Valkyrie

Of course! We handle snow like you guys handle hurricanes

After taking into consideration the results of the polls I conducted about the anthology, the team has reached a decision about what we’re offering next year. In 2023 we will be offering two site-wide events for authors to participate in – one anthology and one secret author contest. Stay tuned for further details on both! People overwhelmingly voted to have one theme for the anthology, and the majority wanted a committee to decide on themes, but also wanted to vote on themes. So here is how we will be handling theme selection for next year’s anthology: I will form a committee who will suggest themes and then narrow them down to a top five. Once the top five have been decided, I will create a poll for the GA membership to vote on. The top choice from that poll will be our theme for 2023. Anyone can become a member of the theme selection committee. I will be limiting the committee to five members, so if I get more volunteers than that, I will use a random generator to select the members. If you are interested in participating, please send me a PM before midnight EST on November 30th, and I will add your name to the list. Once I have selected the five committee members, I will invite them to the Anthology Development Club, where the discussion will take place. My goal is to have the theme for next year decided by the end of this year. A huge thank you to all who participated in the polls and discussion! Your feedback was instrumental in the development of the 2023 site author events.

This word always makes me think of vampires.

Congratulations! Very well-deserved ⭐

Thank you so much And thank you to @Aditus for the great review! It was a nice surprise to see after getting home from vacation.

Thank you so much for the lovely comment 😊

Sorry about that. I didn’t try the links in the blog entry before posting. Try this: https://gayauthors.org/stories/browse/category/27-2010-fall-no-going-back/

I'm on vacation this week, so decided to re-feature one of our past anthologies. Check out the stories from 2010's anthology "No Going Back". Also, please be sure to vote in the two current polls in the Anthology section of the Writer's Club. Both polls close on November 17th. https://gayauthors.org/stories/browse/category/27-2010-fall-no-going-back/

Congratulations!

This is the perfect introduction to Dodger's writing, for anyone who hasn't read his stories yet. I'm looking forward to the interview at the end of the month.

Don't forget to vote in the polls and make your voice heard as far as the anthology(ies) for next year! Polls close on November 17th, then I will begin working on finalizing everything.

Thank you so much! There currently aren't any more stories featuring Patrick. There is one more story featuring Josh and Galen, and that's Chapter 10 of Our Christmas Songbook. I have plans to eventually write a prequel to The Hollow Hills, but I'm working on another story first. I'm notoriously slow when it comes to writing longer stories. There are a few of my early prompt responses that feature Hollow Hills characters. A couple of them feature Ethan and tell more about Elliot. I'd have to look up the chapter numbers, but they're found under 2014 Prompt Responses.

Thank you! I appreciate all the comments along the way.

I use the Emotion Thesaurus all the time. I will definitely check this one out!

Oh hell, yeah! Saltines have no place anywhere near chowdah

Somehow I saw you as a pun guy. Guess I was wrong

Yes, they really are. I used to teach therapeutic horseback riding, and the connections I witnessed were absolutely incredible.

Thank you. I've enjoyed reliving the story through your comments. You are very right about Galen. I'm not sure anyone fully recovers from something like this.

Very true. We had one in the area I grew up in. Took a couple of decades to find him and when they finally did, everyone was stunned. He was well-liked and respected in his community, so you never know.

It's good, but not as good as New England.

The only true clam chowdah is from New England. Manhattan is also excluded so no discrimination there

@astone2292 and @Parker OwensI'm looking at you guys for #86

I love a good play on words, which is why I like Dad jokes and memes with puns. Don't judge me... someone has to laugh at them! Disclaimer: I'm not responsible for any eye strain or facial bruising caused by excessive from any stories inspired by these prompts. PT Prompt #85: Sometimes words have very different meanings across languages. For example, the word "gift" in English means something given to another person without expectation of payment, synonymous with "present". In German, however, it has a much darker meaning - a "gift" in German means "poison". Write a scenario where your character uses a word incorrectly in a language foreign to them and what happens based on the miscommunication. PT Prompt #86: Everybody loves a good pun, right? Write a story riddled with puns. The more groan-inducing and facepalming the better.

You are in for quite the ride from this point forward

Based on the results of the polls I created a couple of weeks ago, I have created two new polls to further narrow down our choices for next year as far as number and type of anthologies/contests, and what you would like to see as far as themes go. The polls will be open for two weeks, then will be closed.