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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Nov. 19 - Nov. 25)

Wow, what a week of thanks. We were able to tie in thanks, on American Thanksgiving for a lot of our site contributors over the last week and it has been great to let them know how much they are appreciated   Whoa............................ Who did you not fit into last week?   With shame and apologies to him as well as all his avid readers, let's get in some thanks to the person that is the reason that Gay Authors exists! Please join me and all the Admin Team as we extend o
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Announcements

Thank You to Our Prompt Team!

Prompts have always been an integral part of GA and something to look forward to every Friday.  Starting with our dear Comicfan and now continuing with the Prompt Team, seeing how authors come up with different takes on the weekly prompts is always exciting.  Prompts have sparked some popular longer works and also some great short stories and character sketches.  I always look forward to seeing what my fellow Prompt Team members come up with every Friday.  So, the Admin Team is continuing our we
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Announcements

Happy Thanksgiving!

It's Thanksgiving Day in the US today, and the Admin Team here at GA would like to continue our week of thanks by thanking YOU for making GA the amazing, welcoming, supportive place it is.  GA Staff work behind the scenes to make sure everything runs as smoothly as possible, and we do it for the love of GA's community at large.  So, to all the readers, authors, poets, Premium subscribers, members, lurkers, commenters, and editors/beta readers, the Admin Team would like to say a heartfelt:
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Genre Deep Dives

Non-Fiction Deep Dive

Nonfiction is prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people. Sub-genres: Autobiography, Biography, Creative Non-Fic, Letter, Reference   Top 10 Most Read - Reference The Great Mirror of Same-Sex Love - Poetry by AC Benus The Great Mirror of Same-Sex Love - Prose by AC Benus Audre Lorde Knows What I Mean – 2021 in review by AC Benus One Hundred and Fifty-Five Sonnets by AC Benus WL's Mainstre
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Announcements

Thank You to Our Moderation Team

Continuing on with our week of thanks, the Admin team wants to call out the amazing volunteers on our Moderation Team!! When most of us think of moderation they think it is all about discipline. We all try really hard to educate first. Then in limited cases, we do have to let some know what they are doing, how it is harming the site, and what we need to do to avoid it in the future. Due to the actions by our Mods, this is about always the only occurrence due to their willingness to help eve
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Thank You to Our Blog Contributor!

On the second day of Thanksgiving, my true love gave to meeeee....   Oh wait. Wrong holiday!     I think @wildone 's Weekly Wrap Up is influencing me Anyway, our week of Thanksgiving continues with extending our appreciation to our fearless, resident Coyote Cub, Aaron!  Aaron stepped up to the plate to bring us two of GA's most popular featured blogs: Ask an Author and Author Guess Who.  His blog posts are always humorous, interesting, and informative, and never fail to draw lots of comments!   
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Anthologies

Thank You to Our Anthology Team!

It's Thanksgiving week in the USA, so we thought a perfect way to kick off the week would be to thank our Anthology Team for their hard work throughout the year!  There is a lot of work that goes into producing the GA anthologies, from the behind-the-scenes technical support from @Myr, banner creation and general support from @Cia and @wildone, and the unsung heroes of the anthology - the Proof Team!   The Proof Team works diligently to ensure anthology stories meet site standards and basic edit
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Nov. 12 - Nov. 18)

Wow, what a busy week   Not only personally but also here at the GA News Blog!  I won't bore you with my week although it was Tony the Tiger, Greeeeeeeeeeat! But shall we start off will US Thanksgiving week in the US of A. I'm sure with everything going on in our world's, day to day, and week to week, there is a few things that if we look at our own lives and leave out the rest, there is a lot to be thankful for. Although I'm not 'merican, I'm personally glad that I have GA to come to
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Memorial

2023/2024 Writing Event Announcement - A Tribute to Carlos Hazday

Long May You Run - A Tribute to Carlos Hazday Our beloved Carlos had a tradition of posting something new for his readers to enjoy on January first.  It was a great way to ring in the new year.  In this vein, we thought it would be fitting to feature a tribute to him on January 1, 2024.  Anyone is welcome to contribute a story, letter, poem, or whatnot on a topic that resonates with them with respect to Carlos, be it bikes, tattoos, Florida, politics, writing, or something else. The ru
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Announcements

Thank You To Our Review Team

Hi Everyone!!! The Admins here at GA are thankful for the groups that help us out throughout the year for the time and effort that they put into make GA the premiere gay stories sites on the internet!  After discussing, GA would like to extend an official public thank you to our Review Team. Month in and month out they take turns reading a story from scratch and doing up a review. This hopefully piques your interest in a story you may not have read or maybe an author you have not read.
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Genre Deep Dives

Literary Fiction Deep Dive

Literary fiction is focused on the exploration of the human condition.  Sub-genres: Contemporary Literary, Historical Literary   Top 10 Most Read - Contemporary Literary Stronger Than Lions by Sean J Halford Thicker Than Water by John Henry Brian: Taking Courage by Robert Hugill Desafinado: Slightly Out of Tune by LJCC As They Say - (Revised) by D.K. Daniels Audre Lorde Knows What I Mean – 2021 in
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Featured Stories

