Trebs

This was great - very sweet and I loved how they interacted toward the end.

We tried pinning multiple stories and unfortunately it really messes with those who read using the mobile skin. It's still something to be considered if we can figure out a good way of doing it, but in the meantime, we'll make sure to plug the story at least once a week.

REMINDER: our Spring Anthology submission deadline is right around the corner - March 8th for "A Night to Remember". ALSO - Earlier this week, we announced our newest Promising Author - CONGRATS again to Mann Ramblings! We started the week by having a great discussion on the CSR Book Club's February book - Nowhere Man by Jwolf. It was a great discussion and I can't wait to see what book will be announced Monday as our March book. Wednesday we had our latest look at the Pulse Behind the GA Crowd, with another Yettie One interview, this time with Nephylim. Finally we ended the week with two more fantastic Writing Prompts, and a look at Joann414's response to last week's prompt 213 - check it out to see what famous GA personality favors metallic heels! So - how was your week? Anthology Announcements: Spring Anthology "A Night to Remember"- Due March 8th Poetry Anthology "Whispers in the Dark" - Due April 15th Summer Anthology "Roll the Dice" - Due June 8th NEW READING In Premium this week: Empty Corners by Comicality By our Hosted Authors this week: Dreams of Humanity by dkstories, Book 1 of Dreams of Humanity Belovéd by Don H Paternity by Mark Arbour, Book 12 of Chronicles of An Academic Predator (CAP) In The Arms of an Angel by Nephylim, Book 1 of Wednesday Briefs Legacy by Altimexis, Book 29 of Naptown Tales Circumnavigation by C James Tentacles by Nephylim By our Promising Authors this week: The English Year by Jwolf Blind Dates by FrenchCanadian Cold Case by Dolores Esteban Spirit of Vengeance by Hamen Cheese, Book 2 of Adamagika Series The Talents of the Fallen by JMH, Book 1 of Fallen The Luxorian Fugitive by Mann Ramblings Have a great week everyone! Read, Write, REVIEW!!!

FrenchCanadian - I agree that lists of what new chapters have been released helps direct me to stories that "Oh - that sounds like something fun to give a try". But there are also other times when I have a good stretch of time, and I want a complete story that I can just curl up, warm tea in hand and just start churning through. Even while re-reading first Lo(n)g Way and now Fishbowl, I've also gone off and read the latest chapters in the various in progress stories that I'm following.

K - Done with the Lo(n)g Way and up to chapter 6 of Fishbowl. Gack how these characters all have their their tendrils in my heart...

