So did you celebrate the start of the Winter, or summer, with the solstice yesterday? Did you go to Stonehenge? Maybe you celebrated Soyal, Yalda, Saturnalia, Midwinter, St. Lucia’s Day or Dong Zhi? No matter what you celebrated or where you celebrated it, the days shall get shorter or longer. Me being in the longer side of things, I'm really looking forward to it. This dark from 4:30 pm to 8:30 am can be tiring  But turn that frown upside down, cause if you live in Alaska or places North, you are in 24 hours of darkness . 

But then again sneaking around in the dark would be easier  for any randy teenagers out there . 

Now for the past two weeks, I've asked what was your favourite Christmas show or you song is. This week, let's get really selfish. If money was no object, what would you want for Christmas? I mean you can ask for world peace, end to homelessness, end of different classes of society, which are all great things, but I want to know what your bestest Christmas present would be? Be greedy   Maybe money doesn't need to be an object, would true love count as an idealistic idea? You all tell me 🎄🎅.

Onto the 2nd last wrap up of 2024  What happened to the year? For some reason I remember last year thinking that I can't believe we are coming up on 2024. Now it is coming up on to 2025. Oh dear, oh my.

Monday, Cia dropped in to give us a whole new December Signature Feature:

Onward to Tuesday, when Myr bought forward a glance of a new genre:

If Monday didn't pique your interest enough, with the comments and recommendations to read our December Signature Author, maybe an Excerpt will:

Thursday was a bit of a wrap up in itself. Valkyrie looked back at all the writing events over the past year. Did you read them all?  

Before we move on, let us not forget about the impending deadline to get your Auld Lang Syne - In honour of Carlos Hazday  works into Valkyrie! 

Friday, Mr. December Signature Author brought two not so Christmas Prompts, or are they? 

 

 

After Sunday it looks like our master of words left the periodic table and got back to words that some of us don't know  

bromine, kakistocracy, kaleidoscopic, quixotry, quiescent, quagmire, ruminate

 

Upcoming Writing Events 

Auld Lang Syne - In honour of Carlos Hazday Event - Entries due Dec. 27, 2024 for a Jan. 1 2025 release. Click here for all the details. 

Poetry Anthology 2025 - More information to come. April 2025.

Coming of Age - A Tribute to Comicality - Due April 25, 2025 - More information to come.

Secret Author Contest 2025 - More information to come.

2025 Yearly Anthology - More information to come.

 

Member Participation Blogs - Great way to promote yourself!!

Ask a Author 3.0 If you have a author you want to get some answers from, write a PM to @astone2292

Author Guess Who Get our members to guess who you are and also let everyone know who you are. Also write a PM to @astone2292

 

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

 

2 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories

1. The Freshmen by Mark Arbour
2. By Chance or Appointment by Parker Owens

3 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories

1. Secrets 2: Looking Through Different Eyes by Bill W
2. Closing the Barn Door by Ronyx
3. Dragonproof by Dabeagle

35 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories

1. Traditions by Mark Ponyboy Peters
2. A Jewel in the Dirt by Celian
3. The Christmas Elf & I by P. E. Knapp
4. Peter the Meteor(ologist) by Lee Wilson
5. Between the Lines by ChromedOutCortex
6. A Holiday Adventure by Ticklishboy30
7. Mickey by Connectwriter
8. Tragedia Et Amor by P. E. Knapp
9. Echoes of the Heart by vanalas
10. Christmas Wish by chris191070 **Complete**
11. David C. McLavic by CLJobe
12. Stockroom Secrets by Mark Ponyboy Peters
13. Straightening Affairs by ChromedOutCortex
14. Adventures of Hercules by Catgenie
15. Trench Rat by lomax61
16. Those Left Behind by Robert Hugill
17. The Education of Grandpa by Tallguyct
18. Kept Boy to Made Man by empath
19. Albin by CLJobe
20. Family Ties - Robby's Story by ChromedOutCortex **Complete**
21. Darkest Days (The Wild Hunt) by Jack Poignet
22. Finding Home: Just Found Heaven, Bk 1.5 by JJQuinn
23. Permanently Black and Blue by mastershakeme
24. Ralph: Breaking free by Robert Hugill
25. Shadow‘s Reach (Halloween Noir) by Jack Poignet
26. How the Coronavirus Jump-Started my Sex Life by KKirk
27. Kingdom Of Men by CasualWanderer82 **Complete**
28. Ark II: Life on Gaea by R. Eric
29. Ink and Flowers by Celian
30. Another Time by Celian
31. Hubris by ValentineDavis21
32. Finding Home: Halos and Heroes, Bk 1 by JJQuinn **Complete**
33. Blood Money by Yeoldebard
34. Re-Organizing by Justin4Fun
35. The Last Potter by Gary L **Complete**

1 Recently Updated 'Poet' Stories

1. Skeeters’ Star Boy ☆ by Invnarcel

 

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

 

One last thing. Next week's Weekly Wrap up will be on the 28, so let me take this opportunity to wish each and every one of you in our great community the very best over the next week from all the staff at GA  . Enjoy it if you celebrate or not  

Just so you know, he is still alive and kicking