Meet the Authors Part 23

Yerelly

Nomination

The Dr Ludwig Award     Best Novella/ Novelette Length Fanfic

Fanfic must be at least 2 chapters AND No more than 40,000 words. Completed Fanfics Only.

“Vampire Bait”  

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6759340/1/Vampire-Bait

The Interview

1. What inspired you to write and how long have you been writing?
When I began reading the SVM stories I had no idea how many sites were on the internet for fanfic, in fact I wasn’t aware a sites like that existed. I began fantasizing in my head “What if” stories just as many authors had come up with their own version of what would’ve happened. At first I was hesitant to write, because English is not my first language and I’m not very good in the grammar department. I was shocked when I saw how many people liked one of my stories, even with all the mistakes that still has. Still I was very shocked and so that encourage me to keep writing. I’m trying to improve my writing skills by going to school and also I have learned a lot from the wonderful Betas that had helped me with my stories along the way.
2. Do you have a plan for the end of your story or do you make it up as you go along?
Most of the time I don’t have the end figured it out, just parts of the story. I might have the beginning and middle, but the end has never been part of my first thought process. Sometimes I even surprise myself, like with Vampire Bait; I had not figured out the end until I wrote it.
3. Who are your favorite SVM/TB characters and why?
SVM, Amelia: she is very smart, wicked and has a fun personality to play with. There is so much to her character that is left unsaid, so it is easy to make up story lines for her.
TB, Godric: He is very unlike other vampires and so caring, it is hard not to not like him.
Both, Pam: She is just so fun and I love how she teases Eric and Sookie in the books. I like her quotes. I can’t still forget she wore Wal-mart sweat pants, that was hilarious. Lol.
Both, Eric: Who doesn’t like him, one would have to be blind not to…oh, yeah in True Blood he is so hot. I loved the scene in season three where he tells Russell that he has finally found a true leader. Is one of my favorite quotes from him, especially because Russell bought it. In the books I like the hidden conversations between him and Bill that Sookie can never figure out.
4. What was the first fan fiction story that you read?
The lust trilogy series by EricFancier. In fact that is how I found the fanfiction site. I was reading the stories on True Blood Paint Wiki. One of the forums mentioned where the stories where posted and that’s how I found this wonderful world.
5. What question would you like to be asked and never have been?
Hmmm, this one is hard. I guess one my husband asks me all the time, how do you come up with this stuff? Answer: I have no idea, seriously. Sometimes due to my health I’m so medicated (like today) I have no idea where my ideas pop from, but it helps me relieve the stress from my everyday life. I love writing and that is why I’m trying to improve my English skills, so that I can do it better.
Thank you for choosing Vampire Bait, I’m truly honored. I cried when I read the email (and no I was not under medications that day).

Meet the Authors Part 22

VampQueenV

Nominations

The Nan Flanagan Award     Best Villainess in a Fanfic

This award is for a fanfic that has the best villainess (female villain).  Character can be canon or original character.

“Torn to Shreds”

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8442704/1/Torn-to-Shreds

The Dr Ludwig Award     Best Novella/ Novelette Length Fanfic

Fanfic must be at least 2 chapters AND No more than 40,000 words. Completed Fanfics Only.

“Sex on Fire”

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6648765/1/Sex-on-Fire

The Interview

1. What inspired you to write and how long have you been writing?
I’ve been writing stories on and off since I was a child, be it for fun or school work. I started writing fan fiction in 2007. I saw the first X-Men film and fell in love with the characters. It would have been around the same time I got my first computer and I found fan fiction. I had so many different ideas swimming around in my head and I just decided to start writing them. I moved onto different fandoms, finally ending up with Southern Vampire Mysteries/True Blood.
2. Do you have a plan for the end of your story or do you make it up as you go along?
I have the basic ending planned out for all my stories, and I do try to plot them out, but honestly I’m horrible for following my own plans. There are certain things in my stories that I planned from the beginning, but for the most part I make it up as I go along. Which can be both a good and bad thing if I’m truthful. The only thing I’m 100% sure of when I start a new fic, is whether or not it’s going to have a happy ending or not.
3. Who are your favorite SVM/TB characters and why?
Sookie. I know a lot of people find her childish and bratty, but given the life she leads who can really blame her? Sookie has a strength that is often overlooked because it’s not a physical strength. She’s stronger that a lot of the other characters. She has morals and conviction of character that’s not often seen in female leads. She isn’t afraid to speak her mind and stand up for what she believes is right. Is she always right? No. But who is?
4. What was the first fan fiction story that you read?
Oh God, let me think. I think it was Hamburger Hill by FarDareisMai2. I remember I started reading SVM fan fiction around the time they were doing the Summer of 69 contest. I think that was the first one I read.
5. What question would you like to be asked and never have been?
 
Oh, this is a tough one. Is, can I pay you to write fan fiction, acceptable?

Meet the Authors Part 21

 

June7rose

Nomination

The Bill Compton Award     Best Angst Fanfic
Any fanfic with dark themes can be submitted.  If it contains any extreme scenes, there needs to be some sort of warning to the reader.

“Fire”

 http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8610093/1/Fire

The Interview

 
1. What inspired you to write and how long have you been writing?
I’ve been writing since I was 7. It was the only thing I wanted to do.
2. Do you have a plan for the end of your story or do you make it up as you go along?
I make it up as I go. I have some idea of what I want to happen, but if I’m strict about it, I paint myself into a corner.
3. Who are your favorite SVM/TB characters and why?
I’m an Eric girl! Eric and Sookie. I also love Lafayette and Tara.
4. What was the first fan fiction story that you read?
A Pirates of the Caribbean story! That’s getting to be a long time ago.
5. What question would you like to be asked and never have been?
What do you like about writing?
It fulfills my need for creativity, but also requires a lot of patience that I don’t have. It forces me calm down and take it one step at a time.

