Our Where's George adventure is finally up and running. George is in the mail and will be spending Christmas with Mabso in Australia. The listing of campers participating in Where's George can be found inside this campfire and in a PM to them from me. When you receive George in the mail go to www.wheresgeorge.com and enter his serial number to show where he's been. Leave a message, sort of like George's journal around the world. Then come back of ADF and let the rest of us know you've gotten George. Make your mark on George, ie. I've stamped ADF,colored his hair, and put KeyTattoo2 on him. Take his photo to show you and I shared Mr.George and being sistercampers we're generous like that,LOL!

If you want to join the Where's George mailing list just PM me. We want to put as many miles on George as possible and have a ADF momento to share.

Happy Holidays! 

An interesting discussion on twitter has led me to post this campfire.

 It serves two purposes:

#1.  I'm possibly looking for a few people to join me in a little exercise.  

Here's what I'm thinking we would do:

- write a lemon-filled one shot 

- post it under a new anon account.

- share your stats with me.

- Keep it as anon as possible (subtle pimping could be figured out later)

- After a set period of time, we could share the results here on ADF

Why would you want to do this, you ask?  

Curiosity.  To get a better understanding of the way fandom works.

You just like science. 

 If I partake in this, it'll be a challenge for me as a writer - I've never shared any graphic lemons anywhere (lemons, yes. graphic? no). Readers will get some sexy times to read...win/win?  

This isn't a sure thing - just an idea I'm throwing out there.  

What are your thoughts on a social experiment such as this?

#2.  Discuss any relationships you've noticed between lemons and readership.  Do graphic lemons automatically mean an increase in reviews/readers? Are you more likely to read a story with or without a lot of vertical mambo?

Share your experiences inside

EK edit:  THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR RESPONSES! :)  If you're interested in doing an "anon-lemon" PM me, and we'll work out some deets! 

Tell us what you are reading RIGHT NOW!

Books and Fanfiction alike!

Please link if you are reading fanfiction or give us a nice summary if you are reading a book. We also LOVE reviews and discussing stories, so tell us what you think of what you are reading!

Special Assignment:

IF YOU ARE READING THIS: REC SOMETHING

In other words, nobody is off the hook...everyone must play! (lol)

BUT, AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO IGNORE THE SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT AND REC ANYTHING!

As always, read, review, and let 'em know you saw their fic rec'd on ADF.

do feed a tree, dear old chap!

this is your friendly warning that i'm doing a holiday freecycle tomorrow- with a twist. click here if you don't know what an ADF freecycle looks like!

if you have holiday wishes that you'd like fulfilled, maybe someone will be interested in fulfilling them!

take a chance. maybe you're dying for that book for your e-reader. or a starbucks. something.

be greedy. you deserve it. maybe you'll have a secret santa who'll judge whether you've been nice this year.

and if you can spare five or ten bucks, maybe you can make someone's holiday by granting their wish! in fact, if you wish to remain anonymous and don't mind my knowing about it, you can use me as your holiday go-between-santa-type-thing.

and, as always, if you have things you wish to get rid of, this will be the place. 

tomorrow!

something to keep you warm on those cold, lonely nights fyt:

i'd apologize for how big this campfire is but the truth is that i'm not even a little bit sorry.

I know we've had campfires like this before but humor me? Or, if you're a Ranger, don't humor me and delete this. :)

I'm just curious what makes people tick in regards to reviews. What makes you decide to leave a review? What makes you decide not to leave one? I fully admit the inspiration for this question comes from my recent story update. I continuously have people add my story to their alert and favorites list but the ratio of reviews to this number is ridiculously low.

So what would make you add a story to your alerts or favorites but not leave a review? One friend suggested that only popular authors got reviews. Another said she doesn't leave reviews because of the whole P2P thing. Sometimes I'll add a story to my alert list as a reminder to go back and read it. Or if there's a story that I come to late and there's a ton of chapters to read I'll wait until I've read the whole thing before reviewing. Is that wrong of me? Do other people do that? If I find a new story to read I always try to leave an encouraging review regardless of popularity.

So I'm just curious how other people do things. What makes you decide to review or not to review. And I'm not just talking about praise here. Concrit reviews count too.

It's Monday, and I'm back in my office. I've opened my work email and there they all are, those work and real life things I should be doing. And I will. Eventually. But first, I have to make my usual circuit of the internets, just to catch up from overnight, you know?

Except I'm getting a little bored of my regular spots, so I want to know: Where do you hang out online? When you first fire up your laptop, which sites do you need to check before you do anything else?

My current round up (in order, because I'm OCD that way):

Gmail (for the fandom email, of course, whch I will read before the work email)

Twitter (because... duh)

Tumblr (where my life gets sucked away doing absolutely nothing)

ADF

Edwardville (to find new fics to add to my overly-long TBR list)

Google news- so I actually stay somewhat informed on the state of the world.

Obviously I need more places to waste time online, so share your time-sucks with me. 

For your time, a little pretty for this dreary Monday morning, some dreamy, blue-eyed Colin O'Donohugh:

And the lovely VampsHaveLaws said I could post this!

