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Today we have a slightly new method to the madness, me! I'm a little bit later than Renee on posting these, but I hope you'll enjoy this week's prompts as well as the feature prompt selection. Sometimes an author hits a road block that they just can't seem to make their way through. The weekly prompts are a great starting point to jump start some new ideas. Whether you're looking to just do a quick flash piece or maybe you want to do a bit longer story, why not give them a try! A couple of things to remember: Prompt responses under 1,000 words must be posted as part of a collection. Do to the high number of collections containing only a few "chapters" we have set a limit of five collections per author, any more than this requires prior Admin approval. Prompt 438 – Creative Tag – Vampire You’ve had a friend who just keeps trying to set you up on a blind date. You hate blind dates with a passion and had successfully dodged all attempts to set you up. Unfortunately they finally caught you on a night when you didn’t think fast enough and here you are on a date with a dark mysterious stranger. You remember having a good time, but not much else. When you wake up the next morning you feel really tired and find marks on your neck and upper arm. At work you mention it to your friend, jokingly. Another coworker over hears and says it sounds like you are dating a vampire. Are you? Prompt 439 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following in a story – a clown, a motorcycle, vacation tickets, chocolate cake, and a ring. Today's prompt feature is from James Savik's response to prompt #437: Read the rest here.

You know how everyone wants a reading list on GA so they can keep track of the stories? Well, Edge has a 'Reading List' separate of the Favorites list that is really handy to keep track of those online reads you're enjoying. A lot of the other features, like Cortana's voice options and the face recognition software, I already had on my laptop with 8. Before I had it set up to be just like my Surface, they were even cloned to stay in sync, but now the laptop has more of a 'computer' interface than a tablet set up. I'm not sure if I like it, actually.

That's the difficulty in self-editing--when you don't know what you're doing wrong, you don't know how to fix it. There's a topic in the Writer's Corner pinned at the top that helped me finally learn dialogue punctuation, so you might check that out.

http://thewritelife.com/self-editing-tips/ This is a great post fo​r all authors! I'd also recommend poking about the rest of the site, especially if you have a goal of becoming published. ​

Thoughtful questions and great answers! As always, this is a great feature for the blog to share more about our authors with other members. Thanks to everyone who takes part, and Dark for organizing the posts time after time!

The page stopped dead in his track. He shook his head slowly, side to side, his eyes huge. “No.” I bent down to whisper in his ear. “We heard a story about a man who was a traitor to the king. He was locked up and died, but his spirit haunts the palace because his bones were never found.” Young Will shivered. “I think a friend of mine saw him once! He was so scared he had to sleep with a lamp on for a whole fortnight.” “What if you could find the bones? You could put the ghost to rest, provin

Happy Birthday!!

Naming a blog is pretty simple or it can be witty or complicated. I'm the simple type. My personal blog, rarely used, is just 'Stuff from Cia'. Others go for more creative titles. That's really up to you and what type of vibe you want for your blog. The settings are all relatively generic and not very customizable on GA, though. The information on that is in the FAQ General Site Help: Site Blogs through the Help tab in the red menu bar.

I've never had a bad reaction to medicine, but a lot of people forget that, in their wisdom, doctors spend maybe a few hours A YEAR with you/reviewing your information. That's if you have a chronic condition. You spend all your time in your body. They may have the medical knowledge, but you're the only person who can truly say how you feel. If something doesn't seem right, and a doctor won't listen to you, get a new one. You're paying them, so you hold the cards!

No one is adding any inappropriate images or linking to sites that contain questionable content, so this topic isn't much different from the gay experiences topic or talking about first times. As long as those strictures are followed, then this is information only, and not over the line. Besides, how many people probably wish they knew more about how to ensure they were comfortable AND safe when it comes to things like lube before they had experience using them? It's not the traditional sex ed guides really talk about it. And while I will not advocate teens having sex before they're emotionally and physically mature, having this information available where they can learn about it isn't the same thing as using it.

By the way, some words of caution to those new to using lube! Different kinds work best for different things. It's not unlike finding any other kind of personal product like shampoos or body washes. Water based lubes are the most versatile, but can dry quickly or become tacky and can't be used in the water. Silicone lube is great in the water as it doesn't wash away like water-based lubes can, and it works with rubber toys, but it's not good with low-grade silicone toys as it can eat away at the material. Oil-based lubes can break down rubber toys, but is fine with metal or glass. Honestly, just like anything to do with sex, it's all about experimenting with what works best... but make sure you're doing at least some research beforehand so you don't have any embarrassing or potentially painful oopsies!

Lube is used to enhance many things during sexual activity, and it's not just limited to gay sex, either. lol I can't the number of different kinds I've used over the years: baby oil, KY, Adam & Eve, Astroglide, Gun Oil (yes, this is a lube, not actual gun oil), generic shop brands when picking up other things... but I prefer two Yours & Mine by KY for couples, and, if you have the $, Swiss Navy silicone lube (and basically any of their high end line) is amazing.

There is always a learning curve when it comes to a new site. I can move the topic for you and rename it per the forum's requirements for you.

This sort of thing would make a good blog post, or the first post for a topic in the Stories Discussion forum for your story. Good luck on your new story!

