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Weekly Wrap Up (Aug. 27 - Sep. 02)

'Wasting away in Margaretville' RIP Jimmy Buffet. I got to get wasted in Margaritaville in Capitola, CA Always impressed whenever I heard a new song of his At least we have his music to remember him by So what are you up to this Labour Day long weekend if you get it? I'm off to our usual later than most Pride Parade tomorrow. Hoping the T-Storms hold off to the evening. It is 2:10 AM in my neck of the woods, so let's wrap last week up Monday, Cia presented us with the CSR D

September 3, 2023

Anthology 101 - Revisited

The submission date for anthology stories to the proof team is fast approaching. The proof team is already hard at work putting the finishing touches on several exciting anthology submissions. It's not too late to start writing, especially if you're like me and have to wait till the last minute to do anything! I thought it would be a good idea to re-feature the anthology guidelines and the anthology 101 FAQ. Please feel free to ask here, in the anthology forum, or send me a PM if you need an

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August 31, 2023

CSR- Can't Stop Reading

August CSR Discussion Day-Soul Music: Love Encountered by northie

Wow, I can't believe it's the end of August already! Back to school (for me) and time for you all to get to enjoy this interview with northie, hopefully after you've already enjoyed Soul Music: Love Encountered. Did you know there's a sequel too? Make sure you leave your comments below, but first... northie took the time to answer these questions. Do you eat your fruits and vegetables? Vegetables - absolutely. I enjoy eating vegetarian and sometimes, vegan dishes. Fruit? Not so much.

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August 28, 2023

Weekly Wrap Up (Aug. 20 - Aug. 27)

Whew it was warm out today. Even with lots and lots of sunscreen, I'm a little red . Luckily when I got home around dinner time, I sat down and turned on Netflix and much to my surprise season 3 had appeared on a series that I really liked the first two seasons of in the spring, Ragnarok. I'm not sure if I plugged it here before or not , but if not, it is about Viking mythology, in todays setting 😮 Before you all run off and jump on your longboats to pillage and plunder unsuspecting p

August 27, 2023

Author Guess Who

Author Guess Who #16

Before you shake a finger at me, we're changing the Author Guess Who schedule for a good reason! All next month, the GA Blog Squad will promote the upcoming Anthology. Knowing this, we're giving y'all a warm-up round. Let's see if we can get some guesses, and don't forget to pay close attention to the interview... What is one thing that most GA members might not know about you? I started college at the age of 16. I wasn't the youngest, though, as one of the friends I made at col

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August 24, 2023

Signature Feature

August Signature Author Excerpt: Gone Fishing by Headstall

Did you catch (get it?!) Monday's blog featuring Gone Fishing by Headstall? This little lure of an excerpt should reel you right in if not! (Hey, I can't help it if I was raised by diehard fishaholic and know ALL the puns!). Seriously, though, the story has all the feels too. Read on! Want to read more? Click here

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August 23, 2023

Signature Feature

August Signature Author Feature: Gone Fishing by Headstall

Well, August has nearly come and gone if you can believe it not. I chose this story by Headstall because as my summer comes to a close I felt a certain kinship with the description of shattered dreams. Where have all the days gone and all my plans to achieve ended...? How often do we ask ourselves that.... Length: 11,332 Description: This is a story of life, dreams, and timing. Anthony's life has come full circle as he retreats to his small home town on a northern Ontario river.

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August 21, 2023

Weekly Wrap Up (Aug. 13 - Aug. 19)

Nothing to complain about age this week I wanted to discuss something, but this blog would be then directed to the Pit Let's talk about unicorns 🦄 I'm a big Tolkien fan and I have no difficulty after reading the stories and believing that all the species that are in Middle Earth, might have at one time been actually on earth. Like maybe prior to the dinosaurs and Middle Earth was destroyed due to some calamity too. Or, what if we finally find life on another planet and it is

August 20, 2023

2023 Anthology - Leap of Faith - Roll Call!

Who's getting excited for the annual GA Anthology? The deadline for submission to the Proof Team is October first, which is approaching fast. It's only six and a half weeks away! 😮 We accept submissions at any time, so send on your stories as soon as they are finished. I've started threads in the Anthology forum for the guidelines, discussion, and links to stories. I'm hoping to have two stories this time around, so fingers crossed I can get them both finished in time. Who else

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August 17, 2023

Reviews

Featured Story: Inherited by Lomax61

Inherited by Lomax61 Reviewer: Parker Owens Status: Complete Word Count: 94,659 So perhaps you need a late summer thriller? A plotline thick with twists and unexpected turns? Something to binge-read on a week’s vacation under the sun? There’s no need for a trip to the airport news seller. Instead, just tee up Inherited, by GA Author Lomax61. Told through the eyes of a young English man, Gabriel Redbrick, who is grieving the loss of his wealthy and well-connected lover, Albert

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August 14, 2023

Weekly Wrap Up (Aug. 6 - Aug. 12)

I think I am going to rename this blog from Weekly Wrap Up to Steve's aging blog My question to you this week is this. Do you know you have something to do, but before you get to it, you are distracted by multiple other things? Case in point, I sat down over an hour ago to start on the Weekly Wrap Up, didn't happen. Logged into GA, noticed the few notifications so started weaving my way through those. Then there is a few topics that I'm following that I see people posted on. Then I like

August 13, 2023

Author Guess Who

Author Guess Who? Incoming!

