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Renee Stevens

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It's been a rather busy week here at Gay Authors. I think we'll get right to it.

 

Monday started the February Signature Author feature for Bill W of his story Butterflies Fly Free. You can see some of the reviews from the story and if it sounds good to you, then you can check out the excerpt that was posted on Wednesday!

 

Voting for the Secret Admirer Short Story contest ended on Thursday and we started the Secret Admirer Guess Who game prior to the Secret Admirer Winners & Reveal on Friday. Congratulations to Cole Matthews, Graeme, and Thorn Wilde. There were so many great stories for the contest and you can still read them even though voting has concluded.

 

Once again, someone compiled the stats for us on the voting for the Secret Admirer Contest. Here's what they came up with:

 

Secret Admirer Guessing Game Stats

By the Secret Nerd

 

Most correct guesses

Slytherin had 5 correct answers out of 13 guesses

AC Benus had 3 correct answers out of 10 guesses

Aditus had 3 correct answers out of 9 guesses

The rest got from 0 to 2 correct answers out of 1 to 12 guesses.

Graeme got all 12 guesses wrong except one; including his own story, which he attributed to Valkyrie.
:lol:

 

Stories with most author names suggested

Two's Company by J.HunterDunn got 6 guesses on 6 names, none correct

Making Sense of Secret Gifts by Timothy M. got 6 guesses on 5 names, none correct

Take a Chance by Robert Rex got 7 guesses on 5 names, one correct

A Gift For the Quiet One by Comicfan got 6 guesses on 5 names, two correct

At the other end the story which most people agreed on:

Lupercalia by Puppilull had 7 guesses on 2 names (W_L and AC Benus), neither correct.

Six stories had four author names suggested, and the last two had three names.

 

Seven stories had someone guess their author

Jager by Cole Matthews (4)

Nobody's Valentine by Thorn Wilde (4)

Sunshine by AC Benus (4 - if Lisa’s first instinctive guess is included)

Cupid Central by Aditus (3)

The Cupid Complex by Valkyrie (3)

A Gift For the Quiet One by Comicfan (2)

Take a Chance by Robert Rex (1)

In the Secret Santa contest no one guessed the stories by Cole and Valkyrie, but more than one reader guessed the entries by Thorn Wilde, AC Benus and Aditus. Maybe because they have distinctive writing styles?

 

Six stories had no one guess their author

Last Run to Mosul by W_L

Lupercalia by Puppilull

Making Sense of Secret Gifts by Timothy M.

The Lady in the Flames by jfalkon

Two's Company by J.HunterDunn

Who Is It? by Graeme

In the Secret Santa contest no one guessed the stories by jfalkon and Timothy M. either. Perhaps they have indistinct writing styles (or in jfalcon’s case not many readers seem to know his 24 stories !).

 

Authors with most stories attributed

Graeme 6, none correct

J.HunterDunn 6, none correct

Robert Rex 5, including the correct one (by one reader)

Valkyrie 5, including the correct one (by three readers)

AC Benus 5, including the correct one (by three or four readers, if you count Lisa’s guess)

Aditus, Cole Matthews, Comicfan, Puppilull all had 4 stories attributed to them. No one had Puppilull correct, the rest were guessed by two or more readers.

 

In comparison the same statistic for the previous contest (not done at the time):


Authors with most stories attributed (Secret Santa)

Cole Matthews 7, none correct !

J.HunterDunn 5, including the right one (by three readers)

Timothy M. 5, none correct

AC Benus, Graeme, Headstall, Johnathan Colourfield, Litlover, Thorn Wilde all had 4 stories attributed to them. At least one reader guessed the right one for each of them, and three readers guessed AC Benus and Thorn Wilde.

 

If you compare the two contests
Thorn Wilde
got four stories attributed in Santa but only two in Admirer, and in both contests several readers knew the correct story.


Puppilull
got two stories attributed to her in Santa and four in Admirer, none of them correct. She seems an expert in misleading readers together with jfalkon and Timothy M. and the authors below.


Cole
had seven stories attributed to him in Santa, none of them correct, but in Admirer four readers had the correct story out of the four attributed to him, so that’s an improvement, right?


