Sorry this is late..there were family emergencies aplenty in the Emibella household!

As always, the weekly help desk is your place to ask questions:

Did you forget the name of a fanfic?

Do you have a request for a special kind of fanfic?

Do you want to know what happened to an author or a story?

Do you have a question about ADF and how it works?

In addition to this, ask about ANYTHING YOU WANT! Ask about Portland! Ask about AUTHORS USING SOCK ACCOUNTS TO WRITE NEW FIC! Ask about swimsuits! THIS IS YOUR CAMPFIRE FOR ANSWERS!

Ask away! Many people like to answer!

Nope, it's not another "help me find that fic!!!" campfire.

I actually want to know if anyone has any news about Farkle, the author of Art School Confidential, which last update was in October/2010. I miss that fic so much!

I already checked her twitter, the thread in Twilighted, asked about her on my twitter, but I ended up with nothing and got worried.

Does anyone know if she left the fandom? Or if she's just crazy busy and gave up writing ASC? Is everything alright with her? 

DO YOU MAKE FAN VIDEOS?

DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE YOU WANT TO SHARE?

WHETHER YOU'RE A VIDDER OR YOU JUST LIKE TO WATCH THEM, POST ALL OF YOUR FAVORITE FAN VIDEOS HERE!

MY WEEKLY RECS:

"The Hunger Games || HOPE & FEAR" by Grable424

"The Vampire Diares | Paradise" by ShatteredxDesires

"EB ~ Strangers" by Natysik1204

POST AWAY CAMPERS!

i just came across this on the Blockbuster website.

It has been recorded in the cinema, so ya know...excuse the shaking and background voices and all that

cute Kristen invites you in :)

Rob coming out of a meeting in LA :) His hair is growing back nicely (i did love the buzzcut though) and apparently so is his beard LOL

And a Cosmopolis teaser trailer hits the web tomorrow morning! YAY

Edit: Let's have a Rob appreciation campfire...I'm feeling like spamming people w/ pretty Rob pictures and obsess over his beautiful...everything

ETA2: upsie my purple writing confuses people...sorry Purple ranger...I just love purple :)

So, I was recently checking out the prego Bella list and came across a fic that I really wanted to read. The only problem was that it had been pulled from ffn and I have no idea where to find it. So, if anyone has it and would be willing to share it would make my day :{D

 You, Me and The Baby Make Three

When rich stuck up Bella Swan has a one night stand with 'poor' Edward Cullen, the result is a baby. How will two people from such different worlds deal with the ups and downs of an unplanned teenaged pregnacy? All canon couples, AH, very OOC.

ETA my rec is

 The Morphing Games by Taneva Rose

Twenty-four names drawn at random, by the end all but one will be dead. The final survivor receives the ultimate prize: immortality. My name is Bella Swan, and I'm a Prospective in the 100th Morphing Games. There's only one problem: I don't want to win.
 

It's really well written and has a great plot line 

My sincerest apologies if this has been covered already. I did try using the search feature but couldn't find exactly what I was looking for.

I recently acquired a shiny new ipod. This is quite the indulgence for me and it's taking a bit of getting used to as I suck at technical stuff. One of the many things I can do with it is read PDF's so last night I finally got some ebooks from my comp onto it and then I started thinking...

I've seen people tweet and make posts about reading fic on their ipads and phones and things like that. And I know that there's a bunch of fics available in PDF format but my question is this. Actually, it's twofold. 

1. I heard someone say there's a program you can use to turn fics into PDF's? True? False? Help?

2. I was looking on the twificdatabase website last night and I saw a section that had a chart of fics with info on each fic but if you clicked on the fic it just took you to the FFnet page. Where do I get downloads of the fics? I do have that Googledocs thing from ages ago but the fics from the website list I was interested in weren't on there. Help?

I wish I could give you a rec but I haven't read any fic in ages. I mean AGES. Rangers please don't punish me for not reading fic. And I can't really rec any books because I've only read one this year so far. Warm Bodies which I think everyone knows about already. I can tell you that The Moth Diaries is advance screening on itunes though I haven't watched it yet but I CAN'T WAIT to. I did watch this the other night:

In honour of Ro's birthday, Dusty updated a day early! (kisses faces)

Come back and discuss once you've read! 

XOXO

It's our very own Rochelle Allison's birthday today! So let's all tell her how much we love her stories and wish her the happiest of days.

Happy Birthday, Ro!

XOXO

Greetings!

