I thought I'd share some silliness with you this fine (and green, le sigh) Christmas Eve. Whether you celebrate something else or nothing at all, this is a bit of fun musical nonsense everyone can enjoy.

I shall leave you with this:

Diving Deep for Fan Fic Treasures

Happy Holidays!

Santa helped with the Fic Dive this week! Found a few baubles to read over the holiday! Enjoy and Merry Christmas to those who celebrate!

Give all these rec's a special Christmas Gift by reviewing and telling them Santa sent you from the Fic Dive!

Everything I Needed By: AgoodWITCH
Bella had been lucky to land the job as the nanny to Esme and Carlisle's two girls, but when Carlisle's younger brother arrives in New York in need of a fresh start and some help with his own brood, Bella's world is quickly turned upside down. It was just supposed to be a job, but they quickly became everything she needed.

Everything I Wanted By: AgoodWITCH
A failed marriage & long divorce left Edward with a lot on his hands. Moving his kids closer to his family in New York was the fresh start he needed so that his family could thrive. Not knowing how he would juggle work and caring for his kids, he jumped at the chance to hire his brother's nanny to care for his own kids. But the moment Bella walked into his house everything changed.

This first one is actually two stories. One from BPOV and one EPOV.  I think either could stand alone, but I am liking both.

 He Came Along By: Hopesparkles 
This was going to be a fresh start; a new beginning, in a far off place. But what happened that night, on a dark road near Maxwell changed everything for Bella.

Written for the Age of Edward Contest and now expanded.  Bella is traveling to Oklahoma Territory with her father.  After a horrible tradgedy, she crosses paths with Dr. Cullen.

The Best Throw By: Aussiegirl101 
A Bella, an Edward, a friendship, desire, missed opportunity and a stupid game of darts. Will these soul mates ever get out of their own way to be together? Set in Sydney cause that's how I roll.

Ed's been Friendzoned.  A sweet romance about finally getting it together.

Professional Development By: redkat19761 
Edward and Bella have been teaching together all year at the Forks Primary School. After their last day of school, they decide to have a drink to celebrate. Things get dirty from there. My entry for the Dirty Talkin' Edward Contest

Expanded One Shot.  Lemony.

Crazy Good By: JiffyKate
An entry for the Deep South Contest: "It's hard to get revenge and keep a spotless reputation."

Flashes of Miranda Lambert's song "Mama's Broken Heart."  So much fun! Scorned Bella gets some revenge and meets the Charlie's new deputy. Deep South Entry continuation.

FLASH BACK FIC DIVE:

Wicked By: LyricalKris 
Spend two seasons with the Cullen Actor's Troupe. How do you measure a year? In romance, friendship, violence, passion, and love. But does Edward deserve any of it when his past is a little...well...wicked?

I keep seeing ads for Wicked coming here in soon and I keep thinking about this fic.  I'd love to see Edward belting it out on stage. *Swoons*
 

All I want for Christmas is your Feedback! Happy Holidays All!

freeforall continues until january 6. <3

Welcome to the Monday Morning Hot Guy Campfire. What better way to start your week than a hot guy?

Every Monday, I'm going to dedicate a CF to the Hot Guy of the Week.The catch? The CF can ONLY be about the current nominated guy. 

We all have different tastes in men, so please don't yuck anyone's yum.If you have a man you'd like to see crowned for the week, PM or hit me up on twitter (@ffcherry) with his name.

**Special shout out to wtvoc for the new tag**

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Give us a little peek!

Post something about your upcoming chapters here

excerpt / pictease / music / riddle / poem / banners

~ Don't forget to include a link to your story! ~

So, my lovelies, I have a request.

I'm highly intrigued by the show Beauty and the Beast (the modern one, I mean, though the original series was good, too!). I'd like very much to read some good, quality fanfic about Catherine and Vincent. Unfortunately, fic diving has led to disappointments. Are there any fans here who can point me in the right direction?

