Valkyrie

FYI, I have an army of those surrounding your house right now. Sweet dreams!

After consulting with the other admins, we've decided to change that rule and allow multiple submissions per author. Thanks for pointing this out!

Ain't no amount of editing fixing that 🥂

Nah, definitely not a rock climber! Glastonbury Tor is more like a big hill. Still a pretty steep climb with high winds at the top. I honestly don't know how I made it to the top, but I'm pretty proud I did

This is the definition of a Tor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(rock_formation) The one I climbed was Glastonbury Tor.

I just spent two wonderful weeks in the south of England, seeing everything from the Cerne Giant (Google it if you're not familiar... ) to Stonehenge at sunset. I could write an entire story about all the sights and experiences from the trip, but at the moment, will have to settle with two prompts based of actual things I experienced during my adventures. PT Prompt #217 After travelling for over 24 hours with pretty much no sleep and lots of Dramamine (motion sickness med that makes you very drowsy), you arrive at the house you rented in a foreign country with your friends. You all enjoy a delicious dinner, then decide to hike up the local Tor to see the sunset. Despite very little physical prepping for the trip, you make it to the top and celebrate this achievement! On the way back down, in the dark, you encounter a man on his way up the Tor. You stop to let him by, and end up talking for over ten minutes. At the end of the conversation, the man tells you he loves you and then you exchange a heartfelt hug. What was the conversation about? What happens next? PT Prompt #218 You've rented out the majority of a house for your trip with your friends with the exception of one room. During your stay, there are other guests who have booked that room. The one time you decide to cook breakfast instead of having yogurt or cereal, you set off the fire alarm in the kitchen. What were you cooking? How do the other guests react? Please include the prompt number either in your story/chapter description or title to help readers who would like to search for specific prompts. Also, please remember that stories less than one thousand words must be posted as part of a collection. If you check the subgenre 'prompt' in your story tags, then people/readers can find everything here: https://gayauthors.org/stories/browse/subgenre/prompt/ As an FYI per Aditus' request, I wanted to let everyone know that he is taking a short break from his GA duties to attend to family matters. Cole Matthews and I will be alternating weeks to continue to bring you prompts every week. Addy hopes to be back by late summer.

May 2, 2025 would have been Comicality's fiftieth birthday. We thought that would be a perfect day to feature a tribute to our beloved friend, author, and mentor. We're announcing it now so that his fans will have an entire year to work on writing a story, letter, poem, or whatnot on a topic that resonates with them with respect to Comicality. Coming of Age - A Tribute to Comicality Due date for submissions: April 25, 2025 No minimum length Submissions may contain one chapter, or one prologue plus one chapter. Authors may contribute more than one submission. The usual GA content guidelines do apply. Please use appropriate genres, tags, and story/chapter notes as applicable for your submission along with any message you wish to add to your tribute. Upload your story to GA; however: DO NOT SET THE PUBLISH DATE/TIME! I will do this when I create the blog entry. Also, DO NOT EDIT YOUR STORY after you've posted it. It messes with the system, and we may not be able to fix it. Once your story is uploaded, then post the link in the Links thread in the Writing Circle club. Due date to post link to thread is April 25, 2025 by 12:00 AM EST. I will post the link to the thread below, after I have created it (which will likely be after this blog has posted).

I'd like to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped make this year's GA Poetry Anthology a huge success! We had 16 poetry submissions to read, all of which are linked to below. If you haven't already, I highly recommend checking them out and leaving our site poets a comment, reaction, review, recommendation, or all of the above! I'm thrilled with the support for this year's poetry anthology, and I'm already working on next year's anthology. So thank you, site poets for your incredible contributions, and thank you, site readers for supporting our poets with so many lovely comments and reviews! Putting together GA anthologies is very much a team effort, so I would also like to thank everyone who worked behind the scenes to make this anthology possible. Anthology Coordinator Valkyrie Tech Support Myr Cia Wildone Anthology Banner Creation Cia

I hope to read and comment on everything this weekend. I am still recovering from my trip and appointment yesterday.

Wow, what sad news to wake up to this morning. Comsie was a pillar of GA and always supportive and helpful. He gave back to GA in many ways through his articles and writing, and I know he touched many lives. I'm in shock right now. RIP.

It's week three of our 2024 poetry anthology - Seasons, and we have six more poems and poem collections to enjoy! Be sure to leave a comment or review for the poet. A reminder that I will be on vacation from April 7-22nd with limited availability to be on site, so please direct any technical issues to @Myr @wildone or @Cia

Thank you, everyone! I will respond properly once I'm back from my trip. I just published Chapter 2, so be sure to check that out as well

Spring Garden-fresh herbs grow; dill, rosemary, thyme, basil make Friday’s baked fish. Summer Cooling citrus soothes; lemon, mint, chives, cilantro flavor beach picnics. Fall Pumpkin spice heaven; Cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg elevate hot drinks. Winter Warm spices comfort; Ginger, cardamom, nutmeg mean family time.

Summer The tired willow slumps over the bank of the trickling creek. Parched leaves, parted too early from brittle branches, drift in languid circles, caught on once-submerged rocks protruding from the bed of the drought-stricken waterway. The willow’s roots reach ever deeper, seeking sustenance for the clinging, curling leaves. A kingfisher sways with the branches, hoping for a meal caught in eddies carved by the water when the river raged,

Two sets of poems featuring different takes on the theme "Seasons".

Welcome to week two of our 2024 poetry anthology - Seasons! Enjoy these next five poems and poem collections and be sure to leave a comment or review for the poet. A reminder that I will be on vacation from April 7-22nd with limited availability to be on site, so please direct any technical issues to @Myr @wildone or @Cia @Aditus and @Valkyrie both have two chapters, so be sure to come back tomorrow to check them out!

If I had stayed home, I would have been in the path of totality. But going on my trip of a lifetime makes it easier to miss it. Plus, meeting a hot Scotsman who tells me he loves me is icing on the cake He did give a great hug though I won't marry him though, not even on impulse

I see Steve decided to blame me for something when I'm not even in the country right now. Little does he know, that I packed my laptop and am able to check in periodically Now, considering that I got up at 5:00 am on Sunday, drove 5 hours to my friend's house, then we drove three more to Boston, where we hopped on a plane for a 7 hour flight across the pond, followed by another 2 hour flight. Then we waited several hours for my friend's sister's plane to arrive from Poland, and we had quite the adventuresome drive to our rental house. Despite not having slept for over 24 hours, we decided tonight would be a good night to climb the local Tor to see what we could of the eclipse. I am extremely proud to say that I used all my Valkyrie might and climbed the summit. This was definitely an experience I will remember for a lifetime! We met some pretty awesome people, and I even had a guy tell me he loves me, which earned him a big hug Despite going on now almost 2 days with no sleep, I am energized and not nearly ready to get some shuteye. But I am rambling now, so I will shut up and plan something nefarious for Steve, since he seems to want to manifest something

I will read and comment on everything when I am back from my trip

I am very happy to announce that we have 16 amazing submissions for the poetry anthology this year! We will be featuring them throughout the month of April, in celebration of National Poetry Month. Enjoy these first five poems and poem collections and be sure to leave a comment or review for the poet. I will be on vacation from April 7-22nd with limited availability to be on site, so please direct any technical issues to @Myr @wildone or @Cia

I'm merely returning the basket of goodies that @wildone stole from the little kiddos back to them.

I will definitely have to check this out! Of course it's good, if Libby wrote it I can't wait to see what's in store for the anthology 😁