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Smiling at our Strange Sayings

I've lived in the UK for a number of years now, and one of the things that's amazed me about this tiny Island in the sea is the number of people and accents that are packed onto it. To name but a few you'd easily think of the likes of the Cockney's, Scousers, Geordies, Mancunians, the Cornish, the Welsh the Irish or the Scots. Yet even within the more commonly known regional accents, there are more local dialects or variances of these, and it can get really confusing to say the least.

June 3, 2012

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

First - the deadline for the Summer Anthology "Choices" is LESS THAN A WEEK away! Also, if you haven't seen Myr's Thursday post on the "EU Cookie Law and You", please take a moment to check it out. I hope your weekend is going well. I seem to have a bit of a head cold so this is going to be a more minimal wrap up - hope you understand. Our Hosted Author Feature story was Double Down by Cia. In the Author Showcase, our Promising Author spotlight was on Dolores Esteban and our Author s

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June 3, 2012

The Sexuality Conundrum

I read a blog recently discussing a gay man's response to sex with a woman. I've read a story on GA about a man who finally finds the strength to accept he's gay after 20 odd years of marriage. I've been asked about being gay by youngsters I know. I've been chatting with a friend on GA about sexuality and what they think it means for them. If there is one thing I've realised in 38 years of my life it's that sexuality is no simple thing. Personally I'd consider myself gay. Ok so this is p

June 2, 2012

Story Review Blast From The Past!

Glorious Saturday! And here at the GA News Blog, we like to look back on Saturday's to previous newsletters or anthologies. Today is a review by Birds of a Feather, of a poem by Nickolas James called The Hand that first appeared in the December 2006 newsletter. We hope you enjoy! The Hand by Nick James Reviewed by Birds of a Feather Poetry Review There is an eminent paradox that most poets at GA have confronted, but few have conquered as triumphantly as Nickolas James. Is there

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June 2, 2012

Wayne's Updates

Keeping Up

Just figured I was a bit behind in my blog. Welcome to the first of June. The weather has been beautiful today. I managed to fill in a hole in the yard, and get it seeded. Supposed to rain for the next couple of days so hoping the seeds take and the lawn comes in instead of the soil just getting washed away. I also completed the beta work I had. I hate to fall behind but this week was crazy with the hours I was working. I also got back the latest chapter on Jonas. Lets just say I had som

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June 2, 2012

Trebs' Blog

Guess I should rename this the Trebs' Health Blog

So... It took me a while to find my blog. Everytime I tried to search, it would just show me the GA New Blog because of all of the entries I've made there. But eventually - YAY - found it again. Ya, blogging. I'm not good at it. I love FaceBook because I can do quick updates or thoughts on things, but kvetching about my health - heh, an actual blog seems better. So - nothing as horrible as my last health problem but - meh... Started a couple of weeks ago. As part of the follow

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June 1, 2012

Factors of Attraction

So what is it about attraction? To be fair I think if we each made an effort to answer this question, it'd be pretty interesting to see the differences for each of us. Lets not just consider the basic principles of attraction ie. looks or personality, but actually drill down to think about the specifics of what it is that we consider to be the things that make us stop and take a closer look. I've often thought about this, as to be honest, if I go onto a website full of an array of men, a

June 1, 2012

jamessavik's Blog

My Bag of Tricks

As a field engineer, I could carry everything in a semi-truck and still show up at a site without something mission critical. This is a list of my standard kit and load out for jobs that have not specified any specific tools. M-51 Engineers Field Kit Box cutter Mini-Maglite Dymo LectraTag Lettering Gun Gerber Multi-Tool Folding Magnifier 8X Jewelers Loop (40X) w/LED light Scissors Needle nosed pliers Wire Cutters Skil laser/LED/area light Phillips/Standard fiber-glass s

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June 1, 2012

Writing World

Prompts Writing Prompts #142 & #143

It's Friday AND it's JUNE!!! Be sure to change your calender (people still use calenders, don't they?!?) and then settle down and try one of our prompts, supplied by the ever inventive Comicfan. Be sure to share what you do with the community in the Writing Prompts forum! Prompt 142 – Creative Cue – First Line “Because … how could you not know this was done to me?” Prompt 143 – Creative Cue – Superhero Don’t they only exist in comics? Who expected to run into a real life superhero? What

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June 1, 2012

Billy Martin's Blog

Take a stand, stop the deaths of American children.

Tuesday, in New York, another young teen felt he couldn't take anymore. For whatever sad reason or reasons, this 12 year old boy hanged himself in the bathroom of an apartment he shared with his mother. For months he had been harassed at school by bullies, for his intelligence, his height, and his deceased father. After enduring incessant taunting for months, Joel Morales transferred to a new school, but the bullying persisted at his new school. Kids chased Morales, threw sticks and pipe

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May 31, 2012

Does It Ever Stop - Lorien Trust

I'm often amazed at how much I don't know. There is always something new and exciting to read, to learn, to experience. I've had a travel bug for a number of years now, and as a matter of principle do not like to do much in the way of planning or preparation. Spontaneity I believe is very much a spice of life, and a good dose of variety without planning or expectation is a healthy way to keep life interesting and fun. In this way, I have enjoyed some really amazing trips, mainly around t