I would post a picture, but for some reason the editor isn't completely simpatico with my computer today.

For your time, a Harry Potter rec: The Original Naked Quidditch Match

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3689325/1/The_Original_Naked_Quidditch_Match

Believe it or not, a new year is just around the corner.  So, what are your hopes for 2014?  (New job, fun with friends, big family event, or something big you hope to accomplish this year?)  

Or, you haven't thought that far, tell us your plans for New Years. Anyone headed to NYC for the big bash?

Sending some holiday cheer your way:

HELP WANTED!!!!

Hello all!  Merry Christmas!

I'm looking for help with a story I've been working (admitedly *very* sporadically) on.  I've used Project Team Beta for beta readers on my three previous fics, and I intend to use them again once this one is finished, but what I'm specifically looking for in the meantime is anyone who can help with details.  Specifically, I'm looking for anyone willing to do a bit of pre-reading who knows about 1.) pool (billiards, not swimming); 2.) motorcycles; and 3.) playing the piano.  I know zip, nada, zilch, Jack-frickin-squat about any of the three.  I have been trying to learn a bit online, but I'd really appreciate someone who actually knows what they're talking about giving it a once-over. 

If you're intrested please let me know!  It's entirely up to you whether you want to just do the bits about one of those three things or if you'd like to pre-read the whole thing.  I'm only on the third chapter and up to about 20,000 words.  It's just a rough guess at this point, but I'd guess 125,000ish words at the end.  (But I'm notoriously bad at estimating how long a story will be.)

A very rough outline is that it's a vampire AU fic, but Edward is the human.  Bella is the vampire, but I changed her name.  (There is a reason for that, but it's not a major plot point.)   Mostly canon relationships, but there will be a few changes.  If you've read my other Twilight fic I remain, Yours you know I like "in the know Charlie."  This Charlie will also be in-the-know, but rather than like IrY, he'll be opposed to the relationship.  Will he come around?

Let me know if you're interested!

RECS:

Right now I'm reading a couple WIPs, and I'd really like to recommend two in particular: Snare from Raum and There's a Word for It from Eiluned Price.  Snare updates every other Monday, next due on December 30th, and I have it on good authority ( a PM from the author ) that the next chapter of There's a Word for It will be up soon.

Snare:

"The lives of Charlie and Bella Swan were devastated when Renée was murdered by a serial killer: The Drainer. Charlie, a former FBI profiler, is convinced that the killer is a vampire, and that those creatures are real. Nobody believes him, till the day he captures one of the undead." AU.         

Rated: Fiction M - English - Romance/Suspense - Edward, Bella - Chapters: 25 - Words: 77,371 - Reviews: 1,951 - Favs: 481 - Follows: 775 - Updated: Dec 16 - Published: Jan 28 - id: 8955111

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8955111/25/Snare

There's a Word for It:

"I hadn't liked 17-year-old boys even when I was 17. So what is it about Edward Cullen that's so compelling? Whatever it is, I can't afford to find out."

Rated: Fiction M - English - Romance/Drama - Bella, Edward - Chapters: 10 - Words: 63,308 - Reviews: 825 - Favs: 446 - Follows: 818 - Updated: Nov 5 - Published: Feb 26 - id: 9051652

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9051652/1/There-s-a-Word-for-It

Thanks!  Happy reading and Merry Christmas!

I have a Facebook account that I use for fanfiction stuff (Ladee Gwynedd- Ladee because Facebook told me that Lady wasn't a real first name.)  Lately, it seemed that my fanfiction Facebook newsfeed was taken over by constant chatter and pining over Rob and Kristen as a couple.  These comments range from 1) I hope they'll get back together to 2) they are still together just prefer low key 3) and anyone who says they won't and aren't are haters.

Then there are usually a bunch of manips from the Dior shoot that have Kristen's face photoshopped over the blonde's.  Or there are old pictures from back in the day when they were a couple (or a more visible couple) reposted.

