Twilight25 Challenge - Prompt 1

Okay, I have officially started my prompts for the Twilight25 challenge. I am really excited and looking forward to the challenge of coming up with one-shots to go along with each picture. I am also going to be posting a song that I feel goes with each one-shot or picture. Enjoy and I will see you soon.

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Taking a Break; Kinda

If you have been following me since my first story you know that i have been writing somewhat back to back for almost a year and that is just FanFiction. I also write my own personal stories and have a few blogs that I keep up as well. So to say that my brain is a little fried would be an understatement.

I mean it takes a some thought to come up with something that hasn't already been done at least once in FanFiction already. Sure I could write some anything story but I care to much about you guys to just put anything before you and expect you to keep reading and reviewing. Thus the break but that doesn't mean that I am leaving the fandom or never going to post anything again.

In fact I will be starting a new story but it just won't be like what I have posted before. I don't know if any of you are familiar with the Twilight25 but it is a challenge set out by some in the fandom to write twenty-five one-shots based off of the prompts that they give you. I figured this would be a great way to help me get focused and spark a few story ideas. Who knows, one of my one-shots could turn into a chaptered story after I'm done.

I will be posting the stories both on FanFiction and also on here just as a change of pace. Plus it gives me a chance to post the picture that prompted the story since I can't do that on FanFiction.

So stay tuned to see what I can come up with and what it inspires. Talk to you soon.

Of Skipping Time and Funny Stories

If you haven't started reading "Beyond Time" then you probably won't get this title header and if you haven't started reading it then what is wrong with ya?

I will admit that when I first rec'd this FanFic I wasn't sure what to expect. I knew that it wasn't complete and I knew that it was on pace to be over my normal 100K cut off but other than that no clue. Sure it had been recommended on another blog but what if that person and I didn't have the same taste and I was sitting here recommending it to you.

Then once I started reading I was literally like, "Is this author tripping on some special mushrooms herself?". Again if you haven't started reading it then you won't get it. But as I read past that first chapter and really got into the story I found myself laughing out loud at her creativity. Especially during Bella and Jacob's exchange in Of Rituals and Really Big Dicks:

"What do you mean, it wasn't very spiritual?"

"Well," Jake gestured with his free hand. "I told my dad that I saw my spirit guide. That it was a bear that led me down this path and told me I had a great destiny."

"Yeah? That sounds pretty cool"

"I lied."

"What?"

"I lied to him, Bella," Jake admitted. "I didn't see a spirit guide. I saw..." He pressed his lips together.

"What did you see?"

"God, it's really embarrassing."

"What, Jake?"

"I can't believe I'm telling you this!"

"Jake, I'm dying here!"

"I saw..." he clenched his eyes shut. "A giant dick."

If that isn't enough to get you running over to this story you just don't know what funny is.

Although Jake and Bella share a great chapter he is just the catalyst for the main meal; Bella in 1918 with a human Edward.

I have to give TKegl a lot of credit. The way that she handles the time travel back to the turn of the century is really good and leaves you with the same questions as Bella; has she really gone back in time, is she dreaming or is she on her own vision quest. Plus her Bella is quite funny. When I read the rec for this fic it said that Bella's enter monologue with herself was so entertaining now I get it. Take for instance her thoughts during Of Fainting and Familiar Faces:

A small brass placard on the wall across from me caught my attention and with a quick glance at Tom, who had his back turned, I stood shakily and made my way over to it. Brushing my fingers over the engraving, I read it silently.

Cook County Hospital

Est. 1847

Huh. Cook County Hospital. Wasn't that where E.R. took place?

Then she goes on to say:

This place was definitely not familiar. I had never been here before... and even though I watched E.R., the hospital looked nothing like this.

And Dr. Carter was nowhere in sight.

Score one for reality.

This has really been a great beginning to an interesting story which is where I will leave you for now. Check out my continuation of our read-along on Wednesday after the last two chapters of "Kidnapped". See ya then.

