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Happy Birthday Emoe I Love Emoe's edited stories! He has a great eye for promising GA Authors

Glad you are enjoying it! Well, if you need any help, feel free to ask. I am trying to use my Blog as a tool for Commentary and I am open to answering readers questions openly and answer it for others as well.

They're new at this and are human. Far too often in this kind of genre of writing, people are too perfect with decisions, sometimes you make good choices and still have issues later. No one has a great strategic plan to defeat fundamentalism; monitoring is all that is possible right now until we can find targets, then when we do find targets, it must be a target that can be attacked or investigated with the lowest resistance. This front of their fight is low hanging fruit and it is easiest to figure out links with evidence violating federal and state law. (Also, it's an area I know a good deal about as I worked in Health Care for 6 years as a Corporate Accountant from both Hospital side and Insurance side.)

Reminds me of an old horror movie:

Kind of Poignant and probably overdone, but it is now stuck in my head

https://www.gayauthors.org/story/w-l/0sand1scbdt/6 Before I talk about this chapter, I want to say that my heart is with France, Mon coeur est avec la France. This chapter is oddly poignant for today. Kevin is the voice of reason in a unreasonable world; he is shocked to learn how far people are willing to go to win an ideological victory. I wrote this chapter a month and half ago and sent it over to Kitt back in September, just pondering on the notion of Terrorism and ideological motivations behind people. It is fucked up that we live in an era, where some human beings no longer see each other as human. We have become so ideological prompted by leaders and ideals that we forget the basic decency of being human. Where has compassion and honor gone? Beyond the poignant nature of this chapter, I also began a long string of actions that will play a big role in the 1st half of my story. The investigation has begun with many difficult questions in front of our heroes and the affects may not be as they plan.

Chapter 5 (Kevin Driscoll, Code Name: Shelley) That son of bitch keeps surprising me, but I am glad he surprised me again. He was preparing to fight a bigger war than I had ever imagined. I knew Benji had his suspicions about Ryan’s attackers, but I never thought it would be that bad. I guess I’ve been spoiled by loving parents, lots of sexual partners, and a best friend who will probably take Bill Gates’ place on Forbes. There’s always been animosity between LGBT people and

Haha, Wonder if the actual size of maps correlate to the size of....average male endowments

Yes, 1940's and 2000's are fabulous! PS: I prefer this video, I think it's a little more suggestive (Don't worry, I checked with pauses, he does have some kind of underwear )

Definitely one of the Greatest feats of GA writing, it will take you several months to go through it, so if you are like me and stuck in the snowbound in the winter, open it up and grab some hot cocoa.

I didn't see anyone start a thread on this over the summer or even after Lawless made her own pitch for what a new series would look like, so I thought I'd start one and get some fun thoughts. For the kids, Xena Warrior Princess was one of those Campy 90's Fantasy TV series, before LOTR and Harry Potter, we had to suffer through Hercules: The Legendary Adventures and its spin-off Xena Warrior Princess (At least Lawless could act better than Kevin Sorbo). Was Xena a bad show or character? Not really for its time, as a kid I actually idolized Lawless' character; even though I am a guy. She was cool in the type of bad-ass I give a crap type of way. The show also featured the most developed, to that period pre-QAF and L-Word, Lesbian relationship between its main characters. Watching it again, it looks cheesy and campy, but at times, I remember why I liked it, because it had some fun one off stories and arcs. However, I don't know about a reboot, unlike Heroes, X-Files, or even Star Trek with current or in production Reboots, Xena seems sort of "meh". There's some evidence that you should not re-invent an icon, like the latest Peter Pan Movie, "Pan", which is going down as one of the biggest flops of 2015. Xena worked in the 1990's, because it challenged viewers to enjoy the absurdity and the popcorn action without thinking about the plot or impossible sequences (It's like Walker Texas Ranger with a female lead, basically since both series had absurd plots). A modern audience will not be so easily pleased by stuff like that. If you push the lesbian love between Xena and Gabrielle too fast to get ratings, all you will get is softcore porn on Mainstream TV (NBC has run out of ideas, so I won't put it pass them ). Based on the reports so far that the studio still has not chosen writers, it's pretty much open season if you know a studio connection, just send them a pitch script with a reboot idea. Personally, if you want a serious fantasy story from what I have read on GA, we can handle it better than most of the hacks in Hollywood.

Where's the dang Space Hotel?- Rusty Griswald driving a space plane heading into a wormhole (The Next National Lampoon Vacation in "Space Vacation" ) Outside the joke, I thought they Russians were building a Space Hotel Maybe its the infertility disclaimer at the bottom of the news story that scared people away (Got to love X-Rays and Gamma Rays, it's everywhere)

Happy Birthday Nephy!

