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The shy, quiet, modest girl is so opposite of who I am that I just can't identify with her. Well, except for the whole "lusting after Edward" which I can TOTALLY identify with. So the Bella in Evening the Score is my kind of girl. She's gutsy, determined, knows what she wants and enjoys encounters with the opposite sex. As a sports journalist I'm sure she gets her fill of hot man candy, too. Not to say there aren't any flaws in her character. That wouldn't be realistic, would it? Poor Bella has some serious commitment issues. Then she travels to London and meets Edward; a playboy soccer player. Not exactly love at first sight for her, either.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; " ><i>"Sex Hair gives me a once over with his eyes before unleashing (what I'm sure he's well aware of and probably has a name for) a sly smirk that I immediately want to smack off his ever-loving face. I return the gesture with a unamused eye roll while Barbie dutifully disappears under his neck, emitting disgusting smacks and wet sloppy sounds. Just when my gagging reflexes start to rev up their engines, the elevator dings and I'm off like a canon out towards my luxury hotel suite, but not before I hear a very smooth male voice say "Have a nice evening." I can hear the smile in his remark.Ugh...typical."</i></span></span></blockquote></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;" ><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; " >They eventually hook up. That's not a spoiler, you had to know it was coming! Then something happens. Cocky playboy Edward starts to really fall for Bella, which starts to freak her out. Somehow you just want to be able to tell her not to stress out and just go with the flow. "Take a chance on him!" you want to scream. Alas, fictional characters can't hear us screaming at them and have to take their own sweet time to realize something that's staring right in their face. You can't help but fall in love with these two characters and really hope that they can make things work. They're sweet, fun, loving, and their sexy times are hot as hell. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; " ><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; "></span><br /></span><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; "><i>"Everything I was thinking is thrown out the window and I give in. I help him take his boxer briefs off as he helps with my lace panties. He reaches behind me to unclasp my bra and tears it off, throwing it on the floor, along with our discarded underwear. His hand skims my sides and thighs until he reaches between them, where I want him the most. One finger, then two pumps slowly, making my back arch and moan at the sensation.</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; "><i>"Oh god, oh god..."</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; "><i>"Jesus, Bella...damn...I never get tired of feeling how wet you are. You're so ready for me, baby. What do you want? Tell me." He's half grunting, half growling, as he continues to pump at a fast pace and I can hardly form the necessary vowels and consonants to share my request."</i></span></span></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; " ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; " >Go read DiamondHeart78's Evening the Score. It's a fun, flirty, sexy story that will suck you in and easily entertain you. </span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726998929711664051.post-78927746037706133272011-09-16T10:40:00.000-05:002011-09-16T10:42:33.185-05:00End of Pick of the Week<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><div style="background-color: transparent; "><span id="internal-source-marker_0.1952651811297983" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Dear readers and Fandom members,</span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">It is with a heavy heart that we must announce that we are discontinuing our Pick of the Week (POW) posts <b>after the week of 9/20/11</b>. 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Can the Doctor cure her or will the arrival of a dark stranger help Bella find peace from her past? Some lemons,few scary bits,E/B,AH,OOC,Some major character death.Supernatural/Suspense/Romance</p><p><strong>Review</strong>:<br />When I first started reading Twilight fan-fiction I was very specific in what I would read. Only ExB, preferably AH, humor/romance. This was the first story I broadened my horizons on. It’s a crossover of Twilight and Supernatural. All the Twilight characters are present but with the twist of plain ol’ weird shit happening. We are introduced in the prologue to immediate anguish. Bella and Jake in the midst of a fight and Bella walking out the door.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>I turn on my heel and run out of the door, the cool Forks rain hitting me in the face like little razor blades. My heart is racing, my palms are sweating and I can barely catch my breath. I run to my old beat up Chevy truck, get in, and drive away as quickly as I can.</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>I can't believe I actually did that.</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Oh my God, I think, what have I done?</em></p><p>We pick up six months down the line with Bella having nightmares and waking at the same time every night. Charlie is worried for her and convinces her to start seeing Dr. Carlisle Cullen concerning her sleep issues. One night in his clinic and she appears to be cured. Bella returns home and that’s when all hell breaks loose.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>I was allowed five seconds of peace before the nightmare started.</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Suddenly, I feel a pair of big, cold hands wrap around my throat.</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>They're squeezing.</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>I try to take in a deep breath but...</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>I... can't... breathe...</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>I try to move but I'm immobile.</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>My heart is doing double time in my chest.</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>I need to fight.</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>It feels like someone is pinning me to the door and the person is closing their big hands around my throat, tighter and tighter. I can feel myself slipping away.</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>"No!" I try to scream, but my voice comes out in a hoarse rasp.</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>I'm fading...</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Fading...</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>There's no more light, only black, as I lose my conscious grip on the world.</em></p><p>It’s then that we are introduced to the brothers Masen. Edward, Emmett, and Jasper, who hunt down all the bad things of the world. Ghosts, ghouls, shape shifters, werewolves, vampires, and all the hundreds of different demons you never want to believe in. Their father was a hunter and so they followed in his steps and now they travel the states, going to where ever the bad stuff appears. Most don’t know they exist but the few who do are the ones who let them know when weird stuff is happening.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>I'm about to start the incantation when Rosalie flickering image appears right in front of Emmett. She screeches and raises both her arms above her head like talons about to come down and do some damage to him. And what does Emmett do? He freaking smiles his big ass dimpled grin at her and she stops. She's stands completely still looking at him like he's her lover. I can almost imagine them together if it had been different circumstances.</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>He must be crazy because the next thing he does is say, "Hi there, beautiful." I swear if a ghost could have blushed she would have.</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>She looks at him as if he has said the most beautiful words in the world to her.</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>"Why are you doing this, lovely?" He asks cocking his head to the side.</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>"Don't you see? They have everything. They have a whole life ahead of them. They have... everything I want," Rosalie screeches in response to Emmett's question looking.</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>I decide to take the time while she's distracted by Emmett to start the incantation.</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>"Cinis cineris, ut cinis cineris. Pulvis et pulvis per illa flamma existo solve o quis redimio vos hic may venia succurro vos reperio pacis phasmatis is absum." I say and throw a match into the grave. Rosalie screams and her ghost erupts into a big blue flame. Just before she disappears completely I add "Repio pacis." Rest in peace Rosalie.</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>"Fuck Emmett! What the fuck were you thinking?"</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>"What? She was hot. I thought I'd say hi," he answers me and adds with a pat on my shoulder </em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Jasper has already picked up the shovels and has started returning the soil to the grave when my cell phone rings.</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>"Masen." Who would be calling me at this hour?</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>"Edward, I need your help."</em></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Looking up at Jasper and Emmett I say, "Carlisle, what's wrong?"</em></p><p>What happens when Brothers Masen are called in to look at the circumstances surrounding Bella? Put in simplest terms? A lot! But to find out you have to come read for yourself. You will be on the edge of your seat as both Edward and Bella’s world’s are tossed an turned, quite literally at times. Will they come out on top or will the supernatural forces surrounding them pull them under?</p><p>Thanks for reading!<br />TwiFicDataBase Staff<br />Guest Reviewer @PunkFox825</p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726998929711664051.post-37648817396622946332011-09-06T21:14:00.001-05:002011-09-06T21:14:33.497-05:00Visions of Our Destiny by @ForksPixie<p><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss119/lilpxidst/banner2VoOD.png" alt="" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; background-color: transparent; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6092605" target="_blank">Visions of Our Destiny by ForksPixie</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; background-color: transparent;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.7344988433178514" style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Official Summary:</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Jasper has been waiting 60 years for Alice's vision of his vampire soul-mate. What happens when she knocks on the Cullen door escorted by the Volturi Guard. Vamp Story /AU</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Review:</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I want to first start off by saying that Forks is an amazing author that has an ability to take an idea and develop an amazing little plot bunny. This fic is no different. </span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I started reading this fic, in part because of my wife. She loves Forks’ writing and talked about it all time, so I decided to give it a try. Also, Forks reads my works, so like any good author, we return the favor and I am so glad that I did. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">First this is NOT a cannon story. Edward is not Bella’s love interest, so if you don’t do non-cannon, turn and run now! However, I beg each of you reading this POW to give it a try. You will not be surprised. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This story starts with Bella packing to return to Italy, The University of Florance, for her school semester, but she is back in Forks for her father’s funeral. Charlie had been killed by a robber the week prior. She had not seen her father since she was a girl, as she lived in Miami with her mother and Phil. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">My mother, Phil and I returned to Forks for my father's funeral. It seemed as though the whole town was in attendance, including the entire Quileute reservation from La Push. This was my mother's first time back since she left my father when I was a baby.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">After the funeral, she leaves for Italy. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I arranged for an apartment on campus and I couldn't wait to see all the places from the books and tourist guides I had diligently read as soon as I knew I was headed for Italy. I looked forward to visiting the artistic sites such as the Pitti Palace, the Uffizi Museum, Michelangelo's famous sculpture of David, and the Ponte Vecchio Bridge which was the oldest of its kind in Florence</span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">She arrives in Italy and settles into her apartment. She decides to go one night. Here is where she meets, as Forks puts it, “the person that would change my life forever,” Heidi. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">She walked up to me, breathed me in and said, "You smell lovely."</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I hadn't noticed her walk up to me. I didn't hear her foot steps. She was pale with purple eyes. I pulled slightly away from her and raised my eyebrows at her. What a strange thing to say to someone. "Thank you. I guess," I said.</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Please excuse my forwardness," she apologized with a smile that dazzled. "My name is Heidi. From your accent I assume you are American. I too am American and miss the aromas of home."</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Oh…sorry for my reaction," I said with a chuckle. "It just sounded like you wanted to eat me."</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Have you been in Italy long?" she asked as we began to walk slowly through the square.</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"No I just arrived and was taking a walk."</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Are you here on a family vacation?"</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"No. I am here for a semester at the university. I don't know anyone yet and was hoping to make friends and learn my way around."</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Heidi takes her to the castle, Volterra.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jasper’s POV (</span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Major) has been waiting for his </span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">beauty</span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for 60 years. Alice told him that he had a perfect mate and he just had to be patient. Her visions of his mate had always been obscure, then all of the sudden she could see her perfectly. Jasper’s coven is the Cullen’s, led by the one and only, Carlisle. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Emmett was already opening the doors to the back-porch before Edward had even finished his response. We all stood to follow him when Alice cried out, "NO!" Edward was immediately at her side. The horrors of Alice's vision clear on his face.</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"What is it?" I asked, hoping that we had time to prepare for whatever was coming.</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"She's alone. She's changing all alone," Alice whispered, still lost in her vision.</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Who? Who is changing?" I could not help the growl in my voice as I asked for more information.</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Alice turned to look at me, her eyes filled with the venomous tears she could never release. "Your mate."</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Bella Arrives at the castle, Heidi was leading to her death. Bella tries to get away, but Heidi holds her tight, as vampires drink the rest of the tourists that arrived with them on the bus. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Heidi put her hand to my chin and turned my face to expose my neck. "I am sorry, dear. But you must know that you exist to sustain us." She licked her lips and opened her mouth, exposing her sharp, glistening teeth. The shriek that had been lodged in my throat was ready to escape when I heard a man call out in an assertive voice. "Heidi, release her! That one is mine.</span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Aro, takes Bella,</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The robed, monstrous man placed his hard cold hands on my upper arms and lifted me, my feet dangling off the floor. "Why run my dear? It will do you no good."</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I could feel my teeth begin to chatter as my body shook uncontrollably. I was staring death in the eyes and I had no way to escape. The monster before me had perfect features. His white skin had a glowing appearance. Smooth and thin, almost translucent – it contradicted the blackness of his long hair that framed his face and his piercing eyes were black as night.</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">He placed me on the floor and his right arm snaked around my waist, pulling me flush against his stone-like body. He raised his other hand to brush my hair aside before grabbing the back of my head to expose my neck. I closed my eyes and braced myself for the pain of his teeth sinking into my flesh, but it did not come. I opened my eyes to see that he was looking at me with furrowed eyebrows. It was a look I could only describe as confused.</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"So very interesting," he said in a low voice calling for someone by name. "Jane, dear?"</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">In an instant a small cloaked girl was standing by his side. "Yes, Master Aro?"</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Here, Aro allows Jane to try too torture Bella. Nothing happened, and Aro was truly excited. He decided to give Bella the gift of immortality. Bella tried too resist, but Aro sank his teeth into her anyway. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Aro then gives Bella to Felix to take to a room, to assist and wait for the change to happen. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Once Bella awakens from her change, she meets with the brothers Aro, Caius, and Marcus. Instantly they can see that Bella is different, special even. She shows that she has not desire to feed the way the Volturi. Realizing that he can not train her, Aro decides to call his old friend, Carlisle to see if his coven would be willing to take Bella under their wings. The connection between Bella and Jasper is immediate.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">How will this story continue, as I will NOT spoil anymore. I will tell you that Jasper in this story is one of my favorites, as his love for Bella is so intense, only to be coupled by Forks’ ability to describe with such fluidity in her writing. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This is a story littered with love, humor and yes a little angst along the way. I hope that you will give this story a try, as I could probably tell you the entire story but I will leave the experience to you. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Also, leave this author a review, as she always responds! I hope you enjoy, Visions of Our Destiny, as I know I have. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Thanks, </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">TwiFicDatabase</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">@jaydogrut</span></div><div style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; background-color: transparent;"></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">[Ed. Note: Please excuse any formatting or linking errors. Blogger is being a huge tool. These will be fixed ASAP (a.k.a. when our webmaster is fully awake in the morning,)]</span></span></div></div></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726998929711664051.post-89778574737824971442011-08-30T20:56:00.000-05:002011-09-01T12:10:19.271-05:00Miracles and Mischief by Esme Mom Cullen<div><span style="font-size: small;"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/PunkPeen/FanFave1MM.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="300" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 14px;"><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7067588/1/Miracles_and_Mischief" target="_blank">Miracles and Mischief</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">Miracles and Mischief was voted not only the overall fan favorite in our Fornicatin' Father's Day Contest, but also a judge's pick and the Best Lemon. As the overall winner, not only does Esme Mom Cullen get banners and eternal bragging rights, but a full review of her story. We thought it was great and decided to make it our Pick of the Week this week.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px;"><strong>Summary</strong>: What if Carlisle and Esme were granted the wish that was always out of reach? On Father's Day, Carlisle has a new reason to celebrate and revels in the delights of the changes in his wife.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px;"><strong>Review</strong>:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">I was more than a bit surprised (pleasantly!) that we got more than one canon entry in our Contest, and then extra thrilled that everything wasn't Bella and Edward. I do love our original OTP, but I have grown to appreciate (and sometimes favor) other pairings just for a change. Believe it or not, this is actually a canon oneshot wherein Esme and Carlisle become parents.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">There's a lot of extra/new mythology in this story dealing with Nahuel and his familiy and the other South American vamps, along with a pretty incredible vampire gift, that leads to the miracle of Esme's pregnancy. One of my favorite bits of the story happens before they even discover she is pregnant:</span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="line-height: 14px;">Edward was tinkering at the piano, when he started laughing.