Rec's today, with Lifelesslyndsey

I didn't quite have a chance to do a propper review today, so instead I bring forth these little gems, scrounged from the darkest wells of FFnet....

Lucky Man by Kerry Hale
Pairing: EsmexPeter
Words: aprox 2,500
Type: One-Shot
Rating: M for shameless smut
Author Summary: One-shot entry for "kikiwhore presents Esme's Erotic Ecstasy Contest". This is my first story and first lemon. Peter's one lucky man to have the love of Esme


Serum by enifach mich
Pairing: LeahxDemetri
Words: just south of 100
Type: One-Shot
Rating: M
Authors Summary: Fifty years ago, Leah made a deal with the Volturi. Will she finally be human again or will she pay the ultimate price? 


My Lord, My Mate by Temptress Of Night
Pairing: BellaxGarret
Words:45,000+
Type: Chapter Fic, complete
Rating: M
Authors Summary:Garrett finds Bella about to jump off the la push cliffs.. why does he have this strong pull to save and protect her now he will protect her form all evil human and supernatural alike


Thats all today folks, more soon with reviews, I promise!

Straight from the source with TrampVamp

with 

trampvamp

1. What brought you to the wonderful world of Fandom?  Did you start with Twilight, or was there a little something-something before Edward met Bella?

    

Twilight.  I have had a fascination with vampires for as long as I can remember.  My husband and I brought the kids to a water park one November and we were each looking for reading material to pass the time while the kids played in the water tubes.  I saw this book about a vampire in love with a human.  I had not heard a word about it before that moment.  Can you say life altering moment in Walmart?  Read Twilight that night and discovered there was more.  I read the next three in the next few days and then read them all again.  And again.  And again. Until I saw New Moon on new co-workers desk.  She turned me on to FanFic and in addition to being an amazing author, has become a friend. 

2. In your opinion, what makes for the ultimate Rosalie? We know she's beautiful, drop un-dead gorgeous, but what brains hide behind that beauty? Do you go for the cold and callous, bitchy and beautiful, or passionate and jaded?  If Niki Reed didn't play Rosalie, who do you think could have?

I think that Rosalie is quite intelligent, but in her time , learned as a young human that women kept their mouths shut and made for good wives.  I think Rosalie is somewhat jaded by the events of her past, at the very least she has major trust issues.  It takes a lot for her to let anyone in and when she does she is loyal to the death.  In my fic she gives off a cavalier, no body gets to me attitude.

 You know I never saw Niki as Rosalie.  I think Niki is so much more beautiful as a brunette and the wigs and die jobs made her look ridiculous.  But when you ask me what actress  would make a better Rosalie, I just don’t know.  I am partial to Molly Sims and Tara Reid at the moment.*wink*

3. So you're fic, Fire and Ice is a Garret and Bella, pretty much a rare pair if there ever was one. What inspired you to write Rosalie with Garret? What, in your opinion, makes them work.

It was done for a contest entry for B characters.  I have a major thing for Garrett.  He is your quintessential bad boy, never settling down, rogue nomad filled with fire and passion.  Rosalie as the ice queen just balanced that perfectly.  I liked the idea of his heat melting her, chipping away at the trust issues, and the idea of intense physical attraction leading to an emotional  bond, that at the same time melts her frosty façade and tames his wild ways.

4. If you could name your favorite Rosalie's in the fandom, from what story and by who?

First Love Lost and Last Love Found features Rosalie in a supporting but fairly major role as Jasper’s cousin.  I used Rose as a pretty central character in Only At Night as Lead, Bella’s  friend. Honestly I stretch to think of another story that features Rose.

5. What are you currently reading? In the fandom or out, take the time to give your favorites a shout out!

There is something outside the fandom???  Haven’t touched anything outside the fandom in a really long time.  I like a variety of stories from slash to Edward Bella, but I typically read Jasper Bella.  I love a good Carlisle too. 

I am extremely far behind in updates but these are on my alerts or that really spoke to me recently

Your Biggest Fan by Queen of  the Damned

Devil’s Angel by Obsessing Over Edward

I’ll Be Good For You, Tilly Whitlock

Gasping For Air Wolfenmoon1313

Of course there are dozens more and I would just point to my alerts, but these are just a few.

