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    Sci-fi Genre Deep Dive 10

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    Top Read Sci-Fi Stories Since Deep Dive 9 Top 1 Most Read Science Fiction - AI Consciousness Explores sentient AI and post-human ethics, often questioning identity, consciousness, and morality. The Construct by Topher Lydon Complete Top 10 Most Read Science Fiction - Apocalyptic and Post-apocalyptic concerned with the end of civilization, either through nuclear war, plague, or some other general disaster. Post-apocalyptic fiction is set in a world or civiliz
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Weekly Review: Built for It by Daisy Harris

<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13397771-built-4-it" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Built 4 It" border="0" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1328332391m/13397771.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13397771-built-4-it">Built 4 It</a> by Daisy Harris<br/> My rating: 4 of 5 stars<br /><br /> Made 4 It was an interesting story. I hadn’t read any other story in The Love-Bot series, but this still m
Cia

Cia

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Camp NaNoWriMo

I've been meaning to do NaNoWriMo for years, but I never got around to it. November always seems to be a bad month for me. So when I heard about Camp NaNoWriMo this year, I decided this was my chance. So, in April, I finished and rewrote Nemesis. And I won! I'm sort of giddy and very pleased with myself right now.  
Thorn Wilde

Thorn Wilde

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The Most Amazing Story You Will EVER READ

So, Ieshwar just introduced a story called "My Immortal" to me.   It's honestly the best story I have ever read in my entire life. I think it was originally on FictionPress but it probably got taken down since it was probably nominated for a Nobel prize. It's so, so, so beautiful -- so beautiful I just can't even       http://emilkirkegaard.dk/en/wp-content/uploads/My-Immortal.pdf           GA authors step up your game, Jesus, Domluka ain't nobody got time for your shit.
Fishwings

Fishwings

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Recent Blog

I recently had a blog up that several people commented on and I found I could agree with points made by everyone, including myself. And I appreciate every comment made. However, I can also see that the anger behind the things I said and could possibly say, is not, would not be, good for the relationships between authors and editors here at GA.. Therefore, I deleted it. Not because of what anyone said, but because of what someone might say that could do harm to the community at large. I don't wan
Enoch

Enoch

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The Evolution of a Novel: Characters

I started writing Nemesis a decade or so ago. While the essence of the story was the same, so many things about it have changed.   Back then, Dave's name was Leo. Leo was a far more aggressive, macho type of character than Dave. When I began to rewrite the story from the beginning, a bit less than three years ago, I found that Leo had changed so drastically as to be almost unrecognisable, and his name had to change. Dave just felt right, somehow.   Nick has always mirrored me
Thorn Wilde

Thorn Wilde

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Review of Spartacus: War of the Damned Finale

Epic, beautiful, and tear-jerking.   The legend of Spartacus has been told countless times with every generation coming up with another story or film that captures the imagination. This retelling by Starz network had more blood, swearing, and sex than any other, but it felt more true to form for the era and times. Slavery is not a dead concept of the ancient world, even in today we still have slaves, whether it is in the human trafficking in Africa, the sex trade in Europe, Asia, and Americas,
W_L

W_L

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The Annoying Muse

Me: *In a public bathroom.*   Muse: "Pssst. I've got a story idea for you that I know that you will just love!"       Me: *Finally drifting off to sleep at 3 a.m....*   Muse: "Psst you sleeping? Didn't think so! Get up 'cause I am not visiting you in the morning."       Me: *Sitting down to get some homework done...*   Muse: "Hey buddy, you look like you're working hard. Not anymore!"       Me: *Finally sitting down to do some creative writing...*   YouTube: "HOLLA BROTHA."
Fishwings

Fishwings

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Costs of Health Care in the US

I said it beforre in another blog and countless times when the soapbox was still around: the biggest expense for the average health care provider was the insane mandate of Electronic Health Records implementation.   I was reading this on CNN and I think even the more liberal proponents have to see that this reform was far too heavy handed:   Doctor Gives Up on US Health Care   Look, I warned people years ago, when I was heading up accounting at a health care firm that the new laws are not
W_L

W_L

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Rotten banks and worthless money

I gave up long ago taking seriously - if I ever did - the posturing by economists that they truly understand how economies work and what actions really need to be taken to deliver a healthy and sustainable economy. Because it seems to me they're charlatans, the proverbial snake oil salesmen peddling their own patent remedies under the guise of "wisdom and knowledge", when the reality is that modern economies are underpinned by smoke and mirrors - the illusion of wealth that is "money". British b
Zombie

