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Writing Tip Writing Tip: Fantasy

For our Tip Thursday we are bringing you an awesome tip from Cia. Have you ever been writing a Fantasy story and worried that you might be writing something that will turn your readers off to your story? Cia writes this time as a reader, about what keeps her interested in a fantasy story. Enjoy! Fantasy – From a Reader’s POV So, this is coming from me, as a reader. Recently I’ve read a few fantasy stories. One was a modern fantasy, one is a futuristic alien fiction, and two were pure

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July 12, 2012

Story Review Author Showcase

In this week's Author's Showcase, we break out of our mold a bit by giving you first Editor Johnathan Colourfield's The Room, reviewed by LouisHarris followed by Houdinii's review of Author Cailen's Somewhere Only We Know. We hope you enjoy both reviews and check out these great stories as well. The Room by Johnathan Colourfield Reviewer: LouisHarris Status: Compete Word Count: 1635 There is a strange aesthetic to this work that I can only describe as

July 11, 2012

Author Interviews

Interview Tuesday Toss-Up: Publishing Interview With Quonus10

Here is the second of our two-part interview with Quonus10, focusing on his publishing experiences. Enjoy! What made you decide to pursue publishing the story, first on GA as a Premium story and then through a publishing house? GA approached me last year about providing a novel length story to be used in the Premium Content section. Aside from the rush of being asked to do that, I hoped it would be a way to give back to GA. I think the readers and reviewers on GA helped me enormou

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July 10, 2012

Interview Feature Story: Chosen Of Honorus

We're doing something a bit different this week. We were priviliged to have a great interview with Quonus10, both about his new Premium story Chosen of Honorus, as well as his experiences with getting published. I've broken his interview into two parts - today we give you his thoughts on his new story and tomorrow you'll have his thoughts on being published. We hope you enjoy this two parter! Chosen of Honorus by Quonus10 Status: Premium, in progress Word Count so far:

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July 9, 2012

Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

We started this first week of July with andy021278's review of Kombat Kids by Hosted Author Ghost Ryder. If you're like me, you'll find andy really has a good way of giving a good flavour of the story without giving too much away, and letting you know how he feels the author did with plot and other elements. We then were treated to another Myr write up, this time on the Tag system of the new forum software. Our Author's Showcase gave us reviews of two of Promising Author Wrathofmagneto's

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July 8, 2012

Story Review Blast From The Past!

Fire up the flux ca.... oh.... um, nevermind - wrong show. For this show, we have a review by andy021278 of Author Camy's JJ and the Boys, written for the 2006 Anthology Day of Silence. I hope you enjoy andy's review as much as I did! JJ and the Boys by Camy Review by andy021278 Status: Complete Word Count: 7592 Set in a boarding school in England, it is the story of John Palmer, a seventeen year old prefect in the Lower Sixth, and Jimmy James (the JJ of the title) who

July 7, 2012

Prompts

Prompts Writing Prompts #150 & #151

A great way to wind down after a long week - check out these two new prompts from ComicFan and share your responses with the community in the Writing Prompts forum! Prompt 150 – Challenge Cue – The Scene Write a scene where the story is dictated by the atmosphere of the location. In other words create a story that might use a graveyard, a haunted house, a cheery nursery, or a cabin in the woods. Prompt 151 – Creative Cue – Changing The Past Everyone is always saying that if they could ch

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July 6, 2012

Writing Tip Writing Tip: Getting Directions

Don't let the title fool you - this isn't about how to get from here to the store, it's how to get from plot point A to plot point B. We thank Comicfan for this look at "Getting Directions"! If you have a tip you'd like to share with the community, let me know! Getting Directions by Comicfan69 Everyone enjoys a great story. You read along following the action, learning about the characters, seeing the problem, and finally getting to the conclusion. It all seems so smo

July 5, 2012

Story Review Author Showcase

First off, hope everyone who celebrates it is having a wonderful Independence Day! One of the great things about working on the blog has been that I have read so many new stories and new authors. Promising Author: Wrathofmagneto has been around for a little while, but I had never read his work. I'd heard a lot of good things and finally had a chance to check out two stories by him, "Captivated" and "Consequences". I wasn't disappointed and I hope you won't be either! Comicfan was in much the sam

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July 4, 2012

Story Review Feature Story: Kombat Kids

Kombat Kids by Ghost Ryder Length: 283,898 Status: Complete Review by andy021278 When I was first thinking of reading Kombat Kids, I was initially apprehensive as I am not a fan of the military genre in any format; I never even got into TV series such as JAG, NCIS, North and South, and SeaQuest. However, I was pleasantly surprised not only by the story, but even found myself being drawn into the genre. Also, when a new military term is introduced in the story it is explained, which

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July 2, 2012

Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

How's your week been? Mine personally has been fantastic (check the little personal blog entry at the end if you're interested) In Blog-land, life has been good as well. We started the week with a look at Hosted Author Bill W's The Castaway Hotel - Grand Reopening 1. Andy021278 did a great review, in part because of how much he grew to love the story. On Tuesday, we had a highlight about Premium Membership, what it is, why it exists and the benefits of being a Premium Member. Also, after