Meet the Authors Part 20

Choices2Make

Nominations

The Bill Compton Award      Best Angst Fanfic

Any fanfic with dark themes can be submitted.  If it contains any extreme scenes, there needs to be some sort of warning to the reader.

“Dead Alone”

 http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7656361/1/Dead-Alone

The Interview

1. What inspired you to write and how long have you been writing?
The fanfiction writers and community are responsible for inspiring me to give writing a chance. I’d never done any writing except for my journals and what was required in college and graduate school, but that was never very creative work. I started playing around with this story, never expecting to post it, about a year before I did finally start posting.
2. Do you have a plan for the end of your story or do you make it up as you go along?
I have a firm ending for my story. Actually, I had an original ending, many chapters ago, but realized with the help of my readers that there was much more I needed to tie up. So now I’m working toward another firm ending. As for everything in the middle…I have important details I need to cover in each chapter, but the rest fills itself in as I go along.
3. Who are your favorite SVM/TB characters and why?
Charlaine Harris did a beautiful job of creating her characters. I personally love characters who have the most potential for growth and malleability to their stories. Sookie and Eric are perfect examples. Eric’s character is exciting to play with because his long history offers infinite possibilities and he is so dynamic with the combination of hard and soft that he presents. Sookie is a more static character in her personality, but CH left enough unexplained about her to give us a lot to dream about on our own. I love the flaws in her that make her less than perfect and more like us. If I had to choose a third character as a favorite, it would be Niall, again for the many ways he can be manipulated while sticking to the original snapshot CH gave to us.
4. What was the first fan fiction story that you read?
My kindle tells me that the first story I transferred from FF was ‘Death Is The Road To Awe’ by Drumbo, a crossover of Twilight and SVM. It’s unfinished, but I know I enjoyed what there was of it. My memory tells me it was Terri Botta’s ‘Let Love In.’
5. What question would you like to be asked and never have been?
I’m quite shy about discussing my writing with people. I’ve only recently begun to tell friends that my hobby is creative writing, so I haven’t been asked a lot of questions yet. That has a lot to do with my developing confidence as a new writer.
I guess I’d love to be asked a question that would challenge me to defend the growth of a character or the line of a plot so I’d be forced to think everything through and make sure I was on the right track.

Meet the Authors Part 19

 
FanoftheFang
Nominations
The Lorena Ball Award     Best Oh My God Sex Scene Fanfic
This award is for a fanfic that has at least one sex scene that made you say "Oh My God"
“The Vikings Pet: The Full Story”
 http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6197552/35/The-Viking-s-Pet-The-Full-Story
 
“A Remembered Seduction”
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7872875/1/
 
The Alcide Herveaux Award     Best Were Fanfic
Any size fanfic that has Weres as the main characters.

“Chasing My Tail”
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6845181/1/Chasing-My-Tail
The Interview
1. What inspired you to write and how long have you been writing?

I wrote my first one shot in July 2010. I suppose my main inspiration was other SVM/TB Fan Fiction. I didn't realise it existed before I stumbled across a story, when I worked out it was just 'normal' people writing then I began think about writing my own.

2. Do you have a plan for the end of your story or do you make it up as you go along?

With all my completed stories I have known exactly what the ending will be, but only had a vague plan for getting there. I do tend to meander a bit, especially with Viking's Pet. That was my first story and I had no idea how long it would take me to get where I was going, or how long it would take me to actually write it.

3. Who are your favorite SVM/TB characters and why?

Eric is the obvious answer, so I will give Alcide a mention just to try and be different!
He was one of the first characters I read about before I saw the True Blood version, but Joe Manganiello was just how I pictured Alcide, except that he was even bigger!
In SVM I think Maria-Star was the love of his life, and he lost her. Now all he has to concentrate on is his pack, which is making him a bit of a mess! I really hope he gets a Happy Ever After by the end of the books.
          4. What was the first fan fiction story that you read?
I remember being stunned by an explicit one-shot, that had Eric and Pam in Fangtasia's basement, but I don't remember the title. All I could think was “Do people really put this on the internet where everyone can read it?”
After that I spent whole weekends reading Fics like Late, Eric and Pour Some Sugar On Me. I couldn't get enough of them!

5. What question would you like to be asked and never have been?

I'm a review junkie, but don't get many questions.
What I really want is for Season 4 Eric to ask me “Would you like to be mine?” and I'd answer “Hell, yes!”

Meet the Author Part 18

Thyra10

Nominations

The Jason Stackhouse Award      Best Comedy Fanfic This can include a one shot or multi chapter.

“Eric the Viking or How I Met the Man of my Dreams”

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7795746/1/Eric-the-Viking-or-How-I-Met-the-Man-of-my-Dreams

The Following nominations are for the fanfic

“Sookie the Shieldmaiden”

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7725482/1/Sookie-the-Shieldmaiden

The Hoyt Fortenberry Award      Best All Human Fanfic This award is for a fanfic that has no supernatural characters.   The Adele Stackhouse Award     Readers Choice Fanfic Your choice for any fanfic that deserves recognition for excellence regardless of genre.

