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Do you like these weekly flashbacks?  Let us know in the comments below.  

  It's nice seeing different anthologies featured every week.  

A lot of the time, if you don't KNOW we do anthologies on the site... you wouldn't know we do anthologies on the site. They have a dedicated forum, but it's farther down on the page and it's been proven people don't like to scroll so they tend to stick to the top forums on webpages. Authors tend to be rather laser-focused, and there's a lot on GA to absorb and be a part of, and they don't always know that just anyone can take part in the anthologies. So they don't. Which is a shame, because they are fun, you get your name on the blogs, in the forum, on the newsletter, on GA's social media, etc... all great exposure to building a readership.

By putting up the anthologies flashbacks Myr is ensuring 1) older stories get a read since newer stories actively posting tend to be king [see point earlier about scrolling down, also applies to older stories] 2) older authors who aren't as active anymore might get a boost and readers might find a ton of older content they didn't know was there/totally awesome 3) more people might learn about the anthologies and 4) we might have a pick up in the activity again to the levels we used to have.

By no means is anyone expected to go back and write for all the themes (though some of them are quite intriguing, especially after you read some of the ways other authors were inspired) or to read them all at once. But if just every person who clicked on the blog and was tempted to click on just one story from the linked descriptions left one comment, one review, think of the boost from week to week. And, if they liked one, they might go back and read more, and do another comment or review. More reading, more comments, more reads means more site activity... all win/win/win for everyone involved. 

@northie@Carlos Hazday@Renee Stevens

I do plan to continue rotating through the anthologies, including repeating them when I've made the run through.  Since we get new people on site all the time, it is my hope that they check them out.