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July 1, 2012

Prompts

Prompts Writing Prompts #148 & #149

So it's Friday again, the last day of the work week for many. What better way to start the weekend off than with a couple of new prompts from Comicfan! I think both of these could prove to be quite interesting and look forward to seeing what everyone comes up with! Don't forget to share your responses in the Writing Prompt Forum! Prompt 148 – Creative Cue – First Line “How in the hell did you think that would be a good idea?” Prompt 149 – Creative Cue – List of Words Use the following wo

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June 29, 2012

Writing Tip Writing Tip: Getting In The Mood - Part Deuce

So, last week we brought you one part to a tip on getting in the mood. We received so many wonderful thoughts from the authors here at GayAuthors that we just couldn't fit them all into one blog entry. With that in mine, today, we bring you "Getting in the Mood: Part Deuce". Enjoy!!! Hosted Author: Comicality Well, I kind of do things backwards. Meaning that I let the mood dictate what I write instead of the other way around. One of the reasons that I have so many stories going at once i

June 28, 2012

Story Review Author Showcase

Middle of the week - it's all downhill from here. To celebrate, we take a look at two great stories of GayAuthors.org. The first is Just Love Him by Promising Author Dion. This short story gem gives you a good introduction to Dion's writings. We also have a review by podiumdavis of Author GREEN's A Hero in the Hallways. I hope you enjoy these reviews and they lead you to checking out one or both of these authors. Just Love Him by Dion Status: Complete Word Count: 2

June 27, 2012

Story Review Featured Story: The Castaway Hotel - Grand Reopening 1

This week, we're starting off with a wonderful story by Hosted Author Bill W. Andy021278 gives us this review of Bill W's The Castaway Hotel - Grand Reopening 1. I haven't read the story myself, but after reading this review, I plan to very soon! Take a look and see if you agree... The Castaway Hotel – Grand Reopening 1 By Bill W Review by andy021278 Word count: 164,814 Status: Complete As I sit thinking about writing this review, part of me knows I will never truly be a

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June 25, 2012

Weekly Wrap Up

Weekly Update Weekly Wrap Up!

Have you been enjoying the latest anthology, Choices? The next anthology is a big one - "Secrets Can Kill" is not only a Novella Anthology, but also will be celebrating 10 years of GayAuthors.Org! Full details on the specifications for the anthology can be found here. For those that don't want to click, the baseline requirements are: Our past novella collections have been wonderful and I can't wait to see what people come up with this time! Our week started with a review of Ben by Hosted A

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June 24, 2012

Writing Tip Writing Tip: Sequels

A nice lazy Saturday, the perfect time to crank up the way-back machine and look at a GA Newsletter entry from Nov 2006. Here is AFriendlyFace's take on Sequels... Enjoy! An Article on Sequels Featuring: Staking My Claim by Nickolas James Many people have a love-hate relationship with sequels. Oftentimes, fans are elated to see their favourite characters back in action and there's always the hope that more loose ends will be tied up or more mysteries revealed. For many,

June 23, 2012

Prompts

Prompts Writing Prompts #146 & #147

[Err - I was tired last night and accidentally titled this Blast from the Past instead of Prompt Me - it has been corrected] After a short break due to our Summer Anthology, the Prompts are BACK! Thanks to our prompts guru Comicfan, we have two new prompts this week. I'm really intrigued by this first one - try it and really stretch your creative muscles. The second one on the Family Get-together can go in sooo many different directions. I hope you try one or both prompts - and please sh

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June 22, 2012

Writing Tip Writing Tip: Getting In The Mood - Part 1

Getting in the Mood: Part One Compiled By Renee Stevens Have you ever wondered how your favorite authors are able to write what they write? What gets them in the mood to create these wonderful works? We have, so when Podiumdavis came to us suggesting a tip on getting in the mood for writing we thought this would be a great idea; not only just to be able to feel what an authors characters are feeling, but to really set the mood for the story. You can read his thoughts on this

June 21, 2012

Story Review Author Showcase

Middle of the week - to help you get over the hump, here are two great reviews of stories here on GayAuthors! First, Cia gives a very frank review of Life, by Promising Author Jian Sierra. Now, not all stories fully appeal to all reviewers - and while Cia loved the crafting of the story, as you will see, she had some reservations too. Our other review is by Comicfan, of Author Mark92's Another Fairy Story. I love reviews like these in that they give me all of the background so I can see if I

June 20, 2012

Writing Tip Tuesday Toss-Up: Publishing, Part 2

So, last week we featured Part one of a two Part interview that K.C. conducted on the subject of publishing. Last week it was his interview of AnytaSunday and this week, I am going to feature his interview of Nephylim. Enjoy! Interviewee: Nephylim Interviewer: K.C. Your story “The Unfairness of Life” is set to be published 2012 by Romance First Publisher, how did you feel when you found out that a publisher wanted your story? It was actually released early in January. How did I feel? I

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June 19, 2012