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    Weekly Wrap Up (Dec 18 - 24)

    By wildone,


    Weekly Wrap Up
    Well this is an eventful day in many places in the world....
     


    Merry Christmas


     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

    Happy Hanukkah


     
     
     

    I'm sure many of you have already opened your pressies and getting ready to have a feast! If you don't celebrate either of these traditions, we all wish you all the very best on these happy days to everyone, everywhere!!
     
    So let's look back at the week that was.
     
    Monday we started off the week with Cia doing up the December Signature Feature. We learned the that December is Valkyrie's Alex's Legacy. Valkyrie shared some of her favourite reviews she received on the story. Also, we were given the banner that we can download to our signature if you choose.
     
    Tuesday was a day for Myr to take over and give us another addition of Tech Tuesday. Myr updated us all on the workings going on behind the scenes with the upcoming launch of the new IP Board Software that drives our site. There has been 2 years of updates that we have passed on and now we are getting ready for 4.1.18 to drive our forums. Expect more blog posts as we move even closer to the launch in early 2017. Also a big thank you to everyone who had helped out with the beta testing!
     
    Wednesday the we featured Valkyrie's story Alex's Legacy again! This time it was the Signature Excerpt from this popular story. We learned that she actually got the story started from a prompt. Just shows that Prompts are a great way to get ideas coming to life. Val also shared an except that meant the most to her!
     
    Then on an different Thursday post, we finally found out the much anticipated release of the 2016 Special Anthology "Rewind" was made live! We have 12 new stories that everyone had an option of choosing any past themes. Not only that, Headstall won a prize given out for authors participating. We also learned of another contest running that every story you read, and review, you get entered into another draw for some great prizes. Make sure you check out every one of these great entries as well as leave a review to show how much you appreciate the authors for making the effort to participate! Also, maybe pop onto the many members profile page's of the Anthology team and leave a nice thank you for their work on their profile feed.
     
    Anthology Announcements:
     
    ***NOTE: For the immediate future, please copy in Cia on all Anthology PM's to Renee
    ***NOTE: All Deadlines are for submission to the Anthology Proof Team
    2017 Spring Anthology: Jagged Edges / Unintended Consequences - Due April 30th, 2017 2017 Fall Anthology: The Fall Out / Secret Spaces - Due November 15th, 2017

    Premium Updates:
     

    Studly Ranch Hands by Renee Stevens *Premium*
     
    Classic Updates:
     
    The Red Wagon by Ronyx
     
    Signature Updates:
     
    Bill's Christmas Gift by comicfan **2016 Special Anthology: Rewind**
     
    Black Widow by Mark Arbour; Book 16 of Chronicles Of An Academic Predator (CAP)
     
    Faeries Anonymous by Valkyrie **2016 Special Anthology: Rewind**
     
    Innocence & Carnality - Part Two by Mann Ramblings; Book 2 of I & C
     
    Maelstrom by Valkyrie **2016 Special Anthology: Rewind**
     
    Mental Games by Bill W
     
    Mine! by Cia
     
    Release Me by Comicality
     
    HMS Valiant by Mark Arbour; Book 7 of Bridgemont
     
    Temporary Dads by Graeme
     
    The Castaway Hotel: Next Generation Book 2 by Bill W; Book 11 of The Castaway Hotel
     
    The Legend of Treehaven Woods by Valkyrie **2016 Special Anthology: Rewind**
     
    Promising Updates:
     
    An Advent Calendar by aditus
     
    Boxed In: A Christmas Story by Headstall **2016 Special Anthology: Rewind**
     
    Daddy Issues by Sasha Distan **2016 Special Anthology: Rewind**
     
    Family Matters by Sasha Distan **2016 Special Anthology: Rewind**
     
    Finding Refuge by Headstall **2016 Special Anthology: Rewind**
     
    Headstall's Reflections by Headstall
     
    Morningstar: The Malaise by Headstall
     
    Of Prophets, Saints and Sinners by AC Benus; Book 8 of Christmas at Famous-Barr
     
    Stepping Through the Mirror by Headstall **2016 Special Anthology: Rewind**
     
    The Egyptian Pantheon by Sasha Distan
     
    Tiger Winter by Sasha Distan
     
    Trade Deals by Sasha Distan **2016 Special Anthology: Rewind**
     
    Voli Me Tangere by aditus **2016 Special Anthology: Rewind**
     
    Don't forget.... Read, Write, and Review!
  2. wildone
    **Special Announcements**


     

    Many of you have spoken and we have listened. Have you ever had to decide how many of your likes to use within an 24 hour period and were limited and unable to like everything you wanted? Well starting today we are happy to announce that there is no limit on the likes you can use in a day!!! The only exception will be the Newbie Group that will be increasing from 3 to 20 a day. Just so you know, if you are a Newbie and want the unlimited feeling, you only need to make one single post to get out of the Newbie Group
     
    Also we are consolidating the numbers needed to move out of Moderation Queue and Peer Review Queue as well. With more likes being available, we are sure most can get more, more quickly. In order to consolidate you will need 150 likes to move out of the Moderation Queue, and we have lowered the number from 200 to 150 to move out of Peer Review.
     
    Now don't be afraid to like this blog as it won't go against your daily total (shameless solicitation on my part )
     
    And now to our regularly scheduled Weekly Update to see what has happened over the past week.
     
    Monday Renee introduced us to the Featured Story; A Taste Of Desire by Arazon. Timothy M was very helpful in providing a great review of this completed story to us. After reading the review it piqued my interest and now I'm reading it myself. Always great to find something new to read that you weren't aware of before.
     
    Wednesday we received some Writing Tips to help any of our New Authors, but really is good for the experienced ones too. Two of our popular authors gave us some great tips. Aditus shared with us all how to he handled Starting Out with posting stories. Being around a while myself, I can personally attest that what he shared is great advice and many of our authors have followed this advice themselves. Next Graeme gave some invaluable advice on Planning your story. There is multiple ways to tackle this issue and Graeme reviews some of them. I guess the key piece of advice is to have a plan when you start.
     
    Thursday gave us all an update on the 2016 Special Anthology. If you haven't checked it out already, please do if you have contributed a story to be featured in this first time reboot of all past Anthology themes. Even if you are not contributing, it is a good chance to plan out what you are going to want to read. If by chance you didn't see your story, please contact Cia and Renee as soon as possible.
     
    Friday Cia gave us our Weekly Prompts for the week. Prompt 544 has a first line of It's time to bury the hatchet. Hmmm, that can be taken several different ways. Which way will you choose to interpret this one? Prompt 545 seems like a great one for this week. The tag is a Party Nightmare. I'm sure most can relate or sympathize for others on this one. A total disaster is about to break loose hours before the family is about to arrive for your first ever Family Holiday Party that you are in charge of. Finally Cia featured Timothy M's response to Prompt 543.
     
    Anthology Announcements:
     
    ***NOTE: For the immediate future, please copy in Cia on all Anthology PM's to Renee
    ***NOTE: All Deadlines are for submission to the Anthology Proof Team
    All Pre-2016 Anthology Themes - Due December 14, 2016 **Now Closed** 2017 Spring Anthology: Jagged Edges / Unintended Consequences - Due April 30th, 2017 2017 Fall Anthology: The Fall Out / Secret Spaces - Due November 15th, 2017

    Premium Updates:
     

    Studly Ranch Hands by Renee Stevens *Premium*
     
    Signature Updates:
     
    319 Winesap Lane by CarlHoliday
     
    A Class By HImself by Comicality
     
    Black Widow by Mark Arbour; Book 16 of Chronicles Of An Academic Predator (CAP)
     
    Innocence & Carnality - Part Two by Mann Ramblings; Book 2 of I & C
     
    Mental Games by Bill W
     
    Mine! by Cia
     
    Temporary Dads by Graeme
     
    The Castaway Hotel: Next Generation Book 2 by Bill W; Book 11 of The Castaway Hotel
     
    Promising Updates:
     
    An Advent Calendar by aditus
     
    Headstall's Reflections by Headstall
     
    Morningstar: The Malaise by Headstall
     
    Of Prophets, Saints and Sinners by AC Benus; Book 8 of Christmas at Famous-Barr
     
    Tiger Winter by Sasha Distan
     
    Don't forget.... Read, Write, and Review!
  3. wildone

    Weekly Wrap Up (Nov 27-Dec 3)

    By wildone,


    Weekly Wrap Up
    Renee will be taking a bit of time off from the Site Blog but will return soon. I will be doing the weekly wrap up for the immediate future, so lets hope I don't mess it up
     
    Monday we started the week off with the November CSR Discussion Day of Comicality's Between the Lines. Cia had a lengthy interview with Comicality about not only the story but also what motivates him to believe he is writing a good story. A lot of tips and information from one of our most read authors at GA.
     
    Wednesday on December 1st, we learned about a first here at GA. Cole Matthews, Valkyrie and Aditus all shared with us a project that they are working on called Advent Calendar. This will be 24 short pieces by the 3 authors posting every day up until Christmas. To add some fun, the 3 have a topic where you can try to guess who penned the pieces and a big reveal at the end of the week. Make sure to pop in daily to see the story posted by Aditus and then try to not only guess the author, but participate in the discussion.
     