Fellow Campers of A Different Forest, I would like to enlist your help for a

...

of the Master Fic List

When these lists of fic-by-type were begun, back in 2010 (yes!), there were just a few lists.  Now, there are more than 100.  Within these lists are some now-classic favorites, which are fabulous.

But.

There are also remnants of fic that might have been abandoned.

...

Or fics that have been pulled entirely.

...

OR fics that used to be WIPs and are now COMPLETE and FABULOUS and on their way to becoming 

THE NEW CLASSICS of Fanfic! :)

We refer people to our Master Fic List frequently, and frankly? It could use a good dusting.  

I would love to ask for your help to do that.  

If you would be so kind, please take a look at the list and choose a category that particularly appeals to you. See if you find any fics in there that could use a reorganization of some sort.  

I'll be doing it, too.

If you DO find something that needs reclassification, you can PM me.  My icon is on pretty much each of those lists, so you won't need to do too much. ;-)

I will then go in with my Swiffer and make it all fresh.:)

So...will you help?  

I'd sure appreciate it, and so would any and everyone whom we refer to these lists! :)

Thank you SO MUCH!

ESPECIALLY TO THE FOLLOWING CAMPERS WHO ARE SO ON THE BALL!

dschmuec - The End of the World as We Know It Fic List, the Cross-Cultural/Interracial Romance List, the Not So Lemony Fic List, the One Night Stand List, the Drabble Fic List, the Halloween Fic List, the Weird* Fetish List, the Peter/Bella Fic List, the College Fic List, AND the Road Trip Fic List 

Camilla - Darkward List

Daisy Mae - Domward Master Fic List (and yes, I'm still chuckling)

Steelkaje - Tattward List, Copward Fic List, Chefward/Chefella Fic List, AND Raceward

spanglemaker9 - Famous Edward List

jilbur - Vampella Fic List

MouldingBrain - Arranged Relationship Fic List, the Meeting Online Fic List, the May-December Romance List, the Love/Hate Fic List, the Fluffy Fics Fic List, the Epic Fic Fic List, the Best Friends Fall in Love Fic List, Classic Fic List, Complete AH Fic List, Childhood Sweetheart Fic List, One-Shot Fic List, AND Meet on Holiday Fic List

boop - Non-canon AU Fic List

tOkitt - High School Fic List (this is a monster list), Jerk-Bluntward Fics AND Badward Fic List

TwilightMomofTwo - Eclipse AU Fic List, New Moon AU Fic List

CLHahny - Historical Fic List, the Pre-Twilight AU List, Daddyward Fics, Doctorward Fics, Twilight AU Fic List AND Breaking Dawn AU Fic List

chilledmist - Jasper/Bella Fic List

MildredDempsey - Cheat Fics Fic List

slambrini87 - Pregnant Bella Fic List

I found out that my favourite/ most trustworthy critics did a review for Hunger Games. (Margaret and David of At the Movies, if you were wondering. If you live in Aus, you probably know who I'm talking about.) I was shocked when it was primarily negative -- Margaret gave it 2 stars, David 1 and a half. In fact, they gave Twilight a better rating when it first came out.

Interestingly, none of their criticism was of the plot, the characters, or the acting; rather, it was the action scenes, camera work and editing. Apparently, the fight scenes are hard to follow (it was said that you couldn't even tell the gender of the people fighting,) and the camera is very shaky throughout the entire film. They attributed this to: 

a) fact that the book was written in first person and it didn't translate well; and

b) the film makers wanted to appeal to a younger audience so had to censor a lot of it.

I when I think about it, this makes sense, and I'm surprised I haven't seen it mentioned before. Many people were concerned about censorship in Breaking Dawn, but really I think it's even more of an issue with The Hunger Games. I mean, the book was quite graffic -- a lot  more graffic than BD - and I think that the fanbase for this is even younger. Seriously, why has no one mentioned this?

I'm really nervous about seeing it now because, as I said, I trust these critics. They never seem to let the popular opinion influence their reviews, which is fantastic. 

:S

To make this interactive: if you've read the book(s) what are your biggest concerns regarding the film? Is there anything you don't think they're going to be able to pull off? 

note: I would post a link to the review but it only aired about half an hour ago, so I doubt it's online. 

Is anybody reading this wonderful and so original story by Oprah Winfrey? I need to discuss it and there will be spoilers inside, if somebody comes in too (EK Smith, you promised!)

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7490217/17/#

Summary: Bella has a serious case of writer's block. A retreat to an isolated cabin in the mountains is just what she needs. The only problem? She's not alone and this mysterious, surly stranger is not looking for company. M for lemons. Very AU.

