I never thought I would say this but I'm actually starting to miss high school! Remember that guy you obsessed over that didn't even know you existed? Remember being excited to wake up and go to school just to see your crush? Gah, I used to literally love for the moments when I would pass my crush in the halls.

So to ease (or perhaps contribute to) my nostalgia, does anyone have any good AH High School fics? I've checked the Master Fic List, of course, but I feel as if its not updated that often. I love a good lengthy story filled with UST but O/S will always do nicely.

 I have to recommend "Infinite Visibility" by TheFicChick, simply because its shocking how few reviews this story has when it is literally one of the most swoon-worthy stories I've ever read. Check it out!

From Stephenie Meyer's official website:

"Stephenie Meyer's life changed dramatically on June 2, 2003. The stay-at-home mother of three young sons woke up from a dream featuring seemingly real characters that she could not get out of her head.

"Though I had a million things to do, I stayed in bed, thinking about the dream. Unwillingly, I eventually got up and did the immediate necessities, and then put everything that I possibly could on the back burner and sat down at the computer to write—something I hadn't done in so long that I wondered why I was bothering."

Meyer invented the plot during the day through swim lessons and potty training, and wrote it out late at night when the house was quiet. Three months later she finished her first novel, Twilight. With encouragement from her older sister (the only other person who knew she had written a book), Meyer submitted her manuscript to various literary agencies. Twilight was picked out of a slush pile at Writer's House and eventually made its way to the publishing company Little, Brown where everyone fell immediately in love with the gripping, star-crossed lovers.

Twilight was one of 2005's most talked about novels and within weeks of its release the book debuted at #5 on The New York Times bestseller list."

2003...ten years ago!

Thanks, SM, for giving us Edward and Bella :)

To make this interactive: What would you like to tell SM? (Be polite, please ;-) )

My rec, inspired by the end of the Saga: Seeing the Wolves, by Camilla10
This One Shot is inspired by Breaking Dawn 2 and by Alice's vision - the vision that couldn't be. In Canon with the movie.

In the last two days, both my husband and my son received phone calls on their cells from "their bank's friendly little robot voice" advising them their debit card had been deactivated because of unusual usage and they needed to reactivate it by giving them their account number, expiration date, and secret decoder code on the back. It sounded official.

My husband pegged it as a scam and hung up. My son thought it was real, so gave the information. This morning his gut said something felt wrong and so went to his bank and discovered it WAS a scam. Fortunately, no one had accessed his account as of that time, so they were able to deactivate the card and reissue him a new one.

Today, my husband got an email from his work HR department reporting this scam is taking off. and making the rounds now.

How to avoid scammers and debit/credit calls?  If someone calls YOU or emails YOU and asks for your account number/password/secret decoder number, it's a scam.

To be sure, hang up, contact your bank and check it out, if you'd like.

We live in scary cruel times.

 Thanks to Jandco for approval.

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well, if you like pride & prejudice, anyway. support fandom!

abigail reynolds' latest book mr darcy's noble connections is out for kindle and nook already! ahhhh i can't believe it's been out for two days and i haven't finished it yet. i didn't know it was out- the release date was supposed to be this monday ahhhhh why am i here i should be reading

anyway, click here to read chapter 1 and see if you're interested.

click here to buy it on amazon. only 4.99; cheap!

here is a link to her amazon page; she's lowered several of her books to 2.99 because, and i quote (she just sent me this on twitter and i rather agree) "people deserve books they can afford".

what sets abigail reynolds apart from many other p&p writers is that her writing is impeccably edited, engaging, and effing classy. she writes some damned good stuff, people. highest kristen recommendation for p&p stuff that you'll find. one of the few authors for whom i would gladly fork over the money. you can find some of her fanfiction online as well, if you care to look for it (although i'm sure if you ask nicely, i'll just link it to ya).

so let's make this a post about book and/or fic recs, eh? but not just any recs- talk about authors. the ones that you would automatically read their stuff, doesn't matter what it's about or how much. just like "ooooh, so-and-so has a new one brb buying click done upload faster, kristen's kindle". 

also, if you've read abigail reynolds, come support my claim that 5 bucks is insanely cheap for a new book of hers and that you're super stoked to read it!

the best thing i've seen on the internet in a good, long while for your time:

I'm pretty sure we've had this discussion before but I think it's been awhile?

What do you guys do when there's a book or fic you really like but then the author does something that you think is stupid? We've had a lot of examples in this fandom, everything from P2P (I understand some people support that, just using it as an example) to people faking their own deaths. But it doesn't always have to be something big. Maybe they make a comment on their Twitter or Tumblr that we don't agree with. Maybe they write a really self-serving author's note. If it's a published (original fiction) author maybe they get into an online war with a reviewer. Or maybe they say something really sexist or racist or just plain closed-minded.

This imagining only works if it's someone/something you REALLY love. So picture your favorite author or favorite book and then picture them doing something really stupid. Would you continue to read their work? Would you continue to count their writing as a favorite? Would you continue to follow them on Tumblr or Twitter or wherever?

How would you balance, in your mind, the action with the quality of writing and the joy that writing brought you? Are you able to separate the work from the artist?

Also, tangentially related, to what degree should authors censor themselves, if at all? If an author is a racist or a bigot or sexist should they try to hide that from the public? Should they be careful what they tweet and blog and Facebook? Or should they let it all hang out? Where/how do you draw the line between professionalism and free speech?

Inquiring minds want to know!

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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.

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So who has watched Game of Thrones tonight?

First it was:

Then I was:

And now I'm just:

Come tell me your feels inside.

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Hi all,

I don't know if anyone has read the books, but Charlaine Harris just put out the last one.  Honestly, I was disappointed, would love to hear what others who have read them thought.  

Also, I'm looking for any good Sookie fics  I'm kinda partial to Eric ! ;)

(if I knew how to embed an image i would!)

Here's a Rec if I need one:

El Camino
Author: IReen H PM
He drove a rundown 1973 El Camino, smoked like a chimney - and the few words he spoke were seldom to me. HEA TwiFic Contest Public Vote and Judges Choice Winner
Follow/FavoriteRated: Fiction M - English - Romance/Angst - Bella & Edward - Words: 12,560 - Reviews: 139 - Favs: 204 - Follows: 128 - Published: 04-16-13 - id: 9209742