Frisky Friday

It's Friday and that means we have a Frisky Friday fic rec. What juicy little jiblet do we tonight?  "Springeresque" Chapter 16 by LyricalKris. 

Summary: Alice Brandon Whitlock is twenty-two years old and the story of her life already read like a tragedy- a tragedy worthy of the Jerry Springer show in its twists and turns. Charlie Swan's life was more sedate, but it hadn't always been. You never can tell how or when two souls will connect or what they can do for each other.

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You all should know by now that I am a non-canon lover.  In this AH fic, LyricalKris pairs up Charlie  & Alice. Oh don't look all shocked. Stop that gasping. You know you wanted it.  Charlie and Alice have something in common here and their chemistry burns down my computer or phone whenever I read an update.

So that brings us to Chapter 16 of Springeresque. At this point, this isn't the first time hat Alice and Charlie has heated things up.  But let me tell you that you gotta break up, to make up.  If you don't know who the Stylistics are, then you need to listen to this and you'll totally understand.

Here is a snippet from that chapter:

Alice got up then and pulled him to his feet with her. She pushed up onto her tiptoes, put her lips to the space just below his ear and began to suck and nibble lightly. Charlie made a noise that should have embarrassed him, but he found he was quickly losing the ability to think. He tugged at her shirt, and she fumbled at the button of his jeans.

I can't give ya any more than that. You gotta read the story from start to now. Good lawd! I feel ya Charlie. I also got a few moments to ask the fabulous LyricalKris some questions. 

TUS: You are like a writing palooza of fanfiction. And loving the number of fics you've written. What made you want to start writing?

LK: When I was little, I wanted to be an actress. As I grew up, I figured out that to be an actress, you had to have a talent for acting, or at least charisma, of which I had neither. But by that time, I had figured out I liked to write. I was in fourth grade, and our teacher was fond of making us learn by writing stories about his two dogs talking about whatever we had learned that day. So I got it into my head that I would like to write movies (I still do), and I've been a writer ever since.

TUS: There are more Edward/Bella fics than you shake a stick at. You have contributed a few to those :). But I am non-canon girl and you have slayed me with the fics you have written in that category. Which do you prefer to write? Canon or Non-canon.

LK: This is a tough question. On the one hand, Edward and Bella are easy. Obviously, the reason I'm in the Twilight fandom at all are because I fell in love with those characters, particularly Bella, whom I utterly adore. The reason I got into the fandom is because when I got to the end of the books, I wasn't ready to be DONE with them. To a large extent, I'm still not. But as a fanfic writer they are the easier, expected pairing to write. And I'm not going to lie, the fact I've gotten up to 6,000 reviews on an E/B fanfic and would never even get CLOSE to that with a non-canon fanfic is a draw. We all like attention, and I'm not ashamed of that.

However, non-canon has its draws too as Stephenie Meyer gave us a plethora of fascinating characters. Jasper the empath? I've done awesome things with that. Carlisle with his compassion and sense of self control? Awesome. Especially because a lot of my non-canon is M/M, I have adored exploring the depths of these amazing characters. I often find I get a deeper sense of satisfaction out of a non-canon fic, particularly if it's a pairing that people were wary of at first.

TUS: Springeresque is a story about so many things, but let's talk about the chemistry between Charlie/Alice? Steaming up my screen every single time! Have you always seen that?

LK: I have always…acknowledged the possibility. For a lot of pairings, there is absolutely NO connection in canon. Jasper/Edward comes to mind. However, there is the tiniest seed of Alice/Charlie. It's in the books AND the movies that he enjoys her company. That's all you really need—a small foundation. There was a connection there that could be expanded and built upon. However, I personally resisted this idea until I asked jessypt what she wanted for her birthday and she chose Alice/Charlie. From there, it was a matter of digging deeper into why Charlie took such a shine to Alice and why she might, under the right set of circumstances, come to love him.

TUS: Also we have this May/December steamfest going on. It's why I married an older man myself lol. Alice was once married to someone her age. Does Charlie's age add to her attraction to him? And vice versa?