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.

So come on in and see who won the crown this week!

Do you write fan fiction?

Give us a little peek!

Post something about your upcoming chapters here!

excerpt / pictease / music / riddle / poem

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

WORLD BOOK NIGHT

APRIL 23, 2013

TITLES ANNOUNCED!

>> Click here to see the US 2013 World Book Night titles <<

>> Click here to see the UK & Ireland 2013 World Book Night titles <<

World Book Night started a few years ago in the UK.

The idea is to distribute great books -- free of charge -- to get people reading.

There's a little bit of EVERYTHING! 

If the idea appeals to you, and you're in the US, UK, or Ireland, would you perhaps consider participating?

Now is the time to sign up if you're interested. =)

HAVE YOU READ ANY OF THE SELECTED BOOKS?

WHICH BOOK WOULD YOU WANT TO GIVE AWAY?

WHICH  BOOK SHOULD I GIVE AWAY?

"We've been friends forever and had a lot of mutual friends and we reconnected in the middle of the year," the "Thor" actress, 28, told People. "It was one of those things where I'd been single for a very long time and he was going through a lot. We sort of bonded."

Peter, 38, endured a highly publicized divorce from his wife of nearly 11 years, Jennie Garth, in March, and wound up working with Jaimie again on HBO's "Nurse Jackie."

"It's very new to me and it's scary," she told the mag. "But it's also something we don't want to give up on because I know how it makes me feel in my heart. It makes me feel really good."

Adding, "He's a good guy with a great family and I couldn't be any luckier."

What is it with men and their mid-life crises? Ugh
 

Help a lurker out please.  I hope that I'm doing this correctly because I've never done it.  Here goes......

I'm looking for a story.  E/B  completed  Edward offers to pay Bella's tuition for her  if she poses as his date when he goes back home for his ex fiancee's/girlfriend's wedding, i think. Edward proposed to Tanya before he went to college, but she denied him and embarrassed him.  He was kind of geeky I think, maybe just shy.  Bella hides the fact that she is bajillionairre rich from him so he thinks his wealth is a lot.  Charlie is some kind of playboy, inventor, smart rich absentee dad divorced from Renee an uber bitch.  I think Bella played violin and was a model when she was younger (forced by Renee) and tries to hide that past from Edward along with her wealth.

My first ever rec to you fine people is the Angel Series written by Drotuno.  This is how Twilight and it's books should have played out.  Very long series but hot and well written.

Hey everyone.  I know there's some San Francisco area campers out there.  And I need your help!

This may sound like the dumbest thing ever, but I'm moving to San Francisco in January and I have to go through the search for a good hair stylist that's good with short hair and color.  The only problem?  I don't want to have to be set back a few hundred bucks for this...I'm used to paying $70 for both a cut and a color!  You guys don't know how panicky I am having to leave my good friend/hair stylist for almost 10 years...Help!

Also, I will be in the city Dec 13-16th.  Short trip, but I'd love to meet up with some of you guys that are in the area.

Happy Championship weekend football campers. A couple of good games today, but sadly this is basically it for the weekly cf. There will likely be a cf at some point during the bowl season and hopefully one of the NFL teams I like will make it to the Super Bowl, but until then, let’s celebrate our last regular season football weekend.

A nod at my boys who will hopefully beat Kansas today and finish our season above .5

And a nod at my men who are playing Baltimore without Big Ben, but with……my future second husband Troy. (I know I use this picture a lot, but can you blame me?)

Who you lovin this weekend?

Hello Campers!

Weekly Challenge - Come and share a low fat recipe with us! Last week we discussed alternatives to fatty foods when cooking, now show us how to use them. Or another recipe that you have!

It's never too late to come and join us, just pop in an introduce yourself!

And don't forget to visit our LJ - http://adf-fit-club.livejournal.com/  It's been very quiet over there!

A friend introduced me to Youtenna.com last night.

 It's pretty cool!

I asked him about their listener base and library. (It's inside)

My how technology has emerged! It's not your Momma's yahoo music anymore....

Do you use it?

What is your favorite Internet music source?

(pic takes you to site)
 

So, how do you write?

I'm writing my first story as we speak. It is not fan fiction, it is a new story, with my own characters and emotions.

But, I have a question for all of the writers, of fan fiction as well as other stuff. How do you write?

Do you lay out an outline and then fill it in? 

Do you start writing and see where it takes you?

I'm a bit stuck you see. I don't have an outline. I have a story idea. I've started writing the story idea. I have the end... it's an incredible scene!!! But now I'm piecing the story together, beginning... idea... and ending. It's overwhelming sometimes!!!

So, my question to the forest is: What's your method? Do you write scenes or chapters? How do you tackle the task of tying them together?

I sometimes find myself imagining a scene with my characters, writing my story... writing the scene... then trying to piece it into the whole! Am I the only one that struggles with this?

And, also. Merry Christmas to all! I put an invitation on the Christmas exchange for cards. But want to reiterate it here. I haven't sent cards out in a few years, and am excited about getting into it again!!! PM your address and I will send greetings from the beautiful state of North Carolina, US!!