Sometimes looking back in history, we should learn. Unfortunately sometimes people don't learn from their past. Here is a look back that I'm currently reading myself. Thanks to chris191070 for bringing to me and all of your attention.
Blackwater
by Topher Lyndon
Reviewer: chris191070
Status: Complete
Word Count: 80,569
This a hard-hitting story, parts of which some readers will find very difficult to read.
At the heart of the story are 30 you
In the two years since Stellar joined GA and began posting his first story, he hasn't post a ton of work. But what he has... whew!! If you like sci-fi, at all, you have to check out his 175k story, Hidden Sunlight. A hugely popular story, Stellar delved into his world bringing a vast array of details to life for his readers. There are tons of unexpected twists and turns as his main character, Shay, tries to come to grips with a series of events he couldn't have imagined in his wildest dreams. Th
The first Wednesday of the month, you know what that means! It's time for a visit from Dark with the ever popular, Ask an Author! Enjoy!!! Also, don't forget that today is the last day to get your stories sent to the Anthology Editing Team for inclusion in the 2014 Spring Anthology!
Ask an Author #14
Welcome back to another quirky question and answer session with your favorite authors!
In AtA #13, we had questions for authors Andrew Q Gordon, Layla, and Nephylim.
In AtA #14,
This month I thought we'd feature a Promising Author. KC has been on GA for some time, posting stories and taking part in the anthologies and forum fun. One of his early stories, and most popular, was Shepherd's Crook. The story, just shy of 50k, has almost 20,000 views and 423 reviews. Those who've read it can share their thoughts again, and new readers can enjoy this engaging story!
Shepherd's Crook
by K.C.
Length: 49,526 Status: Complete
Description: It’s never easy bein
It was a busy week this week. Don't forget that your anthology stories need to be to the Anthology Proof Team no later than March 5th! Now, lets get onto the look back at the week in the blog!
On Wednesday, Myr popped into the blog to share another Tech Blog, which has now become a monthly blog feature and will appear on the last Wednesday of every month. This months edition had a few different offerings. He shared some stats, talked about some ongoing projects, and also talked about some st
I hope everyone has had a great week so far! Who's ready to do some writing? To help you get started, Comicfan has supplied two new prompts!! Don't forget to share your responses in the prompt forum and maybe you'll be featured next week!
Prompt 306 – Creative Tag – The Good Deed Feeling at loose ends with your time lately you have decided to donate your time to one of the local food banks. While you are there you find the opportunity to turn your good deed into something profitable for the
Mann Ramblings has been a Promising Author for about a year now, but we are proud to announce that Mann is now one of GA's Signature Authors. We are happy to host several of Mann's stories, as well as gallery images of his art and tattoos! If you haven't read any of Mann's work, now is a great opportunity to read his work! You can check out his story listing HERE and those gallery images HERE.
In the meantime, please join us in welcoming Mann to our Signature Author group!
I hope everyone had a great week! It's been a busy week at the Gay Authors news blog, but first things first. Thank you to everyone who voted in the 2013 Gay Authors Reader's Choice Awards. I hope everyone got their votes in since voting ended yesterday and the polls are closed.
On Monday we featured a review that Comicfan did on the story "Burden of Secrets" by Cia. "Burden of Secrets" is one of the many stories that can be found in the premium section. If you want more information on eithe
Hope everyone has had a wonderful week so far! Did you get your votes in for the 2013 Readers Choice Awards? If not, you are almost out of time, so get your votes in before time runs out!!! What better way to end the week than with two new prompts from our prompt guru, Comicfan. Don't forget to share your responses in the prompt forum! Enjoy!
Prompt 304 – Creative Tag – The Dinner Party Your loving partner called five minutes ago to announce that your quite evening together has suddenly beco
As many of you know, we recently changed our group names for our Promoted authors. Previously Rob was a Premium author, but now he gets to be one of Signature authors! GA is happy to host several of Rob's backlist of stories and his eBooks, as well as some very well received premium content. You can check out his story listing HERE and his eBooks HERE.
In the meantime, please join us in welcoming Rob to our Signature author group!
Many authors have had reviews in which they're just not sure how to respond. We've had reviews that tell us how much a reader has loved our stories and how they just can't wait for the next chapter or story to come out, but there's the other side that as an author we're not always sure how to handle. The purpose of this blog is to show how some of our promoted authors have dealt with some of their worst criticisms.
There was so much interest from our Promising and Signature Authors that I ha
Every once in a while we like to highlight a story that can be found in the Premium section of Gay Authors. For today's review, Comicfan has provided us with a review of "Burden of Secrets" by Signature Author: Cia. Burden of Secrets is one of thirty-two stories that can be found in the Premium section of Gay Authors.
While the majority of content remains free, the Premium section is a thank you to those who help support and keep Gay Authors going. Premium subscriptions also make improvement
I can't believe the week is already over! Don't forget to get your votes in for the 2013 Gay Authors Readers Choice Awards. To find out more on how to vote, make sure to visit the thread. February 22, 2014 is the last day to vote, so make sure to get your votes in before then!
Also, you may have noticed a change in some of the Author Groups here at Gay Authors. Want to check out the new names and what the new names stand for? Check out the thread in the Gay Authors Announcement Forum!
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I hope everyone had a great week and is looking forward to the weekend. Being as it's Friday again, Comicfan has once again provided us with two new prompts to help you kickstart your weekend off write. Hopefully one of these prompts will call out to you. Don't forget to share your prompt, or the link, in the Prompt Forum.
