Social Networking

Hello!

I'm sure many of you have heard that there is this big thing going on where they are trying to get every blog/website/etc. to post this. We want to see if we can spread it around.

POST THIS: SN09

Put it anywhere: on your twitter, live journal, ff.net, twilighted, myspace, facebook, blogs, wherever you can on the internet!

We want this to go as far as possible!

The Fandom Gives Back

I think we've all heard of the Support Stacie Auction and now here is another one for us all to get involved in. This auction is for Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. If you haven't heard of it you can check out that story here: http://www.youtube.com/watchv=gM9GbaSsUaE&feature=player_embedded#at=75

It's just one of the many great ways our fandom comes together to support a great cause and there is great things up for auction.

A gift basket from the Twigasm Podcast, signed items from CafePress from DefinitelyStaying, and much more!

Check out their blog here: http://www.thefandomgivesback.com/

New Moon Soundtrack

Today, Stephenie Meyer and Summit revealed the New Moon soundtrack. It looks pretty good but will it match up to the one for Twilight? We have under a month to find out!

The soundtrack goes as follows...

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE — MEET ME ON THE EQUINOX
BAND OF SKULLS — FRIENDS
THOM YORKE — HEARING DAMAGE
LYKKE LI — POSSIBILITY
THE KILLERS — A WHITE DEMON LOVE SONG
ANYA MARINA — SATELLITE HEART
MUSE — I BELONG TO YOU (NEW MOON REMIX)
BON IVER & ST. VINCENT — ROSYLN
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB — DONE ALL WRONG
HURRICANE BELLS — MONSTERS
SEA WOLF — THE VIOLET HOUR
OK GO — SHOOTING THE MOON
GRIZZLY BEAR — SLOW LIFE
EDITORS — NO SOUND BUT THE WIND
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT — NEW MOON (THE MEADOW)]

Told you that it looked good :)

Breaking Bella and the plagurism drama...

I have been debating about whether I should post about this or not but I have decided that I want to. Someone, I can't remember exactly who it was, plagiarised the story 'Breaking Bella'. Although I would never condone this behaviour, what was almost as bad was the reviews that people left.

I read some of them and even though I wasn't that girl, I was really upset by what some people said. The thing that everyone has to remember is that she has feelings too. She has done something illegal and totally wrong but we don't call her names, making us almost as bad as her. She was in the wrong, don't get me wrong, but anyone who left a review on that story has taken the criticism beyond the point that it needed to be taken to.

It's not our business but everyone saw it as theirs. What would you do if that were you? Now I am sure that none of you would ever do it but put yourself into that position, just for a second. I have been called names on the Internet before (and that was far worst than this, trust me.) but it is never nice. None of you know her so passing such harsh judgements on her is not on.

I don't want to make this feel like I am lecturing and trying to make you all feel bad but I am trying to make you see it from my point of view. I think in this case, things went too far. Anyone who left a review should think about the consequences of their words.

However, plagiarism is serious. It is actually a criminal offence if it is copyrighted but of course fanfiction isn't, which only makes it worst. I am sure that both of the girls involved have sorted it out and I know that it has been removed. But next time it happens, can be behave like adults rather than children. Please? I don't want the fandom to get a bad name.

And remember that this is just my opinion.

Spill Your Thoughts.....Edward Cullen Already Knows Them

Here's a new post I came up. I wanted to get into the minds of some of my favorite authors. I asked a few authors the same questions and I have decided to share with you some of their answers.

First Category: Smut/Lemons

1. Each one of you has written some smut. Is any of it based off of personal experinces?

"TMI? I would love to say that all my lemons were written from experience however only two were and I only took parts of those experiences and added them to the scene. I wish I could say they were all based on experience alas most of it is due to my pervy imagination and what I wished I could get Mr.NBNF to do in the bedroom. (But he totally blew on my panties that one time and it was hot.)" -nobloodnofoul

"Not remotely. I'm "technically" a virgin, but don't tell that to my vibrator." -Amethyst Jackson

2. Some writers have a hard time writing lemons - do you?

"Never, I love to write them. The hotter the better." -venomousgal

"The ease at which a lemon comes to me really depends on my mood. Some days I’m pumped (pun intended) to write one. Other days I feel stupid writing them. When I’m in the zone I can write one rather easy. I have found that I can’t stop writing in the middle of a lemon or I’ll lose that momentum. Is it just me, or was the whole thing kinda dirty?" -nobloodnofoul

