I am so tired of Twilight haters.  I hate people high fiving each other in their shared distaste of Twilight.  I hate feeling like crap for my hobby and needing to hide it.  I always want to defend and say, "But it's not just about the vampires! It's the fic!"  But who cares to hear it?  No one, it seems.  Sigh.  Someone say something.  Anything.  I know this has been talked about before, probably at great length.  But humor me as I hide in the forest. 

season 1 finale- prophecy girl

Xander: How can I say this clearly? I don't like you. At the end of the day, I pretty much think you're a vampire. But Buffy's got this big old yen for you. She thinks you're a real person. And right now I need you to prove her right.

Angel: You're in love with her.

Xander: Aren't you?

season 2 premiere- "when she was bad"

Cordelia: Buffy. You're really campaigning for bitch-of-the-year, aren't you?

Buffy: As defending champion, you nervous?

Do you have a delicious account?  If so, post your link....I wanna stalk your fic list ;)

http://www.delicious.com/marisabauson

If you don't have a delicious account, you should get one, they're quite handy.

(Alcide is extremely delicious)

Recently, I've taken up a habit:trying to relate the songs I listen to the Twilight characters/couples.

It is entertaining, plus I've found some songs that make me say "ZOMG this is written for them!"

If you have any songs like that, share. :)

PS:I didn't ask anyone before making this, am I violating a rule? LOL I'm such a n00b :D

Has anyone every come close to meeting a Twi-like character in RL?

Last night, I had to go to urgent care.  I got the HPV shot and we believe I had a allergic reaction to it.

So, anyway, my doc walked in and I'm was pulling a Joey Lawrence and (in my head of course since I didn't want to embarrass myself and hubby was with me), I'm like "Whoa".

He was so sweet, friendly, and nice sense of humor.

I found him to be a cross between Carlisle and Scott Wolf.

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I have grown to love the forest fairly quickly. You guys are so much fun! And I love to read the stories you all have made.

Well, this morning I was looking through the forest and laughing my head off at some of the things you guys say and checking out recs for stories, when I realized what time it was. I had just missed my bus (and the back up bus) that takes me to school on occasion.

(No worries though, I can take my bike...)

But I was wondering.... When have you been so wrapped up in the forest that you:

-Forgot to feed the kids

-Deliberately didn't go to school/work

-Ignored your hubby's needs (I'm talking about dinner of course ;) )

-Forgot to take the dog outside, resulting in a wet floor....

-Etc. etc...

We all love the Forest! What did the Forest "make" YOU do?

So, I just flounced a fic I'd been enjoying quite a bit.

It updated yesterday and I didn't make it halfway through the new chapter before I closed the window and pretty much decided to ignore the updates from here on out. Like I said, I enjoyed this story. I just...couldn't handle it. The sex was getting to be a little too much. It was the only thing any character talked about, thought about, wanted out of life, you name it. It made everyone so one-dimensional and made the story seem really out of touch with reality. And, honestly, when we're talking about a novel-length fic, there are only SO MANY dirty thoughts, jokes, fantasies, and sex scenes in the human imagination. I just got tired of it.

Don't get me wrong, I can enjoy a good lemon as much as the next person, when it's skillfully done and avoids the usual overdone language (you know: ministrations, quivering, pooling wetness, etc...) I just find myself losing interest in the overabundance of sex in the fandom. I guess I want more from the stuff I read, more than the UST eventually culminating in lots o' lemony goodness. So, what I'm wondering is:

1) Anyone else?

2) I'm writing a T-rated fic and am trying to resign myself to the idea that no one is going to read it (absence of sex is not the only reason; it also happens to be about a certain someone whose very existence is a hard line for a lot of people).  To what degree do you find yourself reading fic for the sexual content of it? Are you disappointed in a story that doesn't go there? Do you avoid fics rated below M for that reason?

Please, satisfy my burning curiosity. :)

I am seeing costumes in the stores.

There's pumpkin spice latte available at my Starbucks. 

Yes, it is AUTUMN and that means people are gearing up for Halloween...  And things that are SCARY.

Twilight is all about vampires and werewolves and... THINGS THAT ARE SCARY...  

Right?

Maybe?

On occasion...In the fandom...

Today, I am soliciting your favorite HORROR fics.  We have in the Twilight Fandom some truly masterful writers that make you reconsider whether or not hanging out with vampires is as...pretty....as Meyer makes it look.  Which stories are your favorites?

Remember the Rules of the Campfire:

1.  Keep it Simple.

2.  No Discussions.

Thank you!

This list and forty-one others are on the MASTER FIC LIST.  If you or someone you know is looking for a particular kind of fan fiction, you can just go to the list and I'm guessing you'll be able to find what you're looking for!  Thank YOU for compiling these lists for others in the fandom!

