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Work faster you lazy bum!

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lol, I know what you mean! I never thought I would write short stories because as a reader I get so irritated when I really love characters or a storyline and it doesn't feel as if I get enough story to keep me satisfied. As a writer I find these small bits come to me, though at least I can always come back and extend the stories at a later date. You'll find an absolute treasure mine of free stories here on GA. I've read some published ones that require purchase from different sites and found that the quality for a lot of the stories on here is even better. Thanks so much for reading and leaving me a review, I love to hear from new people!

Yeah, I wasn't going for plot twists or surprising the reader. This was an exercise in bringing out emotions for me as a writer. I've had stories that made me cry but I just don't get that into my own writing to cry as I've seen other authors say they do. Thanks for letting me know I'm on the right track, as odd as it seems for me to say thank you for making you cry

Well I need to get in here on this one. I don't mention my peoples often. Renee- for helping me bounce story ideas, helping me out if I'm stuck, listening to me whine about how hard I'm finding writing and giving me the kick in the butt I need, encouragment... all that on top of the wonderful editing. Thank you, Thank you! I can't forget about those who helped me in the beginning, because without them I would never have kept with writing. Lugh, Nephy, Paya- You're the best! This might seem a bit off, but I also want to thank my writers. Those who let me help them somewhere in their creative process. Writing is great but reading and talking about stories, editing, that has always been such a thrill for me. Renee, Lugh, Nephy, John, Myr, Tiger, Linxe and all those who let me be part of their occasional or invisible team or send them pm's pointing out things without killing me... Thanks!!!

Awww, I'm glad you could identify with the characters to see that. I think I put some of my son in Dylan too. The accident was almost too cliche but I went with it anyway, because it just worked so well. Peter is a bit of a godsend though Thanks so much for the review!

What can I say? I'm a sucker for the happily ever afters. I tend to be a bit of a torture artist to my characters, most of them don't have easy lives but I can't help but look on the rosy side. Everyone needs that ray of hope. I try to make it as realistic as I can but still hold to that feel good fuzzy feeling Thanks for the review hun, I can always count on you to leave me some words of encouragement!!

Definitely a great fictional tale that masks a lovely moral. You weren't subtle when you spoke about karma and Jason's almost face plant into the deep end of the bad side but that made the story what it was. It was believable and humorous when he talked about Sara and the way she set him straight. All too often we focus on the person that cut us off driving or took our spot in line and forget to be thankful for the person who opened the door or smiled for no reason at all. Even the little things can mean at lot of the person they're done for. Thanks for the reminder.

I'm glad you liked it! I really have been trying to focus on the emotions of my characters. I've not yet made myself cry or anything but I'm trying to get a feel for the pain and happiness they feel and bring that to the reader. I'm glad it worked in this story! Thanks for the review hun!

Thank you!

What a lovely review!! Thank you so much, I'm floored! Lately I've been hooked on showcasing the evolution in the emotions of my characters. I wasn't sure if I managed to bring it all to life but your review reassured me that it came through to you at least. Thank you so much for your kind words!

Wow! You're fast! Thanks so much for reading and reviewing. I'm glad you liked the story. It was one I really liked but ran out of steam shortly after starting. All of a sudden I got the ending and I spent all one afternoon and evening working on it. Refining by my beta and Viola! One 'beautiful' story. Thanks so much again for reviewing!!!

I'm extremely deadline oriented I tend to write best with a goal. I like to post once a week so I usually write to accomodate that. I don't push it though. If I don't feel like writing I don't. Usually when I do I will go on a writing jag and just kick out the pages. I feel like if I make it a 'job' then what's the point of having writing as a hobby?

So I wrote this short story one day, left it for a while and then got the urge to finish it. Renee helped me smooth out the transition and voila, it's done. Big thanks go to her for fixing all those spots where a reader would want to smack me for not keeping things straight! The Difference A Year Makes

"Nice bracelet." The customer smirked at the pink, blue, green, and purple circle around my wrist. I nodded without looking at it or him. It was a gift from my daughter and I wasn’t willing to talk about it, especially today, and definitely not to someone who was being such an ass. "Here is the invoice for the repairs. If you'll just sign it on the line at the bottom." I slid it across the counter with a small feeling of satisfaction. The total at the bottom was an eye-popping amount, just

Time always moves on, whether we are ready or not.

Okay, you have me completely confused. You want me to revise a story to straighten out some points and yet you didn't read the whole thing? If you start on Chapter 21 of course there are going to be things you don't understand. If you are talking grammatical errors, it would have been helpful if you had pointed out specific instances because I have no idea what you mean. My stories are not snapshots or short stories labeled as chapter 1, 2, 3. Each story has it's own title here in GA Stories, with the chapters from 1 to however many, making up the whole story.

Wow! This story really grabbed my attention and I had to read all of it in one go. It was really good. We really got Rosaly/Ross' emotions and confusion. Your writing style was fluid enough that the large time skips worked, though usually I find them too jarring. I was really glad that you gave the story a happy ending but it felt like you cut it off right at the good part. We don't get to see any of the interaction between Nash and Ross and that's really a shame. I wanted more of the happy ever after part of the story to balance out the angst of the rest of the story. It just felt too... abrupt. Like you cut the story short, not finished it.

Great pics guys!

Fixed.

I have to agree with a lot of what Westie said. I never went back home but almost all of my other siblings have. I couldn't image the stress. I've had sibling a stay here with her family for 4 weeks and thought I was going to go mad. You definitely deserve a gold star. And a calendar with a countdown date circled on it

Pretty good story. I liked the way the main character didn't think of himself as good but he cared and took care of Jonny. My biggest wonder was where he got the card in his pocket and why he had it. I definitely think you portrayed the story very well with the title Predators. There are, after all, many different kinds.

This is a good short story. You really do let us feel what your characters feel as we read. The biggest thing that detracted from this was the errors. You had a lot of incorrect word usage or misspells that detracted from the story as I read it. It was distracting. FInd a beta or editor to smooth that out and this will be a great piece.

Thank you Ande. This story does seem to be most popular. I tried to keep it real and yet still add in elements of a happy ending throughout the story so it wasn't all doom and gloom. Switching POV's is actually something I have to work on so that it's not jarring. I try not to switch too often but I've found that I can't stick to just one. I'm obsessed with making sure a story flows even as I switch pov's so I'm glad it worked for you! Thanks so much for reading and reviewing!

Thank you, Gabriel! This was a fun story for me because I identified a lot with Sean's character. I've done some stupid things to get pictures, not to mention uncomfortable positions to be twisted into just to get that one shot I'm looking for. Once I chased a bee around a field for a half hour just trying to get the perfect shot! I will admit to a bit of judicious editing of this after it moved to GA Stories, but mostly just punctuation and such. I didn't know as much then as now, which is why most of my older stories are slowly being edited. I'm glad you liked the story! Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment.