It's Friday night, I'm bored and alone. And I'm recently obsessed with.....COVERS! So lay it on me campers, show me the best You Tube cover videos. They can be nobodies or famous artists covering each other (I'm partial to the latter). But I love hearing a song sound nothing like (and usually better!) than the original.

I really love this one right now

Hi guys! I'm so stinkin' excited to say that my book will be released on May 22. It's a YA Apocalyptic entitled KINGDOM COME, and the cover was designed by the Twi-fandom's very own TwistedLea. I'm in love with it. 

KINGDOM COME isn't my first OFic, but it's the first I've deemed publish-worthy. :) I'll post the blurb below, and if it sounds like something up your alley, you can add it on Goodreads here: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17348650-kingdom-come.

The world is coming to an end, and “Crazy Kerrigan” has a front-row seat.

Centuries ago, scrolls calling forth the four horsemen of the apocalypse were discovered, sealed until their rightful heirs were born. Now, those scrolls are being opened.

When her small town crumbles during her stay in an institution for troubled teens, eighteen-year-old Kerrigan Monroe is one of the few left standing. She and a handful of other survivors take cover as everything they’ve ever known is reduced to rubble. When the smooth voice behind a cryptic radio broadcast beckons her to a safe house, she and the others abandon their temporary haven and embark on a cross-country journey toward refuge.

Upon discovering the identity of the man behind the voice, Kerrigan is smacked with the revelation that he’s not the only heir to these scrolls. Now, she must make a choice: join this dark stranger and lead the New World by his side, or fight for what’s left of humanity.

Either decision will bring power. Either decision will bring death.

~*o*~

To make this interactive, are there any books coming out soon that you can't wait to get your hands on? I may very well die a slow, painful death waiting for Leigh Bardugo's SIEGE AND STORM.

Yes! It is that time again, time to let your campfires burn brightly on topics of YOUR CHOOSING!

Here's one of my current favorite things to talk about:

I'm all into Vikings (for a lot of reasons) and am LOVING this miniseries on The History Channel. If you click on the banner, you will go directly to the website for this show. I love it.

Why? Because I enjoy how they're portraying the early Scandanavians, here.  Strong sense of family, a sense of their culture and so on.  Lissa Bryan and I even do weekly discussions on our different blogs about this show. It's great.

What shows are you into these days? Current or on Netflix or Hulu or wherever? Why do you like your favorite show?

But hey! It IS Free For All, so you can light a campfire about anything. Just mind the rules:

KEEP IT CLEAN.  

Family-friendly language on the front page and no naked people. Inside the campfire, get as wild as you wish.

KEEP IT INTERACTIVE.

Ask questions, invite discussion.  You can toss up your favorite music video, but then be creative in asking for input from others. It's polite.

PLAY NICE.

Respect one another. YOU KNOW THE RULES. If you don't, LOOK THEM UP NOW. Don't ruin the weekend by playing ugly.

Thank you.

FFA expires Sunday evening at about 8:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time

HI there, hello and welcome FFA :)

I was going to post this earlier in the week with Ranger approval but life sucks and delays happen so, here it is on Friday!

For years I've been making videos for my girls soccer teams.

Exhibit A:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9aGoyMqTNY  ( I don't know how to make a pretty link, anyone willing to help can modify this :)  )

So this is my babies final year and I'm making an epic video.

I always use the microsoft video software that came with my computer but I'd love something with more "pizzazz"

Anyone know any?  Free programs that have flair?  That's worthy of a state champion team's final year together before they breakup and go to high school?

Any ideas?

IT'S ALMOST TIME!

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TONIGHT?

IF THERE IS ANOTHER KLAUS/HAYLEE MOMENT, I MAY BE INCLINED TO SWITCH THE CHANNEL.

THAT SAID, YOU KNOW THE DRILL CAMPERS!!

THERE WILL BE SPOILERS IN THIS CAMPFIRE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CANNOT WATCH THE SHOW AT 8PM EST.

SO COME ON IN AND DISCUSS!!!

A mother's advice to her daughter
about choosing the right man:
You need a man who has a good job and is a good provider.
You need a man who worships you and treats you like a princess.
You need a man who can make you laugh.
You need a man who can satisfy you physically.
You need to make absolutely sure that these four men never meet!

Okay, so this is a joke, but seriously, what qualities do you look for in your ideal man? Is he buffed out? Slim? Tattoos? 

Use examples from fan fiction and literature or other media plus pics to illustrate. Also, do women expect too much from men? Or not enough?

ETA: I expected a discussion of different 'Wards -- Tattward, CEOward, and so forth. The conversation that is developing is 100X more interesting. 

ETA You can also come on in to read tributes to some awesome guys or leave a tribute to YOUR wonderful guy. <3 Some of our fantastic Campers are lucky women. 

Once a week or so we open up the HELP DESK so people can ask questions, make requests and get advice. 

