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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Dec 18 - 24)

Well this is an eventful day in many places in the world....   Merry Christmas                       Happy Hanukkah       I'm sure many of you have already opened your pressies and getting ready to have a feast! If you don't celebrate either of these traditions, we all wish you all the very best on these happy days to everyone, everywhere!!   So let's look back at the week that was.   Monday we started off the week with Cia doing up the December Signature Feat
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Anthologies

2016 Special Anthology: Rewind * Now Live *

As some know, I've been asked many times if we can redo past anthology themes. Since normally we don't use the same themes more than once, it was decided to do a special anthology using all of the Pre-2016 anthology themes, which we decided to call: Rewind. Authors could choose any past theme they wanted and write a 5,000 - 25,000 word story. Six authors took up the challenge and we now have a twelve story anthology for you, just in time for Christmas. Which seems fitting since there are a coupl
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Signature Feature

December Signature Excerpt: Alex's Legacy By Valkyrie

Valkyrie's story, Alex's Legacy, was Monday's Signature Feature. Did you grab your copy of the signature banner so you can share your love for Valkyrie's story? If not, you can do that here! Today we're featuring her chosen excerpt.   Valkyrie says: This story started as my response to Prompt 305, although the characters existed before I wrote the prompt. Even though they were created as peripheral characters in another story, they captured my heart, and I wanted to learn their whole story. Th
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Signature Feature

December Signature Feature: Alex's Legacy By Valkyrie

This month we're featuring Valkyrie's story, Alex's Legacy With it's poignant theme and cozy bookstore setting, this is a great novella length story is a perfect December read. Make sure you don't miss out on it!     Length: 22,494   Description: Sam and Alex meet and fall in love. Their relationship manages to survive some very dark and trying times, until tragedy strikes.   Valkyrie's Favorite Reviews:   Geron Kees says: I hope you have just researched this very well and tha
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Weekly Wrap Up

Special Announcement And Weekly Wrap Up (Dec 11 - 17)

**Special Announcements**   Many of you have spoken and we have listened. Have you ever had to decide how many of your likes to use within an 24 hour period and were limited and unable to like everything you wanted? Well starting today we are happy to announce that there is no limit on the likes you can use in a day!!! The only exception will be the Newbie Group that will be increasing from 3 to 20 a day. Just so you know, if you are a Newbie and want the unlimited feeling, you only need
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Anthologies

2016 Special Anthology * Double Check *

Here is a list of anthologies included. If your name/story does not appear, please contact Cia and Renee.   Bill's Christmas Gift comicfan   Boxed In: A Christmas Story Headstall   Daddy Issues Sasha Distan   Faeries Anonymous Valkyrie   Family Matters Sasha Distan   Finding Refuge Headstall   Maelstrom Valkyrie   Stepping Through the Mirror Headstall   The Legend of Treehaven Woods Valkyrie
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Dec 4 - 10)

Not sure where in the world you are, but Winter has finally arrived here Temperatures reaching highs of -20C / -4F has kept me in a lot and doing a lot of reading instead. Enough about the weather, lets see what happened on the site this week.   Monday we had Cia introduce us to the December CSR Feature. This month we are going to look at Kuragari129's story My Life Started At The End Of The World. If the title doesn't capture your interest then wait until you read the synopsis. Discussion da
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Author Interviews

Ask An Author #45

I can't believe it's already time for our December Ask An Author feature! This year just seems to have flown by and now it's almost over. The next Ask An Author will be the start of a new year! If you have a question that you'd like to ask a specific author, but don't want to do the actual asking, then send your question to Dark! I hope you enjoy this edition of Ask An Author, and a big THANK YOU to Dark for continuing to provide these.   Ask an Author #45 Welcome back to another qui
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CSR- Can't Stop Reading

December C S R Feature: My Life Started At The End Of The World By Kuragari129

December is the end of the year, and I thought we could feature another end... Kuragari129's story, My Life Started at the End of the World. This is a story of how things can change, and all too often do, when teenagers are learning their way through life. Of course throwing in something like a rumor of the apocalypse really ups the drama! You'll have to read the story to find out what happens with Aidyn, Noah Skylar, and Greyson.   My Life Started at the End of the World by Kuraga
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Nov 27-Dec 3)

Renee will be taking a bit of time off from the Site Blog but will return soon. I will be doing the weekly wrap up for the immediate future, so lets hope I don't mess it up   Monday we started the week off with the November CSR Discussion Day of Comicality's Between the Lines. Cia had a lengthy interview with Comicality about not only the story but also what motivates him to believe he is writing a good story. A lot of tips and information from one of our most read authors at GA.   Wednesda
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CSR- Can't Stop Reading

November C S R Discussion Day: Between The Lines By Comicality

The year is almost over, and the time has flown by! Did you find the time to read Comicality's contemporary story featuring one young man's journey as he experiences his first year at college. If you did, make sure you share your thoughts on Comsie's story, but first, everyone can enjoy his answers to the questions I posed in his interview!   If you were an animal, what would you be? - You know, I'm not sure why, but I have always had a thing for panthers. Ever since I was little, the idea of
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Nov 20 - Nov 26)

