...of 9/11? As I started my daily routine this morning, I flipped on the TV and there they were. Those images of buildings burning, then falling, people crying and running...and it brought it all back. My 18 yo son and I stopped  and stared as the montage that The Today Show put together played through. When it was over, tears were running down my face and memories came flooding back. Later, I came across this website that The Guradian put up - It's called  The 9/11 Decade and it's a collection of memories of that day from people all around the world. Here is a memory shared from Elsa in Ontario, Canada, who was ten years old at the time. It touched me to read the memories of others around the world... and maybe brought a little more healing. I thought some of you might like to post memories also...

What do I remember? Walking into a TV station at 9AM with my kids for a school field trip. As we excitedly walked into the lobby, we immediately looked up at the monitors all around, The first plane had just gone into Tower One. We immediately returned home and turned on the news. 9/11 was my dad's birthday. I had to call him in California and tell him what had happened. Later that afternoon, as the horrific news continued to come in, I remember gathering with hundreds of others at our local church to pray.  For weeks later, my 8 year old son would stiffen in fear and run to whatever room I was in whenever a plane flew overhead. 

This is my first campfire, and I  hope it is not inappropiate. Please forgive and remove if it is. There are so many in this forum who have big hearts from all over the world -  if you can, would you share your memories?

Who here watches Suits?  Come discuss the season finale with me.

Does anyone have any idea what the can opener thing as all about?  I need to know!

I think it's safe to say there will be spoilers inside.

(I don't think this really gives anything away for those, who haven't seen the Finale yet.  If you feel it does, I'll definitely take it down)

At least the jaw is still there

Feel free to add captions

Let's take a moment to think about something that is near and dear to my heart:

GIVING BLOOD

One donation can save THREE lives.

Please consider donating blood at a hospital or blood bank near you. It takes less than 45 minutes, you get a FREE general health screening, and it is an excellent excuse to have a big breakfast and a big lunch.

If you can't donate blood (some of you probably have new Edward Cullen tattoos or take medication), think about donating money or volunteering.

http://www.giveblood.org/

To make this interactive, please use this campfire as a place to promote or discuss your favorite charities or causes.

Or talk about your experiences donating blood or plasma.

So, I'm already in a pissed off mood and it's only ten-thirty. It's not a story worth telling, but I could use some cheering up. So, Campers, it would be greatly appreciated if you could post something funny, stupid, goofy, anything to make myself and anyone else who may be having a bad day laugh. I hope everyone has an awesome weekend!

Another question for everyone!

How do you feel about alternate POVs?  I'm considering re-writing a story of mine from a single POV, but I'm afraid I will be limiting myself and my ability to tell the story correctly.  What about sectional POVs, i.e. the first and second arcs told from one POV and the third arc told from another?  Or would it be better to mix POVs together in all arcs of the story for continuity purposes? 

Good morning, everyone!  (At least good morning to everyone in my neck of the woods.  Good afternoon and evening to the rest of you!)

I have a question for all of you.  Over a year ago, I posted the first four chapters of a multi-chapter fic, only to have to set it aside in order to focus on completing my WIP.  I am going to begin work on this fic again in the very near future, but I am presented with a problem of sorts.

In short, I will be re-writing the first four chapters of the story.  They will resemble the chapters they were in the past, but they will be different enough that it would best for readers to re-read them.  So, do I simply pull the story and re-post it again with the newly revised chapters, or do I simply update what I already have with an A/N explaining what I'm doing?

it's the ADF free for all. use it well, darlings. you have until the evening sunday.

post to your heart's content. just don't post anything terribly rude or filthy or anti-firth, please.

today's music recs are all about dancin'. show me your favorite tune to shake yo ass to. and don't end sentences on prepositions like i just did. show me your favorite tune to shake yo ass to, B.

or idk just share some dancing gifs i may not have~

Free for all Friday, yet? (It is Friday here...)

Here's the deal: Spoify is from my point of view the best thing since, I don't know, gearshift bicycles. It's been recently launched in US, and I have already "invited" some of my ADF friends to the service. (The service is free, so I am not trying to sell anything.)

As I have over a dozen invitation tokens left, I want to know if anybody here would be interested. Send me a PM with your e-mail address, and I will send you one. (Anybody living in Sweden, Norway, Finland, the UK, France, Spain, The Netherlands or the US can use the service, so by all means, anybody there, let me know if you're interested.)

As far as I understand, I get 2 more invitation tokens each month, so in case there are more people interested than I can invite at the moment, I will add you later. (My RL friends are already using the service - those who are interested, anyway.)

And if you enable the social aspect of Spotify, I will send you The Tropic of Virgo playlist I've put together. :) (You don't have to be facebook or any-other-social-network friends with me, so your identity is safe.)

And here's some really easy listening from the 70's: let me present you with Sir Douglas Quintet, from San Antonio, Texas -- singing about Scandinavia.

I just finished the story River Dam right here on ADF.   It was the most OUTSTANDING story I think I have ever read.   It was so real to life.   It actually had me crying in parts.    If anyone hasn't read it run to the fanfiction section and read it!

Are there any more stories out there along this line.   This story was EXACTLY the kind of story I've been looking for from the 1st word to the last word of chapter 20.     Any recs would be greatly appreciated.

