AiL Rec’d on Rob Attack Blog Today!

Hey all! Just taking a minute to let you know that the fabulous MidnightCougar has rec’d my story Accidentally in Love on her blog Rob Attack in her FanFiction Fridays post! Take a minute and check out her blog, very cool stuff! Some other great rec’s today (and past Fridays) too if you’re looking for something to read!

Accidentally in Love Nom’d for Fic of the Week at The Lemonade Stand!

 

Exciting news! My new story, Accidentally in Love, has been nominated for ‘Fic of the Week’ on The Lemonade Stand blog! This is really exciting for me, since I tend to mine TLS for fic rec’s all of the time! Feels crazy that they would be rec’ing little old me! (Sorry for all of the exclamation points. LOL)

Anyway – there are nineteen stories rec’d and you can vote for five.  Head on over there when you have a minute to read through the list for some ideas for your TBR list and vote!

Thanks!

Busy, Busy, Busy! No Really, Busy!

It seems like forever since I’ve posted here when really it’s only been two months. I guess that is sort of forever.  Anyway, it seems like there hasn’t been much going on for me fic-wise, but when I think about it, there really has.

Let’s start at the last thing I posted, then I’ll tell you what’s been going on recently and finish up with what I’ve been working on fic-wise (so jump to that if it’s all you care about. LOL)

So, my last post here told you all that Halo Effect was nominated for a Fangreaders Award in the Rev. Newlin category and encouraged you to vote. Update: Halo Effect was voted third place! Holy crap, right?! I was really excited!

Thanks so much to anyone who voted and the Fangreaders site for hosting the awards!

While we’re talking about HE…

Shortly after the awards, but totally unrelated, the talented jaxg reviewed Halo Effect on the new Random-Fandom site (for fanfic readers/writers of any fandom).

Take a look at what she had to say and leave your two cents if you’re so inclined. I have to admit that her kind words made me a little teary and made me think about writing a nice HE outtake…She keeps reminding me that I said that, so it might have to happen.

Concept by @NikkiWindland, Design by @TKegl

Meanwhile, on the other side of my fic life in Twilightland…

In the end of February I attended IndyTFMU, a twific reader meet-up in Indianapolis, with twenty or so super-amazing fic-chicks who I’d never met before outside of tweets and DM’s.  We had a great time talking about fics, eating, drinking (much drinking) and laughing (even more laughing).

It was a great opportunity to talk about fics we love and ask questions about fics we were curious about. It was cool to be able to say, “I’ve been hearing good things, but I don’t get it from the summary – tell me why I should read that story.” or “OMG if you like that, you have to read this!” My fic life is mostly secret in RL, so it was great to let it all out and really dig into fic talk. It was a really fun weekend and I’m looking forward to having more adventures with these fic-hOOrs in the future.

Before that, in preparation for IndyTFMU, I spent a lot of time reading fics rec’d by all of the ladies who were planning to attend. We started with a list of over 200 fics about a month before the meet-up, and by the time we left Indy we had over 400 fics listed that we liked, loved, and wished would update.

Now, admittedly, my first fandom was SVM, so I was reading like a mo-fo to catch up with a lot of these girls. LOL They introduced me to some flat out amazing stories and authors. If I had to rec three of the fics I read for the meet-up (and I randomly picked that number)… I would say (in no particular order):

Elemental by TallulahBelle (Edward/Bella I’m not even sure how to explain how much I loved this fic. Just. Yeah. Read it. No vampires – but supernatural goodness for sure.)

Volition – by RochelleAllison (Edward/Bella in Belfast, N.Ireland in 1972. UNF. My friend who rec’d this says it’s the one twific she’d like to see made into a movie.)

Leaves of Grass by Nauticalmass (Jasper/Bella – It’s got this time travel/parallel universe thing going on that realigns with canon and just… I loved it. This fic made me fall HARD for the Texan. Seriously, ya’ll.)

So, needless to say, I’ve been kind of ADD about writing because I’ve fallen into some amazing stories (and I’ve been obsessing about all things Jasper). But, believe it or not, I have been writing!

Banner by time_lights

In early January I entered the TwilightofCraigslistContest based on the prompt July 4th Party Weekend by ShinyVolvoLurver. I didn’t win or place, but I did get the idea for a fluffy little fic that I’ve been working on called Accidentally in Love.

