Hello campers!! Morning to y'all!! :)

So.. it's a horrible cold day today here! :( I'm sick in bed and have lots to study, either way I need a distraction right now! :)

I need a rec!! :)

One small one-shot, and I mean small! Something you can read in less than 30 minutes? Can you help me out?

Thank you to y'all! :D

This is the time when things are quiet in the larger Twi-fandom.  It's just after the release of one big film.... nothing going on in the Twi-film world for a while.  The actors are all busy with other projects.... no real drama taking place.  But this doesn't mean there isn't NEWS... so I'm laying it all here in one convenient place...

ROBERT PATTINSON RECORDING AN ALBUM

We know he's musical, and we love when his long dexterous fingers strum a guitar and tickle the keys of a piano.  Maybe we'll get more of that?  Rob told Paris Match he's thinking of recording with his sister, Lizzie:

"I’m seriously thinking of doing music with my sister. It’s a project that should be done before the end of the year."

Yay!  I look forward to this!

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ROB vs. Courtney Love?  Not really...

Okay... do you remember months ago there were these rumors about Rob possibly playing Kurt Cobain and twitter exploded and the internet basically killed itself for about 20 minutes?  Well Coutney Love went off saying stuff like "it would be 'stupid' to cast Pattinson in the role"... and..."it would have been 'ridiculous' for him to play the part."

This was A WHILE AGO..ok..

So evidently either Rob is just now hearing of this, or he made these comments back then and they're just NOW coming out.  His reaction:

"Sometimes these things just appear. I love Nirvana, but I love them a bit too much - I'd be embarrassed....And you see all these comments, like from Courtney Love, saying 'What the f*ck! He's totally wrong for it', and I'm like, 'I f*cking said no, you d*ck!' I didn't get offered it. For one thing, I'm too tall, and I can't sing like him, I'm nothing like him' It's ridiculous."

So last night on Twitter... Coutney Love said this to Perez Hilton...

@PerezHilton i know! i read it and i felt so bad! ( re RPatz) he does positively shimmer doesnt he>? er but the fact is i dont HAVE a"d*ck"

and

@PerezHilton as a former movie star i know the rules, you really arent allowed to be calling anyone " a d*ck" as a movie star.

and

@PerezHilton on the other hand he couldve called me a "p*ssy" and then id be REALLY mad! im not mad i just feel bad i hurt his feelings!

Aww Courtney... I was hoping for a fight.  She's just too nice these days :(

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THE SUMMER HOUSE!!

ROB's short film THE SUMMER HOUSE is available for download on iTunes today.

Download HERE (i think that works idk)

From MTV:  "First-time director Daisy Gili said she actually cast Rob because she was recommended him by Campbell Mitchell, who had worked on props for another of his early projects, The Haunted Airman. 'He said, this guy is amazing, and he's really nice, and I think he'd be really up for working on a short film,' Gili told MTV News. 'I saw a picture of him and I thought, he's fantastic.'"

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In NON-Rob news...

THE RUNAWAYS will be available on DVD next week.  You can get it now for $14.99 on iTunes a full week before its official July 20th release date.

This is good for me, I haven't seen it yet.

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ANNA KENDRICK IN GLAMOUR MAGAZINE

She is featured in the "Women of the Year" July issue.

“And the first time I met Robert Pattinson, I kept thinking, ‘Cedric Diggory from Harry Potter!’ He never got his guitar out on set, but always carried a beaten-up book, like an English poet.”

LOVE her!

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From Eclipsemovie.org:

The Harry Potter Alliance has been hard at work trying to earn the votes necessary to score $250,000 in cash for very worthy goals through a competition Chase is running currently.

We’re teaming up with common fandom to support this effort, and encourage you to vote: the HP Alliance is neck-in-neck for first place, and if they succeed they can expand their effort of donating books (55,000 already) to communities in need, support LGBT rights and if all goes well, also form an online coalition of fan sites such as ours to encourage efforts to help with places in need in the future, such as Haiti where the Alliance has already raised a great deal of money on its own.

The voting process is simple and will take mere minutes:

* Go to the voting page on Facebook and follow the directions to vote for the Harry Potter Alliance
* Vote soon, as voting ends at midnight tonight and the HP Alliance is neck-in-neck for first place

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You are now informed!!  Have a great Tuesday!

SOURCE for pretty much everything

RANGER EDIT:

For those of you looking for The Summer House download on iTunes...

iTunes is aware there is a problem~ "technical difficulties" ~ and they are working to fix it.  That's all I know for now.

i really really am in a mood to read a fic where edward is a real meanie to bella before of course they fall in love hahaha...

any recommendation??? pretty please : )

Good morning!

Yesterday, we started an AU - Lemony Goodness fic rec list powered by all of your enormous FAVORITES lists, I'm sure!

Today, let's jump over to CANON FICS.

Canon means that it is true to the characterizations, plot iterations and suppositions written by Stephenie Meyer in the original four books (plus Midnight Sun, since it came from her mind) of the Twilight Saga.

