I wanted to make sure ya'll know that Yellowglue is taking down her stories on FFN. They will be gone Sept. 1. And if you haven't read her stories YOU MUST! She is amazing!

http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2041943/

I was perusing around this evening looking for something to read and couldn't really find what I was looking for, so I was hoping that you ladies (gentlemen) could help me out.

I am looking for some angsty stories about trouble youth.  Something along the lines of Lessons Learned by Mistyhaze, The Caged Bird by Kristen Nicole, The Girl Under the Bed by Nostalgicmiss or First Love Lost by Oracle Vas.  Something where they have bad home lives (a negletful Renee, a manipulative Charlie), runaways, homelessness or even some drug abuse.  HEA, though please.  J/B and Slash fics are a bonus.

What are some of your favorite angsty fic?  

Hopefully this adheres to the new rules, since I gave some recs, yea?  

Something pretty for your time.

I'm loving the new site.

I like the fact that authors, and not just VIP authors, can now add their stories to this site.

But, since most of them are already completed and fully uploaded on other sites... is there any point?

How many people will look up stories that are already completed elsewhere and review them on this site?

This is a genuine question and not a criticism. I've noticed over the last couple of days that a lot of authors are uploading their stories now, but no-one seems to be reading them. So I'm wondering if there is a benefit to taking the trouble to uploading stories that are completed elsewhere onto this site.

Again not a criticism... I'm just asking for opinions.

The new chapter is up...what do you all think?

Spoilers inside - link to story if you aren't reading it already!

Hey Campers!

This is our first read-a-long in the "new" forest, and my first time posting it as a Ranger! Woohoo!

Our next fic has got me all kinds of excited!!

We're going to be reading......

The Port Angeles Players by WriteOnTime!!!!

Join me on Saturday to discuss Chapters 1-6.

No spoilers, please - we have lots of new readers.

We'll continue every second day until we're done!

Use this campfire to ask questions about the read-a-longs, share your excitement, etc.

eta:  I changed the date from Friday to Saturday - scheduling conflicts! lol

Woah, 5.9 earthquake in Virginia felt in NYC....  buildings were evacuated...  I didn't feel anything though, thank God...   So far no incident's have been reported... 

RANGER EDIT-COME AND SHARE YOUR EAST COAST EARTHQUAKE EXPERIENCE WITH US!! GOT ANY PICS? POST THEM!

So, I think, we all know that Stephanie Meyer started out in fanfiction. Lets face it, the sh*t storm that is Breaking Dawn only could fly in the world of fandom. We do love our far-fetched fics.

My question to all the lovely campers is, what fandom do you think SM started in?? I have my ideas, come inside and I'll share with you, but here's a hint....

Approved by the Glorious GAW

My Campfire is inspired  by this video:

I ran across this on Pinterest and besides making me giggle and snort....I wondered how your family and/or significant other accept(s) or tolerate(s) any obsession that you may...or may not have. (They say that the first step to addiction recovery is admitting you have a problem  :)  I haven't reached that point yet- no admittance has been uttered from lips.)

Does your family simply roll their eyes when you come skipping into the house with a new EW magazine with Rob on the cover? Does your significant other shake his or her head when you squeal like a school girl at new pictures online?

Do tell.....

Last week, I finally finished all 1,022 pages of A Dance with Dragons. I had been waiting for this book to come out for over 5 years and had speculated on the content within since then.

Then the book came out.....

Back before Breaking Dawn came out, I used to love going to the message boards on Twilighted to speculate with my online friends about what that book would contain. We would talk about epic battles and vamp bella ad nausium and it was so much fun.

Then the book came out....

I remember back when Harry Potter was on book three. I would wait ever so patiently for even the littlest bit of information. When we would get glimpses of cover art online we would talk about it at detail. When we got chapter titles, the boards would explode. Would Harry end up with Hermione? Was Harry a Horcrux? The theories were astounding, fun and rampant.

Then the book came out.....

