So, what is new in your neck of the woods ?

I guess we all are being impacted no matter where we are in the world by the COVID-19 pandemic. Looking at the status updates on site, many if not all of you have had some disruption of our normal day to day lives. I did a search, and ended up in Wikipedia, and according to them (not to be construed as 100% factual) that the last pandemic that rolled across our planet was the HIV AIDS one, and one we are living with, and IMHO, started to win finally in a lot of countries in the world.

On behalf of all the site staff and all of your fellow members, we wish you all a safe journey as we continue to travel through the unknown. Please, if you have questions your first resource should be the World Health Organization's website, www.who.int . Seriously, I would take it from them before listening to non experts giving nothing more than their opinion. Be it your neighbour, a family member, a politician, or a news anchor. Educate yourself and don't think of yourself as a subject expert based on hearsay from others. Heck, I would disregard what I say .  Trust the W.H.O for your most fact based information. 

Now as far as GA goes, we are hoping that we can provide some great relief from what is happening and allowing you a place to come to escape the daily news, or the latest panic. We have 5079 stories and being added to every day. We have a vibrant community that can discuss some of these stories, or other topics in the right areas of the site. We have blogs from not only the staff, but our members too! There is so much and we will continue to give you new content each week, especially with the GA Blogs. Let's see what happened this week!

Monday, @Timothy M. and the Review Team took over the blog and gave us another Featured Story:

On Wednesday, Renee brought us a Signature Feature on one of the most read Authors on site:

Friday, Wayne came with his brand of prompts for St. Patrick's Day:

Did you get to check out some of the new features that Myr has been developing and launched on the site? Make sure you check out the Site Technology & Software Updates Blog and here was the last one:

Anthologies

• Author Anthology Questionnaire - Click here to participate
• Anthology 101 - New in the Anthology Forum. Everything you need to know about GA Anthologies
• 2020 Spring Anthology: The Storm - Due May 15th

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• Ask An Author: Send your questions for your favorite authors to @Carlos Hazday (no questions = no Ask An Author)

• Guess the Author: Open to all GA authors. PM @Renee Stevens to participate

Premium Updates:

The Horse Thief by Laura S. Fox *Premium*

Classic Updates:

Corners by Dabeagle

Signature Updates:

Adrift by Mann Ramblings

Disasters, Delights and Other Detours by Parker Owens

Endings by Headstall

Ranger by Carlos Hazday

tim's Bits and Pieces by Mikiesboy

Unicorn Quests by Cia

Promising Updates:

Cutting It Close by Sasha Distan **Complete**

Royal Duties by Sasha Distan **Complete**

Thorny Poetry by Thorn Wilde

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