Canon can be PRE-TWILIGHT as well as POST-BREAKING DAWN, as long as the above-mentioned standards apply.  (I.e. Fics where Edward is changed by Carlisle per his stated history is canon. Fics where Edward was involved with Bella in 1918 is not canon.)

For this list, BRING THEM ALL.  All ratings, all types of story (romance, fluff, angst, one-shots, whatever)

Rules of the Campfire:

1.  No pimpage.  Just the title, link, author and author's summary/story info as listed in FFn, Twilighted, TWCS, LJ blog, wherever.

2.  No discussion.  This is just supposed to be a list, not a regular rec campfire.

Remember to punch that heart if you want to find this thread again!  You are TOTALLY welcome to add to it at any time in the future!

My first recs are within. 

Thanks so much for compiling a list of FOREST FIC RECS! :)  

~LJ

Often times when I get excited about a story I make a banner for it. I usually just keep it for myself but my question is this: Authors, what are your thoughts on some one sending you a banner they made for your story? Does it kind of weird you out? Or are you flattered?

Also, show me your favorite banners! 

I adore the one for HL5.

Comic-Con 2010 Programing Dilemmas

I just got back from a fabulous Vegas vacation where I bought these:

And I randomly met and had drinks with a star of one of my all time favorite daytime soaps (he been on two of my favs to be exact), I will post that pic in the comments section because, well, I'm in it and I don't want to subject anyone to a pic of me if I can avoid it.  But more even more exciting than probably one of my most favorite Vegas vacations I have ever been on (and I've gone at least 25 times in 10 years) I can not wait to attend my second

So no Twilight Saga Panel this year BUT Melissa Rosenberg will be on a panel and the Twilight fan-fiction panel is Saturday.  I'm studying my program guide harder than I did for any school exam right now.  If I go to the Twilight fan fiction panel I likely would not make it into hall H for Harry Potter.  The Psych panel is at the same time as the panel for the new Charmed Comic book.  I have to practically campout subjecting myself to panels I don't care about in Ballroom 20 all day for the Joss Wheadon panel on Friday and for the Glee panel Sunday. 

Decisions, Decisions.  For those of you going what panels are your must haves?  For those of you not going what should I try to ask Melissa if I can get into that panel? 

I am so excited for this!

Going through the before v. afters of essentially all of the Twilight cast members, I found out that Jackson is the one that changed drastically. Don't gte me wrong - I love the guy to death. But he was just so adorable before Twilight (OC, Beautiful People) and even after Twilight. But at some point, he decided to work on facial expressions as well as hair (which was FINE before).... dear god, help us all.

Before:

After:

A few months ago I finished my first serious attempt at fan fic writing.  Now that time has passed, I realized that I rushed to finish and would've probably taken it in another direction if I had more patience.

So, my question to you experienced fan fic writers is...

Can you revise your story once it's completed?  Or should what's done be done and move on?

ok.  so some of you might remember a long time ago, i started a campfire with the idea that adf would author a fic all together and things would be harmonious and lovely and serene and we'd all have this massive one shot that we wrote and YAY.

well.

i finished piecing it together 3 days after that fire was posted.

to say the very best...it still isn't too cohesive.  everyone submitted WONDERFUL passages...and then the idea was for me to take these passages and make a cohesive story out of 'em.

um.  i'm not claiming brilliance or even semi-coherent crack fic here...but i have it just the same.

the chicks on twitter busted me and called me out...so here it is.

the adf collab, written by:

Dawnmarie Dreaming, Mrz.JasperHale4evr, Baruka Athena, Shouvley, Grownasswoman, Jennyfly, LJ Summers, flor_p, Perfect Meadow, Wonkeygirl, Hmonster4, Feeb01, Cranberryjello, Yasmina2005, Nayarit, Juliesbutterfly, Kell, Erica_lopeezy, MickisE, Chalger3, Billa, littlestar300, Jenward, Miztrezboo, Duskwatcher, Capricorn75, Spritedoll83, litljazzbird, reesa710, VampiresHaveLaws, DawnTwilight0000, scarletoctopus, lookingforhoofprints, lababykarla, Irony, bondedtoJasper, Ibeesavamp, Vampella, EbJ, Serendipitous, nataliem, neuroticris, aerochick, DianaWolfskill, alwayshave, aliceelizabeth, classictwilight, Bratty_Vamp, hidingfromsomeone

it will be in the first comment.

don't you judge me, yous.

Have a technical question about ADF?

Want to ask someone to make you a banner or an icon? (I AM LOOKING AT YOU, LURKER)

Have the itch to read something that'll tickle your funnybone?

Have any request at all*?

This is the place for it! Those of you without requests, be sure to come visit to see if there are any that you can FILL!

You know how much Emibella loves Camper Love!

**Thanks to tessaholt for the banner!**

* I know you wouldn't even THINK of making a request for a download of music, movies, books, ANYTHING.