LK: The age factor is neither a draw nor a detriment to this couple. Well. Charlie worries about it in a sense. He's always felt older than he is to begin with, and he's not quite sure how he ended up with a woman really close to his daughter's age. It makes him the tiniest bit incredulous but not enough that it's a negative for him. As for Alice, with the exception of her bouts of self-doubt, age isn't anything but a number to her. In their case, neither really looked at the other as being attractive one way or another until they spent so much time together. Them falling for each other was an accident. It wasn't the situation or anything they look for in a mate, if that makes sense.

TUS: Anything else down the pike for you? New steamy fics on the way after this one?

LK: I always have something brewing. Currently, I'm working on three fanfics, three ofics, and the Twilight Twenty-Five! As for fanfic, I do have a couple sitting on the shelf, waiting to see if I can make them gel. I have a reincarnation piece I want to do figuring that E/B were always together throughout time and constantly ripped apart until they got their forever in canon. I'm also toying with a fic based on the idea of Sleepless in Seattle. … I'm also toying with a fic for Barburella who wanted a COUGAR Bella with a younger CARLISLE… It might take me a while to wrap my head around THAT one, but I do have a plot.

So the answer to your questions is… always. Always something on the horizon for me. I can't seem to stop.

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Omg after that interview I think my girl, SagaDevotee, has just fainted. So let me go pick her up so we can fan girl together over the possibilities of Older Bella/Younger Carlisle. Thank you so much to LyricalKris for writing such an amazing story. It truly is beautiful. Go read it folk!

Chapter 3 of Perfectly Picked Still in the Works

I know what you're going to say.  It's been two weeks and you demand an update.  Well I am working on it.  It's been hard to get back in the mind of the character, but I think I have a better flow going with me this time.  Yup, I scrapped and restarted twice now.  SagaDevotee can tell you I am crazy for doing that.  I did take some of what's already been written, but not all.  Hopefully I can get this over to her sometime this weekend and I can update when she is done.  We got the holiday and I don't plan on doing anything to crazy.  Thanks for your support and patience.  Please hang in there and stay with me.  I will not make you wait longer than next week.

Much love, MWAH!

A Special Frisky Friday with Mortissues!

I have been reading quite a few fics while trying to sort my own stories out in my head.  One author has captured me every single time with her stories.  Mortissue's current fic, The Blue Hour's Chapter 30, is our Frisky Friday fic this week.

Summary: The blue hour is the period of twilight each morning and evening when indirect sunlight takes on a predominantly blue hue. That afternoon, in the forest, Bella sees through Edward's act and so he stays. He was never likely to get very far anyway, the shy human girl owned him body and soul. That was a few years ago now and that shy human girl has just graduated college . . . .

Before I get into the awesomeness that was chapter 30, I would love to introduce you to Mortissues.  She has been in fandom for a few years now, mostly a Twilight fic writer, but has dabbled in other fandoms.  Morty (as we affectionately call her) has written ten fics and I pray that she doesn't stop.  Her fics are amazingly well written with fantastic plots that twist and turn you.  Predictability does not exist with her stories. And what do I love the most about them? Non-canon! LOL!  However not all her stories are.  Edward does slip in now and then, but she has been majorly non-canon.  Don't hold it against her.  She just may make you rethink your USS Bellward.  Plus SagaDevotee loves her and that chick's word is golden.

My Interview w/Mortissues: Fanfic Author, Shock Value Enthusiast, & Awesomeness Supreme

TUS: From what corner of the world does Morty hail?

Morty: I’m a Celt.  I have freckles and everything. 

TUS: *giggles* How did you get into Fanfiction? Which fandom popped your fanfic cherry?

Morty: Twilight.  Its such a compelling story of first love.  I started with all the lovey dovey Cullen related stuff and then got siphoned off onto the alternatives that dug around under the smiley cover.  There’s some seriously good fanfiction out there . . . .

TUS: I totally agree.  There are so many authors I love to read what they've written.  Too many to name.  Speaking of names... Why Mortissues?  I have my guesses, but what’s the meaning behind the name?

Morty: “More tissues Nick.  More tissues . . .”

TUS: As usual Morty, that clears everything up. :) What was it that inspired you to start writing Twilight Fanfiction?

Morty: Unemployment and depression.  Not noble causes I know, lol

TUS: You'd be surprised, or maybe not, how many people in fandom would say the same.  Writing/reading sometimes gets those struggles.  Definitely makes it easy when you're reading about Emmett. However, it’s not just about Edward for you.  You started out with “Finished Product”, a Bella/Jasper story.  Is it the blonde curls that get ya?

