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CSR- Can't Stop Reading

C S R Feature: The Rainy Day By Graeme

The weather has turned, and it's rainy... which reminded me of a story from a past anthology I really enjoyed. Renee has announced a special anthology redo for 2016 allowing members to pick any--or all--past anthologies they didn't participate in to feature a new story. One of the older anthologies I really enjoyed was "Worth Fighting For" and my favorite story of that series was this one, so I hope you'll enjoy it too!   The Rainy Day by Graeme   Length: 7,598   A Reader
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

Sorry for the lateness of today's wrap up. Since I'm running so late, let's get right to it today.   On Monday we had the CSR Discussion day for Becoming Real by AC Benus. AC also joined us on the blog for a live Q & A. There were some great questions asked. If you missed it, go see what readers had to ask and what AC had to say!   Wednesday was this month's Ask An Author feature. Dark had questions for Andrew Todd, Sasha Distan, and Headstall. It was a busy day for commenters! Curious a
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Ask An Author #31

Wow, it's hard to believe it's already September. This year has gone by so quickly. Don't forget, tomorrow is the last day to get your anthology entries in. We already have a lot of great entries, but there's always room for more! Now, onto regular business. As most members probably know, the first Wednesday of the month is set aside for our Ask An Author feature, provided to us by Dark. For those who don't know what the Ask An Author feature is: If you've always wanted to ask your favorite au
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CSR- Can't Stop Reading

C S R Discussion Day: Becoming Real By A C Benus

This month we featured our newest Promising Author, AC Benus, with his coming out story, Becoming Real. He's been kind enough to share a great interview below, so check it out! Then make sure and share your thoughts about his story or leave any questions you might have for him about his other work as well. He's also going to be here "live" to answer questions back and forth on the blog from 7 to 9 PM, Eastern!   Single people often have more time to write. Are you single?   - First of all, l
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

I hope everyone has had a great weekend! Don't forget that the deadline to submit your anthology entries to the Anthology Proof Team is just a few days away. All entries need to be to the proof team no later than September 3rd to give the team time to proof your story and get it back to you. Also, don't forget that tomorrow (August 31st) is the CSR Discussion Day for Becoming Real by AC Benus. AC will be live on the blog from 7-9 PM eastern. Now, let's take a look at what happened this past w
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Featured Stories

Featured Story: Future Imperfect

Well, we're at the start of another week and this week we are going to look at a story written by Bill W called "Future Imperfect". If you like what Atruefan has to say in the review, why not go check out the story and leave the author a review! Also, if you've read a story you've enjoyed lately, and would like to see it featured in the GA News Blog, simply shoot me a PM and send me a review. I'm always looking for reviews.   Future Imperfect by Bill W Signature Auth
Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

I hope everyone had a great weekend. As we get ready to start a new week, it's time to take a look back at what happened this past week in the GA News Blog. There was a lot of great things going on, and if you haven't already checked out the past week's post, now is the chance for you to get a glimpse and maybe go read up on the posts you missed.   We started out the week with a review of JohnAR's story MetaOrigins. If you haven't already checked out Puppilull's review, then what are you waiti
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Featured Stories

Featured Story: Metaorigins

Hope everyone had a great weekend and a big thank you to both Cia and Wildone for taking on the blog while I dealt with some health issues. Now 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, Puppilull has provided us with a review of MetaOrigins. Enjoy.   MetaOrigins by JohnAR Author   Reviewer: Puppilull Status: Complete Word Count: 103,236   MetaOrigins is the second
Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

Wow, what a great week. Hoping the weather was great where you are, we hit 3 record breaking days for the past 10 years here so enjoying being indoors for a while and working on the wrap up.   First off, the voting for the first round picking the 2016 Anthology Themes is now closed. A very big thank you to everyone who contributed to narrowing down the number of great ideas. GA relies on you the Members to help drive the direction of these special events, and sincerely appreciates your input.
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Author Interviews

Interview: Dolores Esteban

Have you downloaded your copy of this month's signature background? If not, before you do so, check out this week's interview that Cia did with Dolores Esteban on her story Cold Case.   Interview with Dolores Esteban   Single people often have more time to write. Are you single? Yes, I’m single, but I don’t feel I have more time. No long evenings and lonely weekends   Are you a person who makes their bed in the morning, or do you not see much point? I make my bed in the morning.
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Featured Story: Cold Case

For those that missed this month's signature background announcement, this month's Signature Background is "Cold Case" by Dolores Esteban. If you haven't already downloaded the background, there's still time! As our featured Monday post, we're sharing a review that Cia provided us. Cia obviously enjoyed the story and hopefully, after reading today's review, you'll decide you want to take a look for yourself. Enjoy!   Cold Case   by   Dolores Esteban Signature Au
Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

I hope everyone has had a great week so far. Before we get to this week's wrap up, I'd like to remind everyone that the first round of voting for the 2016 Anthology Themes is currently going on. Voting is open until August 15th at 11:59 pm MST. There hasn't been too many votes as of yet, so if you haven't voted, go to the Anthology Forum and vote! Whether you're a reader or author, we'd love to have you vote. If you're a reader, vote for the themes you'd like to read about or the ones that migh
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Ask An Author #30

The first Wednesday of the month, for anyone that follows the GA News Blog, you know what that means! It's time for another edition of "Ask An Author". For those new to the site (or to reading the blog), Ask An Author is our month feature provided by Dark. GA Members are able to send questions they'd like to ask their favorite author and Dark tries to get the answer and compile them in the monthly Ask An Author! Now, let's see what Dark has for us this month!   Ask an Author #30   Welc
CSR- Can't Stop Reading

