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Prompt Me! #486 & #487

Who's ready for a couple of new prompts? Can't believe it's already the last Prompt Me for March. This year just seems to be flying by. Remember, if your prompt response is less than 1,000 words, it can be posted in GA Stories as long as it's part of a collection. Now, let's see what comicfan has for you this week. Prompt 486 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following words in a story : tulips, broken mirror, torn jeans, cup of coffee, and an apple. Prompt 487 – Creative Tag – The Doctor
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Prompt Me! #484 & #485

Hope everyone is having a great week! Did you remember to wear green yesterday? If not, did you get pinched a bunch? If you're wanting a break from what you're currently working on, or you're blocked, or maybe you want to start writing for the first time, then we have the perfect solution for you. Writing Prompts! Don't forget, prompt responses under 1,000 words need to be posted as part of a collection.   Prompt 484 -Creative Tag – First Line “Did anyone survive the accident?“ Prompt 485 –
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Prompt Me! #482 & #483

I hope everyone is having a great week! It's time for this weeks prompts, supplied by our prompt guru, Comicfan. Just a reminder, and for those who haven't worked with the prompts before: prompt responses under 1,000 words must be posted as part of a collection. Hopefully you'll find something in this weeks prompts to spark an idea and get you writing!   Prompt 482 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following words in a story – a tree limb, a garbage bag, a lemon, a chicken, and bees.  
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Prompt Me! #480 & #481

Who's ready for a couple of new prompts? Don't forget the deadline to get your stories to the Anthology Proof Team is today! This month has just flown by it seems like. Remember, if your prompt response is less than 1,000 words, it can be posted in GA Stories as long as it's part of a collection. Now, let's see what comicfan has for you.   Prompt 480 – Creative Tag – First Line “I just have a simple question. Who the hell is asleep in your bed?”   Prompt 481 – Creative Tag – The Dance You bo
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Prompt Me!

Who's missed the weekly prompts? It's been a few weeks since we posted some new prompts to help spark some ideas, but they're back. Not only do we have two new prompts for you, but for those that missed it, we also have the new poetry prompt for you! Don't forget that anything under 1000 words needs to be in a collection and that authors are allowed 5 different collections without Admin approval.   Prompt 478 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following words in a story – roses, bacon, a f
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Grammar Rodeo #8

Ever wonder what the correct word to use is? Cia has written a blog entry to help show which word should be used in different instances. It's been a while since we had a Grammar Rodeo, but I find these posts to be rather informative and we hope you do too.   Commonly Misused Words   When writing, most authors know there are homophones to watch out for, and we all know the big ones like your/you’re/yore and there/their/they’re. But there are a lot of words that are harder to figure ou
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Prompt Me!

Who's ready for a couple of new prompts? Can't believe it's already the end of January. This month has just flown by it seems like. Remember, if your prompt response is less than 1,000 words, it can be posted in GA Stories as long as it's part of a collection. Now, let's see what comicfan has for you this week.   Prompt 476 – Creative Tag – First Line “Quick, call an ambulance!”   Prompt 477 – Creative Tag – Sleeper Things had never been perfect for you growing up. Your parents always were a
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Prompt Me!

Wow, this month just seems to be flying by. Here we are at another Friday, and that means it is once again prompt time. Just remember if you decide to write a story and it is under one thousand words you must make it part of a collection.   I don't want to keep anyone in suspense so here are this week's prompts.   Prompt 474 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following words in a story – a historic document, a reporter, a lunch bag, a rat, and a rose tattoo.   Prompt 475 – Creative Tag
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Prompt Me!

Well, we're slowly making our way into the year and we already are up to the third Friday of the month. If it is Friday, then it is time for some new prompts. So let me see what I can tempt our writers to create this week. Just a reminder - any story under a thousand words needs to part of a collection.   Prompt 472 – Creative Tag – First Line “When did you expect me to get that done?”   Prompt 473 – Creative Tag – Personal Pet The last thing you expected was a pet from your partner. However
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Prompt Me!

Through the magic that is GA staff who never seem to sleep (we're always watching you, so be afraid, be very afraid!) the Prompts are coming to you slightly late, but not so much. Ever get bogged down on your serial posted story? The novel you're dying to write just not flowing? Take a break and enjoy one of the prompts brought to you by our very own prompt guru, Comicfan! This week, we're also featuring a poetry prompt from AC Benus, too! As always, if your responses are under 1,000 words, make
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Prompt Me!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!   I hope everyone had a safe and happy new year. How did you spend your New Years Eve? I know this is kind of late, but it's time for the first prompts of 2016!!! Hopefully you'll find something that will get those creative juices flowing. Don't forget, if posting your prompt responses in GA Stories, stories of less than 1000 words need to be posted as part of a collection. Happy Writing!!!   Prompt 468 - Creative Tag- List of Words Use the following words in a story-
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Revisit: Cia's Torturing Me

Reminder: Voting for the Secret Santa Story Contest ends TODAY! Don't forget to PM your votes, for your favorite Secret Santa Story, to A.J. before 2:00 PM EST. Now, what do we have for you today. Lately, I've been revisiting some of the old blog posts. The site is growing every day, bringing in more readers and more authors. With the influx in newer authors, I thought it would be a good idea to revisit Cia's blog post on some of the highest occurring mistakes that authors make when posting thei
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Writing Prompts #466 & #467

It's time for the last Prompts of the year!!! Normally we'd have at least one more, but with the 25th falling on a Friday and the reveal for the Secret Santa Contest happening on the 25th, there won't be any prompts next week. Don't forget to send your votes to A.J. before December 23rd at 2:00 PM EST. Now, onto the prompts! Hopefully you'll find one of these prompts to your liking. Don't forget to share it in the prompt forum, and also, please remember that prompts under 1,000 words have to be
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Writing Prompts #464 & #465 & Poetry #16