You got a major weakness that few other readers noticed. It's true these guys are only playing defense right now, because they are still trying to figure out the best approaches to this new fight ahead of them. It will bring tragedy and new issues later on as you read past chapter 9 in December Good catch

https://www.gayauthors.org/story/w-l/0sand1scbdt/5 How are secrets kept in the real world? The answer from WL, they're not. The modern world is so stuffed with information outlets from 24 hour TV News, streaming videos of private citizens, blog entries like this, and even old fashioned paper mediums. However, secrets can be compartmentalized, each piece revealed and opened up as needed to achieve a certain goal. If I were running the CIA, it would be the most logical way to keep secrecy in a free and open society: compartmentalization, segregation of details, and handles for names (probably that's how it really works right now). Yes, I am working on bigger things in this story down the road that you guys probably can imagine in a million different ways by how I used overt reference to Turing's contribution to the field of Counter Intelligence (one of the first great Computer Scientist was also the father of Modern Counter-intelligence) and media manipulation. You learn a lot more about Hunter as an underdog, who is willing to compromise his beliefs and ideals, if it means bringing his foes to justice. Hunter is more than just an avenging angel, he's a complex moralist with certain limits that being tested. You are also meeting Ben Jie Long, or "Benji". No that's not my Chinese name, though I know a few guys named Ben, which ironically is their Chinese name as translated weirdly enough. He's one part me and one part an amalgamation of people I know. Loyalty is a character trait he has in excess; it's a cultural thing as well as a bond that he shares with Hunter and Kevin. If you are wondering, Kevin and Benji do enjoy each others company along with a select group of friends, but Hunter is monogamous. The scene of the secret exchange between the friends is going to be repeated. I am going to keep this circle small at first, because in reality, you can't start a covert group of counter operatives without time assembling of resources. I hope the Babylon 5 references aren't boring you either

Chapter 4 (Hunter Douglas, Code Name: Verne) It took a long time to make everything fall into place and build a big cover story for myself. There’s an old sociological concept about focusing attention at what is presented to you in order to divert attention from what is potentially the most dangerous to you. The Allied combined forces during World War II did it prior to the Normandy landings; it is obvious to most people studying history now, and probably to German commanders

Hey Lacey, Yes, you can, but they must be available online. -------------------- Alright Guys, Renee and I are joining forces this year to make the Holiday Contest extra special. GA's team and I will collaborate on a fun and magical holiday for writers and readers alike. My Cash prizes will still be awarded, but GA is also graciously offering some fun additions to my original prizes. New rules and guidelines will be posted by Renee on the official GA Blog, it is time we all write and have fun together as one Community during this festive season

Well, I am not looking to raise money, but who knows if the winning authors decide that their winnings should go to charity, a member wishes can give a matching donation. $75 or $25 isn't much money, so I am willing to give it to the winner in the form of gift cards.

Who wants to do a Secret Santa exchange... GA style? W_L and Renee Stevens are joining forces, and in celebration of the upcoming Christmas/holiday season, we have decided to do a short story contest. For those who already planned on writing a Christmas/Holiday story, this could be the perfect opportunity for you and give you the chance to win prizes, and if you want to use the Secret Santa idea for your story, even better! Stories will be posted by Renee Stevens under an anonymous author name (hence the Secret Santa) designated for this contest and will be attributed to their correct authors once voting has concluded. Full guidelines can be found below, however, the timeline will be as follows: Entry Deadline: 2:00 PM EST - December 15th, 2015 Voting Begins: December 16th, 2015 Voting Ends: December 23rd, 2015 Winners Announced: December 25th 2015 Entry Guidelines Entry Deadline: 2:00 PM EST - December 15th, 2015 1 Story Per Person Minimum Word Count Per Story: 1,500 It is NOT required to use a Secret Santa in your story Stories must be complete Who Can Participate Open to all members: You must be a GA Member, and purchase author status (it's free), so that we can attribute your story to you once the contest in concluded. Do Enjoy writing your story and editing it to the best of your ability with the help of your editing/beta team Include a Christmas/holiday theme in your story Comply with the sites Story Content Rules Send your story via pm/email to Renee Stevens for posting Include your story description, rating, genres, and tags you’d like attributed to your story Don’t Share your story with anyone outside your team or reveal which one is yours before, or during, the contest, or your story will be removed from the voting pool. This restriction applies to your team members as well Include previously used characters/settings as doing so could reveal the author of the story Post your story directly into GA Stories How to Submit By email: Email your entry as a word doc to renee@gayauthors.org with the subject 2015 Christmas Contest Entry. By PM: PM your entry, attached as a word doc, to Renee Stevens with the subject 2015 Christmas Contest Entry Please Note: If you are unable to send a word doc, please PM Renee Stevens prior to submitting Prizes 1st Place - $75 Amazon Gift Card & 6 month Premium access 2nd Place - $25 Amazon Gift Card & 3 month Premium access 3rd Place - 1 Month Premium access Winners can choose to donate their cash prize to an online charity of their choice Winners can choose to gift their premium membership to another member of their choice If you have any questions or concerns, please PM either Renee Stevens or W_L. Voting instructions will be given when the voting commences.

Welcome to GA and to the greater LGBT community. :D The road ahead of you is going to be challenging, but few things in life are easily achieved. If you feel up to it try to write a story or a poem; it helps to vent out some of your frustrations and express your emotions. As for Companionship, I know what you mean I've been on that hunt for a decade now almost.

I'll give you some nuts and jerky

Very long and probably now "hard" Baguettes

James would you trade a pound of candy for a pound of what you had (or have ) As teens, we all stopped doing the trick or treating stuff, but Halloween was simple as a kids holiday.

4:37 PM if you are on the East Standard