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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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Not Feeling All That Well...

so I'm off to the hospital again! I went to the ER last Saturday morning, I felt good for a day but have been unbelievably uncomfortable ever since then. I'm hoping I can get a better diagnosis at this hospital than what I got at the last one. I have a nagging feeling something was overlooked and I'll regret not going back to have myself looked over again. I'm just nervous about what can be found but I'd rather have a definitive answer than play a game of "What If?" Well I'm off!
huktaunluv

huktaunluv

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eBook Review: Wallflower by Heidi Belleau

My rating: 4 of 5 stars   I’m a fan of Heidi Belleau. Her writing feels ‘real’. That, to me, is what contemporary fiction is all about. Most people aren’t perfect with ideal lives or living in squalor and on the brink of complete meltdown. Yet those extremes are very well represented in MM fiction. Heidi takes stories about the average man, or woman, and makes them interesting.   Which leads me to Rob and Bobby. Okay, I’m not an online MMORPG fan. I’m not a game fan at all, but I love fantas
Cia

Cia

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An apology and an update.

Hey yall,   I wanted to take some time to stop in and drop and entry. I want to apologize for my overly erratic posting habits (even for me). Instead of boring yall with the details I've give you the bare bones.   I was living with a relative who (unknowingly to me) was going through the eviction process. So when they were kicked out so was I and I spent two weeks packing, storing and eventually moving with my grandmother. My grandmothers health has taken a bit of a downward turn so I'm sp
NightOwl88

NightOwl88

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An interesting thought: Emotional Paradoxes

I was surfing around the web and came upon an interesting quote that touched my heart:   It's about a guy, who can not love, so must let that person go. Yet, paradoxically, if he could start the entire thing over again, he'd love this person with all his heart.   "if you can't give happiness to the person you love, you should let them go. But if we can start over, I would choose to keep you, use all my strength, and give you happiness."   I like emotional paradoxes; it reveals more about
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W_L

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Silly poetry

Here lies Zebedee Yamilla, a particle physicist of intrepid renown. Her cosmic love for Attaboy Jack, reviled collector of nipples and noses, proved her end in this cold, cold ground. Valiantly she sought to prove his innocence, insanity by reason of neutrino-compactified neurons she said. But the many-bodied sneers of the physicist legate derided, and the hours amongst water-cerenkov detectors scintillated no light. Alas her spirit became renormalized in despair. N
crazyfish

crazyfish

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Hard choices in life....everything has a cost

From the little household budget of a thousand dollars a month to a small business with millions a month to a Corporation with billions a month to a nation with hundreds of billions a month, everyone makes hard choices.   An economy is not fair, not equal, and not even efficient, when you actually look deeper at it. Sure you can use plots and algorithms to figure out general Alphas to Delta trends that makes things easy to project and look smooth on the eyes, but human reasoning is not always
W_L

W_L

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Amazing Birthday!

I'm writing this blog as an attempt to capture this great feeling inside me. I feel... Have you ever had to control your body so that you don't start dancing in the middle of the road? (I wish my life was a musical. That would have been fcking awesome!) It feels like I'm half-dreaming. Yesterday, I wanted to get off the bus and run home and scream how happy I was.   So, yes, yesterday was my birthday. But that's just the cherry on top of the cake which makes the whole thing much more awesome.
Ieshwar

Ieshwar

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He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

The EMT grabbed his bag, and ran briskly up the drive. He hoped this time he wasn't too late, and all were still alive.   Before he could reach to knock on the door, it was opened by a man. He looked shocked, shattered, in a trance like state, blood on both his hands.   The EMT motioned for his partner to take care of the broken guy. He continued into the house emitting a sad and fearful sigh.   Sobbing sounds led him down the hall to an open bedroom door. There lay in a puddle of bloo
joann414

joann414

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Valve.

Valve announced Steam OS today. It's the Linux-based software that will run their living room ecosystem.   They also teased two other announcements in the immediate future. They will be:   1. The new Source game engine. Along with the announcement of the engine, they'll announce their launching titles, Half Life 3 and Left 4 Dead 3.   2. That will lead into their second announcement, the Steam Box.   This is my prediction.
advocatus diaboli

advocatus diaboli

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A Call for Betas and Editors

I am opening the doors to my novel with the introduction:   https://www.gayauthors.org/story/w-l/Causality/1   As I said, I want to pursue eastern Fantasy in the modern era; push the limits of science fiction and traditions to the brink.   I also have developed my villain far more over the last few weeks. This is not the Nine-Tailed Fox of Naruto or even classic Chinese and Japanese fiction, I am going to pursue a re-interpretation of the entire character with modern views. The fox is a vi
W_L

W_L

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Mimei Ogawa, the Bright Star Who Flickered Out Quickly

In English-speaking countries, children might read Grimm or Andersen, or for modern authors, Roald Dahl, C.S. Lewis, Astrid Lingren, Dr. Seuss, Beatrix Potter or even people like R.L. Stine. What do Japanese children read? What helps inform their world view and shape their moral spirit? Well, some of the same stories do get translated and Japanese children are exposed to them to different extents, but what about Japanese literature written by Japanese people?   If you were to ask this question
thebrinkoftime

thebrinkoftime

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I'm Exhausted!