J.HunterDunn
and
Graeme
consistently get several stories attributed to them, and in Admirer no one got it right. Did they get better at misleading us, or did we get worse at guessing?

 

Anthology Announcements:

 

***NOTE: All Deadlines are for submission to the Anthology Proof Team**

  • 2016 Spring Anthology: Crossing the Line - Due February 26th, 2016
  • 2016 Summer Anthology: Wicked Games - Due May 26th, 2016
  • 2016 Fall Anthology: Blindsided - Due August 26th, 2016
  • 2016 Winter Anthology: The Forgotten - Due November 26th, 2016
  • All Pre-2016 Anthology Themes - Due December 14, 2016


Premium Updates:

 

by Rob Colton; Book 3 of
Galactic Conspiracies
*Premium*

 

Signature Updates:

 

by Nephylim

 

by Krista

 

by Dolores Esteban

 

by Comicality

 

by CarlHoliday

 

by CarlHoliday

 

by Mann Ramblings

 

by Cia

 

by Bill W; Book 3 of
Sword of Kings

 

by Comicality

 

by Comicfan
*Secret Admirer Contest Entry*

 

by Graeme
*Secret Admirer Contest Entry*

 

Classic Updates:

 

by Dabeagle

 

Promising Updates:

 

by Headstall

 

by AC Benus

 

by AC Benus

 

by aditus

 

by Layla

 

by Headstall

 

by Headstall

 

by Valkyrie
*Secret Admirer Contest Entry*

 

by Aditus
*Secret Admirer Contest Entry*

 

by Cole Matthews
*Secret Admirer Contest Entry*

 

by Thorn Wilde
*Secret Admirer Contest Entry*

 

by AC Benus
*Secret Admirer Contest Entry*

 

Don't forget.... Read, Write, and REVIEW!!!

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Slytherin

Slytherin 24,489

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I think it's hilarious that Graeme thought Valkyrie wrote his story :funny::lol::hug:

 

I love secret author contests :)  running-around-smiley-emoticon.gif

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Timothy M.

Timothy M. 50,252

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Congratulations on winning the guessing contest, LBO. :)

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Slytherin

Slytherin 24,489

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Congratulations on winning the guessing contest, LBO. :)

 

Thanks :)  Sherlock is my middle name :funny: running-around-smiley-emoticon.gif

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Timothy M.

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LOL, I just realized: Today is the birthday of Secret Admirer. :great:

What date of birth did you give Secret Santa, Renee?

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Emi GS

Emi GS 6,571

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Congrats LBO... :D

 

Yeah this week became too busy to deal with... :lol:

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Valkyrie

Valkyrie 110,350

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There is also a pattern of people guessing Aditus' stories as mine and vice versa in both contests.  ;) 

 

And when did I get promoted to Signature?  :D :D :D:gikkle: 

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Slytherin

Slytherin 24,489

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And when did I get promoted to Signature?  :D :D :D:gikkle:

Congratulations Valkyrie :D I might start a topic welcoming you to the Signature Authors ;) lol

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Mann Ramblings

Mann Ramblings 23,119

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Graeme's choices make me smile. :lol:

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Robert Rex

Robert Rex 4,921

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I was honored that only 1 person guessed my story correctly--all the others attributed them to other authors.

Since I viewed the contest as a chance to get outside my comfort zone and do a different style/approach, I'm happy--it must have worked! 

Success by incorrect guesses.... <grin>

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Graeme

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I did say that my list was in confidence order from "not sure" down to "complete guesses"... :P

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Puppilull

Puppilull 18,787

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Expert in misleading? Or slightly nondescript writing? LOL

 

Thanks, 'Secret' nerd! Stats are fun!

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Renee Stevens

Renee Stevens 26,952

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LOL, I just realized: Today is the birthday of Secret Admirer. :great:

What date of birth did you give Secret Santa, Renee?

 

December 25th

 

 

There is also a pattern of people guessing Aditus' stories as mine and vice versa in both contests.  ;)

 

And when did I get promoted to Signature?  :D :D :D:gikkle:

 

Sorry, Val... It's been fixed

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Valkyrie

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Sorry, Val... It's been fixed

It was nice while it lasted.  :gikkle: 

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