I am 100% reader 0% writer. In many authors notes I have read comments like “the characters didn’t speak to me so I couldn’t get the next chapter out” Since I have never experienced this, when I read a book I can’t decide who is speaking the author or the character.

With paranormal fiction books the author sets the rules ..twilight vamps sparkle because they are made of stone… whether you like it or hate it , they sparkle period.

With all human books I often find myself getting defensive at character traits and feeling like the author is trying to push their beliefs on me.

Is Ben a Broncos fan or is the author a Broncos fan? If he is a fan, is it because he’s a rancher so he goes for the broncos wouldn’t the cowboys be a better fit? Did the author flip a coin and choose the team? did she poll wild west cowboys and take the winner? Did she have a rugged voice in her head saying “go Broncos”

When I read an all human book I find myself saying “thats the author trying to influence me” very often…maybe too often. How many words in a book are the authors and how many are the characters? Is there a difference?
Can an author write about a character that hates football even though they are huge fans? Would there even be a reason too? If you like football,  will everyone of your characters like it??

I love chocolate. Why would I ever get a plot bunny for a character that hates chocolate since I love it.

Why am I ok with reading about vampire Merit’s love of deep dish pizza.. I think “well I bet Chicago does have great pizza” Then I go and have pizza for dinner but when a human character suggests sushi for a lunch date I think the author is trying to get everyone to love sushi like they do.

Merit speaks of her love of Mallo cakes and I google to see where I can buy some. Human Abbey says she loves twinkies and I picture the author eating a twinkie while typing at her laptop.

What I am looking for is some insight on how and why characters develop. In a romance book do we need to know what football team they like?  It does give the characters life I get that; but can it be distracting? Why interrupt a high school lunch scene to have a world event discussion. If I am reading the book today and the event being discussed took place 10 years ago will that take away from the book.

Is it best to put all aside and just dive in and believe 100% the character speaks for themselves?

Am I the only one who accepts Paranormal as it is written (since I have no grounds for comparison) and question everything about human books?
 

Hi!  Does anyone have copies of All Cried Out, Bella?Marie?, or Coldwater Summer.  I saw them rec'd in the last fic I read and wanted to check them out.  Please PM me.

My rec: 

If we ever meet again- pattyrose http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6922461/1/If_We_Ever_Meet_Again  

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Chapter 3:  Picture Me Rollin'

"Good show, Masen! You were really nimble out there. Nice fingering," she stands up and yells. She and her friend bust up laughing and I try not to teeter from my perfected unison. Is she drunk?

And my fingering was spot on.

Summary: High School's a lot like a plane crash. You check for the exit. You secure your mask. And if you're lucky, you survive. AU, AH, All EPOV.
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Humor - Chapters: 3 - Words: 18,019 - Reviews: 152 - Updated: 12-11-11 - Published: 11-27-11 - Edward

I use flag webservice to download fics, but lately it hasn't been working. Does anyone know what's going on and if it will be working again?

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After a very long break cdunbar has posted again.

Resident Geek

Geeky Edward thinks he has absolutely no shot with the popular, beautiful Bella. Is he right, or will she be one of the many girls who thinks geeks make for better lovers? M for language, sexuality, and some underage drinking. A little OOC...ok, a lot OOC
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Humor - Chapters: 20 - Words: 95,683 - Reviews: 5005 - Updated: 12-13-11 - Published: 8-30-08

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I was looking through my WIP-To Read List and this story was deleted.I have my WIP-To read list as bookmarks so it just showed me that "Pigtail" 's gone.I don't even know what the author's name is.Does anybody know if it was completed before it got pulled?

There were some others that were pulled from my list too,but this one really interested me and I was looking forward to read it when it completed.

I'm not sure if I need a rec for this cf too,but just to be sure,I will give a rec anyway.

This has been already rec'ed and talked about here already,but it is the fic that I read in the last months that stuck with me the most.It sucked me right in and I loved it so much.There also might be a sequel...

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6369019/1/Wrenfield_Hall by Wannabe Charlotte

In 1870s England, Bella finds herself without home or family when her father dies. She secures a position as a housemaid in a country manor belonging to Lord Edward Masen. The two form a bond that is threatened by class differences and Edward's past.
Twilight - Rated: T - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 28 - Words: 94,954 - Reviews: 2453 - Updated: 9-19-11 - Published: 10-2-10 - Bella & Edward - Complete

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Hello everybody.

I was just checking my FF.net account - I haven't had the time to do it 'cause I've been very busy with school- and I realized that the BronzeHairedGirl account was deleted!!! I mean, the account is still there but she pulled down all her stories.

I don't want to overreact, but I feel like freaking out at any minute.

Her stories were really REALLY my favorite.

Does anyone know what happened? Or maybe someone has a copy of her stories?

Am I making a big deal out of this? 

Please! I need an explanation :(

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So, as I was reading fanfiction (as per usual) one of these days I was wondering. . .

Who do you imagine as the carachter of your fanfiction? And I'm not just asking if you guys imagine Rob as Edward or Kristen as Bella. . . I'm wondering, how much it changes the person in your mind depending on the fic? Rob/Henry Cavill/whoever is always your Edward, may it be a high school fic or a college fic? What about adults Edward and Bella? What about hair color, eyes, having a tattoo or not?

In a nutshell: how do you imagine your carachters in fan fic?

Lately, I'm imaganing this guy as Jasper in every vampfic I'm reading:

A Rec:

 Real Plastic Trees » by HotMessica

In the pages of every high school yearbook, there is a girl that everyone thinks they know. I'm her, and sometimes, I don't even know myself. But he does. A/H

ETA: Rangers, feel free to delete if it's not all right.

So have you seen this? I caught the Carrie Fisher and William Shatner vids last week (Shatner cracks me up)  and thought they were pretty humorous but this...LOL

So, I've watched the film "Contagion" just now and it made me think of a fic where almost everyone had died except Bella and the Cullen's. Bella was a nurse I think and Edward worked in a lab to find a cure for the disease. The Cullen's weren't a family but slowly they came together somehow and went to a summer camp sort of place away from everyone to be safe. Towards the end chapters Bella catches the disease through Ben and Angela, who happened to stumble on the camp, and Edward tries to find the cure to save her and he does. It was AH/AU.

I've been looking everywhere to find it even in the master fic list but couldn't find it. I thought it was called The Coven but nothing came up.. If anyone could help I'd be grateful:)

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Thoughts?

Talk about Game of Thrones in here, post GoT pics, etc.  

Or, if you'd rather, you can just whine about having to wait until April 2012 for Season 2 and *spoiler in white*about how Khal Drogo ain't coming back *sigh*

I was trying to find a one or two shot but have amnesia:

Bella is married to Jake.

Edward shows up at her place after being out of town.

She has dinner waiting, but Edward is impatient.

He didn't come direct from the airport for Bella's pasta. 

They have amazing sex, and Edward leaves via the back door or window just as Jake gets home. 

It ends with something like,"She is Bella Black and she is my heroin."

It's EPOV, all-human, and an oldie, very short -- one or two chapters, three at most. 

Anyone else know this story, or can rec one like it?

REC:

ANIMATE ME

This fic is a lot of fun!  Edward is a sexy-geeky animator and Bella is an exec at the animation studio he works for and his muse. 

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what happened

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