    Friday was our Prompt Day and we had the Second Chance Prompts #509 & #511. 509 is a creative prompt that is based around a Tire. Mainly a flat one and no working spare and encountering a person from your past that comes out from the Auto Club. 511 is a creative prompt called the Child. Things aren't normal in the neighbourhood when a new family moves in and they have a child. What is it about this child that has upset the normal day to day activities of the neighbours? Sounds interesting, eh?
     
    Anthology Announcements:
     
    ***NOTE: For the immediate future, please copy in Cia on all Anthology PM's to Renee
    ***NOTE: All Deadlines are for submission to the Anthology Proof Team
    All Pre-2016 Anthology Themes - Due December 14, 2016 2017 Spring Anthology: Jagged Edges / Unintended Consequences - Due April 30th, 2017 2017 Fall Anthology: The Fall Out / Secret Spaces - Due November 15th, 2017

     

    Premium Updates:
     
    Disastertastic by Cia *Premium*
     
    Studly Ranch Hands by Renee Stevens *Premium*
     
    Classic Updates:
     
    A Christmas Eve Awakening by Ronyx
     
    Door Number Three by Ronyx
     
    Signature Updates:
     
    319 Winesap Lane by CarlHoliday
     
    A prompt a week by comicfan
     
    Black Widow by Mark Arbour; Book 16 of Chronicles Of An Academic Predator (CAP)
     
    Innocence & Carnality - Part Two by Mann Ramblings; Book 2 of I & C
     
    Mental Games by Bill W
     
    Mine! by Cia
     
    Temporary Dads by Graeme
     
    The Castaway Hotel: Next Generation Book 2 by Bill W; Book 11 of The Castaway Hotel
     
    Waiting Outside The Lines by Comicality
     
    Promising Updates:
     
    American Steel by Carlos Hazday
     
    An Advent Calendar by aditus
     
    Fallen Pride by Sasha Distan; Book 7 of The Best Circle of Hell Stories
     
    Headstall's Reflections by Headstall
     
    Morningstar: The Malaise by Headstall
     
    Right Where We Live by AC Benus; Book 5 of Christmas at Famous-Barr
     
    Tiger Winter by Sasha Distan
     
    Don't forget.... Read, Write, and Review!
  4. wildone

    Weekly Wrap Up (Sept 11 - 17)

    By wildone,


    Weekly Wrap Up
    In case you haven't guessed it yet, Renee is still away . If she isn't back soon we might have to send out a search party. Both Cia and I are exhausted with picking up her slack
     
    So here is what happened this past week.
     
    Monday, we usually would have a story featured in the Featured Story blog. This week, Cia gave us some insight though a review by Aditus on Mikesboy's poetry for NaPoWriMo. This appeared to be a great success as there is 2 pages of comments left for the feature. It is good to see some of our Poets getting the recognition they truly deserve.
     
    On Wednesday, Renee shared with us in the Premium Promo, a story by Layla entitled Desolation Angels. We received a excerpt from this interesting story. If you want to read it, make sure to pop by the blog to find out how to get this great story plus many more if you sign up for a Premium Membership. All the details are in the blog.
     
    Thursday was a big day for a big announcement. A.J. and The Author Promotion Team announced to the site that Valkyrie was our newest Signature Author!! Valkyrie has amassed a large amount of stories as well as been a frequent contributor on site as an editor, reviewer, and winner of Last Post Wins . Make sure to pop into the blog or her topic in the Signature forum to congratulate this deserving person.
     
    Friday, Cia finished the week up by throwing down the gauntlet to see if they were any takers to this weeks Writing Prompts. This week #530 had a first line of "Pull over, I'm going to be sick" . #540 had a tag of The Flood. Lastly Cia feature Sasha Distan's return to the prompts with giving us a glimpse of prompt #526 entitled East-Jesus-Nowhere.
     
    Anthology Announcements:
     
    ***NOTE: All Deadlines are for submission to the Anthology Proof Team
    2016 Fall Anthology: Blindsided / The Forgotten - Due October 28th, 2016 All Pre-2016 Anthology Themes - Due December 14, 2016 2017 Spring Anthology: Jagged Edges / Unintended Consequences - Due April 28th, 2016

    Premium Updates:
     
     
     
     
     
    Journey's End
    by M.A. Church; Book 2 of The Harvest *Premium*  

    Signature Updates:
     

    Jabberwocky
    by CassieQ; Book 3 of Not The Sun  
     
     
     
     
    Left Without Words
    by Comicality  
     
     
     
     
    Leopards Leap
    by Graeme; Book 3 of The Lilydale Leopards  
     
     
     
     
    Mental Games
    by Bill W  
     
     
     
     
    Mine!
    by Cia  
     
     
     
     
    Shelter
    by Comicality; Book 1 of Shelter  
     
     
     
     
    Weightless
    by Cynus; Book 2 of Less is More  

    Promising Updates:
     

    Caesura
    by aditus; Book 2 of The King's Mate  
     
     
     
     
    Falling Apart
    by craftingmom  
     
     
     
     
    Headstall's Reflections
    by Headstall  
     
     
     
     
    Morningstar: The Malaise
    by Headstall  
     
     
     
     
    One Hundred and Fifty-Five Sonnets
    by AC Benus; Book 5 of Verse  

    Don't forget.... Read, Write, and Review!
  5. wildone
    Howdy, I hope you are all enjoying the weekend I know I am, and I know Renee is as she is off camping!
     
    Monday brought us our Monthly CSR feature from Cia. For July it will be featuring the story The Window Washer by Zenith. I might have to look at this one as the short description has piqued my interest.
     
    Being the first Wednesday of the month we got another look into the minds of some or your favourite authors with Dark's monthly Ask an Author spot! This month Dark grilled popular authors Cole Matthews, M.A. Church, Riley Jericho, and Carlos Hazaday.
     
    On Friday it was back to our weekly Author stimulation exercise of Writing Prompts. This week featured prompt 512, using a list of words and then 513 with a tag of Marked for Death. Renee also featured two responses; one from JohnAR and one from jamessavik.
     
    Anthology Announcements:
     
    ***NOTE: All Deadlines are for submission to the Anthology Proof Team
    2016 Fall Anthology: Blindsided / The Forgotten - Due October 28, 2016 All Pre-2016 Anthology Themes - Due December 14, 2016

    Premium Updates:
     
     
     
    Journey's End
    by M.A. Church; Book 2 of The Harvest *Premium*  

    Classic Updates:
     

    Asher
    by Dabeagle  

    Signature Updates:
     

    The Best Year
    by Krista  
     
     
    Fearless
    by Cynus  
     
     
    Mine!
    by Cia  
     
     
    Mental Games
    by Bill W  
     
     
    A prompt a week
    by comicfan  
     
     
    Leopards Leap
    by Graeme; Book 3 of The Lilydale Leopards  
     
     
    William Walter Williams
    by CarlHoliday  

    Promising Updates:
     

    One Hundred and Fifty-Five Sonnets
    by AC Benus; Book 5 of Verse  
     
     
    Caesura
    by aditus; Book 2 of The King's Mate  
     
     
    Morningstar: The Malaise
    by Headstall  
     
     
    The English Year
    by Jwolf  
     
     
    Wini and the King of Someplace
    by AC Benus  
     
     
    Life Seed
    by albertnothlit  
     
     
    Falling Apart
    by craftingmom  
     
     
    Storms
    by Thorn Wilde  

    Don't forget.... Read, Write, and REVIEW!!!
  6. wildone

    Thoughts On Orlando

    By wildone,


    Memorial
    Shock, anger, sadness, resentment, and thoughts of revenge.
     
    Those are the thoughts and feelings I am personally dealing with this morning waking up to the news of what happened early today in Orlando, Florida.
     
    I’m sure there is much more we are all feeling and trying to work our way through right now.
     
    As of the last report on CNN, there are 50 dead and 49 injured in a mass shooting at a gay club in Orlando called Pulse. It happened at 2 AM just around closing time. The gunman, who the FBI have reported as having ‘radical Islamic views’, parked his van outside the club, started opening fire with a semi-automatic rifle and handgun in his possession and continued into the club where he took hostages and continued his slaughter. Police SWAT teams swarmed the club 3 hours later and shot the gunman.
     
    I’m sure this account will be changed as more information comes forth.
     
    All of our thoughts, and if you are religious, prayers go out to everyone affected by this not only there in Orlando, but wherever you are as well.
     
    The fact that this now has been the deadliest mass shooting in US history, I can’t help but feel the above emotions on the fact that so many lives have been lost, with the added weight of knowing that the gay community was specifically targeted.
     
    We all know that our identity is hated by certain groups of people, but the fact that someone went so far as to target a large group of our community is really troubling to all of us. The idea that terrorism can make us afraid and question how we live our lives; this is the real blow to any community touched by heinous acts of terror. Will I feel safe going to a pride event, will I be okay to go to a bar, and will I be okay openly saying that I’m LGBTQ?
     
