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I will reflect Cia's comments. A huge thank your to @Valkyrie who was the principle person doing all the work since the idea was hatched a while ago. Her work with a small amount of help of others, is bringing this important collection of stories to the site. To all the authors, I want to thank you all. Without your submissions and your thoughts and words, this would never have happened. Thanks all and have a Happy 2024!!

I don't have too much to regret from 2023, but made some steps forward. So hoping 2024 continues on! Let the fun commence!

Should auld acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot And the days of auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear For auld lang syne We'll drink a cup of kindness yet For the sake of auld lang syne And surely you will buy your cup And surely I'll buy mine! We'll take a cup of kindness yet For the sake of auld lang syne We two have paddled in the stream From morning sun till night The seas between us Lord and swell Since the days of auld lang syne For old acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind Should old acquaintance be forgot For the sake of auld lang syne? For old acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind Should old acquaintance be forgot In the days of auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear For auld lang syne We'll drink a cup of kindness yet For the sake of auld lang syne Now if I were being 100% honest, which I always am Other than the first line of that song, I mumble and make everything else up What about you? Do you know the lyrics? Do you even know the song ? It is early New Years Eve Morning, so not too much chit chat from me this week. YAY!! Monday, it was our December CSR Discussion Day: Tuesday, Myr did another fabulous deep dive: Thursday was the big day for the reveal of the Author Guess Who? Friday, we kicked off the silliness of New Years Resolutions. Two different prompts were provided: Saturday, it was all Comsie: So here is the final Words of the Day for 2023 (except for 1): sleigh, poinsettia, luscious, pustule, iota, isle, liverwurst Upcoming Writing Events Poetry Anthology - More information to come. Due April 1st 2024. Secret Author Contest - More information to come. Annual Anthology (theme TBA) - More information to come. Due October 1st 2024. Prompt Team Event/Contest - More information to come. Member Participation Blogs - Great way to promote yourself!! Ask a Author 3.0 If you have a author you want to get some answers from, write a PM to @astone2292 Author Guess Who Get our members to guess who you are and also let everyone know who you are. Also write a PM to @astone2292 Here is the look at the past weeks postings on all our Authors and Poets! Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories Gap Year by Mark Arbour Sneak Away by Comicality Get Into James Shorts by JamesSavik **Complete** The Great Mirror of Same-Sex Love - Poetry by AC Benus Bearpaw: An Old West Tale by Headstall Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories Sands of Time by Roland Pupuseria Mia by Dabeagle Recently Updated 'Author' Stories The Icebox by JujuTheDruid Crossing the Moon by HinderToyBL **Complete** Operation Pinky Swear by frozenphenix The Men of Collosia by chris191070 **Complete** Oregon in the Fall by drown The Hierarchy of Influence by E K Stokes A Strange Start to a Friendship by Lee Wilson Forever My Love by vanalas There's A Strange Partridge in My Pear Tree, Charlie Boone! by Geron Kees **Complete** Of Pride and Power by W_L What Happened To The Baxter Boys by Mancunian No going back by Robert Hugill On the Strawberry Moon by J92 The English Year by Jwolf Any Way Out by Leslie Lofton Rocked To The Core by Lee Wilson The Making of a Slave by and9993 Before And After the Divorce by Lee Wilson Amber Waves by Yeoldebard Sands of Time by Roland David C. McLavic by CLJobe Spending Christmas in an Air B and B by chris191070 **Complete** Connor and the Wolves by Yeoldebard As They Say - (Revised) by D.K. Daniels Andre and Chris by Paladin Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! (Don't forget to Recommend too!)

Why the h e double hockey sticks are you doing a happy dance after that comment

I was hoping that Aaron had my answer hermetically sealed and kept in a mayonnaise jar on Funk & Wagnall's porch since noon today! I guessed Cia RELEASE THE CLOWNS