If you have amnesia about a fic, this is the place to ask about it!

If you have a request for a type of story or a book, this is your spot.

If you are unsure about something that has to do with ADF, ask here.

If you are unsure about something that DOES NOT have to do with ADF, ask here as well!

If you have requests, questions or amnesia about any other areas in your life we like to answer those as well. I don't care if you want to know about coloring eggs. If it is bothering you, here is the place to ask. We won't judge.

This is your campfire. Ask away! Many people like to answer!

WELCOME TO HELP DESK WEDNESDAY!

ps. I remembered the Help Desk tag this week. Go me!

Hello lovelies~

I'm here to ask for a huge favor~

A long time friend of mine recently had a cancerous tumor removed from her Pancreas. She had her first chemo treatment on Monday.  Jo is thin as it is, and her doctor wants her to eat and eat well. Only problem is, with chemo, you lose your appetite and retain a metallic taste in your mouth (she's been told to use plastic utensils)

Back when it was on ffn, Dead on My Feet had links to recipes for those undergoing chemo in the Authors Notes. As luck would have it...it's been pulled and I don't have a copy.  So I was wondering if someone would be kind enough to forward a copy of it to me so that I could retrieve the websites for Jo.  I'd be much obliged.

Let's make this an interactive CF & help each other out~

When you're feeling under the weather~or even just a little bit down~what foods do you turn to to make yourself feel better or to lift your spirits? Do you have a special recipe? Or a favorite cookie you drown your troubles in?

What foods heal what ails you?

If you're like me, it's the all healing powers of...

Special thanks to the always lovely EKSmith for the ok to post this cf :) 

So.

I don't want to start a campfire where everybody insults everybody, so please, keep that in mind. (I'm not forbidding you from saying what you want to say either, I'm just being careful)

That beeing said, I came accross some very interesting information today : 

- For the first time in France, I heard about CNN sympathizing with Stubenville rapist. It was a single article in a online independant magazine. It was the first time I saw it. I didn't read anything about it in a national paper, nor did I heard anything about it in any other media. I find that very disturbing.

- I found an article on Slate.fr : Slate is a very reliable online paper, very independant from politics and publicity. Now for those of you who don't speak french, here's what it's about : Slate has associated with a Twitter account that counts people killed by guns in the USA. They drew an interactive map of those deaths since decembre 2012 (since NewTown). If you click on a town, you'll see how many people were killed by guns in 3 months. 

I find the fact that it's presented that way very interesting.

Please, know that by writing this, my goal is not to engage in a gun-related debate.

This graphic may be offensive to some, but really, it's just here as an example to how information his treated all aroung the world.

What I would like to discuss, however, is how, as an american or an Italian or a Greek or whatever you are, do you think your country is seen abroad?

I'm reformulating because people get the wrong idea : how much does (or not) your medias report what happens in other countries (politics, economy, society, scandals, etc.)?

What do you think about what abroad medias say about your country, yours beliefs, your politics, your scandals, etc?

Are you interested about what happens in other countries?

How do you get information? Internet? TV? Radio? 

As a french student, I read both french papers and English papers, because I think that most french papers (not all of them) are a bit to biased to reflect the reality of things. And I think french papers are really too self-centered. They'd rather have a front page about a little snow when important things happen in Mali, for example. 

My rec is Carpe-Aestatem

Carpe Aestatem
Author: vysed PM
Special Agent Edward Masen is assigned to solve four seemingly unrelated murders. He finds himself in a race to protect a possible fifth victim as June 9th looms closer.
Rated: Fiction M - English - Mystery/Crime - Bella & Edward - Chapters: 10 - Words: 16,215 - Reviews: 340 - Favs: 258 - Follows: 230 - Updated: 02-17-12 - Published: 01-20-12 - Status: Complete - id: 7759720

there is a ranger here, watching and judging all of you. calm down.

It's Game Time Kids!!! 

Via Twitter, we came up with Name That Tune

The rules:

Post 3 clues about the singer(s)

Post 1 line of lyric

Let the guessing BEGIN!!!

http://www.amazon.com/The-Da-Vinci-Code-ebook/dp/B000FA675C/ref=pd_ts_zgc_kstore_154606011-f_1?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&pf_rd_p=1308356082&pf_rd_s=right-3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=1286228011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1M6Y0RK5MDZ5TNE8CY7T

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown is free today on Amazon! Even if you've already read it... it'd be nice to have it on your Kindle if you want to browse through it again!

TO MAKE IT INTERACTIVE ACCORDING TO THE RULES...

This is a book regarding the investigation into a mystery and alternative religious history (which you can vaguely associate with the supernatural so we'll let the OFF TOPIC-ness of this slide for right now). What are your favorite mysteries?  Classic or contemporary?  Favorite books about the supernatural?  - The AvengeRanger

*saw that writerinmydreams couldn't post this a.m. so hope ok to post this~

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