    The one thing that helps is talking about this. How do you feel? What are your fears? Put them down on paper or share them with us here. Writing this has me looking at the tragedy a bit different. Maybe even a glimmer of hope?
     
    If we can learn from the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, we need to show our support, but more importantly our resilience. Go back to the club, go to a Pride event, and don’t let this stop you from being who you were born to be!!
     
    Some other thoughts. Yes, religious ideology may play a role in this, but please remember that a small group of radicals or maybe even one lone wolf is responsible for this. Don’t condemn an entire religion or race just because this person may have been associated with a radical sect that isn’t reflective of the entire group. If you are in favour or against gun reform, don’t hate the people who are on the other side of the fence. Go out and join a group you identify with regarding guns. Be it the NRA or the anti-gun lobby, join, and make your voice known. Most importantly, learn from this and talk to your opponents rather than lash out at them.
     
    Generally, blogs are open for politics and religion. Due to the tragic nature and the sensitivity of this subject, even though I have touched on religion and politics here, please do not post comments on those subjects, they will be deleted without notice. The Pit is open and ready to have your discussions on those matters. What we would like this blog to really be about is empathy for the victims, your feelings, your fears, your resolve, and your hope.
     
    Steve
    On Behalf of the GA Site Administrators
  7. wildone
    Wow, Renee takes the weekend off to be a mountain lady and she leaves me in charge of the Weekly Wrap Up. To top it off she changed the format on it too!!!
     
    Well since Valkyrie was the only one to weigh in last week and said she had no preference of which format, I will use the old one
     
    On Monday we had a Featured Story of Song and Dance by Headstall. LitLover did a very good review which sets up the story and will pique your interest to check it out.
     
    Tuesday Renee did a Premium Promo and featured a story by wolfwriter called A Chance At Love. Not only did we get a synopsis of the story but also an excerpt from the story as well. If you want to help keep the majority of GA free, make sure you stop by here and see how you can help.
     
    Thursday was a special day when AJ posted in the Gay Author News that we have a new Promising Author promoted to the ranks on the site. Albertnothlit has a few stories to check out that he has contributed in just over a year stay here at GA.
     
    Friday saw our count-up to 1000 continue with the ever popular Prompt Me with Weekly Prompts 502 & 503. The weekly prompts this week were:
     
    Prompt 502 – Creative
    Tag – List of Words
    Use the following words in a story : a cop, a statue, a ship, a pink ribbon, a bag of candy.
     
    Prompt 503 – Creative
    Tag – The Exhibit
    You were told by your lover that you had a date Saturday morning and you were to dress up. When the time comes you find yourself dragged to see local museum to see an exhibit of your favorite eork. What was the exhibit on and what happened?
     
    Renee also put up some links to the previous weeks prompts by Timothy M, Mikiesboy, Hunter Thomson, and JohnAR.
     
    I also want to give a shout out to Slytherin or LBO for making sure we have topics set up every week in order to post the responses to.
     
    Anthology Announcements:
     
    ***NOTE: All Deadlines are for submission to the Anthology Proof Team
    2016 Fall Anthology: Blindsided - Due August 26th, 2016 2016 Winter Anthology: The Forgotten - Due November 26th, 2016 All Pre-2016 Anthology Themes - Due December 14, 2016

    Premium Updates:
     
     
     
    Journey's End
    by M.A. Church; Book 2 of The Harvest *Premium*  

    Signature Updates:
     

    Third Shift
    by Cole Matthews  
     
     
    Mine!
    by Cia  
     
     
    Innocence & Carnality
    by Mann Ramblings  
     
     
    From the Cup of the Worthless
    by Cynus  
     
     
    Songs of the Mongoose Tribe
    by Cynus  

    Promising Updates:
     

    One Hundred and Fifty-Five Sonnets
    Book 5 of Verse by AC Benus  
     
     
    My Twentieth Year
    Book 4 of Verse by AC Benus  
     
     
    Morningstar: The Malaise
    by Headstall  
     
     
    Writing prompts
    by albertnothlit  
     
     
    Life Seed
    by albertnothlit  
     
     
    Falling Apart
    by craftingmom  
     
     
    Headstall's Reflections
    by Headstall  
     
     
    Scraps from a Diary
    by AC Benus  

    Don't forget.... Read, Write, and REVIEW!!!
  8. wildone
    Hi Everyone, a little late today as I was sleeping on the job Renee has taken some much deserved time off and will be back later.
     
    This week in the GA News Blog we had a couple of different posters.
     
    Monday started off the week with Cia announcing the May CSR Feature, London and Love By Carringtonrj. The invite is out to all to read and then review and discuss this 45K story later on in the month. Make sure to add it to your reading lists for this month.
     
    Wednesday, I made a special appearance on the Blog to discuss new guidelines regarding the posting of images and links to the site. Due to recent events GA has to change and enforce these to ensure our revenue stream continues to make the site nearly 100% free to Members and Guests.
     
    Friday the Weekly Prompts were missed for a week for a big announcement. AJ let us know that Cole Matthews is now a Signature Author!! Congrats to Cole and make sure you visit this blog post or his forum post to ensure you pass on the congrats to this much deserving Author.
     
    Anthology Announcements:
     
    ***NOTE: All Deadlines are for submission to the Anthology Proof Team**
    2016 Summer Anthology: Wicked Games - Due May 26th, 2016 2016 Fall Anthology: Blindsided - Due August 26th, 2016 2016 Winter Anthology: The Forgotten - Due November 26th, 2016 All Pre-2016 Anthology Themes - Due December 14, 2016

    Premium Updates:
     

    Journey's End by M.A. Church; Book 2 of The Harvest *Premium*
     
    Signature Updates:
     
    No Flash by Cia
     
    Innocence & Carnality by Mann Ramblings
     
    From the Cup of the Worthless by Cynus
     
    The Best Year by Krista
     
    Black Widow by Mark Arbour; Book 16 of Chronicles Of An Academic Predator (CAP)
     
    The Secret Life Of Billy Chase 9 by Comicality; Book 9 of The Secret Life Of Billy Chase
     
    GA Writing Prompts by Dolores Esteban
     
    Leopards Leap by Graeme; Book 3 of The Lilydale Leopards
     
    Promising Updates:
     
    Morningstar: The Malaise by Headstall
     
    Falling Apart by craftingmom
     
    Gay Metal by carringtonrj
     
    One Hundred and Fifty-Five Sonnets AC Benus; Book 5 of Verse
     
    ...And All Shall Fade To Black by layla
     
    Don't forget.... Read, Write, and REVIEW!!!
  9. wildone

    Pictures, Pictures, Pictures

    By wildone,


    News Archive
    On the site for the last while there have been discussions with the members on the public forums as well as privately in our Staff forum about the use of pictures and what is allowed on GA and what isn’t.
     
    As a site we strive very much on keeping most of GA free for all our members and guests. Our main revenue streams are Premium Membership and ad revenue from Google Ad Sense. Our Premium members contribute monthly or yearly to help defray the server costs as well as the helping to run the popular contests as well as soliciting Premium works. Google Ad Sense is applied to the site needs the same way. The staff are all 100% voluntary, giving generously of their time.
     
    We have been evolving as a free webpage over the years, from our early beginnings to our current format which will be updated even more in the near future. One of the aspects of the site that is very popular is the Gallery Bar at the top (if you haven’t closed it) of the Forums page. Those pinned images also take visitors to the public member galleries with personal albums where there are even more pictures.
     
    Recently an active topic started up in the Lounge where we got down to what constitutes a copyrighted image and what kind of images are allowed on the site. If you haven’t seen that topic or would like to read it again, it can be found here. Mentioned in that topic is that Google Ad Sense has some certain rules regarding what images can be allowed when shared with a Google Ad on the same page. If you click through our pages, you most likely will see a Google Ad at the top or bottom of the page. This helps create the revenue to keep the site free.
     
    Google Ad Sense rules are what we, the Administrators of the Site, have used as guidelines to protect our ability to use their program. They are:
     
    Not allowed:
    Nudity Strategically covered nudity (eg: arms and legs covering genitals or breasts) Sheer or see-through clothing Lewd or provocative poses Close-ups of breasts (women), buttocks, or crotches Partially clothed underage persons (below 18 years of age)

    There will always be images that push those boundaries, and we, as a site, will now be more proactive in monitoring these basic rules. These will be for images posted to our galleries, images in member Avatars, Blogs, and also but not least, images linked in stories or topics. We included the last rule because as a site we strongly discourage minors from posting images of themselves. This is a basic internet safety precaution and we will continue to stress this. These images won’t be banned, but we ask that underage members take into consideration their own personal internet safety by not posting searchable images of themselves or friends who haven’t given permission for their image to be on site.
     