The Interview 1. What inspired you to write and how long have you been writing? I`ve been writing since I was a kid but what inspired me to write in English – which is not my mother tongue – was online friends pushing me and encouraging me. I still find the pushing/encouragement from readers very inspiring and that`s what I love about fanfiction, all the comments and PMs from people reading my stories. The other inspiration is fun. I love writing. I love playing around with words and characters, making them do things and trying out new situations. I never played with dolls so I guess there`s a void I need to fill. 2. Do you have a plan for the end of your story or do you make it up as you go along? I usually have a beginning and an ending when I start writing – and I often write the ending just after I`ve written the beginning. I also have a few scenes I know will be in the story. They may not be important to the story but they will definitely be scenes I`ll enjoy writing. I often think out those scenes while on the bus or just before I go to sleep and I`ll look forward to writing them. The rest of it I make up as I go along. 3. Who are your favorite SVM/TB characters and why? Sookie Stackhouse, obviously. She is the main character and the leading lady and I will also love any character who treats her well (they aren`t many). But Eric Northman, the Viking, also holds a special place in my heart. Not because I think he treats Sookie all that well but simply because he`s a Viking. I love everything Vikingy and always have. It`s part of my cultural heritage and I may be a bit … hmmm … obsessive when it comes to Vikings. If I ever met Eric Northman – and survived that meeting – I wouldn`t want to be his girlfriend or fu.. ahem kiss him. I would arm wrestle him (as if) until he gave me any and all details about his human life. 4. What was the first fan fiction story that you read? I think my first fanfiction was Let Love In. In the beginning I probably read every SVM fanfic that was posted. Luckily it wasn`t that many or I would have had to quit my job and give up my kids for adoption. After a while I learned what to look for when I picked my reads. 5. What question would you like to be asked and never have been? Question: “Would you like to have a year off from work, full pay included, so you could have time to write?” Answer (after jumping up and down for a few minutes): “Yes, please!”

Meet the Author Part 17

AlphaEN

Nominations

Mr Cataliades Award   Best Series Fanfic

Must have at least one completed fanfic with at least one continuing story (the sequel may be a multi-chapter fic, a one shot, or an outtake). Sequel does not need to be completed.

“Put Me First/Die Tonight Rule Tomorrow”

http://alphafang.wordpress.com/svm-fanfic/die-tonight-rule-tomorrow/dtrt-ch-1-testing-the-waters/a18cd

The following Nominations are for the fan fiction

“Die Tonight Rule Tomorrow”   http://alphafang.wordpress.com/svm-fanfic/die-tonight-rule-tomorrow/
The Preston Pardloe Award    Best Mystery Fanfic

Any size fanfic that has a well written mystery plot

  The Adele Stackhouse Award     Readers Choice Fanfic Your choice for any fanfic that deserves recognition for excellence regardless of genre.

The Interview 1. What inspired you to write and how long have you been writing?
I was very impatient to find out what happened next after book 10. I was surfing the web one night and stumbled upon a chat mentioning SVM fanfiction. I have read hundreds of stories since then, and some of them were so good I would stay up till dawn, engrossed into reading. The love for Sookie, enthusiasm, and craftsmanship those stories possessed gave me a nudge in the direction I wanted to see our favorite couple move on. I had an idea, and I started working on a one shot, and it turned into a Convoluted Conversation - Chapter One of Put Me First. I have been writing on and off for over two years. Put Me First is now complete, and a sequel is in progress.
 
2. Do you have a plan for the end of your story or do you make it up as you go along?Somewhere along Ch 10 of Put Me First my plan for the story was finalized. I knew where I was taking the characters and what the end game would be. I may take different paths to get there, detours, and side-stories, but the end result is set in my mind. The most important thing for me is to make sure the main characters are not OOC and that their growth and development are natural and make sense to the reader.

3. Who are your favorite SVM/TB characters and why? Of course Sookie and Eric. She is such an amazing woman, how can we not love her? Strong, devoted, loyal, hardworking - Eric said it best (and that's why he is my favorite character, too.)
4. What was the first fan fiction story that you read?
Pour Some Sugar on Me by BonTempsBaby. I could see from chapter to chapter the progress the writer was making, and it was mind-blowing. The story felt real to me, and although I may not agree with some of the changed the author incorporated into Sookie's and Eric's characters, I enjoyed her version of SVM very much. Also, it set the bar very high for me, because technically, grammatically, and literally-wise it's written better than some original published stories I have had a chance to read.
4. What was the first fan fiction story that you read?
Pour Some Sugar on Me by BonTempsBaby. I could see from chapter to chapter the progress the writer was making, and it was mind-blowing. The story felt real to me, and although I may not agree with some of the changed the author incorporated into Sookie's and Eric's characters, I enjoyed her version of SVM very much. Also, it set the bar very high for me, because technically, grammatically, and literally-wise it's written better than some original published stories I have had a chance to read.
5. What question would you like to be asked and never have been? 
Do you identify yourself with Sookie?
No, I don't, but I find many similarities in how she and I look at the world around us. The real challenge was to be able to shift between Sookie's POV and Eric's POV in Put Me First without compromising the wholesomeness of each. I had to put myself into their shoes, forbid myself to feel or think anything that the character wouldn't, and become them in my mind. At times, the creative process took me to very dark places, making me relive painful events in my own past. But I also learned to see and appreciate opposing points of view better, in fanfiction and in RL as well. I don't have to condone or accept certain things, but I understand the reasons behind them, and it helps me find ways to deal with difficult situations.

Meet the Author Part 16

 

MissyDee

Nominations

The Callisto Award     Best Written Erotic Fanfic
This award is for a fanfic that excels in the art of lemon writing.

“Crash Into Me”

 http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8071868/1/Crash-Into-Me

“Something New”

http://missydeeff.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/something-new-chapter-1/

The Hoyt Fortenberry Award    Best All Human Fanfic

This award is for a fanfic that has no supernatural char acters.

