I've always thought how great it would be to read my favorite his-n-hers stories with the POVs integrated.  Imagine reading Art After Five and Counterpoint (or The Submissive and The Dominant) with Bella and Edward's perspectives side-by-side.  Since each story covers slightly different events, it wouldn't be that boring rehash that many other fics have.  As much as I've thought about this, I have never taken the time to attempt it.  I'm wondering -- has anyone else tried this?  And if so, can I have a copy?

So of course, my recs have to be these oldies-but-goodies:

Art After 5
Author: sleepyvalentina PM
Bella Swan had life figured out until she met sixteen-year-old Edward Cullen. A few months and an intense emotional connection later, she finds herself on a journey toward self acceptance while questioning everything she'd previously accepted as true.
Follow/FavoriteRated: Fiction M - English - Drama - Edward & Bella - Chapters: 55 - Words: 130,382 - Reviews: 12,013 - Favs: 4,890 - Follows: 3,050 - Updated: 11-05-11 - Published: 04-29-09 - Status: Complete - id: 5027792

 Counterpoint » reviews
Socially isolated and intellectually brilliant, sixteen-year-old Edward Cullen has never found a person outside of his family with whom he could connect, until a chance encounter changed everything. Part of the Art After 5 universe.
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 54 - Words: 164,956 - Reviews: 9718 - Updated: 11-4-10 - Published: 6-15-09 - Complete

Hi everyone!

I was just browsing my notebook where I write all the quotes I like in books and films. I found a quote that is bugging me because I know it but just can't seem to place it. I think it's from a fanfic but who knows...

So since it's free for all I thought I'll ask you guys with a pretty please:)
 

"I'm no expert but I would think that when you love, you love everywhere and anywhere."

So, anyone?

I'll rec something too just because I think you should check it out:

To Destroy

Author: walkingwithgiants PM
In the words of Abe Lincoln, "The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend." Bella works for a man that makes her teeth grind. "My boss is an asshole," she cried.Follow/FavoriteRated: Fiction M - English - Romance/Drama - Bella & Edward - Chapters: 36 - Words: 80,646 - Reviews: 2,176 - Favs: 1,678 - Follows: 2,507 - Updated: 07-01-13 - Published: 10-25-11 - id: 7493279

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7493279/1/To-Destoy

Hey there Southern Fic Friends!!

Are you ready to meet up?

Need a "Girl's Night Out"?

WE ARE ON FOR A MEET-UP!!!

WHEN: Charlotte, NC on Saturday, August 10.

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First up is lunch in Charlotte - Noon(ish)

DM me for restaurant info.

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WHERE TO STAY: Next is checking into hotel for those that can stay over for the night.

DM me for the hotel name where some of us are staying.

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Dinner out on the town (unless we decide to just get comfy in our PJ's and just order pizza in the room!!)

Just hanging out with tweeps and fic friends should be pretty entertaining! We've got a few prizes just for fun too!!

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Sunday morning brekkie (which can be included in your room price) and goodbye so you can get an early start back to real life!

Let us know if you can come and join the fun so we can send you  the meetup info messages.

Hope to see you there!

Jedigirl 

and

@allthingsHHH on twitter  / Fic Chick on Facebook

Hey everyone! 

So I need tips on how to organize the stories I have on my TBR list because right now, I just have one long list of potential fics needed to be read. I usually wait until a WIP is completed before starting, so I just have two columns: completed or WIP. But even then it's really long and kinda messy. So do you guys include summary in your list, or sort them by categories (AU/AH; tragic/angst/fluff/ that sort of thing)? Sometimes I'm in the mood for a fic, but just looking at my list is daunting and idk where to start. Also do you list them by order of interest or is it random? 

Thanks! 

free for all

go.

Come and Discuss

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Thank you all for the suggestion to change my name instead of deleting my fic self altogether. (We had a nice discussion about being "outed" a few weeks back.)

I've gone incognito today. Is my disguise working? (hints below)

Tell me, have you ever lost and then found a writer who went under cover? How did you find her/him? Any suggestions for spreading the word (quietly) when you do change your name? What would you change your pen name to if it became necessary? Have you ever wanted to change your pen name to something more fitting, but felt stuck with the one you've got because people recognize it?

I'd like to know what you think...

Who IS this woman who's suddenly grown a mustache, you may ask?

I'm the one formerly known (or maybe not-so-well-known) as a combination of my RL name: Jen.   Plus my fave Twi character's name: Esme.   Which, together, rhymed with a really stupid somewhat ridiculous name that an 18 year old might think is cool enough to give a child.