    Going forward, you will be notified of these rules when uploading pictures in the Gallery and on your profile for your avatar. The no links rule will be upon the individual members to police themselves and, if reported, the Forum Moderation Team will investigate. In the past the FMT hasn't really leveled warnings as there was a grey line on what was allowed. Hopefully with these clearer rules, we won't have to investigate more because members will understand our reasoning and adhere to the rules. Please also understand that we know you can turn on any major sports channel and see male divers/swimmers in their ever revealing speedos, but this does not constitute what normal dress is. If you want to post a picture of shirtless male, we don't want to see him in either his underwear or his speedos.
  10. wildone

    Weekly Wrap Up!

    By wildone,


    Weekly Wrap Up
    So have you woken up today with a candy hangover? Or worse, for those of age, a real hangover from partying too much? Well time to pack away the ghosts, goblins, ghouls, and drama queens (like that will happen ).
     
    We had a little different week here at the GA news blog for this most festive weeks of the year.
     
    Monday saw our monthly CSR Discussion Day. This month we not only had 1, not 2, but 3 stories, hahahaha (done in my best Count voice). Three stories were up for the month to be read and commented on. Gee Whillickers, Cynus and Bill W were our featured Authors. Cia asked all 3 some questions about their own experience with Halloween and how it played into their stories.
     
    Wednesday was a very, very, very special treat with Renee giving us our 4th Word Search. If just the thought of doing a word search hadn't scared you away, then the fact that she scrambled up the words that you had to find must have sent everyone screaming and pulling their hair out. If you didn't get it all figured out, here at least is the unscrambled words:
     
    Ghost, Pumpkin, Happy Halloween, Candy, Costumes, Bats, Spiders, Spooky, Trick or Treat, Scare, Jack-o-lantern, Haunted, Mummy, October, Witch, Vampire, Skeleton, Boo, Haunted House, Candy Corn, Monsters, Werewolf, Goblin
     
    Friday was the most skariest Prompt Me! in a long, long, long time, as I had to do it for the first time. Actually it wasn't too bad as I took a couple of Comicfan's previous prompts from a couple of years ago. Both were creative ones, the first being a First Line of "Because, I'm leaving you". The second was using a Tag of 'Murder'. There may have been some insinuation that I may be eliminating certain staff here at GA, but I'm totally innocent . We also looked at prompts from the previous week by JohnAR, jamesavik and albertnothlit.
     
    Anthology Announcements:
     
    ***NOTE: All Deadlines are for submission to the Anthology Proof Team**
    2015 Winter Anthology: Blackout - Due December 3rd

    By our Promoted Authors:
     

    The Degan Paradox by Rob Colton; Book 3 of Galactic Conspiracies *Premium*
     
    The Holly and the Ivy by aditus; Book 1 of The King's Mate
     
    Reece's Choice by Renee Stevens
     
    GFD 12: Blood Ties by Comicality; Book 12 of Gone From Daylight
     
    Sword of Kings: Tempered by Fate by Bill W; Book 3 of Sword of Kings
     
    The Caretaker by Rob Colton
     
    Fortitude by Cia
     
    Innocence & Carnality by Mann Ramblings
     
    Avery & Matt shorts by craftingmom
     
    Aber Zombie and Finch by Graeme
     
    Veil of Shadow by Stellar; Book 2 of unnamed
     
    PIERRE and the AMBIGUITIES – A Filmscript by AC Benus; Book 7 of The Secret Melville
     
    Toy Soldiers by Dabeagle
     
    Grip by Topher_Lydon
     
    Don't forget.... Read, Write, and REVIEW!!!
  11. wildone
    Hi Everyone
     
    Turns out that I'm helping out in a pinch with this weeks Prompt Me! blog entry. Our prompt guru Wayne, aka Comicfan, and Renee are shall we say 'indisposed' for now.
     
    Since I'm not an expert here, I thought I would copy a Prompt Me! that was originally posted on October 17, 2013 by Comicfan. I thought why not give this another go to share your Spooktacular writing skills with all!
     
    Prompt 270 – Creative
    Tag – First Line
    “Because, I’m leaving you.”
     
    Prompt 271 – Creative
    Tag – The Murder
    You had been invited for a vacation, and happy to get away from your daily life quickly took it. Once you were dropped off at the island, you found you were one of only four people there. All of you had been invited, but none of you seemed to know the host, and you all seemed to be stuck with no way off. There was the fully stocked house, a pool, and all sorts of luxuries, but no phone service and no way off till the boat came back. That first day was great until the storm hit, knocking out the power. You went in search of everyone else, the group of you all came upon the body of one of the other guests. Who committed the murder and why? Will you survive to get off the island?
     
    And no, I did not murder Renee or Wayne or Cia......yet
     
    Last week there were 3 responses to the two prompts given, lets take a look at all 3.
     
    Prompt 457 Creative: "To say you loath spiders would be a gross understatement. However, you woke this morning and couldn’t see out your window, there were spider webs as thick as a curtain just outside your window. As you make your way around the house you see them everywhere outside. What is going on that you have so many spiders at your house?"
     
    We have this Halloween themed story by albertnothlit called The Pact
     
    Prompt 456 Creative: “How did I forget his birthday again?”
     
    First was an entry by JohnAR in his 41st entry in Metaprompts
     


     

    Second was an entry by jamesavik which is a continuation of Cadet Cruise
     

    Remember the prompts are here to help you write, explore new ideas, and try things you might not otherwise attempt. For our readers we ask that you comment on any story you might read, hit that like button, and tell your friends what you have enjoyed reading. Nothing like helping to boost a writer's readers like word of mouth. 'Til next time, be safe and be well.
  12. wildone

    Weekly Wrap Up!

    By wildone,


    Weekly Wrap Up
    So the seasons have changed from Summer to Fall in the Northern Hemisphere and from Winter to Spring in the Southern. Hoping that you are enjoying the changes in your area Shall we see what happened in the GA News Blog this past week?
     
    Monday was our monthly C S R Discussion Day with Cia doing an interview with Graeme. Some different questions were asked by Cia and then you, the readers took over and asked your own questions of him. Although there is a major time difference it went over without a hitch. How many times have you been able to have your answer come back before you actually asked it in time?
     
    Wednesday took a different spin for our Premium Discussion. Cia outlined how any of our Writers who may be motivated to write a Premium story for the site can, and how you can earn cold, hard, cash for your efforts! This is great opportunity for our Authors to receive some revenue or receive help in getting your completed story so it can be published. Once again, this is small way that we thank our Premium members for helping keep the vast majority of the site free for all.
     
    Friday had the prompt guru Comicfan give us our weekly dose of Prompt Me! Two new prompts were shared by Wayne. First being a list of words for a creative prompt; an apple, a farm, hay, a horse, a diamond ring. Second was another creative prompt of 'A Fair' . This week Wayne shared some responses to the 'What did he just say?' prompt by featuring Puppilull, ATrueFan, Parker Owens, James Savik, Thecalimac as well as Timothy M. Looks like it was a good response.
     
    Anthology Announcements:
     
    ***NOTE: All Deadlines are for submission to the Anthology Proof Team**
    2015 Winter Anthology: Blackout - Due December 3rd

    By our Promoted Authors:
     

    The Degan Paradox by Rob Colton; Book 3 of Galactic Conspiracies *Premium*
     
    A Fool's Thoughts by aditus
     
    2015 Prompt Responses by Valkyrie
     
    Fortitude by Cia
     
    Reece's Choice by Renee Stevens
     
    HMS Valiant by Mark Arbour; Book 7 of Bridgemont
     
    Sword of Kings: Tempered by Fate by Bill W; Book 3 of Sword of Kings
     
    Destiny - a novel by AC Benus
     
    Cosmic Inception by Cia
     
    Innocence & Carnality by Mann Ramblings
     
    Gay Metal by carringtonrj
     
    Global Explorer II by David McLeod
     
    Toy Soldiers by Dabeagle
     
    Black Widow by Mark Arbour; Book 16 of Chronicles Of An Academic Predator (CAP)
     
    The Holly and the Ivy by aditus; Book 1 of The King's Mate
     
    Lie of the Serpent by craftingmom
     
    The Secret Life Of Billy Chase 9 by Comicality; Book 9 of The Secret Life Of Billy Chase
     
    New Kid In School by Comicality
     
    Shelter by Comicality; Book 1 of Shelter
     
    Space Pioneer 4 - Akar Kazbek by Dolores Esteban
     
    Don't forget.... Read, Write, and REVIEW!!!
  13. wildone

    Weekly Wrap Up!

    By wildone,


    Weekly Wrap Up
    Wow, what a great week. Hoping the weather was great where you are, we hit 3 record breaking days for the past 10 years here so enjoying being indoors for a while and working on the wrap up.
     
    First off, the voting for the first round picking the 2016 Anthology Themes is now closed. A very big thank you to everyone who contributed to narrowing down the number of great ideas. GA relies on you the Members to help drive the direction of these special events, and sincerely appreciates your input.
     
    The week started off with the blog reviewing our Feature Story. This week it focused on our month's Signature Author, Dolores Esteban's story Cold Case. Cia contributed a great review which has now piqued my interest and I have added it to my reading list. Also there is the link where you can download the Signature Background for the month as well. Check the story out and make sure you leave a review.
     