C S R Feature: Becoming Real By A C Benus

One of the most popular genres on GA for authors and readers, is contemporary coming of age stories. Every tale is different, even though the elements stay the same. This month we're featuring a story by AC Benus about just that. So read, enjoy, and be ready to come chat about "Becoming Real" on Monday, August 31st!!   Becoming Real by AC Benus   Length: 55,526   Description: One Coming Out in Seven Short Stories   A Reader Said: What a wonderful mature coming out story
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

I'm going to get right into the wrap up, but this week we're going backwards and starting with Saturday. If you haven't already done so, make sure to go and vote in Round 1 of the 2016 Anthology Theme Voting. This first round of voting will go from now until August 15th.   We had two Saturday posts this week, the second one was the August Signature Background announcement. This month we're looking at Cold Case by Dolores Esteban.   Friday brought two brand new prompts and a prompt feature of
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CSR- Can't Stop Reading

C S R Discussion Day: Frozen Heart By Dianjin

This month I featured Dianjin's Frozen Heart. This story features two boys who have a lot to overcome in their lives... and it's just possible they might be able to help each do that. Did you find the time to enjoy their journey this month? What did you think? We won't be doing any chat time, since unfortunately Dianjin is sans internet for today, but please remember to share your thoughts about Max and Aaron's story.   Single people often have more time to write. Are you single? As I wrote F
Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

Hope everyone has had a great weekend so far. It's almost time to start a new week, but before we do that, we get to look back at what happened this past week. Also, don't forget that we're currently taking theme suggestions for the 2016 Quarterly Anthologies. If you have an idea that you think would make a great theme, don't forget to share it in the Anthology Forum topic. Please make sure to read the theme guidelines in the first post.   To start our week off, Valkyrie provided us with a rev
Featured Stories

Featured Story: Bound And Bound - The Curse And The Captives

Who's ready to start a new week? To start us off this week, Valkyrie was kind enough to provide us a review of Bound and Bound - The Curse and the Captives by GA Author and poet, AC Benus. I hope you enjoy Valkyrie's review as much as I did. If you do decide to go and read, make sure to leave a review to let AC Benus know how you're enjoying his work. Also, if anyone is interested in writing a review for the blog, please PM me (Renee).   Bound and Bound: The Curse and the Captives by
Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

Sorry all, I'm a little behind on the wrap up for this week! It's time to look back at what happened this past week, but before we do that, a quick reminder. The 2016 Anthology Theme selection is going on now. If you have a suggestion for next years themes, please post them in the 2016 Theme Suggestion thread! However, please read the quidelines I've posted. Now, let's get on to the Wrap Up!   This past Monday started the Signature Week off with a review of Adam Phillips' story Crosscurrent
Author Interviews

Author Interview: Adam Phillips

Our July feature for the Signature Author Background is "Crosscurrents" by Adam Phillips. If you're a fan of Adam's story, I hope you'll like the background featuring the moment in the story where Andy and Matt's relationship takes a turn. Haven't read the story yet? Never fear, we have a lot of incentive to get you excited. Download your background, check out Tyler's review from Monday's blog, and then read this interview with Adam... then get started!   Author Interview: Adam Phillips on
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Featured Stories

Featured Story: Cross Currents By Adam Phillips

It's Monday, but never fear, we have something to keep you entertained through the week... cause it could take that long to read this story! Have you read Adam Phillip's epic-length novel, Cross Currents? First go take a peek at the Signature Background we featured last week and download your copy, then enjoy the reviews some of Adam's fans shared about his story!   Cross Currents   by Adam Phillips Signature Author Reviewer: Tyler Status: Complete Length: 288,
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

Hope everyone has had a great weekend so far. It's almost time to start a new week, but before we do that, we get to look back at what happened this past week. Also, don't forget that we're currently taking theme suggestions for the 2016 Quarterly Anthologies. If you have an idea that you think would make a great theme, don't forget to share it in the Anthology Forum topic. Please make sure to read the theme guidelines in the first post.   On Monday, Cia announced this month's CSR feature. Hav
CSR- Can't Stop Reading

C S R Feature: Frozen Heart By Dianjin

Are you enjoying July yet? This is the pivotal month of the year, hottest or coldest depending on where you live. Most of us just try to get through it, hiding inside whenever possible to enjoy the heat or AC. So, while you're inside, why not check out a new story?   Frozen Heart by Dianjin   Length: 34,082   Description: Ice, the best barrier one could hope for.   A Reader Said: Very sweet. Thanks for taking the time to write. ~ Fiddlerbob101   Don't forget to read and re
Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

I hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th of July. We went to the stock car races, watched 2 fires burning, and then watched the fireworks. How did you spend your 4th of July? For those who don't celebrate the 4th, how did you spend your Saturday? While you contemplate answering that question, here's what happened this past week on the GA News Blog:   Monday was the CSR Discussion Day for Where Life Takes Us By Kuragari129. Cia did an interview with Kuragari, and then the comments were opened
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Ask An Author #29

Dang, it's hard to believe that it's already July! This year is just flying by. Today we have the next installment of Dark's Ask An Author feature. Before we get to that, I want to remind everyone that I am now taking theme suggestions for the 2016 Quarterly Anthologies. If you have a theme suggestion, make sure to post them in the thread which will remain open until July 31st. Please read the beginning post before posting your suggestions.   Ask an Author #29   Welcome back to another
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