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Today we begin to replenish the Promising Author ranks with the new promotion of Thorn Wilde! Thorn's first completed novel on GA, Nemesis, is the 2013 RCA winner for a story by a new author and had 179 reviews. Fortunately, for fans of the novel completed last spring, Thorn is also posting a sequel, Soulmates Never Die, that is already over 40k in length. If novels aren't your thing, you can still read one of Thorn's many short stories--from one chapter shorts, to anthologies, to fanfictions. Of Nemesis Paul.b said: It's a great story Miles Long's thoughts on Soft: Excellent beginning, thanks. But don't forget to take the time to congratulate Thorn before you head over to read some of the many stories showcasing just why Thorn was promoted.

Thanks for reviewing, Belann. I really think Benny's got some sexy alpha tendencies and those ears going flat are like... grrr! There's going to be some changes, because Yuri is going to experience things, or re-experience them, that will affect him... but they could be good too, you know? No spoilers on all that.

You'll definitely get more of the backstory soon, but that had to come as it was relevant, so it was waiting a bit. Benny and Yuri have both changed, and I hope to really highlight that in the coming chapters. Thanks for reading, Cannd!

Sorry I missed replying to this review. It's a processing thing for Yuri with regards to relearning societal behaviors and situations, and a memory issue. He's not stupid, or a kid, you're right. As for the rest of what happens... well, that'll come as the story does. Thanks so much for reading!

“How will that help him?” Benny asked. Dr. Vancould pulled a computer out of his bag. He opened it up and then slid it sideways so everyone at the table could see it. He pulled up a video program. “Oh, movie time?” Yuri leaned forward. He smiled at him. “Kinda.” The doctor tapped the screen. The image of a brain began to rotate. “This is the brain of a Tiger Carthera. Yours, actually, Benny, since we have no other current scans from a Tiger.” The video played and began to zoom in. “This is t

Straight Shooter by Heidi Belleau It's out! I thought I'd share this review today, though I read Straight Shooter a bit back as an ARC. What can I say? I never pass up a chance to get a Heidi Belleau story. At first, I was pretty leery after I read the description. For all my open-mindedness about kinks, humiliation just doesn't do it for me. It makes me pretty uncomfortable, actually, because the shades of denigration usually feel more damaging than anything else. Plus, I somehow get embarrassed for the characters. Yes, I did spend some time reading this literally squinting with one through my fingers as I cringed from the page on my reader. I still really, really liked it. Austin was such a complex character. He had a lot going on, pressures and feelings and insecurities, and a serious issue with impulse control. I loved watching his evolution through the story as he came to know himself in a deeper way... and relate that to the people around him in positive ways. And yes, a big part of that came from the kink he explores with 'Puck'. Heidi also exposes a lot of the duality of those in the porn industry--both the good and bad sides of it. Yes, they're characters but they're people too with lives, likes, and loves completely divorced from the person on the screen. Yet... obviously that person is a part of their psyche too. Add in that Liam, aka Puck, is a real person with feelings and flaws and we have yet another lovely character driven piece of wonderful fiction. Seriously, read the synopsis and excerpt for this. If you have no issues with humiliation kink and like coming of age stories that are firmly rooted in reality--yet still have that wonderful dose of just right angst, you should read Straight Shooter. Oh, did I mention it has college jocks? Yeah. Hockey players. YUM View all my reviews

The year keeps marching right along! For April I thought I'd feature one of our newer authors. Wolfwriter recently finished her novel Your Alpha, My Mate. I thought this was the perfect time to feature a paranormal story too! I hope you enjoy the story, then come back at the end of the month for the discussion on April 28th! Your Alpha, My Mate by Wolfwriter Description: Jamie has always been picked on and seen as the weakest member of the Cajun Red Pack. He is a seventeen year old werewolf. He is seen as weak because no one has seen his wolf yet so they believe that he is so pathetic that his wolf has abandoned him. Length: 81,575 A Reader Said: I'm sad this story is done, but hopeful there will be more!!! ~ Gene63 Don't forget to come back for April's Discussion day: Monday, April 28th!

Oh yeah, so many miffed souls.

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Well sometimes when he likes to play around and tickle me A LOT, and I get seriously pissed cause he won't stop, so he ends up restraining me before I can nut him or some other intensely painful punishment for screwing with me. Usually it's a method for wearing me out so he can get up and run before I can get up. Of course... I like revenge cold too, and I'm devious. I usually devise all sorts of mean things to drive him crazy while I wait for my joints to stop aching.

My husband was a wrestler. I have very mixed feelings about that. Those holds freaking hurt!

