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joann414's Blog

Life's Recent Happenings

As some of you know I live off the beaten path meaning out in the country with no close neighbors. My husband has to travel infrequently and he has been out of town for the last couple of nights. It was actually the first time that I stayed two nights in the country alone without a volunteer to come and stay.   We have been seeing coyotes on the dam of the lake which is down the hill, cross a bottom, up the hill, behind our house, Once you walk up the hill, your are probably ten steps from b
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Writing World

Writing Tip: Story Needs Direction

We have had so many wonderful contributors to the GA News Blog. One such contributor is Libby Drew who has sent us countless articles centered around ways to improve your writing. She has had a ton of very helpful tips and today is no different. Story Needs Direction   Wait a minute, lady. My story has a quest. How much more direction could I possibly have?   Direction is not always movement. Movement does not ensure direction. Direction implies there is a question that needs to be
Renee Stevens

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Methodwriter85's Blog

March 20th, 2003

On March 20th, 2003, the United States began their combat operations in Iraq, as part of Bush Junior's "Operation Iraqi Freedom." Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War. I would like to take a moment and dedicate this song to all the people who were personally effected by this war.     I still remember the start of the Iraq War like it was yesterday. I was in 10th grade. Sometime before, I took part in a student walk-out that protested the upcoming war. At 9:11 a.m., during
methodwriter85

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Renee's News

Life and It's Curve Balls Part 4

Since I have posted in my blog about what's been going on with my brother, I figured with the news I received today that it might just be time to make yet another post. (For those of you who are reading this for the first time, my brother was diagnosed in December with Stage 4 Leukemia)   My brother has just finished going through his third round of Chemo, he's expected to be at the halfway point as they only figured they would need six rounds of the Chemo. They did some new tests on him to
Renee Stevens

Renee Stevens

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Renee's News

If it's not one thing...

So, I'm feeling a bit whiny at the moment, so please forgive me. On the heels of the good news regarding my brother and of being asked to be my best friends matron of honor I got bad news from my eye doctor.... Well, it wasn't good news at least.   Went to the eye doctor today for my regular check up. I needed new glasses anyways as I'm tired of fixing my current ones with gorilla glue. Figured it would go like normal, that he'd tell me that my prescription changed a little bit, but not a w
Renee Stevens

Renee Stevens

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Renee's News

Family & A Heartfelt Thank You

You know, I've been doing a lot of thinking today. Since my brother's diagnosis back in December, I've really had to redefine what my definition of family is. I'm not so much talking about brothers, sisters, parents, and really not even grandparents. Now, all of those other extended "family" are where my thoughts have turned to. All those cousins, aunts, uncles and the extended family with few exceptions.   What many of you know, and some of you may not know, I lost my second oldest broth
Renee Stevens

Renee Stevens

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Ieshwar's Blog

Response to Anthology Challenge

In his blog entry, FishWings has come up with the Anthology Challenge. Since he asked so sweetly, I couldn’t refuse.     My Picks (in particular order): KC Grim SidLove W_L Comicfan FishWings     1. As The Music Plays by KC Grim "Jade lives and breathes music, it’s her entire universe. What will she do when she finds the girl of her dreams, but can’t share the most important thing in her life with one person she loves the most?"   My Thoughts:       2. Holding on To Hope
Ieshwar

Ieshwar

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Gay Authors News

Featured Story: Nothing More Awesome Than This

Last week, I asked for some help with reviews. The response was astounding and many great reviews were offered up. One of which was a review that Ieshwar did for the story "Nothing More Awesome Than This" by xTony. This review certainly piqued my interest and I now have this story on my list of to reads. Enjoy! Nothing More Awesome Than This By xTony Reviewer: Ieshwar Status: In Process Current Word Count: 33,789       There are some stories that the moment you read the first
Random Thought's

Real Estate Drama

So... I had no clue that after not being able to buy a house the drama would get worse.   First let me outline a few things. The purchase would have been a dual agency, meaning both the listing and my agent are in the same office. The day I did the contract the listing agent showed up in sweats and smelled like a bar. She said she was at a soccer game and it must have been some game. Any how... after all was said and done she took almost a month to get a response from the seller on my contract
AquariusGuy

AquariusGuy

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Fishwings' Blog

Take the Anthology Challenge - 5 Story Recommendations

Hello readers, authors, unregistered users and the like,     As you all know, the "A Night to Remember" Anthology has been out for two days. A bubbling, frenetic, galvanizing sort of energy has permeated the cyber-atmosphere of GA as readers and authors alike begin reading and reviewing the twenty entries dedicated to this inspiring theme (recommended by comicfan, I believe).   CLICK HERE to access Anthology               So What's the Anthology Challenge?     Pick
Fishwings

Fishwings

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Gay Authors News

Weekly Wrap Up!

What a great week it was, especially with the release of the 2013 GA Spring Anthology: A Night to Remember. So many wonderful new stories to read and if you haven't already checked them out, I would suggest you do so and leave the authors a review to let them know what you thought!   A Reminder: The chosen story for the CSR book club is State of Mind by Libby Drew. The discussion will take place on the 25th of this month, so make sure you've read it before then so that you can join in with you
Renee Stevens

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Life is worth an entry

For readers of "In the Cold"

Yes, it was real event. Yes, I am like that in real life.   I wanted to write reality and just show you guys a piece of my life and piece of who I am with a recent experience. As some of you know, my tenant is an ex-Catholic priest, who had been convicted of child abuse during the early 2000's. I discovered that fact more than a year ago and you can even find that detail in my old postings, if you find that too incredible to believe. He is a registered sex offender of the highest grade, but to
W_L

W_L

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Stuff from Cia

Weekly eBook Review: Crossing Borders by ZA Maxfield

Yes, *gasps* I read off GA. Honestly, most of my time here is taken up with staff duties-which sort of stinks for my love of reading-but one of the things eBooks can do is give us an idea of what to aspire toward. Most of the authors I know online won't be traditionally published but the advent of eReaders and the exploding eBook market can be an invaluable tool to spread your stories, and make a bit of cash.   I love to read, but I do the mod queue here on GA, so I get a lot of serial works I a
Cia

Cia

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Gay Authors News

Special Thursday Feature: Spring Anthology - A Night To Remember Now Live!

