Its starting to feel a lot like Christmas...
Well, I hope you all are getting in the festive spirit Maybe not so much myself. The past two weeks and been nightmarishly busy at work and I don't know if I'm coming or a going.
Hoping maybe tomorrow will get me out of my bah humbug mood, as we go out to the forests and find Christmas Trees! I won't be getting one as there isn't enough in room my condo, but at least it is the first Christmassy thingy I'll be doing
So what happened l
Invoking Nostalgia
Our lives, more often than not, come down to our ability to connect our current selves to our previous selves from the past. Being younger, more naive, more eager and energetic...remembering the lessons that we’ve learned, and the sometimes tragic mistakes we made that we’ve learned them from. Whenever you look at a younger photograph of yourself...you have to replay a ‘story’ in your head that will somehow cause you feel as though you and that person in the photograph are
Soooo, the Holiday season is afoot. Some are already talking about Christmas parties and ‘oh my, what do I get whoever?’. I am the lucky Prompt Team member who throws their Santa hat in the ring.
PT# 185
Someone finds an Advent calendar in a rusty box among the Christmas decorations. Twenty-four empty little paper bags are waiting for a small daily gift given from December 1st to 24th. What do they fill them with and who gets them?
PT# 186
Let yourself be i
Ooooooh! Did I give y'all enough time to put your guesses in? I know @Valkyrie has been a wee bit antsy to find out who this month's AGW participant was. Let's see if anyone got it right...
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This author... has written over 139,000 words!
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Mancunian
Check out these stories they've written!
Thanks for participating, @Mancunian!
Keep your peepers open. December's edition is right around the cor
Poetry is literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm. There are different types and forms in the sub-genres.
Sub-genres: Free-Verse, Haiku, Limerick, Sonnet, Lyric, Ballad, Cinquain, Rhyming, Epic Poetry, Blank Verse, Mixed Forms, Translation
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tim's Bits and Pieces by Mikiesboy
Timmy's Journal by Mikiesboy
Fire
This month's feature was a mix of so many characters, pets, and details that you needed a LONG month and a bit of a holiday to finish it all. I hope you enjoyed kbois' story, When Opportunity Knocks! Make sure you add your comments below, but first, you get to enjoy this interview.
I say, I say… who does it better, the chicken or the chicken hawk?
Well, the chicken hawk has better eyesight, but chicken tastes better, and there are so many ways to cook it, so I’d have to go with the c
Wow, what a week of thanks. We were able to tie in thanks, on American Thanksgiving for a lot of our site contributors over the last week and it has been great to let them know how much they are appreciated
Whoa............................
Who did you not fit into last week?
With shame and apologies to him as well as all his avid readers, let's get in some thanks to the person that is the reason that Gay Authors exists!
Please join me and all the Admin Team as we extend o
A Writer’s Fuel
I think that many of us would probably be absolutely terrified to realize how much of our lives are constantly operating on autopilot on a daily basis. Honestly. Have you ever really thought about it? Some of these automatic actions are pretty harmless. You lock your car doors when you get out to run into the store. You hold the door open for someone with their hands full of groceries. You feel the urge to say ‘bless you’ when someone sneezes, even if they’re a total stranger
Prompts have always been an integral part of GA and something to look forward to every Friday. Starting with our dear Comicfan and now continuing with the Prompt Team, seeing how authors come up with different takes on the weekly prompts is always exciting. Prompts have sparked some popular longer works and also some great short stories and character sketches. I always look forward to seeing what my fellow Prompt Team members come up with every Friday. So, the Admin Team is continuing our we
It's Thanksgiving Day in the US today, and the Admin Team here at GA would like to continue our week of thanks by thanking YOU for making GA the amazing, welcoming, supportive place it is. GA Staff work behind the scenes to make sure everything runs as smoothly as possible, and we do it for the love of GA's community at large. So, to all the readers, authors, poets, Premium subscribers, members, lurkers, commenters, and editors/beta readers, the Admin Team would like to say a heartfelt:
Nonfiction is prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people.
Sub-genres: Autobiography, Biography, Creative Non-Fic, Letter, Reference
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WL's Mainstre
Newly coined word? 2012?
As if our dictionaries, don't have enough to offer.
One of my personal favorites, don't laugh.
*ipty boppity boo
"Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" is the iconic magical incantation used by the Fairy Godmother in Disney's 1950 animated film, Cinderella. It is the spell that transforms a pumpkin into a carriage, mice into horses, and Cinderella's rags into a beautiful ballgown.
At least with this one*, at the appropriate time, the clock struck 12, everything w
Just the facts:
SONDER Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
SONDER Slang Meaning | Merriam-Webster
SONDER in Thesaurus: All Synonyms & Antonyms
SONDER Synonyms: 30 Similar Words & Phrases
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Sonder is the profound realization that every random passerby is living a life as vivid, complex, and deeply personal as your own.
Key Meaning
Main Character Effect: You recognize that every stranger you see is the protagonist
Sonder—the realization that every random stranger is living a life as vivid, complex, and deeply felt as your own—is the cornerstone of rich, resonant storytelling.
Why Sonder Matters in Storytelling:
Breaks Main Character Syndrome: It shifts a narrative away from a single, ego-centric perspective, reminding the audience (and the creator) that the protagonist is only the hero of their own bubble.
Deepens Characterization: It forces writers to treat background figures, minor charac
Sonder is a modern neologism (a newly coined word) created in 2012 by author John Koenig for his online project, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.
Because it is an artistic coinage rather than a word with a traditional historical evolution, its construction draws from a mix of roots: German sondern: Meaning "to separate" or "set apart". French sonder: Meaning "to probe," "to fathom," or "to measure the depth of" (such as dropping a sounding line into water). Folk Etymology / Inspira
In storytelling, the concept of ensorcell—which means to enchant, fascinate, or place under a magical spell—serves as a powerful tool for shaping character arcs, driving plots, and controlling narrative pacing. It bridges the gap between literal magic and psychological influence.
Here is how the concept of ensorcellment impacts storytelling:
Driving the Plot and Creating Stakes: Ensorcellment often serves as the central inciting incident or conflict in a story.
The Inciting Inc
The verb ensorcell (meaning "to bewitch" or "to enchant") originated in the 1540s and comes from the Middle French word ensorceler, an alteration or dissimilation of the Old French ensorcerer. It is the combination of the prefix -en, meaning "in" or "into" (or an intensive prefix meaning "to cause") and sorcier, the French word for "sorcerer" or "wizard", derived from the Medieval Latin sortiarius, and the ultimate Latin root meaning "lot," "fate," or "destiny".
According to the Oxford