I"m curious, how you are doing on your New Years resolutions? I promised to not be mean to Val this year, and I haven't  No matter what she says!  If you want, share if you made any resolutions. The past two years I resolved to be more of a drama queen and failed miserably both years 😢 Hey, maybe you have a resolution for me  

Can you believe we are in 2023 already? I'm pretty sure it won't be long before we talk about it nearly being 2024! Not sure if time flies faster the younger, or the older you get. Or, is it based on for a lack of a better word, boredom. Like sitting at work and doing nothing makes an 8 hour day go on forever. Yet if you are behind the eight ball it seems like those 8 hours were not enough and you feel like you just started. 

Last thing I want to tell you about is that I was an extremely good boy on Wed, Jan 4th . I didn't point out any members here a GA had a birthday or how they are soundly in the later half of their 30's. Nope, I did not!

To start of the New Year, we had a relaunch of the January CSR due to technical difficulties. So if you missed the first call to read, consider this a second chance:

As a side note, on Monday as well, Myr shared with us a recap of all the stories that were updated in 2022. Wow, that is one big list  Thank you to all the people who picked up a pen in the past year and gave us all something to read  :

 Now strap yourself in for the wild and whacky ride that Ask An Author 3.0 brought us  You could feel the love in the room  this past Wednesday:

I hope you all saw the blog last week where the Anthology Selection Team revealed that the theme for next year's Anthology was Leap of Faith. Well this week we found out the dates and information for two more writing events:

Friday was another chance to get a couple of new prompts. Hey, that could be a resolution, write one prompt a week!

Saturday, Comicality kicked off a new year with a new article. Make sure you check this one out. I thought there might be a certain Ozzy Osbourne song as part of the blog, but I was wrong . I must be crazy!!

Since we are in a brand new year, let us look forward rather than back at the last year for goals. We did that last week already. So here is where we are for our January goals:

There was some really interesting conversations in the Word of the Day entries this week. Check them all out and let everyone know if you have something to add:

sprachgefühl, harangue, tare, amerce, moxie, dorsal, semelparous

Upcoming Writing Events - More info to follow

Poetry Anthology - Exploration!  All Submissions due Saturday, April 1

Secret Author Story Contest! All Submissions due Saturday, July 1

Leap of Faith Anthology! All Submissions due Sunday, October 1

Blog Opportunities

Ask an Author 3.0: Send in 3 questions that you would like your favourite story's author to answer for you. Send them into @astone2292

Story Review: Send it in to  @Timothy M. of @wildone 

And here is the look at the past weeks postings on all our Authors and Poets!

Recently Updated 'Premium' Stories

1. On Fire by Cia

Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories

1. a Glass Floor Underfoot by AC Benus
2. Newport by Carlos Hazday
3. Winter Haven's Dyrpath by Cia
4. The Great Mirror of Same-Sex Love - Poetry by AC Benus
5. Northern Exposure by Mark Arbour

Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories

1. 40 Souls to Keep by Libby Drew
2. Taking Off the Mask by Ronyx
3. Desperado by Dabeagle

Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories

1. Engineer Benson by Wayne Gray
2. Storyverse: Stealing the Show by kbois

Recently Updated 'Author' Stories

1. A Diamond Heart by wolfwriter
2. He Ain't Heavy by Backwoods Boy **Complete**
3. Dark Star by Arch Hunter
4. ARROW by CLJobe
5. Solitary by RichEisbrouch
6. The Snake's Lover by Refugium **Complete**
7. Canaan Club by Westley D.
8. Unspoken by Late to the party
9. Chasing Rusty Parker by Laura S. Fox
10. The Ticklish Life & Times Of Nik And Parker by Ajbt2001
11. The Mantis Variant by Adam Andrews Johnson
12. Tall Ship Journey by quokka
13. The Icebox by JujuTheDruid
14. A Love to Last by vanalas
15. Coming of Age by Tim Hobson
16. A Ticklish Thriller (Revised) by Ajbt2001
17. The Flamekeepers of Delta Psi Theta by Kelevra
18. The Brotherhood: Awakening Book II by The Writer X

Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! (Don't forget to Recommend too!)