You know those fanfics that you wish would update, but it's been, oh, like 10 years, and you've about lost hope? Well, here's some great news!

Miaokuancha has been working on "A Garment of Brightness" for the past year, and will begin posting new chapters this Tuesday, November 28, the 14th anniversary of the original posting! 

(She was having a little trouble signing into ADF, so I told her I'd be very happy to post the news.)

More info: 

The story is up on both fanfiction.net AND on AO3:

fanfiction.net:  

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5541231/1/A-Garment-of-Brightness

AO3:   

https://archiveofourown.org/works/42847944/chapters/107640570

Updates will be approximately every 10-14 days.

Summary: "Moving to Forks, spending the last eighteen months of her childhood with a father she barely knew ... it seemed like a good idea at the time. A Twilight mosaic, freely drawn from book and movie, wanders into AU as the story unfolds."

There's a lot more story to come! More info can be found on miao's bio on the websites. 

I finally finished Midnight Sun. It's taken me years to get through it. Not that it's bad - I just don't have much time, and let's face it - that sucker is loooong! Anyhoo - It was great to get Edward's side of the story, and understand his mindset and motivations. I found, however, that drawing out every thought and reaction, espcially the meadow scene, was frustrating to read. It was as if SM sat at her computer with her Twilight copy and typed out pages of Edward's thoughts line-by-line from the book. Ugh. She even stated at the end that she had a hard time with the book and I got the feeling that the only reason she followed through was because she felt that she owed it to her fans. Hell, she cranked out Life and Death, a fanfic version of Twilight, before she got to MS! (and here I am complaining. Us Twihard bitches are never happy!)

Despite this, I did enjoy many aspects of MS, and I am glad I read it. I especially liked learning of what happened on Edward's side while Bella was unconscious in the hospital, and how Alice covered up Bella's "accident" at the end. Those are things I had always wondered about.

So, campers, any thoughts? Did you love/hate/have no opinion of MS? What say you?  

I have slowly fallen off the fanfic bandwagon over the last few years. I used to have loads of authors and fics I was regularly getting updates from. I remember the thrill of getting the latest drop-everything update, and hungrily devouring them. As certain fics wrap up, and certain authors slowly move on to other persuits, my fanfic obsession has dwindled to nothing. To be honest, I miss it. 

So - give it to me! What is/was your all-time must-read, drop everything fic(s)? What was/is the obession that kept you up at night wondering what was going to happen next? 

Help a camper out!