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Story Review Featured Story: Vegas Sun

Everyone have good plans to ring out the old and ring in the new? I had a LOT of great times in 2012, and some not so great moments, but ending the year in a great mood after spending some real quality time with friends. Speaking of friends, it was also really nice to read this review by Comicfan of Vegas Sun, an anthology story that Hosted Author (and total studmuffin) Shadowgod wrote. I hope you enjoy the review and the story! Vegas Sun By Shadowgod

December 31, 2012

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

We're not only at the end of another week, we're almost at the end of another month AND another year. I hope 2012 treated you well, and 2013 will be an even better year for you. Here at the GayAuthors.org News Blog, we had a pretty good year, though with some growing pain changes as we experimented with various formats/schedules. You've given us a lot of comments and feedback, as well as a ton of member created content to share with the rest of our community here. On behalf of the "staff" of the

December 29, 2012

Prompts Writing Prompts #196 & #197

Holidays are wonderful lazy times.... Um - and so, sorry about the delay in putting up this week's prompts. We are always thankful to Comicfan for giving us two more wonderful prompts - I hope you might write a response to at least one of them, and please be sure to share with the rest of the community in the Writing Prompts forum. Prompt 196 – Creative Tag – The Billion Dollar decision. The future has seen too many children being born with either birth defects or low intelligence. In ad

December 28, 2012

Writing Tip Writing Tip: "write What You Know" Doesn't Mean Show Off

For those that celebrated it, I hope everyone had a great Christmas yesterday. And for those that don't celebrate it, I hope you still got a good haul. Now on to Boxing Day, Kwanzaa, Post-Festivus winter sales, and the ever important Pre-New Year's Eve creative writing exercises ("This year, I *WILL* stop gagging everytime I see the neighbor's newborn", "This year, I promise to exercise... starting next week - or, by the end of the month... well, maybe..."). And to help you with your wri

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December 26, 2012

Story Review Featured Story: Riding Lessons

Riding Lessons by Andrew Todd Review by Wildone Status: Complete Length: 132,747 Relatively new member and Author here at GA (Beginning of this November), Andrew Todd, joined GA and began to share a story that he was posting over at another site . After reading the first chapter of Riding Lessons I was instantly hooked. Zac, the 15 year old loner, had big plans for the summer working at the library helping kids out with reading and other tasks to be looked after.

December 25, 2012

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Be sure to check out the 2012 Mayan Tribute Anthology - now LIVE! We started off the week looking at a returned story - The Beard by dkstories which is now back and complete on GayAuthors.org. For our midweek Wacky Wednesday, we are grateful once again to Libby Drew for her writing tips, this time on No Warm-Ups Required. And since it looks like we survived the end of the 13th baktum, we were all able to see the new weekly prompts from Comicfan in this Friday's Prompt

December 22, 2012

Anthologies

2012 Special Mayan Tribute Anthology: End of the World NOW LIVE!

2012 Mayan Tribute Anthology: End of the World is NOW LIVE!!!! A great big Thank You goes out to everyone who participated and to Cia for stepping in when needed! A World Changing Gun ~ Cia Breathless ~ Yettie One Earthdrown ~ JoejoeGreene End of the Beginning ~ comicfan Ends ~ carringtonrj From Beyond The Stars ~ andy021278 Helios Unleashed! ~ Bill W It Was Only O

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December 22, 2012

Prompts Writing Prompts #194 & #195

Well - since the world ended, no one is reading this, right? Heh - just in case, I guess I should let you know what this week's writing prompts are. I mean - maybe our Prompt-guru Comicfan knew something the Mayans didn't, because we have two new prompts from him. So - if we're all here tomorrow, check out these prompts and give one (or both) a try. But when you do, please share with the rest of the community in our Writing Prompts forum - cause you wouldn't want bad karma because you decide

December 21, 2012

Writing Tip Writing Tip: No Warm-Ups Required

A big "Thank You" to Libby Drew for this weeks Wednesday blog! No Warm-ups Required: Why Opening Matters Warming up before you exercise makes good sense. You need to increase your body temperature. Stimulate blood flow to your ligaments. Mentally prepare yourself for what’s to come. Warming up for a workout is all about starting slow and building momentum. Fiction is not exercise. Never start a story with a warm-up. In other words, don’t open your masterpiece with an in depth

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December 19, 2012

Story Review Featured Story: The Beard

The Beard by dkstories Reviewed by: Trebs Word Count: 77, 013 Status: Complete So many gay stories are based on tired storylines - the best friends agonizing over the other knowing their attraction while all around them can see they're in love, or the gay boy kicked out of home only to find the perfect family and boyfriend, or that most classic cliché of the hunky rich jock falling in love with the poor geek/nerd. Once in a while - rarely though it happens - an author

