TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS: Again, don't forget, voting has started on the 2013 Anthology themes! This is your chance to have a voice in what our themes for next year are. Voting ends sometime on October 5th, but don't wait until the last minute, get your vote in now! Go to the Anthology forum and vote on the five 2013 theme choices!

Also - Radiant Renee Stevens is taking a much-deserved vacation for a couple of weeks. We also are fortunate to announce that Andy021278 has joined the GayAuthors.org News Blog team. So, in the meantime until Renee gets back, if you have anything for this GA News Blog, (such as a review or tip), please PM Andy021278 or me. Thanks!

We started the week looking at a great review of Furlough by Hosted Author Mark Arbour. After Renee had done a previous review of Mark's Wars End, she found out it was a continuation of this story - one that Mark even mentions he likes better than Wars End. Have you read both? What do you think?

Tuesday, we had a feature on Author Feedback written by Renee that while the article was great, the comments were even better. With 18 comments so far, this is one of our most commented articles in some time. I love going back and checking to see if there are new comments on previous articles - and this is one where that was much worth it as we've continued to get new comments, including one fantastic one yesterday by The_Round_One that starts with the observation

Having read through this entire thread, it strikes me that what everyone is dancing around is the issue of "tone." There are great ways to say virtually anything and there are terrible ways to say virtually anything. For anyone who aspires to be in a community of writers, readers, editors (and, yes, even admins!) and to be useful, the never-ending work at the mastery of tone is the ultimate goal for each and every one.

For our mid-week Author Showcase, we looked at a review by Andy021278 of Barrett The Beggar by Promising Author David McLeod as well as a review by LouisHarris of To Move Forward, by Author Randomness. Two great reviews of interesting stories that I need to put on my reading list.

Thursday was a bit of a departure from our normal schedule, as in honor of Trevor Project Day, we highlighted both The Trevor Project as well as the It Gets Better Project, and PodiumDavis compiled and presented a GA version. After asking a number of site members, PodiumDavis pulled together their answers on "How does it get better" - great reading and again, be sure to check out the comments on this one!

Our weekly writing prompts from the Prompt-guru ComicFan include a Challenge prompt as well as a Creative one - and we looked at a response to last week's prompt made by JamesSavik. I love going back to see how people decide to tackle these inventive prompts.

Then we ended our week looking at a Blast from a Feb 2007 GA newsletter, with Literary Jokes.

So - how was your week?

Anthology Announcements:

• Winter Anthology "Desperate Ends"- Due Dec 8th
• Special Mayan Tribute Anthology "End of the World"- Due Dec 14th
  

NEW READING

In Premium this week:

Chosen of Honorus by Quonus10, Book 1 of Champions of The Gods

By our Hosted Authors this week:

GFD 12: Blood Ties by Comicality, Book 12 of Gone From Daylight

Paternity by Mark Arbour, Book 12 of Chronicles of An Academic Predator (CAP)

Ebook: Pricolici by Cia - available for purchase at Amazon and All Romance eBooks.

City Under the Waves by Nephylim

Never More Lonely by Cia

Circumnavigation by C James

Adverse Effects by Cia, Book 2 of Saving Caeorleia

By our Promising Authors this week:

Angels Ascending by JMH, Book 3 of The Centurion Cycle

The English Year by Jwolf

Have a great week everyone! Read, Write, REVIEW!!!