HOORAY! NEW TWIFIC REVIEW SITE!
PERMISSION FOR POST RECEIVED BY RANGER TOR! THANKS BB =]

Hi. Myself and some friends are starting up a new Twific Site. It'll have the usual reviews, recs, interviews but it'll also have some new things that haven't been done before. We're going to have a big directory. One for artists (banner, blinkie etc. makers), one for editors (betas, prereaders etc.) and one for translators. We need guest reviewers and people for the directory. If you want to reply to this campfire with the information, that's fine. You can PM me or you can fill out the forms at the bottom. I'll give you information as well.

First, we need people for our directory:

If you are looking for a designer to make something for you, a beta or prereader for your story or a translator to double-check your translations, it is an easy directory where you can find all the information you need. To be 100% clear, we do not assign you an editor, designer or translator if you need one, our directory is a listing of all the people we highly recommend for you to use. You are responsible for contacting whoever you want to 'work' for you.

Also, if you ever need to be removed from a directory, that can be arranged. You can choose to be listed under one or 2 or all the directories, if you like.

It's not really something we need permission for but I'd love to have some of the talented banner-makers and betas sign up below. It makes it a lot easier for us. It's not a huge deal or anything. If you could just quickly fill out your details it'll make it much easier for us.

So at this stage I need people who are available to 'work' to sign up to be listed.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BEING LISTED AS AN EDITOR (BETA, PREREADER):

There's a section where we want to list different talented and EXPERIENCED betas and prereaders. It'll be a directory. It'll just have your name and it'll be linked to a profile they can contact you at. It'll also say what form of service you can give (beta, prereader).

I'd love to have some of the talented betas sign up below so we don't list people who can't take anymore stories. Also, there's a bit where we'll write your speciality... is there something you are particularly good at eg. spelling, grammar, punctuation, plot development etc. There is also a bit for you to fill out, saying how quick you can get a chapter back (less than 24 hrs, 24 hours, 2 days, a week etc.) and another bit that won't be listed in the directory but is something we need to know: examples of your prereading or beta'ing work.. we need to make sure that you are a good beta.

What I need from you is-
Penname:
Form of editing service offered (beta/prereader/both)(:
Speciality(grammar/spelling etc.):
How quick can you get a chapter back?:
[This will not be listed] Examples of your beta/prereader work (include links):
How do you want to be contacted? (list email or ff profile here):
or you can fill out the form at the bottom.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BEING LISTED AS AN ARTIST (EG. BANNER MAKING):
There's a section where we want to list different talented banner, blinkie, icon etc. makers. It'll be a directory. It'll just have your name and it'll be linked to somewhere you showcase your work. It'll also say what form of art you are available to make (banners, blinkies.. whatever your comfortable with). The people we highly recommned we don't really need permission for, it'd just be easier if people filled it out for us.

What I need from you is-
Penname:
Form of art:
Link to your work:
Contact (email or ff profile or something people can contact you at):
or you can fill out the form at the bottom.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BEING LISTED AS A TRANSLATOR:
Our translator directory is a listing of bilingual people in the fandom that are willing to double-check your translations or to help translate small bits of a fic. To be 100% clear, these people are not offering to translate your whole fanfiction story. They are willing to double-check and/or help translations of the languages they know, as we all know Google Translator can be unreliable. For eg. if you are writing a Twific and in one of your chapters Edward decides to proclaim his love romantically in Italian to Bella, and your Italian is either non-existent or basic, then you can ask one of the listed people to help you translate or double-check your translations. Those listed in our directory all speak and write in English in the fandom, but sometimes English is their second language or they are fluent in a different language due to their nationality or education.

The translator directory consists of a name, the language(s) the person can help with and contact details so you can get in touch with those listed. It's set up so that you can peruse our listings and decide who best suits your needs.

What I need from you is-
Penname:
Contact (email or ff profile or something people can contact you at):
Language/s (which can you help with?):
Qualification (take a class at school, second language, first language etc.?):
or you can fill out the form at the bottom.

This is the form for all applicants who prefer to privately fill out their details to be listed under a directory:
DIRECTORY APPLICATION FORM: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dG10S08tVlZxckNKRjN4Z2N4eDc5bnc6MQ

And last but not least, we always need guest reviewers.
If you want to be a guest reviewer, we really need some people for this. Below is the form:

GUEST REVIEW FORM: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDBEZHNHeFdsSHZMb1FHbG1OS1dDaXc6MQ

 

Thank you so much! <3

I cannot find my way back to a brand new story I was reading on ffn -- I'm hoping the collected wisdom of the Forest can help me locate it (no, I didn't put it on story alert - d'oh!)