“Change Me”

 http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8511837/1/Change-Me

The Lorena Ball Award     Best Oh My God Sex Scene Fanfic
This award is for a fanfic that has at least one sex scene that made you say "Oh My God"

“The Adventures of Mailboy and Ms S”

 http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7406965/1/TheAdventuresofMailBoyandMsS

 

The Interview

 
1. What inspired you to write and how long have you been writing?
Hmm, I started writing in 2011… I only started reading recreationally in 2009. I had better things to do before I read the SVM books – and then the BDB books (best books ever!) As for what inspired me, it was really just one of my friends begging me to write an Eric POV for her since I knew the characters better than her. One sentence led to another and then boom… a bunch of stories were written. Now it’s an addiction!
2. Do you have a plan for the end of your story or do you make it up as you go along?
I am great at starting stories and terrible at finishing them! I try to get a good flow, but I tend to go off course and then I lose the end… sometimes it works out, sometimes not. I’ve never started a multi-chap with an end in sight.
3. Who are your favorite SVM/TB characters and why?
Hands down Eric Northman. I love the character Charlaine created even though I steal him and change things about him, but he is everything you want. He’s funny and mysterious and crazy sexy – for a fictional character.
4. What was the first fan fiction story that you read?
Let Love In… I can’t even remember how I found it, I just remember I NEEDED some SVM to read and I found LLI and I was addicted!
5. What question would you like to be asked and never have been?
Does being asked on a date by Alexander Skarsgård count? I would certainly say yes! Honestly, I have no idea.

Meet the Author Part 15

Ficlit 78

Nomination

The Dr Ludwig Award     Best Novella/ Novelette Length Fanfic
Fanfic must be at least 2 chapters AND No more than 40,000 words. Completed Fanfics Only.

“Five, as Agreed Upon”

  http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7154733/1/Five-As-Agreed-Upon

The Interview

1. What inspired you to write and how long have you been writing?
Well, that's easy.  I've been writing fanfiction since 2009 when another one of my shows (Okay, I'll admit it.  It was the Mentalist.  I know, I know.  Lame.) was refusing to allow my ship to shag on network television.  Jerks.  So I went online to find juicier versions of their relationship.  But sadly, there weren't any.  The ship was fairly new and didn't have a huge following, so its library was weak.  It drove me crazy.  I finally lost it and decided to write my OWN smut.  They became my dirty, dirty brain puppets and I was immediately hooked.  Suddenly tv sex, even cable sex, wasn't enough, and I started writing for other shows.  Any couple I fangirled over, I wrote about.  And people reviewing my work became addictive in itself.  So many nice folks!  And we all shared a love of sex that was intense and often rough, but loving and happy.  In a nutshell, sex is awesome.  The more written about it, the better.

2. Do you have a plan for the end of your story or do you make it up as you go along?
Totally make it up.  I have zero idea where I'm going when I get a bug to write a story.  I'm as clueless as my readers!  That's why it's so fun to write, because it's from the edge of my seat. 

3. Who are your favorite SVM/TB characters and why?
 
My groin answer is Eric.  I've never read the books (I hate when canon conflicts, so I'll read them when the show's over.), but TB Eric is so beautiful.  He and Sookie (if the show writers would pull their finger out) would actually be wonderful together, and I cried when Sookie blew him off without giving their non-mojo'd relationship a chance.  It was tragic.  They've never been together as themselves and that's just wrong.  So I write to rectify that.  My cerebral answer is Lafayette.  He is a true gem.  Well acted, fascinating to look at, has the best lines- the whole nine yards.  If I were a gay man, he'd be my biggest groin favorite ever.

4. What was the first fan fiction story that you read?
 
I suspect like many here, my first fanfic experience was Buffy.  Specifically, Buffy and Spike.  I can't help but notice how I like ships where a supernatural girl has a one-time relationship with a dark brooder who bores the hell out of me with his tortured, self-indulgent crap, then she ends up in a battle to the sex with a blonde jerk who turns into a prince against his will because of her good influence.  It's like going from being with an out-of-work coffee house poet to a playboy asshole with a filthy mouth and a mean streak.   I think every girl wants that, to learn about herself in a bad relationship, and then have the power to tame a beautiful monster and make him a better version of himself in the next one.  It's the ultimate power trip, I imagine. 

5. What question would you like to be asked and never have been?

Hm.  That's a tricky one.  I guess I'd like my family and friends to ask what I'm writing about, all hunched over the computer for hours the way I do.  The truth is that no one in my RL knows that I write this stuff.  I guess they think I'm answering emails or doing Facebook, never thinking for one second that I'm knee-deep in this fantasy world with tons of other fans that I've never actually met.  The closest anyone has ever come is when an old work buddy wrote me from Chicago and asked (a little sheepishly) if I happened to write fanfic on the side.  His sister is a big fan of my work, and she saw that I used the same picture on Facebook as I do on Fanfiction.net.  She was surprised her brother knew me, and asked him to confirm that I was ficlit78.  It was very surreal.  Small world, ay?  Anyway, I sometimes feel like a masked crusader, writing smut for the masses, never in two places at once, drooling over other writers' smut, then going about my day wearing thick glasses and boring suits while working for the Daily Planet.  When will my deep, dark secret be exposed?  ...dun dun DUN!

Meet the Authors Part 14

 

Carroll E. Stewart

Nomination

The Jason Stackhouse Award   Best Comedy Fanfic

This can include a one shot or multi chapter

“Preemptive Strike: TB, Season Five, The Finale”

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8359653/1/Preemptive-Strike-TB-Season-Five-The-Finale