We're discussing lupine traits and not have @Aditus in here

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all though the GA house not a creature was stirring, not even a bear, penguin, wolf, eagle, zombie, tiger, cat, or Cindy Lou Who. The stockings were hung by Steve's dryer with care. In hopes that St. Myr soon would be there The GA community were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of naked men, or women, danced in their heads. And Valkyrie in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap, had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap (in separate beds, of course) When out on the roof there arose such a clatter, I sprung from my bed to see what was the matter. Away to the surveillance app I flew like a flash, opened it up on my iPhone, and selected the roof camera, recording it in case I could make me some cash. The moon on the breast (eww) of the new fallen snow gave the lustre of midday to objects below when, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a miniature Mustang and sixteen tiny volunteers With a little mid-age driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. @Myr More rapid than eagles (unless it is Talonrider), his coursers they came, and he whistled and shouted them by name: "Now @Cia! Now @Graeme! Now, @Reader1810! and @drpaladin! On, @Aditus! On, @Valkyrie! (when did she sneak out of bed?) On, @Cole Matthews! On, @TalonRider! On, @Timothy M.! On, @spike382! On, @Parker Owens! On, @W_L! On, @Comicality!, On, @astone2292! On, @rec! On, @wildone! (wait, I didn't sign up to pull St. Myr around the world!) To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall! Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!" As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, when they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky so up to the dwelling-top the coursers they flew with a sleigh full of stories, and St. Myr too. And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof the prancing and pawing of each little volunteer. As I closed out of the app and was turning around, down the dryer vent St. Myr came with a bound. (who has a chimney anymore?) He was dressed all in faux fur, from his head to his foot, (no real fur as it might upset some members) and his clothes were all tarnished with lint and a sock. A bundle of stories he had flung on his back, and looked like an owner just opening his pack. His eyes--how they twinkled! His dimples, how gay! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a sun ray. (needed something that rhymed with gay) His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, and the day old growth was as white as the snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, and the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath. (not sure what he was smoking in his pipe) He had a broad face and a little beer belly, that shook when he laughed, like a bowl of jelly. He was sturdy and strong, a right jolly middle-aged elf and I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself A wink of his eye and a twist of his head soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. (did I call him chubby! I might have something to dread) He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, and filled the stockings with stories, and turned with a jerk. And laying a finger aside of his nose, and giving a nod, up the dryer vent he rose. He sprang to his Mustang, to his team he gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle. But I heard him exclaim, 'ere he drove out of sight, "Happy Christmas to all at GA, and to all a good night!" Original version Clement Clarke Moore. Original authorship claim in 1837. Now for something that we really need some help from all our budding and seasoned authors, especially those that were fans of Carlos Hazday's vast collection of prose. December 27th at 11:59 PM EST is the deadline to submit your tribute stories for Carlos Hazday. All the information is here. It is not too late to start and submit. On another note, there is snow on the ground this morning, but we are supposed to get possibly up to 0 today with sun and -1 tomorrow. I've cancelled my trip to the North Pole and the jolly old fellow has a reprieve once again this year! Now to wrap up the past week! Monday, it was Cia's turn to introduce us to a new Signature Feature: Wednesday, Myr got out his flippers and snorkel and did another deep dive: Wednesday, Cia checked back in with an all new Signature Author Excerpt: Thursday, as mentioned above, was a call out to anyone who wants to get a story in for the Carlos Tribute Story event: Friday was a surprise! Aditus introduced @Thirdly as a guest prompt provider: Christmas Eve, Eve, was Comicality's turn to bring another Writing Article: Now heading into Christmas week, lets see the Words of the Day that Myr has given us: lupine, quixotic, scram, maharishi, aloft, raven, intrigue Upcoming Writing Events Long May You Run - A tribute to Carlos Hazday Entries due on Dec. 27, 2023. Details are all here. Poetry Anthology - More information to come. Due April 1st 2024. Secret Author Contest - More information to come. Annual Anthology (theme TBA) - More information to come. Due October 1st 2024. Prompt Team Event/Contest - More information to come. Here is the look at the past weeks postings on all our Authors and Poets! Recently Updated 'Premium' Stories Thirst by astone2292 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories A Room with a View (of the Brooklyn Navy Yard) by AC Benus **Complete** Aquinas' Story by Parker Owens Gap Year by Mark Arbour Broken Path, Starless Tail by Cia Savage Moon 06 - The New Breed by Comicality Bearpaw: An Old West Tale by Headstall Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories I’ll Have a Double Bar Mitzvah To Go by Altimexis **Complete** Keeper of the Rituals by Libby Drew Beyond the Crags by Kyle Aarons Pupuseria Mia by Dabeagle The Old Man at Christmas by Bill W **Complete** Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories The Light at the End of the Tunnel by kbois Recently Updated 'Author' Stories Rocked To The Core by Lee Wilson On the Strawberry Moon by J92 What Happened To The Baxter Boys by Mancunian Brian: Taking Courage by Robert Hugill Re-United by Justin4Fun Florida Shores by Karl Anders David C. McLavic by CLJobe Quokka's Christmas Stories by quokka Of Pride and Power by W_L Twinks in Space: Destination Unknown - Part One by Adam Andrews Johnson Operation Pinky Swear by frozenphenix A Wizard's War by TeamStilinski The Men of Collosia by chris191070 A Strange Start to a Friendship by Lee Wilson No going back by Robert Hugill Before And After the Divorce by Lee Wilson Amber Waves by Yeoldebard Brandon Smiling: From the Billy Chase Chronicles (2) by MrM Elemental by WolfM **Complete** Poem Collection - MythOfHappiness by MythOfHappiness Connor and the Wolves by Yeoldebard Andre and Chris by Paladin Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! (Don't forget to Recommend too!) Merry Christmas to all from all the staff and volunteers here at GA!!!!

