally did it, you finished that novel that’s been spinni

Trebs in Writing Tips

June 12, 2012

Story Review Featured Story: Almost Home

It's Monday! Hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend, and while I'm sad to see it end, I'm also happy because it gives us another choice to bring you a review on one of Gay Author's wonderful Hosted Authors! Not only is our author today a Hosted Author on the site, he is one of the earlier members of the GA community. He's the author of the chapter story "A Shot of Bourbon" but has shown that he can write not only longer stories, but also short stories as well as poetry. Today we are happy to

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June 11, 2012

Movie Review: "Prometheus" aka Aliens prequel

Somewhere between the mock up spaceship, the android David, and the gut puncher coming out of someone's belly; I just said been there and done that. I really tried to like this movie, it has everything the Alien franchise movies had, a good story, a decent cast more or less, and superb sci-fi themes. Problem is that the movie has been done over and over again for so many decades and I have seen enough incarnations to really stop "believing" as the movie holds as its central tenet. I won'

June 11, 2012

The Yettie's Blog

Reasons to be Greatful - Art

Art in its basic form should be viewed as a celebration of humanity. Be it paints applied to a canvass, or ink on a paper, music from an orchestra, or motion picture on a screen, it is the giving of pleasure from one to another. Art is something we turn to for enjoyment, pleasure and contentment. I don't think we stop enough to consider how much art impacts on our lives, how it creates in us a world of emotions and expressions, how it helps us to communicate and record our history. It impres

Yettie One

June 11, 2012

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

Our Summer anthology deadline has come and passed, so looking forward to soon being able to read some good "Choices". Our week started by Seeking Nirvana - a story by LittleBuddhaTW that was reviewed by Mark 92. Seeking Nirvana is a great story that I first read when David wrote it, but it was sooo good to take another fresh look at this gem. We had a couple of great tips this week. As one of the possible uses for Tip Tuesday will be interviews, what better than a tip on conducting inter

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June 10, 2012

Looking forward and backward

What is human nature? A complex array of interactions, emotions, and systems of belief that conjures up a myriad of potential outcomes. I guess for me I look to the future as much as I look to the past. A great thought of the nature of existence is that time is arbitrary, consequences are not. We can measure time based on human terms of seconds, minutes, hours, days, years, and centuries, but how can we measure consequences. This is just me musing on the nature of existence, we base our

June 9, 2012

Story Review Blast From The Past!

It is always fun looking through old newsletters and GA Anthologies - so many treasures. Like a story from ComeWhatMay, written for the 2008 Anthology "Living in the Shadows". Much thanks to MJ85 for their review of Falling Slowly. Falling Slowly by ComeWhatMay Reviewer: MJ85 Status: Complete 2008 Anthology: Living In the Shadows I stumbled across this story while checking out some of the older anthologies on the site, curious as I was to see what they were (this

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June 9, 2012

Nephylim's Blog

Update, Flashing and Humping

I can't beleive it's been so long since I posted here. Things have just been so crazy. Among other things I've become involved in a Flash Group. Basically this means that every Wednesday I post a 1000 word 'flash fiction' on my blog. At present, this is following two beautiful boys called Rune and Luke. They've gone through the mill but they're getting there Check out the story so far http://nephylim-author.blogspot.co.uk/p/luke-and-rune.html I've published two new books. One is an ol

Nephylim

June 9, 2012

Writing World

Prompts Writing Prompts #144 & #145

Wind down your week with our foray into writing prompts! With our usual profound thanks to ComicFan, we have two great new Writing Prompts to try out - and once you do, share them with the community in the Writing Prompts forum! Prompt 144 – Creative Cue – Beloved We all have someone or something that we love dearly. Tell a narrative in poetry. Who is this person or animal? Is it your ever faithful dog? Your doting parent? Your incredible partner? Bring them to life in a poem so that we can

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June 8, 2012

Why are public Charities not giving 99%?

I saw the posting in the Soapbox and I promised not to get involved in any debates in there, but I have to at least correct some people's understanding on how non-profits work. I hear people say, "You are scamming us and not giving our money to charity." a lot, since I've worked with charities and foundations in the past. I have worked with charities, sat on their boards as an unpaid director, and generally understand why on the accounting side of thing, it's hard to make them functional.

June 8, 2012

Writing World

Writing Tip Writing Tip: How To Find A Beta

So, a couple of weeks ago we talked about what an author should look for in a Beta Reader. I thought that today we could maybe talk about how to FIND a Beta Reader. There are many ways to go about it, but here are just a few! You could always post in your Chapter Note or Chapter End notes that you are currently looking for a beta reader! I wouldn’t personally put everything I want from a Beta Reader in there, but you could always tell your readers that if they are interested in beta reading for

Renee Stevens in Writing Tips

June 7, 2012