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Story Review Featured Story: Leaving Club Leo

Monday's are a great day, not so much as they are the start of a new week but because it's the day we look at one of the stories here at Gay Authors. Maybe you have been looking for a new story to read? Hopefully I can help you out with that! I like to contribute the occasional review to the blog, and today I decided to do a review on a story by one of our earliest authors. C James is well known for his story Circumnavigation, but I'm going to share one of his lesser known stories. I hope you en

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March 16, 2015

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

I hope everyone had a great week! With the release of the 2015 Spring Anthology, it's time to start looking forward to the 2015 Poetry Anthology and the 2015 Summer Anthology. Look for the announcement for the Summer Anthology within the next week or two, but if you want to get a start on it, the theme is Road Trip! This week we're going to go a little bit backwards in our look back at the week. For those that didn't already notice, on Friday, there were no prompts. That's because we

March 15, 2015

Anthologies

Anthology News 2015 Spring Anthology: Full Circle now Live

Hope you all are ready to do some reading! The 2015 Spring Anthology: Full Circle is NOW LIVE for your enjoyments. Eleven new stories to help you get through the weekend. Don't forget to leave the authors a review to let them know what you think of their hard work. Now, what are you waiting for? Read!!!! At the Right Time jian_sierra "Tell me about yourself, Mr. Connor." I was in a spacious room with glass walls, the Los Angeles skyline could be glimpsed outsid

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March 13, 2015

Author Interviews

Interview Author Interview: Cia

Have you downloaded your March Signature Background? If not, there's still time and you can do so, here. Cia's always asking everyone else the questions, and now it was time for the tables to be turned. Hope you enjoy this little question and answer session with Cia! Author Interview: Cia on Two of a Kind Do you eat your fruits and vegetables? Some more than others. I love raw baby spinach and bananas. I even like combining them in smoothies. Don’t knock it til you try it! A

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March 11, 2015

Story Review Featured Story: Two Of A Kind

This month I told Cia that I was stealing the March Signature Author Background because I decided it was time for the one who started it to be featured. I chose her story Two of a Kind since I love the Carthera series and it was a toss-up as to whether I liked Two of a Kind or Hypnosis better. If you haven't already read this series, I highly suggest it. To help you decide whether or not it's for you, here's a review, provided by Cannd. Two of a Kind Book 2 of Carthera Takeover Tales

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March 9, 2015

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up

Surprise! It's me again. Renee took over my Signature Background this month, so I'm giving her a bit of a weekend break. This has been a busy week!! Monday was the announcement of the CSR featured story, Roommates by Krista. Don't miss out on the discussion day on Monday, March 30th. On Wednesday, Dark graced us with another of his Ask an Author... #25!! He shared questions answered by Nephylim, Stephanie L. Danielson, and Aditus. Want to know what they were? Check it out! I brought

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March 8, 2015

Prompts Writing Prompts #400 & #401

Happy Friday, everyone! Unless Friday isn't the end of your work week, or your weekend work-at-home is just beginning... or any other non-fun Friday vibes are hitting. Either way, celebrate or distract yourself with some fun writing prompts from the flash fiction guru--Comicfan. Prompt 400 – Creative Tag – First Line “But I heard you were dead!” Prompt 401 – Creative Tag – Infection It started at a lab in Washington, DC. It seems people began to morph and become a human animal hybrid. A

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March 6, 2015

Author Interviews

Interview Ask An Author #25

I've heard countless times how much everyone loves the Ask An Author feature and want to give a big Thank You to Dark for taking the time to contact all the authors and compile these wonderful Wednesday pieces. Don't forget, if you have a question you'd like to "Ask an Author" all you need to do is send Dark a PM!! Hope you enjoy!!! Ask an Author #25 Welcome back to another quirky question and answer session with your favorite authors! In AtA #24, we had questions for authors Andr

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March 4, 2015

CSR- Can't Stop Reading

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

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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

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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- Can't Stop Reading

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

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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

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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

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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