As the month of February comes to a close, we are treated again to another installment of the "Pulse Behind the GA Crowd" - a monthly interview column from Yettie One, with this month a wonderful interview with Nephylim! Pulse behind the GA Crowd by Yettie One In January Cia introduced us to the wonderful idea of the Can’t Stop Reading Book Club, and in January we got to read a story by Nephylim called Memories of Forgotten Love. Personally I thoroughly enjoyed the story, and it was a pleasure to be introduced to Nephy’s work, so it kind of got me inquisitive and I determined that for this months Pulse Behind the GA Crowd interview, I was going to discover a bit about the member we call Nephylim. The first thing I discovered was that Nephy is a proud member of our Welsh contingent here on GA, flying the red dragon in prominent place, she describes herself as a vampire, a fallen angel, a confused soul! This only served to inspire my intrigue and I was so looking forward to this interview. Nephy is a wonderful young lass that features as a Hosted Author on GA. She is published author, and has a well respected place at GA with a loyal following of fans and readers alike. But other than her wonderful stories, an ability to paint the most vivid pictures with words, who is this master of written art? Picture a hearse, with parking sensors to help her park, maybe a star or two, or a skull or something scary and Nephy logo’s on the windows, and you’d know that Nephy has just arrived. A massive fan of cats and owls, a girl who loves the colour silver and someone that is extremely ticklish, Nephy came to GA via google. “I simply decided one day that I wanted to share my writing with others, and someone had mentioned that I could do this online. I consulted with Google, discovered GA, and I’m convinced an angel was looking over my shoulder that day, because I started to post and the best chapter in my life so far began,” she tells me. Every time I chat with a member I ask them about their favourite stories and authors here on GA, and this time was no different, other than for the fact that Nephy mixed it all up for me by making it a challenge for all of us. “I’ll tell you my favourites, but I’m not giving you everything. If you really want to know which stories I mean, then go check out the authors stuff and enjoy discovering them as much as I did!” What a wonderful idea I thought. So her 5 favourite stories would list like this. Check out a story called Against the Machine. It’s by an author that makes his stories exciting, inspiring, intriguing. I never knew from one week to the next what was going to happen, and the flow and writing skill is amazing. Also check out a story by Cia with the blue guy in it. Such a unique and inventive story. I’d have to include the story about Avy, a vampire tale by Dark as one of my top five reads on GA, and let’s not forget the story written by Kavrik about a demon and a werewolf. See what I mean by mixing it up! (hehe, I love it, a challenge within the interview). In terms of authors, I’d recommend stuff from Marzipan who’s work will touch and haunt you with her art. Robin, who is so delicate and underrated on GA, but writes some really astonishing stuff. Andy Q has an ability to create a character that is compelling and dynamic, and Kia Zi Shiru has produced one of my favourite stories ever in Black Sheep. “I’m a home girl,” Nephy tells me when I ask about travel and adventure. “I love my home, it’s warm, comfortable and I’m surrounded by my things, the laptop and plug to the power socket being the number one priority.” Nephy has such a wicked sense of homeliness, even her favourite meal reminds me of good old fashioned home cooking. “It’d have to be a corned beef pie with crusty bread for dinner,” she giggles. “Followed by body chocolate eaten off a body that’s been tied to the bed, kept waiting for a while!” Oh I say, we all love a bit of a cheeky dominatrix, don’t we? But for Nephy, GA is the place where it was all born. “GA is responsible for launching me into the world of writing. The experiences I've had here will be with me for the rest of my life. It was not only my first foray into publishing my writing but also into the realm of communities and chatting to strangers. I have had nothing but positive experiences. Even the occasional spats and conflicts i've had have left me stronger. If I hadn't found GA I don't think anything that came after would have occurred. My stories wouldn't have been written, my characters wouldn't have been born and I wouldn't have had the confidence to get out there and published, that's for sure.” For a quiet powerhouse in the writing department, Nephy was a wonderful person to interview, and I enjoyed discovering more about the person whose words have so entertained me in my time here at GA. I’d like to thank Nephylim for her candor and sense of fun while I probed her time here at GA, and hope you enjoyed getting to see a side to her that will only add to the spice and life of the Crowd here at GA. Next month, we’ll meet a member who’s a lover of horses, a fan of Charlies Angels, and has a great story or two here on GA. Until then, take care, be good, and if you can’t be good be bloody good at it. The Yettie!

And great idead Fishwings!

Just looking through stories we haven't had reviews of before, and that are in the word range. Found these There's The Bully by dkstories - 59K so right in the ballpark. Or Yankee by TheZot, which is at 67K. Or Tyler by VLista which is 89K (so just at the upper edge). First Encounters by underthehoodster, which is at 52,651 My leans would be The Bully or Tyler

K - so after this thread, I decided to re-read a "little" bit of The Lo(n)g Way. Just up to the end of Chapter 10 - ya know... So - since I'm now on Chapter 22, um - I figure I should just finish it (again).

Naw - Trebs was just tired. But now that you mention it Andy, Bailey's does sound like a great idea :-)

