Sorry, today's author showcase is a bit late this morning - was having crashes with my computer last night.
First we look at Promising Author KingdombytheSea's Dare and then LouisHarris gives us a great review of The Life of Him, by Author SidLove. Enjoy!
Dare
by
KingdombytheSea
Reviewer: Trebs Status: Complete Word Count: 5315
If you couldn't tell from my reviews, I love a great short story. While novels are interesting and give us such rich texture, it is
I feel a bit odd, writing an intro to my own review soooooo... Here is a review of Double Trouble by our Hosted Author Altimexis. Enjoy!
Double Trouble
by
Altimexis
Reviewed by: Trebs Status: Complete Word Count: 14,081
I fondly remember waiting for each new chapter of Love in a Chair when Altimexis wrote this beautiful story six years ago. So when I was looking around for something new to read, I saw Double Trouble and decided to check it out.
I am glad I did
Ack - spent the weekend helping the kids get ready for Halloween. Can't believe it is just around the corner (sort of like I couldn't believe the prices on the stuff they "needed" for their costumes). Oh well, just means we are getting colder nights finally - and can do big pots of soup and stew, with baked bread :-)
So here at the the News Blog, we started the week looking at a beautiful story by Hosted Author Libby Drew. Radiant Renee Steven's reviewed Libby's The Art of Walking in Snow. I
It's always fun looking back in time - this time, to our October 2006 issue of "The GAzette", GayAuthors.org's previous newsletter. In this second issue, was a Poet's Corner, that I'd like to share with everyone today. Disclaimer - normally I post these past newsletter items as they originally appeared, but for this one, I did edit it to update the links to Luc's forum and to the Poetry Discussion forum. Enjoy!
Poets' Corner
Poetry is a growing area at Gay Authors. In recen
I recently read a great short story that originally started as a Prompt response. These prompts have helped generate some fantastic reads - and with this week's prompts, I'm looking forward to some more great responses. Try one (or both) of these prompts and please share them with the community in the Writing Prompts forum.
Prompt 176 – Creative Tag – The Mythical Your child has just told you they found something and want to keep it as a pet, but as they describe it to you, you smile thinkin
No - this has nothing to do with pharmaceuticals or jailbait - it is a much more serious tip on how to avoid legal issues when publishing your writings. We thank KingdombytheSea for this great and very timely tip, as more and more authors are looking to take the plunge into being published. Enjoy!
Keeping it Legal
by
KingdombytheSea
The Copyright Police do exist, and if you’re an author planning on publishing, it’s a good idea to keep that in mind.
When I wr
With so many stories on site, it can be next to impossible to decide what to read next. The Author Showcase can help you do that with it's reviews of both Promising Author's and Authors. Today, our guest reviewer Fozzie Bear returns with a review of Promising Author: WrathofMagneto's story "Three Hundred Years." We also have a review by Zombie of Author: podga's story "All That Matters." If the stories sound like something you might like to read, check them out and then leave the authors a revie
She can turn the world on with a smile... She can take a nothing day - well, you get the picture. Who am I talking about? Well Cia of course (though Radiant Renee Stevens gives her a close run for the money). So what better way to enjoy a Tuesday than with an interview WITH Cia, GIVEN by Renee? Double the trouble and double the fun! Enjoy!
Interview with Cia
Interviewer: Renee Stevens
First off, Congrats on getting Pricolici published, that must be exciting! Now, onto the questio
What better way to start off a week, than with a review by Radiant Renee Stevens - and especially when the review is of Hosted Author Libby Drew's The Art of Walking in Snow. Enjoy!
The Art of Walking in Snow
By
Libby Drew
Reviewer: Renee Stevens Status: Complete Word Count: 10,666
Scanning through Libby’s story, the title of this little piece caught my eye. I’ve read a few stories by her, but I had not yet had the pleasure of reading this one. I’m so glad that I f
Announcement: As we've recently noted, we're working with our Hosted Author's to promote their eBooks. A few weeks ago we were proud to announce Cia's eBook Pricolici, and in today's "New Reading", we have Lugh's eBook Catara - which has a surprising ending. This is just the start and we look forward to working with more of our author's in the future and, as always, are exploring other ways of supporting the authors of this site.
October is almost half over - this year has been passing so f
Looking back on old newsletters, I'm reminded of a program that we had of Author Chats. This was before we had a regular chatroom, and so it was a special occasion to schedule a time that an author would go into chat and talk to the community. I very clearly when DKStories had such a chat time, and I got to ask him some questions, that led to PM's and eventually meeting him for a movie. Unfortunately, now I'm stuck with him ;-)
So with these fond memories, here is an article from our October
Thank G*d It's Friday! A chance to relax for most, a time to look forward to partying or time with family. For us, it is also a time to take a chance, for one last dance for romance... errr - I mean for writing.