Do you write fan fiction?

Post excerpts from your upcoming chapters here!

Don't forget to include a link!

 "With This Ring" 

The newest chapterof Jandco and Jennyfly's High Noon is up!

Hmmm...I wonder what the title means?

I don't know about you, but I LOVE weddings. I ALWAYS cry and I have an unhealthy obsession with floral arrangements..

WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE WEDDING?

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE IMPASSE?

CAN YOU NAME THE CREEPIEST DUDE IN THIS CHAPTER? (I know I can)

Anyone know of any good E/B high school fics which are complete?

I've been reading 'Dead On My Feet' which is brilliant but I'm all up to date with it now. If you haven't read it though you should check it out, so so good! : )

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6007656/1/Dead_On_My_Feet

Seducing Ms Swan  by DQRC

Epilogue posted today :-)

Have you guys ever listened to Twilight Saga in Audio Format? I personally enjoy Audio Books since they distract me from my road rage during my daily commute to work. And the twilight saga are among my favorite recordings. The Reader "Ilyana Kadushin" did a great job recording the books and voicing all the characters, especially Alice's.

So what do you prefer in general Books or Audios? or Both?

Can you guys recommend any books in Audio Format, I am dying for Romance recs. Are there any good ones, I find it very difficult to look for Romance Lit as the book covers scare the heck out of me in general,

This campfire is approved by grown.ass.woman

I went to the Live! With Regis and Kelly this morning.  Did anyone catch it? 

I took my mom, and we had a great time.  The first guest was Peter Facinelli who plays Carlisle and Dr. Cooper on Nurse Jackie.  (Which is a great show by the way.)

I love this guy:

With a lot of celebrities, it seems like they put on a show for some random charity that they only care marginally about at best, and they tend to choose only the ones that will give them the most visibility. It's kind of a paradox: the charity needs to put their face out there as much as possible to drum up more support, so publicity for the charity doesn't necessarily mean the celeb is an attention whore, yet would the actor get involved at all (donating money, volunteering time) if they weren't going to get credit for it?

In a world where celebrities buy trophy animals and dress them up like dolls, there's a vicious cycle of breeding-buying-abusing/neglecting-dropping off at already full shelters going on. Kellan has the money to buy any pet he wants, and when he chose to adopt Kola instead, it wasn't just one animal being saved--it was potentially thousands more as people who admire him are inspired to adopt.

Thing I like about Kellan also is almost every single one of his tweets is either promoting a charity event or responding to a fan's tweet. I'm the first one to eyeroll at people who have to reply to every single tweet a celeb makes like they were seriously looking for our approbation, but this guy actually does care what we think. He's always tweeting happy birthday or passing along a prayer request or telling some girl she's special.

Anyhoo, if you suddenly became as famous as our Twilight actors, J.K. Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, etc, what would you use your celebrity to promote?

EDIT: It doesn't have to be a specific organization. You could just do animal rights in general, or encourage awareness of a disability, etc without a sponsor behind you.

Does anyone else using a mac have trouble linking in campfires?

Whenever i press the little link button and try and paste the address nothing happens. 

I was just curious, prob me failing with technology once again but if you know what I'm doing wrong, let me know. 

Thanks : )

Hello Campfire Girls!

I'd like to earn my "Historical Romance Merit Badge" and I need YOUR help to do it! I've been reading Twilight Fan Fiction for a year now, and I can truly say I've just about seen it all. Poor Edward, Bella, Jasper, and even Carlisle have had just about every unfortunate situation known to man happen to them! *Mel wipes a tear away*

So recently I stumbled upon a few fics that were different; set WAY back in the past. First I found "Alton House" which totally rocked my world, but hasn't updated in a long while! *sadness ensues again*

Then I found "The Mail Order Bride". Excellent, well written story with a good plot, interesting characters, and hot citrus thrown in for good measure. BUT I finished it and then I was sad again (I need to get a better hold on these damn emotions!)

Then I found a story special to my heart because it was set in New Orleans (I have lived there before!) called "Enchante". It is also well written and very interesting! But again, I have caught up with all the updates and am WAITING (tick tock, tick tock...) for another chapter!

SO... Here's where you come in! Recommend some Historical Romance fics for me to read.

Here are a few things that I find important:

*needs to be well written with a good storyline

*doesn't have to be canon as long as it has Bella paired up with one of the Cullen Men

*All Human, please

*Historical setting, but I will not limit the time period or place

*Lots of Lemons please, because I like them *I am smiling dreamily now!*

*Complete (or almost complete) is preferrable, but I will accept suggestions that are not complete if the author updates regularly.

Ok Campfire Girls, that's my request for today! Thanks so much for your help! I hope that you all have some nuggets of wisdom to share in this area; let me see your creativity shine!

~ Mel ~

around this pool.

CAN YOU SPOT ANYONE ELSE?

it's obvious, but still

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