Yay! And a lovely update it was.

This story deserves far more attention than it gets. So if you're not reading it, shoo! Go go. Then come back to discuss.

Unto a Heart of Stone by JackieJones

Xander: Why is it that I've come face-to-face with vampires, demons, the most hideous creatures hell ever spit out, and I'm still afraid of a little bully like Jack O'Toole?
Cordelia: Because, unlike all those other creatures that you've come face-to-face with, Jack actually noticed you were there.
Xander: Why am I surprised by how comforting you're not?

Ladies.......

Betas, writers, readers...........

I'm in a rut with my story. AT CHAPTER THREE. (I haven't posted anything yet! Don't worry.)

BUT I AM DETERMINED TO TROOP ON.

I'm looking at a big break from school starting early December, so I'm going to have loads of time to write.

SO, what I'm asking from you is...

WHAT MOTIVATES YOU, specifically as a writer? HOW do you push through tough spots?

ALSO, I NEED A PLOT BETA. BAD. Volunteers appreciated.  My beta beta is amazing, but she's a busy woman. (And I don't believe her at all, but she says plot is her weak spot.) I'm SO excited about the story because I think it's very original material, and I've got a general idea of what I'm wanting to write, but I think my problem is a lack of organization/outlining. Anyone with lots of experience in this field? Any links you can point me to? ANYTHING.

Thanks for the support, as always, ADF!

FYT:

Are my favorite Twilight Awards.

When is the next round? will there be one?

Link: http://www.thecatt.net/tw/Default.aspx

The talented, sweet hippie Emibella....

has finished If It's The Beaches.

a moment of silence.

This was a helluva journey for all of us who read--

thank you, Tricia and congratulations on this fic.

It has been a painful pleasure.

Discuss this fic if you read it.

Or go ahead and discuss other completed fics.

I totally blame this on Will and Kate's engagement. The media hype is getting to me! Panic!

I have a sudden urge to read a story about Royal!Edward. Points if it's not completely hackneyed. Bonus points if it's actually GOOD.

Please and thank you :D

EDIT: I posted this just before bed last night thinking there would be nothing out there - thanks sooooo much campers! <3

Hi y'all almightly fic whores... j/k.  To everyone who has a more reliable recall power than me - i am trying to remember where a quote comes from and it's really bugging me.  Sad thing is, i can't even remember the full exact quote LOL. i'll list everything i remember:

- Bella is giving a Maid of Honor speech at ?Alice's wedding (i think it's Alice, but don't quote me LOL)
- i think the location was a restaurant... not the Cullen house
- she started the speech pretty serious, but she started repeating the word "Celebrate" way too many times and her audience started getting it as a euphemism of getting it on, and the speech ended with everyone applauding as she told Alice and Jasper to celebrate every day and every night and celebrate again and again tonight or something like that

um... can someone please tell me which fic that's from?  that's by far the funniest MOH speech i've seen in a fic-Bella.  Or i'm all ears too if anyone wanna rec me another good MOH speech from a fic.  

Thanks!

baldtomaot

I am just so excited. I just checked my email and have an update of Cullenary Coupling by Books(squeels). One of the best fics ever written. Seeing as how its really late i wont get to it tonight but first thing in the morn thats on my agenda. Oh and another story updated Emancipation Proclaimation 2 chapters very close together and that is amazing because usually you wait a long time for those updates but then those chapters are really long. But thats whats so great about these two stories. They are meaty. more importantly worth the read. And Bonne Foi, I seriously thought that story was on hiatus because it hadn't been updated since June. (shakes fist at RL) anyway as I said before I'm really excited to see all of these updates.

Well I changed computer a while back so that means new ITunes. and for a while I completely forgot about the great twigasm podcast.

Last night I went looking for it, and couldn't find it anywhere! 

this is probably old news to you guys but could anyone tell me where it went?

FYT:

OMNOMOMN OMN OMN.

hidelee ho, campers.  ranger wtvoc here with a deal/steal o' the day!

click here to get a special deal that's good from now until nov. 29 on amazon.com-

enter the code and you get $3 worth of mp3 downloads for free.  no, really- just enter the code and you get $3.  singles are 99 cents a pop, so that's three songs, of 3 bucks off a full album.  you can use these on your ipods or other mp3 players, so just do it.  you need an account with amazon to play.

to make this interactive, tell us where you'll be on friday, whether it's in line at target around 3am like me, or snuggled in bed surviving turkeycoma.

also, share your favorite black friday tips/strategies.  

oh, and this SNL spoof of black friday is hilar, so watch that.

They have to change and alter some stuff to make the books come alive to and capture interest on screen but what things made you still go "Huh?" when you first saw any of the movies.

Example: I know everyone seems to love it like it's a character on it's own but:
 

Charlie having a mustache...Huh?

