Hey fellow campers,

So my man has abandoned me in rainy old London for a week whilst he swans off to New York for business.

As I was sitting here feeling sorry for myself trying to find something to read, I had a thought.

What is your favourite twilight fanfiction of all time ever?

Let me know, I'm curious to see if there is a clear winner or if it will be mish mash of lots of different fics.

I'll go first, for me it's gotta be 'Wide Awake', I know that some people really don't like this fic, lol. I've gotta be honest a couple of Jandcos are tied neck and neck. But Wide Awake was my first, so I'll be sentimental. 

Different strokes for different folks and all that. Everyone has such varied taste and maybe some fics will come to light that other campers haven't read.

So let me know I really am curious. Can be A/H, Cannon, one shot, whatever. But you can only pick one Mwahahahah. I know tricky.

And please no trashing any fics, don't want to hurt anyones feelings. Just thought It would be a bit of fun.

Happy Saturday everyone : )

EDIT: As everyone else is picking more than one so am I, lol.

Retrograde

IED

Cullen Island

Hey honey i'm home

HL5

We have lots of new faces here in the forest **waves** and this makes us so happy!

If you have any other questions-please put them in this thread and we will be happy to answer them. And of course, as always, feel free to PM us anytime!

Thanks for making the forest such a vibrant, exciting place to be!

For those who have no idea, my birthday was this week.  I'm not one for big birthday blowout extravaganzas and since I work, I'm celebrating tonight with Hubby and several friends at a lovely, hole in the wall Indian Restaurant.  I have been craving Indian food and curry for a while now, so this greatly pleases me.

I know a lot of people have a type of food that is their favorite, but honestly, I don't think I could ever make that distinction.  I love good Mexican food and I'm missing that something fierce (German's idea of Mexican food is like yogurt sauce and honey mustard and white rice mixed with tomato paste.  My friend and I ordered enchiladas and tacos once, and my enchiladas were like some kind of deep fried flour stuff wrapped around strips of chicken with-yogurt sauce, honey mustard and v. strange guacamole, and the white rice-tomato paste mix.  Her 'tacos' were sloppy joe mix with jalepenos. I rest my case.), but at the same time I've discovered great things like döner's, European pizza, jagerschnitzel (Pork with mushroom sauce...mmm), knudel (potato dumpling) and many different types of brats.  Not to mention there is still Indian food, South American, Sushi, Chinese, Greek, and some of the most amazing Italian I've ever had.  The ice cream is to die for as well.

I do miss southern food, but luckily there are enough army wives from the south that can make some awesome comfort food.  I do miss me some cajun-German's aren't big on anything spicier than ketchup.  And home cooking...lol.  My parents came out with my brother and sister for Christmas and the first thing on my list was to learn how to make my mom's meatloaf.  I missed that so bad.

Now that I've gone and made myself hungry about 2 hours before we eat (so getting lots of garlic naan and saffron rice...omg!), what is your favorite cuisine?  Any food you love in particular?  Is there something you can't go without?  Or, even better...weirdest thing you've ever tried?

(my answer for that last one would have to be escargot.  I wasn't too sure at first, but it wasn't bad at all!)

Though y'all would want to know that Mistyhaze420 is moving all her fics (including Lessons Learned *fangirl squeal*) to http://www.rougefanfic.ning.com before they get deleted by the unmentionable ff.net mods.

What word processing software do you use?  How do you back up your writing?  Do you only use one computer to write?

Do you have any tricks that help you increase your productivity or focus?

I was using Google docs, since I love being able to work from any computer.  But, I recently realized I'm a lot more productive if I'm not writing in a browser, with all of those tabs to distract me.  Now, I'm looking for a marriage of the two.

I'm trying to restrain myself from looking in your post about what happends at the end of remember me. "SHOCKING TWIST!" ... Im dying here. Im going to see it on the 12th, just 13 more days. I really want to peek inside and see but I dont want to ruin the moive for myself.

To peek or not to peek? is it worth it? will it totally ruin it? he dosent die or something crazy like that dose he?!?

Edit: I peeked... and Im glad I did.

Okay, so I was browsing gossip blogs as I sometimes do and I stumbled across this piece on Perez Hilton's site (don't judge, I know he's a famewh0re, but he's funny). I don't know if many people knew of this, I certainly had no idea:

So You Want To Know What Happens At The End Of Remember Me???