The Interview

1. What inspired you to write and how long have you been writing?
I am a story teller.  LOLOLOLOLOLOL….I have been since I was a little girl. I have always thought that everyone wanted the back story on what was  going on around them and it was my job to tell them.  If they actually stopped to listen it could get very fanciful. 
My Barbie and Midge dolls lived great adventures.    
I have been writing stories ever since they were assigned to me in grade school.   Think very early 1960’s.  That was always my favorite part of school.  The writing exercises.
2.  Do you have a plan for the end of your story or do you make it up as you go along? 
There is always one defining moment that drives the story to the end. (For Preemptive Strike, it was all the Grandmas leaning out the windows on the bus and calling encouragement to Lance and to State Trooper  Guinn. Yes, I know, go figure.  But I had that image in my mind and so there I went to get to that point in the story.)  I won’t know how it actually ends until I get past that one defining moment.  So I guess I make it up as I go along. 
3.  Who are your favorite SVM/TB characters and why?
Lafayette Reynolds.  He’s smart, he’s funny, and he is playing the hand that he has been dealt.   He does not overtly bitch about it, just takes on another job and walks the road that is his life.
Mistakes, he owes to them.  Love, he wants it for his own.  Life, sometimes it just sucks but you put on your favorite red lipstick and ruby slippers and stare life in the eye and say, “You justs brings that mo’ fo’n bad ass time on.  I’m buyins the next round.  Hopes yous is here to enjoys!” 
4.  What was the first fan fiction story that you read? 
I am laughing, here. So I guess  that does not include the first fan fiction story that I wrote.  That was spun off Stoker’s Dracula in the late 1960’s. 
I guess that honor would be one of the TV shows that started it all.  Think early 70’s.  “The Trouble with Tribbles.”  Yes, Star Trek.  I had a friend who loved that episode.  She wrote a scene where there was a Tribble pet shop.  I did the editing for her…yes…I can edit everyone’s but by own….lolololol…..Gene Roddenberry was coming to campus (Oklahoma State University) that week to speak and show Star Trek bloopers. 
5.  What question would you like to be asked and never have been?
5.  If you could live  your life  all over again, what would you do differently?
Actually I would not change a whole lot.  Mistakes are the only thing you can truly call you own.  I would like to learn from them…all of them and not make them, again.
I  would be kinder.   Nicer.   A better person tomorrow than I was, today, in whatever capacity that I was lacking at that moment.
That smile and good morning that I dispense to those folks I pass by…it needs to always come from my heart….that may be the only kind words that person hears all day. 
I really do believe that we entertain angels unawares.  I wish that was my approach to everyone I meet.  Some days are better than others…I need to work on that.
Thanks for reading!
Stake Compton, bring on The Viking!

Musings by Char

Looking for something good to read … well we are happy to point you to Musings by Char …..
Happy Reading
 

 http://www.fanfiction.net/~musingsbychar

Wind in Her Sails

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5979518/1/Wind-in-Her-Sails

Letters from the Heart

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6272027/1/Letters-From-the-Heart

Sunrise

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6461314/1/Sunrise

A Friend and a Brother

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6212063/1/A-Friend-and-A-Brother

Meet the Authors Part 13

 

Ooshka

Nomination

Mr Cataliades Award    Best Series Fanfic

Must have at least one completed fanfic with at least one continuing story (the sequel may be a multi-chapter fic, a one shot, or an outtake). Sequel does not need to be completed.

“Homestay Series”

 http://www.fanfiction.net/~ooshka

 
1. What inspired you to write and how long have you been writing?
I read all the SVM books towards the end of my last pregnancy, and then moved on to fanfiction, which I found fantastic when the baby was born as I couldn’t feed her and hold a book, but I could scroll down with my laptop mouse with my free hand. And then I stopped breastfeeding and took up writing, inspired by all the stories I’d read where people had taken the characters back to where they lived. That was in July 2010 and I haven’t stopped writing since.
2. Do you have a plan for the end of your story or do you make it up as you go along?
A bit of both, really. I usually have an idea where I’m going, but the details get filled out as I write. Having said that with my first story it changed as I was writing it and ended up something quite different but, I think, better.
3. Who are your favorite SVM/TB characters and why?
Sookie is always my number one. I just love her optimism in the face of adversity. And I have quite a soft spot for Pam, although there’s nothing soft about her.
4. What was the first fan fiction story that you read?
I read so much at the beginning and I had major pregnancy brain so they all blend together. I remember though that Thyra10’s ‘Dead in Denmark’ really stood out to me, and the fact it wasn’t set in the U.S. got me thinking.
5.What question would you like to be asked and never have been?
It would have to be “Would you like me to come to your house, look after you kids and maybe do some light housework while you get stuck into some serious writing?” The answer would always be a resounding  “Yes!’

Meet The Authors Part 12

DeeDeeINFJ

Nomination

“Eric”

 http://www.fanfiction.net/u/450392/DeeDeeINFJ

The Ancient Pythoness Award     Best Fanfic Published Before 2011

This is for fanfics that were published before January 1st 2011.

The Interview

1. What inspired you to write and how long have you been writing?
I’ve been writing since I was a little girl. I’ve always loved doing it. I wrote my first fanfiction in college back in 1998, inspired by Jane Austen.
2. Do you have a plan for the end of your story or do you make it up as you go along?
I make it up as I go along – on the rare occasions that I write a long story. I much prefer writing one-shots.
3. Who are your favorite SVM/TB characters and why?
Eric and Sookie, for obvious reasons. Sookie’s a great heroine, and Eric’s a great anti-hero hero.
4. What was the first fan fiction story that you read?
I don’t remember which one, but it was a Jane Austen fanfic back in 1997.
5. What question would you like to be asked and never have been?
I’d like someone to ask me to marry him, and I’ll say yes.

Meet the Authors Part 11

Morggy

Nomination

The Following Nominations are for the Fan Fiction

“Offshore”

 http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8237142/1/Offshore

The Nan Flanagan Award      Best Villainess in a Fanfic

This award is for a fanfic that has the best villainess (female villain).  Character can be canon or original character.

The Preston Pardloe Award     Best Mystery Fanfic

Any size fanfic that has a well written mystery plot.

The Interview

1. What inspired you to write and how long have you been writing?
As soon as I started reading the impulse to write began. I loved stories and fiction and I would spend many hours daydreaming my own stories with my own characters and that’s what started it. I think I have been “writing” since I was in my teens (I’m 31 now). Nothing I would show anyone at that time (or now even) but it helped me practice and find my style and everything. It was fun.
2. Do you have a plan for the end of your story or do you make it up as you go along?
It depends. There are stories I plan and stories I just let happen (including here unpublished things). The ones I do have sort of outlines for don’t necessarily pan out like I first envisioned them. But I think ultimately, no matter what happened in the course of the story, when I plan something, I do get my characters where I wanted them to be when I started writing – the manner in which they get there, however, might surprise even me!
3. Who are your favorite SVM/TB characters and why?
Sookie and Eric obviously! I have a TB bias though – I like them especially how they’re written for the show and at present I have some reserves about the path the books have taken (butter spread too thin, I guess?). The why is a bit cliché. They’re loyal, they’re fierce and they love – what’s not to like?
4. What was the first fan fiction story that you read?
I wouldn’t know at this point! If you’re referring to this fandom only, it was probably something by Sleepy Lotus.
5. What question would you like to be asked and never have been?
I honestly can’t think of anything!