This Edward is different from any you have met before, beautiful, tragic and doomed. I can't see a way out.- But I so hope there will be one.

C A N 'T     F R E A K I N G     W A I T ! 

IT'S ONLY A FEW DAYS AWAY!!!

but for now I leave you this

The Hunger Games "Soundtrack" came out today.

Did you get it?  What do you think?  What are your favorite tracks?

This is at the top of my list.....

WHAT ARE YOU READING?

Give us a link and tell us about it!

THIS WEEK'S ASSIGNMENT:

Did you read that campfire where WTVOC was looking for just-about-every-fanfic-cliché-ever-written? Well, keeping that in mind,

Rec me something that is anything but 

Cliché

I am going to let YOU interpret that as you wish, but you get the idea. Something completely different. 

But don't just rec me what I am asking for, rec anything.

WE LOVE YOUR RECS!

SHARE! SHARE! SHARE!

A Friendly Reminder: Every WEDNESDAY is HELP DESK DAY! Looking for a fic? That is a great place to ask! We have noticed lots of amnesia campfires lately and not as many people using the Help Desk. Keep in mind that many people are there to help you find what you are looking for! See you there tomorrow!

About Bella being pregnant and not telling Edward.

Just saw a cf about a fic like this, and now i am curious to know if there many stories like that one out there =)

My rec: 

Royal Rebellions » reviews
Bella Swan is no stranger to hard work, but everything changes when she is forced to work in Cullen Manor, the home of America's royal family. Her encounters with a certain prince cause her to wonder if the rules are worth following. MODERN DAY. AH, OOC
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 35 - Words: 208,692 - Reviews: 4260 - Updated: 8-26-11 - Published: 1-24-11 - Edward & Bella - Complete
 

Hi, everyone. First campfire. Am nervous. *clears throat*

I've entered a story in the TilTheWorldEnds Contest and I'm hoping you'll do the same.

According to the Mayan calender, the world is ending in 2012. But how does your world end?

We want to see you get creative in this brand new, one shot contest!

Was there a zombie apocalypse? Tidal wave? Exploding fireballs? Does everyone die out or are there a few survivors to start over? Is there an alien invasion? All out war? Genetic mutations? Environmental disaster?

We want to be thrilled, excited and scared to death for the end of the world. Nothing is too crazy or too creative, show us what you've got!

To make this interactive: Tell us your doomsday prophecies! Is 2012 the end?

Approved by wtvoc

Here you go, for all your writin' needs! :)

And the Plot Thickens...

A cooking ground for writers

What we’re cookin’...

• Plot Bunnies! Ever have a plot bunny that needed some spice? Who said anything about too many cooks? The more the merrier, here! Bring your undercooked plots or ideas, and help others hash out their stories, too.

• Your Characters! Feel like your characters are just skin and bones? Come chat with your friends and see if they can help you create the perfect recipe for meaty greatness.

• Basically anything related to your fic that you need help with!

Allergies...

• We’re allergic to negativity! Constructive criticism and suggestions are welcome, but please try to stay positive and productive!

• And pilfering, too! There will be plenty of story ideas being discussed, so please stay respectful to your fellow authors by not using another's idea as your own - unless given explicit permission by the author first and then giving due credit, of course. No eating off someone else’s plate unless they say you can!

Food Bank...

• Donations! Have some untouched plot ingredients that have been sitting in your cabinet for far too long? Come drop them off at our Food Bank and help another hungry author!

• Pick up! Need some ingredients for your writing? See what ideas have been left for a good home.

You’ve given us an excuse to use the kitchen for the first time.

So, come on in and share your ideas! Maybe someone will have that perfect plot point that pushes your story from good to great, and hopefully you’ll be able to do the same for a fellow author!

I was thinking about it and I realized how much of my daily life is affected by twilight. I check ADF a few times a day, check FF.net and twilighted for updates and new stories, and I look on fan pages for fun gifs or pictures. I probably spend a lot more time then I should on the Twilight Saga and the fandom around it.

If there was no Twilight I would probably more focused on school as silly as that may sound. Twilight got me into reading more and reading fanfiction so when I spend my time reading new updates I could be studying for my Western Civilization midterm.

So what would you be doing if there never was Twilight? Would you be in love with another series as much as this one? Maybe have a different job? Be a different major in college? Let me know!

One of the stories keeping me from studying recently is…

The Learning Curve  by Amethyst Jackson

It updates almost every day so I am constantly checking to see if there is a new chapter. Its well over 100 chapters but each chapter is very short, totally worth the read.