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    Weekly Wrap Up (Aug. 9 - Aug. 15)

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    Greetings my little chickadees.   Let's get everyone to shout out a chickadee call. Chick a dee dee dee   No, sadly I'm not drunk. Just a name I occasionally call people. Why, i don't know  How about yourself, what is a name you call a group of friends that you know? Mates, pals, gals, ladies, men, boys. girls. Please don't light up the Moderation Teams PM and Alert system by using that British term for a finch, as it is not allowed on GA. Why you ask. There are certain words that Goog
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Author Interviews

Author Interview: Bill W

Our featured story this month for the June Signature Background is "Crash Landing" by Bill W. If you haven't already downloaded your background, the month isn't even half over yet so you still have plenty of time! We started out Signature Week with a great review that Cia did, and now it's time to hear from the author himself. Hopefully you enjoy this interview that Cia did with Bill W.   Author Interview: Bill W. on Crash Landing   Are you a person who makes their bed in the morning
Featured Stories

Featured Story: Crash Landing

What better way to start off a new week than to take a look at a story that you might have overlooked amongst the thousands in GA Stories. To start off Signature Week, Cia has provided us with a review of Crash Landing by Bill W. If you haven't already done so, you can go and download this months Signature Background to go with the story. Enjoy!   Crash Landing by Bill W Signature Author       Reviewer: Cia Status: Complete Word Count: 11,032   When I first read C
Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

Hope everyone has had a great weekend! This past week wasn't near as busy as the last, but there was still plenty going on. The deadline for the 2015 Summer Anthology has now passed and we are working to get the anthology ready to go live. We'll also soon start the 2016 Anthology theme selection, so start thinking about what you'd like to write about for next year.   Cia took the opportunity on Monday to announce this month's CSR selection. If you haven't already read Where Life Takes Us By Ku
Prompts

Writing Prompts #422 & #423

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
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Author Interviews

Ask An Author #28

I can't believe it's already June!!! Not only that, but it's the first Wednesday of the month, which can only mean one thing. It's time for another Ask An Author feature provided to us by Dark. If you have questions you want to ask your favorite authors, but don't want to ask the questions yourself, you can always send your questions to Dark for inclusion in the Ask An Author feature.   Ask an Author #28   Welcome back to another quirky question and answer session with your favorite
CSR- Can't Stop Reading

C S R Feature: Where Life Takes Us By Kuragari

June is here already! For many, that means a break is coming from school. What better to do during your break than to enjoy another story with the CSR book club? This month I'm featuring Where Life Takes Us by Kuragari. This is a story about how an orphan finds a new home and a family he might not have expected. Where Life Takes Us by Kuragari   Length: 49,379   Description: Step into the life of Wyatt Luis and find out how he handles his new family and friends. Adopted from a n
Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

Wow, what a busy week here at the GA News Blog. I don't have time to be my witty self today We had one of our busiest weeks since we went to our new format.   Monday we kicked off the week with the CSR Discussion Day with the Author of Penguin joining everyone in the blog for a live chat. Valkyrie participated in a grueling interview with Cia earlier where we learned Valkyrie dressed up for the questions in a pair of jeans and a purple t-shirt . Several Members weighed in later in the day to
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Prompts

Writing Prompts #420 & #421

Have you been blocked lately? Looking for some creative inspiration? Just feel like having some fun? Then writing prompts are for you, and we have 2 new ones this week from our prompt guru, Comicfan!   Prompt 420 – Creative Tag – First Line “He put his hand where?”   Prompt 421 – Creative Tag – The interview Your job has put you forward for a great new job. Everything seems to be going great ‘til the day of your interview. As you enter the room and go to shake hands the elastic in your under
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News Archive

G A's Newest Promising Author: Craftingmom!

Please join the Author Promotion Team in congratulating Craftingmom as GA's newest promoted author! Joining just about a year ago, Craftingmom quickly gained popularity on the site and became a favorite author for many readers. Her Tears of the Neko story, both the original and re-write, garnered a lot of interest on the site and launched her into GA's author and reader community. She also has a lot of other stories, but likes to focus on the theme of hurt/comfort so they have a fair bit of angs
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Writing Tips

Writing Tip: Grammar Rodeo #4

This time for the grammar rodeo, I thought I'd keep our subject matter simple and maybe even fun! Yes, yes, I swear, grammar can be fun--at least when you're like me and find a wicked glee in rolling your eyes at the grammar fails around you!! First, though, let's take a look at a technical writing tip that seems simple, but catches up more people than you might think! Grammar Rodeo #4 Getting It Write Err... Right!   Subject and Verb Agreement   No, I don't expect them to sha
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CSR- Can't Stop Reading