Meet the Authors Part 10

Tradermare

Nomination

The Bill Compton Award     Best Angst Fanfic

Any fanfic with dark themes can be submitted.  If it contains any extreme scenes, there needs to be some sort of warning to the reader.

“Heartsdesire”

 http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8302126/1/Heart-s-Desire

The Interview

1. What inspired you to write and how long have you been writing?
Reading inspired me to write, and I ended up spending a good part of my career doing technical writing. I didn’t even know about fanfiction until I met a lovely community of women through watching True Blood and then reading the SVM books. Then I found fanfiction and realized I had some stories to tell about these characters too.
2. Do you have a plan for the end of your story or do you make it up as you go along?
I’m more of a plotter than a pantser, although I like to leave the door open for the characters to steer me in other directions. Being open to other ideas and not being too rigid to the plot is one of my favorite parts of writing but I do have to have some idea of the overall story arc. Most of the time, I know how things will end up, and I’ve been known to write in reverse (ending first and working back to the beginning.)
3. Who are your favorite SVM/TB characters and why?
I have to say it was Sookie that made me love SVM and then Eric cemented that for me. I love her spunky, no-nonsense, helpful personality and I love his practical side. They make a great pair and balance each other out quite well.
4. What was the first fan fiction story that you read?
I don’t remember the name of it. It was so long ago. I do remember it was a Bill story. Might have even been during the first season of TB before I read the books.
5. What question would you like to be asked and never have been?
Why do you like to write collaboratively?
Writing with a partner satisfies two things for me. I get to talk about the books and characters in depth with someone who loves them as much as I do, and the plot ideas often go in directions I hadn’t thought about. So it’s a win-win situation. I like to write both solo and collaboratively.

Meet the Authors Part 9

makesmyheadspin

Nominations

The following nominations are for the fan fiction

“The Playground”

 http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8659260/1/The-Playground

The Callisto Award     Best Written Erotic Fanfic

This award is for a fanfic that excels in the art of lemon writing.

The Lorena Ball Award     Best Oh My God Sex Scene Fanfic

This award is for a fanfic that has at least one sex scene that made you say "Oh My God"

The Interview

1. What inspired you to write and how long have you been writing?

• I’ve been writing since I was old enough to tell a story. I think I started to get serious about it when I was in my early teens because it was a better way of coping with stress and life than by doing a lot of the stupid things teenagers do to cope. Writing is like therapy for me and I’ve been doing it ever since I discovered that I could.

2. Do you have a plan for the end of your story or do you make it up as you go along?
· I wish I was a little more organized when it comes to plotting and that I could sit down and write an outline for the entire project but that’s just not my style. I can plan in stages but sometimes the story presents me with opportunities and the characters take over, outline be damned. Sometimes I feel like writing with an outline has a way of making a story feel too contrived or forced. I want what I write to feel organic so when little surprises spring up that I didn’t count on I’m always a little weary of them, but usually they end up being good surprises that take me in directions I didn’t know I was going to go when I started. I very rarely know how a story is going to end when I start it. Usually I don’t know the ending until a story is close to being finished and I like not knowing where it’s going to end up.
3. Who are your favorite SVM/TB characters and why?
· My favorite SVM character would have to be Eric, and not because of his Viking sex god reputation. I think it’s fascinating to have a character with so much untapped potential. If she wanted to, Charlaine Harris could make a fortune writing a series just about this character alone. He’s got more than a thousand years of history in his head. That’s a lot of memories and a lot of whacky vampire hijinx to get into. What we know about Eric is very basic in a lot of ways and there is plenty of room to expand on his character. It’s a little sad that it hasn’t happened, but I suppose that’s what good fanfiction is for.
· I liked Sophie-Anne in the books. While she did send Bill to try and capture Sookie for her, there was something that was also rational and likeable about her. She didn’t have the attitude of a spoiled child like she did on the show. In the books she seemed to genuinely care about Hadley. The book version of her was much more sensible and pragmatic, even if she was also a sneaky bitch I wouldn’t want to meet in a dark alley.
· Pam is my favorite True Blood character, most of the time because she has no problem saying exactly what she thinks and doesn’t seem to give a single care about whether or not she’s being inappropriate, rude or offensive. I admire people that speak their mind.
· I’ve also really come around where Jason is concerned. He may never be the brightest star in the heavens, but he’s trying to be a better person and I admire that, too. On top of that, Jason is one of those characters where when he’s right, he’s so right it’s scary. It doesn’t happen too often but when he hits the nail on the head it really makes you stop and think.
· I’m also a big fan of Jessica. I think she’s a brilliant addition to the family, so to speak. She’s staring down immortality and trying to balance all of his perceived freedom with a vampire society that has its rules and procedures. Additionally, she’s got this nightmare of a maker that has tried to get rid of her essentially every chance he gets and I wonder if that’s better or worse than the abusive father she had as a human.

• In this past season I really loved the budding relationship between Russell and Steve Newlin, if only for the sheer comedy of it. I’m curious to see what will become of Newlin this year and I really, really want to know who turned him. I loved Russell as well but all good things must come to an end, so it was time for him to meet the true death… even though I will definitely miss his one-liners.