</span></em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="line-height: 14px;">"What's so funny?" Bella called out in Portuguese before I could ask the question.</span></em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="line-height: 14px;">"I'm sorry. It's Esme. Her mind is wandering in a very strange fashion." He looked over at me. "Has she said anything about trying her hand at caricatures?"</span></em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="line-height: 14px;">"No, although I'm sure she would be very good at it."</span></em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="line-height: 14px;">"She's thinking about animated versions of the family. It's quite peculiar, and she seems to be focused on that and nothing else."</span></em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br /></span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">Carlisle goes upstairs to discover Esme isn't just thinking about caricatures - she's actually fallen asleep and is dreaming about them. The sleeping is the first of many symptoms that alert the rest of the Cullen clan that something isn't quite right. Carlisle seems to experience the epitome of utter befuddlement for a thankfully short period of time before a relative of Nahuel's, Khalida, shows up to explain. I won't give away the explanation because that's half the beauty of the story.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">The other half is the absolutely reverent way in which Carlisle worships Esme in celebration of their first Father's Day together. It's sweet and endearing and comfortable, the way a couple should be after 60+ years together. At the same time, it's still refreshingly new.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br /></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="line-height: 14px;">I slid off the bed to start removing my clothes. As I began to unbutton my shirt, she sat up a little and called to me sweetly, "Do you want some help with that?"</span></em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="line-height: 14px;">"No, my love. Just relax." She required rest now. She couldn't make love for hours on end like before. Honestly, before we never had to stop, and there were times on her island when we had marathon sessions that lasted for days. I could never get enough of her, but now our time had to be limited. Her energy needed to be reserved. "Save your strength," I teased with a wink as I finished undressing.</span></em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="line-height: 14px;">She rolled her eyes at me, crossed her arms, bent her knees and pulled them up, and attempted to suppress a smirk. In a complete state of undress, I crawled from the end of the bed toward her knees and rested my chin on them and looked at her adorable face. She pressed her lips together, trying to suppress a laugh. Her attempt to look put out was very charming. I kissed both her knee caps, which must have been the secret password, because she slowly began to separate them. As her legs moved apart I trailed kisses down in between them until I reached those purple panties.</span></em></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">Be sure to check out our <a href="http://twificdatabase.blogspot.com/2011/08/author-interview-with-ohmycarlisle.html" target="_blank">Interview with Esme Mom Cullen</a> and then go give the story a read!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">As always, thanks for reading!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">@TwiFicDataBase staff</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726998929711664051.post-77268128597866759482011-08-30T20:55:00.000-05:002011-08-31T08:14:27.441-05:00Author Interview with Esme Mom Cullen<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Author Interview with EsmeMomCullen, author of Miracles and Mischief, winner of the TwiFicDataBase's Fornicatin' Father's Day Contest</span></p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span>What gave you the idea for this story? Did you have the story idea before you entered the contest or was the contest part of your inspiration?</span></strong><strong><span> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span>Last September a drabble of a conversation between Esme and this mysterious being, who has become Khalida, popped into my mind. I wrote it down immediately. I always thought would make a good prologue for a multi-chapter fic.<span> </span>That piece is called <em>If I Had One Wish</em>. I just recently published it on my </span><a href="http://ohmycarlisle.tumblr.com/post/8583437253/miracles-and-mischief-the-prologue"><span>tumblr</span></a><span>. <span> </span>You’ll also find the incredible banner </span><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2094480/FrozenSoldier"><span>FrozenSoldier</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;"> created for <em>Miracles and Mischief</em> at the bottom of that post!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span>Every once in a while I would think about <em>If I Had One Wish</em> and how I could expand it, but there just hasn’t been time. When I heard about the Fornicatin’ Father’s Day contest I immediately thought about how I could take the basis of that idea and create a story for the contest.<span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">The ending author's note to the story mentions that you might be continuing this one-shot. Any plans for that now?</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">I’m a full time corporate professional with a long Southern California commute so I’m often not home, which makes it tough to find time to write.<span> </span>I’m starting to shape it now. I was struggling with how I was going to transition it from a one shot to a multi-chapter fic, but I believe I have solved that issue. It will continue under the <em>Miracles and Mischief</em> title. The next chapter will take us back to the beginning of the story when the Cullen’s go to South America and meet Maysun, </span><span style="color: black;">Chisisi, and Khalida for the first time.</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;"> The story will transition back and forth between Carlisle and Esme’s POV. If things go as planned, you should be seeing the first new chapter within the next few weeks.</span><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">What did you find the hardest about writing this story? Or the easiest?<br /> </span></strong><span>Writing the sex is always a struggle for me.<span> </span>I always want it to be sexy, not boring, and not repetitive of another moment that I already published. When people tell me that they love my “lemons” I’m always in disbelief for a moment, but I’m thrilled that people enjoy intimate Carlisle and Esme.</span><strong> </strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span>The easiest part was writing Carlisle’s worship of Esme as the mother of his child and his excitement over becoming a father. His reaction just came naturally because he adores her so much. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">What do you like most about writing? Least? (Whether it's fan or original fiction.)<br /> </span></strong><span>I love the creativity and escapism that fanfiction writing allows me. I write a lot in my job, but it’s very business focused materials. This allows me to use my writing talents in another way.</span><strong> </strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span>What I like least is the amount of time it takes! It is a hobby for me, but there are times when the idea is in my head and I wish I could just transfer it to paper without the laborious action of typing it all. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">Tell us about your other work. Is it all canon or AU? Do you have a favorite pairing? Do you find canon/AU harder to write than AH, or vice versa?<br /> </span></strong><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">My favorite pairing is Carlisle and Esme and most of my work to date has been Carlisle/Esme. My major body of work is <em>The Esme Chronicles</em>. I’m currently working on the second part of what will be a trilogy. It kills me how little we learn about Esme from the books.<span> </span>All we learn about her past is that she had a baby that died, she jumped off a cliff to her death, and Carlisle changed her. As I often say, for all we know from the books she could have been a knocked up prostitute! Sadly, we learn from the Correspondence with Stephenie Meyer on Twilight Lexicon (and now in <em>The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide</em>), that she had a very unhappy and abusive marriage.<span> </span>I fell in love with Carlisle in <em>Twilight </em>and I wanted to know more about the woman that won Carlisle’s heart after centuries alone. If Stephenie wasn’t going to tell it, then I was going to. I used everything we knew from the books and the Correspondence as the basis of the story and then went from there. <strong> </strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">The first story is </span><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5424575/1/The_Esme_Chronicles_The_Human_Years"><em><span>The Esme Chronicles: The Human Years</span></em></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">, which begins in Esme’s childhood and tells her story up through when she opens her eyes for the first time as a vampire. The story I’m currently working on is </span><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5777826/1/The_Esme_Chronicles_The_Vampire_Years"><em><span>The Esme Chronicles: The Vampire Years</span></em></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">, which picks up where <em>The Human Years</em> left off and will eventually take us up to when they decide to move to Forks. The third part will be <em>The Twilight Years</em>, which will start with the Cullen’s arrival in Forks and go through post-<em>Breaking Dawn</em>. It’s completely canon work.<span> </span>I try to show that Esme is a strong, smart and independent woman. In the <em>Saga</em> we only see her as just “Edward’s mom” through Bella’s eyes. <span> </span>We never know that she ran away from her abusive husband, abandoning any familiar relationships, and took a job as a schoolteacher while she was pregnant, to protect her child. This is one strong woman and again there has to be something very special about her to win Carlisle’s heart.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">I now have two canon/AU stories under my belt. </span><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6201905/1/Cmon_Mama_Bear"><em><span>C’mon, Mama Bear</span></em></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;"> takes place during <em>Breaking Dawn</em>.<span> </span>In a moment of need, Emmett and Esme have a little one-time only romp to relieve their tension. The other canon/AU is of course <em>Miracles and Mischief.</em></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">This year I started writing letters from characters to mark holidays and occasions. For Mother’s Day, Edward wrote a </span><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6976698/1/To_My_Dearest_Mother"><span>letter to Esme</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">, and on August 13<sup>th</sup> Esme wrote a </span><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7284833/1/My_Dearest_Son_on_Your_Wedding_Day"><span>wedding day letter</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;"> to her son. There was also a </span><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7097349/1/To_My_Son_on_Fathers_Day"><span>Father’s Day letter</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;"> from Carlisle to Edward. It’s just been a nice way of remembering the character’s feelings for each other and their response to the events. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">There are also two canon one shots on my story list. </span><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6439875/1/The_Rocky_Horror_Cullen_Halloween_Show"><em><span>The Rocky Horror Cullen Halloween Show</span></em></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">, which is just a fun piece where the Cullen’s Halloween costume theme ends up being <em>The Rocky Horror Picture Show</em>. The second is </span><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6424214/1/Just_the_Way_You_Are"><em><span>Just the Way You Are</span></em></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">, which was inspired by the Bruno Mars song. In this story, Carlisle hears the song for the first time and feels like it was written about his wife. When he arrives home, he and Esme have the house to themselves and they take advantage of it. <em>Just the Way Your Are</em> won the Avant Garde Award for Best One-Shot.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">I could never write AH unless it’s a pre-vampire story such as <em>The Human Years</em>. Even if I write AU, I still believe in keeping the characters canon. To me being a vampire is essential to their characters. It defines them as characters. <span> </span>If it’s 2011 and Carlisle’s a human then to me it’s not Carlisle Cullen. I know a lot of people disagree with me, but that’s my opinion.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">What are some of your favorite Twilight fanfiction stories? Can you share with us a sentence or two about why you like them in particular?<br /> </span></strong><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">I don’t read a lot of fanfiction for a couple reasons. First, I barely have time to write so when I do get a free moment I tend to focus on working on my own stories. <span> </span>Two, I don’t want someone else’s idea to get in my head. </span>I tend to avoid reading fanfiction canon stories so they don't influence what I have planned for <em>The Esme Chronicles</em>. I have bookmarked many stories that I look forward to reading when I'm done writing. <strong> </strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">When I first started writing what’s now known as <em>The Esme Chronicles</em>, there were not many Carlisle/Esme writers. There’s still more Carlisle/Bella than Carlisle/Esme stories, but the community has grown.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">Many Carlisle/Esme authors and readers are familiar with Elise Shaw’s work, which unfortunately is no longer on fanfiction.net. I only read <em>Carlisle and Esme: The Deleted Scenes</em>, which is a look at some of the intimate moments of their life together. She has a beautiful way with words and storytelling that has impressed and gained the admiration of many Carlisle and Esme fans.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5178916/1/Empty_Nest"><em><span>Empty Nest</span></em></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;"> by SassyGeminiMom is a wonderful Carlisle/Esme one shot. <span> </span>For the first time in two years, Carlisle and Esme have the house to themselves and they need to make up for some lost time. What I love about this story is that Esme is confidant, sexy and blows Carlisle’s mind. She is the self-assured Esme that I always imagine.<span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5054348/1/A_Light_in_the_Darkness"><em><span>A Light in the Darkness</span></em></a><span> by SweetT129 is an AU story where Edward, Esme, Leah, Paul and Jacob do not survived the newborn battle in <em>Eclipse</em>. <span> </span>It becomes a Carlisle/Bella love story, which I would usually be against, but the author takes care of the characters that have been lost with such love and respect that I adore this story. It’s also not teenaged Bella suddenly hooking up with Dr. Cullen. The relationship happens over time and Bella matures to Carlisle’s level. If there has to be a story where Carlisle isn’t with Esme, this is how it should be done. <span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6448817/1/If_Love_Be_Love"><em><span>If Love Be Love</span></em></a><span> is an ongoing series of one shots by my friend and TEC beta, MelissaMargaret. It’s a series of Carlisle/Esme intimate moments and I may be particularly partial because the first one was dedicated to me, but they are lovely stories.<br /> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /> <!--[endif]--></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;">Anything you want to add?</span></strong><strong> </strong></p><p class="MsoNormal">There are other places you can find me in the<em> Twilight</em> fandom. I’m a staff writer for <a href="http://hisgoldeneyes.com/">HisGoldenEyes.com</a>. I’m on staff of <a href="http://www.avantgardeawards.com/">The Avant Garde Awards</a>, which specifically recognizes newer fanfiction writers. You can always find me on twitter at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ohmycarlisle">@ohmycarlisle</a> and <a href="http://ohmycarlisle.tumblr.com/">my tumblr</a>. If you want to talk to <em>The Esme Chronicles’</em> Esme, you can tweet her <a href="http://www.twitter.com/_esme_cullen">@_esme_cullen</a> and I just started a tumblr called “<a href="http://askesmecullen.tumblr.com/">Ask Esme Cullen</a>”.<span> </span>The “Ask Esme” tumblr was inspired by the <a href="http://askcarlislecullen.tumblr.com/">“Ask Carlisle Cullen” tumblr</a>, which is run by the author of <em>Ithaca is Gorges</em>, giselle-lx.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you to my betas on the <em>Miracles and Mischief </em>one shot, <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1250236/MarchHare5"><span>MarchHare5</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> and </span><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1903451/Batgirl8968"><span>Batgirl8968</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">. Thank you to </span><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2398789/MelissaMargaret"><span>MelissaMargaret</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> for giving the thumbs up to <em>If I Had One Wish</em> last September! Thank you to </span><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/~sweetishbubble"><span>sweetishbubble</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> and </span><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1989943/December_LeNoir"><span>December.LeNoir</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> for their ongoing love and support. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you to everyone who has read an <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2103638/Esme_Mom_Cullen">Esme Mom Cullen</a> story! I know Esme isn’t the most popular character, but I’ve been amazed by readers’ responses to my work. It has a tendency to make people see Esme in a different light and realize that she’s not just “Edward’s emotional mother.” There’s so much more to her character. Keep<span> </span>spreading the Esme and Carlisle love!</p><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726998929711664051.post-1947821507616360072011-08-23T21:00:00.000-05:002011-08-24T08:11:49.265-05:00The Feeder by @Lindsay520<p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/PunkPeen/feeder1_copy1.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="300" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6944236/1/The_Feeder" target="_blank">The Feeder by lindsay520</a></p><p>Right off the bat I suppose I should issue a warning. This is a very AU story: there's blood-drinking and violence. That said, that's exactly why this fic works and exactly why I picked it. It's new and different and I've never read a fic like it.</p><p>Edward and his family are blood-drinkers, but are still concerned with taking human lives. Their solution is to have what they call "feeders." One human who they feed off of, drinking only a little bit each time, for weeks to months at a time. This minimizes the number of humans who die at their hands. The major drawback to this is that they have to feed daily. So Edward keeps Bella handcuffed to his bed in a remote cabin in the woods so that she can't even try to escape and so that he can drink from her regularly.</p><p>It sounds pretty macabre, and I suppose it is, but it's also really compelling. </p><p>One night, three weeks after Edward found (kidnapped) Bella, he comes home to feed. He allows her to get up from the bed, where she's been for hours it seems, to use the bathroom and move around for a minute. Then she does something even more self-sacrificing than canon Bella - she basically offers herself to him. She doesn't fight, doesn't even protest. She gets comfortable back on the bed and asks if Edward is ready.</p><p>Things progress from there - the bloodlust leads to good ol' fashioned regular lust and they end up making passionate love. It might start as needy, blood-fueled fucking, but the emotional impact it has on both of them, but especially Edward, is immense.</p><p>Their relationship changes and grows after that. Despite the fact that Bella is still Edward's feeder, she becomes much, much more. He gives a name to his feelings for her when she almost gets taken from him by another vampire.</p><p>There's probably a bit of Stockholm syndrome going on here, since Bella quickly and obviously develops feelings for Edward as well, but lindsay520 does a great job of explaining why Bella is attracted to Edward (aside from his vampire perfectness) so it's still believable.</p><p>One of the things I really enjoy about this story is that it is incredibly different from canon (for obvious reasons) but it manages to keep some canon themes and elements throughout. Believe it or not, Edward does struggle to keep Bella safe and alive even while he's feeding. Then there's the almost inevitable debate, once he recognizes his feelings, of what to do with Bella - let her grow old as a human or change her into a vampire. There's also the third option of keeping her as a feeder for longer; the danger there is that he could accidentally take too much and cause her death.</p><p>I have to say, as much as I love the canon and slightly AU stories, I really love it when an author takes Meyer's world and turns it on its end. This is exactly that kind of story and I can't recommend it enough.</p><p>Final warning: there is passing mention of Bella being raped, but it's never explicitly detailed and nor is it by Edward. It plays in to describing her character and how she got to be where she is, but it isn't a major plot theme. Just be aware that it's there if this is a trigger of yours.</p><p>And a note: Normally I'd include quotes or excerpts from the story in a review. This time, I honestly just couldn't decide what to include because it was either too much awesome or a spoiler. So just go read the story and find the quotes for yourself. :)</p><p>Thanks for reading!