Howdy  

No, not Stampede yet, but can't say howdy without the cowboy emoji  

I kind of had a blah week the past week  for me. Wasn't bad, wasn't good, but we will take it. The alternative isn't so great🪦. Sunday through Thursday it was hot and dry and you couldn't see down the street due to the smoke from all the wildfires burning across the north of Canada👨‍🚒. I haven't really looked at the US of A, but I imagine they aren't too different. I heard that there is even some some smoke floating over to Ireland, Scotland and Wales 😮. Unfortunately this now seems the norm for the summers in Canada . 

What about down under? You getting lots of rain? Since you are in fall and next week sliding into winter, hopefully you are out of wildfire season finally .

Busy week coming up, need to do some planning and take some actions regarding Christmas at work 🎄. Don't worry, doesn't involve knocking off Santa 🎅! Good time to remind everyone one coming up quickly on 6 months to decide on what you are sending me for Christmas .

Since it is Father's Day today, if you are a father or not, I really want you to post your worst dad joke below  You can hide the answer (by using the  in the editor bar) or not, your choice . So get us rolling with laughter or groaning in despair with your funnies  

So we had a fairly busy week here at the GA News Blog. Only Saturday didn't have a new feature 😮 I'm hoping you got a chance to read them all and if not, here they are in the recap.

Monday, Parker Owens reviewed an author of an interesting story. Don't be fooled by the name , and maybe download it or use the wifi on the beach 😎

Onward to Tuesday. The big guy got scary by doing a Deep Dive in the Thriller/Suspense genre ☠️:

Shuffling on to Wednesday, it was a great day here at GA 🥳. Graeme got to introduce a brand new Signature Author to the site. Another Aussie:

Thursday had us all put on our thinking caps and see if we know by some interesting clues, who Aaron is talking to in the Author Guess Who:

Finally Friday arrived. This meant that we got a couple more prompts from Aditus. Make sure you check them out. Psst, I wonder if these had anything to do with Valkyrie having her 29th birthday the past week and Aditus missing it   🎂:

6 blogs in 7 days, as I count the Weekly Wrap Up as 1.

Myr had to outdo everyone again and brought us 7 Words of the Day. Believe it or not I only knew 2, thought I knew 5 :

consternation, dilemma, equivocate, pugnacious, progeny, lascivious, indulge

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Here is the look at the past weeks postings on all our Authors and Poets!  Check out the first one!

2 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories

1. The Freshmen by Mark Arbour In Process
2. A Good Place by Mark Ponyboy Peters In Process

2 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories

1. Secrets 3: The Road to the Future by Bill W In Process
2. The Vista Dome Boy by Altimexis Complete

1 Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories

1. Engineer Benson by Wayne Gray Long-Term Hold

49 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories

1. My Straight Friend Jake by StoriesByMattVane In Process
2. Bending Eli by BrokenBoundariesGayErotica In Process
3. Thanks, Dads by Inkognito In Process
4. Three Texas Swimmers by KKirk In Process
5. Dust in the Basement by Celian In Process
6. CAVU by P. E. Knapp In Process
7. Brandon Smiling: From the Billy Chase Chronicles (3) by MrM In Process
8. Where Love Lies: Book 2 by vanalas In Process
9. Light Bringer: Fireborn by Jack Poignet In Process
10. Love Truly Is Blind by Lee Wilson In Process
11. Behind the Veil by mastershakeme In Process
12. Ring by ChromedOutCortex In Process
13. Bryan and Daniel by chris191070 Complete
14. Fates Mates & Pirates by P. E. Knapp In Process
15. David C. McLavic by CLJobe In Process
16. My Bully Invited Me To His Hotel Room by StoriesByTroy In Process
17. Traded Goods by Yeoldebard In Process
18. My Ex's Brother Drew by DanXWrites In Process
19. The Kings Boy - A Medieval Novel by E K Stokes In Process
20. The Storm Wolf: Gathering Clouds by RedMoon In Process
21. Shadows of the Moon by Albert1434 Complete
22. A Bad Education by CasualWanderer82 In Process
23. Blood Money by Yeoldebard In Process
24. Not just another Summer by Robert Hugill In Process
25. A Jewel in the Dirt by Celian In Process
26. Liar vs. Liar by Laura S. Fox In Process
27. His Girlfriend Doesn’t Know by DanXWrites In Process
28. Arcum Nights by mastershakeme In Process
29. The Nextworld Invasion and the Death of Magic by Adam Andrews Johnson In Process
30. What Didn't Kill Me Became Me by Inkognito In Process
31. Do You Ship Us? by Littlelovestories In Process
32. My Best Friend’s Brother Dylan Was Supposed to Be Straight by StoriesByTroy In Process
33. Surrounded by the Darkness by Lupus In Process
34. Taking Teddy Home by ChromedOutCortex Complete
35. BigPaws by Jack Poignet In Process
36. Down In The Holler by CasualWanderer82 In Process
37. Misaligned by Laura S. Fox In Process
38. The Straight Gym Bro Brad Who Lets Me Crash at His Place by DanXWrites In Process
39. Neighbour's Riddle by Thomas Lindblad In Process
40. Brian & Gordon: Living in threes by Robert Hugill In Process
41. Hubris by ValentineDavis21 In Process
42. Yours to Bully by Littlelovestories In Process
43. White Sheets by Celian In Process
44. How the Coronavirus Jump-Started my Sex Life by KKirk In Process
45. Ark II: Life on Gaea by R. Eric Temporary Hold
46. The Acquisition: A Record of Compliance, Pleasure, and Ownership by BrokenBoundariesGayErotica In Process
47. The Silver Tongued Scoundrel by ThePhallocrat In Process
48. Wolf in the City by Laura S. Fox In Process
49. Roger by chris191070 Complete

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