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Writing Prompts #356 & #357

It's Friday again!!! I hope that everyone has had a great week so far. It's that time again for two new prompts, supplied as always by our prompt guru, Comicfan! *Reminder: Authors are more than welcome to post their Prompt Responses in GA Stories, but please remember that flash pieces under 1k must be posted in collections, not as individual stories.*   Prompt 356 – Creative Tag – First Line “Since when do I have to tell you everything?”   Prompt 357 – Creative Tag – The Party You have been
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Writing Prompts #354 & #355

Now that we re-whet everyone's appetites for flash fiction, let's get back into our weekly fun of Comicfan's great prompts! Thank you to everyone who participated in Wednesday's feature about why we like flash and how we do it, especially to everyone who tried it out! This week we have a very diverse word list prompt as well as a creative theme featuring... well, read on to find out, and then see what you can come up with!   Prompt 354 – Creative Tag – List of words Use the following in a sto
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Writing Prompts #352 & #353

I hope everyone has had a great week so far and are now looking forward to the weekend! Who's ready to do some writing? To help you get started, Comicfan has supplied two new prompts!! Don't forget to share your responses in the prompt forum and maybe you'll be featured next week!   Prompt 352 – Creative Tag – First Line “I can’t believe you asked him that!”   Prompt 353 – Creative Tag – The Anniversary It has been a year since the accident stole your partner away. What is life like a year l
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Writing Prompts #350 & #351

Hope everyone has had a great week so far. To start your weekend off right, we're bringing you two new prompts supplied by our resident prompt guru, Comicfan. Don't forget to share your prompt responses in the Prompt Forum , you might just find yours being shared next week! Enjoy!   Prompt 350 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following in a story – farmer, bluebells, a toad, a pond, and a book.   Prompt 351 – Creative Tag – The Curse Your family believes it lives under a curse. They sa
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Writing Prompts #348 & #349

I hope everyone has had a great week up until this point and that everyone has a wonderful weekend as well. Friday has once again graced us with it's presence and with it we have two more prompts from the prompt guru, Comicfan. As always, we're also sharing a previous prompt response. Don't forget, if either of these prompts trigger a response from you, share it in the prompt forum and maybe you'll see yours featured next week!   Prompt 348 – Creative Tag – First Line “Can you give me one reas
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Writing Prompts #346 & #347

Who's ready for the weekend to get here? To help you start it out on the right foot, we're bringing you two new prompts from the prompt guru, Comicfan. If you're interested in checking out some of the older prompts that Comicfan has supplied, you can check them out and share your responses in the Prompt Forum! Hopefully one of this weeks prompts will inspire you!   Prompt 346 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following in story – the beach, a blanket, a deer, a torn pair of shorts, and an
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Writing Prompts #344 & #345

Not only is it the start of a new month, it's Friday, and for many, the end of the work week. For all of us here at Gay Authors, that means something else though, it means it's time for two new prompts from GA's Prompt Guru, Comicfan. Hope you enjoy these prompts and that they inspire you to write a little something, and if you do, don't forget to share your responses in the prompt forum!!   Prompt 344 – Creative Tag – First Line “Why didn’t you just tell me that?”   Prompt 345 – Creative Ta
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Writing Prompts #342 & #343

Hope everyone has had a wonderful week so far, but now it's almost over and that means that it's once more time to bring you a couple of new prompts courtesy of the prompt guru, Comicfan. Hopefully one of these two prompts spark something for you, if it does, make sure to share it in the Writing Prompts Forum and maybe we'll feature it next week in the Friday Prompt Me!   Prompt 342 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following in a story – a flag, flowers, a letter, a broken cell phone, an
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Writing Prompts #340 & #341

One of the great aspects of GayAuthors is the variety of ways that members can improve their writing, from various writing tips to the availability of editors and beta readers, to these - writing prompts that encourage authors to take a chance and see where a prompt may lead them. Based on the responses we've had in the past, these prompts have a tendency to take on a life of their own and really capture the imagination of both our fledgling as well as veteran authors.   This week, we've got t
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Writing Prompts #338 & #339

We're at the end of another week and I hope that everyone had a great week so far. To help you start your weekend off on a good note, Comicfan has provided two new prompts to hopefully inspire you! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with for this week's prompts, so don't forget to share them in either the Prompt Forum or GA Stories. Just remember, if you post them in GA Stories, flash fiction under 1,000 words need to be part of a collection.   Prompt 338 – Creative Tag – List of Words
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Writing Prompts #336 & #337

For those in the US who are celebrating the holiday, I hope you all have a very safe and happy 4th of July! Being as it's Friday again, it's time for two new prompts from the Prompt Guru. Hopefully one of these two prompts will spark and idea. Remember, if you decide to post your prompt in GA Stories, stories that are under 1,000 words need to be placed in collections. Enjoy this week's prompt offerings!   Prompt 336 – Creative Tag – First Line “Oh God. This isn’t what it looks like!”   Prom
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Writing Prompts #334 & #335

There are many reasons that people might look forward to Friday, but here at the GA News Blog, we look forward to Friday because it means one thing.... New Prompts!!! Sometimes we get stuck and need a little push to help us get writing again, that's what the prompts are all about, to help get the juices flowing. As always, Comicfan has provided two new prompts for you to take a stab at. Hopefully one of these will inspire you to write a little something!   Prompt 334 – Creative Tag – List of W
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Writing Prompts #332 & #333

I almost can't believe it's already Friday again, this week just seems to have gone by so quickly. Thanks to Comicfan, we have two new prompts for you today. As a reminder, you are more than welcome to upload your prompt responses into GA stories (we even have a genre for them), but if you do so, please remember that all stories under 1,000 words must be posted in collections. Now, lets see what Comicfan has for us this week.   Prompt 332 – Creative Tag – First Line “Try it again, and I will k
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Writing Prompts #330 & #331