(Hoping this meets the requirement of giving a rec for asking for a rec.    READ RIVER DAM.   It is so freakin good!)

Chapter 8 - Everybody's Talkin' by denverpopcorn

 Who wants to talk about this update??

I might have gotten carried away with the tags :)

That is the question.

Ok...here's the deal...I'm near completion of my first fic, which was done with neither pre-reader or beta.  I have currently 5 (yes FIVE) works in process (IF the magic man can backup the hard drive on my mortally wounded MacBook) and now I'm wondering...should I use a pre-reader and/or beta or not?

So...what to do?  Do you use a pre-reader?  Or a beta?  Do you not?  If you do use one, do you feel that it improves the quality of your work?  How do you know if the person that you've chosen is the right person for your work?  Do you pick your friends? Or someone you don't really know all that well?

Let's discuss the pros and cons of using a beta or pre-reader, shall we?

FYT...see...even Rob's confuzzled..

As always, this is the thread to tell us what you are reading or what you have read that you think everyone needs to read as well!

It is very important that you include links and even more important that you not only give a description of the fic, but tell us

WHY YOU LOVE IT!

This week I am reading and LOVING two very different fics

Real Plastic Trees is from the writing powerhouse of TheHeartofLife and LightStarDusting. It is everything I love wrapped in one fanfiction. Smart and funny, a bit of teenage drama and a couple that you root for so much that you jump out of your seat a little when they finally (spoiler alert!) kiss.

Poison In Me is something completely different. It is an angsty New Moon AU that is told in second person narrative. It is hard to pull this off and Halawia does an entirely effective job of pulling me in. 

So, what are you reading?

Yahoo Movies released the new teaser posters.

I like it. The Bella/Edward one looks like that first Twilight poster and they're so much better than that last teaser. What do you think?

Here's another promo for TVD Season 3!!! SO EXCITED.

Anyone else catch that Tyler/Caroline sexitimes moment??? (At least I think it was them).

So today is International Literacy Day, and since all of us found ADF because of the written word, I thought it was appropriate to do a post.

I know many people attribute Twilight to rekindling their love of reading, was that the case for you, or have you always been an avid reader?   Maybe it was a different book/series that got you back into reading.

What was your favourite childhood book?

What are you reading right now?

Come recommend a book, or share a favourite quote, or poem, or post a picture of your bookshelf, etc.

Quick fact about literacy:

Did you know that one in six adults lack minimum literacy skills? That means roughly 793 million people are considered illiterate.

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."
— Dr. Seuss  

ETA: Forgot to say this was approved by Tor and EKSmith

She has updated her wonderful For whom the Bell tolls. Cyra has been very ill (she tells us about it) but now she is better and it is amazing how light, tender and sexy she has managed to make this new chapter! Here is the Summary: There's a dusty old bookstore in Seattle where the proprietor keeps odd hours and knows the location of every book in his stock. What surprises hide in its stacks? AU, Vamps

http://twilighted.net/viewstory.php?sid=13233

So, two campires at the same time. But the two updates I found this morning had me screaming.

To keep the rangers on my good side (Or is it to keep on the rangers' good side?) I add a rec.

Woman in Blue by the Runaway  Mind you, the story has just started, but she is the author of other complete stories. Only, it is her first AU and she is, like, a little ashamed of writing about vamps. I want to encourage her, therefore...

http://www.twilighted.net/viewstory.php?sid=15704

Summary: Edward has an opportunity to study art history abroad in Paris, France. There, he meets an intriguing, quiet, smart and reclusive Isabella Swan. When Edward chooses to study and do his final paper on the painting Woman in Blue by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, that's when he finds out there is more to Isabella Swan than just quick exits, excuses, and strange behavior. And maybe even a little more to the Cullens than he thought he knew...
 

Wonderful, wonderful … Through his eyes, by RedSummer has been updated. Don’t miss this story and this fantastic new chapter. If you want to learn about the animalistic inner nature of vampires (not evil nature, in the case of the Cullens, just animalistic) do read it. I am speechless. Father and son and yet Alpha and Beta… amazing. And the description of the harsh fight between Carlisle and Edward, OMG. To write at length about bodies in movement is the ultimate challenge for an author!
If you are reading it… do comment inside. Here is summary and link and below, a rec for another story, if it is required

http://twilighted.net/viewstory.php?sid=13155
Summary: Edward Cullen needs help and there is only one person he trusts enough to turn to. When the heart says one thing, but the head says another what is a lonely vampire to do? (Yes, the summary is the only thing that sucks. I does not give the idea.I am telling her to write a better one, but she is not doing it).

Required rec.
Thorough, by Aleeab4u. It is a reposting of an old story so it will update twice a week, she says. Let’s prepare for BD, it is a honeymoon fic.
Summary: This story is based off the line "I tried to think of everything that would make this...easier." Edward ch. 5 Breaking Dawn. Follow Edward on his journey to battle his demons as he plans - and then succeeds - to give Bella the perfect wedding night. AU

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7361844/1/Thorough

Substance Clad in Shadows

I am a woman – a perfect predator, with my body as my bait.

Go read the update and then come back and discuss!!