I am sorry to say that I will be losing my Internet connection for about two weeks, starting Monday 8/29/2011, due to moving.
With that being said, please feel free to continue filling out forms. Just know that I will not be able to regularly (if at all) post to The Water Cooler.
I am sorry for any inconvenience that this causes anyone.
~@Shattered1025
We are all readers and writers of Twilight FanFiction. This is our office water cooler, if you will. This is where we vent frustrations, rejoice in victories, rec some of the fics that we want others to read, and talk about what is happening in the Fandom. Welcome to the gossip blog!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
UPDATE NOTICE: Ancient History by @Shattered1025
Chapter 8
What happened when Bella answered the phone? Who was on the other end?
UPDATE NOTICE: Feral Blood by @bloodofyourlips
Chapter 5
He was totally immobilized, as solid and as unmoving as a statue, and that made me nervous.
When I started to stand, Esme stopped me with a hiss. "Do not move, Bella."
RANT: We All Can't Just Get Along
By: Blood Of Your Lips
Find her on Twitter @BloodOfYourLips
For those who do not know me, I’m Anise, aka Blood Of Your Lips, aka the writer of Feral Blood. Of course, if you don’t know me or FB then that really doesn’t mean jack to you, so I’ll continue by saying that I write fanfic, and I have to say that from the moment I started writing, I noticed some things about fandoms (particularly ones like Twilight, Harry Potter, etc.), and as time has gone on, I’ve noticed that some of these things are becoming more and more prominent. Especially the bitchiness.
Seriously! What are we? High schoolers. I mean, after only a month of writing, I saw authors dropping out right and left because of other people’s harassment, jealousy and negativity. I heard one writer got harassed on her OWN thread in a forum! And only recently—and this is from personal experience—I’ve noticed that when fics do well, when they become popular, win awards and have great stats, the writers are instantly targeted. People say the awards were rigged or the stats are only because of amount of chapters or what-the-hell-ever. People start saying shit about and to the authors. And that’s what it all is. OH! And let’s not get on the subject of how many authors’ stories I have seen plagiarized word-for-word!
And at first, I used to think ‘Well, why doesn’t the author tough through it?’. Well, now I know. It gets tiring. It gets wearing when you are constantly surrounded by, and getting hit with, all the crazy drama. I swear sometimes that it’s like people forget that there is a person behind the words. I’ve had two or three close writer-friends get hurt by people’s negativity, bashing…stealing in some case. There is one writer that I know that recently won her very first award. And do you want to know the reaction she got from some people? People instantly started questioning her about why she won an award over some others. …Why not?
I think it’s sad that when fics become successful (and God forbid those writers talk about their achievements), they get targeted. I mean, I’ve seen a good four or so very popular authors disappear in less than a year’s time, because people harass them. It’s very disturbing to think that people can behave in such away. It’s all the crazy bull that makes me want to grab my written shit and run! Why can’t we all just be happy for one another’s works and the results?
Find her on Twitter @BloodOfYourLips
For those who do not know me, I’m Anise, aka Blood Of Your Lips, aka the writer of Feral Blood. Of course, if you don’t know me or FB then that really doesn’t mean jack to you, so I’ll continue by saying that I write fanfic, and I have to say that from the moment I started writing, I noticed some things about fandoms (particularly ones like Twilight, Harry Potter, etc.), and as time has gone on, I’ve noticed that some of these things are becoming more and more prominent. Especially the bitchiness.
Seriously! What are we? High schoolers. I mean, after only a month of writing, I saw authors dropping out right and left because of other people’s harassment, jealousy and negativity. I heard one writer got harassed on her OWN thread in a forum! And only recently—and this is from personal experience—I’ve noticed that when fics do well, when they become popular, win awards and have great stats, the writers are instantly targeted. People say the awards were rigged or the stats are only because of amount of chapters or what-the-hell-ever. People start saying shit about and to the authors. And that’s what it all is. OH! And let’s not get on the subject of how many authors’ stories I have seen plagiarized word-for-word!
And at first, I used to think ‘Well, why doesn’t the author tough through it?’. Well, now I know. It gets tiring. It gets wearing when you are constantly surrounded by, and getting hit with, all the crazy drama. I swear sometimes that it’s like people forget that there is a person behind the words. I’ve had two or three close writer-friends get hurt by people’s negativity, bashing…stealing in some case. There is one writer that I know that recently won her very first award. And do you want to know the reaction she got from some people? People instantly started questioning her about why she won an award over some others. …Why not?
I think it’s sad that when fics become successful (and God forbid those writers talk about their achievements), they get targeted. I mean, I’ve seen a good four or so very popular authors disappear in less than a year’s time, because people harass them. It’s very disturbing to think that people can behave in such away. It’s all the crazy bull that makes me want to grab my written shit and run! Why can’t we all just be happy for one another’s works and the results?
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