NOW LIVE!!!       The 2013 GA Spring Anthology: A Night to Remember is now live! Twenty new stories by some of your favorite authors. Hope you enjoy! Don't forget to leave the authors a review to let them know what you thought of their hard work. It's really the only payment these authors get for their contribution to the Anthology.       A Friend For The Doc Michael9344       As The Music Plays... K.C.       At the End
Renee Stevens

Renee Stevens in Anthologies

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Writing World

Writing Tip: The Indefinite Article

The Indefinite Article       By       andy021278       A daft question: Do I use “A” or “An”?   Well it does seem like a daft question doesn’t it, but it’s amazing how many people still struggle with this; especially when confronted by the more obscure grammatical areas such as acronyms and abbreviations?   I’ve seen wrong uses in stories posted on line, in published works in print, in newspaper articles and even in professional publications.   The bas
Renee Stevens

Renee Stevens in Writing Tips

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Fishwings' Blog

Anthology Promotional Poster

Hello authors, readers, unregistered users and the like,     I am well aware that "A Night to Remember" has not yet been released but I thought I might as well share this promotional poster I whipped up on Photoshop on a caffeinated spree just a few hours ago:     Now you have a graphic that can be attributed to the Anthology! I encourage you all to copy the url of this image/save it and share this poster on your Facebook or website or whatever you use so not only the anthology gets
Fishwings

Fishwings

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asamvav111's Rainbow Couch

Désespéré et terrifié

It is often very difficult to put into words what you feel. I am better at this with poetry. But, simple hard truths are never really my style. I like them the way I like hungry lions, caged and at a distance, preferably with a loaded gun in my hand. Yet, sometimes it becomes emphatic to tell the truth. And then it becomes hard.   For years I have worn many masks; Masks of happiness, of humour, of grandiosity, of known lies and unknown truths. But, beneath all that garbage, lies a scared boy a
asamvav111

asamvav111

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Gay Authors News

Featured Story: Centaur

First off, I want to say thank you to everyone who responded to my plea for help! I appreciate the instant offers of assistance more than I can say! I received quite a few responses which will ensure that we will have reviews for a few of the upcoming Monday blogs. If you want to write a review for a story you have read, please PM me. Now, without further ado, let's look to our featured story!   Joann414 provides us with a review of the story Centaur, written by Carringtonrj. It's a short piec
The Yettie's Blog

Rain, Wind, Snow and other Things.

So spring officially starts on the 1st March ey?   Someone needs to tell the weather gods this me finks! I had an early morning trip to make today, and woke up to a proper blanket of snow on the ground. Ok only half an inch thick, but thing is, that is enough in this country these days to make life really interesting.   So we hope in the car and make our way down to the Mental Health Facility where mom's specialist is. It's her check up today. Rush hour traffic at 9 am in the morning. It i
Yettie One

Yettie One

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The Yettie's Blog

Happy Mother's Day

So it is Mother's Day here in the UK today.   Ya know, every year we go through the motions, and say our thanks, but it takes time to understand what someone really is to us, and over time, we learn what it took to bring us up to who we are today.   I am so damn lucky that I was really close to my folks. Not everyone got to enjoy the experience I have had, and that is a sad state of affairs. We are all different and have been through our different circumstances, it are these that make us who
Yettie One

Yettie One

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Trebs' Blog

Greetings from the inmate

So, for those not on Facebook, back on Feb 22 I gave an update on my health status with: Here's today's update: Just wanted to give a quick update on what's going on for me. Just finished the first of the two weeks of prep for the bone marrow transplant. My sister's cells were collected back on Feb 21 and are frozen and waiting and I'll get them this coming Friday, March 15.   This past week was daily radiation treatment in the morning - what's called TLI or "Total Lymphoid Irradiation" - w
Trebs

Trebs

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Gay Authors News

Weekly Wrap Up!

The submission deadline for the Spring Anthology: A Night to Remember has passed. Thank you to everyone who has submitted a story and keep watch for news regarding the anthology going live.   A Reminder: All nominations for promotion to Promising and/or Hosted status MUST be done via GA's private messaging system to Cia, Talonrider, or another member of the WST team. No other nominations will be considered.   *** Blog Highjack - if anyone's interested, did a quick update on my medical status
Fishwings' Blog

The Author and the Beta Readers/Editors

Me: "Hello. Thank you so much for taking the time to Beta my story. Here are the chapters to my story. Thanks."   *1 day later*   Me: "Hello, I just made a minor edit for chapter 3, so read this one instead."   *2 days later*   Me: "Hello, I just made a major edit for chapters 1, 2, 3, if you haven't started reading my story, here they are. If you have... here they are. I'm so sorry."   *3 days later*   Me: "Hello, I just rewrote chapters 1235678 in all it's entirety and added a prol
Fishwings

Fishwings

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