When I went aloft in a hot air balloon I found in my not liking it and mad that I was talked into it, I became aloof. Luckily I’m not that way on airplanes 😏

On the 8th day of Christmas, by true love gave to meeeeee, divorce papers!!! 😮 Well, that isn't how the song goes But if any of you do get divorce papers on Sunday, I am so sorry To tell the truth, all I can remember from that song is the five golden rings, two turtle doves and a penguin in a pear tree This shall lead into the question of the week! Hmmm, do I have a question of the week every week? So rather than just asking what your favourite Christmas song is, I want to know what is your favourite Christmas song that you know word for word Jingle Bells only counts if you know all the verses If you feel up to it, sing out the words to your song below in your reply. FYI, I won't be putting anything down. I'm a one or two verse kinda guy We had another very busy week here at the GA News Blog. I think I will be asking @Myr for a Christmas bonus this year A bonus of 2% of $0 is what? Any accountants out there that can let me know how much I will get? Monday. Well Monday I messed up I tried to replace @Timothy M. and do the layout of this months Review Team's Feature Story. I failed. I did apologize to @Mancunian for misspelling one of the main characters name in the blog title and story title as well. Shameful. At least @spike382 gave a great review. Make sure you check this story out. I read it before doing the blog and it is a really nice short story: Tuesday, @Myr took over the blog and guess what? He did it right : Thursday was 18th episode of the Author Guess Who by @astone2292. I got my guess in, kind of, do you? Looks like on Friday, our resident penguin, @Valkyrie, took the prompt team another step towards the holidays: Finally on Saturday, we got our weekly treat from @Comicality with another Writing Article: Here is the words of the week : easement, neptunium, retrench, indefatigable, machete, perishable, mewl Upcoming Writing Events Long May You Run - A tribute to Carlos Hazday Entries due on Dec. 27, 2023. Details are all here. Poetry Anthology - More information to come. Due April 1st 2024. Secret Author Contest - More information to come. Annual Anthology (theme TBA) - More information to come. Due October 1st 2024. Prompt Team Event/Contest - More information to come. Member Participation Blogs - Great way to promote yourself!! Ask a Author 3.0 If you have a author you want to get some answers from, write a PM to @astone2292 Author Guess Who Get our members to guess who you are and also let everyone know who you are. Also write a PM to @astone2292 Here is the look at the past weeks postings on all our Authors and Poets! Recently Updated 'Premium' Stories Thirst by astone2292 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories Gap Year by Mark Arbour The Company by JamesSavik A Room with a View (of the Brooklyn Navy Yard) by AC Benus Bearpaw: An Old West Tale by Headstall Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories Secrets: The Truth is Slowly Revealed by Bill W **Completed** Sands of Time by Roland Keeper of the Rituals by Libby Drew Pupuseria Mia by Dabeagle Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories The Light at the End of the Tunnel by kbois Recently Updated 'Author' Stories Brandon Smiling: From the Billy Chase Chronicles (2) by MrM Forever My Love by vanalas Ark II by R. Eric Twinks in Space: Destination Unknown - Part One by Adam Andrews Johnson Before And After the Divorce by Lee Wilson Chasing Rusty Parker by Laura S. Fox **Completed** On the Strawberry Moon by J92 Of Pride and Power by W_L Operation Pinky Swear by frozenphenix As They Say - (Revised) by D.K. Daniels What Happened To The Baxter Boys by Mancunian Brian: Taking Courage by Robert Hugill The Men of Collosia by chris191070 Rocked To The Core by Lee Wilson Dating Rules And Pretty Fools by Laura S. Fox Amber Waves by Yeoldebard A Wizard's War by TeamStilinski No going back by Robert Hugill The Book of Leaves by ValentineDavis21 Re-United by Justin4Fun A Strange Start to a Friendship by Lee Wilson The Earliest Shrine by paren01 **Completed** Canaan Club by Westley D. Sands of Time by Roland Elemental by WolfM BEAU by Paladin **Completed** Connor and the Wolves by Yeoldebard ARROW by CLJobe **Completed** Thicker Than Water by John Henry Home for Christmas by chris191070 **Completed** Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! (Don't forget to Recommend too!)