It's Friday again!!! I hope that everyone has had a great week so far. It's that time again for two new prompts, supplied as always by our prompt guru, Comicfan! *Reminder: Authors are more than welcome to post their Prompt Responses in GA Stories, but please remember that flash pieces under 1k must be posted in collections, not as individual stories.*   Prompt 330 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following words in a story – puppy, circus, clown, underwear, and toilet paper.   Prompt
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Writing Prompts #328 & #329

It's hard to believe that May is already over! Just as a reminder, you've only got a few more days to get your Anthology entries into the Anthology Proof Team. I hope to see lots of last minute entries! Now that it's Friday again, it's time for our dose of weekly prompts, provided by none other than Comicfan. I hope one of them helps to spark an idea!   *Reminder: We welcome you posting your Prompt Responses in GA Stories. However, please remember to post your flash pieces under 1k in a collec
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Writing Prompts #326 & #327

It's Friday again and you know what that means, it's time for a couple of new prompts from the prompt guru, Comicfan. Don't forget to share your prompts in the Prompt Forum, you never know, yours could be featured in the blog next week. I won't keep you waiting any longer, let's see what Comicfan has for us this week!   Prompt 326 – Creative Tag – Family Announcement Family get togethers were never your thing. However you found yourself without an excuse to miss this one. Once you are there ho
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Writing Prompts #324 & #325

I hope everyone has had a great week up until this point and that everyone has a wonderful weekend as well. Friday has once again graced us with it's presence and with it we have two more prompts from the prompt guru, Comicfan. As always, we're also sharing a previous prompt response. Don't forget, if either of these prompts trigger a response from you, share it in the prompt forum and maybe you'll see yours featured next week!   Prompt 324 – Creative Tag – Photo Use the following photo to wri
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Writing Prompts #322 & #323

Hope everyone has had a wonderful week so far, but now it's almost over and that means that it's once more time to bring you a couple of new prompts courtesy of the prompt guru, Comicfan. Hopefully one of these two prompts spark something for you, if it does, make sure to share it in the Writing Prompts Forum and maybe we'll feature it next week in the Friday Prompt Me!   Prompt 322 – Creative Tag – Date Night Things haven’t been going well in your relationship. The spice has gone out of it, b
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Writing Prompts #320 & #321

I'm back! Well, just for a couple of guest posts to allow Renee to enjoy herself. So we're at the end of the week, and that means we get a chance to explore two new writing prompts, courtesy of our prompt-guru Comicfan. I think you'll like these - I know I can't wait to see what people come up with. But when you do - share it with the rest of the community in the Writing Prompt forum!   Prompt 320 – Creative Tag – The Drought Your town is suffering through the worst drought that it has ever kn
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Writing Prompts #318 & #319

Hope everyone has had a wonderful week and is looking forward to the weekend!! It's that time again, time for two new prompts to help get the wheels turning. Enjoy!   Prompt 318 – Creative Tag – First Line “I’ve wanted to do that since … forever.”   Prompt 319 - Creative Tag – The Bet Your friend has always had a big mouth, but last week he just went to far. He said he could out do you, in one of the things you are best known for in front of everyone you both know. To shut him up, you accept
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Writing Prompts #316 & #317

FRIDAY, FRIDAY, FRIDAY!!! *Dances* Oh, oops. Forgot what I was doing there for a moment. Hope everyone has had a great week and I bet everyone is looking forward to the weekend. Before the weekend can get here though, we have to do the weekly prompts from the Prompt Guru. Hopefully one of these will spark an idea!!!   Prompt 316 – Creative Tag – Picture Create a story using the following image as an inspiration.   Prompt 317 – Creative Tag – The Bunny Holidays have never interested you and
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Writing Prompts #314 & #315

Ahh, it's Friday, and for many, that means it's the end of the work week. For all of us here at Gay Authors, that means something else though, it means it's time for two new prompts from GA's Prompt Guru, Comicfan. Hope you enjoy these prompts and that they inspire you to write a little something, and if you do, don't forget to share your responses in the prompt forum!!   Prompt 314 – Creative Tag – Sleeping Beauty Two months ago a rare find in Mexico happened. Inside an old pyramid, a perfect
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Writing Prompts #312 & #313

Hope everyone has had a wonderful week so far! What better way to end the week than with two new prompts from our prompt guru, Comicfan. Don't forget to share your responses in the prompt forum! Enjoy!   Prompt 312 – Creative Tag – Bacon That is right ladies and gentlemen, the topic is bacon. You may use it in any form you like, a story, a poem, or whatever your little mind can create. Have fun.   Prompt 313 – Creative Tag – First Line “Did you say the crocuses were blooming?”   This week
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Writing Prompts #310 & #311

The prompts are back! We didn't have any prompts last week because I hijacked Friday to announce the release of the 2014 Spring Anthology: Nature's Wrath. I hope everyone enjoyed the stories and if you haven't already read them, I encourage everyone to go take a look. Lots of good stories to choose from. Guess it's time to see what the prompt guru, Comicfan, has in store for us this week!   Prompt 310 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following words in a story – tent, a running river, a
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Writing Prompts #308 & #309

I can't believe it's Friday already, and that means it's time for two new prompts from our prompt guru, Comicfan. I hope you enjoy them and that one of them will spark an idea!   Prompt 308 – Creative Tag – Photo   Prompt 309 – Creative Tag – Phone Call Your phone rings and you pick up it. There is only one problem, the conversation going on is one you remember happening ten years ago on the date of a terrible accident. As the conversation continues you suddenly feel very light headed and c
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