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Author Interviews

Ask An Author #35

Welcome back to another quirky question and answer session with your favorite authors!   In AtA #34, we had questions for authors Columbusguy, craftingmom, and pmdacey.   In AtA #35, we hear from authors AC Benus, Aditus, and Mark Arbour.   For their protection, the members who asked these questions shall remain nameless (unless they choose to reveal themselves). Please note that all author replies are copied as is, spelling errors and grammar eccentricities original to the individual.  
CSR- Can't Stop Reading

C S R Feature: The Life Of Seeon By Comicfan

The start of 2016 is already here, as hard as that is to accept. Where does the time go? I just realized today that we’ve been doing the CSR Features for 3 years now! Is it still popular? Do you have any ideaas for tweaks from the usual feature? Let me know! In the meantime, this month we’re going to enjoy an oldie, but goodie, in Comicfan’s story, The Life of Seeon.   The Life of Seeon By Comicfan   Length: 28,566   Description: Seeon Toleran is the fifth child of the rul
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful New Year's, and are looking forward to the coming year. It was a busy week in the GA news blog, so let's get right to it.   On Monday we had the story discussion for the CSR book club.   On Tuesday, we announced the next story contest, that will take place in February. If you enjoyed the Secret Santa contest, then hopefully you will enjoy the Secret Admirer contest as well.   On Wednesday, we kept up the busy schedule with our author promo of Albertnoth
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Featured Stories

Author Promo: Albertnothlit

Who's ready for another author promo! Authors were allowed to choose up to three of their stories to be promoted in the blog. For each story, they had the same three questions to answer. For today's blog entry, we're bringing you Albertnothlit with his stories Tantalus and The Pact. Enjoy!   Albertnothlit Author 11 stories * 346 reviews * 198,200 total words   Tantalus   Description: Kyle does not want to leave his home behind, but he has no choice. He is assigned to
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C S R Discussion Day: Holiday Short Stories

Wow, we've come to the end of the year and the final CSR of 2015. This month I featured 4 holiday short stories of all different types for readers to enjoy. Since we have 4 authors to feature, I did something a little different. Enjoy their take on these questions and their fun little micro flash giving you another taste of their stories. Don't forget to leave your thoughts and reviews! ​HOLIDAY SHORT STORIES Mann Rambling with Rudolph's Tijuana Christmas   Do you have a favorite holida
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Since I'm running late today, let's get right into it!   Monday we shared a review of lomax's Kissing The Dragon.   Wednesday we revisited a past blog post from Cia called Cia's Torturing Me. It's all about what might keep your story in the moderation queue and what you can do to make sure your story is approved quickly.   Thursday we had our guessing game for the Secret Santa contest. I received a compilation, from someone who wishes to remain name
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Featured Stories

Featured Story: Kissing The Dragon

It's Monday again, and only a few more days until Christmas and the reveal of the Secret Santa authors! If you haven't already done so, make sure to go read the stories and send a PM to A.J. with the name of your favorite. Voting will end at 2:00 PM EST on Wednesday, so don't delay! To start our week off, we have a review of lomax's story Kissing the Dragon provided to us by Timothy M. Enjoy!!!   Kissing the Dragon by lomax Author   Reviewer: Timothy M Status: Complete
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

It was a big week here in the news blog. For those that missed it, we had 21 new stories posted as part of the Secret Santa Short Story Contest! We've only had a few votes come in so far, but don't worry, there's still plenty of time for you to get your vote in!!! Votes have to be in by 2:00 PM EST on the 23rd of December. There's lots of great stories, and picking a favorite might be hard, but you never know, the story you pick could have been written by one of your favorite authors.   Monda
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Signature Feature

December Signature Excerpt: Heart Of The Tree By Graeme

This month we're featuring Graeme's story, Heart of the Tree, which he picked for the Signature feature. You'll notice he has a graphic running in the story and site ads, and you can also download a graphic for your signature if you want to help support Graeme. Today we're sharing an excerpt from his story he picked to share with you. Enjoy!   Heart of the Tree   Everyone’s attention was drawn to the sound of a motorbike being ridden at well over the speed limit, and then to the squeal
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December Signature Feature: Heart Of The Tree By Graeme

Welcome to the new Signature Feature where we feature one of our lovely Signature Authors with a site ad banner and signature graphic. This month's featured author is Graeme, and he chose to showcase his story, Heart of the Tree. Check out his ad banner that will run for the next month on the site as well as a graphic you can add to your personal signature if you want to help him share the story!     Length: 192,363   Description: The Tree is a local fixture in the rural town of Mort
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

This week was a busy week. Don't forget that the 15th at 2pm EST is the last chance to get your entries in for the Secret Santa Short Story Contest. Unfortunately, if they're not in by then, I can't include them in the voting that will start on the 16th. Good luck to all the entrants.   On Monday, Cia announced the choices for the December CSR. This month is all about Christmas stories!   On Wednesday we had this month's Ask An Author feature. To see what the authors were asked, and what the
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Anthologies

2015 Winter Anthology: Blackout * Now Live *

It's hard to believe that the year is almost over! With the end of the year comes our final 2015 Anthology. The theme for the Winter Anthology was Blackout, and ten authors took the challenge. There are some different takes to the stories and we hope that you enjoy them. Don't forget, if you enjoy a story, leave the author a little note (via review) to let them know how much you appreciate their work! To get you started, here's a brief snippet of each entry. Happy reading everyone!    
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Anthologies