My recs will be within, as always.

Thank you for sharing your favorite HORROR FICS around the fire...  Read them with the lights on, maybe...

uh, i guess my post was spoilerish, so i removed it to the comments.

Did/does it bother anyone else that in Twilight,  Bella is in school, has a job, cooks dinner every night and cleans the entire house and does laundry? At 17. Is Charlie to you just dense or a i dare say sexist?  Do you think it´s because SM is a mormon?  Oooor .. ?

I should clarify that im not saying that the book and characters are so and so - this came to me when i remembered (not word by word) that in Eclipse or NM that Bella came home and realized that the house being neglected - so she started dusting, cleaning the bathroom ect ect - it made we wonder when i read it - why didnt the other person that lived there do some of it?  In my household - everybody helps out.  Not just one person.

again yes - i dont know why so many of you are focusing on the cooking aspect - i myself am referring to doing everything.  if she only cooked - great, fine help out at home, i love it!  But im talking about everything.  Also when, in eclipse - bella asked her father if he had some laundry because she was going to to one load he replied "guiltily" no.

I'm about to go crazy on my University's backside.

Damn, stupid, eBridge, won't bloody tell me my timetable for next year, and the damn administrative staff are censored and do my bloody head-in.

I used to read a lot of college fics back when I first started reading fanfiction, but I haven't found a GOOD one for ages.

So... Any recs? I don't mind any coupling really. I prefer Edward and Bella, but I've recently found a love for Jasper and Bella too. And I'm alright with broadening my horizons... So..

Hit me with your best shot.

(Ooo.. I like one shots too, they don't have to be full-length chaptered stories.)

tsk.  such language on my front page, lady!

Hey, I'm looking for a fanfic that's called Down the Rabbit Hole (and it's not any of the ones that come up when I search for it). Im not sure if it's been taken down, moved or it's just not coming up on my search (which sometimes happens). I don't remember who the author is and I only got a few chapters in.

Basically what happens (or as far as I got) is that Bella falls asleep outside and wakes up to a rabbit claiming hes late, she follows him down a rabbit hole (the first bit is very much like the beginning of Alice in Wonderland). Once she has managed to shrink herself she eventually meets Edward who is a Mad Hatter who insists on calling her Alice even though she tells him thats not her name. He claim's that she's his Alice (we later learn its actually a title). Edward tries to get Bella to go home with him but she is resistant, he finally convinces her by going along with her idea that all of what has happened is a dream. Bella soon learns that it's not a dream and the readers learn through Epov that it's actually very dangerous for Bella to be in Wonderland because the Queen of Hearts (for some reason I cant remember). Edward tells Bella that she is not allowed to answer the door for anyone, but Bella lets a dog (jake) into the house, not realizing he is more then he appears. Edward comes home and gets angry that Bella didn't follow his instructions....

does any of this sound familiar to anyone? Can anyone tell me what happened to the story or who it's by? sorry my explanation was long winded.

Thanks

Hi Everyone

Im REALLLLY new to this so please excuse if this isn't the right forum to raise this!

I really would like some help fionding fanfiction written by males.

I have just discovered Johnnyboy7 and am loving the characters written from a male perspective.

Any other rec's would be appreciated!

Thanks

Tumblr... i've just gotten started recently and would love for us all to share them:

mines aragsure.tumblr.com

i'd love to see what you lovely people are up to :)

Hey guys!!!!  I tried to do this campfire last night but I wasn't able too....So my question is.....Does anyone know what happened to AddyBrownEyes?????  She was writing an amazing story called Carzoni D' Amore and I really miss it....I am sad that I won't be able to find out how the story will end....I would add some pretty but I am tech illiterate...LOL!!!!

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buffy will go up tomorrow

sorry, dudes

long day

tomorrow, we'll do a double header: the season finale for season 1 and the premiere for season 2

use this post to discuss why rainy days and mondays always get me down

and tell us how you're handling going back to school, the economy, the upcoming holidays, living paycheck to paycheck, living in between updates, etc.

basically, tell me the ways in which you cope and just say ehh, eff it all.

Monday’s suck so let’s make it fun ;D

Make a Vocaroo for anyone or for everyone! It can be a song, a random message, an excerpt from your favorite Fic, or maybe just a little tease from your next update! Just have fun with it! Be a nerd! Be a flirt! Use bold letters and blinding colors! Remember if your Vocaroo is for someone specific to mention in it your comment – and keep things NICE! No flames are allowed here!  Make your Vocaroo :)

We realize that not everyone has a mic and/or camera (in case you choose to make a video) so here’s the link to a text generator site. Type what you want and choose the voice you want to say it – so much more fun than you realize :)  Get "Texty"

Love,

Ssarrahh1, NondiRochelle, Mcrsucito, and Mary Weather

*Mine’s in the comments!

