From Cia this week! So much going on on the site, so this will be a long one. Please bear with me and read on! There are a lot of announcements; we've been busy! Check out the special announcement below our look back at this week's blog posts!

Monday's feature, To Move Forward by Randomness, a special look at how to people whose paths diverged in their past have met again ... and how they move forward. You can still check out the story here.

Wednesday we hosted yet another wonderful tip from Libby Drew; this time it was all about Writing Groups. One of the focuses on GA's writing community goals is to bring authors together with people who can give them feedback on their writing. Libby's post shows the pros and cons that come from using any type of writing groups. Check it out!

This week our lovely prompt guru, Comicfan, got a bit of a break this week when Renee's announcement for our yearly Poetry Anthology went live. Use the banner link below to read some great poems!

Special Announcement: Premium Content Anthology Submission Call
GA would like to announce our first ever Premium section short story anthology call for our site authors. We want you to write a short story for our Premium section that will be published in the summer of 2013. You can even submit more than one story if you’re really inspired. Check out the information below and get your creative juices flowing.

Premium Short Story Series Guidelines:
Submission Deadline: 06/15/2013 (The earlier the better)
Length Range: 5k-25k
Themes:
‘My day at the …’
Backstage Passes
Wishing Well
With your submission please include: Title, Prompt Chosen, Word Count, and Genre with your initial submission. Further information, such as the tags and a story description, will be requested if your story is chosen.

Each story must be edited prior to submission. Please submit your stories in .docx, .doc, .rtf, formats via email to cia@gayauthors.org. A decision made within (2) weeks regarding acceptance into the anthology. Stories will be purchased for use by CDEJR, Web Services Inc for a flat fee based on length and quality. Purchase gives CDEJR Web Services Inc. the rights to publish the story in the Gay Author's Premium section with possible publication as an e-book anthology. Any distribution of the story by the author must be discussed and agreed upon with CDEJR Web Services Inc. Copyright remains with author.

Site Announcements:

• April is Team Recognition Month - Authors, please be sure to recognize your Team members! There is a topic in the Lounge for everyone to post in if you care to do so publicly.
  

• April's Can't Stop Reading Book Club is featuring Josh's Blog by Hosted Author CarlHoliday. We hope you join many in the community and read this great story so you can join in our discussion which will be held on Monday, April 29th!
  

Anthology Announcements:

• Now live! Check out some of the great poems submitted by authors on the theme: Whispers in the Dark.
• Summer Anthology "Roll the Dice" - Due June 8th *See Anthology forum for more info*
  

NOW READING

In Premium This Week:

Binding by Lugh

By Our Hosted Authors This Week:

Palouse by Rec

Harry Potter and the Destiny of Prophecies by dkstories

The Second Shot: Senior Year by Andrew Q. Gordon

9.11 by Mark Arbour

One Night by Cia

In The Arms of an Angel by Nephylim

Adverse Effects by Cia

Odyssey by Mark Arbour

Legacy by Altimexis

By Our Promising Authors This Week:

The Talents of the Fallen by JMH

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