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Wow, it's October 2019, and I've been doing the CSR blog every month for 7 years this year.... 7 is one of those spoooooky numbers. Or is it lucky? Guess it depends on who you ask... or if you're in Vegas? When the holiday season comes around, I like to change this up, or really, any season where I can theme the stories or give readers a chance to try something a little different. I've been doing interviews, a LOT of interviews, over the years as well. Well, this month it's going to be a little different. I've picked several stories, and I'd love for readers who enjoy the CSR to tell me which story they'd pick to read/comment on this month and why it grabbed their attention. Just a sentence, or two, or four if you really want to go on and on. You can do that as soon as you read this blog. Especially if you've read all these stories and know you love one of them, or you like one type of paranormal plot-type, or if you check out all the stories and try reading the first chapter and one sucks you in, or... I don't know. You tell me and your fellow readers! These comments will be featured on the Discussion day, and then everyone can still share their comments on the story plot/characters below the blog feature. And since it's the month for all things spooky and fun, I've chosen the theme of Spirits and Spare Parts (Zombies, of course!) with 4 stories of varying lengths. (Is that one aspect that matters to you?) How many people like the CSR blog as it is? How many people have the 7 year itch and want a change and have an idea for me? You can share them below too! I'd love to keep featuring stories on the site and authors, but we want to keep this activity interactive and what people want to see/read/take part in!

“Aparoe! Danie!” The bellows beside me were jarring, as much as the hands on my body. “Gods, get this damn thing off him. Fucking Freska and her technology.” “It did what it was supposed to do. And I designed most of it,” Danie said. “The suit is locked into his ports. You have to disengage them here and here or you’re going to hurt him more.” “By the stars!” The smell of burning flesh and scorched metal only grew stronger. Deke was there too, his voice somewhere near Captain’s. “T

