So Today is my Anniversary...
Today marks four months. Four months of reading fanfic. I don't think anyone reads this page, but I feel like I should share the path that led me to ffic. But before I do that, I also have to back up a little bit to share how I found Twilight.
Long ago, in a land far away...just kidding. I am a Harry Potter fanatic. Like I love it. so, so much. And my sister, Kaylee, used to read it with me. Then I would discuss and go to the forums and speculate and wait and wait and wait for the new whatever to come out. Then my sister stopped reading. After book 5. So I didn't have a real person to talk to about it. I needed her. But she moved on, eventually, to Twilight. I am going to be honest. I did not want to read the Twilight saga. I was too emotionally invested in HP. But my sister begged and said that then, we would have something that we could talk about again. So after Breaking Dawn was released and she promised me that there would be no more and I wouldn't need anymore from it, I bought Twilight. And I put it on a shelf...waiting for Christmas break.
So I picked up Twilight at the beginning of Christmas break and I read it. Devoured it. Reread it and dogeared the pages of my favorite parts. Of course, I was in love. with Edward. and I needed the rest. So I ran to Target and bought the rest of the saga. I think it took me three days total to read all four books. I barely slept. I didn't even wrap presents. I remember calling my sister when I read NM and screaming at her for making me read this. And when I got to BD...I was...I don't know the word. If you are reading this, you found me in fanficdom so you know what I am trying to say. I needed something else. This could not be what happened. But whatever. I complained to my sister, and as it turns out, we disagree on basically every aspect of Twilight, so we don't talk about it anyway. Girlfriend is opinionated.
Anyway, I read everything extra I could find on SMeyer's website, including the outtakes. One of those was originally intended to be a contest entry for a fanfiction site. I had never heard of fanfiction, so I called my sister. What is fanfiction? She told me and I proceeded to tell her how stupid I thought the idea was. That isn't the real story. How can people do that? Who wants to read that? So, on February 8th, she sent me a link to Isle Esme, which was on Vixen1836's blog then. I called my sister right after I read it. OMG, I think this might actually be SMeyer. She really gets Edward! So my sister explained to me that Vixen was not actually Stephenie and that there are lots of stories about Twilight. I was intrigued. So I looked on Vixen's recommended list and bam! I was reading Midnight Desire. It was funny as hell, and I had never read anything like that (ie smut). Then I found Wide Awake. Why did I read that? Because Vixen said that it had the word "fuck" in it a lot. Sounded good to me. I called in sick to work the next day because I couldn't stop reading WA. Somehow I came across the Eddies & Bellies awards. And I wanted to vote. But I thought it would only be fair (I believe in the democratic process after all) for me to read everything before I voted. So I did my damndest to read everything that was nominated for everything. I made a schedule so I could get it done in time. Shortly thereafter, I found Scotch and life would never be the same for me. That story is deep in my soul and just moves me.
I used to be a mom. I used to cook dinner and do my family's laundry. I used to interact with people in the flesh. Now all of my friends are "virtual" and on the internet. Now I eat on the couch, when I have time, because I have to read. Now I contribute recommendations to a blog and provide all of my twatter friends with the Word of the Day. Now I feel like I am finding my place where I am more than just a mom and run a laundry and taxi and maid service. And I don't even write yet :) So thanks fanfiction for giving me a niche to fit into. Thanks SMeyer for writing a fade-to-black and uterus-eating scenes that left me needing something more. And thanks to all of my friends, virtual and otherwise. It is a great day to celebrate!
Long ago, in a land far away...just kidding. I am a Harry Potter fanatic. Like I love it. so, so much. And my sister, Kaylee, used to read it with me. Then I would discuss and go to the forums and speculate and wait and wait and wait for the new whatever to come out. Then my sister stopped reading. After book 5. So I didn't have a real person to talk to about it. I needed her. But she moved on, eventually, to Twilight. I am going to be honest. I did not want to read the Twilight saga. I was too emotionally invested in HP. But my sister begged and said that then, we would have something that we could talk about again. So after Breaking Dawn was released and she promised me that there would be no more and I wouldn't need anymore from it, I bought Twilight. And I put it on a shelf...waiting for Christmas break.
So I picked up Twilight at the beginning of Christmas break and I read it. Devoured it. Reread it and dogeared the pages of my favorite parts. Of course, I was in love. with Edward. and I needed the rest. So I ran to Target and bought the rest of the saga. I think it took me three days total to read all four books. I barely slept. I didn't even wrap presents. I remember calling my sister when I read NM and screaming at her for making me read this. And when I got to BD...I was...I don't know the word. If you are reading this, you found me in fanficdom so you know what I am trying to say. I needed something else. This could not be what happened. But whatever. I complained to my sister, and as it turns out, we disagree on basically every aspect of Twilight, so we don't talk about it anyway. Girlfriend is opinionated.
Anyway, I read everything extra I could find on SMeyer's website, including the outtakes. One of those was originally intended to be a contest entry for a fanfiction site. I had never heard of fanfiction, so I called my sister. What is fanfiction? She told me and I proceeded to tell her how stupid I thought the idea was. That isn't the real story. How can people do that? Who wants to read that? So, on February 8th, she sent me a link to Isle Esme, which was on Vixen1836's blog then. I called my sister right after I read it. OMG, I think this might actually be SMeyer. She really gets Edward! So my sister explained to me that Vixen was not actually Stephenie and that there are lots of stories about Twilight. I was intrigued. So I looked on Vixen's recommended list and bam! I was reading Midnight Desire. It was funny as hell, and I had never read anything like that (ie smut). Then I found Wide Awake. Why did I read that? Because Vixen said that it had the word "fuck" in it a lot. Sounded good to me. I called in sick to work the next day because I couldn't stop reading WA. Somehow I came across the Eddies & Bellies awards. And I wanted to vote. But I thought it would only be fair (I believe in the democratic process after all) for me to read everything before I voted. So I did my damndest to read everything that was nominated for everything. I made a schedule so I could get it done in time. Shortly thereafter, I found Scotch and life would never be the same for me. That story is deep in my soul and just moves me.
I used to be a mom. I used to cook dinner and do my family's laundry. I used to interact with people in the flesh. Now all of my friends are "virtual" and on the internet. Now I eat on the couch, when I have time, because I have to read. Now I contribute recommendations to a blog and provide all of my twatter friends with the Word of the Day. Now I feel like I am finding my place where I am more than just a mom and run a laundry and taxi and maid service. And I don't even write yet :) So thanks fanfiction for giving me a niche to fit into. Thanks SMeyer for writing a fade-to-black and uterus-eating scenes that left me needing something more. And thanks to all of my friends, virtual and otherwise. It is a great day to celebrate!