4. What was the first fan fiction story that you read?

• I don’t remember what the first one was I read ever because I was reading One Tree Hill fanfiction before I got into SVM, but the first one I read for this fandom was greenlemons’ “I Love You, But I’ve Chosen Darkness”. It’s a great canon fic that I still recommend to newbies that ask me for those types of stories. I think the first all human story I got into was Missus T’s “Halo Effect.”

5. What question would you like to be asked and never have been?
If you could get into another writer’s head and steal a plot idea from them, whose head would you get into?
· It’s a tie for me. I love Missy Dee for the realism she puts into a lot of her stories. She’s not afraid of taboo type subjects and she writes it all very well. I would also love to have kjwrit’s gift for writing comedy. The best part about it is that it’s not forced. I have millions of text messages to back that up. She’s a very funny person and it really comes through in her writing. My sense of humor doesn’t translate quite so well or maybe I just don’t have that voice. Whatever the reason, I admire her ability.

Meet the Authors Part 8

 

CarolinaGirl 96

The Alcide Herveaux Award     Best Were Fanfic

Any size fanfic that has Weres as the main characters.

“Howl at the Moon”

  http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6833999/1/bHowl_b_at_the_bMoon_

 

1. What inspired you to write and how long have you been writing?
I got inspired by reading fan fiction initially. Then I went through a very trying time in my life and writing helped me to deal with some of that. I posted my first story in July 2009. I’ve been writing ever since, when I can find time.
2. Do you have a plan for the end of your story or do you make it up as you go along?
Yes, I usually know how I want a story to end, but getting there isn’t usually planned out. This makes continuity really hard, which I just discovered again today after I posted my most recent chapter. I had to go back to the chapter before it and make a few changes. Ugh! Once I finish my current story, I will do things a little differently with my next one for sure. :)
3. Who are your favorite SVM/TB characters and why?
Of course my favorite character is Eric. He is a very complex character and has so much depth. I loved watching him fall in love with Sookie, and vice versa, in the early books. They are just so stubborn. I haven’t read the last couple of books and am worried about what ending we are going to get with the last one. I liked Pam in the books, but adore her on TB! I wish I could be as unapologetically honest as she is sometimes. I love her sarcasm too. I love Lafayette. I was so glad when he was kept on the show. I also like Alcide. Not so much in the books, but on the show. In my current story, I wondered what could’ve happened between him and Sookie without all the baggage they both had in the books and show.
4. What was the first fan fiction story that you read?
The first fan fiction I read was ‘Let Love In’ by Terri Botta. I absolutely loved it and all of the sequels/side stories that go along with it.
5. What question would you like to be asked and never have been?
Wow… this is really tough. I haven’t been asked very much, so it’s pretty open. Lol I’ll answer most questions, as long as it doesn’t give too much away

Meet the Authors Part 7

 

All About Eric

Nominations 

The following nominations are for the fan fiction

Immortal Beloved

“Immortal Beloved”

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6605355/1/Immortal-Beloved

The Callisto Award   Best Written Erotic Fanfic

This award is for a fanfic that excels in the art of lemon writing.

The Lorena Ball Award     Best Oh My God Sex Scene Fanfic

This award is for a fanfic that has at least one sex scene that made you say "Oh My God"

The Russell Edgington Award     Best Villain in a Fanfic

This award is for a fanfic that has the best villain.  Character can be canon or original character.

The Bubba Award     Most Original Plot for a Fanfic

This award is for a fanfic that has the most original plot line.  Characters can be canon or A/U.

The Ancient Pythoness Award  Best Fanfic Published Before 2011

This is for fanfics that were published before January 1st 2011.

The Lafayette Reynolds Award   Best Alternate Universe Fanfic

For the purpose for this award Alternate Universe A/U means any fic that takes the characters out of the "canonical" world of SVM or True Blood

The Charles Twining Award     Best Action Fanfic

Any size fanfic that has at least one well written action scene

The Eric Northman Award     Best Epic Fanfic

Fanfic must be at least 25 chapters AND 200,000 words

The Sookie Stackhouse Award     Best Romantic Fanfic

Pick your favourite swoon worthy fanfic for this award. 

The Interview

1. What inspired you to write and how long have you been writing?
I was a TB fan and used to go onto the TrueBlood Wiki. Of course, they have a lot of good stories, and some of them are linked to Fanfiction, and that’s how I got into it. I read a lot before a small plot bunny started hopping around in my head, and I very cautiously put Happy Anniversary out there to see what the response was. This was in November 2010, so just over two years ago. I’d never written anything before in my life (as you can tell from HA - it’s pretty rough round the edges).
2. Do you have a plan for the end of your story or do you make it up as you go along?
It’s pretty much made up as I go along, which is a real headache when trying to keep track of continuity. Sometimes it’s just a really strong visual in my head which I write towards. Bizarrely (or possibly very revealingly) the first scene that occurred to me for Immortal Beloved was Sookie and Pam’s meeting with Ocella. The rest of the story grew towards and then away from that point.
3. Who are your favorite SVM/TB characters and why?
Hello? Have you met me? I’m All About Eric and always will be. Reasons? How long have you got…
Mind you, I’m also very fond of La-la, because he’s such an honest character. He doesn’t attempt to hide who or what he is, and I admire that.
And, of course, everybody loves Pam.
4. What was the first fan fiction story that you read?
Not sure I can remember the very first, but I know Pour Some Sugar On Me was one of the early ones, and it impressed me mightily.
5. What question would you like to be asked and never have been?
I would like to be asked “would you like a publishing deal, which would involve vast amounts of money, and would include a film, the hero to be played by Alexander Skarsgard, with whom you would be expected to have many long, private meetings?”
Answer) “Yes.” (a girl can dream *sigh*)

Meet the Authors Part 6

Kleannhouse

Nomination

The Baby Jessica Award  Best Fanfic for a New Author

This award is for a fanfic from a first time author who has posted their first story after 1st of January 2012.