So my question is, can a book series ever live up to the speculation that surrounds it before it is written? 

Can an author actually write as good of book as we can come up with as a group of followers? Is that a completely unfair thing to say and, in the age of fanfiction, should an author even care about what is speculated?

What is your favorite theory that was never realized in a fantasy/supernatural series? The one that you really wish would have happened?

Are our imaginations always better than the reality or does the final product ever exceed our expectations??

In addition to all of the lovely new features and updates on ADF... you've probably noticed that we have three awesome new Rangers too!

VampiresHaveLaws

LJ Summers

&

EKSmith

We love them and we're excited to have them join our ADF family.

Help us make them feel welcome!

here's your chance to GET TO KNOW THEM!

ASK THEM QUESTIONS..

What do they like to read, what kind of music do they like, do they like cream in their coffee? Anything! (and i mean anything)

And if you wanna know anything about any of the other Rangers... we'll try to pop in here too!!

Hell and damnation! I am trying to get an answer about the fact that comments (and campfires) cannot be iconized anymore while one is preparing them. I am referring to those comments or campfires where one is supposed to send in recs, links, images etc. I used to iconize the comment while I searched for the links, summaries etc. , then I added one and seached for more, until the comment was completed and I could send it  in. Now I can't, nor I can re-read acomment of somebody to quote it properly because the comment sheet is on the way.. There is only the x for deleting the comment. Very bad, does not encourage reacting to requests for stories.

Plus, I  wanted to ask a ranger about it, but I only got a number of rangers icons, with no possibility to choose one (clicking on his-her icon I just got the bio). And, when I continued anyway, the distorted words I was suppose to copy to validate mysellf were so distorted to be unreadable. And don't tell me to switch to the spoken version! I am Italian and spoken English from a machine is damn difficult to understand. Security sometimes defeats its aim, mistreating bona fide participants!

Grrrr

(A very frustrated) Camilla

JOHN EDIT: If you do a refresh of the page, you will get a new Javascript file and the comments / add campfire windows will open in the same manner they did on the old site :)

Another edit-Thanks so much John-you have had to put up with quite a bit these past few days. (a very annoyed) wolvesnvamps

Is there anyone who still hasn't received their Pottermore email?  I'm starting to see that people are beginning to get sorted, and I haven't even received the first letter yet!

I'm not gonna lie, I'm starting to freak out.

A little.

Okay, a lot.  Please tell me I'm not the only one still waiting.

In the meantime, please enjoy this funny song.

purple edit: i'm taking this opportunity to say that if you ARE in pottermore, PLEASE do not post any screencaps of your beta test.

we do not want the forest punished for it.

feel free to describe everything in VIVID, SCINTILLATING detail, but don't 'cap anything. thanks!

Askars has been seen eating at Gemma in NYC!

someone go find him plz.

what do you think he's eating?

Freedom_StruggleWard... you get the picture. phew!

I was wondering if there are any fics where Edward (or Bella) or both of them are revolutionaries or freedom fighters or something similar. I checked the Master Fic List but there wasn't such a list. Can we do something about it?

I just wanted to read some stories based on nationalist struggle or similar issues. As my country is experiencing something of a Gandhian revolution, I was in the mood for such fics. I mean, I'm going into protests and taking part in debates and shit to promote my people's cause, and I'm feeling restless and over enthused these days because I'm on a nationalist hight. lol

Can anyone help me find my fix?

Love Love Love this new ADF!

I was thinking about this when I was walking home earlier - Why do we love supernatural romance?

Is it the fact that they have to overcome the boundaries of their species, a la Edwards bloodlust and strength?
Is it because of the danger? Like the True Blood vamps?
Or is it just because humans are boring after a while, and we just want good old escapism?

I'm really interested to know what your thoughts are.

