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    Anthology 101 - Submitting Your Story

    By Valkyrie

    Anthology stories are coming in, which is great!  I'll be working on getting authors paired with proofreaders soon, by the weekend at the latest.  I'll link to the full submission guidelines at the end of this blog, but I wanted to give a Cliff Notes version since we just had the Secret Author Contest and the submission guidelines are different for each event.   Anthology stories need to go through the Anthology Proof Team for a final check before being published.  The Proof Team does not r
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Gay Authors News

Paranormal Deep Dive

Paranormal is the melting pot of several sub-genres that got large enough to form it's own home.  Generally speaking, Paranormal is urban fantasy that limits itself generally to ghosts, vampires, werewolves, shifters, and other creatures.  It should be noted that Paranormal has strongly established tropes in its sub-genres.  The meta-humans in Paranormal are not typically monsters.  You'll find the monster versions of these meta-humans in Horror.  Research of your chosen sub-genre is strongly ad
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Gay Authors News

Weekly Wrap Up (Oct. 15 - Oct. 21)

Start spreading the neeeeeews  There's some new stories in toooooooown Do you want to be a part of it? GA, GA   Okay, now you know the reason I never got an offer to be a song writer. But I could have seen myself writing the Rodeo Song back in the day . Can you imagine back it the day when all bad words actually got bleeped out   No children under the age of 18 permitted to watch this video. If you do, your phone, tablet, computer will blow up   Okay, now to clean
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Life is worth an entry

Of Pride and Power Chapter 7 is live

Chapter 7 Well, the explosive sex scene at the end of the chapter hopefully will  be enjoyable for some folks, who have written to me about the need to explore Eli's innate Dom qualities. 😛 Those books I referenced are actually not bad reference material, slightly dated, but not bad introduction. The story of Siproites is an actual incomplete Greek myth about a boy being turned into a girl. The later storytellers and interpreters during the Roman era considered it a punishment t
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Thriller/Suspense Genre In Depth

Sub-genres of Thriller/suspense are similar to action/adventure in that they tend to focus on events and moving things along.  But where Action/adventure is focused more on fun/mystery, Thriller/Suspense is focused more on fear/horror. There tends to be a mystery element as well. Tends to have deeper engagement with the character to make you care if they survive. The Thriller sub-genres tend to be edge of your seat and villan driven. Suspense is more towards the mystery end of the spectrum.
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Gay Authors News

October Signature Feature: Finding Alex by Krista

October is all about fun and games, sometimes with a bit of a twist... How does that come into play with this story? Read on and find out!  Length: 17,423 Description: Daniel is single and in the closet. Then at his sister's wedding, he meets Alex, the bestman of his new brother-in-law. A reader said: Krista! Why? I bloody loved the build up. I wished we could have had more time with the couple  Great story though  ~ Bachgen Cymraeg   If you want to spread the wor
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Thicker Than Water

Bonding, Backstory and Baggage (Thicker Than Water, Chapter 7)

So, Chapter 7.... As with most of the chapters I write, I'm never certain where the story is going until it's done.  I generally have clues as what each chapter should have in it, but often, turns are taken that I wasn't prepared for, and this chapter wasn't an exception. Up to this point, Bryan hasn't really been interested in Steve as a person.  He hasn't been rude to the man, but given Bryan's issues with father figures and relationship issues, I was prepared for this to be another
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The Bad Dog Chronicles

Childlike Simplicity

Nights like tonight make me miss things Stupid things Things that no one else would miss. The sound of distant traffic through open windows Sitting on old shag carpet Parents sitting on a well worn yellow couch with brown and orange lines Grandpa showing off his and grandmas new recliners at the center of the room Pictures all the way back to their childhoods on all of the old oak furniture. The high pitched whine of a CRT tv finally getting decent signal
Gay Authors News

Weekly Wrap Up (Oct. 8 - Oct. 14)

We are now into our first week of the Leap of Faith Anthology. Curious if you have read 1, 2 or more stories already? Do you have a favourite? Did once touch you in a different way (get you minds out of the gutter)? Did any surprise you? Just in case you didn't know or missed an odd mention  of the anthology , it stared posting this past Thursday with a BANG! and the first set of stories will now have the limelight for 4 more days. Then this upcoming Thursday, another set will be revealed  
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Writing World

Trailblazing

Trailblazing I think, as a creator, we all want to appreciate the honor and prestige that comes with the idea that we were able to tell a story that is truly unique, original, and just completely out of the blue...blowing your audience away in the process. It’s a lofty and ambitious goal to reach for...but it’s a high branch on the tree, believe me. So reach for it, but don’t be discouraged if you create something awesome while still falling a bit short. That begs the question...is it e
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Life is worth an entry

Of Pride and Power Chapter 6 is Live

Chapter 6 This chapter explains a lot in terms of magic within this world but doesn't explain the reason behind it. It also expands upon Eli's abilities even further, he is not merely skilled at language and memory, but he actually has hidden knowledge based on interaction as well. Like Wikipedia, if you do not search for a subject, then you can't easily access that data. However, humans are not supposed to operate like that  (Spoiler Alert or False Herring  ) As for introducing Puck,
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