Prompt 302 – Creative Tag – Trip to Space You have been chosen to take part in one of the deep space missions to Mars. This mission is only possible by sending people up w
I hope everyone is having a wonderful week so far! On Monday we had a review of "Love In A Chair" by our Signature Author: Altimexis as a part of "Signature Week" here in a the Gay Authors News Blog. "Love In A Chair" was chosen for the February Background, if you haven't already downloaded your copy of the background, you can still do so by visiting the blog entry. To continue the "Signature Week" I sent Altimexis a few questions about "Love In A Chair" and he was kind enough to answer them for
I hope everyone had a great weekend! It's the start of a new week and that means it's time for a new story to be featured in the GA News Blog. This week we're featuring the story that Cia picked for the February Hosted Background. If you haven't already downloaded your background, it's not too late. You have the choice of one with or without a calendar. You can visit the Hosted Background blog entry and get yours now!
Now, time for Cia's review of Love In A Chair! Enjoy!
Love in a Chai
So, a few things happening this week around Gay Authors. For those who haven't noticed, voting has opened for the 2013 Gay Authors Readers Choice Awards. To find out more on how to vote, make sure to visit the thread. February 22, 2014 is the last day to vote, so make sure to get your votes in before then!
Also, you may have gone to post in a forum only to notice that it wasn't where you're used to it being. The administration team has been consolidating some of the forums to give the site a
Who's ready for the weekend to get here? To help you start it out on the right foot, we're bringing you two new prompts from the prompt guru, Comicfan. If you're interested in checking out some of the older prompts that Comicfan has supplied, you can check them out and share your responses in the Prompt Forum! Hopefully one of this weeks prompts will inspire you!
Prompt 300 – Creative Tag – The Ring You were shopping in mall and came across a little jewelry store. Considering you were there
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 #13
Welcome back to another quirky question and answer session with your favorite authors!
In AtA #12, we had questions for authors Cia,
Happy Super Bowl Sunday to everyone who will be watching the game! I can't believe that it's already February, it seems like this year has just flown by so far. The nomination phase of the 2013 Gay Authors Readers Choice Awards is over. I hope everyone got in their nominations before they ended at 12:00 am EST time this morning. Now, lets see what happened in the GA News Blog this week!
We started the week with the CSR Discussion on Totallyy's collection of short stories, complete with an in
It's Friday! You know what that means. Yup, that's right, it's time for two new prompts to make themselves known!!! Before I give you the prompts that Comicfan has so graciously provided, I'd like to remind everyone that you only have until February 2nd to get your nominations in for the 2013 Gay Author's Readers Choice Awards! This is your chance to get your favorite stories from 2013 noticed by the rest of the members of Gay Authors. To find out what stories are eligible, how to nominate a sto
I think one of my favorite things about the GA News Blog is when we have the opportunity to get to know the many authors that can be found on the site. Today is one such day as Myiege came to me not to long ago and told me that they had interviewed one of our newest Hosted Authors, CassieQ. Myiege asked if I would be interested in the interview for use in the GA News Blog and I instantly said YES!
Cassie has also agreed to hang out for a "Blog Chat" from 8pm-9pm Eastern Standard Time on Wedn
Welcome to the CSR Discussion day for Totallyy's shorts. I hope you all enjoyed diving into them this month. I asked Totallyy a few probing questions in an Author interview for his Discussion day feature, and he has also agreed to come do a 'live' Q&A from 9 to 10 PM, Eastern Standard Time. If you can't make it, simply add your questions or comments to the blog comment area and Totallyy will answer them as he can, or during his life chat. If you haven't read any of his stories yet, go check
I can't believe it's already Sunday. I don't know about everybody else, but this week has just seemed to go by so quickly and it's hard to believe that January is almost over already. Lost happened this week in the Gay Authors News Blog, so lets have a little recap!
On Monday Louis was kind enough to supply us with a review of "No Room In The Lodge" by Joann414. Based on the comments, many other readers also thoroughly enjoyed the story. If you haven't already checked out Louis' review, I su
Just the facts:
CARAPACE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
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carapace
A carapace is a hard, protective dorsal (back) shield, shell, or exoskeleton that covers all or part of an animal's body.
Literal Definition in Animals
Turtles and Tortoises: It is the top, convex part of the shell made of bone, dermal armor, and scutes (fused with the rib
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A story ripped out of the pages of history, one that many would wish would never see the light of day. One that reminds us the battle is never over in standing up to be seen, to be seen as human. To be seen as worthy.
Our shared history tells us we are never far from those who don't want to see us, an uncomfortable reminder of their own shared flaws and ignorance.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana
In storytelling, a carapace—whether literal (like a turtle's shell) or metaphorical (like armor, masks, or emotional walls)—serves as a powerful narrative device to explore the tension between vulnerability and self-protection. It visually and structurally externalizes a character's internal psychological state, representing their need to shield themselves from a hostile world.
Key Narrative Functions of Carapace:
Visualizing the Inner Psychology: A carapace represents a character's
Carapace was borrowed directly from the French word carapace (meaning "tortoise shell"). The French term derives from the Spanish word carapacho (meaning shell or carapace). The ultimate origin of the Spanish carapacho is obscure, though linguists connect it to Portuguese carapaça and potentially an extinct Ibero-Mediterranean substrate language or Late Latin capa (a hooded cloak). It is a doublet of calipash (the dull-green gelatinous part of a turtle's upper shell).
The earliest know
Happy Giving of the Thanks 😜
Dailylight Savings Time, BIG SIGH. Can't say I hate it but I can't say I enjoy the adjustments that come with the change. I just let my phone change to the correct time and I manually set everything else later ( some times my car is wrong for a week, or two). I participate because I have to but at my own pace.