Well, it's the end of another week, which means it's time to take a look back at what has gone on in the various GA News Blogs. Don't forget that tomorrow is the discussion day for this month's CSR choice: Between the Lines by Comicality. If you haven't finished reading yet, you still have a little time.   UPDATE: First let me apologize. I have a lot going on right now and I completely spaced that I was supposed to announce the Reader Incentive winner for the anthology. I'm happy to announce t
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Signature Feature

November Signature Excerpt: So Little Magic Left By Mann Ramblings

Mann Ramblings' story, So Little Magic Left, was Monday's Signature Feature. Did you grab your copy of the signature banner so you can share your love for Mann's story? If not, you can do that here! Today we're featuring his chosen excerpt.   Mann Ramblings says: I chose this scene because it sets the stage for a change in Rath and Shawn's roles, blurring them and sending them on a new direction.   Want to read more? Check out the rest of the story here!
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Signature Feature

November Signature Feature: So Little Magic Left By Mann Ramblings

This month's feature is Mann Rambling's epic novel, So Little Magic Let. Not only did he write a story nominated for 2013's Best Hero/Villain in the Reader's Choice Awards here on GA, he made his own graphic and signature banner for this month's event. Quite the accomplished artist, isn't he?! So if you haven't read this novel, try it out now!     ​Length: 111,444   Description: What do you do when you simply don't fit into your world? Shawn Martoni never did. A past of turmoil and
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Nov 13 - Nov 19)

I hope everyone has had a great weekend and is refreshed and ready for the start of a new week. Don't forget the deadline for the 2016 Special Anthology is coming up fast, I look forward to seeing what everyone is working on! The guidelines for this anthology are a little different, so make sure you read the announcement carefully. Now, let's see what happened this week in the GA News Blog.   Anthology Special Review: Nature's Wrath To start out the week, the review team decided to do a specia
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Featured Stories

Author Promo: Lilansui

Wow, it's been a while since we've done an author promo. This month we're taking a look at Lilansui. Lilansui was asked to pick three stories and answer the three questions: What gave you the idea for this story? What was your favorite thing about writing this story? & Please tell us something about this story that is not already in the description. If you would like to do an author promo for the blog, please check out the blog feature opportunities thread. Also, I have an author who would l
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Anthologies

Anthology Special Review: Nature's Wrath

The Anthology Review   Did you miss the posting of the fall anthology? Maybe you saw it but were wondering: Exactly what is an anthology and why should I read it? Anthologies have themes, and contributions have to be self-contained short stories that incorporate that theme in some aspect. This is a chance for authors to be inspired to write something new, especially if they’re struggling with their current project, just need a break, or are trying out writing for the first time. The anthol
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Nov 6 - Nov 12)

It's that time of the week again! In case you missed any of what's been going on this week, never fear, because we'll take a quick peek at everything that we looked at from Monday on. Are you worried you might have missed a story update from one of your favorite authors? We'll help you out there too with the story updates from all of GA's promoted authors. I'm not going to go in any particular order this week, because I want to start out with Thursday's post.   In case you missed it, the 2016
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Anthologies

2016 Fall Anthology: Blindsided / The Forgotten ~ Now Live

Hope everyone is ready for some new stories and poems! We had a great turnout for this anthology, and we have 17 new stories/poems for you to enjoy. If you checked out the "Double Check" post, you already know which authors and stories we have for you, but don't worry, I'll include them here as well! Before we get to that, we have a couple of things to take care of.   In order to encourage authors to participate in the anthologies, we came up with some author incentives. All authors who partic
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CSR- Can't Stop Reading

November C S R Feature: Between The Lines By Comicality

It's hard to believe the year is almost over! Just 2 more CSR's in 2016, and I thought for this month I'd feature the kind of story a lot of the site's readers enjoy, but a very popular author. For the first time as a CSR feature, this month's story is Between the Lines by Comicality (I know, I was shocked I hadn't featured him before!)   Between the Lines by Comicality   Length: 46,928   Description: "College is definitely a great place to revolutionize your life, try new
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Weekly Wrap Up

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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Anthologies

2016 Fall Anthology: Blindsided / The Forgotten * Double Check *

Hey authors! If you submitted a story to the anthology, please make sure it's listed below. If it's not, PM me! And hey, if you didn't submit a story for the anthology, then here's your chance for a sneak peek at what author's you will see when the anthology goes live. Hope everyone has a great weekend!!! Yes, the links for the stories are included, but alas, you'll still have to wait to read em because the stories haven't gone live yet   A Blind Spirit Emi GS   A Gift for Mom Emi GS   An
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Author Interviews

Ask An Author #44

Who's ready for this month's popular feature, Ask An Author. This month is all about Dayne Mora. A quick reminder: Dark can only continue this feature providing they have the content. Dark is running out of questions, and that's where you come in. Don't forget to send questions for your favorite author so that we can keep this feature going!!!!   Ask an Author #44   Welcome back to another quirky question and answer session with your favorite authors!   In AtA #43, we had questions
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October C S R Discussion: Wolf Like Me By Dayne Mora

Did you find the time to read Dayne Mora's Wolf Like Me? Or re-read it? Because today's the day to share your love! Check out the feature from October 3rd if you need incentive. Otherwise, make sure you don't spoil it for readers who haven't had a chance. If you have something you want to share that might reveal too much, use the spoiler tags. Simply type [spoiler ] and your text then [/spoiler ] without any spaces between the brackets and the words and your text will disappear. Everyone can enj
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Weekly Wrap Up

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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