I really liked my pen name, but an unfortunate tweet was discovered by someone whom I'd NEVER wish to share the fic world with, and so here we are. Hopefully this will do the trick & enable me to safely repost my story at some point (and someday post the 2 new stories I've been working on).

If you'd be so kind as to let fic people know where to find me, I'd be grateful.

Thanks,

Jen, aka, Esme Incognito

REC:

Here's one that's intelligent and well written--enough to get me to read a vamp fic! Well, that plus there's Carlisle...

Metaphysics
Author: anais mark PM
Edward & Bella are graduate students in London 'coincidentally' researching the same poets. More than 300 years after the fact, Carlisle & Edward must find out why Carlisle's past won't stay there - before Bella digs it up researching her thesis.
Follow/FavoriteRated: Fiction M - English - Drama/Romance - Bella & Edward - Chapters: 32 - Words: 204,565 - Reviews: 1,925 - Favs: 1,328 - Follows: 1,315 - Updated: 07-28-13 - Published: 02-08-10 - id: 5728755 

happy birthday, harry potter (and JKR)!

we're gonna try and watch ALL EIGHT MOVIES today

i'm not kidding, we're on CoS  at the moment

i'm making mocha brownies, and then we'll have garlic alfredo popcorn later on

so, let's reminisce about harry potter

or maybe if you haven't read it yet you can get in this campfire and explain yourself

what's your pottermore username?

what house were you sorted into?

what's your favorite book?

link us to good HP fics.

just talk some HP in here, man.

everyone's motto fyt:

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If you are unsure about something that has to do with ADF,
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You want to know about how to get the most out of August?
Ask. We like to answer.

Some chuckleworthy and cringeworthy comments from the dynamo that is Katy Perry, in her Elle interview.  LINK.

Like her pyrotechnic stage outfits, her humour is saucy and postcard style - all double entendres and faintly inappropriate fart jokes. "OK, so here's the proof there was never anything going on with me and Robert Pattinson. I fart in front of him. Properly fart. And I never, ever fart in front of a man I am dating. That's a rule." It's typical Katy - a disarming way to diffuse an awkward topic. "He's my bud, I'm like his big sister. We just hang out. The other day, I said: 'One of the things I'm most proud of is not sleeping with you, Robert.' And that's true."

Part of me thinks quiet, English Robert might be a loverly boyfriend for Katy. Yet it's clear, given her predilection for bad, big-mouthed boys, that he is absolutely not her type.

She also has A-list girlfriend, with whom relations sometimes seem a little strained. Mortified at being painted as the other woman, she made sure Kristen Stewart knew the Robert Pattinson relationship rumors were just that. "I sent her a text message saying: 'I know you've seen all this stuff, but you know I would never disrespect you. I'm not that person. I'm just trying to be a friend to him but it is unfortunate that I do have a set of tits.' 

So... how should I make this interactive?  Farting in front of a man you are dating? The irrelevance of her 'tits' comment?  Staying friends with one or both members of a broken relationship?  I'll choose farts for one hundred points, Alex.

At what point in a relationship is it okay to let one rip be unladylike in front of your paramour?

Feel free to answer one of the other questions if you feel my chosen topic is unsavoury.

Diving Deep for Fan Fic Treasures

Each week I will brave the treacherous waters of Fan Fiction for untold treasure. Below are the trinkets I've found this week!

Rough waters this week. I read 12 and found 4.

Don't forget to read, review and let them know you found them here on ADF!

Friend of the Family by SweetUmami
When Bella moves to town to attend university, Edward is enlisted by their families to help her settle in. She avoids him until he makes a surprising offer.

College Bella and Olderward

The Sound of Steel Guitars on a Fallen Soul by staceleo
Isabella Swan travels the world to escape heartache. A work trip becomes much more personal when she meets a guitar playing cowboy who enjoys bathing outdoors. Will he be the catalyst for her to find love and a permanent home?

Staceleo is always good. Cowboyward.

Queen's Gambit by cocotwelve
Edward Cullen thought he had it all: the charm, the brains, the influence, the money. But when Bella Swan walked into his casino, unimpressed with him, he knew it was time to up the ante. AH/AU

Cocky Edward.  Indifferent Bella.

Tantum by Bitter Shade
Six years after watching the man she loved self-destruct in drugs and fame, session drummer Bella Swan is brought face to face with the wound that never quite healed. A little dark, but with windows. Mature: sex, drug references. AU/AH Canon pairings.

Heavy angst.  Someone over on The Lemonade Stand beat me to this fic rec.  I'd say it's the best of the bunch this week. Rock chick Bella and recovering addict Edward.