How did the month end so fast? We've passed the equinox, the seasons are changing, and it's time to share your thoughts on northie's story, Willpower. How did you feel when you read it? Then check out some of northie's feelings, thoughts, and maybe a few things you didn't know. Like... Why was northie frustrated after finding GA? 😲 You'll have to read on to find out! Of course, make sure you share your thoughts on the story too! Are you a person who makes their bed in the morning, or do you not see much point? It depends. I live in a small flat where an unmade bed isn’t out of mind. However on work days, I’m not one of these people who get dressed early to go for a stroll / walk the dog / have a leisurely breakfast. I emerge about 20 minutes before I’m due out the door with lunch made. If you think that’s not enough time to eat breakfast as well, you’d be quite right. The bed gets left to air until I return (or so I tell myself). On non-work days, I allow a couple of hours before giving it a cursory going over. What’s something personal about you people might be surprised to know? I’m not one for disclosing much about myself. From my writing, photos, and status updates, people can get a reasonable sense of who I am and what I’m interested in. Other than that, I’d struggle to find something surprising about my life to tell, because there isn’t anything. What brought you to GA? Reading gay fiction / erotica connects with me for reasons I’ve only recently unravelled. Like so many people, I started with Nifty. Once the novelty wore off, I became increasingly dissatisfied with the general standard of writing there. Browsing through their ‘Best of Nifty’ introduced me to other sites, of which GA was one. I lurked for a while, then joined, hoping nobody would notice me. Although I enjoyed the reading, and slowly coming out of my shell, the overriding emotion in those first few months was frustration. Why, I didn’t know, until I was introduced to writing. And all became clear. (I thought) This was the longest story you’d written (or shared) on GA when Willpower was posted for the anthology. Had you written anything this length before and was it a challenge? Funnily enough, it wasn’t. My first ever anthology entry, ‘The Bard’s Tale’, all 16,500 words of it, has that honour. Was it hard work? Oh, yes. With only 4-5 months writing experience (most of which was spent writing the quite simple opening chapters of ‘Never Too Late’), I embarked on this massive experiment. For reasons I can’t recall, my muse wanted the story to appear as a quasi-playscript. So I had to get my head round that, invent my alternative Earth, write American dialogue, and plot across a much wider canvas than I’d ever done before. It’s a piece I regard with affection, and I learnt a huge amount while writing it. Do you prefer to write any general length of story over others? Why/why not? Currently, I write everything from prompted microprose (stories of less than 50 words), through short to medium size, standalone pieces, to longer, multi-part stories. I enjoy all of them, otherwise I wouldn’t write in the forms. They each challenge me differently, making individual demands on my creativity, and allowing for experimentation. If you could give advice to yourself when you first started writing, what would it be? It’s been such a short time since I first put pencil to paper (3 years), I’m not sure there’s much stored advice to give. I remember bristling the first few times my writing was edited, though even then, I took in the comments. So maybe, just to accept constructive criticism positively from the start. Other than the prompt for the anthology, how did you come up with the idea for Willpower? One theme that occurs is my writing is that of getting older; the problems which may accompany this aspect of life also concern me. Another theme is concealing who you are, or maybe discovering what it is that’s been concealed. With an ageing population, dementia is a fearsome condition, robbing people of their cognition and dignity, and there is little-to-no medical solution. Put that all together with a good dose of drama and you have ‘Willpower’. What do you think makes your story stand out compared to other “similar” stories using timeline jumps to alternate the main characters and tell more than one story? Does my story stand out for that reason? I have no idea. Certainly I worked hard to make both timelines work on their own, and together. The flashbacks weren’t decorative; they served to push the plot forward as much as the present day storyline, until they joined. When Saul speaks to Max’s son, what he says becomes the flashback, taking the reader again back to the early 1990s. Do you have a favorite line or paragraph in the story that you hope evokes emotion/response in readers the most? What is it, and what emotion were you going for or have readers told you it created? This is the crux of the story, the reason for everything that follows. There should be shock, sadness; anger, perhaps. And recognition of the impossible situation the two men found themselves in. Several readers commented on this aspect of the story from personal experience. It told me I’d got that element right. ****** “So, it was the guy in the bar? The one who caused the trouble.” Will was back talking to the image of Saul Edwards. He was amazed at the details the older man could still recall. “We'll never know for sure. But a few weeks later, Max told me that rumours were starting to circulate about his sexuality. One of his acquaintances in the City had mentioned it during the course of a conversation the week before.” Will saw the sadness etched on the other man's face. “Max let the comment pass…” Will couldn't believe it. “What? He should've denied it, categorically.” “And, so… deny our love? Deny who he really was? For once, your father didn't know what to say. Put on the spot like that? He was damned either way, in his mind, so he let it pass. I kept my counsel, and offered what support I could.” ****** How about a favorite story among all the tales you’ve posted on GA? Which one would you pick and why (you can pick a current story if you are in love with something you are currently writing/will post soon)? God… while I’m not an author who loves everything they write, I have a number of favourites. It means that when I get asked this sort of question, I can change things around. This time I’ll go for the ‘Never Too Late…’ series. Eric Whitehouse, the older, lonely principal character, is someone close to my heart. He appeared, fully formed, in my imagination early on in my writing career. As you might expect, he mirrors some aspects of me. He also embodies some of my concerns. Little did I realise when I posted the first chapters, just how unusual a character Eric is in the GA milieu. Against the odds perhaps, he has garnered a following; some of those readers honour the story by sharing their life experiences in the chapter comments. It is a privilege for me, the author, to read and respond to their thoughts and reflections.

“Someone is being bad,” Lakshou said. He tsked, his palms pushed together. He wore his robes, his eyes glowing, his appearance still just the same. It sickened me that I wanted to go to him. Why hadn’t I felt that before? He’d frozen my body, but he hadn’t toyed with my mind. Captain stood rigid in front of me. The crew stood all around us. Deke had his weapons drawn, as did his hand-picked security. “I kill him, they kill me, you die,” I said. Lakshou laughed. “As if you co

Did you catch Monday's blog featuring Luc's novella What Might Have Been? There's a banner there if you want to download it and share it in your signature, maybe along with a link and promo to help fellow readers find the story? You never know what sort of gems the older stories are hiding! Clearly this emotional story fits in with the CSR story, Willpower, and that's what I chose to share this month because holding on to your memories and never knowing where life will take you and what choices will create which forks in your path... well, What Might Have Been was a perfect of a bittersweetly poignant tale. I picked this section of the story because of a few reasons. It shows the method the author used, sharing two different yet parallel stories with flashbacks, which is really hard to do. It also brought back in the theme in so many ways. We have a memory, an analogy, a disconnection... and that analogy and family disconnection is so immediately apt. It's subtle, but there all through the story... what happens when the people we are so lost in our memories that we create that situation in real life with those around us, because we're so caught up in 'What Might Have Been'. So many thoughts and words! To read more, click here.

