Valkyrie

Today's prompts are brought to you courtesy of my dinner on the day I wrote this blog. 🍳 🥓 This is a tribute to the porky, fatty goodness we all love (well, most of us, @Slytherin ). Bacon makes everything better, right? PT Prompt #63a: Describe bacon to someone who has never eaten it. #63b: For the site poets - Write an Ode to Bacon. PT Prompt #64: You are a strict vegetarian and your non-vegetarian boyfriend has just moved in. To your dismay, he insists on cooking bacon for breakfast every morning. The smell permeates the apartment for the majority of the day, and you are working from home. How do you navigate the first hurdle in your relationship?

Well, that's a fantastic start! I will have at least one story myself. For those of you on the fence, there's plenty of time to get something written and submitted to the proof team. September 1st is the deadline to have it submitted to me, not to be uploaded and ready to go. So never fear, you last minute people! 😁

I’d like to issue a challenge to site authors/poets. Since the anthology this year is celebrating GA’s 20th Anniversary, let’s see if we can get twenty stories/poems submitted. This will also put us over the 800 mark for anthology stories on the site. Let’s thank Myr for creating such an amazing place by making this an anthology to remember. Who’s with me?

Kegler sounds like something that happens at a frat house

So we have it in writing... @wildone is submitting an anthology story! If you haven't started yet, get to it, ya hoser!

Thank you for sharing your story

I like both of these, but like #62 in particular. I still need to finish @astone2292's challenge prompt though.

You've voiced perfectly what so many are feeling right now

Myr posted a great blog last Saturday about the history of GA's anthologies and how participating in the anthology is a good way to get exposure as an author here. Based on the comments on that blog, it sounds like there are some great stories already in the works! One of the perks of being on the proof team is being able to read the anthology stories before they're released, and if the two I've already read are any indication, we're in for a real treat once the stories go live in September. Since there have been some upgrades to the site since we wrote the FAQs for the anthology, we thought it would be a good idea to update them. So today I'm featuring the revised versions of the Anthology 101 and how to upload your anthology story threads. The answers to most questions about the antho can be found in those threads, but if anyone has any other questions about any part of the process to participate in the anthology, please PM either myself or @Cia and we'll be happy to respond. Be sure to scroll down to Cia's post to see the updated version of how to post a story for the anthology:

Don't you be dissing Twinkies

It was a great week here at GA! I've started receiving anthology stories for the proof team, and it sounds like we have some exciting stories in the works for the antho. We have two delicious prompts from @Aditus, although based on @astone2292's response to it, I'm not sure I'm all that eager for cake at the moment

I would say you met this challenge perfectly! You nailed the genre. The descriptions and characters were quite evocative, and I think I need a shower now to get rid of the cigarette smoke and back alley stank. Well done!

So many questions... I don't think The Bun is done with them yet 🍰 💣Great continuation!

I think this is shaping up to be a pretty exciting anthology. Stories are starting to come in for the proof team, and it sounds like there are a lot of great stories in the works. I have some ideas for my own story, which will be my 28th anthology story.

Mmmm... cake 🤤

I have a pair of zibeline mittens I bought from an alpaca farm. I have to keep them hidden, otherwise Knighty steals them and brings them to the bathtub.

How do you make a Kleenex dance? Happy Father's Day to all the GA dads!

Great job conveying a lot of information in such a short story. I would say you met the challenge brilliantly. I would also like more, please

I'm around. Just insanely busy and not posting much here.

Thor is actually number 1, but Chris Evans is right up there too He was just running some errands, but thanks for pointing the way home

June is halfway over and summer is just around the corner, although with the high temperatures lately it feels like summer is in full swing! Pride month celebrations are still going strong. I've been seeing lots of pictures in my FB feed of friends celebrating Pride all over the country. For my birthday this year, I decided I wanted to get some flowers, something I don't tend to keep in the house since I am death to plants The grocery store I shop at had a display of Pride-themed bouquets, so I decided that was what I wanted! So now you know the inspiration for PT Prompt #57! I'd love to hear how you celebrate Pride. 🏳️‍🌈 PT Prompt #57 - Creative While grocery shopping, you come across a display of Pride-themed items, including bouquets of multi-colored flowers with a Pride flag in the middle of them and wrapping paper that says "Love is love". On impulse, you grab a bouquet and toss them in your cart. While checking out, the person behinds you comments on the flowers. Who makes the comment? What do they say, and what happens next? PT Prompt #58 - Technical Let's work on honing our description skills! Choose a common, everyday activity such as brushing your teeth or washing dishes, and explain it in detail to someone who has never seen any of the objects used for that particular task.

Is this why you've worked 40 hours by Wed?

But oh so satisfying!

As opposed to me telling my LPW army, "Sic @wildone!" Especially after the encroach comment. *burp *