Morty: I do have a weakness for blondes though I’m not so sure about the curls.  My first love was all body, blonde hair and blue eyes.  I may have been spoilt . . .

TUS: Niiiiiiceeeee. So, we know you love to write and the word brief is not in your vocabulary.  Most of your fics *cough* all *cough* are over 30 chapters.  Did you always think you would be so inspired over a story?

Morty: No, I just get carried away.  If you think the fics are long you should see the stuff I cut, thousands of words worth, some of it really funny too . . .

TUS: I bet! *searches for the leftovers on Morty's editing floor with SagaDevotee* Which has been your favorite fic to write so far?

Morty: Repudiation.  I loved tweaking some of the more obscure characters.

TUS: You owe me a Nahuel fic woman :).  Now, Twilight hasn't been the only fandom you've dipped in .  You wrote the True Blood fanfic “Wiles” which had me looking at Eric in a very different way.  Plan to take another trek back down the TB lane? Maybe another fandom?

Morty: I’d like to do a sequel to Wiles, Eric is awesome , but I’m struggling for a decent plot.  Wiles kind of covered everything for me.  Other fandoms?  Waiting to be gripped, maybe Falling Skies?

(About to give away some info on The Blue Hour)

TUS:  Wow "Falling Skies" would be kickass. I'd follow you all over the fandom universe doll.  “The Blue Hour” has turned into a Team Arthur fic.  Arthur is your original character who has taken us all for surprise, more than once in this story so for.  Who knew? Besides you that is.   Was he your leading man all along?

Morty: No he wasn’t, you should see the outtakes, lol.  I’m not always a very structured writer, sometimes, as with Troika, I like to develop the characters and then see what they do.  I still haven’t forgiven Bella for Troika, which is why I picked Rosalie for my next fic.

TUS: Hell, I haven't even forgiven Bella for Troika. *sigh* Back to TBH, Chapter was crazy hot (in more ways than one.)

• We have a burning building.
• Bella kicking but.
• Bella's life changing realization.
• And damn that lemon at the end.  SWEET BABY JEEBUS! Here's a snippet:

"I rock back against him with what I hope will be my last moment of clarity.

Am I taking advantage of him, using him?

Yes.

But right now I need something only he can give me, I need to feel and I need to not think . . . .

He works his way back up to kiss me again, harder, our teeth clashing. And then he picks me up and carries me back into the bedroom, ripping away the soiled bed clothes, laying me on the mattress and then following me down to press me into it, hard, and I moan and thrust myself up into him.

"Bella." He groans, rolling himself into me in a thrilling echo of what I actually want him to be doing. "Please, don't let me, stop me . . . ."

Fool please! You are done! Chapter 30 is the very reason why I rebirthed my “Frisky Friday” post.  *shakes head from the fever* Back to the questions! 

TUS: Are you weary of writing lemons? Or do they come to you naturally…and steamy?

Morty: I try not to put too many lemons into a story, or at least I have since The Whitlock Saga.  Boring and repetitive sex is what can happen in real life, no one needs to read a story that ends up delivering the same.  Stories should be an escape into another world.  But that won’t be the last ‘Frisky Friday’ moment in The Blue Hour . . .

TUS: Well thank God for that!  One last question... Any insight on what we can expect next in the TBH? 

Morty: Girl, you know I never give away my plots . . . .

Dammit! And I do.  SagaDevotee and I stalk her enough!  She's not gonna dish the deets. Well, I hope you all enjoyed this special edition of Frisky Friday.  Many thanks to my co-blogger, bestie, and fangirl extraordinaire, SagaDevotee.  Couldn't do it without ya BB.

Perfectly Picked: Swan Song Chapter 2 Has Posted

As a friend just said to me on twitter:

It has taken me forever to get this chapter updated, but here it is.  I am working hard between everything else RL (two kids, family, work, sanity) to get this story done.  Thanks for sticking with me.  If you chose not to, I understand.  Who waits almost two years for an update?  Your continued support has been awesome though.

So go read it: FANFICTION and FICTION PAD

Love to you all,