Does Boaty McBoatface fall under pompous

I'm going by what my daddy told me, so if anything is inaccurate, you can dig him up and tell him so Dad was part of the Canadian Armed Forces and in the mid sixties he was part of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. He did two separate 6 month tours. One story he liked to tell about on his first tour was that there was a 'green line' (buffer zone) in Cyprus that designated the territory between the Greek and the Turks. Each side had trenches dug within a certain distance from the green line. One night one side, I don't remember whom,. decided to move up their trench a couple of meters closer to the line in a certain section. To do it in one night was a huge undertaking, ,but they worked throughout the night and dug a new trench a few meters ahead and just dumped all the dirt into the old trench right behind them into the old trench. Dad said it was really obvious what they did. The British Colonel in charge of the UN Peacekeeping Force during the next day, had all his septic trucks drive around and collect as much raw sewage they could fill up with. Then, staggered along the new trench on the buffer zone, they backed up and emptied it all in the new trench. Didn't fill the whole trench, but enough that they could not use a lot of it. Hence, they had to go back and dig their trench back where it was originally. No shots fired, no diplomats needed. You'd think they'd learn after once, but sadly no So whenever I hear of trench warfare, this is what I think of.

With inflation these days, and especially on perishable basic items, I always book an appt with my loans officer at the bank to take out another personal loan before heading to the grocery store

🤐 I'll write you Aaron and you can say at the end if I'm wrong or right

Add in the fact that I messed things up on my end too! Sorry @Mancunian I’m usually good at copying and pasting. Not so much setting them up. I miss @Timothy M..

It is the time of the month for another spectacular review from our Review Team. This month @spike382 gave us the review. Aunt May's Magic by Mancunian Reviewer: spike382 Status: Complete Word Count: 3,008 I was actually having quite a debate with myself about which story I would read for my last review of 2023. There were a couple of classic stories, that I wanted to draw new readers to, and a few newer stories that I thought would also be fun to take a look at Yet my mind kept going back to a writer I had the opportunity to get to know a little better the past couple of months: Mancunian. He's been a writer on GA for a few years now, and yet I don’t believe he’s ever had the opportunity to have one of his stories put forth by our Review Team. So, let’s change that! Mancunian actually writes all his stories in a shard literary universe, the man theme of these stories is “Lost Souls.” That is, people from various walks of life who end up homeless, and in the world of The Boot, those lost souls converge in the named homeless shelter. “Auntie May’s Magic” is a simple, short story, less than 3000 words actually, and yet it’s a great entry point to The Boot universe. The story can really be boiled down to its description “A young man is down on his luck, then he meets Aunt May.” That is correct, we do see a young man walk into a diner, and by the description, his luck ran out a long time ago. What happened to him? We never find out, but he’s someone truly in need of a helping hand. The diner is run by the kind of/sort of mysterious Aunt May. This diner is not a normal place, and the people inside aren’t the sort the young man expects to find at all. When he finally meets Aunt May, it soon becomes apparent why. I’ll leave it there, so as not to spoil too much of the story. As I said it’s a quick read, but it’sdefinitelyworth the effort. As one reader said in their personal review , “Hard to imagine a short story of less than 3 thousand words could have such an impact.” Yet it does leave such an impact and more importantly, it’s a great entry point into a larger universe built by Mancunian. I invite everyone to read this story right away. From there, he is currently posting new chapters of his latest story set in The Boot, “What Happened to the Baxter Boys,” which is much longer than 3000 words, but totally worth a read. Check them both out! Category: Fiction Genres: Literary Fiction Sub-genres: Contemporary Fiction Tags: young adult, europe, no sex, modern Rating: Everyone