Straight from the source....Stitchcat

Hey there, this is lifelesslyndsey, and I'm here to introduce you to

stitchcat

She recently posted her very first story on fanfic, Betrayal. 

Betrayal caught my eye instantly, a tale of Alistair and his woe's.  Her story isn't far in yet, but the story and concept are so fresh and unique, it's worth reading and begging for updates. 

Stitchcats Alistair is gritty, rough around the edges, and perhaps not all sane in the head, but she writes insanity with perfection.  He's so blatantly unaware of his idiosyncrasies, only focusing on his obsession, that it's almost as if you're reading two stories at once, the story being told in his eyes, and whats going on all around him.

Without further ado,

Q. What brought you to the fandom? To fanfiction in general? 

A. As far as the fandom, my RL friend @leenie_c made me watch Twilight with her. I thought it was a perfect movie for hormonal tweens but beyond that - not much. She lent me the books and I was hooked. The writing is terrible, the plot holes are so wide I could drive a truck through them, but Stephenie Meyer absolutely nailed what it felt like for me at 17 and falling in love for the first time. Always hated Jacob though.

For fanfic, I read a comment on Letters to Rob ages ago about Rpattz reading it. I had no idea what they were talking about so I googled it. The first 50 results all came up as recommendations for Wide Awake by AngstGoddess003 so I decided to try it. There was no going back - I had no idea such talented people were writing fanfiction that in so many ways is superior to the original, and as I read more and more (and became completely addicted) I discovered a massive love of Jasper, then Peter, via IdreamofEddy. The rest is history! 

Q. Betrayal is your first story! What inspired you to write an Alistair/Carlisle?

A.I haven't written creatively for many years, my mojo got lost somewhere between moving around two continents, RL and children. I've been thinking about it for a while and decided to write something small with a little-known character, so that if it was awful and I got no support I could run and hide without too much humiliation! Alistair intrigues me just because all we know of him is that he is living in England, he is dark-haired, he is brooding and misanthropic, and most of all he is a coward. I thought that rather than write a Byronic hero I would explore his misogyny and cowardice as I hadn't seen anyone else do it. The Carlisle aspect came to me as I was pondering what exactly made Alistair the way he was. The idea that he was in an unrequited love/hate affair with Carlisle made sense at the time. And what do you know - you and I had the idea to write him the same night at the same time! Must be fate. 

((Lyndsey says: It was fate, we literally tweeted about it within seconds of each other))

Q. What inspired to parallel  your story with that of Jack the Ripper? Very creative, I might add....

A.Alistair hates women. The most famous serial killer in British history is Jack the Ripper and he is generally regarded to have been at best sexually perverse, at worst incapable for whatever reason. He is a perfect device for an exploration of Alistair's character and motivations. I also know quite a lot about JtR as I helped transcribe newspaper reports from the 1880s for a website dedicated to Jack and his crimes, on behalf of an online friend who has since passed away.

Q.What sort of things should we expect from you, with your story Betrayal? Anything you care to share? Tease us, please us, please!

A.I was going to leave it as a one shot to be honest, but there are so many places I could take it. I'm a history buff and research everything I write about, so in terms of the story I'm going to delve into the Ripper, then perhaps his role as inspiration for Dorian Gray - oh yes, Alistair has been a busy man . . . ..

Q. Are you working on anything else? Got any other stories in the works, ideas rolling around, rampaging plot bunnies distracting you from work, perhaps?

A. I have two Bella/Jasper stories I have had mapped out for a while. One AH and one AU, but I won't be writing those until I'm comfortable with my writing style, and sure that I can do them justice. I've always had a vivid imagination and can see them play perfectly in my head, like a movie, but getting that on paper is much harder. I will write them eventually, but feedback from this story is important to me to know if I have what it takes (shameless quest for reviews).

6. Tell us something about you? What makes you tick, Stitchcat?

A.You know, I'm only just discovering what makes me tick. I've spent a while being a wife, a mother and moving every 2-3 years for my husband's job. I seem to have spent my 30s being what I was expected to be, now I'm rediscovering myself - how corny is that. I like reading, I like writing and my mojo is definitely back. Now if only I could find my Jasper there's be no stopping me ;-)

Alright! That was Stitchcat, and you should totally check out her story Betrayal.