<br />TFDB Staff<br />@sapphirescribe </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726998929711664051.post-83243550073375604402011-08-19T11:00:00.000-05:002011-08-19T11:00:01.414-05:00Monthly Reading List - August<p style="text-align: center;"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/PunkPeen/back-to-the-best-books.jpg" alt="" width="426" height="282" />Monthly Reading List</p><p>We think that anyone who has the guts to put their words out in this fandom deserves to be honored. <a href="http://twificdatabase.blogspot.com/2011/06/starting-something-new.html" target="_blank">That's why we do this post</a>.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6693423/1/Send_Me_Love" target="_blank">Send me Love by SweetestLady-2030</a>:</strong> Each of us is looking for that Special Someone. Some of us find it, some of us don't. To Edward it happens under unusual circumstances when he expects it the least. Will he be able to step over the obstacles life has put in his way? EdwardxBella AH</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6770433/1/Opposites_Attract" target="_blank">Opposites Attract by love2read30</a>:</strong> Bella celebrates her 30th birthday in a club where she meets Edward. She finds out he works in the adult entertainment industry as an actor. Will prude Bella go on this journey with Sexpert Edward? Rated M for Lemons. EdwardxBella AH</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6750605/1/" target="_blank">Don't Judge a Bella by Her Cover by jtmd24:</a></strong> Edward meets sweet, innocent Bella at a strip club one night. Or so he thinks. He may have just met his match. Rated M for language & lemons. EdwardxBella AH</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6666399/1/" target="_blank">How Can I Help You by sugunary:</a></strong> <span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">After years away, Bella Swan returns to a place she thought she left behind, and someone she wasn't sure wanted to see her, ever again. A story of how your life can change when you least expect it. AH, B/E, Em/R, A/J Not a cheating fic. EdwardxBella AH</span></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6035144" target="_blank">Evermore Experience by deJean Smith:</a></strong> <span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">Bella Swan receives an invitation to the exclusive Evermore Experience, an in-depth immersion summer program where she plans to fully explore 19th century England, but fate has other plans for her once she arrives. A mostly AU story. EdwardxBella AU</span></p><p>For other recs, check out previous months Reading Lists: <a href="http://twificdatabase.blogspot.com/2011/06/monthly-reading-list-june.html" target="_blank">June</a> <br /><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726998929711664051.post-32833458559518395072011-08-16T20:00:00.000-05:002011-08-16T20:08:52.829-05:00Agent 00hot by maxandmo<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5817101/1/Agent_00hot" target="_blank">Agent 00hot by maxandmo</a></p><p>This is a great fic for me to review. Here we have an author that is not only hysterical but truly a great person. Max is writing a story that she can relate to. Bella is a parole officer and the author is a former parole officer.</p><p>Bella meets Edward in a local bar in the first chapter.</p><blockquote><p><em>Are you frigging kidding me? Why didn't anyone tell me he was this hot? All these months I heard about Edward Cullen, the one who had moved on to the F.B.I., and not once did those morons mention that their old friend was a total hottie. I was trying to play this cool, but i couldn't help but sneak glances at this green-eyed God with the best hair I had ever seen.</em></p></blockquote><p>Bella usually sits at home, but one night her coworker (who knew Edward) gets her to come out to the bar. Once she gets a look at Edward, Bella's nerves overcome her and she runs to her friend, Jessica. Even though she was trying to avoid contact with the Green-Eyed God, he has his sights set on her.</p><blockquote><p><em>As I turned to look, Edward was in fact staring at me, holding a pink drink in his hand, and yes, his hair was indeed, fucked up.</em></p></blockquote><p>We come to find out that though the connection between these two is instantaneous, it's not to be because Edward is taken by Tanya. Things might not be quite what they seem, however.</p><blockquote><p><em>We had been together for a little more than a year. Things were definitely on the downward spiral, but I was used to the constant piece of ass, and was scared shitless to just end it. Tanya was cool enough to hang out with, I just couldn't imagine us going any further. I also couldn't imagine telling her she had to move out of my condo. Not that I ever actually asked her to move in, but that's another story.</em></p></blockquote><p>That night at the bar, however, Emmett introduces Edward and Bella and Edward is quickly interested.</p><blockquote><p><em>As she looked up I noticed her cheeks were flushed pink, she was chewing on her bottom lip, and she had the most beautiful brown eyes I had ever seen.</em></p></blockquote><p>Their eyes remain locked but Edward gets nervous and can't approach Bella either.</p><blockquote><p><em>He was now starting to slowly make his way over to us, never breaking the stare. I felt myself start to blush and was hoping no one noticed. All of a sudden there was a panicked look on his face, and he grabbed his cell phone off of his belt. He stayed on the phone for just a minute and then ran his hands through his hair looking frustrated. He gave me a half wave and turned back towards the bar. I noticed him say something to Emmett and the next thing I knew he was gone.</em></p></blockquote><p>The plot thickens as we see some great interactions between Bella and her parolees that make me, for one, wonder if the author had some of the same experiences. I have to say, reading these interactions make me think of a spiced up Law and Order. I can see it now, Max at a table, a criminal at the other end, but instead of the "normal" interactions, the most absurd yet completely believable things happen.</p><p>There are two such instances in the story that I can talk about.</p><p>One involves a chance through a house, where Bella is chasing an offender. Just the words: <em>"-TOTAL OVERKILL- TATE PAROLE OFFICER SHOOTS DOG 13 TIMES BUT THE OFFENDER GOT AWAY.-"</em></p><p>The other is one of my wife's favorites.</p><blockquote><p><em>"Come on, Bree, it's time to pee," Sam barked out with authority.</em></p><p><em>I couldn't help myself and snorted while trying to hold in my laughter. He looked at me like I was nuts, but did he really not realize what he aid?</em></p><p><em>Bree and I walked into the bathroom, and I leaned against the wall acting like I wasn't paying any attention to her. She was stalling, and I knew she was up to no good. I took out my phone and acted like I was texting.</em></p><p><em>I saw her take a canister out of her pocket and open the lid. She was about to pour the liquid into the container when I told her to drop it. She dropped it alright, all over the floor. Whatever the hell was in the canister splashed up and sprayed all over my pants, soaking them.</em></p><p><em>"Fuck," I spat. "Put your goddamn hands against the wall."</em></p><p><em>She complied, and I placed her under arrest. "Sam, get your ass in here."</em></p><p><em>Sam walked and gaped at the wetness that was my pants. "Bella, you're in the bathroom. Why didn't you say you had to go?"</em></p><p><em>"Ha ha ha," I laughed dryly.</em></p><p><em>I would have rather pissed my pants than to have someone else's piss on them. The sucky part was now I had to go to the jail like that. Lovely.</em></p></blockquote><p>I remember drinking a pop and as this scene unfolded and the poor, poor puppy was shot, I snorted pop out my nose. Well, the puppy was not so nice and the pop burned like fire, too.</p><p>You follow Bella, Jasper, Emmett, Edward and others on an adventure to solve a series of bank robberies. Along the way, Edward and Bella's relationship blossoms.</p><p>Finally, I must give Max credit for her writing of Esme. What a woman. You will find yourself laughing until you can't breathe at some of the things this lady does and says, but I won't spoil that for you.</p><p>Now go off and read the story. If not for the story, at least do it for the humor. When you combine both you have a great fic written by a great author. Max has lived up to her name with this one and I look forward to see what she's going to do next. I hope it's a story with Esme as the lead - I could die of laughter. Go read. Enjoy and laugh and make sure you leave a review as Max always responds in her witty way.</p><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;">Thanks for reading!</span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;">TwiFicDataBase Staff</span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;">@jaydogrut</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726998929711664051.post-31918326128163764322011-08-09T22:00:00.007-05:002011-08-11T14:21:46.557-05:00Breaking Dawn Book 4: Renesmee by kimmydonn<div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5585925/1/Breaking_Dawn_Book_4_Renesmee">Breaking Dawn Book 4: Renesmee</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5585925/1/Breaking_Dawn_Book_4_Renesmee">by kimmydonn</a></div><div><br /><strong>Official Summary:</strong> Renesmee's POV for Breaking Dawn. Starting just before Edward 'hears' her for the first time.<p> </p><p><strong>Review:</strong> Anyone who knows me and my love for fanfic knows that I love canon stories. On occasion I can get into AH or AU, but for the most part, it is canon for me all the way. Specifically, I LOVE reading a Twilight series book, but in a different POV than Stephanie Meyer's originally wrote. If you are like me and craving different POV for the same story, then Breaking Dawn Book 4: Renesmee by Kimmydonn is a fic for you.</p><p>The first chapter starts off with little Renesmee still inside of Bella, but able to hear what is going on around her. She is slowly starting to figure out what she is and how she relates to the outside world. Through Renesmee's eyes we get to read in detail what happened while Edward was with Bella during her change and Jacob was realizing that Renesmee was his imprint.<br /> <br /></p><blockquote><em>I felt his affection. It made me happy. And I understood sorry, regret. That was how I felt when I hurt Bella. Jacob kissed my forehead and Rosalie made a low sound. "Settle down, Blondie. I'll never hurt this little girl. I won't let anything hurt her. She's my world now." His voice was husky and serious, full of emotion. He held me tighter.</em></blockquote><p>Renesmee continues to explore the world (well, the world within the safe Cullen compound) and is learning and growing at a crazy rate every day. We see her physically change, as well as develop mentally. She learns tons of new words and even learns how to spell, all while Bella is silently burning away. Finally, Renesmee gets to see Bella and is excited to finally be with her Mama. We all know the story though, and soon Bella must get all mama bear aggressive with Jacob once she finds out about the imprint.</p><p>Eventually, things start to even out and the Cullen group enjoys their happy little life. Well, until all hell breaks loose and they learn that the Volturi are coming. This is where we really get to see Renesmee as a character. In Stephanie Meyer's story she was sorta just the center of the approaching fight, but in Kimmydonn's fanfic, you really see that Renesmee has developed feelings and thoughts. She is concerned, scared, and worried for her family. She realizes that they are actually in danger and is able to process the real possibility that they might not make it through this battle.</p><p>I love stories with POVs from other characters because it really gives you a chance to see a more developed character and get a connection with them that you might not ever have without the new POV. Reading Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer, I really didn't care much about Renesmee, but after reading this fanfic, I have a newly developed respect for the character that she is. Seriously, if you love stories that stay true to the original, Breaking Dawn Book 4 - Renesmee is for you. You will get a detailed account of how Renesmee fit in during the entire book. Enjoy!</p><p>Thanks for reading!<br /> TwiFicDataBase Staff<br /> Mer</p></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726998929711664051.post-89979984555329180492011-08-02T18:28:00.001-05:002011-08-09T12:27:55.811-05:00A Whole Lotta Trouble by jacndaniel<p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/PunkPeen/wlot1-2-3-1.jpg" alt="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6652785/1/A_Whole_Lotta_Trouble" target="_blank">A Whole Lotta Trouble by jacndaniel</a></p><p><strong>Official Summary:</strong> After graduating from college, Bella makes her way to Vegas so she can marry her childhood sweetheart. An unexpected stop lands her in a lazy little town and on Edward's doorstep. Mechanicward meets Sassella... Hijinx ensue... She could be in A Whole Lotta Trouble.</p><p><strong>Review:<br /></strong>One weekend when HBO was going insane and playing <em>The Fast and the Furious</em> movies on a continuous loop, I thought 'what would be better than a story about Edward as a mechanic?' I went onto the twitter, asked around, and found that Jacndaniel, being her awesome self, had already written one! It's a fic that I follow and run to read whenever it updates. It really is hot - I mean, Edward in greasy overalls kind of speaks for itself.</p><p>Bella has recently graduated from college and is on her way to meet her soon-to-be husband, Jacob Black, in Vegas. We start out with Bella and her snarky musings as she drives through the scorching desert. However a certain tick-tick-ticking noise the car is making causes Bella to stop at a gas station where her life will be flipped upside down.</p><blockquote><p><em>As I approach the garage, I see a pair of tan steel toed boots sticking out from under a slick black 1963 Chevy Nova. The car was sexy as fuck, but I decide that licking it might burn the shit out of my tongue.</em></p><p><em>I shake myself out of my musings and see that the boots are now attached to long legs in gray coveralls. They are also attached to a broad chest and a pretty face. A pretty face with full, pouty lips and shiny eyes. I swear that he is so damn beautiful he actually spark.es His hair is covered in a bandana that he is using to catch the sweat before it drips into his eyes. The emerald fucking green eyes that are helping to accent the cocky smirk on his face. I have to mentally wipe the drool from my chin, and then... He spoke.</em></p><p><em>His voice is like velvet and it caresses me from the top of my head to the tips of my toes.</em></p><p><em>"What can I do for you, gorgeous?" he asks. And I melt like a popsicle into a puddle of goo at his feet. I think I'm in a whole lotta trouble.</em></p></blockquote><p>Yes, you guessed it - the grey overall-wearing sparkly man is Edward Cullen. Edward is a mechanic at the little corner of the desert. He's smooth and a big flirt, just the way we all like him. Jacndaniel kills you a bit with every "hello, gorgeous," or "Babygirl" he throws out at Bella. Of course he also picked up on the fact that Bella means "beautiful," and takes full advantage of it.</p><blockquote><p><em>"Bella," I stated, because if he called me gorgeous one more time I was liable to hump his leg.</em></p><p><em>"Bella?" he sounded confused, but he was still wearing his gorgeous smirk.</em></p><p><em>I pointed at myself like the huge moron his smirk reduced me to. "Me. I'm Bella. It's my name."</em></p><p><em>"Bella... gorgeous... means the same thing, doesn't it?"</em></p></blockquote><p>The whole crew soon joins in the story all running and helping with the diner and hotel that are attached to the gas station. Emmett works the hotel desk while Rose gives Bella advice as a waitress in the diner. In the short time it takes Edward to fix Bella's car, the crew accepts Bella and sparks begin to fly.</p><p>Jacndaniel captures the chemistry between Bella and Edward expertly but all good stories need a good twist and perhaps a dash of angst. Don't be alarmed - I'm talking a dash. A tiny pinch, if you will. The plot thickens, as does the chemistry - don't forget Bella has a wedding to attend.</p><blockquote><p><em>All of a sudden I feel really hot. And it's dark. Wait, my eyes are closed... and there is a blanket on top of me. I open my eyes and I gasp... "Good morning, lovely."</em></p></blockquote><p>Now, don't kill me. Just go read it. Trust me, it's totally worth it. Don't forget to leave a little love for Jacndaniel; she always responds and is just such a sweetheart. She's very talented with her writing and truly hooked me in with this fic. It's a WIP and I wait anxiously for each and every update!</p><p>Go enjoy it yourself!</p><p>Thanks for reading!<br />TwiFicDataBase Staff<br />@Jess_Ann06 </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726998929711664051.post-18964156682093145392011-07-28T19:16:00.001-05:002011-07-28T19:16:59.801-05:00Meet our new staffer, @jaydogrut!<h5><span style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">But you can call him Jason. He's a great guy (that's right - we've got a dude on staff!!) and we know you'll come to love him just as much as we do.</span></h5><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi, m<span style="border-collapse: collapse;">y name is Jason and I'm married to @agrutle. I am a pretty simple man. I was introduced to the fandom by @obsmama and @agrutle. They both got me hooked on Twilight and the movies and I thought that was enough lol. However, I came home from work one day to see both of these ladies sitting around the computer whispering about EP and MOTU; I was intrigued and so I read. I was impressed at the originality that these stories possessed and I was hooked. I really got involved when I started and was the first man to win a game of TwiFic Trivia and my friend base grew from there. Since those fateful weeks, I have started to read and write slash - I've always wanted to be different, lol. I also have a canon and non-canon fic that I will finish once I have completed my current story, <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6519129/1/Jaspers_Wanted_Needs" target="_blank">Jasper's Wanted Needs</a>. I'm <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/jaydogrut" target="_blank">@jaydogrut</a> on twitter, if you want to follow. See you all soon.</span></span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Go check out his story and leave him some love!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span>@sapphirescribe</span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726998929711664051.post-70633888763887155232011-07-26T13:00:00.000-05:002011-07-28T07:52:31.110-05:00Beautiful Sorrow by DreamOfTheEndless<p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/PunkPeen/BeautifulSorrow.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="300" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6886175" target="_blank">Beautiful Sorrow by DreamOfTheEndless</a></p><p>Bella is a mess. Her life is a mess. At 22 years old, she's a recovering alcoholic, a recovering anorexic, she has almost 24-hour care and a shrink who comes to her house twice a week for therapy. Her abusive husband (Carlisle) barely speaks to her and she can hardly muster the energy to speak to anyone else, including her therapists.</p><p>If you like character development and tense, anticipatory build-up, this story is for you. We see snippets of Bella's life "today" - her nutritionist bargaining with her like a child to eat her meals ("If you can tell me the secret ingredient, I'll leave you alone at lunch") an uncomfortable birthday phone call with her parents in which Bella tries to remember the lies she told about her last birthday. The worst for me was the midnight inspection by her husband. It happens at the end of the very first chapter and really sets the tone for the rest of the story.</p><blockquote><p>She woke up in her bed later that night with a distinct feeling that she was no longer alone. She could sense the presence of her husband sitting across the room, watching her from his usual spot. [...] She trembled in fear, her heart threatening to beat out of her chest. She clenched her eyes shut. Maybe she was only imagining his presence. Maybe it was only a nightmare.</p><p>"I know you're awake, Isabella." [... his eyes] were dead; completely devoid of any hint of life or hope. They didn't even show any glimmer of anger or rage. Just hard, cold nothingness.</p><p><em>I did this to him. I made hiim this way. I deserve all the sufferings in the world.</em></p></blockquote><p>As he requires, Bella then gets out of bed, moves to the center of the room and strips. She stands before her husband, naked, embarrassed, afraid, and, despite his presence, alone. He hasn't visited her in her room in months so she has no idea whether this night will be one of physical or emotional abuse. Turns out, that night it's psychological.</p><p>After that, the author spends quite a bit of time going back in time and showing how Bella and Carlisle met. Back when he had at least the appearance of being a good man and before the mistake she made that brought them to where they are today. I'm not going to share the few details with you that I know about the mistake, but I will say that it involves Edward. Truly though, the details are sparse. With as little as Bella interacts with anyone, she's mainly in her head, remembering better times and trying to escape, since a physical escape is impossible.</p><p>Though I don't have first-hand experience with either alcoholism or anorexia, DreamOfTheEndless seems to handle both difficult subjects with maturity and grace. Neither is glamorized, nor are they vilified. The author recognizes the shades of grey in life, though not all of her characters (*ahem* Carlisle) do. You can't help but sympathize with Bella even though she certainly deserves to feel every ounce of guilt coursing through her system. If you're looking for hard-hitting angst and a well-told story, look no farther.</p><p>Thanks for reading!