    Wednesday was a followup with Interview Wednesday with Dolores Esteban. Dolores agreed to sit down in the dark and dank interview room at GA, with a single light shining in her face, a dripping noise coming from the corner, handcuffed to the table and the smell of second hand smoke in the room....okay, got carried away there . Cia asked Dolores some interesting questions including where she got the inspiration for Cold Case. Surprising to me, Cold Case spun out of a Prompt Friday prompt from Comicfan. Great to see that what started as a prompt response turned into a full story.
     
    Friday, Cia took over the blog for Friday's Prompt Me. Comicfan this week presented us with two different prompts. First Creative prompt was for all the Anne Rice or Stephanie Meyers fans out there; Vampires. If you think you can do better than the two them, why don't you give a stab at upstaging them . The second one was creative as well with using the following words; a clown, a motorcycle, vacation tickets, chocolate cake, and a ring. Sounds like a good horror story theme. Lastly, Cia featured James Savik's response to Prompt 437. Great job James!!
     
    Anthology Announcements:
     
    ***NOTE: All Deadlines are for submission to the Anthology Proof Team**
    2015 Fall Anthology: Blurred Edges - Due September 3rd 2015 Winter Anthology: Blackout - Due December 3rd

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    Pretty Little Thing by Nephylim
     
    By our Signature Authors:
     
    Veil of Shadow by Stellar; Book 2 of unnamed
     
    Cosmic Inception by Cia
     
    Innocence & Carnality by Mann Ramblings
     
    Global Explorer II by David McLeod
     
    Sword of Kings: Tested by Adversity by Bill W
     
    Space Pioneer 3 - The Yanara Archives by Delores Esteban
     
    Leopard Spots by Graeme; Book 2 of The Lilydale Leopards
     
    Black Widow by Mark Arbour; Book 16 of Chronicles Of An Academic Predator (CAP)
     
    By our Promising Authors:
     
    Presence by carringtonrj
     
    Lie of the Serpent by craftingmom
     
    Destiny - a novel by AC Benus
     
    Don't forget.... Read, Write, and REVIEW!!!
  14. wildone
    Read a very interesting article, which didn't bring in politics
     
    The Declaration of Independence
     
    The right to Life; the upholding of Obamacare to ensure all Americans have the right to live and have access to the medical treatment to pursue that.
     
    The right to Liberty; States removing the Confederate Flag and symbols of the flag which is looked upon by the majority of Americans as being as a symbol of old attitudes and discrimination.
     
    The right to the Pursuit of Happiness; Marriage equality allows all Americans to pursue marriage which some would call the most significant symbol of happiness.
     
    I think that the US had a giant correction to make this document even more true and meaningful once again. Even in the 2000's, shy of 250 years later. Also this declaration was the document that some will argue framed the US constitution.
     
    My congratulations is not just to the US for the Marriage Equality, but to all Americans for what may be looked back upon as one of the most historic weeks in the history of US in hundreds of years
     
    Please note that the first and second many be contentious among different members. I just feel if you look at America as a whole, this is a good example of progress. I'm not looking for an argument, but, if you so feel to argue against the points I won't stop you, just I won't respond
  15. wildone

    Weekly Wrap Up!

    By wildone,


    Weekly Wrap Up
    Wow, what a busy week here at the GA News Blog. I don't have time to be my witty self today We had one of our busiest weeks since we went to our new format.
     
    Monday we kicked off the week with the CSR Discussion Day with the Author of Penguin joining everyone in the blog for a live chat. Valkyrie participated in a grueling interview with Cia earlier where we learned Valkyrie dressed up for the questions in a pair of jeans and a purple t-shirt . Several Members weighed in later in the day to ask her some questions which she very promptly answered.
     
    We took a breather before Wednesday when a popular feature reared its ugly head (notice no apostrophe in its) The Grammar Rodeo #4 appeared where Cia tried to convince everyone that grammar is fun . Although the blog was meant to feature Singular and Plural Subject/Verb Agreements, this lead to interesting lessons on different topics including its versus it's. Make sure to check out all the other topics brought up in the discussion. Fun, eh?
     
    Thursday we had a Special Announcement where craftingmom was named as our newest Promising Author. There is now two pages of Congratulations in that blog if you want to add your name, or, you can visit the Forum Announcement too.
     
    Friday we rounded up the week with the Prompt Guru Comicfan presenting this weeks Prompts. Two new ones were presented; Creative First Line of 'He put his hand where?', and one with the tag 'The Interview'. Finally in recognition of craftingmom's promotion, Cia featured her Prompt response from the week before.
     
    Usually that would be enough, right? Well no, we didn't stop there!! Saturday we learned that the Signature Author of the Month will be Bill W and his story Crash Landing. Also included was a quick accolade from Foster as well as the desktop background. Make sure you download it for the month of June.
     
    Bulletin ..................... Bulletin ..................... Bulletin
     
    The month of June here at Gay Authors we are celebrating Pride Month. We're going to run a fun scramble in Games & Humor every Sunday. The scrambled words? Titles and author names from stories here on GA! There will be 10 every week posted in a topic and then you PM your unscrambled answers to Cia. DON'T post your answers in the public areas of the site--or you hurt your chances of winning!


    What are you playing for?

     

    First Prize: A year's digital membership to Out magazine
    Second Prize: 2 Months Premium Access
    Third Prize: 1 Month Premium Access
     
    Rules: Both parts of the scramble must be correct to count. The person with the most correct answers at the end of the month wins the first place prize, 2nd most correct 2nd, etc... If there are ties, Random.org will be used to determine the winner, and those not winning will be entered in the 2nd and then 3rd place prizes as necessary.
     
     
     
     
     



    PLAY THE GAME

     

    Anthology Announcements:
     
    ***NOTE: All Deadlines are for submission to the Anthology Proof Team***
    2015 Summer Anthology: Road Trip - Due June 3rd 2015 Fall Anthology: Blurred Edges - Due September 3rd

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    Pretty Little Thing by Nephylim
     
    By our Classic Authors:
     
    Ticking by Dabeagle
     
    By our Signature Authors:
     
    Cosmic Inception by Cia
     
    Force of Nature by Krista
     
    Fortitude by Cia
     
    Global Explorer II by David McLeod
     
    HMS Valiant by Mark Arbour; Book 7 of Bridgemont
     
    Sword of Kings: Tested by Adversity by Bill W
     
    Leopard Spots by Graeme; Book 2 of The Lilydale Leopards
     
    Space Pioneer II - The Titan Plot by Delores Esteban
     
    By our Promising Authors:
     
    Presence by carringtonrj
     
    Beneath the Current by craftingmom
     
    2015 Prompt Responses by Valkyrie
     
    Sanctuary by Sasha Distan
     
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  16. wildone

    Weekly Wrap Up!

    By wildone,


    Weekly Wrap Up
    Renee is away for the weekend attending a wedding. Since she isn't here, you are all stuck with me. Let me say that for a small fee, I will be selling pictures of Renee in her Bridesmaid dress
     
    On Monday for our Featured Story, it was for our Signature Author for the month of May, Krista. We had her 2008 Anthology "Finding Alex" featured. Suvitar wrote a great review of this story and I believe enticed a few of us to go back and read it for the first time or maybe the second or third times.
     
    One interesting part of Suvitar's review was her second last sentence; "This is one of those stories where characters and the plot left me wanting more." Well, in a departure from the usual way of doing things for the Signature Author Wednesday Post, Krista took some time to write us a great Extended Scene to give us a glimpse at what happened after the story concluded. Quite a few of us were brought to tears with this gripping look into the future.
     
    One last thing about Krista, does anyone know what 232 days is to her?
     
    Friday was another couple of prompts from the ever popular Prompt Me! Comicfan supplied us with another two to get our creative juices flowing over the weekend. This week the first Creative prompt was Bombshell. I'm sure we have all lived though one of those. The second Creative prompt was to feature the first line; "But why would you want me to meet you there?" In addition, Renee featured a sample of two of the previous weeks prompts as penned by John AR as well as Atruefan.
     
    Anthology Announcements:
     
    ***NOTE: All Deadlines are for submission to the Anthology Proof Team***
    2015 Summer Anthology: Road Trip - Due June 3rd 2015 Fall Anthology: Blurred Edges - Due September 3rd

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    Pretty Little Thing by Nephylim
     
    By our Classic Authors:
     
    Ticking by Dabeagle
     
    By our Signature Authors:
     
    Streak by Mark Arbour; Book 15 of Chronicles Of An Academic Predator (CAP)
     
    GA Writing Prompts by Dolores Esteban
     
    Cosmic Inception by Cia
     
    Force of Nature by Krista
     
    Global Explorer II by David McLeod
     
    Sword of Kings: Tested by Adversity by Bill W
     
    Fortitude by Cia
     
    Leopard Spots by Graeme; Book 2 of The Lilydale Leopards
     
    Space Pioneer II - The Titan Plot by Delores Esteban
     
    By our Promising Authors:
     
    Poems by Carringtonrj
     
    Barbed Wire Heart by Cole Matthews
     
    Sanctuary by Sasha Distan
     
    The Hollow Hills by Valkyrie
     
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  17. wildone

    Weekly Wrap Up!