My heart cracked, but I ignored the pain in my chest. “Why not tell me?” I asked it in a quiet voice, not letting the others hear us. “Because, like you feared, your mind isn’t safe.” Captain turned with regret heavy on his face, his head hanging slightly. “He can read you, Kohen. Your aura, your energy. He’s been tapped in since he started treating you on the ship.” I stared at Captain, my mouth hanging open. I closed it with a hard swallow, my mouth suddenly drying. “What?” The c

Oh, the summer has passed, yet another school year begins, and I'm forced to acknowledge that my children have grown older and made me older. It's so strange to watch them grow up and remember my own youth in contrast. We make memories, I try to help them make memories, but it's so true that you can't go back and you never know... what might have been. This is just one more of many amazing stories posted by the promoted authors who have been shifted to Classic author status that new site readers might be missing out on, so go give it a read if you haven't before! Length: 15,991 Description: Memories can be beautiful and painful. What they say is often true, “You can’t go back again.” The song that inspired this story is "What Might Have Been" and is by Little Texas. The lyrics, properly credited, are at the end of the story. Listen to it sometime. It's a beautiful song. A reader said: This was such an emotional overload. I am so glad I read it. Thank you for sharing! ~ Tomcat in NC If you want to spread the word about Luc's story, download the graphic below and add it to your signature! Make sure you come back on Wednesday to see the excerpt I chose to share!

“Stay calm,” Danie said. “Freska won’t let him in.” “What makes you think he’s going to ask permission?” I had to hide Chomper. I had to get more weapons. All the weapons. I’d left our quarters with just two. It felt like enough on the ship when I’d had time, seconds that would stretch out as long as I needed them to, it had seemed. But the prey we’d been chasing had turned on us and now we were caught. I shuddered, or maybe that was my chair as another blast rocked the ship. “Chom

Danie stood beside the window. He was watching Chomper, and I could practically hear his brain cells frying. “What?” I asked. He blinked several times. “Your question doesn’t make a lot of sense. What what?” I had to hide a smile. His question didn’t make a lot of sense either, and I didn’t know if he even realized it because he was too busy watching Chomper. “You’re looking at him like he’s about to maul you, and you’re not sure if that means deadly injury or not.” Wary, a faint w

Well, September is the start of Fall in the US, and this story was written for the 2017 Fall anthology "The Fall Out"... so this is the perfect month to feature it! Plus, I don't know about everyone else but with school kicking back off, September is a rude shock to my system. I have a routine to get back into, kids to nag back into their routine, and a school full of K-5 students ready to run me ragged. Naps are a biological imperative! Much like Will's father in the beginning of the story, it's hard to tell if I'm asleep or comatose when someone stops by to visit at the end of my days. So, how about we enjoy this sure to be emotional novella (even I can stay awake through 10k!) or refresh your memory if you read it before and can't recall all the fine details? Just make sure you come back at the end of the month with plenty of comments for the Discussion day! Willpower by northie Length: 10,819 Description: Will Carmichael is visiting his father who lives in a nursing home. One word which his father keeps repeating, holds the power to change Will's life. During his journey to uncover the word's meaning, Will makes discoveries that affect both him and his father. A reader said: The story is cleverly told without being maudlin. However, if you are a sympathetic old softie like me, you may want to have a tissue handy. As I said in my chapter comment: Stories that convey important truths in a warm and loving way are the best and this was a gem! I highly recommend this story. ~ Daddydavek Don't forget to come back to share your thoughts and comments for the Discussion Day on Monday, September 30th!

I see that your last 2 chapters have low reads, but I also see they both show posting dates on Aug. 16th. I was on the road/driving then for a family trip when I did the queue, but I also know for sure I did the queue on that day for authors. I would not have approved 2 chapters that weren't post-dated, and I also know for sure I didn't do the queue twice that day. Post-dated chapters show up in the recent story updates list on the date/time they are set to go live, but it appears that your stories were not properly post-dated somehow since they both show being posted on the same day. No, there's no way to 'look back at that day' on the widget, however. Looking at your story history, though, I see that you edited an older chapter today. The only other thing that we've previously had mess up a chapter posting date was editing a post-dated chapter. In the past doing that would either 1) change the post-date and create a super early 1950s date so the story appears like it posted well before the site existed so it appears as the first story ever on the site or 2) default the chapter/story posting date back to the day it was actually uploaded. That means, if you post-dated the chapters and I approved them, but then you went back in and did some editing, the chapters might have posted on the 23rd, 30th, but the date on the chapters would show up in the system as would be the 16th (when you posted them). And instead of showing up on the 23rd/30th on the recent updates list on the sidebar, it would move your story in the listing to show it had been updated last on Aug. 16th (which you can see it shows as the last update date, actually). That is how the system works so that when readers wants to list stories by last update, a listing of all the stories shows up to browse through in order, and that update time/date is how the stories are filtered to show up in the recent updates widget in the right sidebar. So, my guess is that you are right that your story did not appear in the recent updates list on the days the chapter went live, @Talo Segura. Unfortunately, we can't go back in time and redo that. The question is, what days did they really go live and why did the system set them back to Aug. 16th? Such as, did they go live on the original post-dates but set back to original upload date for some reason other than an edit? Or did something else happen and they both actually posted on Aug. 16th, but we didn't notice with you being off GA and me being away that weekend? And is there a bug that we can reproduce and get fixed or prevent others from triggering?