So, remember when Dade and Yaseke were both captured by the Vlrsessiums? They were both knocked out and woke on the ship. Buphet gave them to the Vlrsessiums, he was in on the attack, so he tagged them then. The goal was if the Collectors had sought him out, they'd possibly seek out his family members. Buphet was power hungry and determined... but grasping at straws. Buphet reveals that he 'tagged' them in Ch. 33, though I left it vague about who he tagged and how. He was already in league with the elite soldier group Tubinsfor is with, and he got the new micro nanos from them. Remember, they've technology the other soldiers don't have... like the ability to camouflage their ship and compounds and the micro nanos and living circuitry in Chip. Tubinsfor mentions that they've been manipulating everyone--the humans in charge of the human planet coalition, the scientific doctors, Buphet, so not only do they have hidden power and influence over people--they're backing it up with advanced technology. That's Ch. 34 when Dade and Tubinsfor talk. As for Chip's condition, I don't want to reveal too much of that. It's part of another story, lol. Thank you so much for reading, and for commenting Impunity. This is the sort of information I was looking for. Things I 'know' and thought I revealed in subtle details enough for the reader to grasp, but they might be too subtle.

He's back again! K.C.'s taking over the blog this week... but now as our newest Signature Author! As you can see, if you visited Monday's feature of Shepherd's Crook on the CSR Discussion Day, you can see he's definitely earned the promotion from Promising to Signature. If you haven't read it yet, check out his very popular Shepherd's Crook or one of his many other stories! Maybe you could check out Lone Wolf one of K.C.'s many short stories. Joann414 said: This was great! Or Chasing the Shadows, one of K.C.'s first stories on GA. Sunsbane said: It was smokin´! Whatever you don't, don't forget to join us in congratulating K.C. on his promotion to GA's newest Signature Author!

He's back again! K.C.'s taking over the blog this week... but now as our newest Signature Author! As you can see, if you visited Monday's feature of Shepherd's Crook on the CSR Discussion Day, you can see he's definitely earned the promotion from Promising to Signature. If you haven't read it yet, check out his very popular Shepherd's Crook or one of his many other stories! Maybe you could check out Lone Wolf one of K.C.'s many short stories. Joann414 said: This was great! Or Chasing the Shadows, one of K.C.'s first stories on GA. Sunsbane said: It was smokin´! Whatever you don't, don't forget to join us in congratulating K.C. on his promotion to GA's newest Signature Author!

I agree with Cassie on the feedback. Anything that teaches me how and when I'm doing something right for readers AND when I'm doing something wrong, makes my future writing stronger. Thanks to James, for letting us know all about why his stories are just as 'unique' as he is. Libby... ahh, hurt/comfort. When done right, it's an awesome, awesome plot element. I have to admit to being weak for those types of stories myself.

Whoops I missed your review, Timothy! Sorry about that. Benny needs to learn to communicate, I agree. There's so many ways to deal with Yuri's problems, but he's not really handling it. Of course, he's had a hard time too. It'll work out, but it probably won't go the way Benny thinks, lol. Thanks for the review!!

Thank you! Yuri isn't a child, no matter what his brain injury did to his impulse control and memory. Treading that line is hard though. Communication is going to be key between them, but I don't think Benny has EVER proven to be good at that, lol. Thanks for the review, avidreadr.

“Fuck you, asshole.” Benny flipped off the driver who swiped the parking spot he’d waited for. “Not very nice.” Yuri crossed his arms over his chest. “His smirk as he stole my spot wasn’t nice either,” Benny snapped. “Maybe he has an emergency. That’s what that sign says over there.” He pointed at the sign to the Emergency Room doors. “I doubt it.” Benny was pretty sure the guy was just a jerk. Yuri didn’t seem to think bad of anyone though. It made him worry that his mate might trust the wr

The great thing about GA is that it is safe for those of us who deal with fear of groups, or strangers, or have general problems interacting in person. I've known others who have had PTSD, and I know it's a real, very serious, problem. I hope you can learn to cope and get some measure of healing, Eric. Most of all, welcome back!!