<br />@TwiFicDataBase staff </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726998929711664051.post-79604056199811920292011-07-19T22:00:00.000-05:002011-07-20T12:05:02.586-05:00Barely Breathing by jarkin33<p> </p><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/PunkPeen/bb.jpg" alt="" width="460" height="227" /><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6339231/1/" target="_blank">Barely Breathing by jarkin33</a><br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>Official Summary:</strong> </span></span><span style="line-height: 14px;">A love taken for granted, we don't always realize what we have until it's gone. "They say bad things happen for a reason and I'd like to believe that's true." A story about realizing what's important.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: #008000;"><strong><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br />Review<strong>:</strong></span></strong><span style="line-height: 14px;"> </span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><em><span style="line-height: 14px;">Barely Breathing</span></em><span style="line-height: 14px;"> starts right in on the action - Edward has had a busy day at work (really he's had a year-long string of busy days) and has to cancel special dinner plans with Bella. He comes home to the apartment they share to find a tired, haggard-looking Bella sitting on the couch with a packed bag at her feet.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />The dreaded "I just can't do this anymore... This, Edward... us," brings Edward to his metaphorical knees. What's worse is what Bella leaves by the door on her way out: a platinum engagement ring with a note: "Please marry me."</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />Switching to Bella's point of view, you feel the sting of rejection when Bella gets stood up, especially since it happens on the night she plans to propose. Yes, it's unconventional, but she doesn't want to wait for Edward to make the move and she knows she wants to be with him forever.</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />Edward's cancellation is the straw that breaks the camel's back. His work has been consuming his life and their time together for too long and Bella just can't take it anymore.</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><em><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br />Barely Breathing</span></em><span style="line-height: 14px;"> is a short story, less than 10,000 words, but the emotion is so raw and powerful, it's easy to get swept up. jarkin33 doesn't go into a lot of unnecessary details about Edward and Bella's lives and I really appreciate that. She tells us what's important - just how much Edward and Bella mean to each other, just how far they went wrong, and just how much they want to fight for one another. I don't want to spoil the story with a ton of quoting, so I'll leave you with just these two little bits. At their core, these two passages, and the story as a whole, are a reminder to all of us to cherish what we have. They're also a warning about taking things and people in your life for granted.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><blockquote><span style="color: #008000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><em><span style="line-height: 14px;">They say bad things happen for a reason and I'd like to beve that's true, but it's getting harder and harder to do. I want to call her, I want to go to her and tell her that the best part of me was always you and I want to remind her of what we had. I want her to know that I'm falling to pieces without her... I'm still alive, but I'm barely breathing. She took her suitcase and I took the blame.</span></em></span><p> </p></blockquote></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><blockquote><span style="color: #008000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><em><span style="line-height: 14px;">[H]ow do I tell this woman that I love and adore her and how do I tell her not to give up on 'us.' How do I say I'm sorry and have her believe me and how do I tell her that I can't have a life without her. How do I make her see that I'm nothing without her and no matter what she says she will always have my heart. How do I do all that without some sort of grand gesture? What if she doesn't want that with me anymore?</span></em></span><p> </p></blockquote></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="line-height: 14px;">Author Interview:</span></strong></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="line-height: 14px;">How did you come up with the title of your fic?</span></strong></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This one was based on the song <em>Breakeven</em> by The Script, but I thought that would be too ... easy! LOL - so my lovely friend and I brainstormed and came up with Barely Breathing - now it makes me think of the song by Duncan Shiek when I think of the title!</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br />Do you have any writing rituals? What is your writing process?</span></strong></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">No rituals at all. I just have to be in the mood. It's the worst feeling in the world to sit in front of the computer and not be able to go go go. I am not an outliner. I usually have a basic idea in my head of what I want to do with each chapter, but getting from a to b is never really planned.</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br />What made you want to write this story? What inspired you?</span></strong></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Liek I said, the story itself was inspired by the song <em>Breakeven</em> by The Script. It's so damn sad but they always tell a good story with their music. I really love the idea of this as a story, but there was NO WAY I was going to be able to write it the way the song ended.</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br />What was your main inspiration for your lead characters?</span></strong></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I think the situation Bella and Edward are in in this story is incredibly believable and it happens all the time. We take the other person in our lives for granted, just assuming that they are happy, that they will always be there. This time was just the last straw for Bella. We all need to feel like we're important to the ones we love.</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br />Which fanfic authors inspire you the most?</span></strong></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ohhh this is tough - I love tons of authors and am inspired by creativity a million and one times a day... anyone who can tell me a good story and keep me riveted and begging for more pushes me to write better.</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />Specifically: phoebespromise, samrosey, littlesecret84, denverpopcorn, cosmogirl7481, lillybellis, abstractway, carenl, whatsmynomdeplume, cescamarie, Fiction Freak 95, BellaDCullen, troublefollows1017, solosintwilight, mandyleigh87, lola-pops</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br />What fics do you reread often?</span></strong></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Love is the End, Rhapsody in B, We Come To Life Beneath the Stars, Conversations Over Coffee, The Best I Ever Had, Little Plastic Castle, Edward Cullen: Dick for Hire, Vines, Dead on my Feet</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br />When fic-diving, what do you look for? (e.g., humor, angst, slash, canon?)</span></strong></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Humor and Romance... I'm a diehard flangst lover (fluffy angst). I don't want to hurt too much when I'm reading a story and I think it's almost harder to write a funny story than an angsty story.</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br />When you aren't writing, which fics are you reading right now?</span></strong></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Meet the Masens, In Your World, There is A Light, Once Upon A Desire, Animate Me, Captivate, Lust on a Deathbed, The Roommate, Rosebud</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br />Are you in the closet or do your RL friends and family know about your love and obsession with all things Twilight?</span></strong></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Some of my family knows... my twin sister definitely knows about the writing. My mom and friends know about my RPattz obsession but not so much about my fic stuff.</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br />How were you introduced to the fandom? Do you remember which story was the first you read?</span></strong></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I think I first read The Rain Season - maybe... god it seems lik eit was a million years ago when in all actuality it was only just bout 2 years ago that I first found fanfic. I can't remember how exactly, I think I was on twitter and started seeing people talk about stories, etc., and got curious and clicked on a link or two and voila!</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br />If you were stranded on Isle Esme, which two Twilight Saga characters would you want with you?</span></strong></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Um, Edward for sure... second - maybe Carlisle. I mean, he'd be helpful if I got injured or something... and who wouldn't want to be stranded with them! LOL</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br />Do you have anyone that you'd like to thank for helping and supporting you through this fic?</span></strong></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Gah - phoebespromise - I wouldn't have done it without her. She is the one who talked me into writing it. I wasn't going to and she said I should give it a try. So I did.</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br />Do you have any other projects going on? Any planned for the future?</span></strong></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Projects... yes - my collab account with phoebespromise is aftrnoondlight - and we have a short story called Beneath the Undertow that we are going to be posting the final outtake for in the near future. We also have a final "season" (chapter) for Willow coming soon. Lastly, we have a story called Outbound in the works. The first chapter was submitted as a part of the Fandom4SAA complication. We can post that publicly on August 1st and will be updating that regularly until it's done! Teaser videos etc can be found on our ffn page!</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="line-height: 14px;"><br />Is there any information that you would like to share that was not already covered?</span></strong></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I have a blog - www.jaimearkin.blogspot.com - and thank you... to everyone who has given me a chance and has read and reviewed. I truly do appreciate it.</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />Thanks for reading!</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">TFDB staff</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">@sapphirescribe</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726998929711664051.post-15474332952856662042011-07-12T22:00:00.002-05:002011-07-18T08:10:28.310-05:00Dear Mr. Masen by jendonna<p><a href="http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/PunkPeen/dmm3copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 300px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/PunkPeen/dmm3copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6483877/1/"><span>Dear Mr. Masen by jendonna</span></a></span></div><div><span><br /> <br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Official Summary</strong></span></div><div><span>"Error 434: Reprimanding an executive." Life changing or just stupid? Dear Mr. Masen: A story of unauthorized internet usage, culinary delights and the goings-on at Cullen, Inc.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Review</strong></span></div><div><span>I was lucky enough to find this story at almost the very first posting. I knew after reading the first author's note that it was going to be fantastic, and so far I've been proven right. Cute, clueless, but brilliant CFO Edward? Check. A self-assured, crazy, IT-working slash Chef Bella? Double check.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Dear Mr. Masen is a story about Edward and Bella; they work in the same company, meet by accident, become friends, and eventually fall for each other. Self-sabotage, a no-fraternization policy, and a variety of meddlers make any sort of relationship between these two almost impossible. The authors do a great job of giving each character their own identity and of making the characters themselves believable; this makes the story more real despite the sometimes unbelievable things that happen. The witty email exchanges, the use of delicious food, and gobs of UST are what put this story over the top.</span></div><div><span> </span></div><blockquote><div><span style="color: #ff6600;"><em>She blushed a little, but not as much when I noticed that there was one particular glass that stood out from the rest. Me being me, I simply had to select that one. It was a Mayor McCheese glass, the collectible kind that McDonald's used to offer with certain meal deals for a limited time only. The Mayor had a cheeseburger for a head. I couldn't not pick him.</em></span></div><div><span style="color: #ff6600;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div><span style="color: #ff6600;"><em>"Ah, I'll take this one," I said jovially. "I've always been amused with how this guy manages to stay balanced when he walks. I know many people with big heads, but not like this."</em></span></div><div><span style="color: #ff6600;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div><span style="color: #ff6600;"><em>"I'm sure the pickles and ketchup are evenly distributed so as to lessen the tilt factor," Bella quipped, seemingly happy that I wasn't making fun of her for owning this particular piece of drinkware.</em></span></div><div><span style="color: #ff6600;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div><span style="color: #ff6600;"><em>"Maybe the pickles should be on the side, like in his pocket," I mused. "He must get awful neck pain."</em></span></div><div><span style="color: #ff6600;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div><span style="color: #ff6600;"><em>Bella laughed, and I was happy that I could return some of the joy she'd brought into my life.</em></span></div><div><span style="color: #ff6600;"><em><br /></em></span></div><div><span style="color: #ff6600;"><em>"Maybe they have special chiropractors for fast food characters. If he and Hamburglar go together I bet they get a discount," she joked.</em></span></div></blockquote><div><span> <br /></span></div><div><span>You just won't be able to get enough of this Edward. He's so smart and yet so clueless about social protocol that it's amazing Bella hasn't kicked his ass across across the city. In addition to his constant bumbles and mistakes, he has to remind himself of the no fraternization policy he's being groomed to take over. So dating between the two of them is a big no-no. Will he break the rules? (Of course he will! That's why we love him!)</span></div><div><span><blockquote><span style="color: #ff6600;"><em>And then I realized something as I was hugging her. She was warm and soft and... a woman. Not that I'd never noticed - we'd embraced before and there was no denying her beauty. But this was something entirely different and having her this close was awakening other parts of my body. Parts that were insisting I get even closer.</em></span></blockquote></span></div><div><span> <br /></span></div><div><span>Go read Dear Mr. Masen and overdose on cuteness and hilarity. It's the perfect thing to keep you entertained while you're beating the heat by chilling by the pool.</span></div><div><span><br /> <br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong>Author Interview</strong></span></div><div><span><div style="background-color: transparent; margin: 0px;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.374593144049868" style="font-weight: bold; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #ff6600;">What gave you the idea for this story?</span><br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J: This all started with a review I received for Finding Home, in which the reviewer, m1eab01 (who you can either thank or blame when this is all over), mentioned that what prompted her to read was a particularly rambling and nonsensical review I left for Bel's The Cullen Campaign. I thought it was really sweet, so I emailed Bel the details.</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">B: And I said "You and I should write a story one day that's like a ramble-off between Bella and Edward. I know I would read it! Office memos or something like that."</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J: And then I said "I can totally see it now. Bella works in the IT department of a huge corporation, and she has to send memos to Edward about his unauthorized web surfing. She watches what he does and while she has to reprimand him about non-work related web usage during working hours, she also inserts little rambles about the websites he visits."</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">B: And then we discovered that we liked writing together, so much so that we turned that long chain of rambling emails into first few chapters of a real story. Yes, a real story. Not a fake one. A real one. We hope you enjoy reading this, because we've had a blast writing it!</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J: Wait. This sounds familiar.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">B: Does it? What are you saying? That we don't have any original ideas?</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J: No, just that we're lazy.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">B: Yeah, okay. So should I write a footnote saying we copy-pasted from our A/N?</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J: Meh. That sounds like too much work.</span><br /> <br /><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: #ff6600;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Are there any fanfic authors that inspire you?</span><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not really. We inspire each other.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: #ff6600;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What was your main inspiration for your lead characters?</span><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J: We were goofing off and trying to make each other laugh. It's really not more complicated than that.</span><br /> <br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">B: She speaks the truth. Word.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #ff6600;">What do you think it takes to make a fic special and stand out to a reader?</span><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">B: Special is a subjective term. Generally, I think something original and well-written should stand out. Or, you know, you can write a bunch of smut or something. ("Bunch of smut"... that doesn't seem like the best collective term. But I digress...).</span><br /> <br /><span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What did/do you find the hardest about writing this story?</span></strong></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J: We literally live a world away, so collaborating can be difficult. So I'll neglect my family for a time when I know Bel is free. Because fan fiction is much more important than feeding my family.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">B: In Tomorrowland, DMM writes you! Oh wait, that's Soviet Russia. My bad.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: #ff6600;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why do you think people should read this story?</span><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J: They shouldn't. It's terrible and we're a bad influence on the youth of the world.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">B: Just the youth? Way to discriminate, J.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J: It's too late for adults, isn't it? We're already so screwed up it doesn't make a difference. Most adults know they can't orgasm on demand.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #ff6600;">What cliches do you feel authors should avoid while writing fanfic?</span><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J: That's not really for me to say. People write what they like, cliched or not, and I'm not here to judge. Though reading the word "Adonis" or "Greek god" in fic makes me want to go out and shoot up a shopping mall. But no big deal.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">B: Wait...Edward is Greek?</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J: What with all the anal in fic, I just assumed.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">B: Greek anal? What the hell kind of fandom is this?</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J: A very, very bad one. And that's why children should stay away. See, we've come full circle.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">B: What circle? Is this some kind of ritual?</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J: Yes. I'm a Druid. Didn't I tell you?</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">B: Huh?</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J: Forget it. You'll find out tomorrow when I force you into a tree worshiping ceremony.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">B: Oh, trees. Yeah, those things.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #ff6600;">Do your RL friends and family know about your love and obsession with all things Twilight?</span><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J: I'm not in love or obsessed with Twilight. I don't even own the books. I just like to write. My husband knows I write fic, but I don't advertise it to anyone else in my life.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">B: No one knows anything - they wouldn't understand. No, I really mean "no one knows anything - they wouldn't understand." I wasn't trying to be emo and shit.</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #ff6600;">Do you have any other projects going on? Any planned for the future?</span><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">B: J is making me lunch as I type this. Does that count as a project? Will she make me another sandwich in the future? I sure hope so.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J: I'm spent from the sandwich making. We're ordering in for dinner.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #ff6600;">Do you have anyone that you'd like to thank for helping and supporting you through this fic?