That is all.

edited to add:

I'm starting a fic (a real multi chaptered fic!), and I was just wondering if I could get something like a fic buddy here?

Not necessarily a beta, but just someone to bounce ideas on/off of. Anyone willing?

=)

 (can i interest you in some jacksper p0rn?)

Something has been bothering me - hate showing up in fics.  I am not talking about hating Jasper X Bella or hating Jacob X Nessie stories. No, I am talking about when an author chooses to use offensive words or phrases that hold no importance to the plot of the story. 

It even bothers me more when an author who does this gets rave reviews for her other stories. Should we be applauding someone who doesn't care about the power of her words? This particular author used the phrase, "As tight as a Jew with a $100 bill," in one of her stories. It wasn't relevant to the plot and when I emailed about her use of such derogatory language, she laughed in my face.

It isn't just me. I mentioned this author in another campfire and another camper said that in yet another one of her stories she had read, this author used the term "the browns" to refer to African Americans.

So, what do you think? Would you read or continue reading a story by an author who uses such terminology in her writing? What would an author have to do to make you boycott her stories?

Some Rob for your time:

Even Rob is thinking about this...

remember the other day when I asked about your reading list? I promised a final read out...here it is....

Portion of faves/alerts AH: 71.4%

Portion of faves/alerts AU/Canon (Vamp):28.6%

Portion of faves/alerts M rated: 92.4%

Portion of faves/alerts T rated (or lower): 7.6%

I for one was surprised at just how large the skew was towards AH...if I dropped out a few of the big vamp readers - the AH % went up to 75%

Which leads me to my next set of questions....

1. With all the stories out there...what genres or concepts have you not found that you would LOVE to see?  I for one am on a huge mystery/suspense kick these days (along with a good dose of Em).

2. I've found that writing with someone (in my case theheartoflife and profmom) totally changes the way I tell a story. Is there a concept you'd like to see, and who would you want to take it on/why?

3. What is the one thing you are tired off (not cliches...let's not go there). We are talking story lines (e.g. Edward never came back).  What has been done a thousand times, and deserves a long healthy life out in the pasture....

Let's hear it gang....I know you are FULL of opinions :)

I know many of you don't know me personally, so you wouldn't know that it takes a lot to get me down.  I usually live my life as a happy pixie and shrug off the bad.  Life has smacked me in the face with reality and I can't laugh it off for once.  I have been like this all day:

Why you may ask?  Work stress has finally cracked me.  I'm also dealing with the fact that my papa's (in my family we use papa as grandfather) cancer came back and its not looking good at all.  I haven't dealt with a death since 1994 which was my other papa.  I've cried about 5 times today because of everything breaking me for once.  

I know I don't know you lovely woman personally but your like my second family.  I'd like a pick me up I don't care what it is.  GIF~Song~Video~Story...whatever will do.

This has been approved by Capricorn75 (Thanks so much for this, this means a lot.) 

Okay, so I think it was a month ago that one of our awesome campers started a campfire where we all shared our voices, and left little messages to each other. It was lots of fun. I want to hear you guys again, but I decided to make things a little different this time.

SO...

I'm going to read a passage from my favorite fic, and you guys can guess the fic. And then you guys can read your favorite quotes, paragraphs, whatever, and we can discuss the stories, tell each other how awesome we sound, sing, chat, anything you want. Let's just get to know each other a little better. If you're shy and don't want to record anything, that's cool, just copy/paste the quote and we can still guess the story!

All you have to do is go on www.vocaroo.com and hit record or whatever the button is. IT'S REALLY EASY. Then share the recording with us in the comments.

Hey authors!!!  When I come across an error in your completed story, do you want me to PM you about it? Or are you done with it and no longer care enough to fix it?

I'm not talking about missed commas or 'I' instead of 'me' gramatical errors -  but missing words, or phrases left in when the sentence was rewritten, or the word you intended to use isn't the word that ended up there (ie. intending inflection but ending up with infection).

Whenever I meet other Twilight fans, I get all excited and it makes me feel like I'm part of this exclusive club.  There's this connection Twilight fans have that supersedes nationality, gender, politics, etc. 

Thinking of this made me realize that with true Twilight fans you can say one or two words and they will immediately know what you're talking about and laugh or be all OMG!  I LOVE that. 

So my question to you is - what's your Twilight secret password?

Mine is: 

tan leather jacket 

or

leg hitch

So... I write this little fic.  And I love the idea of the story.  It's my attempt at creating a realistic situation, a REAL story.  It's all-human, about adultery.  Some of you may read it or skim it or whatever.  I like the idea of creating a story where everything isn't cut and dry, nothing is black and white.  It's the kind of story that (i hope) will make you think and possibly challenge what you think you may believe about marriage or infidelity.  (i'm rambling now...)

Anyway... I'm ridiculously slow at updating.  I agonize over every line, every word, it's a slow process for me.  Add to that... real life has been chaotic lately...kids....work, etc... so I haven't been spending as much time with my story as I did when I first started writing it.  And somewhere along the way.... I've felt my mojo slip away.

Last night I was determined to write and I just wanted to get back into the mind of my story so I started to re-read it from the beginning and...

OMG!

OMG!!!  It's sooo bad!  Like... I cringed at what I wrote.  And I know it's all part of the evolution of growing as a writer.  (please don't tell me OMG ITS GREAT!---i'm not looking for an ego stroke here, seriously.... just a discussion)  But gahh.... do you ever just DIE at some of the stuff you've written?

So here's my question...

What do you do when you have trouble getting back into the spirit of a story?

Apart from the usual-- "write something new", "step away for a bit" etc..etc...

Do you re-read what you've written?  If so... what if you HATE what you wrote?

Also.... as a READER...

When you're reading a story that's been written over the course of several months...do you pick up on writing style changes? 

For my story, I have to be in a certain frame of mind in order to connect with my characters.  Maybe my problem is that I've been too damn happy lately to write such an emo mess!

But do you ever just change yer writing style mid-way through? 

What do you do, Campers....what should I do?  My characters are in a state of limbo here, and I need to help them!

For the 27 of you out there who read my story...don't worry, I'm gonna finish it... I promise!

...for $exually harassing my computer?

MUCH MUCH MORE INSIDE!!!! how long will it take jandco to come tell us Robert Pattinson is hot?

fall TV premieres

let's talk which shows you're dying for

convince us to watch your shows

personally, i love chuck, i just got into fringe and big bang theory, and of course, this one:

bones spoiler alert: (highlight to see the text) STOP KISSING BOOTH, YOU JERK WAR CORRESPONDENT.  FRAK, HART HANSON.  GET BOOTH AND BRENNAN TOGETHER ALREADY.  YOU'RE KILLIN' ME, KILLIN' ME.

eta: the trailer for amc's the walking dead, which is a 6-episode miniseries based on the graphic novel by robert kirkland.  i'm so frakking excited for it, and be prepared for the forest to turn into a zombie wonderland via excessive wtvoc posts as it nears the premiere date of halloween.

Good Morning Ladies!  I need some of your FanFic expertise.  I'm looking for a story that goes by the initials "OaKE".  I cannot find it anywhere.  I was skimming through a site with some hot manips and the one for this caught my eye.  It's by a writer named "Writersblock08", who by the way, I can't stalk  find anywhere either.  Can you lovely women help an addict out?  Thanks Much!

Taken from Perez....nothing major, just thought I'd post.

Looks like K-Stew and R-Patz may have to honeymoon elsewhere!

In the fourth Twilight book, Breaking Dawn, Bella and Edward honeymoon on an island off Brazil’s coast, which had influenced the filmmakers to shoot in Rio de Janeiro, but the shoot location for this part of the film may be changed due to a local hostage situation.

Here’s what an AFP reporter had to say about it:

"The real-life drama on Saturday of drug gang members taking 35 people hostage in Rio's Intercontinental Hotel as they tried to escape police has proved scarier to the production crew than the fictional vampires and werewolves they deal with.”

Despite the fact that 35 hostages were taken and a female gang member was killed, Rio officials still want Summit Entertainment’s business.