For March's CSR book selection we had K.C.'s Shepherd's Crook. If you haven't read it yet, go take a look. The interview could have some spoilers, though, so don't read on if you don't want to ruin the surprise. I hope everyone who has read the story will share their thoughts with K.C. today. Also... He's coming back between 8:00 and 10:00 PM, EST for a live chat!!You can ask him your questions about him, his writing, Shepherd's Crook, his current work or future work. If you can't make it then, feel free to leave your questions here before. A Little Bit About K.C. When did you first consider yourself a writer? When I was 8 years old. I wrote a story about my Uncle stealing all of my Grandmother’s peaches from the greenhouse. My Grandmother glued the pages of my story onto construction paper and made it into my first real book. I was so excited, I ran around showing it to everyone. Do you eat your vegetables? Yes! I absolutely love every kind of vegetable. If you had to choose, which writer would you consider a mentor? Can I pick 2?? When I first joined GA, Andrew Q Gordon was amazing to me. He showed me the ropes and taught me a bunch of stuff I was doing wrong and made my writing even better. Andy rocks! Even though Rustle hasn’t written lots of stories, what he has written is very impressive, but his knowledge about everything else is what makes him a great mentor/beta/editor/friend. The dude is a walking encyclopedia! I can go to him with anything and he knows the answer. Also, he’s not afraid to call bullshit on me when I’m being an ass! LOL What’s your favorite story/eBook/book of all time? ‘The Stand’ by Stephen King M-O-O-N …. That spells Promising Author! Is there anything you find particularly challenging in your writing? Finding a unique character voice for each story is a real challenge. I’m always worried that the protagonist will be too similar to something else I’ve done before (…or worse… like what someone else has done). Also, I still have issues with head-hopping. I’ve gotten a lot better over the last few years with my character’s POV, but I still struggle with head-hopping in my stories. When was the last time you made your bed? Last night, before going to bed, LOL. I washed all the sheets/blankets and there’s some kind of law that requires you to make the bed when the sheets are fresh and clean…so you can dirty them up again! Please don’t send the bed police to my house! Do your characters try to make like bunnies and create ever more convoluted plots for you? Or do you have to coax them out of your characters? Haha! They have plots and plans of their own and usually, I’m the last to know. I try to keep my characters in line, but they have a sneaky way of turning the tables on me so I have to beat them back into line! Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate! Great, now I want a cookie. (I’m very easily distracted) A Little About Shepherd’s Crook ***Wipe cookie crumbs off face*** So how did you come up with your idea for Shepherd’s Crook? It was a story that I’ve kicked around since I was in college. It’s changed some over the years, but the plot always focused on Gibby and Tanner. It was always going to be a ghost story, which could never have a happy ending. I wanted to show the heartache and pain without obliterating the characters. I hope I pulled it off. Was it hard writing a story filled with such dramatic elements? Yes! My mom was still alive when I first wrote Shepherd’s Crook. She was so mad at me for killing beloved characters. Mom begged me to change it! Unfortunately, sometimes in real life, the good guys die and the bad guys win. It totally sucks, but it happens! If every story was promised a happy-ever-after, I would give up writing. LOL Do you have a favorite part of the story? Why? I love the relationship between Gibby and his dad, Jonathan. I never had a dad and I wanted their relationship to feel real and not like some picture perfect Stepford Family story where everything is perfect. Gibby and Jonathan are flawed and damaged people, but they are not broken. They find their strength in each other. What was the best feedback you received for this story from readers? Wow, there were so many fabulous reviews on this story, I don’t know where to start. I couldn’t believe how much the readers got into the story. They cheered for Gibby and cried when things went wrong. The readers were amazing and that encouraged me to deliver the best story I could. Is there anything you’d do differently, if you were writing this again? Yes! I always have ideas after the fact and would have loved to worked them in. I’m always like ‘Why didn’t I think of that a month ago?’ LOL This entire story is actually a re-write. It was originally a screenplay I wrote years ago. It did very well in a national screenwriting competition. It didn’t win, but got an honorable mention, so I was really proud. I did make changes as I re-wrote it as a novel. I’m sure the biggest question readers have is….. **Spoiler Alert*** Extra Info We All Need To Know I know you have your ongoing story, Pour Me Another, but do you have any other projects in the works readers don’t know about? Yep! I have several story ideas that I’m kicking around, but nothing that’s gotten further than the plotlines, yet. I’m not sure if I’m going to jump outside the box with a story about a young male prostitute or do another supernatural story. I really love myth/fantasy creatures. It will be a hard decision. Okay, most important question ever! Tom or Jerry? Huge Tom fan! I always cheer for him to outsmart that pesky mouse. Don't forget to come back between 8:00 and 10:00 PM, EST for a live chat with K.C.!

The problem with using different fonts is that it may not be visible to all readers. Different devices can read different fonts, and if you use one that is not a default font, it all appears the same. We had an issue recently that an author here had somehow edited a chapter of their story via their writing program and used a font that some readers were getting as script (and harder to read) and others saw as a default font that wasn't script. AJ figured that out to fix it so no one was getting script, but that is a factor to consider in that not everyone might 'see' the same font no matter which you use to emphasize something. That's why I prefer to stick with formatting changes instead.

I checked Chicago Manual of Style and didn't find anything pertinent as to a set style. On the work I published, however, I did have some texting. I think the main element to focus on is to be consistent. Because the accepted rule for creating emphasis is using italics, rather than caps for published work, I couldn't use italics for texting too. I don't agree with using parenthesis at all in fiction so those were out. So, I used bold font and made sure I wrote the narrated elements to indicate the texting, such as the physical actions of picking up the phone, punching in the text, response to the text, etc... to off-set the first line in some way until the reader would grasp it was the actual text. Here's how I did it: