It's been a busy week and our buddy @wildone has went out to the wilds on vacation. Somebody, somewhere forgot a little something... so I'm dropping this in and you'll have to check back later for more updates. -Myr Update: That somebody was, me Cia... and I developed a migraine last night and went to bed at 7:30 PM and slept for 11 hours. Isn't that always the excuse? 😉 Too much sun yesterday, and I'm not as good as Wildone to get a nasty burn and keep on working. He's a machine! My family rightly calls me a vampire, and we're on day 6 now of a heat wave of 95-100+ degrees. I hope everyone else is surviving the weather where they are at!
Let's stay indoors and catch up with this week's blog posts:
Monday's blog was our CSR Discussion Day. Did you read July's story by James Matthews? August's Feature day is tomorrow!
Thursday was a feature by Valkyrie about her Anthology experiences. Have you considered participating in this year's event! Deadline is coming soon!
Friday featured Disability Pride prompts, also brought to you by Valkyrie. How about a short challenge before tackling the anthologies? *hint, hint*
Saturday Comicality spoke to elements that don't work in writing. Have you run into those?
Myr was his busy, busy self as always and shared some truly interesting Word of the Day blogs:
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Since it's the last day of July, let's check out how we did on the month's goals. Looks like we need to up those story comments!
Anthologies, Writing Challenges, and Contests
2022 Anthology - Anniversary - Submitted to @Valkyrie for the proof team by Sept. 1, 2022
Blog Opportunities
Ask an Author 3.0: Send in 3 questions that you would like your favourite story's author to answer for you. Send them into @astone2292
Story Review: Send it in to @wildone or @Timothy M.
And here is the look at the past weeks postings on all our Authors and Poets!
Recently Updated 'Premium' Stories
On Fire by Cia
Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories
Gap Year by Mark Arbour
Waiting Outside The Lines by Comicality
Northern Exposure by Mark Arbour
rima fragmenta, Fragments of a Rift: Fifty Sonnets for Kevin by AC Benus
Carême in Brighton — a mystery novel by AC Benus
On Fire by Cia
The Great Mirror of Same-Sex Love - Poetry by AC Benus
Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories
House of Frost by Dabeagle
Finding Good Trouble by Ronyx
Recently Updated 'Promising Author' Stories
To the Weyr by Mawgrim
Death in the Shadows by astone2292
The Cockney Canuck by Dodger
Recently Updated 'Author' Stories
WL's Gay Manga and Anime Review by W_L
Tall Ship Adventures by quokka **Complete**
Shadow Effect by kbois
CRYSTALLINE by Wombat Bill
Detour by matcha
The Kid On The Bike by RichEisbrouch
Luke Hanson's Mind & Punishment: A Teen in Despair by James Matthews **Complete**
Canaan Club by Westley D.
ARROW by CLJobe
WL's Mainstream Gay Book Reviews by W_L
Good Guys Don't Date Bad Boys by Laura S. Fox
Come Back To Us by LittleCherryBlossom26
Hamilton Gode by Luca E **Complete**
Forever Yours by vanalas
JM Shorts: That Year With Joe (A Three Part Novella) by James Matthews
Diamond Eyes by ValentineDavis21
C.E.C.O. by Thirdly
Finding love by AquariusGuy
Ark II by R. Eric
Dragon's Roar by Xfighter1984
Read, Write, and REVIEW!!! (Don't forget to Recommend too!)
As we work to fill up our queue of features and what not, I thought I'd drop some stats information about some of things going on at the site.
Reactions For the Last 6 Months:
Note, that the percentage is vs the previous 6 months. Very clearly, the most positive reactions are the most popular.
