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CSR Book Club March Csr: Roommates By Krista

This month I thought I'd feature something many readers can enjoy, since the weather's been so bad and we have four full weeks to read--a novel length college-age story by Krista. I hope you'll enjoy it! March's CSR Discussion day will be on Monday, March 30th! Roommates by Krista Length: 72,249 Description: About best friends from college. A Reader Said: I know I say this about every story, but I really did love this one ~ Gene63

March 2, 2015

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

It's that time again, time to take a look back at what happened this week in the GA News Blog. Before I get to that though, i want to remind everyone that Tuesday is the last day to send your story to the Anthology Proof Team. At the moment we've only received 5 entries. Now, lets see what happened this past week in the blog. The CSR discussion for Pierced by JVaughn took place on Monday. Tech Tuesdays came back on Tuesday to tell us about how the new software upgrade is going to deal wi

March 1, 2015

Prompts Writing Prompts #398 & #399

FRIDAY, FRIDAY, FRIDAY!!! *Dances* Oh, oops. Forgot what I was doing there for a moment. Hope everyone has had a great week and I bet everyone is looking forward to the weekend. Before the weekend can get here though, we have to do the weekly prompts from the Prompt Guru. Hopefully one of these will spark an idea!!! Prompt 398 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following words in a story – umbrella, toy bunny, banana, a parrot, and a young girl. Prompt 399 – Creative Tag – The Snore

February 27, 2015

Writing Tips

Writing Tip Writing Tip: Grammar Rodeo #1

Today's blog is courtesy of Cia! Ever wondered which is the correct word to use when faced with lay/lie? You're not alone and Cia has put together a very informative blog entry to help, it even includes tips and tricks for when you're really not sure. Thanks Cia for taking the time to give us Grammar Rodeo #1! Grammar Rodeo #1 Tips and Tricks for wrangling those Pesky Word Choices! Who and Whom Okay, I hate this one, even though it’s relatively simple! Let’s make it easy: Who i

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February 25, 2015

CSR Book Club Csr Discussion Day: Pierced By Jvaughn

This month, a shorter than usual one, I also went with a shorter story. JVaughn's Pierced is a solid read, for all it's only about 20k in length, that I really enjoyed. I was happy to feature it this month, and I hope you're ready to enjoy learning a bit more about J, too. Don't forget to leave your comments or questions. J will be "live" on the blog from 4-6 PM, PST today to talk to you--so make sure you're ready! Single people often have more time to write. Are you single? Technically, yes

February 23, 2015

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

Before I get to the weekly update, a reminder that tomorrow is the CSR Discussion for Pierced by JVaughn. Also, the deadline is fast approaching for the 2015 Spring Anthology. Now, lets see what happened in the blog this past week. On Monday Cia provided a review for Dangerous Impulses by Greg_A. If you haven't read the story, check out the review and maybe it will prompt you to check out the story itself. If you have read it, feel free to offer up your own opinion. Wednesday continued t

February 22, 2015

Prompts Writing Prompts #396 & #397

There are many reasons that people might look forward to Friday, but here at the GA News Blog, we look forward to Friday because it means one thing.... New Prompts!!! Sometimes we get stuck and need a little push to help us get writing again, that's what the prompts are all about, to help get the juices flowing. As always, Comicfan has provided two new prompts for you to take a stab at. Hopefully one of these will inspire you to write a little something! Prompt 396 – Creative Tag – First Lin

February 20, 2015

News Archive

Author Promotion Ga's Newest Promising Author: Valkyrie!

After a long delay since our last author promotion, we begin today to replenish the list of Promising Authors with the promotion of Valkyrie! Valkyrie is fairly new to writing fiction, having only finished her first serial in May 2014. Valkyrie's stories tend to feature flawed individuals who go through some pretty rough times before reaching their happily ever after -- if they ever do. As she states in her author bio, she is a big fan of animals and several of her stories feature them. In addit

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February 19, 2015

Story Review Featured Story: Dangerous Impulses

Being the start of a new week, Monday's are also a good time to take a look at some of the different stories that can be found on Gay Authors. With so many great works, it can be easy to overlook one and Monday's provide an opportunity for us to help make one of them stand out and maybe catch your interest. Today, we're bringing you a review by Cia of Greg_A's story "Dangerous Impulses." Enjoy! Dangerous Impulses by Greg_A Author Reviewer: Cia Status: Complete Word Count:

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February 16, 2015

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

Sorry all, running a bit late today. The week has gone by so quickly that I sorta forgot today was Sunday! Before I get going, for those who didn't noticed Saturday's post, I wanted to once again announce the winner for the International Flirt Week Contest. For the line: **walk up to a stranger, lick a finger and wipe it on the guy's shirt** "Come on, baby. Let's get you out of these wet clothes." This past week was a week to feature Carl Holiday! On Monday we

February 15, 2015

Prompts Writing Prompts #394 & #395

Who's ready for a new set of prompts to get the wheels turning? Sometimes an author hits a road block that they just can't seem to make their way through. The weekly prompts are a great starting point to jump start some new ideas. Whether you're looking to just do a quick flash piece or maybe you want to do a bit longer story, why not give them a try! A couple of things to remember: Prompt responses under 1,000 words must be posted as part of a collection. Do to the high number of collections co

