Technically speaking, it is still June 27th in my neck of the woods. Technically speaking it might be June 28th in your neck of the woods. Technically speaking, it could be June 29th in your neck of the woods. What am I technically trying to say  

You have less than 6 months to decide what to buy me as my Christmas present this year  OH, and less than 2 weeks to get your Secret Author entry in!!

Let's move on, shall we.  

I'm trying to see if I'm missing any important days on Sunday, like I did last week with Daddy's day. Yes, we have our resident Daddy  but this is a belated wish to all the fathers out there. I know there is one or two of you.

In the week ahead, I'm going to give a shout out to my native land, Germany. Oh wait, born there, technically speaking West Germany, left when I was 2, don't have citizenship, so it doesn't really count. So my native land is Canada and we have our birthday celebrations on July 1st. Also next week, America hits 250 years old. I have to say you don't look a day over 249 . If your country is also having a birthday celebration, shout it out  

Speaking of birthdays, I want to reminisce for a few seconds, so humour me please. Back in the olden days when Myr was a young wiper snapper and Cia was in jumpers  we used to have an option to put in our ages and birthdays too in our profile I think! We would have tons of Birthday wishes being made to members from groups, individuals and such. It was a much simpler time. As time moved forward and the baddies started combing the interwebs for ways to steal people's identities and steal from others on their behalf, new rules came out. I know Europe was one of the first ones. I'm not sure if it was a good or a bad thing, and I think we are past discussing it, but the world we live in we cannot ask someone to post their age or their birthday anymore . So if you have had a birthday in the past 364 days or today is your birthday, then a giant Happy Birthday to you . I miss the good old days, somedays. 

I know that when I have nothing really to say, I turn to the weather  It is always a great conversation starter. I hear that people in London and Paris are leaving their flats and apartments in the cities and sleeping on the grass at night to escape the blistering heat that they are having . I know some areas of the States are continuing to have drought conditions. No rain or what rain in the past few years is drying up and ground water disappearing too! I guess I'm happy to say up here around me we have been having ridiculous rainfall. Our water tables were falling but they are back to normal and some areas are so saturated, they can't take more rain and are flooding. 

I think back years ago and different parts of the world all had different calamities and such due to weather, just we never had the news and internet to tell us what was going on outside of your city, state/province, country. Now we know if a rain drop falls in the Western Sahara.

So this week, tell me what they weather is like where you live and what is the overall outlook for July? Oh, here we are supposed to be super hot and giant mosquitoes invading with all the rain we are having 😮. What the heck, what is the mosquito situation you are in as well? Are blood bank donations going down due to no one having any extra blood to give? 

 

Onto the more serious stuff, here is what happened at the GA New Blog this week.

Oh, before we start, I just want to say I've seen some of the new layout of the forums page coming soon, and I like it!! So stay tuned for that! Consider this a teaser . 

This week we kicked off the broadcasting week with Myr checking into the Non-Fiction category. I noticed a few new names in there:

Do you remember last week when I said on Wednesday, you have to pay attention for the June Signature Feature Excerpt? Well, Cia posted it this week:

 

Friday, Val was back after being ill(egal) and brought some prompts up about her personal childhood, in the penguin enclosure at the zoo  Check them out:

Saturday, we got another double dose of Myr in the Weekly Wrap Up, when he posted a great new Writing Tip:

 

 

If that was not enough Myr for you, he also gave us a few new Words of the Day:

aftermath, consequence, reckless, contemplation, acceptance, mourning, gratitude

 

 

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Here is the look at the past week's postings on all our Authors and Poets!

7 completed stories this week!

1 Recently Updated 'Premium' Stories

1. The Double Hex by Topher Lydon

9 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories

1. Lost in the Sand by Topher Lydon
2. Rumspringa by Topher Lydon
3. The Double Hex by Topher Lydon
4. TRAVISTY by Mark Arbour
5. The Cockney Canuck by Dodger
6. Treacherous by CassieQ
7. Out of the Blue by Mark Ponyboy Peters
8. Roping the Moon by Headstall
9. Peace of Amiens by Mark Arbour

1 Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories

1. Oklahoma's Son by Wayne Gray

32 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories

1. Pace Control by Soren Kraft **Complete**
2. Strife by CryingCircusConductor
3. Father's Day Strip-Off by Boy Mercury X **Complete**
4. Holiday Drama by quokka
5. Ride of Your Life by mastershakeme
6. Hunger & Habit by Invnarcel
7. The Witches of Darkmoore by Celian
8. Barnaby and the Zoo Logistics Paradox by chris191070 **Complete**
9. A Grave So Haunting by solemnity
10. Crash Journal of Fraser Vogel by Lee Wilson **Complete**
11. Hollywood and Vine by Albert1434
12. The Curse of Love by Yeoldebard
13. Futile Devices by CasualWanderer82
14. Alex & Neil: Moving On by Robert Hugill
15. Shooting Stars by Littlelovestories
16. Monstrum by Laura S. Fox
17. Love in a time of hatred vol 2 by Gary L
18. Aethan's Reign - Exile by ValentineDavis21
19. The Mirror of Dreams by Lupus
20. Between the Times by Celian
21. The Best Man At My Brother's Wedding by StoriesByTroy
22. In the Barb by Vcs
23. IceBerg by J92
24. The Cwtch. by E K Stokes **Complete**
25. Noah's Quest by AquariusGuy
26. Alpha Awakened by Painawakened
27. Between the Two by Grayson Rose
28. turmoil by Paladin
29. THROUGH IT ALL by vanalas
30. Frat Games: The House Plaything by StoriesByTroy
31. Beyond the Veil by Laura S. Fox
32. An Empirical Study of Fluid Dynamics and Temporal Anomalies by chris191070 **Complete**

1 Recently Updated 'Poet' Stories

1. Kintsugi of the Soul by Jean87 **Complete**

 

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