Evening Campers.

Sometimes things get you down.

In real life. In the fandom. 

Punkfarie and I had a little chat couple of days ago about negativity. 

We don't like it. 

So -

We want to take this opportunity to talk about positive things. 

What do you like about the fandom? The books? The movies? Your favorite fic?

OR -

What's something good in your life? At work? With your family?

Who cares - just tell us!

Mine will be in the comments :)

Disclaimer: Any negativity in this Campfire will result in a werewolf falling in love with your first born child. No, I'm not kidding.

Additional disclaimer: We understand this may be er... non-canon for us. Whatever. We love the love. 

I have a question for authors, I only read completed fics, and have many stories on alert. Over on FF, I do check all my alerts to see if a story has been marked completed, but sometimes authors don't mark it as such right away, so I scroll to whatever chapter i've been alerted to to see if there is an "end" to the story. So i'll read the authors notes at the end to see if there's a note saying "until next week" or whatever to see if it's the end.

Now, alot of authors ask for reviews. I feel bad I can't review a story i'm anticipating right away, so sometimes I'll write a quick note to say "hey i'm out here, just want you to know, looking forward to reading". Just so they know that there are some people out there excited about their story and apologize for not being able to review yet.

I've done this a bunch of times, but last week I did this to a certain author who answered my review telling me that I wasn't helpful in letting her know that I was waiting for her to finish it, and that she didn't appreciate it.

I was a little thrown by that, but it made me wonder if it is in fact offensive that I don't leave a review but let them know i'm out there. I'm not trying to offend in any way, and actually thought that someone would like to know why i've alerted it but haven't reviewed.

Thoughts?

I am using my Super Ranger Status Powers to pimp this out since she has chosen my one shot, Proffer for 24 as one of the stories to read!! 

Here is the link: June 25 Readalong

and this is the link to my story right here on ADF: Proffer for 24

Rest assured, this is my one traditional Edward/Bella romance story and it is ALL fluffy romance. I would really think it was awesome if you read along and told me what you thought of it!

Now, I LOVE one shots so I must ask you:

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ONE SHOT AND WHY?????????? 

I discovered Twilight a year ago and to celebrate my one year of obsession, I decided to re-read the books. (Originally I read all 4 books at least 10 times within the first two months, then turned to fan fiction.)

I was really surprised to be reminded about how much I liked Bella in Twilight.  She's independent, sarcastic, perceptive.  By the time Breaking Dawn rolled around, I thought Bella was a brat and she was my least favorite character. 

So...my question to you is - have you re-read the books after a long time away from them and discovered or been reminded of something new?

Again, for a friend!!  She said it may just be a one-shot, but Edward changes Bella, can't handle the guilt, she mistakenly thinks he doesn't want her. At some point Alice suggests they go on a vacation to re-connect - Bella avoids the sunlight as they walk in the house and Edward realizes that she's trying to "please" him by not showing her vamp side.

She says it's possible that it has a couple or 3 chapters but no more than that.

THANKS!

(Yes, thanks to the lovely LoreliD, we now have a banner!)

Okay, so here's what we're doing: the idea of being an author in FGB, basically a little piece of hay in a big haystack, a hair on a head, a...well, you get the idea. It can be overwhelming, and scary, and everyone wants to be bid on.

Right?

We at Twimpage have started a new blog - in no way affiliated with the awesome FGB - dedicated to spotlighting authors in the auctions and their offers. We're hoping that it'll give you guys - including us of Twimpage that are involved in the auctions as well *coughcoughmeandJenreallywouldappreciateitcoughcough* - the coverage you need and get to the people who need to see the offers.

And, bidders, you could consider it a catalog of sorts. ;p

Want to join in? E-mail us at twimpage@gmail.com, or you can tweet me - if you know me - the webmaster of the site. 

The form link is here. 

Hi all, I wanted to post this fic request in the campfire the other day but I completely missed it with the time difference. Does anybody know of any fics with a crazy/insane vampire Bella?

I have read a lot of fics where Edward's sanity is compromised (!) but I have this idea of Bella being changed and then turning insane, almost a bit like Drusilla from Buffy.  Not sure if this is something I might have read or not, but give me your best mentally-challenged vampire recs please!

Thanks

Steph xx

Dru: I'm naming all the stars.

Spike: You can't see the stars, love, that's the ceiling. Also, it's day.

Dru: I can see them. But I've named them all the same name, and there's terrible confusion.

The Snuggie vid in the Auto-tune Campfire made me think of Ultio.

Honestly, whenever I see anything about Snuggies, I can't help thinking about Ultio.

Please complete this sentence:

Whenever I see / hear / do ________,  I can't help thinking of (name of fic).

Just wanted to start a random pic post. Although it seems more on topic since these are all Twi related.

I can't link the site so just copy and paste:  http://www.imagebam.com/image/59711985860961

Some after party pics from Eclips premiere:

And OMG, DSlade is totally giving you the bitchface.