Zombie

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if music

if music on the corner if music where it's at if music who will buy? if music i heard that   if music is the magic if music found a cure if music take some time out if music open the door   if music secret rendez-vous if music blow your head if music revelation if music miles ahead
thatboyChase

thatboyChase

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To-Do List

So here I am trying to keep myself on track. This shall be my things I still need to do in order to get up to Alaska and my new job.   1. Transfer Credential -- ready to be mailed -- Application form -- status: filled out, notarized -- Fingerprints -- status: completed and in packet -- Transcripts -- status: located and in packet -- CSULB Recommendation Form -- status: received and in packet -- Test Scores (CBST, CSET) -- status: received and in packet -- Teaching Certificate -- status:
Dark

Dark

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Sharing a anime dub, Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi

Don't worry it's not the sexual brand of gay Anime However, it is moving and very adult oriented. I thought the fan Dubbers did good job on this episode and it explores some interesting things that GA writers have gone over, gay guys who have given up on love.   The original japanese is much better, but this is fine to give an American audience a taste.   IF you really enjoy it, I suggest watching the entire series if possible. I made the recommendation earlier in the Member Q&A thread,
W_L

W_L

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Detroitism- A.KA. "Ruin Porn"

So, since Adam Phillips just loves to get on me for my reading habits, I thought I'd try and read something that wasn't written for 12-year olds, and looked around for something a little different. I've had this fascination for the past couple of years with the city of Detroit, and how it's accelerating depopulation has been depicted in pictures and videos. Detroit, in the course of one decade, has seen its population plunge from about 950k to just 714k- that's approximately equal to if the city
methodwriter85

methodwriter85

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1st Person or 3rd Person? Which POV do you prefer?

I have been playing close attention to the ratio and how POVs (point-of-views) correlate to the stories on GA as well as other websites, and I have been quite interested in what people here prefer to read or write.   If you guys don't know what first-person, close third-person, and omniscient third-person is I'll just give you a very brief n' bare overview of what they are and the advantages/disadvantages of each POV are based on research and personal experience.   Before I start, I'll touc
Fishwings

Fishwings

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Anthology: Whispers in the Dark Graphic

Hello authors, readers, unregistered users and the like,     April 15th the deadline for "Whispers in the Dark" is fast approaching, so if you're interested in sending in a poetry submission refer to this link: Click me. With that being said, here is the banner that I have designed in Photoshop this time around:       I encourage you all to copy the url of this image/save it and share this poster on your Facebook or website or whatever you use so not only the anthology gets read but GA
Fishwings

Fishwings

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Why Be Angry

I have had plenty of time to sit and try to get my head around a few things... One, I was very upset at the cliquish groups that are here.. I felt as if I were back in High School... I mean I understand that not everyone will like you and this is okay. However, When there are those who make it plain and evident this is what they are doing, then this is where I use to have a problem with. This is no longer the deal.. I could care less who doesn't want to get to know the real me... it is their lo
harcallard

harcallard

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Health Update!

Update:   Went to the doctor today, with my wonderful husband at my side. The doctor did a a1c test which is supposed to give my average glucose levels for the last 3 months. That should give a better indication of what exactly is going on with me.   She agrees with us that she doesn't think it was a seizure like the ER doctor thought and is fairly certain that it was the low glucose levels that caused me to pass out. She is also doing some kind of blood test for my thyroid and all of those
Renee Stevens

Renee Stevens

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Weekly Review: Never A Hero by Marie Sexton

<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17304538-never-a-hero" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Never a Hero (Tucker Springs, #5)" border="0" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1359485180m/17304538.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17304538-never-a-hero">Never a Hero</a> Never a Hero is yet another installment set in the small town of Tucker Springs. This eBook, written by Marie Sexton, was full of a lot of angst regarding
Cia

Cia

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Boston Bombers are NOT Czech

http://zpravy.idnes.cz/foto.aspx?server=zpravy.idnes.cz&r=zpravodaj&foto1=JB4aa280_usa.jpg   I know that not ALL Americans are stupid and ignorant, but there are still plenty enough to generate news like what is shown in the picture I linked. During the last hours since it was revealed that the bombers had links to CHECHNYA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechnya), many Americans tweeted their surprise about the bombers coming from the CZECH Republic. Even if they used the official shor
paya

paya

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A very special Thank You

With everything going on in today's world it isn't often you hear of people taking the time to put together a project just to make someone smile.   I've had a few set backs this year, but I keep going. Like everyone I have my ups and downs. Yesterday was a bit rough with the tests I had to take causing my back to flare up again. So you can imagine my surprise when I got a package today.   At first I thought it was a really big box from one person, however I soon discovered that there were ma
comicfan

comicfan

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