ANNOUNCEMENT: We have a new Premium author - Michael9344 - who has been gracious enough to write and offer his story There And Back Again for our Premium subscribers. ALSO - a reminder that the submission deadline for our Spring Anthology, "A Night To Remember", is less than two weeks away. If you have any problems/concerns, the Anthology coordinator is the Radiant Renee Stevens. This month's CSR book club feature is Nowhere Man, by Promising Author Jwolf and if you haven't had a chance to read it yet, you have a bit over a week still before our discussion day on Feb 25th. This week's featured story was Guitars and Crossdressers by Author Layla. Monday, YettieOne gave us a great review of this in progress story. We have some fantastic regular contributors to this GayAuthors.org News Blog - and one that always gets a warm reception for her interesting and helpful articles is Libby Drew. This week, she writes on how Less is More, another spot on writing tip! Wrapping up the week, we had our wonderful weekly writing prompts, thanks to the ever inventive Comicfan. So - how was your week? Anthology Announcements: Spring Anthology "A Night to Remember"- Due March 8th Poetry Anthology "Whispers in the Dark" - Due April 15th Summer Anthology "Roll the Dice" - Due June 8th NEW READING In Premium this week: There And Back Again by Michael9344 Challenging Fate by Renee Stevens By our Hosted Authors this week: Paternity by Mark Arbour, Book 12 of Chronicles of An Academic Predator (CAP) Dreams of Humanity by dkstories, Book 1 of Dreams of Humanity Odyssey by Mark Arbour, Book 6 of Bridgemont The Secret Life of Billy Chase 7 by Comicality, Book 7 of The Secret Life of Billy Chase Tentacles by Nephylim In the Arms of an Angel by Nephylim, Book 1 of Wednesday Briefs Jessie-101: Online Celebrity by Comicality By our Promising Authors this week: The Road to the Future by JMH, Book 4 of The Centurion Cycle Angels Ascending by JMH, Book 3 of The Centurion Cycle Protector of Children by David McLeod Spirit of Vengeance by Hamen Cheese, Book 2 of Adamagika Series Secrets and Lies by Dolores Esteban The Nano Wars: Rebirth by JMH, Book 1 of The Nano Wars The English Year by Jwolf Have a great week everyone! Read, Write, REVIEW!!!

One of the things I love about working on the GA News Blog is being able to highlight stories that some newer members might not know about. Hmm - anyone want to do a review of a Dom story for a future blog entry? We had reviews of Desert Dropping and Under The Mistletoe. It would be great to showcase any of his other stories with a review! Fishbowl is probably my favorite of his stories, and I agree - mentally I'll always think of it as "The Lo(n)g Way". And don't forget his short stories - love Love LOVE his "Valentines Day Goes to the Dog". Of course - the other option is someone start going door to door in Colorado, FIND him and get him to start writing again. Volunteers?

REMINDER: February's CSR Book Club feature is Nowhere Man by Promising Author Jwolf. Feb 25 - a week from Monday, we'll have our Discussion day so you have plenty of time to read this great story and join us in the discussion. Also, with our Spring Anthology right around the corner (March 8th for "A Night to Remember") - we're happy to announce our Poetry Anthology: Whispers in the Dark with submissions due on April 15th. Also, it's almost time for everyone to start thinking of their Summer Anthology: Roll the Dice which is due on June 8th. Look for more information coming soon! So, for this week, we started with a look at Author eliotmoore's Turbulence. Andy021278 gave us a great of review of this dark but interesting tale of life for a freshman at Riverview High School. Wednesday, we had the start of a brand new feature from Dark called Ask An Author. This week, we got great insights on authors furnishedsoul, podiumdavis and CassieQ. Finally to celebrate Friday, we had our weekly Writing Prompts, again from the mind of PromptGuru Comicfan. So - how was your week? Anthology Announcements: Spring Anthology "A Night to Remember"- Due March 8th Poetry Anthology "Whispers in the Dark" - Due April 15th Summer Anthology "Roll the Dice" - Due June 8th NEW READING In Premium this week: There And Back Again by Michael9344 Empty Corners by Comicality By our Hosted Authors this week: Dreams of Humanity by dkstories, Book 1 of Dreams of Humanity Odyssey by Mark Arbour, Book 6 of Bridgemont Circumnavigation by C James Paternity by Mark Arbour, Book 12 of Chronicles of An Academic Predator (CAP) Legacy by Altimexis, Book 29 of Naptown Tales By our Promising Authors this week: The Talents of the Fallen by JMH, Book 1 of Fallen Blind Dates by FrenchCanadian Spirit of Vengeance by Hamen Cheese, Book 2 of Adamagika Series Protector of Children by David McLeod Secrets and Lies by Dolores Esteban Angels Ascending by JMH, Book 3 of The Centurion Cycle Have a great week everyone! Read, Write, REVIEW!!!

