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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Oct. 3 - Oct. 10)

Well Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian friends Although I'm sure many people are wondering what Thanksgiving, Halloween and Christmas will look like this year, I'm sure we will all return to what is most important to us and celebrate that! You tell me what that is to you.   So I do really want to take a moment out on this weeks wrap up to give a shout out to Carlos and all he does for the Ask An Author 2.0. He has a new one every month for Renee or me to share with everyone here. The
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Oct. 27 - Nov. 2)

Every week we have different blogs featured here on the GA News Blog. For the past month and a half, Thursdays have been used to feature a past Anthology or Contest with new stories from that feature spread out over a month. This blog is done by the omnipotent one, the big kahuna, the big cheese, the master of all, the seerer of all things GA, aka @Myr Well I didn't happened to notice this past Thursday that Myr's anthology blog wasn't featured on Thursday 😮 and not until Thursday night.T
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Weekly Wrap Up (Oct. 25 - Oct. 31)

Well happy Candy Hangover Day!!! If you partook in Halloween last night that is. I guess all day yesterday I wore a mask a lot of day, but not a scary one   Talking with some friends, they said they bought the same amount of Halloween Candy this year, knowing full well that they would probably have less than 10 percent of the usual trick or treaters. The reason? They felt they could eat all the candy they wanted and not feel guilty and not worry about running out before the end of the
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Weekly Wrap Up (Oct. 24 - Oct. 30)

Boo Did I scare you  ? If not, send me a PM and I'll send you a picture of me getting out of bed first thing in the morning. I will also include a number to call for free counselling . So I would be remiss if I did not mention that if you are reading this Saturday night or Sunday, you still have time to get an Anthology in. Just click on the bright orange banner or links on the Forums page for more information   Now before we get this wrap up done as some of us prepare to get
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Weekly Wrap UP (Oct. 23 - Oct. 29)

Sooooo, that should kick off the mood of this weekend  Not really sure what is more scary, the song or the facial expressions of Bobby Pickett!! I had a certain European food and chocolate company send me a whole bunch of Halloween candy mini bars due to my current job! I have boxes and boxes of mini chocolate bars, not the best for a lifelong diabetic  I know that Krista is expecting some but I think the UPS fee to send them to Kentucky might be a bit excessive. So what should I do with th
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Weekly Wrap Up (Oct. 22 - Oct. 28)

Just a reminder to all, you have less than 2 months to get your favourite GA staff member their Christmas present.  Maybe I shouldn't say that, I will be like Harry Potter on Christmas morning receiving presents from his Aunt and Uncle and lovely cousin Dudley! One year a 50 pence coin which is 60 cents USD, a toothpick and finally a single tissue . Believe it or not, that is my first HP reference in my life   Now if you couldn't wait for Christmas, Val had an early present for you again th
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Weekly Wrap Up (Oct. 21 - Oct. 27)

If you go down in the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise If you go down in the woods today, you'd better go in disguise Teddy Bears Picnic - Henry Hall   Don't know why, but I always equated this song with Halloween and scary. But then again, I can only remember those two lines  Well enough of my childhood musings and give you all fair warning, I am tuckered out from Halloween....already . Maybe I won't mention it again in my next weekly wrap up!    Now lets ge
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Weekly Wrap Up (Oct. 20 - Oct. 26)

Wow, I didn't even realize it was Saturday night going onto Sunday morning in my here parts! But then again, for some reason I didn't realize we were in the last week of October too 😮 Halloween on Thursday, and then November on Friday, we are well on our way to wrapping up 2019 and into the 2020's Before I get looking too far into the future, the meaning of the wrap up to do a visit of the past, so let's look what happened here the past week on the GA News Blog. Monday, Cia brought us
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Weekly Wrap Up (Oct. 2 - Oct. 8)

Well a Happy Thanksgiving to all our Canadian friends. Not sure if you all have plans to be with someone(s) for the day or for dinner, but I really hope you all do . I'll be heading out to friends place this year to join his entire family to enjoy a turkey and so much more   I was thinking about Halloween, since it is my job in real life , is like less that 3 weeks away . So have you put any thoughts into what you are going to dress up as? That is if you dress up. Why not have some fun this
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Weekly Wrap Up (Oct. 18 - Oct. 24)

Boo!!! So did I skare you ? It is less than a week now to Halloween. Does it seem due to Covid there just isn't the real excitement that most years have 😢  In my city/province trick or treating isn't banned or restricted, but some strong recommendations to keep both yourself and the kiddies safe. I wish I lived in a two story house, I so would have a plastic pipe or tube running from a second floor window and shooting the candy down to the kids that do come out. Heck, I would prob
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Weekly Wrap Up (Oct. 16 - Oct. 22)

They say a picture is worth a thousand words  This is what it looked like in my next of the woods after 3 days of temps in the mid 20's C, (77F) which were records, to dropping down below 0 overnight (32 F) and getting around 15 cm (6 inches) of snow  Just so you know, even though I'm happy to see some much needed moisture and the first snow fall of the year, I blame this 100% on @Krista   She wished this on me for like the past month and a half.  Now rumour has it snow has been spotted bel
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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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Weekly Wrap Up (Oct. 13 - Oct. 19)

Skiddy-mer-rink-a-dink-a-boomp, skiddy-mer-rink-a-doo, Means I love you. Skiddy-mer-rink-a-dink-a-boomp, skiddy-mer-rink-a-doo, Means I'll be true Skiddy-mer-rink-a-dink-a-boomp, skiddy-mer-rink-a-doo, All the time he sings this rhyme Skiddy-mer-rink-a-dink-a-boomp, skiddy-mer-rink-a-doo, Means I love you. Why is it the older I get, the more appealing that nursery rhyme songs appeal to me? Am I regressing? Anyhooooo On Monday @spikey582 had a great review of Cole
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Oct. 11 - Oct. 17)

