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    November CSR Discussion Day: Hustle by Talo Segura

    By Cia

    Wow, November already. With the year almost over, I wanted to keep featuring things that kept readers guessing and challenge the idea of the traditional reading genres and stories. What did you think of Hustle? Share your thoughts below, but first, the interview!! Chocolate or Vanilla? I have to cheat... both! What's your favorite room in your home? Do you plot or write there? I don't have a favourite room and I write where ever I find myself alone and not being disturbed, of
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Writing an interesting character, real ancient royalty

As I am getting older and wiser as a human being and a writer, I am recognizing a lot of fictional tropes that people fall into when writing characters. In order to create picture perfect fiction, writers fall into stereotypes like the fairy tale storyline of medieval and ancient kingdoms.   For example, the princess stereotype is not merely a Disney concoction, but a revisionist historical view of females in actual history. Actual princesses did not stew around in their rooms looking pretty a
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W_L

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STRESS!

So a little update, and a freak out   The thought of moving home freaks me out, on many many levels.   But I look forward to it at the same time, it’s really weird.   Let me give some context.   So about a month ago, I booked a trip to go and see mikie again, because I had the money from my student grant, plus I’d earnt a lot at work to afford the trip. So all is good.   However, I hadn’t told my mother yet. As many of you have heard, my mum can be a bit of a nightmare. She has a lot

Tired of being Sick, going on vacation

My friendly mosquitoes gave me something fun. It's called Chikungunya and it really sucks balls ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikungunya ).   In addition to an astonishing fever, you get arthritis affecting multiple joints and insomnia. There's other fun that I missed out on.   The fever part lasts a couple of weeks but the joint inflammation is only just beginning to subside. It's been a couple of months and I am feeling a lot better. Just never thought I would catch something that comes
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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Facing Facts

It is time of goodbyes. I seem to have a lot of them coming my way. Some are way more painful than others. Some seem to hurt only me. Here is hoping I don't have to say goodbye to them all.
comicfan

comicfan

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Exploring Gay Cinema beyond just porn :D

There's a lot out there to explore, a lot of undiscovered territories to write, direct, and view. I might be a simple viewer and listener to these interesting tales that ranges from the generic stereotypical story of "Booy meets Boy meets world" to some awesome explorations into human passions and limits in love and understanding.   As a writer, I love writing the human condition, not simply because it's the hottest thing out there or people will remember it a hundred years from now, but it
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W_L

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Old People Can Be Really Funny Sometimes.

We often expect old people to be stuffy when it comes to humor, but today that stereotype was thrown out the window.   Now that I've graduated, my school has cut off my gym privileges so I've had to start going to a local gym around the corner. I go in the middle of the day, so its basically only old people and college kids there at that time. It was 95 degrees today and so humid you could feel the water in the air. It was miserable. Anyway, after I got done my workout I went into the locker r
TetRefine

TetRefine

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Unchained Melody

In “The Bachelor Farmer” I portray the dissemination of a term, ‘homosexelles’ to describe men loving other men and women loving other women. Prior to Kertbeny’s new word in the late nineteenth century, only terms that described sex acts were used to define gays, lesbians, and bisexuals. Over time that word, “homosexual,” came into common usage and a new identity group was born. However, being a homosexual wasn’t necessarily embraced by the general public including governments around the world.
Cole Matthews

Cole Matthews

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Let me introduce my musty little corner of the library...

From time to time, I'm going to be posting short essays on this blog about historical events affecting the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and affiliated community. The purpose is to show some snapshots in time of where our community has been and how through time we've gained acceptance, found hope, and created a shared identity.   Not all the stories I'm sharing are happy ones, but I think you'll see even during trying times, people with alternative sexualities learned, grew, and took ste
Cole Matthews

Cole Matthews

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Celebrations, resignations and and excitations :-)

Well, the good news first I suppose. I resigned this week from my job - and nothing has ever felt so good!! I am most definitely leaving my employer in a difficult position, but there is an extent to which they just need to "get over it" and there is an even greater extent to which I really do not care. I am of course fulfilling my contractual and legal obligations to the letter.   It's not as if they didn't get warning... they have seen the signs of my unhappiness for months. Through a cou
Westie