There are only 2-3 chapters posted; all within the last 6-8 weeks.
The author has at least 1 completed story on their ffn account.
Story is AH.

Chapter 1:  The year is 2000, and Bella is an young actress.  She is the lead character on a Hannah Montana-type show (my description, not the author's.)  Edward and Rosalie, also actors, are on another TV show where they play boyfriend/girlfriend.  Bella and Edward are boyfriend/girlfriend in RL, but the studio heads demand that they keep their relationship under wraps so as to not affect the ratings of their respective TV shows.

We first meet Bella in her dressing room at the studio.  Esme makes an appearance as her agent; Alice also makes an appearance (as a chaperone?)  Alice leaves on something Jasper-related, and Edward walks in, to Bella's delight.  One thing leads to another (of course), but suddenly the door bursts open and the paparazzi are there, catching B & E in flagrante delicto. Edward flees, leaving Bella behind.

More in the comments...

 ETA:  y'all found it so fast!  http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6273114/1/Americas_Sweethearts  by ciaobella27    Thank you!

All the media coverage of the impending shoot of Breaking Dawn has me wondering if the Twilight Fanfic craze will naturally decline once all the movies have come and gone. I know we've touched on this in other posts, but I want to pose a simple question to the authors: Do you see yourself getting tired of writing Twilight Fanfic any time soon??? i.e. Do some of you say to yourselves, "I've got X # of fics left in me and then I'm out."

Is anyone here reading this story?  Anyone know what's happened to it?  She hasn't updated in a long time and I keep thinking about it all the time. 

If anyone knows anything about it, I"d love to hear it!

Does anyone know if there is a Twi story based on the TV series My So Called Life and if not does anyone care to write one pretty please?

The last chapter of "Raw and Rosy" is up!! Run, Read, Come here and cry. 

 

Hey yall, I need a serious pick me up. today I found out that we will be losing our home probably within the next 6 months, i've lived here for 18+ years and I know its a material thing but it really sucks and I'd just like some recs for a great story that you've read that just makes you smile or even a good suggestion of a tv series because i need to think about something other than real life. I just finished the Roswell series and despite how much I enjoyed it there wasn't enough max and liz....any recs would do.  but I mainly enjoy love stories/series. 

If at all possible you could send me Robert it would really help.

Hey guys - I've got a long, dreary night ahead of me....kids will soon be in bed, hubby is going to his friends to watch UFC (or as I like to call it "cuddle-fighting") and I need to pass this night away....

 

So, anyone care to share their biggest pet peeves and pet please when it comes to FanFic?  It can be in regards to anything - what you love/hate about lemons (my favorite, but I'm a perv), character traits you love/hate...whatever.  And post why you think so, cause that'll just be more fun.

 

And to keep it civil, I thought I'd throw this out there:  "one mans trash is another mans treasure"....how bout we turn that into "ones mans peeve is another mans pleasure" and agree to potentially disagree. 

Any takers?  I'll post mine in a comment once I give it a little more thought!!

 

OMG campers! Welcome to the second editon of our horror watchalongs!

 

Today's presentation is brought to you by that really creepy kid named Damien.

 

Yep, that's right. We're doing a double feature this week. We want to compare and contrast the original and remake of The Omen.

 

I'll be hosting the watchalong on gchat and msn messenger from 7 PM Eastern time (which is about 30 minutes from now) and the first movie should be over around 9-ish. And then around this time, we will start the remake.

Hopefully you'll be able to join in on one or both of the movies this week!

 

*You can PM us your email to make sure you join us in the conversations, or to ask for links!

However if you choose to do neither, you can still comment here on the campfire.

(Look in the comments for megavideo link!)

 

Special thanks go to BeanFlikn247 for making our awesome banner!
 

AMERICANS, SET YOUR DVRs AND TIVOs

SHERLOCK, THE AMAZING 3-PART BRITISH MINISERIES, IS COMING TO PBS TOMORROW AT 9PM

AS A PART OF MASTERPIECE MYSTERY

i just read it described as sherlock being parts dr. house, the mentalist, and dr. sheldon cooper, which i heartily agree with.

DISCUSS YOUR LOVE FOR SHERLOCK, THE NEW VERSION, IN THIS CAMPFIRE

BRITS (I'M LOOKING FOR YOU, DOODLECAKE), AUSSIES, NEW ZEALANDERS, AND OTHERS- TELL US HOW GREAT THIS SHOW IS

and please share your favorite holmes/watson slash, provide links

here's the PBS website

and i already have all 3 episodes if anyone wants them

Hola chicos!