Csr Discussion Day: Penguin By Valkyrie

This month we featured Valkyrie's short story, Penguin. It's a story about a chance meeting... and of course, the inspiration for the title, Penguin, plays a big part in the story. Check out my interview with Valkyrie, and then leave your thoughts on the story below! She will be available "live" to reply to comments, answer questions, etc... from 8-10 PM, Eastern Time.   Single people often have more time to write. Are you single? Yes, although I do a lot of volunteer work for my profession an
Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

Sorry for the delay this morning y'all. I hope everyone has had a great week. Just a reminder that tomorrow, Monday the 25th will be the CSR Discussion for Penguin by Valkyrie. If you haven't finished yet, there's still time so that you can come and ask Valkyrie your questions at 8-10 PM eastern time. Now, let's see what happened in the GA News Blog during this past week.   Monday's feature story was Gaymer by Dabeagle. If you're looking for a new story that isn't too long, this could be the s
Prompts

Writing Prompts #418 & #419

Hope everyone is having a great Friday. If you've been struggling to write, or just need something to springboard a new idea, you've come to the right place.Today we have two new prompts from the prompt guru, Comicfan. Don't forget to share your prompt responses in the prompt forum. We can't pick you to feature if we don't know you responded to one of this weeks prompts. You're welcome to post your responses in GA Stories, just please make sure that any story under 1,000 words is part of a colle
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Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

Renee is away for the weekend attending a wedding. Since she isn't here, you are all stuck with me. Let me say that for a small fee, I will be selling pictures of Renee in her Bridesmaid dress   On Monday for our Featured Story, it was for our Signature Author for the month of May, Krista. We had her 2008 Anthology "Finding Alex" featured. Suvitar wrote a great review of this story and I believe enticed a few of us to go back and read it for the first time or maybe the second or third times.
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Prompts

Writing Prompts #416 & #417

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 416 – Creative Tag – The bombs
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Signature Feature

Finding Alex: Extended Short Scene

Howdy y'all! We're doing something a little different today for the Signature Author Wednesday post. As most probably know, today is when we'd normally feature the Signature Author Interview, but occasionally it's good to switch it up a bit. Instead of the interview, Krista gave us a little addition to Finding Alex in the form of an extended short scene. Leave Krista a comment on this blog to let her know what you think! Finding Alex - Extended Scene by Krista   I sat patien
Featured Stories

Featured Story: Finding Alex

For those that missed this month's signature background announcement, this month's Signature Background is "Finding Alex" by Krista. If you haven't already downloaded the background, there's still time! As our featured Monday post, we're sharing a review that Suvitar provided us. Suvitar obviously enjoyed the story and hopefully, after reading today's review, you'll decide you want to take a look for yourself. Enjoy! Finding Alex by Krista Signature Author   Review
Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

First off, let me start by saying to all the mother's out there.... HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! I hope you all have a wonderful day. Also, just a reminder that there is less than a month to get your Summer Anthology entries sent to the Anthology Proof Team. The team is standing by, ready to complete your final proof. The theme for the Summer Anthology is Road Trip. I look forward to seeing what everyone comes up with! Now, let's see what happened this week in the GA News Blog.   Our May CSR Book Club
Prompts

Writing Prompts #414 & #415

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
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Author Interviews

Ask An Author #27

Hope everyone is having a great week so far! Once again, it's the first Wednesday of the month, which means it's time for this month's edition of Ask An Author. A big thank you goes out to Dark for continuing to provide us with this great feature. Remember, Dark can only provide the Ask An Author feature if members keep providing questions. Ask an Author #27   Welcome back to another quirky question and answer session with your favorite authors!   In AtA #26, we had questions for auth
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C S R Feature: Penguin By Valkyrie

This month we are saying goodbye or hello to days at the park and picnics... but it's always the season for love! So this month we're featuring: Penguin by Valkyrie   Length: 14,683 Description: Where will a chance encounter at a park lead?   A reader said: The romantic wins the day in the end. ~ Jaro_423   This month's discussion day will be held on Monday, May 25th, so make sure you read the story and be ready with your thoughts and questions for Valkyrie!!
Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Wrap Up!

I hope everyone had a great weekend. As we get ready to start a new week, it's time to take a look back at what happened this past week in the GA News Blog. There was a lot of great things going on, and if you haven't already checked out the past week's post, now is the chance for you to get a glimpse and maybe go read up on the posts you missed.   We started the week out with the CSR Discussion on Rumors of War by Cynus. There was a great interview and then Cynus joined us in the blog to answ
Prompts

Writing Prompts #412 & #413

So, I'm running a bit behind today, but the prompts are back! Last week there were no prompts due to the release of the poetry anthology. Hopefully one of these two prompts will inspire you to write something. Don't forget to share them, and maybe you'll be the featured prompt response next week. Don't forget, prompt responses under 1,000 words, must be posted as part of a collection.   Prompt 412 – Creative Tag – First Line “What time are we supposed to be there?”   Prompt 413 – Creative Ta
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