Two good methods - go to the Writing Prompts forum, and you'll see a thread for each prompt. Either post your response on that thread, or if you want, post it in GA.Stories and then a link to the story in the thread.

Personal Announcement: For those of you who have been following my health status, here is the short story version - I may be more absent from GA depending on my upcoming treatments. The best part of that though is a recent test confirms that I am IN REMISSION (ie, no current trace of Mantle Cell Lymphoma - so the chemo worked). My sister comes in later tonight for two weeks, the first week will be tests to confirm she's healthy enough to be a donor, then the second week to stimulate production of the stem cells and collect them. They'll freeze the cells, start my prep probably at the end of the month then transplant her cells after 9 days of prep. The whole point is now that my body is in remission, basically use her immune system to help KEEP me lymphoma free (ie, cure it). So - I'll be around here and there, but Renee and others will be picking up my slack So back here on GayAuthors.org, we started the week, as we will be starting all months, with an introduction for the Can't Stop Reading book club feature, with February story being Nowhere Man, by Promising Author Jwolf. Last month's feature generated a lot of interest and comments, and I look forward to our February discussion day of Feb 25th. Wednesday, we had a fantastic look by Myr at Software, Browsers and You - which included information on some of the technology changes of GA. As always, we ended the week with two really creative Writing Prompts from our PromptGuru Comicfan. We're also very happy that it looks like one of last week's prompts has "prompted" the author to consider turning their response into a two or three chapter story! So - how was your week? Anthology Announcements: Spring Anthology "A Night to Remember"- Due March 8th NEW READING In Premium this week: Challenging Fate by Renee Stevens By our Hosted Authors this week: Adverse Effects by Cia, Book 2 of Saving Caeorleia Dreams of Humanity by dkstories, Book 1 of Dreams of Humanity Paternity by Mark Arbour, Book 12 of Chronicles of An Academic Predator (CAP) Tests of Blood by dkstories On the Outside by Comicality The Secret Life of Billy Chase 7 by Comicality, Book 7 of The Secret Life of Billy Chase One Night by Cia In the Arms of an Angel by Nephylim, Book 1 of Wednesday Briefs Circumnavigation by C James Tentacles by Nephylim Odyssey by Mark Arbour, Book 6 of Bridgemont Legacy by Altimexis, Book 29 of Naptown Tales By our Promising Authors this week: A Family Thanksgiving by comicfan The English Year by Jwolf Juvenile Feelings by SidLove The Talents of the Fallen by JMH, Book 1 of Fallen Secrets and Lies by Dolores Esteban Angels Ascending by JMH, Book 3 of The Centurion Cycle Protector of Children by David McLeod Have a great week everyone! Read, Write, REVIEW!!!

WW - it was a great response, and just goes to show you - when you participate, anything can happen! :-)

So as we end January and enter February, we started the week with our first wrap up for our Can't Stop Reading Book Club with Discussion Day. If you've read January's CSR book, Memories of Forgotten Love, by Nephylim, you can still head to the discussion in the link above to give your thoughts on this great work. For Wacky Wednesday, Yettie One continued his monthly Pulse Behind the GA Crowd, with an interview of KingdombytheSea. It is fantastic to get to know a little bit more about one of my favorite authors. Finally, we were treated to two more writing prompts from Comicfan in our Prompt Me feature. It was also very nice to see a new writing prompt contributor be featured as we showed Wicked Witch's response to prompt 201. So - how was your week? Anthology Announcements: Spring Anthology "A Night to Remember"- Due March 8th NEW READING In Premium this week: Empty Corners by Comicality By our Hosted Authors this week: Tests of Blood by dkstories Odyssey by Mark Arbour, Book 6 of Bridgemont Standing in Shadows by Krista In the Arms of an Angel by Nephylim, Book 1 of Wednesday Briefs Paternity by Mark Arbour, Book 12 of Chronicles of An Academic Predator (CAP) Adverse Effects by Cia, Book 2 of Saving Caeorleia By our Promising Authors this week: The English Year by Jwolf The Nano Wars: Rebirth by JMH, Book 1 of The Nano Wars Juvenile Feelings by SidLove The Talents of the Fallen by JMH, Book 1 of Fallen Blind Dates by FrenchCanadian Have a great week everyone! Read, Write, REVIEW!!!