We’re torn. On the one hand, we’d be inclined to say that the Breaking Dawn crew should shoot elsewhere in an effort to keep everyone safe, but on the other hand, we’d hate for Bella and Edward to have anything but the perfect locale for their honeymoon! Decisions…decisions…

Do U think the Breaking Dawn crew should tough it out in Rio or shoot elsewhere?

Read More: Breaking Dawn Shoot Affected By Hostage Crisis | PerezHilton.com http://perezhilton.com/2010-08-25-breaking-dawn-shoot-affected-by-hostage-crisis#ixzz0xiaKrYE0
Celebrity Juice, Not from Concentrate
 

It's Thor's Day. Thursday.  The day named for the Norse god of Thunder and Lightning.  A day made for mayhem and dramatic stories and mystery!

Heh. How's THAT for an intro? Does it beat, "It was a dark and stormy night?" ;-)

~ ~ ~

When I first finished the original Master Fic List, one of the first "new" requests was for a Mystery Fic List.  After a week of secondary canon pairings, I think it's time for a bit of mystery!

So bring on the mystery of Twilight fan fiction!  Stories that keep you guessing. Stories that hide secrets.  Stories that bring you along in a plot-based adventure perhaps, that makes you think or want to throw your computer out the window!  AU, AH, or maybe even canon!  All ratings, any character.  We just want stories that make you walk in the dark for a while.

*cue ominous mysterious music*

Remember the rules for the campfire:  Keep it simple.  No discussions around this fire.  A compiled list is...a list!

My recs will be inside, as always.

Thank you for sharing your favorite mysteries around the campfire!

Amazing Author

If you have not read anything by Sdfreeze http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1778830/ then run right over and do so.  She has written 25 stories and The 4 I've read have each been better than the last.  I can not wait to read another one.  They are all relatively short and most are complete.  She is very prolific and updates rapidly. 

The Cube http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6164528/1/The_Cube and its sequel

Tilt http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6247827/1/Tilt are just maybe the funniest stories I have ever read.  You will laugh outloud as you read them and will wonder how she can possibly write such amazing stories as quickly as she does.  Even though they are ridiculously funny stories, they have actual plots that she moves along  quickly.  This Bella is adorable and so quirky and this Edward is so sweet, too.  The best characters she has created by far,though, is this Emmett and this Jessica.  You will never see them the same again.  Nor will you ever see an office job, a pen or any shape the same again.  These 2 stories should be read back to back and after you read The Cube you will click right on over to Tilt and read it , too.  Enjoy. 

Another story of hers that I highly recommend is Reviews to Die For http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6232236/1/Reviews_to_Die_For

Not quite the comedy that The Cube and Tilt are but it does have it's funny moments.  This story is more serious and a little more angsty but an unbelievably great plot.  There are many twists and turns.  You will be glad this story is also complete so you will not have to wait through the cliffhangers at the end of some of the chapters.  You will never feel the same about reviews again or fanfiction as a whole!  Read it and write her a nice review!

Forever Yours, Faithfully http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6096828/1/Forever_Yours_Faithfully is another great story that was such a fantastic read.  I am amazed at how she can write so many different stories that are each such different styles.  This plot is really unique and I do not want to give too much away!

All the official descriptions will be inside but I urge you to read these stories, they will not disappoint. 

Ok, I want to know what are your favorite things to do in your spare time. Mine is right here.

This post was approved by Grown.Ass.Woman.

We didn't do this last week and a LOT of Campers PM'd me asking about it.

So...

INQUIRING READERS WANT TO KNOW:

WHAT DO YOU WRITE??????????

Its Complete now and im so sad. I hate the letdown feeling you get after you finish a good book or movie.

im not giving away any spoilers here, so come tell me what you think about it in the comments section.

Moving away – temporarily – from the beautiful head and face of our Golden Boy, I think we should discuss something else...

THE BOD

More specifically: The Torso.

Tell me what you like; the back, the front, in what kind of attire, you name it!

As usual, mine are in the comments.

FYT...

Shirtless New Moon Rob is thinking about the options too...

Ok, I'm done with the "I like, don't like" phase of discussion. Let's have a smackdown on specifics. THESE ARE SPOILERS, SO LIKE THE RANGER SAID, DON'T ENTER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR.