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Hi TNScorpio! Welcome to GA! 
   I removed your content pasted into the topic post you made. That's your manuscript, so you don't post it on the forums due to copyright concerns. You will need to be an author and then follow the author posting guidelines in order to be able to post a story. Please review that and other Help topics through the Help tab in the red menu bar (hides under "More" on a smaller/mobile device). You can also use this link for the step-by-step process on how to post, but there is more information in there for authors so I recommend checking it out. 
 

Yes, Myr fixed it. 

We have tons of members. The more storage each member has, the more content is added and the more that tends to get left behind. You can remove older attachments through the "My Attachments" area linked in the My Content section in the drop menu under your name in the upper right corner of the website if you need storage. 
Images that add to your Attachments: If you use the attach files at the bottom of the text editor, that adds to your attachments. In the 'Other Media' drop menu "Insert existing attachment" uses an image you already have in your attachments from using before. The "Insert a Stock Photo" option will add a stock photo that will add to your attachments as well.
Images that don't add to your Attachments: To avoid adding to your attachments, or needing to remove images later, you can use the Other Media option of "Insert Image from URL". This lets you add images stored in your GA gallery (which also has a size limit), or another online source like a cloud photo gallery or photo sharing website, without adding to your attachments on GA. Please see this other Help topic for more info. 
 

Outdated question, no answer needed at this time. 

Ask me to delete it and resubmit it without it being post-dated would be the best bet. A PM is the best way to contact me, as long as I'm not out of town all day like I was today/Saturday. 

If you worked with a beta/editor, try looking them up. Or try the Way Back machine?

When you are reading, you can change the screen so that the background is dark and the text is light. It is a fairly common setting across many devices. Cell phones, Kindles, computers, etc... 
To use this on GA's text editor, click the last button on the chapter control that shows a circle with half blocked out. When clicked, it turns from light blue to a greenish blue. And makes the dark/light changes. 
 

 
 

The notification is that Will Hawkins had reacted (used an emoticon) on a chapter comment you made on the first chapter of the Story Jimmy & Richie, not commented on that chapter himself. Also, for some reason, the author @CLJobe has unpublished the story, which makes all the chapters unpublished as well. This is something the author has done, not a fault of the system. That is why it is unpublished. 
I hope that helps! 

You can create collections that are public or private, ordered or unordered, to track lists of stories you'd like to keep track of on the site (such as a 'Loved, would read again' or 'Not really my style')
https://gayauthors.org/stories/browse/collections/
 

I noticed you follow The Ordinary Us as a story, Zombie. Do you have your notification settings toggled for a notification for when someone comments on something you follow or when someone comments on a story you follow? 

Sorry, James, I answered your PM as well, but I wanted to put this information here for you and others. Yes, if I miss the 24 hour window to moderate a chapter, authors can always PM me and that is just fine. Sometimes there's a moderation hang-up with the team reviewing a story or chapter, and sometimes I've just had something delay me. 
I typically ask that authors don't post a bunch of chapters live because I've had issues missing which chapter was the latest one posted to the queue and approved, say, chapter 5 instead of chapter 3. 
If you are familiar with posting and not having issues with your chapters being moderated for corrections, which you haven't been, you can use the post-dating system if you have multiple chapters ready to post. This allows you to post chapters, change the date and time (always do at least 24 hours later for the first one, or arrange with post-dating of several chapters with me first so I don't mess up your posting schedule with a missed approval) in the post-dating section at the bottom of the chapter rather than have the chapter post-immediately. As long as the chapters are spaced following GA rules (at least 8 hours apart, no more than 2 per day) then I can approve more than one chapter at a time. 
More exact instructions are in the FAQ on the post-dating system through the Help tab. 
I hope that helps!! 

Use a computer or tablet with a decent operating system like Windows. Sorry, but most phones operating systems (Android, iOS, or even Windows) simply are not geared to work with IP Board sites/this system, even as sophisticated as they are now. Especially since you are expecting them to have the system capabilities to work with a text-based Word processing file that is then converted with all the formatting to an online post when copied and pasted.
GA Stories works best when copying from a Word or similar based text editing software, and it works best on a Microsoft-based operating system device like a computer. Some users do have Docs or use tablets like iPads, but they typically take some working around and have their own tweaks to get the content pasted in properly. 