It is starting to look a lot like Christmas I may have mentioned we had a big dump of snow before Halloween, but that was all melted off since the first week of November. Then we have had temps in the mid to high teens without a drop of moisture until last Thursday. We got a good dumping of snow. I would like my Christmas to be white, but not looking like it as the temp will be in the mid teens (celcius) again next week. Maybe I will have to make a trip to the North Pole In the meantime, before I leave and need to have Cia cover for me as I make my way up north, shall we wrap up this past week? Yesterday, Comsie finished off the week with a great Writing Article: Friday we had the Prompt gang at it again: Thursday we heard from Val on the upcoming 2024 Writing Events: Wednesday was the 1st one in December. That meant Aaron brought an all new AAA 3.0: Tuesday, Myr went all softy on us and did the Romance Deep Dive Monday, Cia kicked it all off with the announcement of the December CSR: Now here is the Words of The Day in reverse order too! shuttlecock, phlegmatic, oxide, meteoroid, unbidden, midriff, liven Upcoming Writing Events - more to come Long May You Run - A tribute to Carlos Hazday Entries due on Dec. 27, 2023. Details are all here. Member Participation Blogs - Great way to promote yourself!! Ask a Author 3.0 If you have a author you want to get some answers from, write a PM to @astone2292 Author Guess Who Get our members to guess who you are and also let everyone know who you are. Also write a PM to @astone2292 Here is the look at the past weeks postings on all our Authors and Poets! Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories Gap Year by Mark Arbour The Great Mirror of Same-Sex Love - Poetry by AC Benus A Room with a View (of the Brooklyn Navy Yard) by AC Benus The Best Year by Krista Worse Things Happen at Sea by Dodger Translation Trashbin by AC Benus Bearpaw: An Old West Tale by Headstall Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories An Unexpected Christmas Surprise by Bill W **Complete** Secrets: The Truth is Slowly Revealed by Bill W Beyond the Crags by Kyle Aarons The Giving Trees by Bill W **Complete** Pupuseria Mia by Dabeagle Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories The Light at the End of the Tunnel by kbois Recently Updated 'Author' Stories Re-United by Justin4Fun Widderkin V. O. E. by Palantir Twinks in Space: Destination Unknown - Part One by Adam Andrews Johnson Chasing Rusty Parker by Laura S. Fox ARROW by CLJobe Thicker Than Water by John Henry As They Say - (Revised) by D.K. Daniels Grantly by quokka **Complete** The Book of Leaves by ValentineDavis21 The World Out There by Drew Payne At the Soup Kitchen by chris191070 The Making of a Slave by and9993 Florida Shores by Karl Anders Of Pride and Power by W_L Before And After the Divorce by Lee Wilson What Happened To The Baxter Boys by Mancunian Brian: Taking Courage by Robert Hugill Stronger Than Lions by Sean J Halford It's Always Something by Ajbt2001 Rocked To The Core by Lee Wilson Re-Forging by Justin4Fun **Complete** BEAU by Paladin Dating Rules And Pretty Fools by Laura S. Fox No going back by Robert Hugill Amber Waves by Yeoldebard Operation Pinky Swear by frozenphenix In his Daddy's Shadow by chris191070 **Complete** Blood Of The Wilde by CasualWanderer82 Elemental by WolfM On the Strawberry Moon by J92 Connor and the Wolves by Yeoldebard The Earliest Shrine by paren01 Never walk alone- Walk on by Andre Delport Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! (Don't forget to Recommend too!)