That had me cocking my head with one eye closed when Billy stepped on screen and it was distracting because I was itching to get home and look that up. Bella's internal mumbing was a lot of dry wit so I couldn't imagine her not making reference to her dad idolizing Tom Selleck as a senior in high school and growing out a mustache that he never got rid.
 

I am a slow writer. On top of that, I am a pretty busy person. But I also have REALLY GOOD INTENTIONS and can sometimes find myself being excessively motivated. 

"So, what is this about?," you ask.

Lately I have been receiving PM's via fanfiction.net from irate readers that I have yet to update my story from this summer.

I know that that is a long time but it got me wondering

What do you expect from authors?

Would you rather an author take down a story than to wait for an update?

Would you tell an author exactly what your expectations of them are?

Do you think that they need to honor their commitment to a story and that you have a right to read that story in a certain reasonable amount of time? 

I seriously don't know what you ladies (and gentlemen) are going to say on this subject. The point is, I feel really bad and I don't know if that is making me write any faster or if it's making me feel like giving up on it all together instead of waiting until I have the time to finish it the way that I want to.

Did I expect life to throw me all of these curveballs? No. But I also know that people deserve to be given their entertainment expeditiously.

I just want to know if there is any general consensus among fanfic readers on this subject.

Thank you.

Update: Guilt won over and I posted 15 pages (here on ADF). I wanted to write the "ending" but I left it open. If people don't yell too much I'll write more but at least it's something!!

For the last 2 weeks I have not been around my computer, 1st I was at UK hospital with my aunt for 5 days, then with the family as we planned her funeral arrangements.

I was in a store last night and noticed a magazine with pictures of Rob & Kristen on the front, so apparently I have missed new pics. If you could please feel me in on these new pics, I will be forever greatful! :D

Also I had a crap ton of fics (ok really like 6 or 7) up on my computer when I left, the hubby has lost it all. So if you could please rec any complete ExB fics, please do so. I'd really like to read some happy or humorus stories, it helps take my mind off things.

Thank you :p

You have 364 Unbirthdays each year. Is it your Unbirthday today?

Come on inside and post a photo of what you want for your Unbirthday and let us know when your actual Birthday is.

Mine will be in the comments.

what's that you say?  who is lambcullen?  (<-- yes, that name is linkified!)

is she the wonderful person who brought us:

Tilt?

yes.

First Edition?

yes.

Catching Spiders?

yes.

and so much more?

yes!

IS SHE ALSO THE WONDERFUL PERSON WHO STARTED A NEW STORY (THAT'S ALREADY SO SO SO SO GOOOOOD, AND I'M SUPER EXCITED AND QUIVERING WITH ANTICIPATION?)

yes.

I present to you: Whispered Words and False Promises

lettuce discuss.  thoughts? predictions?

(and yes.  things are linkified for your pleasure)

episode 3.11 "gingerbread"

Mom, I'm not an age group. I'm me. Willow group.

episode 3.12 "helpless"

note: this is one of my top five fave episodes for the last five minutes alone.

Angel: I saw you before you became the Slayer.
Buffy: What?
Angel: I watched you, and I saw you called. It was a bright afternoon out in front of your school. You walked down the steps... and...and I loved you.
Buffy: Why?
Angel: 'Cause I could see your heart. You held it before you for everyone to see. And I worried that it would be bruised or torn. And more than anything in my life I wanted to keep it safe... to warm it with my own.
Buffy: That's beautiful. Or taken literally, incredibly gross.
Angel: I was just thinking that, too.

ETA: JUST FOUND OUT WARNER BROS. HAS OPTIONED BUFFY AS A REMAKE.  YEAH, A MOVIE REMAKE OF BUFFY. FEATURING NOT-JOSS WHEDON, AND A WHOLE SLEW OF NOT-THE ORIGINAL CAST AND CREW.  DISCUSS YOUR IRATE-NESS AND RAGE IN THIS THREAD.

 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! ~

The sound quality is not that great... but still, Rob brings the funny

http://notalwaysright.com/in-the-twilight-of-their-youth/7815

In The Twilight Of Their Youth

MOVIE THEATER | PERTH, AUSTRALIA

(I’m serving a family at the box office. The wife keeps looking nervously at the Vampires Suck poster we have on display.)

Me: “You’ll be in Cinema 6 for Tomorrow. Enjoy your movie guys!”

Wife: “Excuse me, I just have one question.”

Me: “Yes?”

Wife: *leans in close* “Are people actually watching Vampires Suck?”

Me: “Yes, it’s very popular with young teenagers and has sold out a few times.”

Wife: “But… but… it’s insulting Twilight!”

Me: “I know, I saw it too.”

(The husband quickly grabs his wife by the arm before she can say anything else.) 

Just go read it peoples, if your still reading this than stop and just GO. No seriously, I mean it. GO!!!