REMEMBER THIS LITTLE HEADACHE?

Idreamofeddy removed her fics!

The Orbiting Meteor was one of my all time favorites, so it is quite upsetting to me that she didn't finish it.  Does anyone know why she did this?

RANGER NOTE- LET'S MAKE SURE IT STAYS CIVIL, GUYS. DON'T GET ROWDY UP IN HERE. - Cap

 JENNYFLY EDIT: NO MORE. CAPRICORN 75 HAS ASKED ME TO PUT THIS THREAD TO BED SINCE Y'ALL CAN'T BEHAVE

YEAH WELL I TOOK THE WHOLE CAMPFIRE DOWN. I SAVED ALL THE CONTENT. NO, DON'T ASK ME FOR IT UNLESS YOU ARE A RANGER. AND EVEN THEN, DON'T ASK ME TODAY. IT'S TOTALLY AGAINST MY NATURE AND AGAINST FOREST POLICY TO REMOVE CONTENT FROM THE FOREST, BUT I COULDN'T TAKE THIS ONE ANY MORE. I COULDN'T STAND THE PMs AND THE EMAILS. IT WAS A CASE OF TOO MANY CAMPERS WITH TOTALLY DIFFERENT SENSES OF HUMOR AND DIFFERENT COMFORT LEVELS PLAYING IN THE SAME JOKEBOX. SOME FOLKS DON'T KNOW THEIR OWN STRENGTH. SOME FOLKS HAVE THINNER SKINS. SOME FOLKS HAVE HAD THEIR HAIR PULLED FOR SO MANY YEARS THEY JUST DON'T NOTICE IT ANY MORE... SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? I'M SAYING THERE'S NO BLAME TO THROW HERE. WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES AND WE ENTERTAIN OURSELVES IN DIFFERENT WAYS; WE THINK DIFFERENTLY; WE REACT DIFFERENTLY. THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SINGLE REACTION BETTER OR WORSE OR MORE RIGHTEOUS OR JUST OR WICKED OR FIENDISH THAN ANY OTHER. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THE FOREST IS SUPPOSED TO BE A PLACE WHERE WE CAN PLAY TOGETHER DESPITE (OR BETTER YET, IN CELEBRATION OF) OUR DIFFERENCES. BUT SOMETIMES A TOPIC COMES UP WHERE THE THICK SKINNED PUPS IN THE PACK TUMBLE A BIT TOO WILDLY FOR SOME AND THE MOTHER WOLF HAS TO GRAB ONE OR TWO OF THEM BY THE SCRUFF. THAT'S JUST HOW THESE THINGS GO.

IN CONCLUSION. DOO NOT EVEN THINK OF STARTING THAT CONVERSATION BACK UP AGAIN. I WILL SERIOUSLY LOSE IT.

THIS CAN BE AN APPRECIATION CAMPFIRE. INTERPRET THAT HOW YOU WILL.

We're on a ROLL!

We had PRE-TWILIGHT fics on Monday.  TWILIGHT fics on Tuesday.  Today, I am soliciting your NEW MOON AU FIC RECS.

For stories that take place as an New Moon AU. Meaning covering the time period of New Moon and after. This is arguably one of THE largest categories in the realm of Twilight Fan Fiction, because almost EVERYONE had SOMETHING to say about how Edward left and how Bella welcomed him home!

So...which stories are your favorites? Remember...these are stories that begin and/or end in the NEW MOON time frame.  They are Alternate Universe (meaning vamps and/or werewolves). BUT if you have CANON NEW MOON FICS, those are welcome, too.

The difference in this series of lists and others in the fandom is that these stories are chosen by our campers as being worthy of someone's time.  So share with us your favorite NEW MOON fics!

My recs will be within.

Thank you for sharing your favorites around the fire!

This week’s game: 

Ode to FanFic

Ode to FanFic

Are you a poet and didn’t even know it?
 

Write a verse, limerick, rhyme, haiku, sonnet, song verse, a simple sentence, something short and pretty that describes, discusses or celebrates a particular fanfic. Then leave guesses for other entries.