</span><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J: Sure. Our beta, SR, and our pre-readers Lucette212 and arfalcon have been invaluable.</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">B: I heart them.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #ff6600;">When you aren't writing which fics are you reading right now?</span><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">B: I can't read. I'm functionally illiterate. I can only read my own work, plus Australian legal documents and the back of cereal boxes.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J: It's true. She dictates what she wants to write for DMM to me over Skype. I don't think she actually goes back and reads it, so I can make the characters do anything I want. Next chapter Bella is going to hook up with Jasper. Did we mention DMM is a Jasper/Bella? No?</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">B: Want some Cheerios?</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J: Mmmmmm.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: #ff6600;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How were you introduced to the fandom? Do you remember which story was the first you read?</span><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">J: I was introduced through match.com. You?</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">B: Yellow Pages.</span><br /> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #ff6600;">Is there any information that you would like to share that was not already covered?</span><br /></span><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We're sorry we didn't really answer your questions. We're normally not such douche bags – we were just having some fun. Thanks for the interview.</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thanks for reading!</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TFDB Staff</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ash (@frzr71186)</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Ed note: If that author interview didn't make you want to read the story to see what kind of shenanigans Edward and Bella get into with each other, I don't know what will. -sapphire]</span></div></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726998929711664051.post-13930184865506008332011-07-07T21:11:00.001-05:002011-07-07T21:13:16.276-05:00Father's Day Contest Winners!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: arial; font-size: small; ">I'll start by saying, once again, thank you to our authors, readers, affiliates, my co-hosts, and our judges. This was prolonged for far too long, so I won't waste time here with nonsense, I'll just get to our results!</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><div id="previewbody" style="margin-left: 0.2em; display: block; "><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span">First up, Hosts Choice(s)! In true TFDB style, there was no way we could all agree on just one story for host choice and we want to spread the love around, so each of our judges has their own favorite that they want to spotlight.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Chosen by Ash (@Frzr71186): <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7063658/1/" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); ">No More Waiting</a> by AutumnSong</span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Chosen by Mer (mlee03): <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7028767/1/" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); ">Of Mermaids and Wildcats</a> by Fairusa and MissRebecca</span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Chosen by Jay (@jaydogrut): <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7067588/1/" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); ">Miracles and Mischief</a> by Esme Mom Cullen</span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Chosen by Jess (@Jess_Ann06): <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7022493/1/The_Best_Of_Both_Sides" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); ">The Best of Both Sides</a> by TWILIFE2011</span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Next up, Best Lemon as chosen by the wonderful @jaydogrut, our only male host and purveyor of only the finest twitterp0rn:</span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSJcXSZbEDOBN42MjBkoI4ZnA67TTwt9SFGJ4UpCdRNt9RSid4tPiiXtbw-w22jvo5pqolXFDvTemDEtwC_1Zm0AR-hLMyNrI6cMZmQOmCrZb2pVsVgJrrQQsgH2sNL_iJ3MxoZqCP1Bb/s320/Best+Lemon+M%2526M.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626789719384976866" style="border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 160px; " /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7067588/1/" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); ">Miracles and Mischief</a> by <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2103638/Esme_Mom_Cullen" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); ">Esme Mom Cullen</a></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span">And now, the moment you've all been waiting for, the fics chosen by you, our faithful ficcers and our authors faithful readers, the Fan Favorites!</span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span">In third place... well, actually, nothing. Cross my heart and hope to die, there was a tie! (Cross my heart, that was also an unintentional rhyme.)</span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span">In Second Place:</span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuxN5kI99k3JWMcjQhepJfu6Y_Wrk1X2mPUCUA0MEbEnjFwIRsBhRVaZ8Of-WV9kWI4Dbsed_ZE9XjhTqfzLO_ru_dy9eqNJNDE5TyRXrfuu3QQUcT46Av5kUfyb7A4x4hXSRhcPp0-V0/s320/Fan+Fave+2+Best.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626791727748489682" style="border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 160px; " /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7022493/1/" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); ">The Best of Both Sides</a> by <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2773357/TWILIFE2011" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); ">TWILIFE2011</a></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span">and</span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzy_LfOV-rBt611QzD85tV8Ga7smoy0iQvevzwY0mxYS84hnTcGFy47Rvjkf1ZfE38PEr0-PiZ4VCxRZz69Jm2LkBZnRVzie8wY-Yx9glVzlt79a75UmTyYUEHe95GXM4-qY4DbZ0gWNKf/s320/Fan+Fave+2+Unknown.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626791992713826450" style="border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 160px; " /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7051398/1/" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); ">Unknown Treasures</a> by <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2579251/melanieintn" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); ">melanieintn</a></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span">And the First Place Fan Favorite Fic:</span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbGiG6kR79i7ngVWNyHJeIAfZlHu4dNXVdzPDcrxZRyOj0ZmrZVN6_zJkyxOjbbymGUFzLtIyovlhiL1qiB2f8hgd9RiPtyHFdqkqMeMOVvq4NKRxkGLnNf229UxdyA8rhAN37JSsUS8o/s320/Fan+Fave+1+M%2526M.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626792365702201170" style="border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 160px; " /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7067588/1/" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); ">Miracles and Mischief</a> by <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2103638/Esme_Mom_Cullen" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); ">Esme Mom Cullen</a></span></div></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Final thank you's once again to all of you. My co-hosts, our judges, everyone who tweeted and retweeted all along, everyone who voted, especially to our authors, you're all wonderful and I can't thank you enough.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: small; ">I'd also be quite remiss to end this post without thanking JaimeArkin without whom we would have had no banners for fic pimping or prizes. Check out her<a href="http://jaimearkin.blogspot.com/?zx=bf28c2defeeb2d44" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); ">blog</a> or find her on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/jaimearkin" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); ">twitter</a> and let her know how awesome she truly is!</div></div></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726998929711664051.post-3265521339729396642011-07-05T22:00:00.004-05:002011-08-09T12:38:12.505-05:00Crash by BelleDean<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYXGC2CA-I5vybyo6B2IZX8xzWvIEySn9hCaBx2nGMbPiAIGy-yqYnM0jnYeKRYOAFalHR8zurs2I5byx1IdRApkR09xSK0RTJQxiIJ5sNMZ35NBA_XpfGj58Rr92pKcdoPvcnK6WfW3Iv/s1600/Crash_img.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYXGC2CA-I5vybyo6B2IZX8xzWvIEySn9hCaBx2nGMbPiAIGy-yqYnM0jnYeKRYOAFalHR8zurs2I5byx1IdRApkR09xSK0RTJQxiIJ5sNMZ35NBA_XpfGj58Rr92pKcdoPvcnK6WfW3Iv/s320/Crash_img.png" border="0" alt="" width="320" height="137" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6722713/1/Crash">Crash by BelleDean</a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">Official Summary<br /></span></strong></span><span><strong><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="line-height: 14px; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;">A financial collapse, a hurdle, a breakdown and a collision – though not necessarily in that order. E & B</span></span></strong></span></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;"><br /></span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">Review</span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Very few stories are able to keep their grip over reality and still manage to lure you in with scrumptious drama and intrigue. Crash does that seamlessly. The story unfolds in the backdrop of the greatest stock market crash of our time; 15 September 2008, the day Merrill Lynch agreed to sell itself to Bank of America to avert a lethal debt crisis, while another financial giant, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy and spiraled toward liquidation after it failed to find a buyer.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">As these corporate behemoths, supposedly “too big to fail”, come hurtling down, we see Edward standing in Time Square, contemplating a different kind of crisis; one involving his future with the girl he loves - Bella. While his fortunes may have vanished along with the stock market, his true woes lay in not knowing if he’d be able to convince Bella that his value didn’t diminish with his riches, that he was still worthy of her love.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Recounted solely from EPOV, the story then goes back a year to 2007, showing how these two central characters came into each other’s lives. We meet an ambitious, self absorbed and arrogant Edward trying to make it big as an investment banker as he navigates successfully through the maze of Wall Street. His conceited worldview is shown perfectly as he complains about the busy traffic on his way to work:</span></div><blockquote><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><em>“I always wished – especially on days like that one – that they'd just moved the office back downtown. At least traffic on the FDR was less of a clusterfuck. The midtown office building was an omen of sorts, telling me that I worked for spineless suckers.</em><em>I should have gotten the fuck out when I had a chance…”</em></span></p></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The loaded last line is brilliantly framed, carrying more meaning than one.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Then he literally stumbles into Bella while exiting the elevator and while he is immediately struck down by Cupid's arrow, he makes less than stellar impression on her. However, our self assured hero is not the one to be intimidated by this elite, upper class girl, working as an intern at his company. He is not lacking in confidence, but even in the very beginning he knows that he has his work cut out for him:</span></div><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><em><span style="color: #351c75;">“Attracting the attention of the female of the species had never been my weak point. I usually got what I wanted without much effort even when I didn't have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out off. When I started making money hand over fist, I only had to snap my fingers to get prime meat. Yet my gut instinct told me that she might present a challenge.”</span></em></span></p></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">It doesn’t take him long to find a way to arrange introductions and much to his chagrin, she confides in him about her infatuation with a certain Riley. In his arrogance he fails to recognize how formidable his opponent is, which he lives to regret in the near future.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Then we get to know Bella, who comes from old money and is trying to break through the mold with her neo-liberal rebellion, very much propped up by her parents’ wealth. Edward wiggles into Bella’s life as a friend, never doubting once that it’s only matter of time before she’ll succumb to his charms.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Edward and Bella dance around each other for weeks and though Bella never makes any declaration of her feelings, one gets the sense that she is starting to develop deeper emotions for Edward. Their ‘friendly’ encounters finally culminate in sex one night, cheered on by alcohol, narcotics and convenience. They throw caution to the wind and give in to their baser needs.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Their drug induced awkward and anticlimactic sex reeks of regret and disappointment afterwards. Edward, in a bout of wishful thinking, hopes it will give him the key to her heart, but much to his disappointment she disappears from his life the day after without a single look back. He searches for her desperately, only to be rebuffed by answering machines, ignored calls, and closed doors. When he finally finds her he learns that she has chosen Riley.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">In a last ditch attempt Edward shows up at her birthday party, hoping beyond hope that perhaps a face to face encounter will shake her out of whatever stupor she is in. What transpires next is gut-wrenchingly sad. It results in Edward leaving with the pieces of his broken heart in his pocket. The depth of his pain in the days to follow is poignant and mind numbing. The author does an excellent job of making his sorrow real for us. I choked down tears as I read:</span></div><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><em><span style="color: #351c75;">“Staring down the dark empty hallway, the realization of what the words we'd exchanged meant hit me. It was the end. No matter what, I would no longer run after her or make any attempt to contact her. I was done. She'd made her bed and I hoped, for her sake, she'd sleep comfortably in it.”(ch 9)</span></em></span></p></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The bleak and hopeless landscape of Edward’s mind is beautifully captured and presented by the author. I am waiting with baited breath to see how these two willful, stubborn lovers find their way back to each other. The prologue gives me hope.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Endearing, believable, and well written, it’s a pleasure reading Crash by BelleDean. Very few authors choose the less travelled path of laying a strong foundation for their stories. BelleDean took the trouble and I must thank her for it. Despite his materialistic world view, the reader can’t help but fall in love with this version of Edward. Crash is a fantastic story that deserves a chance to be noticed. Go read!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">Author Interview</span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">How did you come up with the Title of your Fic? </span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The financial crisis of 2008, and how we got there, serves as backdrop to the love story between Edward and Bella. Since the crisis caused a major crash in the Dow and the collapse of several banks, including the investment bank Lehman Brothers, and ultimately was going have an impact on all the characters’ lives in my story, I thought "Crash" fit the theme.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">Do you have any writing rituals? What is your writing ‘process’?</span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I like to sit with my laptop and an iced tea on hand on the sofa and just type away –whatever comes to mind really. Later on I go back to edit. Sometimes I do work on detailed outlines before I start writing and sometimes I just start writing a story.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I think the whole writers block thing and the ‘suffering’ to produce a story is overrated. If a chapter of a story I’m working on doesn’t come out right, I put it away for a while and work on something else. No biggie.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">What made you want to write this story, what inspired you?</span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The prologue and the general idea for ‘Crash’ I got from some graffiti lines I saw written on a wall near my house actually; one of them read “sincerity is a low-priced commodity in the twenty-first century.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">For some reason my mind started wandering to 2008.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Like many others, I was equal amounts fascinated and flabbergasted by what went down in 2008. I remember during the boom years leading up to 2008, I kept on reading articles warning about the consequences of the “what if scenario.” What if the real estate market crashes? What if people with adjustable rate mortgages couldn’t make their payments anymore?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">It amazed me how everybody, from regulators to economists, ignored the warning signs. After the crash there was lots of material to read about it – and so I read some articles and watched some movies about what caused the crisis and the effect the crisis here had on the worldwide economy. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I still cannot wrap my head around how badly the government failed to do anything to prevent this and the sort of nonsensical policies in regards to homeownership it pursued -- both under Democratic and Republican rule alike.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Worse even, now everybody pretends that it wasn’t really that bad. The financial regulation that has been passed since is rather tame and several reform and oversight issues remain unresolved to this day. It’s scary that this major crash we’ve just recently experienced has brought about so little change.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">In fact, now every body seems to blame teachers and nurses for the government deficit. It is truly a sad state of affairs – in my humble opinion at least.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I’m going to climb off my soapbox now.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Anyway … yes, as boring as it sounds, the crisis itself and the line I mentioned above served as my inspiration. That and I happen to live and work in NYC, so I remember that day in September 2008 well when Lehman Brothers went under. There were so many people that lost their jobs; it was really quite scary. And I don’t expect people to empathize with the likes of my Edward, who clearly was a willing participant in the scheme, but there were secretaries, mail delivery people and other administrative employees who lost their jobs as well and had no savings so speak off. It also had a ripple effect on the rest of the economy of the city. Nearly everybody felt the pinch, except, of course, for the people who walked away with bonuses of millions of dollars.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>What was your main inspiration for your lead characters?</strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Real life people I’ve met loosely inspire my protagonists, but for the most part I made them up. Some of the side characters are based on real life people. For example, Sam Uley’s character is sort of based on Richard “Dick” Fuld (hee, the name alone!) who was the CEO of Lehman Brothers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">Which fanfic authors inspire you the most?</span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Kisvakondok – hands down! Every time I get to pre-read any of her stuff, I’m in awe of her storytelling ability. Her writing is always incredibly smart and witty. Seriously, most of her stories are way better than mine.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The last story I was completely hooked on was Cesca Marie’s “Dead on My Feet.” Loved it! The story felt so authentic and realistic – and I value that a lot. Things that seem unrealistic always make me cringe.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">What Fics do you reread often?</span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I’m not sure there is a book I’ve reread…so, honestly? I haven’t reread a fanfiction story. As much as I love them, there is only so much free time I have on my hands to devote to this hobby. I just don’t to get around to doing that. Plus, there is always something new to read.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>If you could pick a Fic universe to live in, which one would you chose?</strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Eeep … you got me with this one. I’d rather not even pick. I’m fine where I am, I think?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">When Fic diving what do you look for; Humor, Angst, Slash, Canon? </span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I read humor and angst, but mostly canon (I’m a little embarrassed to admit that). I’ve read some slash, but I’m not sure I could ever write it. Maybe fem-slash…? One day!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>When you aren't writing, which fics are you reading right now?</strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I’m currently reading any updates of “We Were Here” by lola-pops, “Beautiful Sorrow” by DreamofTheEndless, and “A River Between” by WildRedPoppies.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">There are a bunch of other fics that are on my to-be-read list…but that is a really long list!