Thanks to our Prompt-Guru Comicfan, we have two great new prompts this week, The Storm and The Job. I'd love to see how YOU might respond to either (or both) of these prompts. And then, please, share what you have with the Writing Prompt Community!
Prompt 174 – Creative Tag – The
First, Happy National Coming Out Day (NCOD)! First started in 1988, with the date picked as the anniversary of the 1987 March on Washington, the simple theme is to come out - to those you love, those you know, as people's opinions of LGBT persons and rights is better if they know someone who is LGBT.
Now on to our tip, generously contributed by CassieQ, on Using Descriptions in writings. Enjoy!
Using Description
by
CassieQ
I like to use description to help set a m
First, thanks to everyone for their feedback yesterday - and if you haven't chimed in with your thoughts, you can still go back and comment on yesterday's blog.
For today's Author's Showcase, we have two great stories - first is my review of Facing the Demons, by Promising Author Dezlboi. Then CassieQ gives us a great review of Author Stellar's Hidden Sunlight. Enjoy!
Facing the Demons
by
Dezlboi
Reviewer: Trebs Status: Complete Word Count: 8024
October is the
Start of another week and here at the GayAuthors.org News Blog, we want to help you start on a great footing with a review by Radiant Renee Stevens of our Hosted Author Nephylim's Memories of Forgotten Love. This fantastic story was Nephy's entry in our first Novella contest in 2009, and I remember reading it - riveted to each passing event. I hope you enjoy Renee's review and check out Nephy's story for yourself. Enjoy!
Memories of Forgotten Love
By
Nephylim
Revie
Sorry about the lateness of this Weekly Wrap-up - been one of those Sunday's already here.
We started the week with a review by LouisHarris of Hosted Author Cia's Never More Lonely - a story that LouisHarris concludes by saying "A delightful, interesting read that I would certainly reread (and I have)."
On Tuesday, we had a personal essay on Perspective, how viewpoint is important when confronted with unexpected health issues, and also important when considering literary criticism - a l
Yay - Saturday and a start to a great spring weekend.... Well - spring if you live upside down like Graeme, though fall for all of us normal people ;-)
Speaking of our antipodean friend, Radiant Renee Stevens has done a great review of a 2007 Anthology story written by Graeme - his End of the World.
And on the subject of reviews - once again, we need help. If you are interested in helping us by reviewing a story here on GayAuthors.org, please let me know. We can't do it without your help
What better way to unwind after a long week, than to glance at a writing prompt and just let your mind and fingers go. Don't think - just type and see what you come up with.
Sound like fun? Well, thanks to these two prompts from Comicfan, it should be. And please, once you've come up with something, share it with the rest of the community in our Writing Prompts forum!
This week's prompts:
Prompt 172 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following words in a story – pillow, evergreen
The Mystery Story - Crafting a Tale of Suspense
by
Comicfan
The mystery is one of those things that just can’t be jumped into. You really need to plan out a mystery before pen hits the paper, or in most cases before fingers hit the keys. There is a lot that happens in a mystery and it is important for you follow some basic ideas before you embark on such task.
First up is the mystery itself. Did someone have something stolen? Was there a murder? Is it something tha
Thanks first to our new team member Andy021278 for writing these two great reviews - first of Promising Author Comicfan's Red, and then of Author Hayven's Dancing. And rather than blather, I'll get out of the way so you can enjoy his reviews, and then hopefully go check out these stories! Enjoy
Red
by
Comicfan
Review by: Andy021278 Status: Complete Word Count: 10,773
This is one of Wayne’s fairy tale remakes for which he is well known, and like many of his stories,
So - the format for Toss-up Tuesday is... a toss up /ducking
But then again, so is life. (ya, I should write greeting cards, eh?)
You go along, having a great year, husband and kids busy with work, school and baseball. Your days are watching their games and practices or working on campaigns and convention plans. Then you go in for a routine follow-up, because of the lymphoma that you kicked four years ago. And on that July 5, 2012 day, instead of "See you in six months", I get "It'
October - time of pumpkin spiced coffee, pumpkin bread, pumpkin cookies, .... Ummm, excuse me while I grab a snack...
Ok - um, back - where were we? Oh yes, our Featured Story! This week, LouisHarris gives us a great review of Never More Lonely by Hosted Author Cia. Enjoy!
Never More Lonely
by Cia
Reviewer: LouisHarris Status: In Process Word Count: 2,050
I read this story because the title Never More Lonely hooked me. Then the first word of the first paragraph hit
TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS: Again, don't forget, voting has started on the 2013 Anthology themes! This is your chance to have a voice in what our themes for next year are. Voting ends sometime on October 5th, but don't wait until the last minute, get your vote in now! Go to the Anthology forum and vote on the five 2013 theme choices!
Also - Radiant Renee Stevens is taking a much-deserved vacation for a couple of weeks. We also are fortunate to announce that Andy021278 has joined the GayAuthors.org Ne
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