Guidelines:
1. Your poem can be a limerick, rhyme, haiku, sonnet, song verse, a simple sentence, anything as long as it describes, discusses, celebrates or gives clue to a particular fanfic.
2. Don’t give away the fanfic title or author in your poem.
3. When you leave a guess, make sure to also enter a poem as well! Try both rhyme and reason!

** Remember, your "poem" just has to be a few words about a fic.  Don't worry about if it's actually a poem - heck, we just want to have fun and joke around!
 

Example 1:

He says “Come” and boy, do I;
He’s my special 50 shades guy.
 

Answer (MoTU)

Special thanks to The Ranger Who Loves Danger:  grown.ass.woman for stickage :)

My first entry's inside :) 

Hey Ladies - I'm about to embark on a major housecleaning expedition this morning, and thought I'd pull out my twilight soundtracks for some background tunes. 

My questions for you guys - are you happy with the music on the soundtracks?  Which one is your favorite?  Which songs do you wish they included but didn't?  Any that you love/hate? Thoughts for songs they should use for (dare I say it) Breaking Dawn?

And this is totally irrelevant, but kinda cool....from my backyard this morning....here moosey moosey!

We've all seen them.  There are several award programs out there that recognize our beloved fanfic authors and their wonderful works of literature.  The only problem is the same fics tend to win every time. 

Not that they don't deserve it, but because of their popularity they walk away with awards that some of the lesser known fics should also be recognized for.

The Sparkleteers have recognized this and have formed an award group that allows all fics to be recognized for their greatness.  Check out and nominate your favorite fics in The Sparkleteers Rare Gem Awards.

For more info and updates make to also follow their twitter account: TheSparkleteers

Lately there's been a lot of Author bashing in the fandom for a lot of different reasons, so today I think we should focus on the positive

Which Author's do you appreciate and why?

Is it for their regular updates?

Their review replies?

Come on in and share, everyone loves to be appreciated!!

*approved by GAW

It's that time of year again.  The nights are getting colder, the days are growing shorter, and the holidays are upon us.  I don't know about you guys but this is my favorite time of year to bake and I am especially fond of anything pumpkin flavored.  I would like to dedicate this post to pumpkin flavored/inspired recipes but also to anything Fall-ish.  Apples, cider, squash, holiday recipes, even Halloween (because for me Halloween is every day).

I'll put mine in the comments.  Please share yours.  Thank you!

Would anyone be willing to pre-read my next update for me?  It's a little over 17 pages and it's been sitting on my laptop for the longest time now, so I would like to post it soon ^_^

It's a better sweet moment today.

As with all fics I love, I'm happy and sad to announce that grown.ass.woman's All At Once ended today.

This story was beyond amazing, captivating, real, etc.

If you haven't read it....go...like now.

If you want to discuss, I'll be hangning around.

Waddaya wanna know?

two plus two? I can tell ya that.

the offside rule? yeah, I know the current FIFA interpretation.

predicted end of week temperature for London, UK? try me.

or, ya know, ask me something Twilightish.

jennyfly's computer freaked out.  she will be back asap.  she says to keep posting, and she will return when she fixes her bsns.  or, you can ask jandco ;)

*edited by...jandco.

Remember yesterday's campfire (OME, I typed VAMPFIRE at first and almost LEFT it...) about Pre-Twilight AU fic recs?

Well, CLICK HERE if you do not.

Good.

Today, we're moving on to TWILIGHT AU FIC RECS. See? Fairly simple. If you have a favorite fic that is AU that is an Edward-meets-Bella story or a POV from anyone during that kind of timeframe then rec it here!

If you have one that's CANON and you want to rec it (because canon needs love!) then share that too!

My recs will be within.

Thank you ALL so much for sharing your favorite Twilight AU fics around the fire!

This was spoken about briefly yesterday, but I just wanted to say....

Congratulations

2010 World Series Champions

you have made this season of baseball amazing.

Anyone else watch the game?  Who were you rooting for?

Campfire approved by the one and only WTVOC

go.  vote.

please.

if you're an american citizen, just go.

thousands of people over the years (and maybe even yesterday) died so you could.

this is not a political campfire, just a sensible one.

please, just go.

thank you.

