Wednesday 11 July 2012

Fangreaders Newsletter July 2012

~Greetings Fangbangers and Furbangers~

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer so far.  Bored?! Why not try out some extra summer activities, there are plenty in our community and in the fandom to enjoy. ..

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~Welcome new Members~

We in the Fangreaders Community would like to welcome all our newest members and hope you all make yourselves at home.  Be sure to pop into the Chatroom and introduce yourself.  Don’t be shy, we don’t bite…much.  We all would love to get to know you and here your opinions on your favourite fanfics, True Blood, or anything else in the fandom. 

We have daily chats at 8pm GMT (Which is 9pm in the UK, 4pm EST in the U.S)   At the moment we also have an additional chat Thursday night at 9pm EST.  

If you have any questions about chattimes in your time zone, please don’t hesitate to ask ~ email thefangreaders@gmail.com

 

~Check out these Events in our Fandom~

I Write The Songs Contest

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The “I Write the Songs” Contest is taking submissions now

with final submissions due by  July 15, 8 pm Pacific time, 10pm Central time.

For rules and more information, check out their links:

http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2491610/I_Write_The_Songs

http://i-writethesongs.blogspot.com/

http://archiveofourown.org/collections/IWTS_2012

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Making of a MASTERpiece Erotica Writing Challenge

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Those fabulous people at The Writers Coffee Shop are having an OPEN CALL for all authors: Seasoned Veterans, First Time Newbies, and Fan Fiction Favorites... This is your chance to make history.

How to Participate:
The first part of our contest is our OPEN CALL.
You will need to submit the first three chapters of your story to our Making of a MASTERpiece contest. Post your story under the main category Making of a MASTERpiece and then choose the subcategory your story fits under.


Subcategories include:
The Cowboy - a story about a Dominate Cowboy and the little lady that loves him.
The Officer - either a man of the law or a solider of some sort.
The Master - just a big bully that learns to love again.
The Gentleman - All around good guy just looking for a fun loving woman that loves rough play.
The Sadist - and she loves it.
The Highschool Nerd - but he grows up well.
The Boss - overstepping the bounds of professionalism
The Affair -
The Alien/Ghost/ Vampire/ Werewolf - Stories of paranormal domination.
Cracking the Whip - The true Dom/sub relationship and the struggles they endure

***WE ARE ALSO ALLOWING RE-WORKED FAN FICTION***
Category:
Reworking the Master - Originally a fan fiction story of some sort; however all fan fiction elements must be removed. PLEASE GO HERE for more rules on this category

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The Giggle/Snort Awards 2012

The GiggleSnort Awards voting ended yesterday and look forward to seeing the results.  We will be sure to keep you posted on the winners. 

Be sure to check out this great multifandom site for all your funny fanfics.  And all you fanfic writers in the SVM/TB fandom should post any of your humourous works on this site.  Go HERE to check them out.


Let the Fangreaders know about any special events in our fandom and we’ll be happy to help advertise it. Just email us at thefangreaders@gmail.com


~ What’s in the Chatroom ~

Our fabulous chathosts come up with very innovative and fun topics that anyone can enjoy and participate.  Please pop on in and say Hi ~ we are all very welcoming and love a good chat.

We are always wanting more topics and chathosts for our chatroom., so please feel free to let us know if you would like to host a chat ~ just email us at thefanreaders@gmail.com

Enjoying a great fanfic and want to talk about it?  Let us help you get everyone together for a Fic Chat.  We have many slots open to get a reading group together where you can meet up.  Let us know the fanfic, the author, your timezone and email; and we’ll do the rest. Contact us here:  http://bit.ly/FangSuggest


Chat Topics in the Fangreaders Chatroom

 http://www.chatzy.com/Fangreaders 

All adults are welcome to the chatroom, if you need an invite to get in, please email thefangreaders@gmail.com

Sunday:

Stake your Opinion

“Stake Your Opinion”

Join us in the chatroom to chat about different themes in the current season of True Blood and your opinions about them.

Hosted by Fairyblood

Chat starts at 8pm GMT(9pm BST, 4pm EST)

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Monday:

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“Fangs Deep”

Itching to talk about the latest episode of True Blood?  Then come on in and tell us what you think. 

