First a disclaimer, I'm tired and none of me editors are around to read the wrap up for me  

I hate to say but the first couple of weeks have been terrible for our US friends and neighbours it seems. With LA burning down and the east and southeast getting blasted by ice and snow, I have to say I hope that all of them are okay  I'm sure there is other places too that are having strange and wakey weather too, like Friday we had an actual thunderstorm (rain) and a blizzard Saturday night. Nothing that so many others are living through at the moment.

I reached out to a couple of our Classic Authors that live in the Greater Los Angeles area, and happy to hear that @viv and @shadowgod are both safe and not near the fires. 

I am probably missing out on some other areas of the world, so tell me, is the weather where you are normal or have you been hit by something horrible? Or am I missing an area that I have not heard of? Like is Australia having wildfires which they have been prone to lately in their summers?

Rather that be on the sadness, lets move onto the positive this week. We had a good week for the GA News Blog, so let us wrap it up!

Monday, Cia kicked off the new year with I think was the monthly CSR feature  Although it said Signature Feature in the title. I think she was tired like me and her blog editors weren't around either . But check out his months CSR Feature:

Tuesday, we had Myr drop in with a new Genre Deep Dive where he went all Historical on us:

Thursday was a call out to all the sites poets! Valkyrie let us know the topic of the 2025 Poetry Anthology:

Friday, for fun, Aditus didn't go with the traditional Prompts for the first Prompt Friday of the year:

Not 4, not 5, not even 6, but the whole 7 days this past week we had a Word Of the Day. One was even published before I got the Weekly Wrap Up done last Sunday .

renewal, prescient, glibness, aggregate, vociferate, alteration, solitude

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

1 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories

1. The Freshmen by Mark Arbour

3 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories

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

1 Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories

1. Engineer Benson by Wayne Gray

37 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories

1. Kept Boy to Made Man by empath
2. A Life Worth Living by irivera
3. It’s Not How I Remember It by paren01 **Complete**
4. Tragedia Et Amor by P. E. Knapp
5. Law & Order by quokka **Complete**
6. The Seducer: A Gone From Daylight Inspired Story by MrM
7. Stockroom Secrets by Mark Ponyboy Peters
8. Michaels Mess by ChromedOutCortex
9. The Longest Third Date by LJCC
10. A Jewel in the Dirt by Celian
11. Fates Mates & Pirates by P. E. Knapp
12. Adventures of Hercules by Catgenie
13. Hubris by ValentineDavis21
14. Mickey by Connectwriter **Complete**
15. The Jerk-Off by JLynch
16. The Kiss of the Vampire by Albert1434
17. The Education of Grandpa by Tallguyct
18. Ralph: Breaking free by Robert Hugill
19. Behaving Responsibly by Tim Hobson
20. Joshua Miles by Wombat Bill
21. Echoes of the Heart by vanalas
22. Liar vs. Liar by Laura S. Fox
23. Doctor Noonan-Martin, Miracle Worker? by Lee Wilson
24. The Wig Heist by Rafy **Complete**
25. Ark II: Life on Gaea by R. Eric
26. Ink and Flowers by Celian
27. What brings us together - Part 1 by Paladin
28. Suspicious Seaweed by Thirdly
29. Those Left Behind by Robert Hugill
30. Worlds Apart 1960s by Ivor Slipper
31. Finding Home: Halos and Heroes, Bk 1 by JJQuinn **Complete**
32. Just Keep Swimming by JJQuinn **Complete**
33. How the Coronavirus Jump-Started my Sex Life by KKirk
34. Albin by CLJobe
35. The Blue Moon by Lupus
36. Permanently Black and Blue by mastershakeme
37. Blood Money by Yeoldebard

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