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    Today's the Day!

    By Valkyrie

    Anthology Stories are due today! Get those final touches done on your story and send it to me by midnight, EST tonight so I can get it assigned to a Proof Team member! There are lots of burning questions... Did we break the 20 story barrier? Who participated? How many stories did they write? When will the stories go live? Which theme has more stories? Of course, I'm not going to answer any of them now   You'll have to wait and anticipate! 
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Prompts

Game on

Once upon a time, my friends and I played this game where you had to draw something, and the other group tried to guess the subject, film, saying, etc. So, I thought we could draw with our words this time.   PT Prompt #325:   Draw a well-known movie title without actually naming it, linking it, or using any other electronic tricks. Just your words. No AI. Who guesses right and earns virtual brownie points? PT Prompt #326:   Next one: Draw a song. Humming
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Anthologies

More Poetry Help

Last week, we explored Haiku as an introduction to writing poetry.  This week, I'd like to discuss free verse.  Remember that poetry does not have to incorporate rhyming or meter or stick to a particular form.  Free verse embraces that concept, which gives the writer virtually unlimited freedom to express their thoughts.  Free verse does not follow any particular form or rhythm.  It tends to follow natural speech patterns, but doesn't have to.  I think of poetry as painting word pictures - it's
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Signature Feature

February 2026 Signature Feature Excerpt: The Yacht Club by Mark Arbour

Did you catch Monday's blog featuring Mark's story, The Yacht Club, from last year's Secret Author contest? There will be another one of those coming up later this year, so I hope you will both enjoy this story (if you missed it) and the upcoming event this summer. Make sure you check out this excerpt and the story if you want to remember that fun or read it now! As always, like, comment, and review!  Want to read more? Click here.
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Genre Deep Dives

History Genre Deep Dive 9

Top Read History Stories Since Deep Dive 8 Top 10 Most Read Historical - Alternate Nazi's win WWII, Napoleon win's the Battle of Waterloo, Roman Empire never fell without fantasy/speculative fiction items (other than alternate history). The Man in the High Castle Falling Apart by craftingmom Complete Engineer Benson by Wayne Gray Long-Term Hold Do Over by dkstories Complete Capitol Hill - Summer of '22 Book VI by Carlos Hazday Complete Kage Matc
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Signature Feature

February 2026 Signature Feature: The Yacht Club by Mark Arbour

This month I thought I'd feature a romantic... or is it? cruise story by @Mark Arbour. This was part of the Secret Author contest in 2024, which I hope readers enjoyed, but if you missed it, check it out now!!  Length: 10,473 Description: Two daddies and two twinks go on a cruise. Devon and his boyfriend Roger plan a cruise to get away and enjoy some time together.  While boarding they meet Keller, who is traveling with his estranged boyfriend Jason.  While on board they discover
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Feb 8. - Feb. 14)

Well, a belated Happy Valentines day to you all. I love all the readers, contributors, staff here at GA. Will you all be my Valentine (a day late )  We shall move on quickly as I know VD is not a popular topic around here  In more ways than one   Remember last week when I I talked about the lost lotto ticket 😮 Well there was a sizable win out of my city 😮 I was talking to some people at work and they said I should call in to see if they can tell me anything, so I did  Much to my surpri
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Site Tech News

What is he up to now? Setting things up for the Future

As you signed on to the site today, you were asked to fill in your favorite genre, second favorite genre, and third favorite genre.  For a certain age group, you were no doubt cursing at the surprise.  Sorry about that.  Everyone else is probably wondering why.  Every Saturday morning, I collect our stats on active members, Premium Subscribers, etc.  As we get ready to move to the new forum software, I am working to set up our data collection and usage to better serve our members.  In marke
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Genre Deep Dives

General Fiction Deep Dive 9

Top Read General Fiction Since Deep Dive 8 Top 10 Most Read General Fiction - Coming of Age Follows the personal growth and development of a protagonist from youth to adulthood. "growing up" The Cockney Canuck by Dodger Temporary Hold Gap Year by Mark Arbour Complete A to Z by Parker Owens Complete Adam Blake by CLJobe Complete Paternity by Mark Arbour Complete Into the fields of Summer by gabz2000 Long-Term Hold An English Teen, C
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Reviews

Review Team... Review

Hey all, I was asleep at the wheel last month and forgot to post the 2025 Review Team's review of the their Reviews  Why not throw in 1 more review. Well here it is. Stay tuned for March for a brand new feature! Before I post, I do appreciate all that the Review Team does to help out the site. If you think you have time to add a review or 2 a year, let @Timothy M. or myself know. They are always looking to increase their ranks       Reviews revisited Our Review Team
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up (Feb. 1 - Feb. 7)

Hey all   Are we all committed to sit on our couches and watch the winter Olympics from Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo? I'm not sure I am  Now, if I was there and being surrounded by gorgeous Italian men , then we'd be having another discussion . Oh wait, there is another game going on in Santa Clara 😮  I went back to work after a 2-week staycation, and I think I put in an 80 hour work week this week 😮 Only about 900 emails to work through on top of all my other jobs and tasks, I was
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