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">Are you in the closet or do your RL friends and family know about your love and obsession with all things Twilight?</span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">As my ff-profile suggests, I’m deeply in the closet about my ff-writing and reading addiction. Seriously, the only person who knows about it is the guy I live with –my husband. He often mercilessly makes fun of me because of it. Sometimes he runs around the apartment moaning “Edward” or “Bella.” I fear the shame of disclosing this to any of my RL-friends would be too much to bear.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Never mind that my employer would possibly have a cow if they found out in some round about way about my hobby.</span><br /> <br /><span style="color: #333399;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">How were you introduced to the fandom? Do you remember which story was the first you read?</span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Oh, God – I bet half the people have the same answer as I do for this one. The first fanfiction story I ever read was “Wide Awake” by AngstGoddess003. I found a link to it on Stephanie Meyer’s website somewhere. Then I got hooked on all the stuff by Ooohlalaaa – which has now been all removed. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I’m ashamed to admit, but I lurked for a really long time in the fandom. I didn’t even have an ff account and never reviewed. I do feel bad about that – and so now I review everything I read. If I read every chapter of a story, I’ll review every single one of them.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>If you were stranded on Isle Esme, which two TwiSaga Characters would you want with you?</strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Leah seemed to have a feisty personality…Edward kind of was a stick in the mud, so I don’t know whether I’d invite him along. Alice – maybe? I mean I’d need someone to give me a pedicure, right? I guess it would be an all girls’ trip.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">Do you have anyone that you'd like to thank for helping and supporting you through this fic?</span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Nowforruin agreed to beta this since my regular betas were still working on my other stories when I started this and I really didn’t want to burden them with more of my stuff.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">So, yeah, I owe her – big time!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I also have to thank Kisvakondok for cheering me on to keep on writing this fic.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">BellaScotia and DreamofTheEndless for rec-ing the shit out of this fic and getting me some more readers – and even some reviewers!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">And of course, a very big thank you goes to IcarusToSun – who wrote a review and recommended the story everywhere. I really, really appreciate it!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Before I forget -- many thanks also to TwistedInMasen who creates banners for all of my stories. I love her work.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Last but not least, anybody who is reading my stories and lets me know that what I write is not total crap – thank you!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">Do you have any other projects going on? Any planned for the future?</span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I started writing a teenage angst story. I’ll start posting it when it’s done. I still want to finish Hard Candy…but inspiration has been evading me for that one.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Eventually, I will write a story where I follow the motto “write what you know.” The story will be about a miserable lawyer. Not sure whether I’ll be able to get anybody to read that sappy tale.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #351c75;">Is there any information that you would like to share that was not already covered?</span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Nothing that comes to mind. 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Readers and authors alike, we appreciate you sticking with us and supporting the authors.<div><br /></div><div>That said, it's time for the second round of voting! This time you only get one vote - ONE - so make it count. In the first round our top three pics were separated by one vote each, so it's especially important now that you not only vote, but get your friends to vote too.</div><div><br /></div><div>Congratulations to our finalists:</div><div><div><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7067588/1/">Miracles and Mischief</a> by Esme Mom Cullen</div><div><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7022493/1/The_Best_Of_Both_Sides">The Best of Both Sides</a> by TWILIFE2011</div><div><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7051398/1/Unknown_Treasures">Unknown Treasures</a> by melanieintn</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you also to our other authors, everyone who has tweeted and retweeted about the contest, and every single one of our readers. I've said it before, and I'll say it again - we couldn't do any of this without you guys.</div><div><br /></div><div>So, without further ado, <a href="http://kwiksurveys.com/?u=tfdbcontest">VOTE</a>!</div><div><br /></div><div>Voting is only open through Midnight PST on Monday, July 4.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726998929711664051.post-12840976932025552002011-06-28T21:55:00.003-05:002011-08-09T13:04:48.489-05:00Resurrection by TwilightMomofTwo<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6m9kD1FSPO5HI8B5zDhyphenhyphena2tP-llBInG0N-3NPnQ4SJVpf6tE24xHImaX3OZCOCoWPZLcmjwYS5t355NRDRROMe1s-JTsCwL2iZiWcGlxIDJJq1f9XdHZAh0uQUJ1j08_PRDKV5sP7wL0D/s1600/resurrection.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6m9kD1FSPO5HI8B5zDhyphenhyphena2tP-llBInG0N-3NPnQ4SJVpf6tE24xHImaX3OZCOCoWPZLcmjwYS5t355NRDRROMe1s-JTsCwL2iZiWcGlxIDJJq1f9XdHZAh0uQUJ1j08_PRDKV5sP7wL0D/s320/resurrection.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623435447379792914" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5443190/1/Resurrection">Resurrection by TwilightMomofTwo</a></div><div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Official Summary:</span></b><br />This is an AU story, based on a 'what if' suggestion handed to me by one of my readers, Kzintikiller.<br /><br />After the kiss at the tent, Edward's heart is already cracked, though his love for Bella leaves him no other choice than to forgive her for it. What if the 'Night of Tears' was too much for Edward to handle? What if that night had convinced Edward to be noble and put his heart's deepest desire aside to let Bella be happy with Jacob?<br /><br />In this story, Edward leaves once more. He becomes a nomad, roaming the wilderness, lonely and broken, having given up his one and only love. This is a story of growth, of adversity, of forgiveness and of the resurrection of a once-in-a-lifetime love.<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Review:<br /></span></b>This is a very different story. I find most stories end very predictable and leave us all with a “fluffy” feeling. I say, what is a story without a little angst?<br /><br />Well, here is a little taste of what could have been. How would Twiaddicts have reacted if Edward left a second time? This time to allow Bella to be with Jacob because Edward believed that Bella was staying with him not out of love but out of gratitude.<br /><br />If you have ever wondered this, I know I have, then this is the story for you.<br /><br />The prologue is a simple yet emotional roller coaster where Edward tells Bella that he is leaving. It starts with a letter from Edward to Bella after Victoria’s death when Bella tells Jacob that she is choosing Edward.<br /></p><blockquote><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">I deeply apologize for breaking my promise to never leave again, but it is unbearable to know that I am the cause of so much pain. Your tears last night broke my long-dead heart, knowing I was the reason you cried so desperately.</span></i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">But through them and in them, I have found the strength to do what I should have done so long ago.</span></i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">I cannot let you give up your happiness for me. I cannot justify claiming you for myself when giving up Jacob brings you so much anguish.</span></i></p></blockquote><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The tears that follow are why Edward believes that Bella truly wants to be with Jacob.<br /></p><blockquote><i><span class="Apple-style-span">She had cried for hours while I held her pressed against me, my arms gently supporting her body, as she lay in my lap. I had driven her home after finding her in her truck on her way back from her visit with her friend, who'd been badly hurt fighting the newborn army.</span></i></blockquote><blockquote><i><span class="Apple-style-span">The mongrel. The bane of my existence. The thorn in my side, the roadblock to my happiness. The teenage wolf-boy who's only intent was to take Bella away from me.</span></i></blockquote>In the letter he tells Bella to please remain in contact with his family as they love her as much as he does.<br /><br />The story then shifts - Edward goes home and tells his family about his decision. Edward arrives in his bedroom and destroys the entire room; the bed that he and Bella slept in included.<br /><blockquote><i><span class="Apple-style-span">It was a fickle fate that had put me in Bella's path eighteen months ago, a malicious hag of chance, of happenstance. Though I should have known better from the start, it had made me believe, truly believe that with Bella was where I was meant to be. I'd fought for her, reached out and taken her for myself, believed that she would be mine. I'd allowed her to change me in ways I'd never thought I could be changed; she had resurrected the human in me, buried so long ago.</span></i></blockquote>Alice tries to tell Edward that he is wrong and that she can see Bella still loves him. Edward, however, is too blinded by his emotions to truly listen to Alice.<br /><br />Edward’s family each has a different reaction to the news that he is leaving. Ultimately, each of Cullens tell him that Bella is still in love with him. Carlisle challenges Edward’s motives, seeing them as childish, but in classic Edward style he responds,<br /><blockquote><i><span class="Apple-style-span">“I'm afraid that she'll forgo her own happiness because she thinks she has to stick with me, in gratitude of what we've all done for her, when we risked our lives, fought the newborns, eliminated the threats to her life. I don't want her to stay with me because of some misguided sense of obligation. I want her to want me. I want her to marry me because she loves me, because she can't live without me, because even contemplating a future without each other is painful misery. And right now, I don't feel that she wants me that way."</span></i></blockquote>Edward’s sincere reaction pacifies Carlisle enough to tell Edward that he is always going to be welcome back.<br /><br />Edward however believes: <i><span class="Apple-style-span">Life, love, meaning – over.</span></i><br /><br />Bella awakes in the morning totally clueless to what has just occurred. Like the typical Bella, she leans on Edward to comfort her as she deals with her emotions. However, Edward is not there.<br /><i></i><p></p><blockquote><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">I had cried for hours after leaving Jacob's house, but letting go of him, the pain in my chest, along the fissure line of my heart, was finally bearable. I was so grateful that Edward had stayed with me last night, holding me quietly, offering comfort and letting my tears fall where they may without complaint.</span></i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">I stretched languidly on the bed, my hand reaching towards the hard body I expected next to me. Usually, by now, he'd have pulled me into his arms for a kiss. I rolled to my side and opened one eye to peek, but didn't see him beside me.</span></i></p></blockquote><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Unknown to Edward were her true feelings.<br /></p><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>I knew now more than ever that with Edward was where I wanted to be, needed to spend the rest of eternity. There had never really been a choice. I was his from the moment we had met. We were soul-mates in the truest sense of the word.</i></span></blockquote>As Bella reads the letter that Edward had left for her, her entire world begins to fall apart - all over again. Guilt over her letting her emotions cripple her as she reads his words threatens to overtake her sanity. Edward had no idea how she truly felt about Jacob.<br /><blockquote><i><span class="Apple-style-span">I had used Jacob as my personal sun to light up the darkness without Edward in my life. I had started to spend time with Jake as a means to an end.</span></i></blockquote>Amongst a confrontation with Charlie, almost everything that Bella had been hiding from him came to light and Charlie called Jacob to come to the rescue.<br /><br />Jacob is angry that Edward left again and tries to explain to Bella that he is there because he isn’t going to let her fall apart like before. Bella however will have nothing to do with Jacob. Her guilt over her reaction over their kiss spurred instant anger when Jacob tried to ask why Edward was leaving again.<br /><blockquote><i><span class="Apple-style-span">Apparently, he was that stupid. His face contorted in rage. "I don't understand you, Bella. He's gone – don't you get it? He left you. He doesn't want you. I almost bought the little lies in the tent, when he pretended how much he loved you, telling me all about that shit he pulled last fall, leaving you because he thought that was best for you. He was right, you know... he should have just stayed away. Too damn bad he can't get it right." He was sneering in my face. "Filthy bloodsucker. He leaves, he comes back, he leaves again. Make up your mind, why don't you." He leaned down towards me and his arm flew out to grab me by the waist, pulling me to him, crushing me against him. My braced hand pushed powerlessly against his chest.</span></i></blockquote>Jacob was so angry that he phased into a wolf in front of Charlie. Now they had to explain the entire Wolf story to Charlie; which in turn led to the reveal of the existence of “blood suckers”.<br /><p></p><blockquote><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">Seth glanced at Jacob who glanced at me. The unspoken question hung in the room. What do we do now?</span></i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">"Well, Charlie," Jacob said finally, with a heavy voice and sorrow in his tone. "There's a reason for us to change into wolves. It's to protect our people from the... cold ones."</span></i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">"What are the cold ones?" Charlie asked immediately. I held my breath.</span></i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">"Vampires," Jacob breathed.</span></i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">Charlie let out a laugh. "Oh, come on, Jake. Vampires? Is this some kind of joke?" He looked at me, and I was unable to hide the truth in my eyes. He noticed it instantly, and I saw the comprehension wash over his face. "Bella? Is this true?"</span></i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">I didn't move. I couldn't move. Seth sighed helplessly next to me. Jacob looked at me, an apology in his eyes.</span></i></p></blockquote><p style="margin-bottom: 0in">So this little review will leave you wondering about several things.<br /><br />1. Where did Edward go?<br />2. What was Charlie's reaction to the revelations I just discussed?<br />3. Did Bella and Jacob end up trying to have a relationship?<br />4. And for a little extra: Alice...what part will she play in this fic?<br /><br />I am evil I know, but this fic is truly worth you reading and reviewing. The author has responded to everyone of my reviews in a very positive and friendly way.<br /><br />If you like a little angst in your life, this is one fic that you should read. Enjoy!</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Author Interview<br /></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span">How did you come up with the Title of your Fic?<br /></span></b>The whole story line centers around the mess Bella and Edward have made of their relationship, with his leaving in NM and her unwillingness to consider Edward's feelings in the aftermath when she kept running after Jacob. After Edward leaves again, and they are reunited at the end of the first arc, they have both come to a better understanding not only of each other but also of themselves. They've been given a chance to resurrect what they had in Twilight and build on that foundation. So - the title was actually quite an easy decision.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Do you have any writing rituals? What is your writing ‘process’?<br /></span></b>I wish. No, I write when I have time and when inspiration strikes. I have a loose outline of what points I want to bring across, but oftentimes, the characters run away with that outline and do what they want. I write what I feel, trying to think like the character and imagine myself in that situation. Edward's voice is louder than Bella's and I think that especially in the early days of my FF "career", his character spoke to me more than any other. Writing is also cathartic for me. There's something to be said about getting lost in these characters and in the story I'm trying to create and leave RL behind for just a while.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>What made you want to write this story, what inspired you?<br /></b></span>The original prompt came from someone who'd been following one of my other stories. He and I had some long PM and email discussions about Eclipse and Bella's coddling of Jacob and the detriment that caused to her relationship with Edward. He and I both abhor the dog for the manipulative, juvenile way Jacob tries to win Bella for himself and for her inability to see him clearly and her neglect in realizing what hurt she is inflicting on Edward. The fact is that Edward doesn't have a choice - the mating bond is in full force and his nature doesn't allow him to NOT love Bella. He's bound to her for all eternity and completely at her mercy. My friend provided the prompt - What if Edward drew the wrong conclusion during the night of tears? What if that was what broke the camel's back? It didn't take me very long to jot down an outline for this story after that. He's credited in the prologue and one of the biggest supporters that I am honored to have. He's my sounding board when I'm stuck and he's reviewed every single chapter. Edward needed to have a voice. There was so much damage done in Eclipse, none of which was fully resolved or ever discussed afterwards. This story gives him that voice, or so I think.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">What was your main inspiration for your lead characters?<br /></span></b>I think my characters are fairly canon. I draw a lot on Midnight Sun when I portray Edward but I've also allowed him to 'grow' a little emotionally. When we first meet him in Twilight, he's somewhat stunted - a typical teenager, stuck in his ways, despite the wealth of book knowledge he has amassed and the multitude of minds he has listened to over the decades. He's always on the outside looking in, never fully included in his family, melancholy and self-loathing to a fault. When he meets Bella, he's railroaded by her scent, to the point where he does not realize that he has found his mate. Despite opinions to the contrary, I fully believe in the vampire mating bond as instantaneous, involuntary and irrevocable. The fact that Edward feels protective towards Bella before even having met or spoken to her on her first day when she sits beside Jessica is to me a clear indication of the instantaneous nature of the mating bond. Her scent railroads him into ignoring the pull, and then fighting it, even after he saves her from Tyler's van. My story builds on that belief. As for Bella, she needed a good dose of reality. Her low self-esteem, as evidenced throughout Twilight to the beginning of NM when she immediately believes Edward's lies, only follows her into Eclipse. From the start, she refuses to allow Edward to give her anything of value, thinking that she has nothing to give back, when all Edward wants is to make her happy. I also think that part of why she acts so callously in Eclipse is because she still harbors the belief that he might leave again, that he is not fully committed to her. A part of her also subconsciously wants to punish him for leaving her. All these points are brought up in the story and are part of the character development.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Which fanfic authors inspire you the most?<br /></b></span>Sareliz and her story DESS (we share the fundamental idea of the vampire mating bond), Bookishqua and Cullenary Coupling (though her snark is much better than mine) and Drotuno (Angel series). I also have a very close relationship with Bella's Executioner and ConfettiRainfall, both of which I consider very good friends, and who have been a great sounding board for this story and others.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">What Fics do you reread often?<br /></span></b>Drotuno's Angel series. I cannot get enough of that Edward.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>If you could pick a Fic universe to live in, which one would you chose?<br /></b></span>I'd like to be Bella in the Angel series. She kicks ass and that particular Edward is my all time favorite. Lolashoes' LYLS and ALE universe is a close second.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>When Fic diving what do you look for; Humor, Angst, Slash, Canon?<br /></b></span>I don't usually dive. Most of the new fics I start come from Twitter recs, often from sites like this one. I also use the TwiFicDataBase quite a bit when in need of something new to read. I normally prefer E/B AU vamp/human stories to AH but there are tons of awesome AH stories available, a lot of which have made it onto my faves. Most of the stories I read are canon couples, though occasionally, I indulge in a little E/Jas slash or the M/F/M variety. I like stories with good character development, believable characterizations and somewhat realistic background settings. Angst is good if it's not used without reason, and I love snarky characters that speak their mind and have a sense of humor.