Most of you have ONE user name from playground to playground. For example, I am Emibella pretty much everywhere but on twitter I am Emibella1 since some poor woman chose my username. (fun fact: She has since ceased using it, I think all of the folks following her with Robert Pattinson's mug on their avatar were giving her the creeps)

So tell me where YOU play and what names YOU go by and for more crazy mad-cap fun let's make this a FOLLOW CAMPFIRE!

So, like I said, EVERYWHERE I am EMIBELLA  and on twitter I am @Emibella1  A Different Forest's twitter is @differentforest (no "a", sometimes I make that mistake) BUT I KNOW SOME OF YOU HIDE BEHIND MANY NAMES JUST TO CONFUSE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So WHO ARE YOU AND HOW CAN WE FOLLOW YOU???

Okay, for those of us who are now or who have ever been in a relationship, tell me: how did that relationship happen for you?  I mean, were you taken out on traditional dates?  Did you just hook up and then forget to leave?  Did you start out as friends and sort of morph into something more?

Tawk to me.  For your precious time, I offer this:

uhhhh......okay?

The crazies and fashionably challenged were out last night at the Eclipse Twilight Premiere.

Merely for my entertainment....

I challenge each of our Campers to search for the

silliest,

strangest,

or scariest

pictures from the premiere.

Post your results here and vote for your favorite in the replies!

(Hurry before this gets burried in the FFAF!) :)

What's your favorite summer song right now?

Give me the one song that will constantly be playing in your car or on your ipod this summer.

I hope everyone's having a good start to this summer :)

Here's mine:

So, I'm obsessed with So You Think You Can Dance. I've watched every season (minus the one that took place during September/October. WTF was with that anyway?) since it started.

WHO ARE YOUR FAVOURITE SYTYCD'ers? My all time favourites are: Benji (I heard he's in a band now? Cool beans, I guess?), Pasha (Please come [cum, heh] to me, Pasha), and Twitch (those glasses look amazing. I actually wear glasses like that now when I'm drunk).

AND, WHO DO YOU LIKE THIS SEASON? I'm really feelin' Kent! Farmboy, what-what! And, I like Lauren. First girl I've actually really liked off the beginning, minus Benji's lil' sister, and I can't even remember her name so she doesn't count.

Also, I feel like I'm obligated to like Alex. 'Cause he's Canadian.

Here are some goodies from this season so far!

This still gives me shivers V

So, I'm sure that many of you know that the woman in this picture died a few days ago. Her name was Edith Shain, and she was ninety-one years old. I just love this picture because it wasn't planned. I don't know if you know this or not, but this woman didn't even know who this sailor was, and his identity has never been disclosed. I just love this picture because it's just so spontaneous and romantic. This man just grabbed a woman and gave her what looks like one hell of a kiss. I can only hope that one day I'll be kissed like that.

edit: for some reason, it won't let me paste this picture here, but this picture is my avatar/icon

Let me re phrase it's too hot if you've spent the day trawling oxford street (which is literally hell on earth at any time but 10x worse in the summer) for a stupid dress. 

I bought 4, that's right 4 dresses and none of them look right! Then my tube decided to sit just outside my station for 10 mins while I sweated (that a word? who cares) to death!

OK rant over. Anything you want to get off your chest????

Let it out people!

Just a little pretty to brighten up your day : )

Grrrr I'm going on vacation tomorrow and wanted to print out a fic for the plane ride. This site usually works without any problems, but when I tried to use it today I got this:

Which makes me feel like this:

Are there any similar websites/ programs (preferably something that will work on a mac)???

summer spontaneity

howdy.  so i need some help, gents.

yesterday, the boys and i hopped in the car and just drove.  we found ourselves at newport beach and went out on the pier, saw a seal playing in the waves, made friends with a dirty old fisherman (his mind was dirty, not his person), then went and frolicked in the surf while mama ogled some surfer boys.

3 out of 4 of us were wearing pants.

so i've decided to put a big plastic tote in the back of my car with some spontaneous summer supplies- stuff i may need when we do this again, 'cuz i kind of tend to be a "let's drive and see where we end up" kinda person, and the "end up" place has been the beach quite a lot recently.

so, what i'm asking is... what would you put in your spontaneous summer supply kit?  i'm going with towels, extra shirts, sunscreen, baby powder (fyi- the best thing to use to brush wet/dry sand off of your body.  i'm serious.  try it some time.), some beach toys, and i've already got 2 mega first aid kits in my car.  i just need to figure out what else i wanna put in there.

or, you know.  you can just talk to me about buffy.

So a few of you may remember my Hunger Games post from the beginning of the week... I finished Catching Fire a few days ago and am still thinking about it.

Is anyone else sick of Peeta and Gale? Peeta seems weak and Gale seems brotherly... I kind of wish Katniss would end up with Finnick.

Is there anyway to fast forward to August 24?

I'll refrain from posting any spoilers on the main thread for those who haven't read it yet, but if you'd like come inside and discuss!