    By wildone,


    Weekly Wrap Up
    Hoping everyone here has a super week! With the release of the 2015 Poetry Anthology it's time to start looking forward to the 2015 Summer Anthology and the 2015 Fall Anthology. Pop by the Anthology Forum for all the details, the theme for the Summer Anthology is Road Trip!
     
    This week we're going to go a little bit backwards in our look back at the week.




     
    Friday of this week we put aside the Prompts for a week as we had a much awaited Anthology, the 2015 Poetry Anthology! There is four entries from four different authors. Don't forget to leave the authors a review to let them know what you think!
     
    Working backwards again.....
     
    Wednesday was a fun day with the 2nd of the Word Searches brought to us by Renee. Although inundating to look at the first time with all those letters, somehow you will find a lot of the sites Promising Authors hiding within.
     
    Monday started off the week with Savory, Bitter and Sweet by Percy as the Featured Story of the week. TimothyM shared with us his review of a story that caught his attention and wanted to share it with all. If you are looking for something new to read, why not give it a look.
     
    Anthology Announcements:
     
    ***NOTE: All Deadlines are for submission to the Anthology Proof Team***
    2015 Summer Anthology: Road Trip - Due June 3rd 2015 Fall Anthology: Blurred Edges - Due September 3rd

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    Pretty Little Thing by Nephylim
     
    By our Signature Authors:
     
    The Life of Seeon by Comicfan
     
    Cosmic Inception by Cia
     
    Streak by Mark Arbour; Book 15 of Chronicles Of An Academic Predator (CAP)
     
    Fortitude by Cia
     
    Global Explorer II by David McLeod
     
    Sword of Kings: Tested by Adversity by Bill W
     
    GA Writing Prompts by Dolores Esteban
     
    The Secret Life Of Billy Chase 8 by Comicality; Book 8 of Billy Chase Chronicles
     
    Leopard Spots by Graeme; Book 2 of The Lilydale Leopards
     
    Space Pioneer II - The Titan Plot by Dolores Esteban
     

    By our Promising Authors:
     
    Sanctuary by Sasha Distan
     
    A Fool's Thoughts by Aditus
     
    London and Love by Carringtonrj
     
    Barbed Wire Heart by Cole Matthews
     
    Poems by Carringtonjr
     
    The Hollow Hills by Valkyrie
     
    Don't forget.... Read, Write, and REVIEW!!!
  18. wildone

    Weekly Wrap Up!

    By wildone,


    Weekly Wrap Up
    Spring has sprung and it seems like everyone's mood is picking up after which has been a long hard winter for some areas in the Northern Hemisphere. Other areas in Southern Hemisphere are, I am hoping, heading into a mild winter.
     
    One of the things about Spring is that they always seem to bring the dreaded Spring Cold. Renee is sidelined with one right now so I have stepped in to ensure she is taking her meds, hot baths, and getting as much rest as possible. Join me in wishing Renee a speedy recovery
     
    Reminder to stop into the Blog tomorrow and check out this months story that will be the focus of the CSR!
     
    Monday was the CSR Discussion Day for Roommates by Krista for the month of March. Cia started off asking some pointed questions we all needed to know, like do you make you bed in the morning. One question had Krista saying I may be her current mentor. I think she needs to look up the word mentor Then the best thing about CSR Discussion Day, Krista made herself available to answer the questions that you the Members had for her.
     
    Tuesday had us all learning our Month of April's Signature Author as well as getting the Signature Background to download! This month we are focusing in on Andy78's Magic in the Air . Knowing some of Andy's writing I am definitely going to check this one out, one sadly I haven't read yet.
     
    April Fool's day had us tuning in for a feature that we all look for, and definitely not for anyone who could be mistaken for a fool. Dark took over the blog and graced us with this month's installment of Ask an Author. The 26th installment had questions for Carringtonrj, Joann414 and Mark Arbour.
     
    Friday rolled in to end the work week for some and hopefully some of you have a long weekend depending on where you are in the world for the Easter Long Weekend. Prompt Me guru ComicFan provided us with two new prompts for the weekend. First was using the following words in a story; rain coat, patch of ice, steak, blue fuzzy slippers and a Greek Statue.

    Does that work? Okay, I can take a hint, I should not think I'm an author and move on  
    The second prompt was creative one of The Clown. This one looks like it could be fun and I won't subject you all to my idea for that one
     
    Finally Delores Esteban's prompt from the previous week was featured in the blog.
     
    Anthology Announcements:
     
    ***NOTE: All Deadlines (except Poetry) are for submission to the Anthology Proof Team***
    2015 Poetry Anthology: Remember - Due April 15th (Poetry Anthology is exempt from the Anthology Proof Team) 2015 Summer Anthology: Road Trip - Due June 3rd

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    Pretty Little Thing by Nephylim
     
    By our Signature Authors:
     
    GA Writing Prompts by Dolores Esteban
     
    The Strange Life of Jonas Marks by Comicfan
     
    Dribbles by Cia
     
    Global Explorer II by David McLeod
     
    Force of Nature by Krista
     
    Sword of Kings: Tested by Adversity by Bill W
     
    A prompt a week by Comicfan
     
    Leopard Spots by Graeme; Book 2 of The Lilydale Leopards
     
    Streak by Mark Arbour; Book 15 of Chronicles Of An Academic Predator (CAP)
     
    Jessie-101: Online Celebrity by Comicality
     
    Cosmic Inception by Cia
     
    By our Promising Authors:
     
    London and Love by Carringtonrj
     
    The Lonely Heart Club – a prompt story by Aditus
     
    The English Year by Jwolf
     
    The Hollow Hills by Valkyrie
     
    Sanctuary by Sasha Distan
     
    Poems by Carringtonrj
     
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  19. wildone

    Out of my home for now

    By wildone,

    Well, to cap off a crappy week where I have had to work minimum of 12 hour days for the past 13 days and now compulsory overtime at work for another 2-3 weekends, I got off a bit early yesterday and headed home.
     
    Once I got off the elevator to walk down the hall to my apartment style condo, I saw two of the Condo board members standing outside of my unit. I noticed a huge wet stain of water outside my door and then noticed that my door and door frame were all smashed up.
     
    Since I'm tired and really nothing is fazing me lately, I ask what happened?
     
    They told me that the lady in the unit above me had a plumber come in the morning to unclog her sink drains. Well the plumber managed to push the block down a floor, and when he ran water, it drained fine. The problem being that now everyone two floors up that used their kitchen sink was draining to the block on my floor, and it was coming out my kitchen sink.
     
    This also leaked into the unit below me and also into the hallway and front lobby of the building.
     
    So the Condo Board had called everyone needed, showing up over the next two hours. I had a locksmith come and shore up the door so it can be reasonably locked up, then the building's engineering contractor came and found the clog and made sure to auger it out to the basement (checked the basement after) and then the Disaster Recovery team showed up and power vacuumed up what water they could and installed a couple of industrial dehumidifiers inside my unit, one outside the door, and a couple in the lobby downstairs. Then they started pulling up carpet, baseboard and linoleum and checking for damage.
     
    This was all compounded by the fact that it was sludge, not clean water that came down the pipes.
     
    Initial estimate is to tear out the carpeting, the linoleum, the kitchen island that has the sink and dishwasher in it, about a foot or two of the drywall around the kitchen and into the bathroom, take down and rebuild the drop down ceiling above the kitchen (water was dripping down from there), replace the lighting fixtures, rebuild the door structure, new door frame, new door, repair all the drywall around the door, and then a few drywall joints that the moisture caused to split throughout the place. Then they will have to replace the ceiling in the lobby, the unit below me, the hallway and the carpeting in all areas as well.
     
    The good news is my 'personal' property wasn't damaged, but a courtesy call was put in by me to my insurance company. All of this work will be paid by the building insurance and then they can decide if they go after the plumbing company or the unit owners insurance.
     
    My mantra with all the extra work and now this is 'oh well'. Not too much that I can do about it now.
     
    I am staying with my sister for now, and don't have a timeline for when I can move back in.
     
    Someone in my province won $50 million last night in the lottery, I'm going to go check my ticket, cross your fingers that I can move away from all of this
     
    Might not see me online too much in the immediate future, but will try to pop in at least once a day.
     
    So how was your Friday night
  20. wildone

    Bill Cosby

    By wildone,

    I'm going to delve into something that may be polarizing just based on the accusations of rape against Bill Cosby and how much weight you put in your opinion.
     
    As most know, Bill Cosby has now been accused by 18 women of inappropriate behaviour, aka rape, by 18 different women of different ages, races, and all over the US. None of which have been proven in court as most happened long before the statue of limitations have expired in the states of the supposed acts happened in. Civil charges may be coming, but criminally, Bill Cosby has never been investigated or charged in any jurisdiction.
     