December 17, 2012

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Winter Anthology Desperate Ends is LIVE - check it out through this link! And how was our week? Well, we started the week with a great review by Dark of Promising Author Jian_Sierra's poem "Come With Me." Andy021278 then gave us a great Wacky Wednesday with his piece on The Infinitive: To Split or Not to Split. And finally, Prompt-Guru Comicfan gave us two new prompts in Prompt Me - including one that challenges writers to come up with a response that includes "han

December 15, 2012

Prompts Writing Prompts #192 & #193

REMINDER - Today is the deadline for the Special Mayan Tribute Anthology "End of the World." If you have any issues posting/etc with the anthology, you can contact Cia, who is the temporary anthology coordinator. So, after you finish posting your anthology story, come on back here to try out one of our new writing prompts, courtesy of Prompt-Guru Comicfan. Please share what you come up with in our Writing Prompts forum! Prompt 192 –Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following words in

December 14, 2012

Writing Tip Writing Tip: The Infinitive - To Split Or Not To Split

Happy 12/12/12 to everyone - and to celebrate, here is a writing tip piece by Andy021278 that we hope you find useful. Enjoy! The Infinitive: To Split or Not to Split by Andy021278 We’ve all seen it. We’ve probably all hurled expletives over it. And more than one of us has probably fretted over it at some time or another. It’s that annoying grammar check in MS Word, and other similar word processing programs, which tells you that you’ve split an infinitive. Well

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December 12, 2012

Story Review Featured Story: Come With Me

This week's "Featured Story" is actually a "Featured Poem". Dark gives us a wonderful review of Promising Author Jian_Sierra's Come With Me. We thank Dark for this review - and if you can help us with a review, please let us know. We're especially in need of reviews of Hosted Author and Promising Author stories. Thanks! Come With Me By Jian_Sierra Review by Dark Status: Complete Word Count: 326 I chose this poem because although I have no knack for it myse

December 10, 2012

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Edit to Add: The Winter Anthology Desperate Ends is NOW LIVE! Check it out through this link! The Special Mayan Tribute Anthology "End of the World" deadline is one week from now, on Friday, Dec 14th. Also, Cia will be taking over these Anthologies for now, so please contact her if you have any issues - thanks! We have launched our second new Premium Story this week with Empty Corners by Comicality. This story will alternate weekly with Challenging Fate by Renee Stevens, whic

December 8, 2012

Prompts Writing Prompts #190 & #191

ANNOUNCEMENT - LAST MINUTE REMINDER!!! Entries for the "Desperate Ends" Winter anthology are due tomorrow - NO EXCEPTIONS! Remember that Cia has temporarily taken over anthologies so please let her know if you have any trouble posting your submissions. Thanks to our Prompt-guru Comicfan, we bring you two great new prompts: Prompt 190 – Creative Tag – The Note You came home to find a note that listed everything about you, including your last lover, and where you hide your toys. There isn’

December 7, 2012

Writing Tip Writing Tip: The Writer's Yellow Brick Road

We're always grateful to our contributors, and especially to Libby Drew for this great article on traveling with Dorothy from a first to a second draft. Enjoy! The Writer’s Yellow Brick Road: Journey from First to Second Draft by Libby Drew First drafts are often wordy. We make them that way because at the divine moment we’re crafting a scene, adding words is the only way to get the details across. Soliloquies abound. Descriptions clutter. Characters chatt

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December 5, 2012

Story Review Featured Story: Let's Make Love

As the gloomy last month of the year is upon us, let's fill our eyes and minds with a sense of the erotic. We're thankful to joann414 for her review of Author Mark92's Let's Make Love. Enjoy! Let's Make Love by Mark92 Reviewer: joann414 Status: Complete Word Count: 3,396 The beginning of this erotic tale lets the reader know that one of the two characters is without two of his senses because of his hands being tied, and a blindfold over his eyes. Well, so

December 3, 2012

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

ANNOUNCEMENT: The deadline for the Winter Anthology "Desperate Ends" is only ONE week away - Due Saturday, Dec 8th. The Special Mayan Tribute Anthology "End of the World" deadline is not long after that on Friday, Dec 14th. Also, Cia will be taking over these Anthologies for now, so please send your completed entries to her - thanks! ALSO - Now that Chosen of Honorus, Chapter 1 of Andrew_Q_Gordon's Champions of the Gods has concluded with the completed last chapter being posted last week, we

December 1, 2012

Prompts Writing Prompts #188 & #189

So Friday means another prompt day. And - um, if you were here last week, prompt day can get to be a little ... wild. I do have to thank joann414, Mark92 and K.C. for giving me a serious set of belly laughs. In addition to the above named trio, we have to always give thanks to our Prompt-guru Comicfan for two new fantastic prompts. I hope you try one (or both) but please share it with the community in our Writing Prompts Forum (though, you can also put it in the comments - but so that future

November 30, 2012

Author Interviews

Interview Wacky Wednesday: Colinian Chat

Today's blog is some thoughts and insights into one of our long time members through a conversation with one of our older members. Check out this conversation about writing, GA, FSO and more with Colinian and Yettie One.

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November 28, 2012