Featured Story: The Case of the Short, Short Prince

Has it been a month already? So we always put out a calling for anyone that wants to volunteer for various groups on site to let us know. This past month we had @W_L answer that call and joined up with our Review Team. So let's check out his first entry!     The Case of the Short, Short Prince by Geron Kees Reviewer: W_L Status: Complete Word Count: 372,908 For a serious person, it offers an escape into a magical world where you can get lost in the adventure plo
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Nov. 5 - Nov. 11)

Hey! Last week we changed the clocks in a lot of places, who changed the days this week?   Up here in Western Canada, yesterday was Remembrance Day were we remember all the veterans and peacekeepers that all served in our forces and some that died doing so. It is actually a holiday I believe in all Commonwealth countries, but others do a bigger ceremony on other holidays. When I say Western Canada, I know we have it as a stat holiday. This means this weekend has me mixed up. We are taking M
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Author Guess Who

Author Guess Who #17

Taking a quick poll here. Who here almost forgot Author Guess Who existed? I didn't, and I've been busy collecting interviews over the past few weeks. For those that forgot what this is or are new to the GA community, this is a little interview game. I have a little list of questions for a mystery author/community member, and using their responses, your job is to figure out who it is! You're given two weeks to put your guesses in before the reveal is posted. Don't be afraid to point fingers or d
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Author Interviews

Ask An Author 3.0 #34

I bet I had y'all fooled. "Oh, no! Where did Ask An Author go? Did it fall off a cliff, possibly dangling off a railroad track like a cheesy action flick?" Well, the answer is no. The explanation is incredibly simple. Blame the antholo— I MEAN I was asked so kindly and sincerely to push this back a week. By the way, did everyone enjoy this year's anthology? Personally, I had a blast. Such great submissions to check out, so if you haven't yet, get goin'!  Anyway, y'all have waited long enoug
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Genre Deep Dives

Historical Deep Dive

Historical genres focus on different time periods in history or the speculation of alternate history.   Sub-genres: Alternate, Ancient Greco-Roman, Ancient Orient, Cold War, Industrial Revolution, Medieval, Non-Contemporary, Western, World Wars   Top 10 Most Read Non-Contemporary Historical Live, Love, Lose by LittleCherryBlossom26 Russia - My Home by Tallguyct Rome by CLJobe The Golden Portifor by Mike Arram Papa Stour by
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CSR- Can't Stop Reading

November CSR Feature: When Opportunity Knocks by kbois

I wanted to feature a story by kbois this month, and while this story is on the longer side for a CSR pick, I liked that it aligned with that oft-featured holiday month issue... unexpected family dynamics and all the bumps that indicates! So, please enjoy this month's story by @kbois and come back at the end of the month ready to share your thoughts! When Opportunity Knocks by kbois Length: 96,473 Description:  Jett Anderson and Kyle Benton are starting to build a relationshi
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Update (Oct. 29 - Nov. 4)

I guess it is the time of year for our bi-annual bitch fest 😏You know what I’m talking about. We are falling back on Saturday night, Sunday morning. So if you forgot to set the clocks back, you can continue reading this wrap up, or go back to bed 😛  If you live somewhere that doesn’t have daylight savings time, considerable yourself lucky 🍀  So how many kids did you have come to your house for Halloween 🧙? I had zero. But I live in a secured condo building with very few if any kids liv
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Anthologies

2023 Anthology - Leap of Faith *Wrap Up*

A huge thank you to everyone who participated in making the 2023 GA Anthology - Leap of Faith, a success!  We had seventeen stories submitted by GA authors, and be sure to check out the links below for a bonus poetry submission by me.  If you haven't checked out the anthology yet, now is a great time!  Please leave our authors a reaction, comment, and/or review to let them know how much we appreciate them.  Stay tuned in the next few weeks for announcements regarding future GA writing events.  
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Genre Deep Dives

Horror Deep Dive

The Horror genres range from possible creep outs to graphic gore to monsters to weird science and dimensional horrors.  They generally focus on giving an a scare and a thrilling rush. Sub-genres: Gothic, Horror - Modern, Monster, Psychological, Splatterpunk, Weird Science, Zombie   Top 10 Most Read Horror - Modern GFD 12: Blood Ties by Comicality Shelter by Comicality The Mantis Variant - Book One by Adam Andrews Johnson Savage Moon 06 - T
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CSR- Can't Stop Reading

CSR Discussion Day: Miles to Go by Comicality

Can you believe tomorrow is Halloween? It's true! In honor of the spooky season, I picked a story that also dipped into the paranormal and featured an author that has a variety of stories in the genre if that's your thing! I hope you enjoyed Miles to Go this month, now enjoy this interview I sent to @Comicality before you share your comments below.  Who was the real villain, ACME or Wile E. Coyote? Hehehe, Wile E. Coyote! All the way! They sold it...but YOU bought it, dude. Repeatedly,
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Weekly Wrap Up

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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Genre Deep Dives

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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Weekly Wrap Up

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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