Not sure how reliable this is but here's some supposed info on the movie that must not be named, aka I wish you were just a figment of my imagination.

Foforks, a Brazilian fansite did some digging into the recent Rio rumors and got some exclusive info on the upcoming visit by cast & crew members. Here's a translated version of what they found from "very reliable sources":

Stephenie Meyer is coming to Brazil along with Rob and Kristen, to accompany the footage. Yes, she, the author, the creator of everything, must step in Brazilian soil as a producer on the film.

The information about Taylor coming is 99.9% certainty pure speculation, the same for Mackenzie Foy. Just Rob and Kristen, and Sebastião Lemos and Virgüez Carolina should participate as actors of the recordings on national soil, which makes more sense.

Information from other sources realize that the equipment will be rented from filming in Sao Paulo and transported to the River is estimated that only with the rental of equipment will be spending approximately one million dollars. Helicopters were reserved for aerial filming and three different islands were surveyed for the filming. Regarding LAPA as location, the information that we obtained, it is possibly one of the two potagonistas scene in a taxi on arrival at RJ because they need a busy place, with many people and strong illumination.

Paraty is the HQ for the team and cast. They will split into two luxury hotels. It can happen to wear one of the hostels as a location for scenes in the house of the Isle Esme. A security firm was hired to err ... give full security to the crew and actors during the entire stay and armored cars have already been reserved.

Kaure, the maid of the Isle Esme and the first person to realize that Bella was pregnant will be interpreted by Carolina Virgüez, Colombian naturalized Brazilian actress with several awards and nominations as best actress in several plays nationals.

There will be 4 and half days of filming. Some people on the team must arrive before the actors to 'prepare the ground "and meet with service providers". On November 3 there will probably be a meeting between these people so that each of the functions being transferred. A Portuguese teacher should make the team.
 

For what we have found, this will be a very hot and glorious scene (that’s why it starts already in the water: P) and requires underwater cameras and also some takes with helicopters and boats. Imagine this thing! After a standard grabbing and stuff in the water, in the last minute, the camera goes to the moon, as well as Bella, Kristen, the fans of Flamengo Soccer Club and the totally crazy audience.
 

I'm always, always looking for new fics to add to my reading list and I thought this would be a fun way to get a lotta new recs....

What are the 5 most recent story alerts you've added? Gimmie!!!

mine will be in posted inside. xo

some old school eye-candy fyt

edit:  THERE IS SO MUCH AWESOMENESS IN HERE!!! 

 Come on in if you're looking to add to you reading list! 

Thank you to everyone that's posted and given their recs and commentary...my alert list is obnoxiously long just right, again!  <3 you!!! 

dedication campfire

leave gifts to those whom you love, admire, are infatuated with, wanna get to know, or just straight up need in your life.  the inspiration for my song choice goes to hmonsternumber and mjinaspen, but the song's for my darling jandco, because i honestly hope she doesn't mind that i put down in words how wonderful life is now that she's in my world.

share some love, forest campfire style.  dedication post and GO

This below comments were posted over the weekend on another group regarding disappearing WIP fanfics.  Seriously authors - would it really be necessary to fake your own death to avoid having to finish a story? I didn't ask for the name of the dead author that is still posting to her fb account.

There are a few reasons that fics disappear

1) the author loses interest

2) the author is planning on publishing it or another version of the story (same plots different characters)

3) they find people are posting their works with out permission on databases or other sites (had an author recently delete a story for this)

4) there is a group that is out there purposefully going and reporting stories on ff.net for the M rated items and getting them deleted.

I have also recently found that is seems a very well like and known author in the ff world faked her death in order to get out of writing. Now there is no proof of this, except that her fb page is still active.
 

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! ~

Buffy: I'd like to find Willow and Xander.
Joyce: Will you be slaying?
Buffy: Only if they give me lip.

tomorrow is the introduction of a new slayer!

hello!  I'm writing a fic, and I need some help with divorce technicalities.  I want to make this as realistic as possible. 

(ps. I know it depends on varying factors, but I just need general answers, please and thankyou.)

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