Parting is such sweet sorrow… A line from the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Juliet is saying goodnight to Romeo. Their sorrowful parting is also “sweet” because it makes them think about the next time they will see each other. And that is how I will forever think of my time here at My Vamp...
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I can still remember as a 14 yr old girl laying on my bed and staring up at a wall filled with posters of Shaun Cassidy, Andy Gibb, Leif Garrett, and Peter Frampton. And when Cheap Trick appeared on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert, I sat fixated in front of the family’s 19 inch TV imagining myself married to...
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Nothing thrills me more than a good story. A story that I can involve myself with. Because that’s what a good story does to me. I become part of it. I know the characters like my friends and family. They become real as does their world. Whether it be a FF author or a published author. A good story is a good...
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Angst, often confused with anxiety, is a transcendent emotion in that it combines the unbearable anguish of life with the hopes of overcoming this seemingly impossible situation. Without the important element of hope, then the emotion is anxiety, not angst. Angst denotes the constant struggle one has with the burdens of life...
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Like so many, when I arrived in the Fandom it was due to my quest to satisfy the missing scenes and fade to black that SM left us with. Just by googling “Edward and Bella Honeymoon”, you were bombarded with hundred’s of hits of a multitude of fanfic stories. I spent the first year just pouring over so many of them....
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Hmm…what’s on my bookshelf, well yes, I do have book shelves, plenty of them, I actually have two bookcases in my living room. I also carry my Nook everywhere I go, and have stories downloaded on my laptop. I am never without something to read so “what’s on my bookshelf” doesn’t quite...
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There has been a recent wave of fanfic stories being published. I for one was very excited by this. There are so many stories that I love, that I would read over and over again and then they disappeared. The writers would pull the stories for whatever reason. It left me with a multitude of emotions. So with publishing, it was an...
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Fandom (from the noun fan and the affix -dom, as in kingdom, freedom, etc.) is a term used to refer to a subculture composed of fans characterized by a feeling of sympathy and camaraderie with others who share a common interest. Fans typically are interested in even minor details of the object(s) of their fandom and...
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