I posted the first chapter (the contest entry) at the end of January and have been trying, slowly but surely, to get written ahead (while reading and drooling over Jasper). I’ve finally decided that part of my ADD issue is the fact that I don’t HAVE to write because I haven’t committed to posting…so I’ll be putting chapter two up next week and forcing myself to buckle down and get this thing outta my head!

I adopted an awesome banner (above) from time_lights. And, while I love my banner – I really do! It’s so cute and perfect for the fic – I want someone to fic this banner that is on her LJ page. I mean – I cannot. Someone – write this.

Banner by time_lights

Am I right? This is begging to be written. Anyway…there’s that ADD I was talking about. LOL

Last, but certainly not least, I’m participating in round six of The Twilight Twenty-Five challenge. Between February 1, 2012 and May 31, 2012 (fingers crossed) I will be posting twenty-five chapters of a multi-chapter fic (no less than 1,000 words each) based on prompts provided by The Twilight Twenty-Five. I’m working on ch4 already of what I’ve been calling in my head Fire and Rain.  I’ll probably break down and post the first chapter in the next day or so.

I think somewhere around eighty authors have signed up for the challenge this round, it will be interesting to see what comes out of it! (The challenge is, based on provided photo/word prompts,  to write either twenty-five unrelated drabbles of EXACTLY one-hundred words, twenty-five unrelated one-shots (no less than 1,000 words) or a twenty-five chapter fic (no less than 1,000 words in each chapter).

What this post tells me, is that clearly I’ve been busier than I thought and I still have a lot to do! I hope everyone’s 2012 is progressing nicely and I’ll see you all when I get a minute to poke my head out from the cave I’m going to have to hide in to get all of this writing done.

Kidding. Well, not really. Thanks for listening to me ramble!

Halo Effect is Nom’d for a Fangie!

The Fangreaders Awards
Awards in Excellence in the SVM/TB Fanfic Fandom

Public voting is now open for the Fangreaders Awards and Halo Effect has been nominated in the Steve Newlin Category for best All Human fanfic! I’m honored to be nominated among a great pool of authors and stories!

Please take a minute, well maybe two or three, to head over there and vote for your favorite fics, including HE – if you want.

List of Fangreaders Awards Nominees

Voting

Stories for the Fangies were nominated by the Fangreaders, but voting is open to the public. Voting opened on Sunday 15th January 2012 and the ballot will close on 19th February 2012 11.59pm GMT. That leaves you plenty of time to catch up and read any of the stories nominated that you might have missed. Remember – you can only vote ONCE – the Fangies say their goal is to award excellence in writing and not just be another popularity contest.

If you don’t know who the Fangreaders are, they are an active group of over 200 readers and writers of SVM/TB fanfic who have been chatting together since January 2011 in the Fangreaders Chatroom Central blog site, Fang_Readers Community on LiveJournal, and the Caffe Trieste forum. If you’re not already a member, they would love it if you stopped by and checked it out!

 

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Here’s hoping you have a great 2012!

I found this little gem in my gdocs and decided I should finally post it (see the a/n, I’ve had this for a while LOL).  I originally wrote this for Alisonbynumbers when she wasn’t feeling well. You can thank her for the inspiration.

Forever, Now

Summary:
He distances himself to protect her, but what will he do when he’s all she has left? Eric/Sookie. AU but Canon-ish. Historical.

Secret Santa Goody!

I participated in a Secret Santa Fic exchange this winter! Here’s the story I contributed for Vilannh - The Gift.

If you want to check out the other entries – here’s the FFnet profile of Sookie’s Secret Santa.

Happy Holidays!

The True Death: The Final Week

It all comes down to this….vote for your least favorite. And vote often.

(Repeat votes allowed for this round.)

True Death Week Seven: Who would you kill?

Week seven – isn’t that crazy?

Hope you’re still enjoying the story. It’s a boys club this week…vote below and tell us who we should kill this week!

True Death: Week Six

Okay, so Seastarr08 and I had majorly crazy weeks at work and this just couldn’t get touched til the weekend. Sorry. But we just posted chapter five. It’s a little different this time, but we hope you’ll still be satisfied. We just write it as it comes and sometimes we don’t know what the hell is going to happen. This is one of those instances.

Here are your options for week six. Let the voting begin!

The True Death: Week Five

Wow. You guys are enjoying this murderous story! Glad to be of service. Here’s the poll for the coming week…don’t be shy – let us know who you want us to snuff out. *man, I’m really getting into this. I have a sad, sad life*