This year's anthology started off last week with a bang! The number of comments and reviews are impressive, so keep it going! This week, we have five new stories to read, along with Chapter 2 of Myr's story from last week. Ready, set....
Check out Chapter 2
Welcome to Grammar Guide 14! This week we are discussing Subject and Verb Agreement. In this day of endless agreements, isn't it good to know that we are focusing on making sure that our words are lining up properly?
There is only one rule in Subject-Verb Agreement, but, being the English language, we need to make this complicated. Verbs must agree with subjects in number and in person.
First up, we need to discuss Indefinite Pronouns.
Each, everybody, everyone, everyth
Ah, the first week of April! A fresh rain. Blooming flowers. The head-jerking reaction you'll have when a bee flies too close to your face. No? Huh. Guess that's just me then! I've never cared for bees, if I'm being honest. The memory of stepping on one barefoot when I was little is forever imprinted in my brain, and I've been careful to never get stung by one again. That, and the husband's allergic.
Anyway, on to more important details. It's the first Wednesday of the month, so let's Ask
Sorry for the late start, but the upside is this month's selection--while also being one of my favorite genres--is a short story. I hope you will enjoy Corporate Galactic by astone2292 and come back on the CSR Discussion day!
Corporate Galactic
by @astone2292
Length: 10,247
Description: Companies were always out to make a profit. They want to sell product, expand their business, and wreck the competition. As technology advanced, so did efficiency. Like most planets in the Ga
Wildone figured out a way to make the Weekly Wrap Up new this week, he went on a trip... so I'm doing it! Do you think he had that plan already in the works last week?🤨 Well, I'll have you know I spent my first Saturday of Spring Break on a day trip, and for once the coast was B-E-A-uuuutiful! Take a peek in the spoiler below if you want to see. But I'm back to bring you all the news you might have missed, salt-soaked skin and all. Wave to the crusty crab we found peeking out in the tide pools!
Shhhh....hehehe, there's a deep, dark, secret that I need to let you guys know about. And I'm going to reveal it all in this article! It'll blow your mind! ::Giggles::
So...the big question is...what the hell is a MacGuffin, and what the hell does it have to do with my story and how I write it? This makes no sense at all.
This is a writing device that most people credit Alfred Hitchcock with, but it has existed in the art of storytelling long before he came along and gave it a name. Ba
Quarter 1, 2022 Reading Report
Top 9 Most Recommended Stories
Spirit Wolves by kbois
Jay's Loelife by Mrsgnomie
Boss Nanny by Mrsgnomie
Ridley by Krista
I Believed In Leprechauns by drsawzall
Tied up in Knotts by Mrsgnomie
Death in the Shadows by astone2292
Still You Want Me by Mrsgnomie
Another Brother by quokka
Top 10 Stories Per Primary Genre for Quarter 1, 2022
Top 9 Most Read Fantasy between 01/01/2022 a
April Fools’ Day was always an exciting day in my house when I was a kid. It was a good idea to check out everything before ingesting food, walking through doorways, or opening drawers. I got my mom good one year by putting orange juice in the milk carton. She never drank from the carton, so I figured my prank wouldn’t work, but wouldn’t you know she actually drank right from the carton that day and got a mouth full of juice instead of milk (she hates juice)! What are some pranks you’ve pull
Last week we started to discuss sentences. This week, we continue.
Sentences are made up of two parts. Subjects and Predicates.
Subjects - The person, place, or thing that is the topic of the setence-- along with the words that describe it.
Predicate is what the person, place, or thing is doing or what condition it is in -- along with the words that modify it.
Implied Subject - Imperative sentences often have an implied subject. "Go fly a kite!" The implied s
Please join myself and the Author Promotion Team in congratulating @Mawgrim in becoming GA's newest Promising Author. Mawgrim has only been a member at GA for less than two years, but in that time he has posted over 700,000 words across twenty-three stories. While many of his stories are fan-fics set in Anne McCaffrey's world of Pern, he also writes in other genres including his current intriguing mystery Hidden Secrets.
His most recently completed and popular Pern story, Empty, Open, Dust
Who enjoyed reading Ridley by Krista? If you did, please make sure you share your thoughts on the story in the comments below. In the meantime, enjoy the interview with her below!
If you were an animal, what would you be?
– I used to be into nature documentaries, until I found out they were mostly stock footage with a fake story/narration based on loose science. I’ve always liked Leopards though; they are beautiful and female leopards are one of the more elegant animals in nature. I k
So what can I do to make the Weekly Wrap Up different this week? I could ask someone else to do it Or, I can throw everything in the blender and see what it comes out as
So no usual Sun to Mon this week and in order, lets see what happens. Also, tonight I will be watching one of the greatest rivalries in sports, not basketball , not baseball not football (either kind) , but the coolest sport on earth, ice hockey The rivalry is between the Edmonton Oilers *spit* and the Calgary Flames *Y
I see blackness, dots of color, and lines of color that move. But I can recall images from memories of apples. Like the first caramel apple that my grandma gave me as a kid, or the images from the story "the green apple" that I read in the 2nd grade. Or even the display of apples at the store, that I walked by to grab a salad kit. But mostly it's black with dots and lines of color when I close my eyes.
Now the inner monologue is there. All the time. It won't turn off. And it loves to brain
Just the facts:
COSSET Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
COSSET Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
COSSETED Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
COSSETING Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
cosset
/ˈkäsət/
To cosset means to care for and protect someone in an overindulgent or pampering way, often making them overly c
In storytelling, "cosseting" functions as a vital narrative tool to externalize character growth, reveal deep psychological subtext, and establish thematic boundaries. Depending on your creative focus, this concept usually applies in two distinct ways: the narrative act of cosseting (pampering, sheltering, or spoiling a character), or the literal use of a corset as a physical and symbolic storytelling device.
Act of Cosseting (Sheltering or Pampering a Character) When an author i
The word cosset (meaning to pamper, coddle, or treat as a pet) the exact origin is somewhat uncertain. Linguists like Walter William Skeat and the American Heritage Dictionary trace it back to the Middle English word cotsete or cot-sēte (a cottage-dweller or cottager), which was derived from the Old English cotsǣta (cot "cottage" + -sǣta "sitter/dweller"). The semantic bridge likely refers to a pet lamb raised inside or beside a cottage hearth.
The earliest known use of cosset in Englis
@drpaladin and @sandrewn -- "morningtide" is a word meaning "morning time." "Dawntide" is a nonstandard word meaning time of dawn or dawning of tide(s).
I see an apple.
My mind’s eye is how I remember things or remember how to certain tasks
Ive always thought of my brain as a filing (dammit, it took me long enough to spell that word correctly 🤦♀️) cabinet that opens to the pertinent drawer when the need arises.
It is really interesting to know this is not the case 100% across the board for everyone. And there is a name for it, to boot.
This has been a very enlightening blog, and though I now know you “see” things different
I have the picture of an apple but my brain keeps on fighting with me showing stuff I don't wanna see, then in the end as a reward give me and apple and pen to paint it....
So... you're unique.