    So here is my Bill Cosby story...
     
    Back in the late 1980's I was working at the NHL arena in my city. One night, Bill Cosby was putting on a concert in the round. I usually started 2 hours before the event and had done so and was just standing where I usually did, which was outside of where the referees dressing rooms were. This also happened to be where most bands and stars used as their dressing room as well.
     
    Standing there and not really paying attention, from behind me I heard a 'Hey there' and turned around to find Bill Cosby standing there in a t shirt and sweat pants. I'll be honest and say that I'm not really a 'star struck' person who goes nuts when meeting someone famous.
     
    After a 'hello' back, he reached out with his hand and said something along the lines of you know who I am probably, but who are you? After introductions, he asked if we could chat for a while.
     
    We talked probably just shy of an hour, during that time my boss walked around the corner and eyes bugged out and signaled to me to stop and come over to him. Bill noticing me distracted turned around and saw my boss around 20 feet away. Observant, he called over to him, 'hey, are you Steve's boss?' He walked over and said yes and Bill went through the introductions again, and very politely told him that he was engaged in a conversation with me and would be done soon so if he could excuse us until we were done and politely turned his back on my boss.
     
    Wow, just an FYI, the building General Manager came up to me during the show and said she had a meeting with the promoter at their request where Bill had shared his conversation with me was private and that he started it and didn't want to see me in trouble for only doing what he asked. She told me that she had spoken to my boss and that I had did the right thing as we are all there to help out with any of requests of the stars.
     
    So our discussion, we talked about a ton of things, he mainly wanted to know about me, what I did, where I went to school, what I did for fun, what sports I played. Certain parts he would ask for more in depth info about. Interesting thing is, some of the things we talked about became part of his show that night. Sort of like he could connect with a crowd that could relate to some of what I had brought up, hockey, curling, the local University, etc.
     
    Towards the end of our conversation was the only time that I felt an uncomfortable feeling with. We talked about him and the Cosby Show which was in it's last season I believe.
     
    He asked about if I watched the Cosby show, and if I still did. He stopped me before I answered and said he might ask me for some more information, but to be 100% honest with him, he wanted to know my true feelings about the TV show, not necessarily himself.
     
    I admitted that for many years his show was something that brought all of our family together and it was something that we all watched as a family religiously every week, together while watching on the same TV in the same room.
     
    He asked about my favourite shows, my favourite characters, my favourite lines (one which he was having a serious discussion with his son and said 'Theo, I brought you into this world and I will be the one to take you out of it ).
     
    Then the uncomfortable question, do you still watch it every week, where I had to honestly admit that it wasn't the top show on my watching list. The logical question which was really really really hard, why not?
     
    I decided that I trusted this man that I was talking to and decided to be honest with him. I told him that for years that I watched the Cosby show for being the funniest sitcom on TV and it was a great show to talk about with everyone else the next day. It was a basically funny! Even the serious shows still had the comedy that lightened the mood while still getting the message across.
     
    What had changed? In the year I found the show much less funny and seemed to have shifted more to a black rights focus and I missed the comedy.
     
    Bill listened to me explain the reasons, and when I was done, thanked me for my honesty. He said it was interesting to him that I used the term 'black rights' where if he asked ask the same question down in the States someone would have called it 'African American Rights' but he didn't find it offensive or derogatory in any way. He said to him black and African American was synonyms (I remember that word ) and one wasn't better than another' He explained his feelings on what he continued to call black rights.
     
    He also said that the producers of the show and him had discussed long and hard about the direction of the show before they choose that direction. Saying he didn't regret making that decision, but he also realized that I was one of the millions that maybe felt the same way and the ratings had dropped off.
     
    Lastly, he thanked me for my honesty and also to not think that in any way my feelings made me less of a person in his mind as probably himself, if he was a viewer, was coming for the comedy and message, then he himself would probably change the channel if the show went in a strange tangent after so many years. He shook my hand, thanked me again, and said he had to go get ready for the show.
     
    I watched the whole show and picked up on the references that he had pulled out of our conversation and made part of the show. At the end, while receiving a standing ovation, he bowed to all four sides of the seating bowl to the sold out crowd. Then he went to the point of the stage where he was closest to where I was and pointed at me and winked and gave a thumbs up to me. Probably nobody knew what he was doing, maybe I was wrong, but I do believe that was intended for me.
     
    I have never seen him or talked to him since, but it left an lasting impression with me.
     
    So, while all the controversy goes on today, I have questioned if this charming, funny, intriguing man could be also a rapist?
     
    I will not accuse the women of lying, but I also won't accept their story as gospel either.
     
    I will continue to hold this man in high regard for my one hour that I had of his time. I will continue hold out hope that this accusation are false, but also realize that if are proven in a court of law than I may have to change my feeling about this man.
     
    I guess what I'm saying is that a lot of people who have never met Bill Cosby are making judgements about him based on the word of people that they have never met either. I am going to weigh more into what I 'personally' know about the man than the people I have never met.
     
    Therefore, like I would want to happen to myself, if I ever found myself in similar situation, I will treat him innocent until proven guilty.
  21. wildone

    Weekly Wrap Up!

    By wildone,


    Weekly Wrap Up
    Out with the old and in with the new!!! No I'm not referring to Renee and myself but the passing of 2014 and now on our way into 2015. Renee is taking a much deserved vacation or she is recovering from a massive hangover from New Year's Eve. I'll let you all decide
     
    We had a busy week on Blog for the end of the year and into the new one.
     
    Monday was a chance for Cia to bring us the CSR Discussion Day with Delores Esteban. Not only did they discuss Delores' story Space Pioneer, but also gave a sneak peek into the yet to be released sequel! Did you know she eats plenty of fruits and veggies
     
    Tuesday had our last Tech Tuesday brought to us by Cia relaying a message on behalf of Myr. Basically what Myr is looking for in this weeks addition is your feedback on what you would like to see? Technical issues with old and new software, new things for the blogs, what would YOU like to see come to GA in the future?
     
    New Year's Eve Day had Renee looking back at some of the Prompts that may have been missed or not having responses on. She dedicated this Wednesday as Second Chance Prompts to give people the chance to take another stab at them. What a great way to finish out the year! We did have some enthusiastic takers on this challenge.
     
    New Year's Day found Cia bringing us the Signature Background for January which is a tribute to Stellar's story Hidden Sunlight. In addition to a great graphic for your background of the month, Cia introduced us to one of my personal favourite stories on the site .
     
    Friday's Prompt Me introduced two new prompts and a new Poetry prompt for all to have a go at. Prompt 382 Creative gave us 5 words to try to incorporate into a short story. Prompt 383 was very seasonal in that the deals with New Year and some resolutions. Also the Fifth Poetry Prompt which involves coming up with some Couplets based on some music. Finishing up Renee shared a prompt from Totallyy.
     
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  22. wildone
    I am really in shock of the current events of today in Ottawa in our Nations Capital and on Monday in Montreal. I guess I always knew that this one day may have come, but still, it doesn't lessen the deep sense regret that our lives will be changing going forward.
     
    I will try to sum up the events of the past 3 days, based on the latest news reports and the just finished speech from our Prime Minister Steven Harper.
     
    On Monday, two Canadian Armed Forces members, one in uniform, one not, were hit by a speeding car which changed its direction to run them over. One soldier died later of his injuries. The driver of the car was caught and shot dead by the Police. This person has been described as being a radicalized member of ISIS a year ago. He had his passport seized by the government when he tried to leave the country to go to Turkey and then onto Syria to join ISIS.
     
    Today, this morning, a normal morning in our Nations capital of Ottawa. A gunman jumped out of a car and shot a soldier, Corporal Nathan Cirillo, 24, who was doing ceremonial duty at the National War Memorial, the tomb of the unknown Soldier. He was unarmed. He was shot in the back. The gunman then went into the Parliament Buildings and started opening fire in the Hall of Honour underneath the Peace Tower. He continued to fire his weapon and made his way to where the Prime Minister was meeting with his caucus. The shooter was confronted by the Sargent of Arms, a ceremonial position for the security of Parliament. A former RCMP officer, he shot the gunman dead. Thank god for him being armed.
     
    Just recently it has been learned the gunman's name is Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, 25, from Quebec. He has a lengthy criminal history for drug and some assault charges. He too has recently had his passport seized by the Government for going overseas to fight with ISIS too.
     
    The fact that all of this has happened on Canadian soil is something that we have never seen before. I am always amazed how places like Great Britain and the US and other countries have kept a stiff upper lip (a British saying) as they deal with this. Now, I guess it is time that Canada will be doing the same.
     
    How this will change us? I'm not sure. I really hope that things that Canadians hold as values don't change. We are generally a peaceful nation that doesn't really have gun issues except with gangs that is everywhere. We believe we are safe in our homes, at work and at play.
     