3. What is your favorite smutty fanfiction story?

"The Submissive by TaraSueMe" -venomousgal

"It's a toss up between Next Weekend & Exhibition by DefinatelyStaying." -kuntrygal

4. When reading smut, is there anything that gets on your nerves?

"Um, quite a few things actually. It bugs me when I read a fic and there’s this part about how the female (Bella, Rose, Alice, whoever) get’s so wet they ‘drip’ or ‘leak’. I just think it’s not well thought out because if you were really that excited and in a public place, wouldn’t a wet spot be a concern? I get being excited but if you’re excreting enough lubrication to thoroughly ‘drench’ yourself, you need to have that checked out.

Another thing that gets me is that in 99% of twifics where Edward and Bella are virgins and have sex, they both achieve orgasm. Now, here’s my issue: There’s generally no clitoral stimulation and it’s her first time…so no. I don’t see it being multi’s or even one. And that Edward could last longer than ten minutes, his first time, no matter how much of a stud he is, just isn’t real for me. It gets on my nerves.

And I wish Edward would be a little nicer to Bella’s clit. I get grazing with teeth, but for the love of God, stop biting on it." -nobloodnofoul

"When people say he/she tastes so good, or I drank everything he gave me greedily. When they say the "bodily fluids" taste so good, like the sweetest wine. No it doesn't." -kuntrygal

"I don't like it when writers focus entirely on what a character is doing while ignoring the reactions of the other character. Smut is all about living vicariously, about sharing the experience, so you have to have some moaning and squirming and tingling on top of the basic mechanics. I don't want to read that Edward did this and Edward did that and have no mental image of what's going on with Bella - what, is she just lying there stiff as a board? Because that's not possible with a good Edward." -Amethyst Jackson

5. Is there anything that makes you blush or are you okay with everything?

"LOL! It all makes me blush honestly!" -kuntrygal

"Anal sex makes me nervous. Also slash fics make me kinda cringe. I’m not gonna knock it, cause I’ve only tried it once. I just couldn’t get into it but yeah, I blush a nice orange color (cause that’s what you get when you mix pink and yellow)." -nobloodnofoul

"I blush watching anybody read my lemons.....lol!" -venomousgal


Second Category: Share The Love - Edward, Jasper, and Emmett

1. What is one thing you love about CANON Edward?

"The number one thing I love about Canon Edward is his formal way of speech. I think it’s just how freakin proper he is that gets me really going and makes me love him. That is number one on the list followed by the possessiveness and his temper." -nobloodnofoul

"He's such a romantic! And I love that he loves Bella so much to the point he is over protective and posessive." -kuntrygal

"His intelligence and maturity. I love that he's always the bigger man, even if we really want him to kick some ass, and I love that it always comes out when he speaks. It's something I've never felt able to adequately recreate." -Amethyst Jackson

2. What fanfiction story does your favorite Jasper come from?

"Trust in Advertising. I absolutely love how he catches the truth of people's emotions on film." -venomousgal

3. Out of the three, which would you rather date? Why?

"Oh definitely Edward. I mean c'mon, it's EDWARD CULLEN. Epic hotness." -venomousgal

"Such hard questions. I’ll admit, I have a heavy thing for Jasper, not gonna lie. But I’m seriously all in it for Edward. Jasper would kinda be my back-up man. Why Edward? Really? I mean, he’s got the hair, the eyes, the soul and that brooding protective nature that makes any woman’s inner feminist want to hide in a kitchen bare foot. He’s the epitome of suave and sweet. He’s a gentleman. He’s got that dark side that gives you chills but at the same time he’s tamed by a mere mortal just as plain as every woman feels herself to be. In other words Stephanie Meyer was just observant enough to collect every hot attribute a man could have and slapped some red sex hair on it. (Besides piercings and tattoo’s)" -nobloodnofoul

4. What is your favorite thing about Robert Pattinson, besides his hair?

"Hmmm, I would have to say the accent. I die for a man with an accent. (My fiancé was born in England…he get’s the accent back when he’s angry. It’s hot. We don’t fight for very long.) But when you pull a beanie over Robert’s head, he’s still got that nice gravelly purr and foreign lilt. Mmmmmm." -nobloodnofoul

"The accent & I like how he just seems to act like himself. He doesn't care what people think about him." -kuntrygal

"His totally lickable jaw. I am a sucker for a man with a strong jaw and chin." -venomousgal

"His awkwardness. I think he pulls off a fairly smooth Edward, but I like that he isn't remotely suave in actuality. ...Okay, and his hands. His hands are gorgeous." -Amethyst Jackson

NOTE: Amethyst Jackson is right on. Those hands...what I wouldn't give....