Westie

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Vacation

So, finally back from vacation. Did I have a good time? Shrugs. Cozumel is a great place. I visited there several years ago when hubby and I did a cruise.   Our resort was all inclusive. Drinks and eats free, lots of activities, etc. It was ok. Nothing wonderful, but clean, nice folks, and our room and view was to die for. We got up, sat on our balcony and watched the cruise ships dock every morning. The pool and pool bar was right below us. So, that was a plus.   We met a lot of n
joann414

joann414

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Post-Grad Life Update

So I graduated. It was the first time that a graduation actually felt like an accomplishment of sorts. Graduating high school wasn't really an accomplishment because if you IQ was above the single digits you would have to work to NOT graduate. They basically spoon feed you through, which IMO does a disservice to those going to college. But thats a different topic. But yeah, I was actually really proud of myself for finishing on time because college was a lot of work, especially the last two year
TetRefine

TetRefine

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Silence

It's been five days since her passing and I have yet to have a heavy cry. I know it's in me, but for some reason I'm holding it back. Everywhere I look I see something that remains me of her. Some memory of the past. I keep expecting to hear her voice or see her walking down the hall. But all there is is silence. The house seems so empty now, even when dad is here. Friends stop by, but there's little comfort in their visits. I miss my mom and best friend.
Billy Martin

Billy Martin

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Resignation

Nine years. I've been a part of GA for just shy of a decade. I've seen it grow from only a few forums and some scattered author websites to a community of thousands of people across the world with millions of visitors every month. I was member 937 to join the site. GA is now approaching the 25,000th member. I joined this site on a random Wednesday and it turned out to be one of the best decisions of my life. The people I've met through this site have guided me and made me who I am today and I co
JSmith

JSmith

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Changes

Life, if nothing else, is one of constant changes. The older I get, the more I seem to realize just how much and often those changes come to you. I think I have finally realized you just can't set boundaries and all, because the moment you do life sends changes your way.   I went away for a wedding last week. It was for a friend who I look upon almost as a daughter. I have never seen so many things go wrong for one wedding. All I can say is for the invited guests, who knew nothing but the even
comicfan

comicfan

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Co-worker learned an important lesson

So I am part of team where it is 75% female and over 50% has tenure on the team. It can be a tough group.   One thing I want to make clear is I don't care that it is a heavy female group just giving our dynamics.   I joined the team 7 months ago and have been making a great contribution to our team. I have been recognized at a regional level for my work too. My bosses love me and many of teammates do too.   There are 2 that absolutely do not like me and are troublemakers. Many times they
AquariusGuy

AquariusGuy

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Stuck like Chuck

Yup, in a rut in the mud or as I like to say a turtle in frozen molasses. LOL. Basically: writer's block.   The prompts here have helped me, but I am still frozen on my other major wip's.   Life has me stuck, I'm 4 weeks unemployed now and nothing in the hopper...which is scary and taking my focus away   Plus other family issues, etc...   Any advice from those in the writer's block prison?

taking a break

The last two weeks have been really hard for me. For those who don't know, I have bi-polar disorder. The high points are when I do my best writing, and I usually manage to maintain my highs for quite awhile. I've learned over the years to channel all that manic energy into creating things, art, music, writing, i explore out in the woods, take pictures, ect, though I have to admit that its a pinball effect at times, bouncing from one thing to another, difficult at times to focus, but I prefer tha
layla

layla

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Six Months into the Grieving Process

Steve's girlfriend posted on Facebook tonight saying that today was the six-month anniversary of his passing. It's pretty weird- I didn't even think about that at all today. I just went about today like it was any other day- I spent the evening working on my case statement. I didn't think about Steve for any concentrated period at all.   The grieving process is a weird, uneven thing. Right now, I feel oddly calm and accepting about it. Every couple of weeks or so, I get a flare up and it gets
methodwriter85

methodwriter85

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I'm new. Well...

I'm not sure when was the last time I was active here, so I might as well be new here. Deep apologies to all my friends here. I know I've been an awful awful friend; whether you still consider me a friend anymore is purely up to you. I'm not sure how active I'm going to be here, but I'll try.   Just a few updates if anyone is still interested. Finally finished uni for a while, I think. Two years studying here in Australia I've decided that should be the end of schooling years for me until I
Kev de Cauchery

Kev de Cauchery

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Staying Busy Feels Good

Right now I'm in the midst of this volunteer project I'm doing with the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs. I'm basically writing a paper showing why this one site should get more funding, and I've been going down to Dover once a week to research in the archives. It's been a lot of fun, and it's great to dust off my old writing skills. The project deadline is June 15th and it should be relatively easy.   The other thing that I've been a part of is helping the new presiden
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methodwriter85

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