Finally, the end of the week and time for a couple of new prompts to inspire you. I hope everyone got in their Anthology entries, as the deadline was yesterday and it is now closed to new entries. If you had thought about doing an anthology, but wasn't able to, maybe you have a holiday themed story for the Secret Santa Christmas Contest. The deadline for that is December 15th. There are some great prizes for the top three stories, just make sure to read the rules thoroughly. Now, let's see what
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Writing Prompts Poetry Second Chance

First, a reminder that the deadline for the Winter Anthology is coming up quickly. We've gotten a few entries, but there is always room for more. Now for the prompts. I thought this week it might be a great idea to look at some of the first poetry prompts that AC Benus has been providing in the forums. If you haven't already checked them out, then now's your chance. All of the linked titles will take you to the lessons and instructions for each kind of poetry prompt. Have fun!   Poetry Prompt
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Writing Prompts #462 & #463

Well, it's Friday again and since Comicfan is without a computer right now, and I'm out of prompts, I guess I'm just going to have to wing it. Since Thanksgiving is next week, I decided to do one prompt using it and one not (sorta). Hopefully you enjoy these prompts and if you do, don't forget to share it in the prompt forum.   Prompt #462 - Creative Tag - List of Words Use the following words in your prompt: Thanksgiving, turkey, dog, cornucopia, pilgrim   Prompt #463 - Creative Tag - Noisy
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Writing Tip: Grammar Rodeo #7

The hardest part of self-editing is knowing when you're doing something wrong if you don't actually know you're doing something wrong. You might have an inkling and check a reputable source and figure out how to fix your sentence or story, but, other times, you might think you know what you're doing yet still get it wrong. But sometimes we're taught wrong. I think many older authors will recognize these grammar don't rules that are really grammar do rules!   Grammar Myths We All Know Wrong
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Writing Prompts #460 & #461

Have you started working on your Secret Santa Short Story contest entry? If you haven't, and are still trying to come up with ideas for it, maybe one of today's prompts will jump start something for you. Also, another reminder, if you want to participate in the Winter Anthology, the deadline to have your story to the proof team is December 3rd. Now, let's see what prompts we have for today, shall we?   Prompt 460 - Creative Tag – First Line “Who invited you?”   Prompt 461 – Creative Tag – Th
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Writing Prompts #458 & #459

Happy Prompt Day!!! Otherwise known as Friday. I hope everyone has had a great week and are getting geared up for the weekend. Have you ever tackled one of the prompts provided by Comicfan? If not, what better time is there than now? Each week, Comicfan provides two brand new prompts to help get the ideas flowing. Don't forget to share your prompt responses in the forum and if you're posting in GA Stories, remember that all stories under 1,000 words must be posted as part of a collection. Now, l
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Writing Prompts Second Chance #270 & #271

Hi Everyone   Turns out that I'm helping out in a pinch with this weeks Prompt Me! blog entry. Our prompt guru Wayne, aka Comicfan, and Renee are shall we say 'indisposed' for now.   Since I'm not an expert here, I thought I would copy a Prompt Me! that was originally posted on October 17, 2013 by Comicfan. I thought why not give this another go to share your Spooktacular writing skills with all!   Prompt 270 – Creative Tag – First Line “Because, I’m leaving you.”   Prompt 271 – Creati
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Writing Prompts #456 & #457

Wow! Is it me or are the weeks flying by? Welcome to another Friday, and you know what that means don't you? Prompt time. As usual, I don't want to hold you up, but need everyone to remember that prompt responses under 1,000 words must be posted as part of a collection. Now, on to the prompts.   Prompt 456 – Creative   Tag – First Line   “How did I forget his birthday again?”   Prompt 457 – Creative   Tag – Spiders   To say you loath spiders would be a gross understatement. However,
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Writing Tip: So You Wanna Be An Author

For a while in the blog, we used to do "Blast from the Past" posts. All of these posts came from the old newsletter. I was struggling to figure out what to post for today, when I thought, why not check out the earlier posts of the revived blog. In looking back, I found the perfect post, and it happens to be the first "Writing Tip" that was posted when Lugh started the blog back up. I hope you find it informative.   If you want to check out the past comments on the original post, you can go c
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Writing Prompts #454 & #455

Welcome back to another Friday Prompt Me! Yes, amazing how quickly the week seems to pass. Already those of us in the Northern Hemisphere are seeing the cooler temperatures moving in, the leaves changing colors, and announcement of snow. Seems that autumn is flying by. As it does hopefully people are taking time to enjoy things and perhaps even taking a bit of time to write again. Just the weekly reminder - Prompt responses under 1,000 words must be posted as part of a collection.   Considerin
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Writing Prompts #452 & #453

Well here we are again at the start of another weekend. Yes, it is Friday and that means it is time to tempt you all with some new prompts. Now that October is underway, some people might find it nice to curl up with some apple cider, a slice of pumpkin pie, and write! As usual it is time to see if we can encourage new authors, revitalize lagging authors, and see if we can keep our usual crew pumping out new works. Just the weekly reminder - Prompt responses under 1,000 words must be posted as p
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Writing Prompts #450 & #451

So here we are at the first Friday of October. Is it me or is the year just flying by? Anyway, I hope everyone has been having a good week. Since is it once again Friday, I'm here to present to you some new prompts. As always, if your work is under 1,000 words you have to place into a collection. And now to give you something new to entice you to write.   Prompt 450 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following in a story – an apple, a farm, hay, a horse, a diamond ring   Prompt 451 – Cre
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