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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Aug. 17 - Aug.23)

Well, better late than never 😃I thought today was Saturday     Since I’m so late, here is a recap of Stories     Upcoming Writing Events  2025 Yearly Anthology - Creature Feature - Due Oct 1, 2025 - All the information you need is here. 2025 Prompt Team Event - More information to come!   Member Participation Blogs - Great way to promote yourself!! Ask a Author 3.0 If you have a author you want to get some answers from, write a PM to @astone2292
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Anthologies

Upcoming Writing Events

It's been a busy year with writing events here at GA so far.  We started with our second tribute to Carlos Hazday - Auld Lang Syne, and continued with our annual Poetry Anthology - Diversity, followed by a tribute to a GA icon, Comicality - Coming of Age.  A favorite of both authors and reader is the annual Secret Author contest, which just concluded.   Now it's time to focus on the annual Anthology - Creature Feature, which is due on October 1st.  Guidelines can be found here:  I've
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Genre Deep Dives

Non-Fiction Deep Dive 7

Top Read Non-fiction Stories Since Deep Dive 6 Top 10 Most Read Non-Fiction - Autobiography is a self-written account of one's life. Takes stock of the autobiographer's life from the moment of composition. While biographers generally rely on a wide variety of documents and viewpoints, autobiography may be based entirely on the writer's memory. An Advent Calendar by Aditus Complete Memoirs of a child of the past century by old bob Long-Term Hold Pride Month, a
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

Wow! What a week of the ever so popular Secret Author contest, I guess we could call this SA Week. We found out who was connected to which story  We also found out the winners of the most popular story from Readers and Authors. Congratulations to @impunity and @Thirdly respectfully. It turns out that Thirdly didn't write all of the stories 😮 I guessed all of them were written by Thirdy . At least I got 1 right  Just before posting my guess, I noticed the rules about only one story per author. I'
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Announcements

2025 Secret Author "Reveal the Truth" Winners!

For my FINAL 2025 Secret Author Story "Reveal the Truth" reveal ... our Contest Winners!!!    The "Reveal the Truth" Reader winner is... @impunity    The "Reveal the Truth" Author winner is.... @Thirdly     Winners receive a Premium Subscription. I will reach out to you via PM with more details, so be looking for that. Authors, if you haven't noticed, all stories have been revealed and returned to you. Thank you so much to everyone who took the time
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Genre Deep Dives

Mystery Deep Dive 7

Top Read Mystery Stories since Mystery Deep Dive 6 Top 5 Most Read Mystery - Amateur Sleuth Features characters who are not professional detectives but get involved in solving mysteries due to personal interest or circumstance. Bleeding Hearts by Josh Aterovis Complete Reap the Whirlwind by Josh Aterovis Complete Face Value by empath In Process Life is Like a New Suit of Clothes, Charlie Boone! by Geron Kees In Process Marked by ASH PHOENIX In P
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Announcements

Secret Author Story Contest - Reveal The Authors!!

That's right, it's time to Reveal the Truth... of the Authors! You've all been waiting for this! I'll put the list here and in the guessing topic as well for comparison. I hope everyone has had fun with this year's Secret Author Story contest, and I appreciate all the patience with my absence and the short delays. I'll be assigning back the stories to the authors this week and doing the Random.org drawings for the participants & authors. Carpe Veritas by kbois What It Takes by Cass
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Update (Aug. 3 - Aug. 9)

I took the desktop into a shop. $45 for the diagnostic and they couldn't find anything that was causing such a slow boot up. He was actually surprised it took over a 1/2 hour or more before starting up till you could even start any app or browser, then another 15 mins before typing into a browser   He called and since I backed up all my files on the cloud ☁️ I went with the cheaper option for him to reformat the hard drive and install Windows 11 on it again. Just means that I had to load al
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Genre Deep Dives

Literary Fiction Deep Dive 7

Top Read Stories in Literary Fiction since Literary Deep Dive 6 Top 5 Most Read Literary Fiction - Bildungsroman A coming-of-age story that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of its main character from youth to adulthood. "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger is a classic example. Storm Wolf: Tranquil waters by RedMoon Complete Milo by Talo Segura Complete The Storm Wolf: Gathering Clouds by RedMoon In Process The Rings of the Oak by Tomkin
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Announcements

Secret Author Contest "Reveal the Secret" - Guess the Author

What so many readers & authors have been waiting for! It's time to guess which story begins to which author! I'll provide 2 randomized lists of the story titles and author names below. You get to match them up! Yes, authors can play along. Yes, they MAY tell the truth about which story they wrote... or they may NOT reveal the secret. Muahahahahaha! Visit the topic to PLAY ALONG!        FYI, I won't be responding much today or tomorrow.  Why? Want to reveal tha
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Jul. 22 to Aug 2)

Hello GA'ers  Or would that be GA'yers  I like GA'ers better   So thank the unusual weather here in my neck of the woods. I got woken up by a thunderstorm and have kind of been watching the lighting storm lighting up the bedroom. Whilst doing so, I said to myself, 'Self, did you do the Wrap Up last night before bed?' I knew I had not, so here I am at 3:15 AM wrapping things up   I was out to a smaller town called Golden, BC the past few days. Took two my my nephews to the highest suspe
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Announcements

Secret Author Story-Favorite Theme Use Vote!