I don't mind people having their preferences and they can prefer all they wan't on their Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr/Instagram accounts.  That's what they are for.  I just eliminate them from my newsfeed because I'm not particularly interested in it, myself.

But I am interested in the why.  Why are people so invested in Rob in Kristen as a couple?  You would think these are young people but, no, some are grownup with families of their own. 

I'm interested in ADF campers' opinions because we usually have such great, intelligent discussions from such a broad range of experience among us that I always learn something.  Please share.  Why are some people so invested?

I love me a Venn Diagram.

I need some advice as to how to handle a situation that came up this week at work.

I work for a company that has 9 businesses – restaurants. They are all in different cities from one another. I do all of the bookkeeping for them – all daily sales input, all monthly reports, all payroll, all monthly and quarterly taxes – pretty much ever thing except the year end income taxes.

I have been there for three years this coming February.

Last year at Christmas time the boss and his business partner wife gave me a couple of gift cards for different fast food establishments equaling $60.00 and a nice card with a Christmas bonus check of $200.00. I was shocked and thanked the boss profusely. He told me then that he and his wife had discussed it and decided to put me on the same Christmas bonus program as they have their general managers of the restaurants on - $100.00 for each year of service. I even commented on the fact that I hadn’t been there 2 years yet and he went on to say that I do enough extra for them that they wanted to show their appreciation for that.

Fast forward to this week.  On Monday, while I was doing payroll, the boss told me to go ahead and cut the general managers Christmas bonus checks so they could go in the payroll packets we mail out. No mention of me so I just figured that he would do mine himself.

I am sure by now you know where this is going. Yesterday is the last day my boss will be in the office until after the 1st of the New Year. He will be out of town. I did not receive any bonus.
Now the boss is one of those types that may have forgotten he said that last year. He is also one of those people that does not care much about the feelings of his employees. He has been in business for 16 years and, I guess smartly so, can’t get involved in the emotional side of business.

Now, to back up a little – this last Thursday the wife took our sales director, an office assistant that works for her and myself out to a really nice lunch at a 4 star restaurant in the high end resort here in town (yes Mominator it was Beverly’s). She also gave all 3 of us gifts that were appropriate to our jobs if possible. The office assistant loves pink so she got about every desk item you can think of in pink. The sales director got a pen and pencil set (read – says Pierre Cardin but made in China) and a Bluetooth for her car as she spends a lot of time in it. I received a $35.00 KFC gift card and a $50.00 Amazon gift card (oh – and the same pen and pencil set as the sales director).

So – trusted campers I ask you – am I totally wrong to feel slighted and hurt that after being told I was on the same program as the GM’s? Am I just being the proverbial greedy bitch here running around whining where’s mine? I really do feel hurt by this.

My husband says talk to him. I talked in confidence to one of the general managers who has been with the company a long time and is a trusted person and he says to talk to him. My problem is I don’t think I can do it without becoming a crying mess and he does not act well to that.

One part of me says that I should talk to him so I won’t sit there and harbor ill feelings next year. The other part of me says be happy with what you got, say nothing and move forward. It’s not really about the money as we don’t need it though it would have been nice to be able to just splurge. It’s more about feeling forgotten.

Opinions please. I have two weeks to decide what to do.
 

Since we know the season can be stressful as well as joyful, consider us a neutral audience for the airing of your stories of family drama. Plus, we enjoy a good story! Mine is inside.

Welcome to the Feed Your E-Reader

weekly campfire

(Right Before Christmas Edition)

Please post all the fabulous deals you've found this week. And if you pick up a book from a comment inside, please let your fellow campers know you did.

And don't forget to feed the trees, yeah? 

I wanted to reread fanfic that i read two years ago and loved but now I realized that I dont remember name of it and I cant find. It was about Bella who was in love with Edward (Her best friend) but never told him because he had a girfliend and was about to marry her. And whole fanfic was really angsty because Bella thought Edward love his girlfriend and not her... please do you have any idea?

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