**Approved by grown.ass.woman ^^

The fabulous m81170 and I are hosting a contest!  Ch-ch-check it out, yo!

The Cherry Exchange:  Because It's Not Always About The Lemons

Here's the gist:

As the title suggests, this is a writing contest about cherries… not the delicious, fruity kind, but rather the metaphorical, pervy kind.

In a search to find stories where Edward and Bella are each other’s one and only, jennifer.lyn215, myself, and a bunch of Twitter gals conspired to have these stories written for us (because we’re unabashedly wicked).

Despite how debauched that might sound, this contest is not entirely about the physical. In this challenge we want you to think about the sweetness of the cherry before the excitement of the lemon. So many food metaphors…

We have a great panel of judges!  For more information regarding the contest, please click on the above link.    We are also looking for volunteers with lots of time on their hands to help us out.  Hit one of us up here on the forest or on the "contact us" link on the website...

I've got some fanfic woes and they are pretty much... bringing me down. You see, for three days in a row now I've checked my inbox to find mean, hateful pm's waiting there for me. I've become terrified of clicking on my own story because of this. I didn't know there could be such mean people out there.

The source of all this hatred? I wanted to do something different and out of the ordinary than what a lot of people see in stories. I thought I'd do a real, honest fic that deals with the content of adultry. Well, that got me a lot of nasty pm's. If that wasn't enough, I tacked on a large age gap between my main characters, who happens to be Bella. She's... a normal house wife and mother who ends up getting involved with a seventeen year old Edward. And let me tell you, people don't like this.

No one has looked outside the box and tried to understand where I'm going with this. You see, yes, there are big age gaps and adultry in my fic, but that isn't what the story is focused around. It's about a woman in her early thirties who's finally coming to grips with her sexuality. She's unhappy with the way her... private life in the bedroom is, and goes on a sort of... exploration.

I figured this was a nice venture in writing because of cannon bella always pursuing Edward in the stories. And that wasn't entirely frowned upon, was it? I mean, how many fics do you read out there where Edward is the older man pursuing a much younger, innocent Bella? Is it really so bad?

So this is sort of a pick me up campire and a rec one all in one.

I'd like to see some recs of a strong, sexually in charge Bella's. One who aren't afraid to kick ass and take names. And maybe... just give me something to smile about so I can stop feeling like I'm going to just delete this s*** and get it out of my life already.

So, I've been writing Twific now (well, writing fiction period since Twific is really the only thing I've ever written outside of coursework in school) for a couple of days short of a year (Yaaaay! /Monty Python dry hurrah).  I just finished another fic in the wee hours of this very morning. And I'm feeling a little contemplative / self-evaluative.  

Many things have changed since I started writing...

- I've read A LOT (ungodly how much really)
-  My tastes have shifted around a little, but surprisingly, not grossly. I still like the characters and the stories I read. I still get sucked in and still flail when I find something truly awesome. 
- Re: my own writing, my grammar is better (it's amazing how much I'd forgotten out of disuse and apathy)
- My stories and storytelling have improved (I think... I hope) - like plot, characterization, narration, etc etc etc
- I write slower now, mostly because I'm a lot pickier and more deliberate in what I put down on paper (Though, I still do very little editing).  
- And I also find myself paying a lot closer attention to what I read and how I analyze it.

What has not changed (and is the primary subject of this campfire)...

So, in a year, I've completed 3 +100k word fics, 1 novella, and 3 O/s's, and I have two long WIPs regularly posting. In other words, it's safe to say that I've posted a lot of chapters. A lot. One might think that posting something should be no biggie / a cake walk / all in a days work / appropriate analogy ad nauseum.

But strangely, that isn't so at all. None of it matters in the least to my delicate stomach and twitchy, clammy hands. Every single time I post something, I experience horrible anxiety, once to the point of actually throwing up. It's just as bad today as it was the very first time I posted something.

What's more, is that now, I'm noticing that I'm starting to feel the same jitters even before I start writing chapters. Yeah. Screwed up, right? Granted, usually once I get the first sentence down, it vanishes and stays away until it's post time. Thankfully, I've never really had a problem coming up with what I want to write. This is just some weird pre-anxiety.

But what the hale is this? I term it performance anxiety, which I strangely NEVER exhibit in my job, for which I present and write lots of technical papers. Why here? Why anxious over this medium? Why doesn't it go away?  

To make me feel better and to make this interactive...

1. Re: the top portion, what's changed for you since you started writing? Is it easier or harder? 

2. Do you get nervous when you post something new? What do you do about it?