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    June CSR Feature: Sneakin by penguinsrgay

    By Cia

    So... why not throw another curveball at you? Plus I really chuckled at the username. This recently finished short story is by a newer author to GA but comes with a high recommendation in its only review... lets get some extra comments and reviews on the story this month!  Sneakin by @penguinsrgay Length: 14,472 Description: A delinquent sneaks out of his home to go shoplifting.  A Reader said: I opened this and started reading it 40 days ago when it posted. It’s taken m
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Prompts

Writing Prompts #220 & #221

Hey Prompt Fans! Check out this week's inspiration served up hot and ready by our flash fiction guru, Comicfan.   Prompt 220 – Creative Tag – First Line “Why is my underwear hanging off the chandelier?”   Prompt 221 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following in a story – bird cage, night club, glass slipper, banana, and a fisherman.   This week's prompt feature was written by Layla. I enjoyed the world, and the lack of the appearance of the prince is bugging the crud out of me. I'd l
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Author Interviews

Wacky Wednesday: Pulse Behind The Ga Crowd

This week we have a great installment by Yettie One once again, focusing on what keeps GA going ... the members! Read on to find out more...           Pulse Behind the GA Crowd by Yettie One   So as I hinted last month, we are going to meet a member of the horse loving community here at GA this month. Yup, I’m going to have a good chat with the writer of the Riding Lessons series of books that can be found on the profile works of Andrew Todd.   Andrew has been writin
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CSR- Can't Stop Reading

Csr: Story Discussion For State Of Mind

Today we're featuring a review of Libby's story, State of Mind. She graciously gave out eBook copies, and members could read it on the site, of course. Fishwings accepted my request and wrote up an excellent review to entice you to read the story, just in case you haven't already. Bear in mind, however, there *are* some spoilers. Read ahead at your own risk!   Fishwing's Review:   First of all, I'd like to thank Cia for letting me write this review. She knows that I'm a huge fan of Libby Dr
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

First off, a note from Cia regarding the WST:   A Reminder: The chosen story for the CSR book club is State of Mind by Libby Drew. The discussion will take place this coming Monday, so make sure you've read it before then so that you can join in with your thoughts!   On Monday, Ieshwar provided us with a review of Nothing More Awesome Than This by xTony. Thanks to Ieshwar's review, many have now added the story to their lists!   For our Wacky Wednesday, we featured an article written by
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Prompts

Writing Prompts #218 & #219

Hey folks! It's that time again, prompt time! We have 2 more creative prompts from our resident flash inspiration guru, Comicfan. 218 is right up my alley so I'm going to try to do something for it later this week, I think. Site flash fiction is something I have, to my embarrassment, been neglecting. It's a cool little way to inspire authors to write-even if it's just something small and fun. You can do a 30 word poem, or a 100 word microflash, or an under 1k regular flash, or a prompt could ins
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Writing Tips - Skills

Writing Tip: Story Needs Direction

We have had so many wonderful contributors to the GA News Blog. One such contributor is Libby Drew who has sent us countless articles centered around ways to improve your writing. She has had a ton of very helpful tips and today is no different. Story Needs Direction   Wait a minute, lady. My story has a quest. How much more direction could I possibly have?   Direction is not always movement. Movement does not ensure direction. Direction implies there is a question that needs to be
Featured Stories

Featured Story: Nothing More Awesome Than This

Last week, I asked for some help with reviews. The response was astounding and many great reviews were offered up. One of which was a review that Ieshwar did for the story "Nothing More Awesome Than This" by xTony. This review certainly piqued my interest and I now have this story on my list of to reads. Enjoy! Nothing More Awesome Than This By xTony Reviewer: Ieshwar Status: In Process Current Word Count: 33,789       There are some stories that the moment you read the first
Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

What a great week it was, especially with the release of the 2013 GA Spring Anthology: A Night to Remember. So many wonderful new stories to read and if you haven't already checked them out, I would suggest you do so and leave the authors a review to let them know what you thought!   A Reminder: The chosen story for the CSR book club is State of Mind by Libby Drew. The discussion will take place on the 25th of this month, so make sure you've read it before then so that you can join in with you
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Anthologies

Special Thursday Feature: Spring Anthology - A Night To Remember Now Live!

NOW LIVE!!!       The 2013 GA Spring Anthology: A Night to Remember is now live! Twenty new stories by some of your favorite authors. Hope you enjoy! Don't forget to leave the authors a review to let them know what you thought of their hard work. It's really the only payment these authors get for their contribution to the Anthology.       A Friend For The Doc Michael9344       As The Music Plays... K.C.       At the End
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Writing Tips - Skills

Writing Tip: The Indefinite Article

The Indefinite Article       By       andy021278       A daft question: Do I use “A” or “An”?   Well it does seem like a daft question doesn’t it, but it’s amazing how many people still struggle with this; especially when confronted by the more obscure grammatical areas such as acronyms and abbreviations?   I’ve seen wrong uses in stories posted on line, in published works in print, in newspaper articles and even in professional publications.   The bas
Featured Stories

Featured Story: Centaur

First off, I want to say thank you to everyone who responded to my plea for help! I appreciate the instant offers of assistance more than I can say! I received quite a few responses which will ensure that we will have reviews for a few of the upcoming Monday blogs. If you want to write a review for a story you have read, please PM me. Now, without further ado, let's look to our featured story!   Joann414 provides us with a review of the story Centaur, written by Carringtonrj. It's a short piec
Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