I'd like to thank Yettie One for his regular feature here at the GA News Blog - the Pulse Behind the GA Crowd. This month, he gives us a great interview with KingdombytheSea. Enjoy! Pulse behind the GA Crowd by Yettie One In the tail end of December I managed to pin KingdomByTheSea down while she was in Costa Rica (lucky fish) and grill her about her time here on GA. For me this proved to be an interesting insight into a long standing member of GA and the self published writer Sara Alva. There is a passion to writing that is communicated in the written work of KingdomByTheSea and it got me curious about her experiences here on GA. Thankfully she was kind enough to let me pick her brains we had a really awesome chat and here are the results. I asked Sara what brought her to GA in the first instance. “A couple of years ago, I was flouncing around the internet reading fanfiction and original fiction after a viewing of Brokeback Mountain left me in dire need of happier fare. One day my husband, who may or may not regret this, suggested to me that I write a novel and see how I fared. Little did he know how much writing would consume me, and so started my journey writing Social Skills. It was from here that I discovered DomLuka’s site and worked my way to GA from there. The community of readers and authors were so incredibly welcoming that I joined right away. I spent a few months reading, reviewing and gathering courage and then began posting my own work." Sounds like the rest is history, you could say. At 28 KingdomByTheSea is currently living in California, a golden state girl who’s been writing for about six or seven years now. She first had a crush on Harrison Ford (grrrrrrrr, who didn’t, hehe) and finds blue eyes the most seductive, but feels bad for the brown eyed folk like herself, so she says she has a tendency to write of them as the hot love interest in her stories. A rare breed, in that she’s managed to last this long in life without a nick name, however this is a sore point as she’s always wanted one. “Can someone give me one please?”. I asked Sara about the positive impact that GA had brought to her life, and she warmly spoke of how in her eyes GA has changed her life. “For years I’d dreamed of being a writer, but naysayers and self doubt talked me out of going for that goal in life. When I began posting on GA, the positive responses from readers and other authors literally floored me. Writing, and the friendships I’ve made through GA, got me through a very difficult year last year, and now in a brand new 2013, with the help of friends I’ve made here on this site, I'm about to publish two novels.” You can’t help but admire that courage. “I am so excited that GA is about to branch out into publishing and eBooks, and this step in a new direction is a wonderful new development for the site and writers like us. This continual evolution of GA is what makes it a great place to be and I think it’s a wonderful step forward for us all,” she says. A fan of turtles or terrapins or even tortoises, KingdomByTheSea tells me that she’s once been told that she needed to bring her love for turtles down a notch. A true romantic, she believes you can’t have love without happiness and they belong together. You can’t speak to a person about GA without asking about their favourites, so while grilling Sara, I asked for her top stories and authors. “I would have to pick In Due Time by J_Ross as my all time favourite story on GA. It was the first story I read directly on GA, and it will always have a special place in my heart. The emotions portrayed are raw without being over-the-top angsty. It’s a realistic high school story with some quirky characters that really entertained me. Some of the other stories I’ve enjoyed would include The Ordinary Us by DomLuka, Square Peg in a Game of Dominos by K.C. and Should I by CarringtonRJ.” “To choose a favourite author is so difficult. There are two that vying for my attention I guess and they would be J_Ross and DomLuka as they both manage to write with such a natural voice in their storytelling, you almost forget you are reading.” Towards the end of our chat I asked Sara what stood out to her as the best feature of the site, and she was quick to point to the review facility. “As an author, being able to interact with readers is both exciting and educational, because it allows me to see my story through new eyes. I’ve taken a few reader suggestions into account for revised editions, and believe my work is better for them.” It was frustrating to end my chat with KingdomByTheSea, but all too quickly our time was up. I can honestly say that I’m glad I got a chance to share some time with her, and find out about her experiences here on GA. I’d like to thank her for her time and friendly openness and hope that like the rest of us you check out her work and enjoy reading, getting to know her, and maybe make a friend of another member that adds to the Pulse behind the GA Crowd. Thanks for reading The Yettie.