Okay, so those who don't/didn't know and have no intention, DON'T READ THE COMMENTS! I really don't want to spoil the experience and revealing this info could do exactly just that, and I really don't want to get flamed, so proceed at your own risk.

I WARNED YOU! ^__^

 The Yellow Handkerchief comes out this weekend and I would love to go see it. Are there any campers who would like to join me at an LA theater on Saturday? 

To make this interactive....lets all make plans to meet up with campers nearby to see the movie:-)

Okay so, you all are the best writers/readers I know. And it takes Soooooo long for My beta's to contact me because they have so many stories. Also, hardly anyone Beta's Non Fan fic stuff. And I need help!

I'm writing a little love story; classic bad (ish) boy, Good (weird) girl with a pinch of humor, angst and drama. BUT I need Beta's! And since all of you are so funny/non-judging-silly folk, I'm thinking "Ah-Ha!"

So, if I post a chapter a week, could you guys go over it and maybe give me advise and helpful criteria? But most importantly, will I get in trouble for it?

Any way, tell me what you think of my idea!

Title: Strawberries

 Summary: Sydney Greene, a recently graduated high school student with dreams bigger than her bank account and a never ending love of strawberries, is finally on her own. Juggling a small job, her apartment rent, and finding time to make art, a relationship is the LAST thing on her mind. But when Zach Morgan, maker of good girls going bad and son of Seattles most notorious mobster, literally crash's in on her life, Sydney just doesn't know what to think anymore.

Zach would rather get shanked in the shoulders blades then be in a commitment, but Sydney's quarky attitude and inspiring paintings somehow have a hold on his wild life style. Can they forge a loving relationship? Or will Zach's lack of Charm and Sydney's hesitance in physical contact break them?
 

Hi Everyone,

I'm not sure this is still okay to post, but Amber Benson (from Buffy) is signing her 2nd novel @ Midtown Comics in NYC Saturday 2/27, 3-5pm.

Here is the link:

http://www.midtowncomics.com/custompages/signings_events.asp

Midtown Comics is on 40th and 7th Avenue, on the second floor - just look up. I'll be there around 4:30pm, if not earlier. I know it is last minute, I completely forgot about it!

Midtown Comics Times Square
200 W. 40th Street
New York, NY 10018

Please PM me if you need more info or if you can come by.

(Rangers, please let me know if this is not ok. I'm not sure who to PM at this hour...)

All I can remember about it is that it starts with Bella going to a coffee shop where she is going to give her wedding dress to Jessica because Even though I think Tyler and Bella were supposed to get married he cheated with Jessica and He and Jessica were going to get married when Bella and Tyler were and Jessica wanted the dress.

Then Alice and Rose, Emmett, Jasper, and Edward were at the coffee shop because they were going to interiew Bella for the roommate position. So when Jessica was trying to make Bella feel bad Edward stepped in and said that he was going to the wedding with Bella. I remember they went ot the wedding and had fun and started dating. Then I can't remember anything exept the last chapter I read I think Edward proposed to Bella after they slept together for the first time.

I had a really, really, really bad night. 

And it come on the heels of a really, really, really good day. 

I read dryler's "Bright Like the Sun," and it made me ridiculously happy today.  I also recently discovered "An Introduciton to Swirl and Daisy." 

Now, understand me.  I don't read "fluff."  I like angst.  Jandco is my hero.  When she pairs with wtvoc?  Nirvana has been found.

But I had a really, really, really bad night. 

So, does anyone have any fluff?  I mean, really, really good fluff.  Perfectly written fluff.  Ala "Bright like the Sun" or "Swirl and Daisy?"  (and seriously, if you're not reading those two fics?  Why?  They are both fucking brilliant!!  I prefer Jella or canon couples, and while I usually love slash, not tonight. 

Help a girl out?

THANK YOU ADF!  ILY!!

Hello everyone! I am trying to remember the title of a story I read a while ago. Edward meets Bella through Alice. I think they are cousins. He lives in SF, was dating Jessica and she ends up preg. and also becomes a couple with lauren. They trick Edward into thinking the baby is his and in the end ruing what Bella and he had.

I am really bad a summaries so sorry if I butchered that! Thank you so much :)

I will tell you right now, I have NOT read it and I refuse to read the twist at the end.

So...I'm wondering, how of you have read the twist and knows what happens? Did you like it? Will yoiu still see it now that you know what happens?

Please do NOT post the ending and spoil it for everyone who doesn't want to read it. 

I'm just wondering what the thoughts are on it. 

Okay, first campfire here, so bear with me.