May 31, 2012

Story Review Author Showcase

Gayauthors.org, as with many sites, thrives on its Hosted Authors. They are a valuable part of this board and unlike some sites, we have a formal contract with them, including such things as either exclusivity or preferential posting to GA (the details of which, vary by author). They are authors who are recognized by our site as special, and we here try to make sure that we show our appreciation to them, for the value they bring to the site. We also have a cadre of wonderful Promising Author

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May 30, 2012

Life's Moments

I've never been a massive fan of shopping, especially grocery shopping. Unlike my father who would spend hours reading labels and checking out the special deals, I like to get in and get out. I've never been one for waiting around. Mr Impatient maybe. Well in certain situations, alright I admit, Mr Impatient is a glove that fits rather well. I had reason to visit Tesco's this morning to get some batteries, and while I was wondering around I decided to get me some new rope. Ah huh, rope..

May 29, 2012

Methodwriter85's Blog

Music From The Summer of 1995

Alright. So, it's (unofficially) summer, and I got the idea in my head to highlight a song from a particular summer every Monday and encourage people to share songs/memories from that year. I'm starting with the summer of 1995...this is my choice: Kiss From A Rose by Seal Kiss From A Rose. God, what a classic 90's pop track. Summer '95 was the summer I moved to Delaware from Texas. I was 9 years old. My sisters were 12 and 13, and those lucky bitches got to spend the summer on th

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May 29, 2012

Story Review Feature Story: Double Down

First, for our US members, here is hoping you have an enjoyable Memorial Day. Though my father didn't die in service, he was in the US Military from shortly before World War II until the late 60's (and in three different branches - Army, Navy and Air Force). So thank you - to all who have served and died while in service. On to our feature story - I'm grateful to one of our favorite guest reviewers, Fozzie Bear, for this great review of Hosted Author Cia's Double Down. Enjoy! Double

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May 28, 2012

Musings From Me

Time moves on...

Well, I haven't written any thing like a personal blog in a long time and I'm highly due to. My life has changed so much over the process of the last month or two. At university, i've gone from a C grade student to A's across the board and looking at an average of a B+ for this year, which is amazing My grades has drastically improved and i'm finding myself even speaking in clearer more educated language. This is what university is for. I still am shy though. That crippling self loa

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May 28, 2012

Reasons to be Greatful - Drama

As an avid fan of TV Police drama, I am blessed to live where possibly the very finest range and class of dramatical television drama is produced. Undoubtedly, with series like Taggart, Lewis, Vera, Dalziel & Pascoe, Juliet Bravo, Law & Order UK, Luther, Midsomer Murders, Mersey Beat, Murder City, Rebus, Spooks, Sherlock, Silent Witness, The Commander, Waking the Dead, Wire in the Blood, are just some of the many modern British Police Drama's we enjoy on our screen's at various times

May 27, 2012

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

Hope your weekend has been going well - mine started poorly due to allergies but major recovery today, so that's good. We had some fantastic reviews and other material here in the news blog this week. On Monday, we got a great review of prolific Hosted Author Mark Arbour's Wars End. If you haven't checked out any of his work, this may be the one to try first! Tuesday, I extended the conversation started the previous week, getting some additional input on this news blog. I really apprecia

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May 27, 2012

Story Review Blast From The Past!

So, it's Saturday once again and that means it's time to look at something from the earlier years of GA!!!! Today we are bringing you a review written by MJ85 on one of the anthology works from 2007!!! Broad Ripple Blues was written by Altimexis for the 2007 Anthology: The Rainy Day. Enjoy this look into the past! Broad Ripple Blues by Altimexis Reviewer: MJ85 Status: 2007 Anthology Word Count: 7,874 This is one of the many stories I checked out in my first few months o

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May 26, 2012

Reasons to be Greatful - Summer

Thank God for Vitamin D. I love the hot summer days, when you can walk down the road and everyone is looking rosy cheeked and awfully sexy as they take off their shirts and walk bare chested towards you. It's an excuse to perv long and hard at the glorious examples of humanity around us. Ahem Sorry, just being honest. LOL. Don't tell me you don't window shop during the summer, when its all out there on display. Of course we do, it'd be almost wrong not too! But seriously tho

May 26, 2012

Joe's Blog

The Advice We Give/Get

I find it frustrating that every time I talk to people, they all give me the same, yet different advice. Let's look at love and relationships. Hypothetical situation: You're in love with someone, but they're in love with someone else. If you ask someone for advice, you'll get one of two things: 1) Fight for what you believe in. If you love this person, let them know it. Show them that you care for them. Profess your love for them and maybe they'll feel the same way. Even if they don't,

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May 26, 2012

Big Boys Don't Cry

I guess I grew up in a time and place where the stereo typical trend was to bring up a tough, strong and independent lad, one that easily stood on his own two feet. I can neither say this is a right or a wrong method of bringing up a child, I am no expert on raising kids, but I can say that in my own circumstances it taught me to bottle a lot up, taught me to keep a lid on my emotions , how to hide my thoughts and feelings and I'm pretty sure now looking back that this is not a very healthy