First - thanks MUST go to Cia for coming up with concept and the legwork to make this happen. Well, that wraps up the reading time for the first story of the GA Can't Stop Reading Book Club! Hope everyone enjoyed the story Memories of Forgotten Love by Nephylim. Now, before we get into the discussion, Renee contacted Nephy and asked her to give us her thoughts on the story. What gave her the idea in the first place? So to start off this discussion, let's here what Nephy has to say! **SPOILER WARNING** The following is a discussion of the story Memories of Forgotten Love by Nephylim. If you have not read the story, we suggest you do so before reading on. Now, for a few questions to get the ball rolling. Feel free to answer one, or more, of these however you like. 1. Who was your favorite character? Why? 2. What was your favorite part of the story? Why? 3. How easy was the technical aspect (medical info) of this story related? Was it easy to understand? 4. How did Noah's situation impact you emotionally? 5. How villainous did you find this story's villain? 6. If you could change the ending, would you? How? Okay, Nephy's brain picked ... questions asked ... blog posted ... GO! Discuss! P.S. If you'd some input in next month's selection, please add a comment with the title of a completed story posted here on GA, between 20-50k (I shortened the overall allowed length since February is a short month). We'll go with one of your selections! (Yes, you can pick a story someone else has picked)

We had a fantastic lunch together at Clyde's at Gallery Place in Washington DC. Perfect timing too - just as we were leaving, the place was getting crowded from the Verizon center letting out (hockey game, I think). Thank you to Quonus for arranging the place and being there with his partner and baby Q! It was great to finally meet Rakuten! Also got to meet George Richard. Sharon (sat8997) and daughter, as well as David (LittleBuddhaWT) and his boyfriend rounded out the group (well, along with me, dkstories and our two kids). Now Dan, the kids and I are back at our hotel to warm up and relax, before heading out to check out the monuments (Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson).

REMINDER: The first discussion day for our brand new GA book club, called the "Can't Stop Reading" (or CSR) Book Club, is this Monday, January 28th. Nephylim's Memories of Forgotten Love is a fantastic read that even if you haven't started yet, once you start, you'll not be able to put it down until you're done and so you'll easily be ready for Monday's discussion. Give it a try so you can join us on Monday! For this past week, we started with a great review by Radiant Renee Stevens of No Strings, by Promising Author KingdombytheSea. This was a story that she wrote for the 2012 Summer anthology and is a wonderful read. Wednesday, we were again treated with a writing tip from Cia, this time on Character Interviews - a worthwhile way to create and explore the backstory of your characters. As always, we ended the week with thought provoking writing prompts from our Prompt Guru Comicfan. The one correction I have to give is while very cold, I still managed to keep all of my bits, thank you very much! So - how was your week? Anthology Announcements: Spring Anthology "A Night to Remember"- Due March 8th NEW READING In Premium this week: Challenging Fate by Renee Stevens By our Hosted Authors this week: Tests of Blood by dkstories Odyssey by Mark Arbour, Book 6 of Bridgemont The Secret Life of Billy Chase 7 by Comicality, Book 7 of The Secret Life of Billy Chase One Night by Cia Tentacles by Nephylim In the Arms of an Angel by Nephylim, Book 1 of Wednesday Briefs Kiss of An Angel by Comicality Circumnavigation by C James Paternity by Mark Arbour, Book 12 of Chronicles of An Academic Predator (CAP) Legacy by Altimexis, Book 29 of Naptown Tales By our Promising Authors this week: Angels Ascending by JMH, Book 3 of The Centurion Cycle The English Year by Jwolf GA Writing Prompts by Dolores Esteban Spirit of Vengeance by Hamen Cheese, Book 2 of Adamagika Series The Nano Wars: Rebirth by JMH, Book 1 of The Nano Wars The Talents of the Fallen by JMH, Book 1 of Fallen Have a great week everyone! Read, Write, REVIEW!!! (ps - stay warm.... Trebs go "brrrrr")

