I hope everyone has had a great week. In case you missed anything in the various GA staff blogs, this is your opportunity for a brief overview. If you see something that interests you, feel free to go back and take a look. And if you're worried about having missed any of the promoted authors' story updates? Well, we're including those for you as well!

Secret Admirer Special Review
A little over a year ago, we held the Secret Admirer Short Story contest. Now it's time to take a look as some reviews, provided by our wonderful review team. If you haven't already read the stories, here's your chance to get a glimpse of what you've missed out on!

New Author Advice #2
It was time to hear from a couple more authors on what advice they'd give to new authors, or authors considering writing for the first time. Don't forget, if you have some advice you'd like to share, PM Renee!

Prompts #558 & #559
That's right, your two new prompts for the week, as well as a couple featured from last week. Don't forget, if you tackle one of these prompts to share a link in the prompt thread!

Contests

• 2017 April Fool's Day Short Story Contest - Due March 1st, 2017 *Guidelines*
  

Anthology Announcements:

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

• 2017 Spring Anthology: Jagged Edges / Unintended Consequences - Due April 30th, 2017
• 2017 Fall Anthology: The Fall Out / Secret Spaces - Due November 15th, 2017
  

Premium Updates:
Negative Splits by Cia *Premium*

Signature Updates:
April Musings by Valkyrie
Black Widow by Mark Arbour; Book 16 of Chronicles Of An Academic Predator (CAP)
GFD 12: Blood Ties by Comicality; Book 12 of Gone From Daylight
Mine! by Cia
Musings of a Mongoose by Cynus
Taryn's Song by Comicality; Book 1 of Gone From Daylight Spin-offs
Temporary Dads by Graeme
The Best Year by Krista
The Castaway Hotel: Next Generation Book 2 by Bill W; Book 11 of The Castaway Hotel

Promising Updates:
A Half-Ounce of Gold by AC Benus; Book 3 of The XXX Series
Buy One, Get Two and Three... by Caz Pedroso
Confide/ant by Sasha Distan
Fallen Pride by Sasha Distan; Book 7 of The Best Circle of Hell Stories
Give Me Back My Prompts by Sasha Distan; Book 4 of GA Prompts
Headstall's Reflections by Headstall
How I Met Him Here by carringtonrj
Morningstar: The Malaise by Headstall
One Hundred and Fifty-Five Sonnets by AC Benus; Book 5 of Verse
The Gay Experience by AC Benus
Walls by Carlos Hazday; Book 6 of CJ