The submission deadline for the Spring Anthology: A Night to Remember has passed. Thank you to everyone who has submitted a story and keep watch for news regarding the anthology going live.   A Reminder: All nominations for promotion to Promising and/or Hosted status MUST be done via GA's private messaging system to Cia, Talonrider, or another member of the WST team. No other nominations will be considered.   *** Blog Highjack - if anyone's interested, did a quick update on my medical status
Prompts

Writing Prompts #216 & #217

ANNOUNCEMENT: Today is the last day to get your anthology stories in for the Spring Anthology: A Night to Remember. If you have any questions on how to submit, please PM me. Now, without further delay, onto our weekly prompts!   Comicfan always manages to come up with something that sounds quite interesting and this week is no exception. If you tackle either of these prompts why not share them with everyone else by posting them in the Writing Prompt Forum!   Prompt 216 – Creative Tag – Poli
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Author Interviews

Wacky Wednesday: Ask An Author #2

Ask an Author #2 And we’re back!   In this series, random questions from GA members have been shot out to various authors here on GA. Those authors have the opportunity to either decline or answer, and the answers are just as quirky as the questions. This shall be a fun way to learn a little more about some of the folks here on GA.   In AtA #1, we had questions for authors furnishedsoul, podiumdavis, and CassieQ.   In AtA #2, we hear from Graeme, Andrew Todd, and Joann414 . For their p
CSR- Can't Stop Reading

Csr Book Club Monthly Feature

Welcome to the March edition of the CSR Book Club Blog! This month we've decided to use a story by an author you've been seeing a lot from lately on the blogs, Libby Drew! To mix up genres a bit, we're going to read a futuristic story with a bit of a sci-fi bent along with some thriller vibes. ^_^Intrigued yet? Check out the info below, read the story, and then be ready to discuss. We've had two great months so far, so here's to another one!       State of Mind by Libby Drew
Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

REMINDER: our Spring Anthology submission deadline is right around the corner - March 8th for "A Night to Remember".   ALSO - Earlier this week, we announced our newest Promising Author - CONGRATS again to Mann Ramblings!   We started the week by having a great discussion on the CSR Book Club's February book - Nowhere Man by Jwolf. It was a great discussion and I can't wait to see what book will be announced Monday as our March book.   Wednesday we had our latest look at the Pulse Behind
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Anthologies

2013 Poetry Anthology: Whispers in the Dark NOW LIVE

NOW LIVE!!!     The 2013 GA Poetry Anthology: Whispers in the Dark is now live! Fifteen new poem collections by some of your favorite authors, hope you enjoy!   A Life in Question Bill W   All in Your Mind WatchPatRun   Astronomical Dusk FishWings   Coy carringtonrj   Murmers at the Dusk of Day comicfan   Night Calls JoejoeGreene   Poems By Moonlight II Michael9344  
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Prompts

Writing Prompts #214 & #215

I always look forward to seeing what our prompt guru Comicfan comes up with for the weekly prompt. As always, he once again delivers. I really hope some of you decide to take a gamble at one or both of these prompts. If you do, don't forget to share them in the Writing Prompt Forum!   Prompt 214 – Creative Tag – The Vacation You were hired to create the perfect vacation spot. There is only one little problem with the whole thing. What is it?   Prompt 215 – Creative Tag – The Blind Date Your
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Author Interviews

Wacky Wednesday - Pulse Behind The Ga Crowd

As the month of February comes to a close, we are treated again to another installment of the "Pulse Behind the GA Crowd" - a monthly interview column from Yettie One, with this month a wonderful interview with Nephylim! Pulse behind the GA Crowd by Yettie One   In January Cia introduced us to the wonderful idea of the Can’t Stop Reading Book Club, and in January we got to read a story by Nephylim called Memories of Forgotten Love. Personally I thoroughly enjoyed the story, and it wa
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CSR- Can't Stop Reading

Csr: Story Discussion Day For Nowhere Man

It's that time again! Can't Stop Reading (CSR) Book Discussion Day! This month we are discussing Nowhere Man by Jwolf. This roughly 45,000 word modern story was published back in 2011 and was nominated on last month's discussion day by Percy. If you haven't read the story yet, please be aware the following review will have several spoilers, and several of the comments most likely will as well.   My review:   I hadn't read this story in a long, long time. So, in preparation for today I read i
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

ANNOUNCEMENT: We have a new Premium author - Michael9344 - who has been gracious enough to write and offer his story There And Back Again for our Premium subscribers.   ALSO - a reminder that the submission deadline for our Spring Anthology, "A Night To Remember", is less than two weeks away. If you have any problems/concerns, the Anthology coordinator is the Radiant Renee Stevens.   This month's CSR book club feature is Nowhere Man, by Promising Author Jwolf and if you haven't had a chance
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Prompts

Writing Prompts #212 & #213

Well, it's time to get a kickstart on the weekend again, and what better way to do that than to provide two new prompts from our prompt guru, Comicfan. Why not give them a try and share them with the community in the Prompt Forum!   Prompt 212 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following words in a story – sword, tuna fish, compass, flip flops, and a star.   Prompt 213 – Creative Tag – First Line “You want me to do what?”   I was looking through the prompt responses and for today's fea
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Writing Tips - Skills

Writing Tip: Less Is More

Libby Drew has been great in providing us with content for the GA News Blog and continues to bring us some wonderful articles on the art of writing. I hope you all enjoy this lesson that she took the time to put together for us. Less is More   That thing I say all the time, how less is more? It applies to your characters too.   Less detail makes for more believable characters.   Carlton entered the room. Six feet tall, broad-shouldered, he wore a finely tailored three-piece pinstri
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