After constant warnings to the kids about packing for cold weather, it has finally hit. So, we're grateful that so far, it has been nice in the 40's, right now is 30 with strong gusts (all temps in F BTW). Forecast is even showing possible snow on Friday (kids "yay", me "groan"). The trip, as Dan has blogged, has been sooooo fantastic. The kids loved how close we were to the stage at the Inaugural yesterday. Obama's speech literally brought tears to my eyes and both Kelly Clarkson and Beyonce were fantastic. Highlight was also James Taylor singing America the Beautiful. On Sunday as we wandered around the Mall, we could hear him practicing as well. I'm in a bus right now on my way back from Dulles Airport. We had a rental car for these first four days, to get our luggage and us to our first hotel, a trip out to the Air and Space Annex museum, then to take our luggage to our second hotel. So, just returned the rental car and headed back - Dan and the kids are checking out more of the American History museum, and when I get back, we're all going to spend the rest of the day at the American Portrait museum. If you haven't been to DC before, all of the Smithsonian museums are free. We're getting around everywhere with a Metro pass, which is relatively cheap at $57.50 for a 7-day pass. This bus ride from Dulles back to downtown DC is "free" because of my pass. Tomorrow the plan is tour the Supreme Court in the morning then at noon is a guided tour or the Capitol. Thurs morn is a guided tour of the Pentagon. Also looking forward to meeting everyone at the GA GetTogether at noon on Saturday! Sounds like a lot (and it is) but 1) we're here for almost 10 whole days, 2) this is a trip the kids will remember forever and 3) with the upcoming bone marrow transplant, I'll be home bound for about 9-10 months, so putting everything into this that we can. Heh - I'll have plenty of time to "relax" later. That's about it for now but be sure to check out Dan's blog as well. http://www.gayauthors.org/forums/blog/494-dkstories-blog/

REMINDER - our new book club, the CSR Club is reading Memories of Forgotten Love by Nephylim. Read it by January 28th, then come back here and join in the discussion! Also as a personal plug, if you'd like to meet me (or DKStories, or Quonus or a few other of our great members) - we're having a GA GetTogether NEXT Saturday, January 26 at Noon in Washington DC. Would love for more to join us - just send me a PM if you can make it. We had a great mid-January week here at the news blog. We started by looking at Darks' review of Author Jason Rimbaud's A Moment of Clarity. For Wacky Wednesday, we were treated to Libby Drew's article on Don't Leave Your Reads Deaf and Blind - valuable writing advice. Rounding out the week, our wonderful weekly writings prompts in Prompt Me came out, and we looked a Joann414 tackled both prompts from a couple of weeks back, with on writing response. Joann414 has been great at these responses and, as comicfan put it, "turning into a nice writer with some interesting twists to any given topic". Couldn't agree more! So - how was your week? Anthology Announcements: Spring Anthology "A Night to Remember"- Due March 8th NEW READING In Premium this week: Empty Corners by Comicality By our Hosted Authors this week: Odyssey by Mark Arbour, Book 6 of Bridgemont Paternity by Mark Arbour, Book 12 of Chronicles of An Academic Predator (CAP) In the Arms of an Angel by Nephylim, Book 1 of Wednesday Briefs Circumnavigation by C James A Class by Himself by Comicality Legacy by Altimexis, Book 29 of Naptown Tales By our Promising Authors this week: The Talents of the Fallen by JMH, Book 1 of Fallen Angels Ascending by JMH, Book 3 of The Centurion Cycle Spirit of Vengeance by Hamen Cheese, Book 2 of Adamagika Series Protector of Children by David McLeod Have a great week everyone! Read, Write, REVIEW!!!

Last call then! Let me know by 6pm tomorrow (Saturday) if you are coming and have not yet told me!

Dan and I just landed in DC and can't wait to see everyone in a bit over a week from now!