Goodness gracious, where the H E double hockey sticks did the week go  It just seemed like a couple of days ago I was doing up last weeks wrap up! The fact that we are losing weeks quicker than the Covid pounds a lot of are carrying around , means we are getting closer and closer to Christmas  Looks like I've secured a present from @clochette   So why am in saying this soooo soon? Well Friday we got a good snow fall here and today's high was -5C/23F 🥶. Yes, even in the Great White North, th
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Oct. 10 - Oct. 16)

Welcome to your weekly update brought to you by yours truly!  Big reminder to all our site authors, you only have until October 31st to get your Anthology into the Review Team. If this is new to you, see the anthology info below for more details.   Monday readers got a glimpse into The Thousandth Regiment by AC Benus with a review by Parker Owens on the humanization of war and the power of poetry. Please check it out!    Want to brush up on your Word-smithing? Learn what the
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Weekly Wrap Up (Oct. 1 - Oct. 7)

Happy real Thanksgiving  At least to my Canadian friends.  You know what that means here, another day off for a long weekend or if you work on Monday, probably will be time and a half  Makes me thankful I live in Canada   This long weekend I find myself dog sitting at the dog's house. Not as in the dog house  but at the house the dog's live with their human friends. They wanted to put them in a kennel as they headed out of town for a celebration of life, but shall we say the doggies ar
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Weekly Wrap Up (Oct 9 - Oct 15)

Hey all, sorry that the wrap up is so delayed today. I had a family emergency come up last night and didn't get home until early this morning and went straight to bed. I hope everyone had a great weekend and don't forget that the deadline for the Fall Anthology is fast approaching. Also, if you haven't already done so, I'm asking for some help with the GA blog. If you want to help supply content, please check out the Blog Feature Opportunities. Since I'm already running late with the wrap up, le
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Weekly Wrap Up (Oct 8 - Oct 14)

Well all, I hope you've had a great weekend! Thought I'd take a quick second to tell y'all that I'll see ya in a week (or a little over a week) as this girl is heading out for GRL (GayRomLit) as a Supporting Author this week. I won't be on GA much, if at all, so if you message me I most likely won't answer right away, and it might have to wait until I get back. I hope you all have a wonderful upcoming week and I'll see ya when I get back. Wish me luck (I'll need it!)!!!!  While I'm gone, if you
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Weekly Wrap Up (Oct 7 - Oct 13)

Well we just missed a Friday the 13th by a day  Would have been great to have one in this month. I know that some of our non North American friends don't see the hype over Halloween, but we all here do! A chance to become someone else, to come up with new and better ideas on how to scare someone, or revisit an old one. So if you are not into Halloween, why not join us and let your hair down and take in all the fun that we are having here at GA! Actually, why not comment simply your country, if y
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Weekly Wrap Up (Oct 30 - Nov 5)

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. If you're someplace that practices daylight savings, don't forget to turn your clocks back an hour. Just a reminder that there are open blog opportunities. If you'd like to see something of yours featured in the blog, then go check out the possibilities in the Blog Feature Opportunities thread. On the same note, if you have an idea for a blog feature, send me a PM and let me know. I can't guarantee it will be feasible, but I'm always looking for ide
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Weekly Wrap Up (Oct 29 - Nov 04)

Renee is off, so I will be helping out for the next few Weekly updates. Before I start, if I make any mistakes, blame @Valkyrie . Actually, no, we need to thank Val for stepping in and helping out in a pinch for anything to do with the Anthologies. As per this announcement, please send all anthology proof requests to her. Thanks Cat, er Penguin, er Val   https://www.gayauthors.org/announcement/347-attn-anthology-authors/   So let's jump in to the week's summary and see what y
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Weekly Wrap Up (Oct 28 - Nov 3)

Hi, hi, y'all! For those that missed Wednesday's post, I'm back!!!! Not even a week back, and I already almost forgot a blog post, and then just as I was about done, the server was down. Luckily it came back up and I was able to post! I'm out of practice. After today though, @wildone will continue to do the weekly wrap up for a little while longer while I get settled back into the saddle.   Speaking of the server, the size of some threads are negatively impacting the memory on our dedi
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Weekly Wrap Up (Oct 23 - Oct 29)

I hope everyone had a great week! Just a reminder that the deadline for the fall anthology has passed. If you had your story proofread and have not uploaded yet, it needs to be done by the end of the day today(Sunday) and the links provided in the forum thread as I need to start getting things prepped for the anthology release. If your story has not been uploaded by then, and the link supplied, your story will not be accepted into the anthology. With that being said, lets take a look at what hap
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Weekly Wrap Up (Oct 22 - Oct 28)

There's been a lot going on this week and if you are a site author, please check out the announcement posted at the top of the forums. Let's take a look at what happened in the site blogs this week.     Contests 2017 Halloween Short Story Contest - Winners Announced October 31st 2018 Summer Novella Anthology - Due April 15th, 2018   Anthology Announcements: ***NOTE: All Deadlines are for submission to the Anthology Proof Team*** 2017 Fall Anth
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Weekly Wrap Up (Oct 2 - Oct 8)

Before we get into the wrap up today, I'd like to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to all the Canadians! Hope you all have a wonderful holiday! A quick reminder that we're approaching the deadline for the fall anthology, and there are a couple authors looking for an editor for their anthology. If you might be able to offer your services, check out their requests in the Writing Support Request forum. Now, let's see what happened this week, shall we?   October C S R Feature: Wolf Like Me By Dayne Mora
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