Ask An Author

Typically, this would have been posted last week, but better late than never. For those who don't already know, Dark provides us with the Ask An Author feature. Members send in their questions for authors and Dark goes about getting the answer and then compiles those into this wonderful feature. Don't forget, if you have a question for an author, but don't want to ask it, send it to Dark!   Ask an Author #34   Welcome back to another quirky question and answer session with your favorit
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C S R Feature: Holiday Short Stories

The holidays can be hectic, crazy, wonderful times! I figured, why not show that off with a variety of short stories, from 1,852 words to 36,353 words. You may have read them before, or they might be new to you, but this is your chance to get into the spirit of the season through some great stories. Enjoy them now, and be ready for the Discussion day on Monday, December 28th. The authors have all agreed to pop in and respond to your questions and comments.   Katie's Sketchbook by AC Benus Leng
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

Hope everyone has had a great weekend so far! Just a reminder that the Secret Santa Christmas Story Contest deadline is on the 15th. Let's get right into this week's wrap up! This is going to be quick, since I'm watching a 2 year old and worried he's going to wake up, lol.   On Monday, we had the discussion day for Lilansui's story "A Rescued Life".   Wednesday we announced our newest Promising Author, Headstall. If you haven't already done so, go congratulate him!   Friday, we had two ne
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C S R Discussion Day: A Rescued Life By Lilansui

Did you have a chance to read Lilansui's A Rescued Life for our November CSR Featured story? We had a lot of time, so I hope readers enjoyed the 50k tale. If not, well maybe this interview and the reader comments below will help motivate you to check it out. Make sure you leave your comments and review for Lilansui, who promises to pop in throughout the day/night as possible.   Single people often have more time to write. Are you single? Yes, I’m single. . It is a source of stress sometimes, b
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

I hope everyone has had a great weekend, and for those who celebrated, I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Before we get into the wrap up, I'd like to remind everyone once again that the Winter Anthology is just around the corner. If you have a story that you plan to submit, the deadline is coming up fast. I hope to see even more stories come in over the next few days. Now, lets see what happened this past week.   For our Monday featured story, we had a review from LitLover of JohnAR's st
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Featured Stories

Author Promo: Carlos Hazday

It's time to start our new blog feature: Author Promos! Authors were allowed to choose up to three of their stories to be promoted in the blog. For each story, they had the same three questions to answer. For our debut blog entry, we're bringing you Carlos Hazday with his stories Melvin Ford, Children of the Dust, and Happy New Year. Enjoy!   Carlos Hazday Author 16 stories * 777 reviews * 287,170 total words   Melvyn Ford   Description: A 1929 Ford Model A Tudor is
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Featured Story: Metashadowlands

It's a new week and it's time to take a look at one of the many stories that are posted for your enjoyment on Gay Authors. Today, Liltlover has provided us with a review of MetaShadowlands. Enjoy.   MetaShadowlands by JohnAR Author   Reviewer: Litlover Status: Complete Word Count: 102,329   MetaShadowlands is the third book of the MetaWolf series by JohnAR. Most readers will attest to the fact that the Meta series is a series unlike any others you have probably read.
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

I hope everyone has had a great weekend so far, maybe even found some time to write. Just as a reminder, we have two great events coming up within the next month. If you're writing a Christmas story, maybe think about entering it in the 2015 Secret Santa Contest. If you're not writing a holiday story, there's still time to participate in Blackout, the 2015 Winter Anthology. Now, lets recap what happened in the blog this past week!   Monday we featured a story I personally love, Confounded by A
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Featured Story: Confounded

It's time to take a look at another story. This week, Timothy M has provided us with a review of Confounded by Andr0gene. This is actually one of my favorite stories by Andr0gene and I've re-read it a few times. I hope that you enjoy it as much as Timothy and I did.   Confounded by Andr0gene Promising Author   Reviewer: Timothy M. Status: Complete Word Count: 24,632   What happens when a self-confident, possessive but caring man with a huge capacity for lov
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

We're going to get right into the wrap up this week, starting with a reminder. The winter anthology deadline is coming up quick and we've only had a couple of entries so far. If you want to participate in the anthology, you need to have your stories to the Anthology Proof Team by December 3rd. Hope to see lots more entries come in! Now, let's see what happened in the GA news blog this past week.   This week was our Signature Author week and we started it out by featuring CJames with our new Si
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Signature Feature

November Signature Excerpt: Circumnavigation By C James

This month we're featuring CJames' Circumnavigation with a whole new style of Signature features. Monday you probably saw the current ad banner running in Stories, as well as a signature banner fans can use to show their appreciation of his story. If you haven't, go check it out now and download your copy! We also featured several reviews of the story to whet your interest, if you haven't read the story. Now, usually authors will get to choose the excerpt we share on this feature post, the goat
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November Signature Feature: Circumnavigation By C James

This month we begin a brand new feature to promote our Signature Authors. Instead of the computer background each month, we're going to promote the featured Signature author's story with an ad banner that will run in Stories. I'm also adding a banner that works for personal signatures on the site for the authors and their fans to use to help promote their feature! This month, we start off with C James!     Length: 1,082,090   Description: Trevor, through little fault of his own, fi
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

Oops! It seems like last night I was a bit spacey and forgot to do the weekly wrap up before I went to bed. Guess it's better late than never, right? Even though it's not in the blog directly, in this weeks wrap up, I want to include the opportunity for promotional posts. For more information on this opportunity, check out this post: Authors: New Blog Promo Opportunities!   On Monday, Cia posted the newest CSR introduction to the CSR Book Club. This month, it looks like we'll be reading A Resc
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