I suppose you are letting ‘tight lipped Cia’ run the secret author contest again 🤪 I guess it gives 6 months to come up with questions that might trip her up to reveal even one teeny weeny secret

Its starting to feel a lot like Christmas... Well, I hope you all are getting in the festive spirit Maybe not so much myself. The past two weeks and been nightmarishly busy at work and I don't know if I'm coming or a going. Hoping maybe tomorrow will get me out of my bah humbug mood, as we go out to the forests and find Christmas Trees! I won't be getting one as there isn't enough in room my condo, but at least it is the first Christmassy thingy I'll be doing So what happened last week. Well a lot to tell the truth. So shall we wrap it all up? Monday was the November CSR Discussion Day. If you didn't get a chance to get in there, well do it and.. discuss Tuesday, Myr decided to go poetic on us and presented us all with a Poetry Deep Dive: I will have to go back and look at my guesses, well maybe not as I definitely got it all wrong, but Aaron revealed the Author Guess Who?: Friday it was our Prompt Team that got locked and loaded in getting back to a weekly schedule (how do you say it, sked-ju-all, or shed-ju-all?) with some new prompts for all of us: Saturday brought the week to a close with a new Writing Tips feature from Comsie: Now what about the Words of the Day? conifer, castigate, mystical, croquet, muslin, pleurisy, horrendous Upcoming Writing Events Long May You Run - A tribute to Carlos Hazday Entries due on Dec. 27, 2023. Details are all here. Member Participation Blogs - Great way to promote yourself!! Ask a Author 3.0 If you have a author you want to get some answers from, write a PM to @astone2292 Author Guess Who Get our members to guess who you are and also let everyone know who you are. Also write a PM to @astone2292 Here is the look at the past weeks postings on all our Authors and Poets! Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories Gap Year by Mark Arbour Light & Dragonflies: Nature Poems/Love Poems by AC Benus A Room with a View (of the Brooklyn Navy Yard) by AC Benus The Cockney Canuck by Dodger Bearpaw: An Old West Tale by Headstall Kiss Of An Angel by Comicality Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories Keeper of the Rituals by Libby Drew Sands of Time by Roland Secrets: The Truth is Slowly Revealed by Bill W Pupuseria Mia by Dabeagle Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories The Light at the End of the Tunnel by kbois Recently Updated 'Author' Stories Widderkin V. O. E. by Palantir Re-Forging by Justin4Fun Time's Door by Robert F. Brockton ARROW by CLJobe The Book of Leaves by ValentineDavis21 Thicker Than Water by John Henry In his Daddy's Shadow by chris191070 Before And After the Divorce by Lee Wilson The Brotherhood: Awakening Book II by The Writer X Rocked To The Core by Lee Wilson Chasing Rusty Parker by Laura S. Fox It's Always Something by Ajbt2001 Of Pride and Power by W_L What Happened To The Baxter Boys by Mancunian Brian: Taking Courage by Robert Hugill Grantly by quokka Warrior Children: Legendary Three by Vaughn Edward The Longest Third Date by LJCC BEAU by Paladin No going back by Robert Hugill Amber Waves by Yeoldebard The Icebox by JujuTheDruid As They Say - (Revised) by D.K. Daniels Sands of Time by Roland Elemental by WolfM Connor and the Wolves by Yeoldebard On the Strawberry Moon by J92 Florida Shores by Karl Anders Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! (Don't forget to Recommend too!)

Must have learned that from their mother, @Valkyrie No manners with that lady, none at all! Its actually horrendous!