5. Jasper, with the accent or without? Why?

"Definitely with. All women are sucker for a hot accent on a hot guy. Believe me, I am married to a french man with a sexy as hell accent." -venomousgal

"With. If for no other reason than I love accents!" -kuntrygal

"Uh, with. Duh. Jasper’s from Texas. I’m from Texas. It’s a given. Jasper must have the accent." -nobloodnofoul

NOTE: I must have been tired when I wrote the questions. What girl doesn't love accents?

6. You run into (literally) Kellan Lutz on the street, what do you do?

"First I would pick myself up off the ground. Then I would give him my beta’s phone number. She’s in love with him. I’d be all, “Kellan you hottie, I’ll give my beta’s number if you wanna fork over Rob’s…cause I’m a firm believer in give and take.” While Kellan is hot, he’s not my cup o tea.

Cheddah, you so know I would do that for you." -nobloodnofoul

"I would probably pull a Bella & blush like crazy. Then try to work up the nerve to ask him to join me for coffee." -kuntrygal

"Drool. Stutter. Lick him....lol! Seriously, I would ask to take a picture with him if I had a camera just so people would believe me, and then I would lick him....." -venomousgal

"Say sorry and think, "Huh, that was weird. What is Kellan Lutz doing in Kansas?"" -Amethyst Jackson

So there we have it. The thoughts of these lovely ladies. Just in case you haven't heard of these fabulous ladies here's some information and a link for you.

kuntrygal: Author of Just The Three Of Us, People Change, and You Belong With Me. Find more here - http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1640966/

nobloodnofoul: Author of Shadowboxer. Find more here: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1756195/

Amethyst Jackson: Author of Bonne Foi and Only Human. Find more here: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/252097/

venomousgal: Author of Rescue Me. Find more here: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1685066/

Support Stacie Auction

For those of you who don't know, the Support Stacie Auction is for Stacie who has cancer. Authors offer up one-shots, lost chapters, drabbles, and out-takes that you can bid on. All the money goes to Stacie.

This current auction is open from September 11th to September 14th (the Twilight fandom bidding closes at 7pm).

Here are some of the authors who have things to bid on: withthevampsofcourse and jandco, IChimpz, manyafandom, Definately Staying, americnxidiot, In.a.blue.bathrobe (I wish I had the money to bid)

Go on over and bid on your favorite author now: http://majiksfanfic.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=115

Trends...

Trends happen in just about anything. Clothes, music and even books but we do have them on fanfiction too. The trends that we have on the site come from very popular stories inspiring people to write along the same topic. I tend to notice when I search on ff.net that these trends are beginning to happen. So, I have been keeping a list.

1. Horse trainer stories.

I will admit I have never read one. These cropped up a lot at the beginning of August after the success of a story called Love Ridden by LouLa, which gained 1268 reviews. It was written in February of this year and is complete now. The summary reads Edward Cullen, a big-time horse trainer in Gillette, Wyoming, hires a shy, quiet girl as a stable hand and trainee. He never expected to fall in love again, but Bella Swan is a dream come true. AU, AH. Rated M for Mmm, Lemons eventually! Lots of Fluff! I have lost count of the amount of times that I have been told to read this story. It has even now reached the point where my friend leaves it on my computer!

Following it's success, Two Stepping by Jewels64 was written. This story however was more popular and has acquired 1740 reviews at the moment but it is not yet complete. This was written in April and although has the same general theme as Love Ridden, I am told that they are very different.

Another story that has been written in the horse training genre is A Stable Romance by Iadorepugs. It has not gotten as many reviews as the other two, with only 850, but it is slowly climbing the review ladder.

2. Sub/Dom relationships

I know that I have spoken about these before but they show so easily what I am trying to tell you. The first one in the genre was Creature of Habit, which began in January. It has 10794 reviews, which is an awful lot. It is very very very good and in some respects, what first brought sub/dom relationships to the mainstream part of the fandom.