I personally think it's to do with the boundaries that have to be overcome. Everyone wants Rogue from x-men to have a lasting relationship, but as her touch skin to skin is lethal, we're interested to see how this massive problem can be solved. It creates drama, suspense and makes us have an emotional connection to the story, more so than is she was purely human and was going through ordinary troubles... so then the escapism thing comes in... See! It's really hard to answer!

Happy Monday chicos! Looky the new ADF, exciting, yeah?!

So last discussion (Negative Feedback) camper SuperS wondered about feedback in general. Specifically review replies, here's a bit of what she had to say:

Is it just me, or do others feel really awkward when authors reply to a review? I mean any sort of review - good, bad, constructive, short. mini essay of all your thoughts etc etc - I just find it strange to have that further interaction. I get why some people love it, and authors taking pride in responding to reviews, but I have always just felt strange. Adds a pressure to me to keep reviewing (and I read a lot of WIPs, so then you feel like you can't flounce quietly or stop reviewing) and would set up expectations in my head about that author responding to my review.

I also feel that sometimes if I've written a quick review and then I get a reply, especially everytime, I feel like the effort from the author is undeserved - because I didn't do much....versus writing a really heartfelt long review and then getting nothing...and feeling let down?

As a result I rarely review anymore [. . .] 

I found this INSANELY intriguing. And have to admit that I have wondered myself about my chatterbox nature, and inability to limit my wordiness (it's a character flaw, I try and work on it), because I engage my readers often with review replies. So I always wonder if they're reading my story for ME instead of the story. 

So, what do you think?

How do you HONESTLY feel about review replies?

If you LOVE them, why? What has been your favorite review reply like? You're least favorite? Why?

If you HATE them, why? What about them sets you off? Is it that you personally don't like hearing from an author, or that you just think they shouldn't "waste" their time? Has it maybe set you off of the story because something was revealed in a reply?

If an author DOES review reply does your opinion of them change?

If an author DOESN'T review reply does it change your opinion about them?

What if an author had review replied once and doesn't again, how do you feel about that? Does it change anything?

Are there some reviews you WISH an author would respond to versus other ones you'd written? Why?

Do you think that some authors CAN actually add pressure to readers from review replying? Have you ever felt that way personally?

Writers how do YOU feel about review replying? What are your pros and cons for it? Is there a "right" way to reply and a wrong way?

Any GREAT experiences you want to share? Any bad ones?

Come chitter-chatter with me!

Helloooo Campers !! I like thsi new ADF and couldn't resist posting a CF ..

So in twilight and almost in 55% fanfcitions Bella Edward moves to a new town...in Twilight its from Arizona to relatively small town Forks..got me curious about your moving to new town/state/country experience.How do you cope up in a new place and all? come and share please !

On this note I want to share with with you guys that recently I got married and I might have to move to states(philadelphia) eventually as hubby works there ..It's just not a one state to another state thing for me..as I live in Bangladesh and I'm sure things are a lot different in US..I'm unaware of a lot of stuff ! So help me out with your tips / Things I should know about living there/helpful links about finding places etc please ..pretty please..Beacuse I'm nervous as hell...I'm sure a lot of you need to move around so you might suggest soemthing great !  

P.S sorry for my bad English (need to work on that) and I hope it's still twi related and not totally off topic..if no then feel free to delete rangers..I'll come back on friday then *pouts*

*Ranger Note: You did great! :) ~ LJ*

Yeah, new ADF!  I'm lovin' it and hoping you are too!

Do you write fan fiction?

Give us a little peek!

Post excerpts from your upcoming chapters here!

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

All my Bratty-Vamp pdfs that someone on ADF sent me are blank after 10 or so pages.  THe document appears fine on my laptop, so this is occuring on my nook only.  Anyone else have this issue?  I am also noticed that all the pdfs I downloaded from Sydneyalices website do the same thing and the title page is the same exact format as the Bratty Vamp pdf's I have, so I guess they were formed from the same download software.  Any ideas how I can solve this?  (For sydneyalice's I wil just do a FLAG from fanfiction since her stories are still there, but that won't work for Bratty-Vamp :(