I have an umbrella that my husband got me last year when I started my AM walks (because you can NEVER trust the forecast here either) that has strings attached to the carry sleeve so I can wear it like a backpack. Which totally came in useful because we had a 'it might sprinkle' forecast one day this week and there were thunderstorms and drenching rain for hours. Yeah. So on the nose there. And so summer-like for my last week of summer-break before school starts on Tuesday. We went from low 70s, to upper 90s, to low 60s with thunderstorms, back to 80s. Just life in the Pacific NW! Woot!

Philippe Posted 1 hour ago I wish we could understand the equivalent maturity of Chomper in his development, but it seems all concerned are learning by observation. The blend of human / alien dragon instincts are sure to provide some unexpected “entertainment” again soon! Remember, Kohen was basically stunted in his development past the experiments in him as a child as well. Physically, intellectually, he isn't childlike per se but his experiences and ability to relate is very... different. He doesn't quite think and logic and view anything through a very solid lens because his own personality has so many shifts and nuances due to his survival. Sometimes he is as ruthless as Deke and other times he is as naive and hesitant as any teen. Now throw in an alien being/kid that no one understands who also exhibits some of the same shifting traits (along with physical ones) as he matures.... Writing from Kohen's POV is sometimes very interesting because I want to show growth and evolution but I don't want to dismiss the outcomes of his trauma either. But I will try to "show" more of Chomper visually.

Deke was scary when he was in that good of a mood. He whistled. He sang. He almost danced as he played with his weapons and there was not nearly enough room on the ship for that. “Knock it off,” Captain said. “Fine, fine.” Deke stalked over to his seat and sat, his favorite pistol in his lap. The sleek metal glinted dully as he fondled it. I shuddered, slightly disturbed. Or maybe that was Captain. He was looking at his friend with a funny look on his face. Or… yeah, Chomper

Deke just sorta *ahem* softened him up to find out who else he knew was a traitor on the ship. They turned him over along with Captain Querry's cousin and the other spies plus the Elite who'd tried to mastermind it all before his daughter killed him. But remember, some of these people have... skills. Like Lakshou. Chew toy!! He is a fun, primitive little guy, isn't he?