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>When you aren't writing which fics are you reading right now?<br /></b></span>That's a long list. There are a few stories I drop everything for. She gives me Religion, Secret and Lies, A Thousand Leaves, Dear Mr. Masen, anything written by Windchymes and SydneyAlice. There are stories I've been following for over two years, ever since I stumbled over fanfiction and never looked back.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Are you in the closet or do your RL friends and family know about your love and obsession with all things Twilight?<br /></span></b>I'm pretty much in the closet, with a few toes peeking out. Outside of my husband, not a lot of RL people know what I do in my spare time. I like it that way. It's a very personal journey for me and I often prefer the anonymity of the penname. That's not to say that I shy back from inviting like-minded folks I meet online into my RL, or that I portray my personality differently. What you 'see' is what you get. I don't pretend to be anyone else, I just tend to keep my obsession to myself in RL. It blends on occasion though. ConfettiRainfall lives just a few hours away and has a standing invitation at my house which she uses at least once every three months. There are a few people in RL that know I'm "one of those Twilight-obsessed" people, but they do not know how much time I spent with Edward and Bella. And that's okay for now.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>How were you introduced to the fandom? Do you remember which story was the first you read?<br /></b></span>After reading the books over and over again, and finally stumbling into fanfiction, the first story I remember reading was Crescents by One Deranged Scribbler. It's still posted though not finished. It obviously snow-balled from there. :)</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">If you were stranded on Isle Esme, which two Twilight Saga Characters would you want with you?<br /></span></b>Edward and Jasper, assuming that I'd be a vampire too. If I were human, Edward and Carlisle.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Do you have anyone that you'd like to thank for helping and supporting you through this fic?<br /></span></b>Bella's Executioner, ConfettiRainfall and Kzintikiller for their support and encouragement. Caius09 for jumping in to preread when I need a 2nd opinion. IcarusToSun for being my biggest cheerleader/pimp. Love those gals. And really, anyone who's giving my story a chance by reading and reviewing, rec'ing it to others and sites like this one that give us authors the opportunity to promote ourselves.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Do you have any other projects going on? Any planned for the future?<br /></b></span>I have two more WIPs. Transcendence, which is a retelling of Eclipse in EPOV and currently on hiatus until I find his voice again, and Back To You, an AH story collab with ConfettiRainfall that came out of a contest submission on TWCS (which we won) and has since expanded into a full story. We write our chapters sitting next to each other so progress is slow. I have also written but not yet publically posted a new story called Runaway Train, which is a NM AU. The first chapter was my contribution to the Fandom4Tsunami compilation and I'm working on the 2nd chapter for the Fandom4Storms compilation. Neither will post until after those comps groups give the go-ahead, and the time I devote to it will be minimal until after I finish Resurrection. It's my outlet when I feel the need to write heavy angst which doesn't really fit anymore into Resurrection at this point.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Is there any information that you would like to share that was not already covered?<br /></span></b>I'm on Goodreads - please feel free to friend me. I love playing WwF - invite me to a game. :)</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Any additional information you would like posted?<br /></b></span>Thank you so much for the opportunity - it is very much appreciated! Happy Independence Day!!</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">THANK YOU!!!!</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Thanks for reading,<br />Jason @jaydogrut<br />TFDB Staff</p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726998929711664051.post-8571679315376792482011-06-21T22:10:00.002-05:002011-07-18T08:11:28.422-05:00Already Gone by FigSk8ingAngel<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvcay0fepZ2ru03zDgF3I-snMd-Pt-5-CWa0uSR_fyV6fbfADzoqstwyT-RyNHQJGPNf11QtcWDtdYZwm2iIB7YFpPf6YudzzSOXbtVHoKOxoqVDo_o_AU8cr3b5h4WgdmlYc2r4c7Zay3/s1600/AlreadyGone1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 151px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvcay0fepZ2ru03zDgF3I-snMd-Pt-5-CWa0uSR_fyV6fbfADzoqstwyT-RyNHQJGPNf11QtcWDtdYZwm2iIB7YFpPf6YudzzSOXbtVHoKOxoqVDo_o_AU8cr3b5h4WgdmlYc2r4c7Zay3/s320/AlreadyGone1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620830490401027794" /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5817334/1/Already_Gone"><span class="Apple-style-span">Already Gone by FigSk8ingAngel</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Official Summary</b></span></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2; "><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; ">Everybody deserves a happy ending...it's just getting there that's the challenge.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; ">This is the continuing story of the World of Twilight. It takes place about five and a half years post Breaking Dawn and centers around the lives of Jacob's Wolf Pack, (Embry, Quil, Leah, Seth, and Jake) and their imprints/love interests. Nothing is ever easy, especially falling in love. The pack will face heartbreak, new love, old enemies, and much more. All the while finding out who they really are, as well as who they really love.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; "><b>Review</b></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; ">This is a canon story that actually stays true to the original story line! It doesn’t try and re-write what Stephanie Meyer has already written, instead it focuses on where Meyer left off. It begins a couple of years after Breaking Dawn and revolves around Renesmee and Jacob and some of the other pack members. Renesmee is growing into a mature teenager, but she isn’t completely an adult yet. She has a special relationship with Jacob, but everyone is still trying to figure out where that relationship is headed. I really like that the reader gets to follow along as the relationship develops, instead of just being thrust into some heavy duty relationship between the two. You get a chance to see that it actually is a complicated relationship and not something that just happened.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; ">In the beginning chapters, everyone starts to realize that Renesmee is starting to see that her relationship with Jacob is special and beginning to question what it might be. Even Jacob knows that things are changing:</span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2; text-decoration: none; "> <span><span><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; "><i>Renesmee's family wanted her to live a life that felt as normal as possible, and because of that, they tended to base how they treated her off her natural age, not her mental age. I knew it drove Renesmee crazy, especially lately; she wanted to be treated like an adult, and they still wanted to treat her like she was a child. The truth was that she was a lot smarter than they were willing to admit to themselves. She began asking me questions about why I was always there, and why I cared so much for her, before she had even turned two. I wasn't willing to lie to her, but I also was not going to betray her parents' wishes, so I just told her that it was because I loved her and always wanted her to be safe. She was happy with this answer for a while, but recently she had become even more curious than in her younger years.</i></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2"><span><span><span><span style="background: transparent"><span style="text-decoration: none">Renesmee acts like a teenager and has fits over being treated like a child, but that just adds depth to her as a character. She is struggling between growing into a full adult and remaining as a child, like her parents (particularly Edward) want her to be:</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2; text-decoration: none; "> <span><span><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; "><i>"This is exactly what I came here to talk about. You're always telling me that I'm too young for things, but you need to realize that I'm not a little girl anymore. You treat me like a porcelain doll that you are afraid of breaking. You won't tell me anything, you won't let me do anything...I feel like you have no trust in me at all. I just don't get it anymore." I was yelling, and I knew that any member of my family who was inside could hear me, but at that point I didn't care. If being angry was what it took to get my point across, then so be it.</i></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2"><span><span><span><span style="background: transparent"><span style="text-decoration: none">While Renesmee and Jacob try and figure out if now is the right time to be in love, the rest of the pack is trying to sort out their own love lives. Seth (one of my favorite pack characters!) gets his own story line as well. He has watched others in the pack imprint and have these special intense relationships, but figures that will never happen to him. Truth be told, it really isn’t that important to him, either. He thinks it would be great if it happened, but doesn’t obsess over finding “the one.” Seth has gone to college and is good friends with a girl named Alicia. At first, the reader might think that they might have a relationship that develops into something more than just friends, but nope, they are just really good friends (at least so far!). However, when Seth agrees to help Alicia move into a new place, he gets to meet her little sister Courtney and that is when everything changes for him.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2; text-decoration: none; "> <span><span><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; "><i>As I watched Jake catch her, I felt a sudden wave of emotion come over me. Jealousy filled my heart. I wanted to be in Jake's place, with my arms around her, not just watching from the window as it all happened. It didn't make sense to me, I hadn't even met this girl, why was I suddenly feeling possessive over her? I stepped away from the window in attempt to get a hold of my self.</i></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2"><span><span><span><span style="background: transparent"><span style="text-decoration: none">The best part of the Seth-Courtney relationship is that you get to see both sides of the imprinting phenomenon. You don’t just see how Seth reacts, but you also get to see that Courtney feels something as well. She feels some kind of pull towards Seth, but obviously has no idea what imprinting is or why she would be reacting like that. It will be interesting to see how the Renesmee/Jacob and Courtney/Seth relationships parallel and differ as they develop.</span><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: none">There are ten chapters posted so far, but updating happens pretty regularly. Definitely check it out and read along as everyone falls in love (hopefully!)!</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Author Interview</span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>How did you come up with the Title of your Fic?<br /></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">The title is based on the song "Already Gone" by Sugarland. I have always felt like the lyrics of this song (especially the second verse) describe what it would be like to be imprinted on or to fall in love with a wolf.</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span><b>Do you have any writing rituals? What is your writing ‘process’?<br /></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">I don't have any "rituals" per say, but there are a few things I need when I am writing. First thing I need is some sort of background noise. Silence KILLS my muse... plus I get distracted too easily (SQUIRREL). I usually choose music over a movie, again because of the distraction thing. When I write something, I always write it straight through, beginning to end. Jumping around and then connecting it later confuses me. I also like to have some sort of outline/plan to keep me on track. My mind likes to take over sometimes and go off on tangents it doesn't need to.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span">The only other thing I do when I write is keep track of my progress. To do this I participate in the Great TwiFicWriteAlong (if you follow me on Twitter you may see the #writealong hash). The writealong is just a fun way to keep track of your totals day to day and interact with other Twi Fic authors while you do it. It's a lot of fun.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>What made you want to write this story, what inspired you?<br /></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">I first discovered the world of Twific because I am a sucker for "Happily Ever Afters" and at the end of Breaking Dawn I didn't feel like Jake and Nessie got that. It was more about Edward and Bella (which makes sense since it IS their story). But as I read everyone else's interpretation of what happened next it just didn't quite go the way I wanted it to (not to say they were bad...I just had an idea in my head and that's what stuck). So I finally broke down and started writing MY ideas. Once I got a few chapters written I started to think about publishing but I was afraid that my fic wouldn't be good enough to do it. I let a few trusted friends read the chapters and after some minor editing/Beta work (commas are my nemesis) and some pushing I decided to start posting. And Already Gone was born.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>What was your main inspiration for your lead characters?<br /></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">I chose Jake and Nessie because, like I said above, I didn't think they got their Happily Ever Afters. Originally they were going to be the only main characters but as I continued to outline/plan parts of the story seemed to revolve around other characters and sound better from their POV. So I let them have their time in the spotlight too. I'll admit....Courtney(who is my own creation) is VERY lightly based on myself. I wanted a part in the story too!</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Which fanfic authors inspire you the most?<br /></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">Oh my! SO many... I don't know if I can choose only a few. I would probably say all my #writealong crew because they push me to write more and inspire me with what they get done. Especially XSirenSongX and Sorcha Cullen who are my main two partners in crime. Also Jezunya because she has mastered the art of balancing RL with fanfic and showed me that it's OK not to update every week... your loyal followers will still love you when you do!</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span><b>What Fics do you reread often?<br /></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">I haven't actually reread anything on my list because I am always trying to find something new and fun. But if I was to reread anything it would probably be Leah's Sunrise by Forever without him, Give Me Ten by purelyamuse (O/S), Attack of the Newborns (Supernatural Crossover) by Iron Angel 80, and pretty much ANY of wordslinger's O/S.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>If you could pick a Fic universe to live in, which one would you chose?<br /></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">Twilight Duh! LOL! And hopefully one where Paul imprints on me! (Rachel Black who?) </span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span><b>When Fic-diving, what do you look for; Humor, Angst, Slash, Canon?<br /></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">To be honest I am open to just about anything. I started pretty traditional with Canon only but I have read a few GREAT AU and AH and have started exploring new pairings as well. Who knew I would like Blackwater, Jake/Bella, or Paul/OC(OC....that's ME right!)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span><b>When you aren't writing which fics are you reading right now?<br /></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">I have a LONG list right now....I always like to find new things. But my favs are To the Wolves by Jezunya, Bet on Me by Kissa621, First Beach by wordslinger and Ride It by evermine those are kind of my "OMG it updated!!! Must read NOW!" fics. I am also doing some pre-reading for XSirenSongX for a fic she is working on. It's really good! Looking forward to when she posts it!</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Are you in the closet or do your RL friends and family know about your love and obsession with all things Twilight?<br /></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">Closet.....definitely closet! Well minus one RL friend who is into fanfic.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span><b>How were you introduced to the fandom? Do you remember which story was the first you read?<br /></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">I googled Twilight FanFic with the hopes of finding a good Jake/Renesmee post BD....I don't remember that it was called! LOL </span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>If you were stranded on Isle Esme, which two TwiSaga Characters would you want with you?<br /></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">Only two? So hard! Well the obvious answer would be Paul... I'm 100% Team Paul! The other would be a little more difficult...I want to say a tie between Edward, Jake, and Emmett but if I HAD to pick one...Probably Emmett. Leave Edward and Jake for Bella to fight over. </span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Do you have anyone that you'd like to thank for helping and supporting you through this fic?<br /></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">Again SO SO SO Many! First of a HUGE thank you needs to go to my Beta justaskalice. She never ceases to amaze me! Next up is my Twitter Pals/pre-readers/encouragers (They do it ALL!) *takes deep breath* XSirenSongX, Sorcha Cullen, evermine, Beckiet108, jkane180, BellaGattino, russetdiamond86, and imaginaryheart. These girls ROCK my world and I don't know what I would do without them! They keep me smiling and going even on the bad days! I LOVE you Girls!!!!!!! Lastly I think it would only be right to thank all of my wonderful readers! There are too many to mention but I thank each of you for reading, and a special thanks to everyone who reviews! It makes me smile to know you care! :-)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span><b>Do you have any other projects going on? Any planned for the future?<br /></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">Other than Already Gone (which I TRY to update on a monthly basis), right now I am working on an entry for the "Just a Kiss" contest. The rules are you have to write jaw dropping kiss with one of the wolves (AH is ok as long as it's wolf only, no Vamps allowed!) My Pairing... Bella/Hockey Paul. </span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span>I am also SLOWLY working on a Multi-Chap AH called Familiar Eyes (B/E AH). I adopted the banner from XSirenSongX. Hopefully get the first few chapters done so I can start posting!</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span><b>Is there any information that you would like to share that was not already covered?<br /></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">I think you guys got it all covered! Thank you SOOOOO much for choosing my fic! I have never been chosen for something like this and it Means a lot! </span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Also, here<span class="Apple-style-span"> are my Banners:</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span">By candykizzes24: http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g371/FigSkingAngel/Banners/AlreadyGone1.jpg<br />By DazzledbyJake: http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g371/FigSkingAngel/Banners/Banner2byDazzledbyJake-1.jpg<br /><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Thanks for reading!<br />TFDB Staff<br />Mer</span></p><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726998929711664051.post-79688081496081582392011-06-14T20:55:00.001-05:002011-07-18T08:11:54.758-05:00I Want It Painted Black by SaritaDreaming<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/saritadreaming/SaritaDreaming%20Story%20Banners/PaintItBlackanime.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="136" src="http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab190/saritadreaming/SaritaDreaming%20Story%20Banners/PaintItBlackanime.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6022971/1/I_Want_It_Painted_Black">I Want It Painted Black by Saritadreaming</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.22051808657124639" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Official Summary</b></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Izzy Black *Bella* is a bad girl with issues. Edward Cullen is the vampire that brings it all down in an inner battle between darkness and light. He'll go to great lengths to melt her frozen heart. WINNER DARKELLA'S DARKEST TEMPTATIONS M themes/LEMONS</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Review</span></b></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What if Bella found out about vampires before meeting Edward? The author takes a different approach to </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Twilight</i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> with this fic. She makes you think and has a way of really attaching the reader to the characters. The story has been nominated for many awards and has won several.