Myr

thanks @Cia I wasn't sure who the coverage person was this week

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: foible coup de grace buckaroo abnegate surly bouquiniste apodictic 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!)

Party, dancing, booze with a good bouquet over @Carlos Hazday's place... (or for the quieter among us, visit a nice bouquiniste and pick up a used book in a genre you haven't tried out before...)

It's not, no. This is on Story Publishing and you are reporting an issue on Chapter Publishing. Mixing issues makes it a lot more difficult to correct things, so please follow the posting rules. See your issue here: We are waiting on the bug patch for this.

Yeah, it's a weird word that the etymology-inclined can have fun with.

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. Chapter Comments For the Last 6 Months: Age Ranges Claimed by Members: Device Usage:

Ah! That's actually a bug... There should be a chapter link there.

Your suggestion does not work for search engines. I've had 20 years experience trying that and immediately disappearing from search to prove it. Ergo, the Stories link provides Story focus while the Home link provides searchable content for search engines that allows Gay Authors to be findable in search. Click "Stories" on the red menu. 3/4 of the traffic at all times of day are in the Story Archive. As @Cia said, we are a writing community as well as story site. If you are concerned only about stories, bookmark the "Stories" link and just use that. It is set up to be functional as the homepage, less the issue with Google delisting us when we do it.