Something Fun I Just Learned

Today has been an interesting day. I learned something new graphically. I am so excited and I had to share it with all of you. I hope that you like it as well. Let me know what you think. Is it too fast or too slow? Should I have used different pictures? Is it too big? I look forward to hearing what you think.

Halt the Reading: We Have a Late Arrival

I know that I posted the three stories for our read along but then as I started reading one of them I wasn't really in the mood for what I was getting. So I started looking for something else to tide me over until I was excited about this particular FanFiction again (and I'm not telling you which one because I don't want to influence you one way or the other).

As I was searching I came across a little fic that Twi-Fic Addicted Sista (she has great reviews) was reading and decided that her review sounded interesting so I would read a little and see how it went. That was two days ago and I haven't been able to stop yet. With that in mind I am adding another story to the read-along; Eclipsed Heart.


This is a touching story in which Bella moves to Forks but after something tragic happens she is suddenly sent back to her mother in Jacksonville where she finishes out her high school years. Skip to the beginning of this story and you find a hurting and broken Bella returning to Forks for unfinished business that she feels she must handle in order to move on with her life. Add in a clumzy moment, a remorseful Edward, a nervous Carlisle and a protective Jacob and you have the makings of this interesting and intriguing story.

I still have a few chapters to go before I have to wait for Buff82 to update but I am really looking forward to them. So come along and read with us. Check out my update for chapters 1-4 next Tuesday.

What Are You Reading?

Alright, I know that I promised reviews for the stories that I have read and mentioned how I really don't understand FanFiction that is more than a hundred thousand words. Well lately I have found a lot of stories that aren't finished and are well on their way to being more than my normal limit. This started me thinking. Would I really get bored with a story that long if I was reading and waiting for recommendations every week? I read Seducing Ms. Swan and hat was over the 100k mark but I didn't realize it until after I was involved.

With that in mind I am going to give this reading a story in progress, over a 100k thing a try. After I decided that I started thinking how much fun would it be if I was reading it with my other faithful readers? I mean we could talk about what is going on in the story and share what we feel about the way the author is handling the characters. I think this could be fun.

So with that in mind I picked three that after scouring the Twilight blogs and communities these seemed to have some really good recommendations. I also tried to find different stories so if you aren't interested in one then you could maybe read one of the others and still be part of the fun. Also if you know of a good story to add let me know.

Without further ado; here are the stories:

After the Cullen's leave Forks a twist of fate lands Bella back in 1918. She thinks it is a second chance to build a life with Edward, but when she finds him, he's not quite what she expected. Can Bella create the future she's hoping for?

I started reading this one last night and I was really enjoying it. Bella is way funnier than normal canon Bella and I really liked the fact that even though this is during New Moon and Edward has told her that he doesn't love her she knows that he was lying. There isn't any of that I wasn't good enough for him crap.

By pretending that she is falling for Edward, Bella is fulfilling Esme's dying wish. But sexy, possessive Edward can read her mind. Will she ever get into his? Can Bella forget the pain of her teenage years, and can she resist his relentless seduction?

I was intrigued by this because even though it is all human Edward can read Bella's mind, which is something he couldn't do in Twilight. To me that spells a different twist on a story we all love.

Expectations and Other Moving Pieces

Everything I have done in my life seemed to lead up to this moment. The moment when I found myself bound inextricably to a man I didn't love, trapped in a life I didn't want. And if I left him, I would be entirely alone.

This one sounded interesting because Bella and Edward are married but still seem to be unhappy. I liked the idea that here would be flashbacks during the story that shared how they got to this point and hopefully show if this relationship is worth saving. It is a Bella/Edward fic so I am hopeful that they will find a way to work things out.

Those are my three and each banner has a link to the corresponding story. Enjoy and if you are going to read along with me then please leave a comment on this thread or send me a PM through FanFiction. Let's get started and as always happy reading :).

Kidnapped Road Trip

What is a road trip without pictures? Nothing that's what. Enjoy this small look at some of the places from my story.