“OHHH for the Love of Zombies”

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8136947/1/OHHH-for-the-Love-of-Zombies

The Interview

1. What inspired you to write and how long have you been writing?
I started writing on a whim, I was asked to participate in a Fic Exchange where we were given a prompt to follow and my story evolved from there. So the writing started then, so a little over a year now. I wrote when I was younger but nothing like this. It was usually just the writing down of my dreams and expanding on them... I have always had a wild imagination so I think that helps me out a bit plus I love to throw in real life themes as you can see in my stories.
2. Do you have a plan for the end of your story or do you make it up as you go along?
For “OOHH for the Love of Zombies”, it started as a One shot and ended up 7 chapters. I had an outline and followed it but made it up as I went along, it just kept getting bigger and bigger; I was so afraid people would hate it, I am my own worst critic. I do plan on having a sequel; however the story was ended in such a way that the sequel is not needed but asked for by the followers so I am putting one together for them.
3. Who are your favorite SVM/TB characters and why?
My all time favorite characters from SVM are Eric and Sookie but from TB, Lafayette and Eric. Why you say, hmm, in the books Eric and Sookie always had a love hate relationship and I have watched it grow and fell in love with the characters as they have falling in love with each other, as for how they are now toward the end of the series, I don’t like either of them very much because they are both very stubborn people and that will be their downfall (I am very stubborn too, I do see their points but compromise is in neither of their vocabularies)… we will have to see what Charlaine Harris gives us in the final book. As for TB, Eric is a favorite of mine, he has so many facets of his character that I forget sometimes he is Vampire. He can be your friend or your foe and he is not bad to look at (sigh). As for Lafayette, I love him, all of his flamboyant self. He is a character and is a person who doesn’t care about what others think of him... He is strong willed and self aware, he doesn’t need other people to survive and for that very character trait he will preserver above all others.
4. What was the first fan fiction story that you read?
My first fanfic story was Teri Botta’s “Let Love In”. It is a classic and it got me started in the fanfic world.
5. What question would you like to be asked and never have been?
Hmmm, I really don’t know… I guess it would be, “why do I continue to write when a bad review comes my way?” I believe in free speech and that includes the writing of my stories, which in all intents and purposes is My Story not the nasty reviewer.... I may have not been the originator of the character but the stories I write come from my heart. I research a lot of what I write about, I want to be as factual as possible… Real Life stories are a favorite of mine so I guess that’s why they are easier to write then the supernatural side of the canon. The all human aspect makes it easier to say what I need to say. Not saying that I would ever not write the supernatural side but for now AH is where I am writing. The funny thing is I have 8 outlines of new stories to be written with all human content. But when a review comes through bashing my story and its content or direction it is heading it makes me believe I have not done my job right. I know other writers have the same issue and we continue on, but it still rocks you to your very core that maybe you are terrible at what you do. I know everyone has their own opinion and critiques are always welcome but blatant bashing or nastiness is not. I write my stories as an extension of myself and I wield and guide them in a way for all readers to enjoy; I am not one for instant gratification of my characters (HEA) but they get there sooner or later… Sometimes much later if you are reading “If Dreams Come True” you will understand; I am called a tease more times than not and it makes me chuckle knowing I am doing my job right. If that makes any sense?
Thanks for talking with me Hugs and My Best Kristie

Meet the Authors Part 5

Alskl1ng

Nominations

The following nominations are for the fan fiction

DayWOman

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7813717/1/DayWOman

The Baby Jessica Award    Best Fanfic for a New Author
This award is for a fanfic from a first time author who has posted their first story after 1st of January 2012.
The Charles Twining Award     Best Action Fanfic
Any size fanfic that has at least one well written action scene.

The Interview

 
1. What inspired you to write and how long have you been writing?
I started writing immediately following Super Bowl XLVI (February 5,^, 2012). I was devastated after another loss by my beloved Patriots, so I started writing to ease the pain and distract me from football during the offseason. As far as inspiration, the beginning of DayWOman was spawned from my job. I’m a recruiter, so having Sookie find and interview for a job was something very familiar and easy for me to write.
2. Do you have a plan for the end of your story or do you make it up as you go along?
When I first started, I was making it up as I went. For my very early readers, they might have noticed that I had categorized DayWOman as Friendship. I was aiming for a very slow burn with Eric and Sookie, but the Viking muse in my head wasn’t happy with that and it turned into a full-fledged romance fairly quickly. After that, a lot of things clicked into place and I had more direction and structure. Timeline became very important to me after a while and I aimed for certain events to happen on specific days. It was very exciting to get to post a chapter set on New Year’s Day actually on the day. I really enjoyed the process and trying to find what worked best as I went along. The readers not only helped with motivation to write, but in giving me direction and tying up loose ends.
3. Who are your favorite SVM/TB characters and why?
I’m married to a Swede, so I’m a little biased. Eric Northman all the way. In both SVM and TB, his character has the best back story, layer upon layer of character development and he’s effing hot. Aside from the Viking, I love Lafayette and the humor he brings to Bon Temps.
4. What was the first fan fiction story that you read?
I’m not actually sure. As far as SVM, I think it might have been something by Wylis. Her stories are not long, but they pack a lot in the small package. She likes to take our beloved SVM characters to new and interesting places and it’s a wonderful rollercoaster ride for a reader.
5. What question would you like to be asked and never have been? 
I usually am the person asking the questions at my job, so this is actually a hard question for me to answer. However, I’m game, so I want to end with one. A game of M/F/K.
Question: Marry, f*ck or kill? The following TB characters: Bill Compton, Alcide Herveaux, and Eric Northman.
Answer: Marry Eric, F*ck Alcide and Kill Bill. I’ll marry Eric because then I’d have an all access pass to the Gracious Plenty, fuck Alcide because he’d be an animal in bed and the cuddling would be nice afterward, and kill Bill because he sucks at being undead and it has a nice ring to it.