Hope everyone had a great week this week. It's been a very busy week here at Gay Authors and we even had the April Fool's Short Story Contest author reveal! There's still some bug hunting going on with the new site, so please be patient. If you think you've found a bug, make sure to check out the blog and the forum to make sure it isn't something that has already been answered. The blog has the most recent fixes as of April 1st. Now, let's take a look at what happened in the various GA news blogs this past week.

Some of you might be wondering about the stats for the April Fool's author Guess Who. Well, you can thank our "Secret Nerd" for compiling all the statistics for us!

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April Fool Guessing Game Stats
By the Secret Nerd

Only a few people participated in the guessing game of which Anonymous Jester wrote which April Fool's story. Here are the results.

 

Most correct guesses

AC Benus had 5 correct answers out of 7 guesses. WINNER
Timothy M. had 4 correct answers out of 8 guesses.

W_L had 4 correct answers out of 10 guesses (after 'copying' Puppilull's list)

spikey78 had 3 correct answers out of 3 guesses.

Slytherin had 3 correct answers out of 10 guesses.

Puppilull had 3 correct answers out of 9 (or 4 out of 10 if you count her 'guessing' her own story).

 

Nine out of ten stories had someone guess their author
Five people guessed Puppilull wrote Served Cold (or six if you count her own 'guess').

Four people guessed Valkyrie wrote Downhearted.

Three people guessed W_L wrote The Real Me.

Nobody guessed Cole Matthews wrote Fool's Gold

It was attributed to either jfalkon or MacGreg.

 

Stories with most author names suggested
Outwitted by J.HunterDunn (4), including the correct author.

Getting Caught by jfalkon (4), including the correct author.

Chasing Jayce (3), including the correct author.

 

Authors with most stories attributed
MacGreg, Parker Owns and J.HunterDunn each had 3 stories contributed, including the correct one.

Anthology Announcements:

***NOTE: All Deadlines are for submission to the Anthology Proof Team

• 2017 Spring Anthology: Jagged Edges / Unintended Consequences - Due April 30th, 2017
• 2017 Fall Anthology: The Fall Out / Secret Spaces - Due November 15th, 2017

Promoted Author Story Updates

*Please note that I had some issues compiling the recent update list. Hopefully the below list is correct, but for the time being, I am not including the book number and series information)

Premium Updates:

Negative Splits by Cia *Premium*

Signature Updates:

Mine! by Cia

Sumeru by Dolores Esteban

A prompt a week by comicfan

The Castaway Hotel: Next Generation Book 2 by Bill W

Promising Updates:

One Hundred and Fifty-Five Sonnets by AC Benus

How To Be Gay Without Ever Being Gay by CarringtonRJ

Buy One, Get Two and Three... by Caz Pedroso

Morningstar: The Malaise by Headstall

Prompts 2017 by Caz Pedroso

My Wife Tells Everyone I'm Gay by Carringtonrj

Walls by Carlos Hazday