February 13, 2015

Author Interviews

Interview Author Interview: Carl Holiday

Have you downloaded your copy of the Signature Background for February yet? There's still time! Today we're featuring an interview with Carl Holiday, all about him, his writing, and a little about how Hold 32 came into being! Do you eat your fruits and vegetables? I’m more of a dairy and grains kind of guy. Are you a person who makes their bed in the morning, or do you not see much point? I make it up at night, before I use it. It’s not like the housing inspectors will be coming along an

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February 11, 2015

Story Review Featured Story: Hold 32

This month for the Signature Background, I featured Carl Holiday's story, Hold 32 from the 2011 Anthology themed: Walk on the Wild Side. A short story I enjoyed then and now, I thought I'd do the review myself! And if you haven't had a chance to download your background yet this month, you can get it here! Hold 32 by Carl Holiday Signature Author Reviewer: Cia Status: Complete Length: 1,595 I read A LOT, but this story stuck out to me in 2011 when I first read it

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February 9, 2015

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

I hope everyone had a great weekend! Just a reminder that there's less than a month left to get your Spring Anthology entries in to the Anthology Proof team (23 days to be exact)! Now lets take a quick look at what happened this week in the GA News Blog! Have you read Pierced by JVaughn? If not, now's your chance as on Monday, Cia announced that Pierced was this month's CSR Book Club choice. The discussion day will take place on Feb 23rd, but since it's just under 20,000 words, you should ha

February 8, 2015

Prompts Writing Prompts #392 & #393

Hope everyone has had a great week so far and is looking forward to the weekend. What better way to start it off than with brand new prompts! If you've been feeling stuck, or maybe just want to do something a little different, maybe one of these prompts will jumpstart a new idea. A couple of things to remember: Prompt responses under 1,000 words must be posted as part of a collection. Do to the high number of collections containing only a few "chapters" we have set a limit of five collections pe

February 6, 2015

Author Interviews

Interview Ask An Author #24

It's hard to believe it's already February, but not only is it a new month, but it's also the first Wednesday of the month. That means it's time for the "Ask An Author" feature provided to us by Dark! Don't forget, PM Dark if you have a question you'd like to ask your favorite author! Ask an Author #24 Welcome back to another quirky question and answer session with your favorite authors! In AtA #23, we had questions for authors Mark Arbour, Thomas Nealy, and Thorn Wilde. In At

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February 4, 2015

CSR Book Club February Csr: Pierced By Jvaughn

February is a month many people focus on love. But sometimes two people have to face seemingly insurmountable obstacles and there's no guarantee having a connection can be enough. I really enjoyed this story, so I decided to feature J Vaughn's short story for this month's Can't Stop Reading Book Club. Pierced by J Vaughn Length: 19,210 Description: Paul is a college football player and deeply in the closet until he stumbles upon a rape victim who needs his help. Kyle is out

February 2, 2015

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

I hope everyone had a great weekend! Before we get to this week's wrap up, I'd like to look back at the poll from last week's. The winner for the next crossword topic is "Signature Authors". If you would like to send clues and answers, please feel free to PM them to Renee! Answers can consist of author names, story names, and character names. In the case of multiple clues with the same answer, I may choose to combine the clues and/or simply use one clue. Members have until March 1st to send me t

February 1, 2015

Prompts Writing Prompts #390 & #391

Happy Friday! I hope everybody is ready for a couple of new prompts!!! For those that don't already know, Comicfan supplies us with a couple of prompts every week to hopefully inspire ideas and simply get people writing. If one of the prompts catches your attention, write it and post it in GA Stories. To have your prompt response considered for the featured prompt response, don't forget to post a link in the thread for the prompt. A couple of things to remember: Prompt responses under 1,000 word

January 30, 2015

CSR Book Club Csr Discussion Day: Joe The Welder By Robert Rex

Today's CSR discussion is all about Robert Rex's story, Joe the Welder. A very popular story from one of our newer authors, I thought this would be a great start for CSR's 2015! Did you guys like the contemporary romance? Make sure you share your comments below, as well as questions for Robert. He'll be here 'live' to talk with readers from 7 to 9 PM, CST, if you can make it. If not, remember, just leave your comments below and Robert will answer! Who do you like best, Jerry or Tom? Hm....S

January 26, 2015

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

I hope everybody had a great weekend. I can't believe it's Sunday already, which means it's time to look over the week and recap what was posted in the GA News Blog as well as what our promoted authors were up to. Before I get to that, I'd appreciate it if everyone would take just a minute to answer the poll questions. Also, don't forget tomorrow is the discussion day for the CSR book club! For our Featured Story, Timothy M. provided us with a review of JWolf's story "The English Year".

January 25, 2015

Prompts Writing Prompts #388 & #389

Another Friday is here and with it comes your weekly dose of writing prompts! Don't forget, if you decide to tackle one of today's prompts, to post a link to it in the Prompt Forum! I check the threads for the previous weeks prompts when I'm looking for a prompt to feature. Also, please remember that flash fiction under 1K cannot be posted as it's own story and needs to be posted as part of a collection. Happy writing! Prompt 388 – Creative Tag – First Line “Snow? Again? How much more are th