Please remember not to let this conversation turn political. As for me personally, well my dad is a southern redneck living in the Pacific NW for 30 years, and he STILL acts like a Neanderthal. I see very little reason that the south will be changing anytime soon.

Roof and roofs/rooves vs hoof and hoofs/hooves is just another example where English proves that root words mean nothing when it comes to irregular plurals. A good portion of the changes come from popular usage, which is why rooves has become roofs, but there's really no rhyme nor reason to why some words fall out of use and others don't. You either change with the times or fight them kicking and screaming.

I don't have a problem translating broken English, but I think in part that's due to growing up with people who have different accents compared to the region I grew up in, plus I used to work with ventilator patients and you get very used to understanding speech that isn't quite right, body language, and just using plain ole intuition in a situation.

#4 is my specialty and I lmao at #6.

“First, we need a report.” I flourished a bit of paper from the supply of finely crafted sheets my parents had insisted I use. “What should we do it on?” “Well you already told the king your impressions of the concert hall, but we didn’t write them up. Plus we could sneak out by saying we’re going to enhance the memory of the concert and get a sense for the acoustics when the building is empty.” I grinned at Teddy. “You’re good at that. Maybe you should write the report.” “Hey! Who says I wan

This month I featured Dianjin's Frozen Heart. This story features two boys who have a lot to overcome in their lives... and it's just possible they might be able to help each do that. Did you find the time to enjoy their journey this month? What did you think? We won't be doing any chat time, since unfortunately Dianjin is sans internet for today, but please remember to share your thoughts about Max and Aaron's story. Single people often have more time to write. Are you single? As I wrote Frozen Heart I actually had a boyfriend, but since we weren’t living together I still had lots of time to write What are you wearing (and no fibbing!)? Shorts and a t-shirt! Though I have to admit I was topless a few minutes ago Have you ever gone out in public, realized your shirt is on backwards, and just don’t care? Yes and no, Once I noticed in the metro so it was out of the question to fix it on the spot, another day I was just too lazy to do it. What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Video games, reading, watching a few TV shows (Doctor Who first and foremost) What brought you to GA? I was looking for erotic gay stories one boring afternoon. Where do you get your ideas? All around me, books I read, games I play, even a few moments from my day to day life are in there. Is there anything you find particularly challenging in your writing? Let me be honest, I’m not a native English speaker, and sometimes I get carried away with my sentences, you see in French we tend to have very looooooooooooooooooooooooong sentences. I really have to force myself to not make run-ons. Is your writing process a daily word count goal or more of a burst of inspiration writing flurry? Depends, for Frozen Heart I set myself a goal of a chapter per day, and to achieve that I start thinking about the chapter early in the day, outline and stuff, but can get to writing it at noon, or very late at night. For my new story A Companion for all Time it’s more of a come and go thing, two days ago I wrote at least 3000 words, though I had not touched it for two weeks. If you could give advice to yourself when you first started writing, what would it be? Make an outline, plan, setting page or something. When I started writing I just thought of things and wrote them down, and soon I was overwhelmed, my very first story went too far too fast, with big ugly holes in the middle, reason why I put it on hold for now (I have some ideas for it actually, but I’m thinking of scrapping all of it for now). Now I have a sepearte document that is always open when I write with character description, things that I did and have to do, ideas, setting, stuff like that. I’m always updating it. Did something specific inspire you to write Frozen Heart? My boyfriend, Maximilian is heavily inspired by some of his struggles, of course I really magnified it (don’t worry in real life he’s not like that at all). I wanted to do something deeper than just a simple gay story, I don’t know if that came through well or not I noticed you have several AHA moments. Do you have a favorite readers picked up on? I don’t really know ^^’ I just enjoying writing the story, all of it, though if I had to pick a favorite moment it would be the end of chapter 9, I had been planning that one for a while Do you identify with Max or Aaron, and how so? A little of both, as said before Max is inspired after my boyfriend (a bit), but he has somethings that are me, and Aaron would be the sort of person I would like to have as a best friend! How long did it take you to write Frozen Heart? I didn’t count I’d say about a month or so, maybe more, probably more. If your story were made into a movie, who do you picture playing each character’s part? I have no idea on that one I’d say someone that fit their physical description as best as possible, and for Max a really, really shy person What are your future projects? Finishing A companion for all Time, and continuing Max and Aaron’s journey in Golden Heart, then taking another look at French Touch.

I saw this today and thought it was cool.

Great discussion, guys!!!

Wildman and his friends could care less about the city. No Name and his friends were useless. I fumed the entire way through the tunnel. “It’s all on us, Teddy. No one else is going to help stop the king, at least not before he’s sucked every speck of our abilities from us. What are we going to do?” Teddy shrugged. “Sneak into the king’s palace, find Schvesla’s machine and shut it down, and then find a key so we can sneak out of the secret tunnel to the theater.” I stopped. “You make it sound

From the reader viewpoint, it does matter to me. If an author doesn't post for a very long time, I'll lose track of the story and be less inclined to want to re-read to continue if they pick back up again. It has to be a spectacular story to prompt me to do that. From an author standpoint, I can definitely say it matters both as to the giddiness of the fan, the quality and popularity of the story itself, and the length of time between posts. I've lost readers before due to that very thing.

Happy GA Anniversary. And at least you know, with me, I welcome every speck of feedback in return that I'm willing to give out.