Hosted by JecaNS and Fairyblood

Chat starts at 8pm GMT(9pm BST, 4pm EST)

 

 

 

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Over in the True Blood on Twitter Chatroom

“Fangs, Fiction and Fantasy” chat will be on hiatus while our lovely MusingsbyChar hosts the True Blood on Twitter Chatroom for Fangover Monday.  The chat will have the True Blood on Twitter Roleplayers there to recap and discuss the latest True Blood episode.

Mondays at 8:30pm Central/ 9:30pm Eastern

Click here to go to True Blood on Twitter Chatroom http://www.chatzy.com/frame/BloodChat

No invite needed just go on in!!

(Please note:  The Fangreaders are not affiliated with True Blood on Twitter group, but we would like to show our support for this group that shares in our love for the show and gets fans together.)

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Tuesday:

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Various SVM and True Blood topics (see the daily postings for Chat Topic for particular chat)

Hosted by Poetic Jacqueline

Chat starts at 8pm GMT(9pm BST, 4pm EST)

 

 

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Wednesday:

“Blackbat's Basement”

For the mature talks about stories in our fandom, Join us in the depths of Eric’s Basement. Chat is NSFW.

Hosted by Blackbat

Chat starts at 8pm GMT(9pm BST, 4pm EST)

 

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Thursday:

Once Upon a Time with Mada

A series of chats about supernaturals all over the world, taking a closer look at fairytales, legends, books, fanfiction and movies.

Currently the series of chats will be on Norse mythology and folklore, looking for insight into the lifestyle and beliefs that shaped one of our most beloved fanged characters, His Gracious Plenty Eric Northman. Join us to discuss how his world came to be, and what life was like during his (human) time. Attendance mandatory for Eric addicts and those in withdrawal. :)

Follow the Northman Project on the accompanying website here: http://kisstzu.wordpress.com/

(Website run by Mada and Abbey245)

Hosted by Mada

Chat starts at 8pm GMT (9pm BST, 4pm EST)

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“The Supernatural Book Club”

The place to go to talk about your favourite Paranormal Books. 

Hosted by Xia Cheyenne

Chat starts at 9pm EST

 

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Friday:

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“Something for the Weekend”

Grab a drink, bring in your Skarsporn and let’s get the weekend started with this topical chat.

Hosted by FanOtheFang

Chat starts at 8pm GMT(9pm BST, 4pm EST)

 

 

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Saturday:

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“The Undead Poet’s Society”

Series of chats about supernatural themes in poems, novels, music, movies and etc.

Hosted by JecaNS

Chat starts at 8pm GMT(9pm BST, 4pm EST)

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~In our Fangreader Community~

The Fang_readers Community on LiveJournal

A LiveJournal Community dedicated to all things fangalicious, vampire like and supernatural.
Have you read a story you liked, loved or blew you away on fanfiction.net, wordpress, blogger or LiveJournal recently? Got any news, pics or posts that you would like to share?
Tell us about it, join up (it's quick and easy) and jump in, the water is warm. please contact vic_vega66 if you have any questions.
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Our Forum~ Josephines

Timezones can be a pain and sometimes we just can’t make it to the chats. So please come in and check out our Fangreaders Forum, “Josephines” http://fangreaderschat.free-forum.net/index.php  and give your opinions on chats and other topics.  Contact the forum’s administrator, PoeticJacqueline, for any suggestions or questions.

The Fangreaders Library

Don’t forget the Fangreaders Library  to look for fanfic authors and their works; story reviews, and recommendations.   Any SVM/TB author is welcome to send a Word Doc (.doc) with all your story titles & summaries, links and banners to Sephrenia at: fangreaderslibrary@gmail.com

Do you love Tumblring?

Come and join us on our new Tumblr site for pics, fandom News, and Chatroom Updates

http://bit.ly/FangTumblr


Join the Team:

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If any of you have any free time, we would love for you to help us make the Fangreaders Community fun and exciting.  We need: Fang Chat Hosts ( various timezones available),  Fang Reporter (for our Newsletter site) , Fang Vid Maker (Make YouTube Vids for authors to help promote fanfics) , administration help, and much more…the more the merrier!   If you are interested please email thefangreaders@gmail.com

 

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Got any Suggestions?

One of the newest additions to our sites is our “Suggestion Box” .   Feel free to drop us a note if you have any suggestions for the group.

 

 


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The Fangstaff:

FairyBlood ; JecaNS ; VicVega66; Jacqueline ; Sephrenia ; FanOTheFang ; Xia Cheyenne ; Blackbat ; Musings by Char ; Merick ; Mada