Wow, what a week of thanks. We were able to tie in thanks, on American Thanksgiving for a lot of our site contributors over the last week and it has been great to let them know how much they are appreciated Whoa............................ Who did you not fit into last week? With shame and apologies to him as well as all his avid readers, let's get in some thanks to the person that is the reason that Gay Authors exists! Please join me and all the Admin Team as we extend our heartfelt thanks to the guy that shows up every Saturday and provides all the authors with great Writing Tips. @Comicality In addition to the mention in this blog, we are also giving him his own Blog Contributor Badge. Make sure to express your thanks here or drop by his profile and let him know your thanks! Now lets look at what else we got up to last week, shall we? On Monday, we made sure to say our thanks for our hard working Anthology Team: Tuesday it was time to say, hey, thanks for all you do around the site to our Moderation Team: Wednesday, usually a once month day for @astone2292 to do his AAA 3.0 as well as him taking on the Author Guess Who now on Thursdays, we recognized his efforts as a Blog Contributor: Thursday was the actual day, it was American Thanksgiving! We took this day to recognize everyone here at GA. If it wasn't for each and everyone of you, not sure GA would even be here after all these years: Friday, hmmmmm. Who usually pops on for Fridays you ask! Well it is our dedicated Prompt Team. We needed to thank them: Saturday, we had Comicality's Writing Tips blog locked and loaded. That is why we wanted to thank him today in addition to the Wrap Up: We should also be thanking Myr for all the Words of the Week, every week: nosegay, maunder, muskrat, quilt, gobbler, prawn, stopcock Upcoming Writing Events Long May You Run - A tribute to Carlos Hazday Entries due on Dec. 27, 2023. Details are all here. Member Participation Blogs - Great way to promote yourself!! Ask a Author 3.0 If you have a author you want to get some answers from, write a PM to @astone2292 Author Guess Who Get our members to guess who you are and also let everyone know who you are. Also write a PM to @astone2292 Here is the look at the past weeks postings on all our Authors and Poets! Recently Updated 'Premium' Stories Smoke And Mirrors by Comicality **Complete** Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories GFD: Children Of Sunset by Comicality Gap Year by Mark Arbour A Room with a View (of the Brooklyn Navy Yard) by AC Benus Bearpaw: An Old West Tale by Headstall Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories Secrets: The Truth is Slowly Revealed by Bill W Beyond the Crags by Kyle Aarons Seth on the Road to Chaos by Ronyx **Complete** Pupuseria Mia by Dabeagle Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories The Light at the End of the Tunnel by kbois Recently Updated 'Author' Stories Re-Forging by Justin4Fun On the Strawberry Moon by J92 Time's Door by Robert F. Brockton The Book of Leaves by ValentineDavis21 Ark II by R. Eric What Happened To The Baxter Boys by Mancunian Thicker Than Water by John Henry Widderkin V. O. E. by Palantir It's Always Something by Ajbt2001 Aedan's Story by RichardWrites **Complete** Brian: Taking Courage by Robert Hugill Grantly by quokka Rocked To The Core by Lee Wilson In his Daddy's Shadow by chris191070 ARROW by CLJobe A Wizard's War by TeamStilinski Lone Wolf Ranch by Justin4Fun Raising Evzen by Yeoldebard As They Say - (Revised) by D.K. Daniels No going back by Robert Hugill Amber Waves by Yeoldebard Chasing Rusty Parker by Laura S. Fox Before And After the Divorce by Lee Wilson Book of Venoms: A Compendium of Escaria’s Venomous Animals by ObicanDecko The Icebox by JujuTheDruid BEAU by Paladin 593 Riverside Drive by RichEisbrouch Blood Of The Wilde by CasualWanderer82 Of Pride and Power by W_L Florida Shores by Karl Anders Connor and the Wolves by Yeoldebard Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! (Don't forget to Recommend too!)

So if my gaydar isn't working, should I get my nosegay checked out?

Yes, we had discussed. Can I remember what I did when I woke up this morning, no Thanks for the reminder, badge is there now

I always equate the Prompt Team to giving such an outlandish prompt that it actually was right in my alley Amazing how their minds work

Continuing on with our week of thanks, the Admin team wants to call out the amazing volunteers on our Moderation Team!! When most of us think of moderation they think it is all about discipline. We all try really hard to educate first. Then in limited cases, we do have to let some know what they are doing, how it is harming the site, and what we need to do to avoid it in the future. Due to the actions by our Mods, this is about always the only occurrence due to their willingness to help everyone they need to reach out to. Needless to say these thankless volunteers are the ones who are monitoring the site, the ones when needed to reach out to others, and also contributing daily to the site's operation. Unfortunately spam is something that tries to infect our site at every turn. With our Moderators doing such a good job, most spammers are caught before the members ever see it. The great thing is that all of our members are right there reporting spam to the SMT as well. A lot of decisions, those not needing moderation like spamming, everyone acts as a team to contribute to coming up with a solution. To say everyone agrees would be not true. Through their professional attitude taken , an agreeable action froward can be quickly reached. I say professional, but yet they are all volunteers rising up to the task. Join me in thanking the people behind the scenes a lot of the time helping to keep GA running daily. @Reader1810 @drpaladin @TalonRider As a small token of our appreciation, we have created and put this badge on all of their profiles: Please join us in a thanking our Moderation Team!!

I am still amazed every time that Parker, Rec and Val all come together to get all the entries read over, and on top of that, give everyone some valuable sometimes missed feedback without having to be the editor. Knowing from my experience of reading Krista's chapters ahead of time, the fact that you all do 5, 10 or more each in such a short time is astounding. You all are great!