1) ***Do not force indents on the text as an author on GA*** Please just post the text as is because the system allows readers to either use the block formatting or to add an indent if they prefer to read with it. You can see this by clicking on the middle button on a chapter by the font size buttons. 
2) Indents are used when authors do not have a single space between paragraphs, which is called block formatting (the preferred method for online fiction/website text). The indent goes at the beginning of every paragraph. It is called a 'first line indent' and is used with books to save space on paper. It isn't based on narration or dialogue. 
Hope that helps! 

No, unfortunately, we do not allow stories to be posted in foreign languages. This is because our moderation team primarily speaks and writes English and the entire site is based on English as well. We don't have the capabilities to do translations of all the languages in the world to ensure members and Stories are moderated fairly. We allow people to do common greetings and some phrases on the forums that are easily recognized, and we do allow authors to pepper some phrases in foreign languages into their stories though we typically prefer if they provide some sort of translation for readers either in the story via the characters or in the story notes.

There was an announcement at the start of the year that we were moving to a monthly digest  (last Sunday of each month) of the newsletter due to a lack of engagement and clicks from subscribers, with a move to posting more content on GA's social media and direct emails to authors for special site announcements like special events (Premium short story call). We want to get information about what's happening to members, and we're looking for the best ways to do that. 

My guess would be that you need to compress the resolution, not change the size. Whatever program you use for editing, when you save the image, look for the 'image quality' option as you save. There's usually a way to save it as best quality, which is typically the default and largest file size, to the lowest quality. Lowering the quality will compress the image without changing the size. How much you need to do depends on size of your original image based on the ppi of the images you used and the size you need. 
 
For your GA banner, you need to ensure the file size is under 2 MB. 
 
Or, in case this is a bug or other issue, have you tried adding the banner via a different browser or device? 

No, you don't need to be a poet to post poetry. However, some poets do NOT want to be categorized as authors, so to accommodate them we have a category just for poets. I will change your group back to author. If you are going to post flash fiction or poetry, please make sure you've check out the FAQ posting guidelines for fiction under 1k in length.

There should be content to read at this time. Thank you for the heads up. 

I just checked some stories, and I don't see that you have the newest anthology stories posted followed individually. Are you getting notifications from the stories posted by the authors you follow (such as Mikiesboy, who posted an anthology story) but then not the stories by authors you don't follow? Because you would have to click on the "Follow" button on individual stories in order to get notifications from each story or have the authors followed to catch anything they post. Then you also have to have your notification settings set to get comment notifications as well (scroll below the general notification settings to do individual settings). 

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by this, @watcher This is something you would need to direct to the author, perhaps via a PM. The Help forum is for questions that are for site-related help or technical site help (like a bug) questions, not story-specific plot thoughts or something an author needs to fix unless they are an inactive author and it's something site staff would need to address. In that case, you could PM me. 

Hello, @hypokris Those requests for story help typically go into the "Stories Discussion Forum" as that's where most authors/readers go to discuss regular author stories on GA, stories from off GA, or just stories in general. That's where the most members will see it that might actually know what you're looking for. Just remember to give as many details as you can remember from the plot and characters, and if you can remember about when you were reading them and if they were finished/unfinished that's always helpful. You never know what might jog the memory of another reader. 

This varies, and I know we've posted the information in other Help questions before but it'd probably take me longer to find it than to just write it out. We have some authors who ask to move their content to Premium in lieu of removing it since deleting content from GA is one of the ways an author can ensure they won't be able to be promoted; we do want to provide a way for authors to learn and grow, but we don't want to be a place for authors to polish their work with site reader feedback and then remove it for publishing constantly. So that's one way we have stories moved to Premium. 
 
Other times we put out calls for short stories or novellas for specific events. This is usually for fun and we offer up a small payment in return such as a Premium subscription or a payment or do it as a donation basis. These terms are usually spelled in the open calls so everyone knows what is being asked for and offered, then the stories are run at a set time.  
 
The third way is the most common and that is for authors to approach us, or vice versa, and provide a manuscript they have ready or idea for one, and we do a review to see if it's something that historically is read well by our Premium subscribers. We prefer longer novel-length stories that are already edited, though we will work with authors on that, and then we will do a variety of remittance options depending on the situation the author prefers. Anywhere from a single payment to exclusively post the story and maintain a copy in our Premium subscriber archive before the author self-publishes, to a reduced payment and providing an ISBN and advertising when the author self-publishes in exchange for the exclusive posting/maintain a copy, to no upfront payment but we will provide all editing, formatting, and self-publishing assistance for the author who wishes to follow that avenue from platform and pre-marketing advice like some branding and graphic assistance and cover art, ARC and eBook formatting, creating a book tour and book review site tour advice, etc... in exchange for exclusive posting and rights to maintain a copy. Payment amounts vary and are discussed privately with each author. 
 
