It seems that clichés are running rampant in fan fiction.  We’ve all read that one phrase that just gets you all riled up – and not in the good way.   I’m talking about that phrase you read that makes you go, “Really?  They’re using that again?” Now, I’m not teasing or making fun of anyone [...]

So, I’ve been doing a little something I wanted to let you all in on.  I have an app on my phone that gives me a word of the day and I’ve been free writing a bit each day using that word as a prompt.  Some of the words are incredibly obscure and it’s challenging [...]

How many stories have you passed over due to a poorly written summary?  I know I’ve probably bypassed hundreds of stories in favor of ones with better written summaries.  The summary is the first impression, the first opportunity to suck a reader in to your story. This is only meant to serve as a general [...]

What exactly is a ‘non-canon pairing’?  A non-canon paring is any pairing that differs from ‘canon’, or the way the original author wrote the book.  BellaxJacob, AlicexEmmett and CharliexBilly are all examples of  Twilight non-canon pairings. Part of the appeal, at least for me, lies in the forbidden. The characters aren’t meant to be together, [...]

To Twi or not to Twi… That’s the real question.  With ‘Vampire Fever’ taking, not just the nation, but the entire world by storm, where do you call it quits?  Do you just stick with Twilight go no further?  Do you let it suck you in completely and read every book of every series you [...]

The Fandom Gives Back It amazes me how, in a fandom rife with drama, we can pull together and do something so amazing- raising money to fight childhood cancer via Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation.  The first round of TFGB raised over $87,000 in just seven days.  The second round – TFGB: Eclipse – has just [...]

Alternate universe and all-human fan fiction would seemingly have little in common with canon fan fiction.  But, if you read enough of it, you tend to notice certain trends – certain characteristics that even the most OOC Edward’s still possess. For example,

Today I want to start a discussion of sorts.  The other day, I had my iPod on shuffle and Kings of Leon ‘Closer’ came on.  Those of you who read my fics may know that that song has been the inspiration for many dirty moments in my fic library.  It made me realize how much [...]

This week I wanted to write about something that BellaMarie and I talk about frequently- chapter and fic length. It also got me wondering about a few other things, but we’ll get to those in a minute. Now, me personally, I like a nice long chapter or one-shot. 10,000 words of one of my favorites [...]

Normally on Fan Fic Friday, I try to feature two or three different stories.  This week, I’m still reccing two stories, but they have the same author- MuffNbutter.   The first of the two fics is the one that I fell in love with first.  It’s called ‘My Beloved Window‘.

Can someone please tell me why all the good books these days seem to fall into the Young Adult section?  Seriously.  In the past eighteen months or so, I’ve read eight new series (Twilight, Southern Vampire Mysteries, Vampire Diaries, Vampire Academy, Black Dagger Brotherhood, Mortal Instruments, House of Night, Blue Bloods, plus I read Covet [...]

There are so many different genres in fiction, and it seems that there twice as many in fan fiction.  Or maybe we just label them differently.  For instance, the topic of my blog today, fluff.

OK, maybe not everyone else, but there are some glaring differences between the Twilight fandom and, for example, the Harry Potter fandom.    For the purposes of this blog, I’m going to try to stick mostly to the differences in the actual fics themselves.  I’m also going to compare mainly to Harry Potter, because that’s the [...]

I thought that for this week’s State of the Fandom, I’d give a tutorial on navigating the Dungeon at MVF.  Fanfiction is my passion- it has been ever since I discovered Harry Potter fanfic four years ago.  I’m a prebeta at a Harry Potter site and between the three sites I’ve worked on (The Quidditch [...]

So, in light of recent events, I’m keeping this week’s ‘State of the Fandom’ a little bit on the fluffy side.  I thought, ‘Hmm, what can I write about that will result in no one getting upset,” and came to the conclusion that it’s time to interview Edward.  So, without further ado, the star of [...]

Apparently, I started something with my post on Monday. First, I need to say, I was in no way talking about the Gazebo.  I have never heard of the Gazebo. Secondly, maybe I need to change the beginning of my feature, but I have explained in the past that our top five list is just [...]

Glossary of words and phrases you must understand before partaking in the reading of this blog. The Big 5 – These girls are the absolute elite in the world of Twilight fanfic, the cream of the crop (this has been voted on and approved by the owners of mvf.com).  They are, in no particular order:

Betas – The saviors of the fanfic world.  Part two in a two part series. In this first part of the series, we focused on what a beta should be able to expect from you as an author.  This week, we’ll talk about what you should expect from your beta.  Again, I’m keeping the snark [...]

Beta’s – The saviors of the fanfic world.  Part one in a two part series. In this first part of the series, we’ll be focusing on what a beta should be able to expect from you as an author.  In my years (teehee) in fanfic I have been both beta and author, so I think [...]