How's your August? Happy to be over? My summer vacation is rapidly coming to a close, with this being my last week "off" so I am cramming in everything fun and relaxing I can. Of course, I spent a couple of hours this month completely absorbed into Mike Arram's story, The Heart of Oskar Prinz, which was a thoroughly enjoyable escape. Did you? If you did, I'm sure you have some thoughts to share in the comments. And you CAN'T miss the answers he shared!! Make sure you read on, comment, and prompt your fellow GA readers/fans to come visit this blog too! If you had 30 minutes of free time, what would you do? I retired from my academic job last year, so this is a question that I’ve been daily confronting since. I no longer have the daily 120 administrative emails to deal with and one remorseless deadline after another, which is quite the relief, but I now have the odd experience of free time. It’s pushing me in unexpected directions, like for instance birdwatching. I never knew I was interested in birds, but apparently I am, and they’re such demanding little creatures. They fill in quite a few half hours, and though it shouldn’t surprise me, there are birding apps, and I’ve bought books! Also there are author questionnaires. If you were writing a book about your life, what would the title be? ‘Adolescence is the weirdest time’ What brought you to GA? Ah well, that was a personal invite from Wildone, which was very kind. But it did hit my particular anxiety which is the longevity of existing posting sites, which in most cases depend on the commitment and enthusiasm of single, devoted individuals for whom there cannot be enough praise. But in the end that makes them vulnerable. GA has the advantage of a broader base of support and an institutional framework, as well as its large and enthusiastic base of writers and fans. Is there anything you find particularly challenging when you write? Not now I have so much free time. Though maybe the lack of routine demands on me may remove that need to balance commitments I used to find made me productive, hopping happily from one activity to another. If you could give advice to yourself when you first started writing, what would it be? Sex scenes really do move the process of writing along, just remember that an excess of graphic details isn’t necessarily erotic. What’s the first thing you do when you start to write a story like The Heart of Oskar Prinz? Tough question. That particular story came out of ... ermm ... a deep fascination with the products of the Belami studio and a fixation with one particular model of the time, the amazing “Josh Elliot “. Like Will, I got all the videos and trawled the basement shops in London’s Soho; this was just before online streamed porn revolutionised the activity of male masturbation. When I finally emerged from the erotic daze the man inspired, as one does, it left me with a different sort of curiosity, such as how such an industry worked, what might get such an amazingly beautiful man involved in gay erotic films, how could such a remarkably fit and intelligent-looking man get tied up in having sex with strangers for the voyeuristic amusement of the likes of me. Surprisingly, it was possible to find quite a bit about it if you have the research skills and the odd half hour you steal from doing something else. And it was that research which stimulated my imagination towards a story to further explore that world. It linked with several of my enthusiasms: exploring a fictional east European nation (as first created by Anthony Hope), and how it might have developed into the 20th century; its history, nobility and language. So the story of the trapped, driven and tragic figure of Oskar Prinz emerged, and he told his tale. Do you have any ‘interesting’ online or in-person research anecdotes from writing this story to share? I think you can guess where a lot of my research happened and perhaps we need not go there. But I travel a fair amount, and since I was in Prague I could not resist looking up where the offices of Belami were on Wenceslas Square. They’re as described as Falkefilm’s Rodolferplaz HQ, off a pasacz. You probably don’t need to be told that very few young Czech (or Slovak) men actually measure up to Belami standards, so mooning around that pasacz is a waste of time, as well as being creepy. Who is your favorite secondary character in the story [not Will or his lover(s)] and why? If you take out Will and his various partners, then you’re left with Friedrich Franz, or Fritz, Oskar’s little brother. In due course he became an even more interesting character to explore than his driven brother: Imagine a boy with every gift of personality, full of love and humour, and with looks far beyond the ordinary, yet with one defect of character caused by his early poverty and loss of his parents: a need to possess utterly those he loved and too ready a need to love. No human can be perfect and one small flaw can darken every aspect of a life. What is your favorite scene in the story? The whole story’s plot is highly contrived, which you can take as a homage to the ultimate inspiration of Anthony Hope, who wrote in the romantic Victorian vein which made much of the unlikely coincidence. But I really did enjoy crafting the double coincidence of Will meeting both his erotic heroes in Strelzen, and finding them not at all what he expected, rather more so than less. You can see it coming a way off, but I don’t think that lessens the fun. Can you share a little about your current story or future projects? I can’t not write by now, so there’s always one on the go. My three Crown of Tassilo historical novels were always intended to be more, but for years I’ve failed to find the plot and characters that would carry the story on into and beyond the Second World War era. But recently it occurred to me that prequels can be as important as sequels. So early this year I began the epic tale of Sergius von Tarlenheim-Olmusch, a young nobleman who arrives at the court of Ruritania in 1690 to join the household of the 16 year old Crown Prince Henry and there meets the prince’s bastard cousin, which is the pairing that energises the story. It will take you across the battlefields of the Hapsburg wars with Louis XIV and the Ottoman empire. Meanwhile something is definitely amiss in the Marienkloster of Medeln, and on the streets of Old Strelsau the ragged street boys of the Conduit meet an elf on a quest, the nature of which only slowly becomes apparent. It’s about three-quarters done, and one of the things that’s moving it along is the good fun of working with my current editor, Peter, who shares many of my personal manias as well as being a very gifted linguist.

@cdot27 Welcome back! Getting member recommendations is great. You can also use our Stories system custom-built for GA to help sort stories and filter to scifi works that might interest you as well! First: Click the Sci-Fi option in the Story Genre box at the top of the stories listing when you click on the Stories tab. That brings up all the sci-fi category stories (300+). Then you can use the row of options to filter/sort stories across the top of the story listing to narrow that down even further. You can look at the tag options to sort by the types of themes you like that authors might have used with Tags. You can decide on ratings (Mature for graphic content, Everyone for no graphic content, etc...), or if you want only Complete stories versus in Process stories or stories of all different lengths with the Filters tab. You can have the stories that meet that criteria sort in order by the most comments (which means readers/author got the most feedback/conversation going about the story in chapters) or you can choose the most views on the story, or the most reviews (which are for the story itself, not the chapters), etc... which can also help determine that you see stories you think might be more popular (or better quality) first. Play around with the system, check out the stories recommended by our members (we also have a site blog, 'Gay Stories' where team members do reviews of all different kinds of stories on the site), and, again, welcome back! We hope you will find many new authors and stories to enjoy on GA again.