I'm sick and a TOTAL pansy when I'm sick. Biggest baby you can imagine. And I don't watch like any TV or movies, so my knowledge is really limited, but today I want to spend it watching movies.

And I really want some extra cheesy romance movies. The stuff that is just TOO perfect . .. the guy is swoon and does grand gestures. Old is good. Maybe even some prince/princess stuff. Sorta like Disney movies but not animation.

So what's your favorite old school romance flicks or any good romance recs? Thanks guys!

Well once again it seems I have found myself drunk and tweeting. I should not be allowed todo it really,I must tell my daughter to ban me from getting on the internet after drinking,really.

Anyhoo to make this post interactive tell me what sort of drunk you is??

I am a very neeedy drunk, I tweet my love for all my favs and really embarrass myself to my fav @ward.

I will also put some othe sh#t in the comments of what I have been wanting to post for a while anyway

APPROVED BY THE VERY NICE AND NOT SCAREY WTVOC! thanks bb

So, a couple of days ago I posted a lament about how I was getting bored with Twilight and was sad that the fandom was slowing down.  Many of you shared some very thoughtful posts with us.  Can I just say that I love the Forest and the forest-dwellers? I love the camaraderie we share here, and all the little things we share that AREN'T Twilight related.  And the recs!  I will readily admit that it's been months since I've bothered to start a fic that wasn't rec'd here at the Forest.

So, anyway, someone recently rec'd "Long Way Down" by forthelongestday.  And I fell in love with the story and had an epiphany. I'm not bored with Twilight .... I'm bored with Edward.  There, I said it.  And I didn't even think that was a possibility.  I have steadfastly refused to read anything with non-canon couples since I joined the fandom (with one exception, which I'll list below).  In fact, I have fallen so in love with this story that I find myself wishing this is how New Moon and Eclipse would have gone, thus wiping out the tragedy that is BD altogether.  This fic addresses those niggling doubts I had about Edward for leaving Bella and for the way he always deceived her and made her decisions for her.  Doubt that I ignored or shoved away because I was so besotted with him for so long.  Mind you, I reserve the right to fall right back in love and out of boredom with him should the opportunity present itself!  But, for now, this fic has kind of opened up an entirely new world of Twilight for me.  It's so well written and just an amazingly good read.

So, what I want to know is, do you read fics with non-canon pairings or do they just not interest you at all?  If you didn't, but then made the leap, what fic popped your non-canon cherry?  What are your favorite non-canon couple fics and what do you love about them?

I popped my non-canon couple cherry with Chicklette's "Get Me To You." I read it about three months ago and it was the first time I realized that there might be a big, wide world out there that didn't center around E/B.

 

I've been reading Remember Me by isakassees and listening to the inner musing of pre-hormonal Edward.  He's thirteen when he has "the talk" with his dad.  My oldest son is nine, going on ten and I shudder at the idea that his time is coming soon.  So my question is, how old were you when you had "the talk"?  How did it go?

 

For any experienced moms/dads out there, when did you have that talk with your boys?

PS. A guys POV on this would be most welcomed!

 

It's been a while since I've seen a recipe swap campfire (but then again I've not been around a lot so I may have missed it) so I thought to mysels "Wonks, it' time to post a recipe or two" - yeah, I have epic thoughts like that every single day.

 

So how about we have a

 
 

 

 

Mine will be in the comments

How do you like your Jasper? Sweet, loyal soulmate or sexy, bloodthirsty bad boy? Im a Bourbon and Tea fan, myself-but I am dying to hear what makes him fic worthy to you!

Just saw on MSN that K-Stew is saying "Breaking Dawn' is her favorite book of the series....See what smoking tobacco and other weeds does to your Brain?!  BEWARE!!!!

Hey Y'all is Sarla Horror here omg you guys let's talk about hot guys in horror movies mmmkay'?

My answer will be on the comments and omg you guys please don't forget about the watch along tomorrow at 7 PM(Eastern time) we'll be watching The Omen.

KThnxbai!

WHILE IT'S A FREE-FOR-ALL. THIS IS IMPORTANT.

IS ANYONE IN THE LAS VEGAS AREA??????

ANY OTHER SOUTHERN WOMEN OUT THERE?

CAN I GET A HELL YEAH FOR CHRISTIAN CHICKEN AND SWEET TEA????