This is a two part question. How many of you are "in the closet" with your fanfic life? How far in? I'm totally and completely in. In my real life, only my husband knows I read and write fanfic. A few other people in my life may know I read Twilight. Like once. Last year....right.

Second part of the question: for those of you who are/ were in the closet, have you ever come out to a real life friend? What was the response? I ask this part because a dear RL friend who lives far away from me now recently confessed her complete immersion in the Firefly fandom. I sensed my opening, a sympathetic spirit who just might get what I'm doing here. But I'm still hanging back, being all bashful about telling her.

So I need to know, what do your real life friends think about all of this?

Yeah. So It's My Mama's Birthday & Her Friends Brought Her A
5 Layer Chocolate Cake.
It Was....... MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
The Break Down;
A Layer Of Chocolate Cake
A Layer Of Chocolate Icing
A Layer Of Chocolate Cake
A THICK Layer Of Chocolate Moose
A Layer Of Hard Chocolate On Top
THEN There Was Whip Cream On The Edges
With Little Chocolates To Decorate
.....
Let's Just Say I'll Be Up For A WHILE!
Should I Mention I Apparently Have
An Undiagnosed Case Of Textbook ADHD! <_<
This Will Get Interesting Later When My Family Crashes!

So, Tell Me;
What's The Best Sugar High You've Ever Been On.
AND
Show Me The FUNNY! Cause Laiughing Is What I Do Best
(With And Without Sugar - Sugar Makes It Worse Though)

So, I do a segment called 'Where in the World is?' at Altered Lions and Sacrificial Lambs blog every second Saturday, where I try to find an author who hasn't updated for at least three months or more.

Guess what? I'm out of options - which is good, though, because an updating author makes for a happy reader! I have searched out Janna Banana, NusiainForks, x.x.Poker Face.x.x., vampvixen01, stephenie-inspired-novelwriter, thatisastory, journey2002, IdreamofEddy, LionsLamb, TajiaRae, JaspersStoryAlter, ExploitingReality, and the ever-elusive Midnight Seductress.

So, I pose my question to you all:

Where in the World is...? <--you fill in the blanks. You need to take into consideration that I am mainly a Jasper reader, so if anyone can help with regards to ANY shipping (especially considering the fact that our blog focuses on ALL the fine men of Twilight.)

Who are you ANXIOUSLY waiting for an update from? Is there a special author out there who just makes you tingle with anticipation if he or she were to update - precisely because he or she has not updated in a LONG TIME?

Muy gracias!

LETTUCE PLAY A GAME OK.

I'm going to give you a word and you find me as many songs as you can with said word in the title.

FOR EXAMPLE, I'm choosing "WANT" so I would post this:

and then you would post:

OK GET IT?

When we have exhausted all the choices for "WANT", I'll pick a new word.

NEW WORD IS "TIME"

Let's make it harder now, new word is "BELONG"

AND.....

So, i was reading some awesome Dadward fics (thanks to all who recomended!!) and I was thinking "Why, Jacob has sperm as well does he not? Where are his children?" So, i was wondering, has anyone read any Daddy Jacob stories? And if not, do you think its a good idea?

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I'm in the mood to spread around some silliness in the forest tonight.  So I want to see gifs galore in this post! 

HERE'S HOW IT WORKS...

YOU CAN MAKE A PUBLIC WAR OR YOUR OWN PERSONAL WAR.  FOR INSTANCE, IF I WANTED TO START A GIF WAR WITH BRATTYVAMP (b/c we're awesome at it) I WOULD SIMPLY DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS:

YO BRATTYVAMP, I'M TALKING TO YOU...

AND THEN SHE COULD CHOOSE TO RESPOND IF SHE WANTS.

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A PUBLIC GIF WAR, JUST POST A GIF AND SEE WHAT KIND OF RESPONSES YOU GET FROM ALL OUR CAMPERS.

NOW (because it would be amusing) YOU CAN MAKE A SURPRISE ATTACK IN THE MIDDLE OF A PERSONAL ONE.  SAY YOU KNOW THE TWO CAMPERS FIGHTING WITH THEIR GIFS AND YOU JUST WANT TO JUMP IN AND CAUSE A RUCKUS

YOU CAN DO THAT.

NOW... NO GETTING ALL SRS BSNS UGLY WITH EACH OTHER.  THIS IS JUST TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN AMONGST OUR FOREST COMMUNITY.  OKAY?  OKAY.

READY? 

SET?

GO!