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you’re a fan of weak and innocent Bellas, this is not a Bella for you. Izzy Black is a tough cookie especially armed with her Smith & Wesson rifle. She can handle herself and is convinced she needs no one. We first meet Izzy on an abandoned street in Port Angeles. She is approached by a gang but unlike </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Twilight</i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> where her knight in sparkly skin saves her, Izzy handles things herself. We eventually learn what has Izzy so blocked off as she enters Charlie's, no, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>her</i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, house. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br /><blockquote><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">“The pain started rolling in like a freight train...images flying at me a hundred miles an hour...I fell to my knees just inside, managing to kick the door shut. My chest tightened, rendering me immobile—God, I just needed to get to my stash! Was it going to be like this every time? No...it must have been those stupid fucks that tried to attack me...bringing it all back. I was assaulted by memories, powerless to stop them from coming...”</span></span></blockquote><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Izzy enrolls at Forks High School. She does it for herself, no one else, and is a very smart student. To say she cares about school would be a lie. Izzy is a loner, sits by herself at lunch but quietly observes, searching for her prey. It’s in Biology that she meets Edward Cullen. Unlike </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Twilight</i> canon, s</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">he is aware of what he is and even torments him with it slightly. We eventually hear Edward's thoughts on their first meeting:</span><br /><blockquote><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">”After all, she was hard and rude, with a mouth on her that would make a sailor blush, she would fuck anyone that struck her fancy and she filled her body with illegal and illicit substances.”</span></span></blockquote><span style="background-color: transparent; color: lime; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Edward feels very protective of Izzy, though he would never dare tell her. Izzy needs no one and is insistent on keeping it that way. Through an unexpected turn of events, a truly sadistic James marks Izzy as his own. When Edward realizes this, he gives up his hidden protectiveness and makes Izzy his mission, his life, and the fight becomes personal.</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Izzy is slow to respond to Edward, afraid he will leave her in one way or another. She is constantly at a battle with herself closed off, but secretly pleading for attention. Edward slowly works his way into her space, but not without a fight.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: lime; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Smoothing my hair back, he leaned in to kiss me and I shied away. "What is it?" he whispered, and I could hear the fear in his voice—he knew something wasn't right. I couldn't look into his golden eyes because I would lose my resolve. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Edward, I need to be alone right now." </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Izzy, don't run away. I know you felt something." </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Please, Edward. I'll see you tonight?"</span></span></blockquote><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Izzy and Edward’s relationship develops slowly but surely through the story. We are introduced to the entire Cullen family and watch and enjoy Edward's dislike of Jake. The battles Izzy faces both internally as well as the everyday hassles of real life. Izzy stays strong-willed and true to her character through the fic. We are only 12 chapters in and </span><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1961871/Saritadreaming"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saritadreaming</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> has lemons that will rock your world, Izzy that will make you blush, and as always the gallant Edward.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is different from many fics I have read. It is dark and twisted but in an awesome way. The author has a way of hooking you and making you care about her characters. This story will leave you wanting more and saying “Just one more chapter and I’ll sleep.” Hope you all enjoy it! </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><h4><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author’s Interview</span><span style="background-color: lime; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></h4><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">1. How did you come up with the Title of your Fic?</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I like unique titles for stories; I know when I'm fic diving, an interesting title will grab my eye. I happened to be listening to 'Painted Black' by The Rolling Stones when I was still deciding on a title for this story. It just fit with my character, Izzy (Bella), and how dark she is, how often she aligns herself with everything black. 'I want it painted black' sounded like something she would say—she'd want it </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">all </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">black, LOL. She's sardonic, snarky, bitchy and her 'inner banshee' keeps up a constant commentary of negativity.</span></span></h4><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">2. Do you have any writing rituals? What is your writing ‘process’?</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">I listen to music really loudly on my earbuds, LOL. I know that sounds counter-productive, but I find that it focuses me. Usually, I will choose a song that fits the mood of the chapter I'm writing, and I'll play it over and over as I write.</span></h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As far as writing process... I have to get in the mood, so to speak. Before I start writing, I allow my characters 'space' in my head for a while—could be a day or an hour—and when they are 'speaking,' then I can write. I see them, feel them. They're alive to me. </span></h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><h4><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unfortunately, I don't have too many huge blocks of time to sit and write. I'm a wife and mother, I work, I beta for Twilighted and write story recs for TheTwiGirlsNextdoor. I'm a busy bugger. Once I'm on track with a chapter, the characters will speak whenever I have a few spare minutes for writing. If I had to wait for a lot of free time, I wouldn't b</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">e </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">putting out much, and I write a </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">lot</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></h4><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span">3. What made you want to write this story, what inspired you?</span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This all started with the Darkella's Darkest Temptations contest (</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">'I Want It Painted Black' </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">won first place, voters choice). I saw it as an opportunity to write something darker, something different. We see lots of Darkward—and I love him, too—but this really caught my eye. My Izzy is damaged goods, she's rude and crude, she curses like a sailor and makes no apologies—at least until one very schmexy vampire gets in her face and refuses to let her go.</span></span></h4><h4><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span">4. What was your main inspiration for your lead characters?</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I believe that we are shaped by our circumstances, and I like to shape my characters in the same way in an attempt to bring them to life. This story is my vision of what Bella would have turned out like if she had gone through the horrors set forth in my story. In that way, I see my story as a twisted up Twilight. My Edward is fairly Canon, but he adapts to what is before him. His mate is a damaged human girl that refuses to feel. She hurts Edward over and over again, but he persists until he shatters all the walls around her. Throw in her torrid past with a member of the wolfpack, and a very sadistic James, who pursues her relentlessly, and what do you have then? Well, you'll have to come take a look and see... </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Smirk.</span></span></h4><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span">5. Which fanfic authors inspire you the most?</span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm hesitant to name names because I'm sure to forget someone and because the list would be long. I'm inspired by authors that can make me feel what they write. When I read (and I haven't much time for it since I started writing) I want to be transported. Many of the authors that inspire me are what I would call 'unsung heroes.' Authors who are not extremely popular, but that doesn't make their writing any less beautiful or poignant. I'm a champion of the underdog. There are so many awesome fics out there with too few reviews. I tend to read a mix of big name authors and the smaller ones, too. I'm an equal opportunity fic diver, LOL.</span></h4><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span">6. What Fics do you reread often?</span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">I don't reread fics. I barely have time to read because I'm addicted to writing. My main source of reading at the moment consists of beta work for Twilighted and searching for recs for the TwiGirls. I envy those who have hours and hours for reading, to be honest. I can remember many a night staying up until 3 or 4 am reading—now I'm up until the wee hours writing. But I wouldn't trade it for anything because writing is my true addiction.</span></h4><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">7. If you could pick a Fic universe to live in, which one would you chose?</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">Twilight, AU. I love vampfic the most of all. AH is okay, but AU w/vamps is my all time fave.</span></h4><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></h4><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span">8. When Fic diving what do you look for; Humor, Angst, Slash, Canon?</span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I prefer E/B vampfic, romance/drama. I can handle angst if I know there's a happy ending, but I get so sucked in, the characters are like real people to me. If one of them dies... a piece of me does, too. If a story ends badly, I won't read it, no matter how well it's written. There is only one exception to that rule which was '</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Carpe Noctem & Fiat Lux'</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by queenofgrey. If I was likely to reread a story, that would probably be it. Shhh...</span></span></h4><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span">9. When you aren't writing which fics are you reading right now?</span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I read updates as they come in for my faves, and I have a folder</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> full</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of chapters that I need to catch up on. Again, I have so little time to read for pleasure that I often fall behind. I can't pick a fave at the moment. I'm so afraid of leaving someone out that I adore. I won't do it, and you can't make me!</span></span></h4><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></h4><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span">10. Are you in the closet or do your RL friends and family know about your love and obsession with all things Twilight?</span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">Totally in the closet! LOL I even use a penname for my original fics because I'm afraid if I knew someone that knows me was reading it, then I might change what I write. My hubby knows I write fanfic, and he supports my addiction. He gives me time to write, and he buys me magazines about writing, etc. He's the only one that knows. We have an agreement that he can read all my fanfic when I kick off. Until then, he minds his biz. LOL.</span></h4><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></h4><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span">11. How were you introduced to the fandom? Do you remember which story was the first you read?</span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As I read BD and flipped the pages back and forth, sure that some were... um... missing... I was outraged to find out that SM dicked out on us. Even PG can be written sensually, but missing pages were abhorrent to me. I waited so long for that moment... then, nothing. Someone on a group told me about Maggie Chambers, who wrote a missing honeymoon scene. I went in search of that, and found the wonderful world of fanfic. The first real story I read was </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">'Wide Awake.' </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">which I would also reread if I had the time. I just kept diving in from there. Ironically, Maggie Chambers was the one who encouraged me to start writing, so I owe a huge debt of gratitude to her... and by extension SM for wussing out on the love scenes. I might not be writing otherwise.</span></span></h4><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span">12. If you were stranded on Isle Esme, which two TwiSaga Characters would you want with you?</span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Edward and Edward. An AH Edward with smoldering green eyes, and a vamp Edward with equally smoldering burnished gold eyes. What we'd be</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> doing</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> on that island... not saying.</span></span></h4><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span">13. Do you have anyone that you'd like to thank for helping and supporting you through this fic?</span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">God, yes! I first have to thank Sandy who screamed her way through the original IWIPB one shot as I wrote it. I would send her small sections to pre-read as I was writing it. Keye signed on as a pre-reader shortly after the one shot was out. These two ladies pre-read all my stories, help me pick out musical inspiration and are just all around wonderful women and friends.</span></h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I also have to profusely thank my beta, Jess (jkane180), for her awesomeness. She knows when to kick me in the ass (such as way back when I was shy about writing the words cock and pussy—look at me now, Jess!) and she's taught me enough grammar/punctuation that I'm now a beta myself. Love her, and anyone who gets her as a beta is one lucky bitch. Big smooshy hugs to Bella Flan for introducing us.</span></h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you to Wendy (wmr1601) who has become a dear friend and recently signed on to do beta/prereading work on many of my stories, including IWIPB.</span></h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are a few others I need to shout out to. Katsflowergirls, Paula (popola), Cierra Hill Thomas, Kimi D, Reb, Sonja, Ildira, KNG1986, OTB (Obsessedtwibrarian).... I'm stopping now, but there are many more of you who have supported me in different ways. A special shout-out to Tracey (Vtweetymccn) and Lindsey, along with their awesome crew of EMTs and firefighters, who read all my stories and make bets on them, LOL.</span></h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><h4><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last, but certainly not least, thank you to</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> all </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">my loyal readers. I'm not the most popular author in the fandom, but I have some really awesome and thoughtful readers. I count myself very lucky, and I appreciate each and every one of you.</span></span></h4><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">14. Do you have any other projects going on? Any planned for the future?</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The main one, which I'm </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">very</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> excited about, is entering the TWCS Original Fiction contest! I've finally decided to put some of my own original fic on the block. I'd love it if readers would check out my story and let me know what they think of it. It's called </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">'The Weight of Roses'</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and can be found here:</span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/6f9ewhy"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> http://tinyurl.com/6f9ewhy</span></a></span></h4><h4><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm currently writing several other Twilight stories which can be found on my profile at Fanfiction.net:</span><a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1961871/Saritadreaming"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1961871/Saritadreaming</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> My full length WIP stories are </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">'I Saw You Coming,' 'Broken Windows,' Shattered into a Thousand Pieces,'</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">'Speak Now.'</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">'Speak Now'</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is my first foray into a mutli-chapter AH story and is a collab with the talented Wendy (wmr1601).</span></span></h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I also have several one-shots on my profile, and I donate outtakes and one-shots to many of the fandom causes such as: Fandom Against Domestic Violence, FoxyFics, FGB for Autism, Fandom4Tsunami and Fandom for Sexual Assault Awareness.</span></h4><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span">15. Is there any information that you would like to share that was not already covered?</span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There is one thing I feel compelled to say, since I have an audience. There seems to be a growing trend in the fandom of drama, rudeness and general negative fuckery. The last time I checked, we were grown women. I've seen email, chats, and private conversations posted for all to see, friends turned enemies, catty remarks galore... and it really hurts my heart. I </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">love</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> how we all come together for fandom causes, donating stories and working side by side to raise money. That's what this fandom is all about—not being jealous of someone else's success, but applauding it. Helping a less popular author gain more readers or just keeping your yap shut if you don't have something kind to say.</span></span></h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sorry, but this issue really rankles with me. I abhor all things drama unless it's part of a fic!</span></h4><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">16. Any additional information you would like posted?</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Banners for IWIPB:</span></h4><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oh, my God! I just realized what a banner hOOr I really am. I'm listing some banners, but not all.</span></h4><h4><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Banner by Betty Gefecht:</span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/42nnlyk"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tinyurl.com/42nnlyk</span></a></span></h4><h4><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Banners by Julie:</span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3bbju4g"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tinyurl.com/3bbju4g</span></a></span></h4><h4><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3dtng28"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> http://tinyurl.com/3dtng28</span></a></span></h4><h4><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3dqfqhq"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> http://tinyurl.com/3dqfqhq</span></a></span></h4><h4><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3s8rc79"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> http://tinyurl.com/3s8rc79</span></a></span></h4><h4><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Banner by Dazzled by Jake:</span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3rhq2ul"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tinyurl.com/3rhq2ul</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></h4><h4><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Banner by Eva:</span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/4x9e9fb"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tinyurl.com/4x9e9fb</span></a></span></h4><h4><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have some beautiful banners for my various stories made by some very talented graphic artists: Julie and Eva from FwaR, Betti Gefecht, Lindz, Dazzled by Jake, and I am Kate. Here's the link to my album where they can be seen:</span><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3rzjfdv"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tinyurl.com/3rzjfdv</span></a></span></h4><h4><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you very, very much to the ladies at TwiFicDatabase for choosing my story as fic of the week!</span></h4><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Thanks for Reading!!<br /></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Please leave us a comment and let us know what you thought.<br /></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>TwiFicDataBase Staff</b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Trebuchet, Verdana; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">@</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jess_Ann06</span></b></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726998929711664051.post-86613313275745350682011-06-13T01:05:00.000-05:002011-06-13T01:05:04.724-05:001st Round Voting Open<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We will have open voting from June 13-20th. </span><br />
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