I've been up since 4:30am. I was awakened by stabbing pains in my lower back which induced nausea. I was so nervous, I went to the ER and was just released an hour ago. My doc thought it was kidney stones but it turned out to be just a severe muscle spasm. I tried to go back to sleep but I'm still feeling the pain in my back. Now, I'm hanging out in my living room, on the couch, watching the first season of "2 Broke Girls", and debating which season of "The Big Bang Theory" to watch. Decisions.
huktaunluv

huktaunluv

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Thunder storms.

I absolutely love them. So much.   The concept of thunder snow gives me shivers and is something I want to see in my life time.   It's just, so pretty. When I was younger, my father lived in a series of apartments. One in particular, the view was spectacular. The outside wall of the apartment was all glass. We used to sit in his room and watch the storms, at night. One night in particular stands out, for no real reason. The storm must have been at least 10 km away, but we could see it perfec
advocatus diaboli

advocatus diaboli

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An idea for Halloween fun on GA

I know GA has not done anything yet official for Halloween, but do any writers want to try writing a horror story and set it to show on Oct 31st?   It's not my forte, but I'd love to try and have some fun with writing a spooky story. and it'd be great to share this with others   To make it more interesting than a random horror story, what if each writer can only use one Horror plot theme and no other author can use the same.   I don't anticipate this to be a huge thing and maybe no one wan
W_L

W_L

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Millenials: We Suck and We're Sorry

So, there's this Youtube vid that's already garned 183k views after being out for a day, and I thought it had some pretty thought-provoking material there:     If I'm interepreting this video correctly, it seems to be saying: "Please do not denigrate our generation as being lazy and self-indulgent, because we're not as far along in established life goals as the Baby Boomers were. Our parents brought us all up to think that we were special, without having to really work much towards be
methodwriter85

methodwriter85

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Today's My Birthday!

I find myself asking two questions: I'm another year older (37) but am I another year wiser? Am I still supposed to make mistakes at this age?   I've made choices in one instance which inadvertently ended a friendship. In this case, I know what I did wrong but my former friend takes no blame for her part. She sees herself as the person wronged in this situation and refuses to even talk to me. I give people chances. I gave her multiple chances for us to talk but she chose each time to walk away
huktaunluv

huktaunluv

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The Moral of the Story Is....

Yesterday was a fruitful day for me. It was a time of reflection (so reflective, I was soaked in my own thought and forgot to bring my tripod... to a night photography session).   Everyone has heard of the saying "pen is mightier than sword." And throughout the history we have witness that effect: how Jane Austen redefined marriage as a function of love (rather than a function of family duty), Charles Dickens showed the uglier side of Industrial Revolution (and none of the revolution fought
Ashi

Ashi

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What is the Point?

As of the time of this entry, they say that our little rock in the cosmos has somewhere between 192 and 196 countries on it, apparently, depending on how you argue it. It is tricky to know what it's like to be somebody living in any of these countries, especially if you haven't done it yourself.   My country has enjoyed a rather infamous history since it became more widely known to the world. Some people say they love it. Some people express less enthusiastic thoughts. Some people like the way
thebrinkoftime

thebrinkoftime

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So, how many people understood my status?

Thanks Brink for translating, you were the first one to recognize it as the opening lines to the Tao Te Ching.   道可道非常道, 名可名非常名   Most of far eastern philosophy has either roots or been influenced by the book; even when cultures don't hold Taoist religious principles, there are philosophical points that extend outwards towards Buddhism, several Indian religions, and scientific principles.   I translate it a little differently than you do Brink:   "The way that is known is not the true wa
W_L

W_L

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Let's Defecate Correctly

Let’s Defecate Correctly   Young children have it best. Chores are done for them, they are spoon fed with playful attention, and of course, they enjoy the luxury of nappies. The vicissitudes of growing up entails a process of moving past said juvenile methods of defecation. Today, the use of the toilet is a challenge that most children must socially accept.   What about the dilemmas of the modern toilet? Maybe the seat is too cold or even too warm? It is not clean enough. Will I fall int
mr.chris

mr.chris

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Who knew writing a coming out chapter could be so taxing?

I never had to come out as being straight, it was just something known by everybody who knows me. I haven't the slightest idea what it means or how it feels to come out as being gay. So how do I go about writing my main characters coming out having not had to go through it myself? I went on instinct. I had numerous directions I could go writing in the way they came out and the reactions of the parents. Do they accept them? Are they indifferent? Are they quoting from the Bible while throwing holy
huktaunluv

huktaunluv

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Miss America is Not American?

So, history was made last night when the first Indian-American Miss America was crowned. And quite predictably, racist comments were made. Ugh. Here's this wonderful response video by a guy basically saying what I think about this:     America is basically defined by the fact that it's a melting pot that has never had any kind of singular culture, given the fact that it's the size of a continent. Even before Columbus got here, you had a pretty big variety, from the Mohawks to theLenni L
methodwriter85

methodwriter85

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Nothing happened....Just a Bad Sandwich

No politics for today's blog as I don't want to go into the DC shooting, I do give my sincerest prayers for the 14 injured people from the incident, who are still in the hospital, and 12 dead. Others will argue on the points, everywhere else.   I want to talk about nothing really important....just the quality of food. I went to a Caribbean sandwich shop, Dominican based, and I wanted to try their Sour Sop and pickled ham sandwich. It tasted good, but I paid for it later.   I have had the run
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W_L

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