    I imagine you are asking why these people were free when they had their passports seized? As the police said, you can't arrest and lock someone up and take away their freedom for their thoughts. I generally agree with this, but I imagine this will change too. The RCMP have said that there is 90 Canadians across the country that are 'persons of interest'. I know that these people may be looking at increased scrutiny from law enforcement since these two incidents have happened this week.
     
    Another thought of mine was, would we have been better off to have just let them leave and go join ISIS? Immediately I knew this was the wrong. As I personally grieve for the two soldiers lost, I know that we have to take care of the ISIS threats within our own borders rather than let them join the groups in Syria and Iraq. There, they could be part of killing thousands. No life is expendable.
     
    Some say it shouldn't be a surprise. Al Qaeda and as recently as a month ago and ISIS has declared Canada as one of their targets. The US, Britain, France and Australia are the others named. I guess when you don't have any experience with dealing with this, just how are you supposed to react?
     
    Now, why I put this in my blog, I'm going to get a bit political.
     
    Canada has basically 4 national parties. The right of centre Conservatives who are currently in power, the centre Liberals, the left of centre (some refer to socialist) New Democrats, the official opposition, and the far left Green Party.
     
    Parliament recently debated sending Canadian fighters to Kuwait to participate with the alliance to do bombing runs against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. With a Conservative majority the motion was passed and yesterday the planes and support staff left for the Persian Gulf. All opposition members voted against it.
     
    What irritated me beyond belief was the speeches made by the the Liberals in Parliament and outside. They recently elected Justin Trudeau as their leader, the son of the former long term Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau. I will not share my opinion of his father, as this could go on for weeks. Justin had the gall and audacity to not only insult our Military in this country but said Canada could do more good by providing food and aid to the people in the Mid East fighting ISIS. He insulted everyone's intellect by saying that no Canadian military action was necessary in the Mid East.
     
    I will give the New Democrats credit, they voted against the mission based on ideological reasons, but did not insult or demean our Military or anyone.
     
    Well I wonder what the Liberal Party's messiah is doing now? Was he in Parliament today putting his body behind his words? Was he trying to go out and buy lunch for the gunman and talk to him to show him the error of his ways? I think we all know the answer to that. Probably was under a desk screaming for someone to protect him, (my opinion).
     
    I grieve for the family and friends of these two dead soldiers. I grieve for the change in what we maybe knew would happen, but actually has.
     
    If anything, this blog has helped me put my thoughts down in order.
     
    One last thing. I work with a Muslim lady at work. We have discussed how the MAJORITY of Muslims in Calgary and Canada speak out and actually help the police and such with identifying the radicals that are hiding within their community. She personally has told me that if one of her family members were to go down the wrong path, she would ensure they were held accountable but would still have the unconditional love a mother would have. She was nearly in tears today as the news came out. I have to agree with her. Not only does she grieve for Canada, but because of what, 90 people, millions will be judged going forward. Not only is this a horrible day for me, but for the 99% of Muslims that will have absolutely nothing to do with ISIS or other radical Islamic groups.
     
    Please do not turn this blog into a racist, hate filled commentary on Muslims in general. You will do yourself nothing but exposing the flaws of your logic....in my opinion.
  23. wildone

    Weekly Wrap Up!

    By wildone,


    Weekly Wrap Up
    We are fully into the month of October and lots has happened this past week here at the GA News Blog




     
    We started off the week with Cia presenting us with a bit different of a CSR this month. October is the Seasonal Spooktacular where we are featuring 5 different Anthologies to get us in the mood for Halloween at the end of the month. We have Vampires, Witches, Were-Creature, Mutants and Ghosts oh my!!
     
    Rise of the Serpent by Celetheiel, Magic in the Air by Andy78, Midnight by Mark72, Ones and Zeroes by Mann Ramblings and The Harpsichordist by Carl Holiday, are all being featured this month. After checking out these great stories make sure you take part of the CSR Discussion day on October 27th!!
     
    Premium Tuesday had Renee presenting us a brand new Premium story that started last week; The Harvest: Taken by M.A. Church. Having read the first chapter last week has me intrigued to see where this story will take us! In addition to featuring this new story, there is several links to help anyone out who is interested in becoming a Premium Member here at GA.
     
    Wednesday was another departure from the usual with Renee taking look at some of the fun that can be had in the Games and Humor Forum. We got a quick synopsis of the most popular forums; Last Post Wins, Word Association, Questions, Questions, Questions and LolCats. These ever popular forums have been going for almost as long as we have had Forums!
     
    Friday had us return to Prompt Me. Comicfan enticed us all with two new prompts. In the first creative prompt we were given the first line of "Why do I even bother?" In keeping with our October theme this week, the second creative tag entitled "The Fair" We have all gone to a local county fair or similar gathering, but what if this year something sinister decided to come with it? Finally Valkyrie71's prompt from the week before was featured.
     
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    Global Explorer by David McLeod
     
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  24. wildone

    Weekly Wrap Up!

    By wildone,


    Weekly Wrap Up
    Guess what? I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack
    Been a busy week this week with lots of great information shared through the GA News Blog.
     
    Monday was a surprise for Renee, as there was a conspiracy behind her back to have her story Joined By Blood as the featured background for the month of October. This story will surely get us all in the mood for Halloween only 26 days away Make sure to pop by the Blog to download the screen savers, one with a calender, one without!
     
    On Premium Tuesday there was a review of Rob Colton's The Cassini Mission. Not only did we all get a quick review of this great story, there is four easy links to help anyone interested in becoming one of our Premium Members. For as little as $7.75 a month, you can be an integral part of keeping GA the site it has become as well as remaining mostly free!
     
    Wednesday had us have the much anticipated Ask an Author brought to us by Dark. This Blog is so successful since we get great questions from you the members putting forth great questions to Dark to ask our selected authors. This time around we hear from authors comicfan, K.C., and reddirtwriter.
     
    Friday had us return to our regularly scheduled Prompt Me. Our resident prompt guru Comicfan gave us two new and challenging prompts to take a try at. First was a list of words to use in a story; fall leaves, rain storm, blue jeans, kitten, and a pizza (I read a story in premium this week that included in all those, but I don't think it counts). For creative we had for a lack of a better description, involved adopting a dog, which benefits not only the dog, but you too! We also had the 2nd Poetry prompt which is write two Haiku. One what you observed in a secluded patch of nature, and one of a urban setting. We can thank AC Benus and Irritable1 for bringing these prompts to us. Lastly we got to see Aditus' response to the previous prompt that was posted.
     

    Anthology Announcements:


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    Lost Inside by Cia; Book 2 of Carthera Tales
     
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    Global Explorer by David McLeod
     
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    GA Writing Prompts by Dolores Esteban
     
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    Redemption's A Bitch by Sasha Distan
     
    Thorny Poetry by Thorn Wilde
     
    Barbed Wire Heart by Cole Matthews
     
    A Wolf And His Man by Sasha Distan
     
    Vintage by carringtonrj
     
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  25. wildone

    Weekly Wrap Up!

    By wildone,


    Weekly Wrap Up
    Well this is my first week without the training wheels on, so lets hope I don't go home crying with a scraped knee Renee will be back next week to whip this back into shape!
     
    Final Reminder: SonoLuminus has decided to participate in Light the Night, a walk to raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. She has dedicated her walk, and even named her team, in memory of Robert (aka Trebs) who passed away on August 7th after a long battle with Mantle Cell Lymphoma. To learn more about Light the Night and how you can help support SonoLuminus, please visit the lounge topic.
     
    Monday's review day was posted by Cia with a review of an Andrew Todd short story entitled 'Empath's Kiss'. The review by Renee introduces two characters Damon and Kai and one of their unique abilities to act as an Empath. Spoiler: This is a GREAT read and will make you craving more. Luckily Andrew has followed up with a story called 'Chosen'
     
    If that wasn't enough to pique your interest, Premium Tuesday brought to our attention Stephanie L Danielson's Ice Fairy II. Lots of quick and easy options available to you in case you want to take out a membership which will help keep this site mainly free for all!
     
    Wednesday, Cia gave us the run down's of why and how of Flash Fiction writing pointing out how fun, short and self-satisfying it really is. Then to finish off, Cia issued a Micro Challenge where she asked us to describe a picture in 10 words, no more, or no less. Unfortunately I failed as I tend to write long sentences and without punctuation and too many useless words that never in the end making any sense at all.
     
    Finally the week was finished up with our amazing Prompt Guru giving us two new prompt for Prompt Friday. First was Use the following in a story - bottle of pills, birth announcement, a balloon, a scuffed sneaker and a new car. Second was the tag The Book. Check out the blog for the details of this prompt! Cia also featured Rook Lee and Greg_A's response to the Micro Challenge and feature Sasha Distan's Prompt 352 response.
     
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    Vintage by carringtonrj
     
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    And last, but certainly not least, please remember to help us thank Myr this week for his incredible dedication to this site from its original version to the site we have today. He doesn't just keep the site open, but constantly strives to ensure GA is an awesome online gathering place for the QLTBG community as well as one of the premiere sites for quality gay fiction.
     
     
     




    12 YEARS! THANK YOU, MYR!!


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