What? Where? When? Why? Who? By the power vested in my fingietips and the GA blog squad, it is my great pleasure to announce the revival for a site-favorite blog game... Author Guess Who? First things first! A monumental thank you goes to @Renee Stevens for starting this whole thing back in 2019. For several of our online community, we loved getting to know our fellow writers in a fun and quirky way. With that said, we're keeping this proverbial gravy train going, even for the wei

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August 10, 2023

CSR- Can't Stop Reading

August CSR Feature: Soul Music: Love Encountered by northie

Summer is still going hot in the north, so why not feature a heated love story by northie? Plus, I'm always a sucker when one of the characters is described as shy. Soul Music: Love Encountered by @northie Length: 57,168 Description: Geoff is shy, lacking in self-assurance, and not out to his family. When by chance, he meets Tony, a fellow musician, he can't believe that anything will come of it ... A Reader said: Just finished reading and I have to say I love this st

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August 7, 2023

Weekly Wrap Up (Jul. 30 - Aug. 5)

Well we just had a false alert go off in my GA and I'm 100% blaming Myr He made misleading comment about one of the better selling gay books becoming a movie. So naturally I ran to Amazon Prime to watch it. To heck with the Weekly Wrap Up until much later I get to Prime and I'm thinking those rat bastardsions, they are not showing it in Canada!!! Then go back to the post and see it is only a trailer on YouTube. I seem to be doing this more and more often, not reading everything. Is it ag

August 6, 2023

Anthology 101 - Writing Short Stories

Now that the Secret Author contest is behind us, it's time to start focusing on the anthology. What better way to kick off this year's Leap of Faith anthology than with a guest article by our Secret Author contest winner, @Libby Drew? Libby, like me, is a big fan of the short story medium, and has written a superb article about writing short stories. Remember that anthology stories can be as little as 1,000 words, and when done well, those words can pack a huge punch. So, read Libby's articl

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August 3, 2023

Author Interviews

Ask An Author 3.0 #31

Did everyone enjoy the Secret Author contest? I certainly did, both writing and reading. But now that it's the first Wednesday of the month, it should be no secret what's coming up. Time for another edition of Ask An Author! This month, we have @Salander! Let's see what questions we got for 'em... • • • • • Salander 1 Story / 121,143 Words What brought you to GA? I honestly don’t remember…I started following GA as a lurker back in high school (10-ish years a

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August 2, 2023

Weekly Wrap Up (Jul. 23 - Jul. 29)

Hello 😎 First off, I want to thank the ever elegant Cia for taking care of the wrap up for me last week I think we will keep her around for a bit Actually, with all your talk of bears, i had to leave my campsite temporarily as they tracked a gizzily momma and two clubs right close to our tent and campsite , but I survived. @Bill W, I can now say I survived the bears and the bares Now if it was a blue bear, no bets on who would have won that one. I have to admit to myself, as I

July 30, 2023

Secret Author Stories Revealed!

Yes, it's time to unmask the Secret Author and put all the guessers out of their misery. Just so you don't forget who you guessed, here is the Guess the Secret Author! blog so you can compare who you thought wrote them versus who REALLY wrote these 11 great stories. 1. 14,000 Days of Virtue by Libby Drew *Contest Winner* 2. Adrift by James Carnarvon 3. Baring My Soul by kbois 4. Learned to Lie by Krista 5. Life of a Pet by astone2292

July 27, 2023

Secret Author Contest Winner!

Yes, you did it! You read the stories, liked, commented, reviewed... and voted! I have tallied the poll (it was so close!) and the story receiving the most votes was: 14,000 Days of Virtue by... LIBBY DREW!!! Libby has won custom advertising for her story or stories, and one reader who voted is also a winner, and that is: @George Richard to both our winners

July 25, 2023

Guess the Secret Author!

All right, then! You've been on tenterhooks with all hush-hush of the Secret Author Story Contest, but here's your chance to make a guess in the blog comments on who wrote which story. Guess one, guess them all.... It's up to you. Bonus, you'll have a few days, since just for funsies, I'm revealing the winning story and author on Tuesday, 7/25, but the rest of the contest authors won't be revealed until Thursday, 7/27. Yes, just because.... A reminder of the stories for your guesses b

July 24, 2023

Weekly Wrap UP (July 16 - July 22)

Wildone is on wild camping vacay, so I'm bringing you the Weekly Wrap up. We shall all have to hope that he doesn't get eaten by a wild bear (*coughs*) so he can come back next week to resume his usual posting. In the meantime, onward for a refresh on last week's goings on from yours truly. Monday I featured a short story by our very own long-term Signature member and admin, Graeme: Tuesday we started voting on the Secret Author Story Contest. Remember1 reader who votes wins free Pr

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July 23, 2023

Vote For Your Favorite Secret Author Story!

Voting is happening now! (click the image below) What, you say you didn't get a chance to read all the stories? Well just click on the preceding link or check out the list of awesome stories below! Or... maybe you want to refresh your memory or look for author clues. Yes, that's right! Monday we're going to have a fun 'Spot the REAL author' blog feature. Do you know? Of course not, only I know! Muahahahaha! 1. 14,000 Days of Virtue 2. Adrift 3.