These stories are usually run back-to-back whenever one story/novel is complete then the next begins. That means authors can submit a query to write a story well before one is needed and have time to write or edit it. 
 
What you probably remember was the discussion and information Myr posted in your Bait & Switch topic, btw. 

No. The system does not currently have a way to bookmark things specifically that way.  Of course, you can Favorite specific stories on the site (see FAQ topic here) and then like or comment on each chapter after you read it (which authors appreciate anyway, see FAQ topic here) and then restart reading at the chapter you haven't liked or commented on yet. You can view your activity on your profile to see where you have done this or use the Activity Stream options to easily track where you have done this. Or, if you do not have to worry about anyone monitoring your website activity, you can use the Favorites/Bookmark feature built in any web browser (Edge, Firefox, Chrome) and simply set a favorite (star on the url bar usually) on the chapter you either stopped reading on (if that's the last chapter on an unfinished story that's being currently being posted by the author) or set the favorite on the next chapter you wish to begin reading, if the story is complete and you have to stop reading for some other reason. 
 
To learn other helpful site information, you can review our extensive FAQ topics targeted to the specific areas of the site through the "Help" tab in the red menu bar. 

This link to the subscription page, if anyone else who isn't a subscriber needs it: http://gayauthors.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=8586b6deff96506015dc71fc4&id=269eaacf64
 
Yes, the "Prove you're a human" recaptcha page brings up a pop up where it tells you to identify all boxes in the image that have such and such type of image in them, (such as a bridge, or car, or sign) or to press the skip button if none of the boxes have those image. That brings up another pop up boxed image to select areas with some type of image and verify that you're a human. Once you select all boxes with the type of image, click the 'verify' box, it checks the recaptcha box with a green arrow and says, "I am not a robot" and the option to press on the 'Subscribe to List' gray button becomes available. 
 
However... if you're already subscribed to the list, you don't have to do the full sign up like a new subscriber. You just need to update your subscriber information. Once you've completed all those steps in the last paragraph, it'll tell you that  you're already subscribed and give you a link that tells you to update your account, BUT that has to be done via an email that is automatically sent to the email account on file from that point. And apparently you didn't get that far.
 
This GDPR update email was sent out directly to everyone on the list several weeks back with a button link to update your settings, and I think that avoids the whole 'prove you're not a robot' thing. Not 100% sure on how that works for our subscribers as a step-by-step process, since I'm the list owner. I am going to send out a targeted GDPR campaign to just your email with that update your settings link, and hopefully that will help you. If not, you may have to ask for someone in person to assist you with the recaptcha since that is part of the whole compliance thing, and not an option we picked out just for the fun of it. Sorry! 
 
 

Well, I didn't change anything in the way the newsletter was sent this week to the way it was sent last week in terms of our new subscriber list based on GDPR. And mailchimp shows that it was sent, but that you haven't opened or clicked it, of course. But you're not on the list of bounced emails either, so it went to your email. 
 
@Valkyrie @Headstall
 
If you're using Outlook to handle Hotmail, live, etc..., are you aware it has a 'gray mail' filter that categorizes mail that isn't exactly junk but isn't traditional email from senders on your contact list either? It's actually geared toward site/newsletter sign ups. But some people don't have the newsletter category visible in their inbox area, so they can't find the emails. You need to do a few things to check this. 
 
Step 1. Open Outlook (I use the online browser version, you can also use the app/desktop download)
Step 2. Go to the settings (cog wheel in upper right on online version)
Step 3. Click on the Options link. 
Step 4. Click on the 'Categories' link in the Layout area in the left sidebar. 
Step 5. Check if you're filtering newsletters without having the "Show in folder pane" box checked. If it's unchecked, then check that box. That should show the newsletter category in your folder area by the inbox, junk, etc... and anything that is automatically filtered as a newsletter will appear in that area. Or you can uncheck the filter box and have Outlook stop filtering emails it believes are newsletters. 
 
I've added a screenshot to show the areas I mean.