It was brought to my attention I forgot to feature the poll topic in a blog this week.  Oops!! 🤯  Make sure you vote on your top 3 uses of the "Reveal the Truth" theme in the stories you read. I did have to split the titles across 2 questions, and you have to have at least one story picked in each, so if all 3 of your top choices are in 1 question/answer, please place your votes in a comment and I'll add them in at the end!   
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Genre Deep Dives

Horror Deep Dive 7

Most Read Horror Stories since Horror Deep Dive 6 Top 1 Most Read Horror - Body Snatcher Revolving around the invasion or replacement of human bodies by extraterrestrial beings, parasites, or other entities, body snatcher horror explores the loss of control over one's own body. Curing Humanity by Wayne Gray Complete Top 5 Most Read Horror - Gothic (aka gothic romanticism; and dark romanticism): fiction mixing themes of horror, romance, and death Sh
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CSR- Can't Stop Reading

July CSR Discussion Day: Carter's Army by Topher Lydon

Can you believe all the stories we've had this month, the authors we've had return, and the reading I've asked you to do? C'mon... it's good for you! A favorite series of GA readers more than a decade ago (I sometimes can't believe I've been here that long either) I hope you enjoyed reading Topher's story, Carter's Army. Check out his interview and what he has going on past and present with that and more! Make sure you share your thoughts below once you're done; maybe we can keep encouraging our
Genre Deep Dives

History Genre Deep Dive 7

Top Read History Genre Stories since History Deep Dive 6 Top 9 Most Read Historical - Alternate Nazi's win WWII, Napoleon win's the Battle of Waterloo, Roman Empire never fell without fantasy/speculative fiction items (other than alternate history). The Man in the High Castle Falling Apart by craftingmom Complete Do Over by dkstories Complete Do Over Redux by dkstories Complete Let's Do It by dkstories Complete Engineer Benson by Wayne Gray Long
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Announcements

2025 Secret Author Stories Posted!

Readers!! Are you ready for the tea? Some juicy gossip? A horrific dark drama you cannot look away from? These tales are here just for you! It's the 2025 Secret Author Stories! Yes, they have been revealed... ahem, sort of! Our sneaky Secret Author has taken on posting to give you the thrill of enjoyment without knowing who wrote the story you will be voting for as your favorite! Feel free to speculate who wrote which story, but those participating author names won't be revealed until after the
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Weekly Wrap Up

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

Sadly I think it is happening  I think my desktop is coming to a end of its lifespan. Two days ago, it started doing a split screen of webpages on its own. No, this was not my double vision . Then I lost sound. Then finally it was on, but nothing on the monitor  I turned it off for a day and tried to use my iPad in its place and that seemed to just piss me off 😜 I like to type with a full keyboard and screen(s) personally.  This evening I gave it one more try. Turned it on, let it go throug
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Anthologies

Raise Your Hand

While we're all eagerly awaiting the reveal of the Secret Author stories, I thought it would be a good time to check in and see how those anthology stories are coming along! We can't reveal the participants of the SA contest yet (or I should say Cia can't.  I have zero insider knowledge about it.  Yes, it's that secret!), but we can openly talk about who's writing what for the annual anthology.  I've already had five stories submitted to the proof team - which is a record this far from the due d
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Announcements

2025 Secret Author Story Contest Deadline!

That's it! Today's the day. Get your Secret Author Short Story in now!! Info on the contest is linked here. Readers, the games of picking who wrote a story, who wrote which story, and picking your favorite story are all coming! The first one, how many stories do you think were submitted, has resulted in a few guesses:  14, 10, ONE MILLION (HA!), 8, more than 7 (SOOO cheating!) Were any guesses right?  Feel free to keep guessing! Actual numbers  Cheater McCheater
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Genre Deep Dives

General Fiction Deep Dive 7

Top 10 Most Read General Fiction - Coming of Age Follows the personal growth and development of a protagonist from youth to adulthood. "growing up" The Cockney Canuck by Dodger Temporary Hold Paternity by Mark Arbour Complete An English Teen, Circumcised in the USA by Riley Jericho Complete Desert Dropping by DomLuka Complete A to Z by Parker Owens Complete Second Shot by Andrew Q Gordon Complete Gap Year by Mark Arbour Complete
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Site Tech News

Stories 3.8 Update - Rolling out Now

We are happy to announce that Stories 3.8 update is now active on Gay Authors.  This has a couple of Quaility of Life updates and a major new feature. Quality of Life Updates for Reading We have added a new "Reading Progress" bar that appears at the top of the page when you are reading and shows your progress down the page.  (it shows progress to end of page, which does include comments). You can also turn off the progress meter in your story settings under the Stories tab if you so de
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Featured Stories

Featured Story: Stockroom Secrets by Mark Ponyboy Peters

Wow, the second Tuesday of the month is a late one this month! If you don't have enough on your summer reading list, Mr. Wildone has now added this one to your checkoff list  Thanks to @chris191070 for this month's review!     Stockroom Secrets by Mark Ponyboy Peters Reviewer:chris191070 Status: Complete Word Count: 146,084 This is the beautiful story of two young men, Gray and Rafa, as told through the eyes of Gray. They simply start off as  workmates who event
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Anthologies

Not So Secret

There are lots of secrets surrounding our Tell the Truth - Secret Author contest, but one thing that's not a secret is the due date for story submissions!  My beta reader is twitching in the corner because I used "secret" three times in the same sentence   There's less than a week to go, so get those finishing touches put on your stories and get them sent off to @Cia.  Just don't tell anyone about it   It won't be long now until we can start the guessing game as to who wrote what, whi
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Genre Deep Dives

Fantasy Deep Dive 7

Top 10 Most Read Fantasy - Alternate History Story takes place in alternate version of history, such as what if the Nazi's won "The Man in the High Castle" by Phillip Dick.  Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card Mine! by Cia Complete Of Pride and Power by W_L Complete Dawn of Tears by dkstories Complete Goon by dkstories Complete Fortitude by Cia Complete The Flamekeepers of Delta Psi Theta by Kelevra Long-Term Hold The Spirit of the Plum Blo
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