Did you catch Monday's blog featuring Bill W's story, Consolation Parents? It's a short story written for the 2014 Summer Anthology The Backup Plan. The story is one of many of Bill's short stories written for the anthologies. Have you read them? He explores many different themes, social conventions, and more all packed into tiny bite-sized plots that can capture readers. This one pulled me in as a parent. I picked this scene because it resonated so well with the emotions and showed just how things can be, even in the midst of an emotional upheaval and trouble in family. Sometimes authors can be tempted to take the drama too far, or make things just that much more complicated that creates a situation that goes beyond rea life, but Bill's story felt like a story I could have told or been told by a friend who needed a sympathetic ear through a tough time. To read more click here.

Going between being scared and being angry and ready to murder the universe made for some very chaotic nightmares and cranky mornings. Aparoe moved out, more to get away from me than because they were done studying Chomper or the bond between us. Because, whatever other worries I had on my mind, his rapid growth and the changes in him were also creating a great day of anxiety in me. Every few days he seemed to gorge himself and then just… spurt up and out. The house could barely take it.

As the year speeds up, seasons change, and my own kids grow and continue to make me older (so not nice of them!) I often find myself pulled toward stories that feature parents. But not every story is always sweetness and light and happy--and life is truly represented in this tale that will tug at your heart and maybe make you reach for a tissue or two as well. One of Bill's many anthology entries, you will have missed out if you haven't read Consolation Parents before. Length: 5,161 Description: Scott Fisher received an unexpected phone call early one morning, which ended up changing his and his boyfriend's lives. Although they didn't realize it beforehand, they were vital clogs in a contingency plan that had far reaching consequences. A Reader said: Very touching story. Never like tragedy, but happy when things turn out as positively as it did. ~ Quiet Man If you want to spread the word about Bill W's story, download the graphic below and add it to your signature! Make sure you come back on Wednesday to see the excerpt I chose to share!

@Brayon We don't have the topic that I can find, but I am not sure if @Myr moved them to a new forum or removed them completely. This tag is something we may be able to look at adding in the near future, but I will be out of town for the next few days. As an fyi, drug use is a moderated subject for stories content. Drug use being included in the story as a graphic element does mean the story must be rated mature. As a graphic subject matter, and one that has negative results, it is one of the subjects that cannot be shown in a positive light (barring legal uses), and stories that include these themes must be included with content warnings, etc...

“How are we right back where we started?” Deke snarled. His face on the vid wavered, but his expression of frustration was clear anyway. I knew how he felt. Other than the fact I wasn’t in pain, or trapped in a tiny cell, and I had a bond with Captain and the crew that we both trusted at our back to help me… I was sort of right where I’d been when they first found me. My life was being directed by forces outside of my control. Someone, or someones, was arrayed against me. And it wa

It's a proven fact that students learn better with visual cues and aids. If you want to teach someone how to do something, or ensure they remember to do something, you show them pictures. Pictures help cue the brain better than words. It's also a proven fact that when teams, companies, etc... are trying to increase productivity, ensure results, etc... they use a visual strategy. Days without injury? Marketing goals? Graphs, charts, we want to sell this many of that product???? Visual goals. They're EVERYWHERE. Now we have them on GA due to Myr's creativity and hard work. GA exists to bring stories to readers and readers to stories. We thrive on communication and feedback. Myr has ensured that we are attempting to employ scientific, PROVEN, methodology in a friendly, fun, way that will be helpful to some, unobtrusive to most, and yet just might help authors out with that end goal. It took time and effort and thought.

Our bond was still a vital need that thrummed through me, like an itch under my skin I couldn’t scratch that slowly grew to consume me, even with the closeness I had to Chomper and the recognition I’d felt for Sparkles. I leaned into Captain’s body, relishing the skin contact as he cleansed the blood and checked me for wounds again. Nothing I had with them came close to the feeling of complete and utter need I had for him. I’d been forced to do many things with many different aliens, but I was t

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