The other two stories in this category that are obvious choice were both begun in February of this year. The first one is The Submissive by tara sue me which has generated 11730 reviews and is probably one of the most popular stories at the moment. It has more reviews than COH but it has become more of a franchise.

The other one is The Training School by TheSpolitOne. It is far less read than the other two, with only 2993 reviews, but is also a multi part story. This is another trend that these two stories have begun. More than two points of view of the same thing, all written as different stories.

So my point is, although these are all in similar genres, none of the stories are the same. Yes you can compare them but they are different. None of the authors have ripped each other off. Each has it's own plot line and character development. It is very different to have a story that is similar and the same. Remember if you like something, write something similar. Don't steal from other authors!

Welcome to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Title: Moving to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Author: FirstWarmSummerBreeze

Rating: T

Reviews: 1,909

Status: Complete

Summary: A.H. Bella is German and lives in the most famous house in the world for six months. Suddenly she belongs to the rich and famous and hates her popular/player host brother Edward with a passion.What's the dark secret he is hiding? Caution Addictive! B/E

Personal Reading Experince: Boy was she was right with that warning! It is addictive! I became a fan of this story days after it was finished and sat there with a giant thing of soda until I finished it! I actually passed on a trip to the mall to finish reading it!

The thing I like most about this story is that Edward and Bella don't instantly fall in love. It isn't one of those stories that basically skip "the chase". It takes time before they fall in love, but boy do they have some fun times. Too bad the press is there to catch all of it. But what do you expect when your messing with the president's son?

SPOILERS (KINDA): From picking eachother up drunk, getting caught in the rain, ending up at the crappiest hotel ever, throwing things at eachother in the woods, dealing with the press, elevator mishaps, taking care of eachother while their sick, embarrising eachother at the table, and dealing with bribing daddies. These two go through it all. I'd like to note that all of those things do happen, just not in that particular order.

In this story there are two characters you will probably end up hating (I will not say names, but I will say they are both male and have a lot of power/influence). They both cause conflict in the story, but definetly help a side of Edward we love come out.

Edward goes from an ass to the dream guy, but not in a ridiculous amount of time. It is a gradual change that is more like real life than some of the stories you read. It's actually very interesting to read.

And the thought I'll leave you with: at one point we fear for Bella's life and Edward has a past.


Hehe! Go check out all of the goodness that is Moving to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue here. And hurry up because the sequel, Because I love you, is now in progress!

What We're Reading

Okay, so we're a tad behind on this post. It's at the very end of the month! But the August post has made it in time!

francesb001 (british-bella):

The Blessing and The Curse by The Black Arrow- It's a really really dark story where Edward can hear Bella's thoughts but only if he has physical contact with her, eg holding her hand. The story starts when they are older and tells us all about their childhood together. I didn't like it at first, but I don't think you are supposed to, however, now it is amazing.

Master Of My Heart by BriannaMarley- Again, another dom/sub story but it wasn't what I expected. My friend sent me the link to this one and she said stick with it and I have. It shows you through the exclusive world that Edward lives in as Bella discovers it. Throw in a fire, a wardrobe full of clothes and an exclusive island and you have your story.

My smile is my tears:

Forever My Love by LionLambForever and HeartbreakHaven: This is a very interesting story. It does start out Jasper/Bella, but you guys just need to get over that because it does end up Edward/Bella. I almost want to call it a dom/sub story, but it's really not. I'm doing a sucky job at describing this story and I really don't know how. All I can do is say read it and that the relationships in this story have a lot of depth. (I will be interviewing these two fabulous ladies soon, so maybe they can help you better understand the story.)

The Vampire in the Basement by michellephants: Quite honestly, I don't even know why I'm putting this up here because I'm sure everyone in the fandom has come across it by now. This story is the shit. This is one of the few stories I will print out and put on my bookshelf. The only thing I have to say is don't let anyone know you haven't read it yet.

So as you can tell we haven't really been reading a lot this month. But we have been busy, so just get over. Hopefully in September we will be reading more!

Twitter

So all of a sudden the fandom has moved onto twitter!!! Exciting times. So, our blog has set up a twitter account and follow us!!! You can get updates on what we are doing and links to things that we recommend!!!
http://twitter.com/C_Brouillard