A Blog Everyone Should Follow - Take A Stand Against Plagiarism

This is a blog I found out about from a retweet, and I honestly think it's one that everyone who reads and writes fanfiction would benefit from following and reading. 

The Fan Fiction Advocate

Blog/Twitter

"Our group was created as an early warning/verifying system to help combat plagiarism. The primary focus of this group is to validate respectable Fan Fiction blogs, bloggers& verify known, respectable authors. This group gives some security to the fans who should know the story they're reading really does belong to the person writing it."

They have lists of verified blogs, authors as well as lists of known plagiarists and alerts about what stories have been plagiarized and when they are corrected. This would be a great place to let people know if you see a story that is copied from someone else and let people know. Though they only have 20 followers I think that if they could get a large community of people it would be that much more affective.

And as an avid reader of fan fiction and someone who holds all authors in high respect I think it is our duty to make sure the credit for stories only go to those who write them. And with all the web and different sights they can't watch everything, so its up to us to keep an eye open and keep people honest. 

With that said, I know many amazing stories that weren't completed because of this problem and taken down or just left incomplete. Even authors have left and its heartbreaking. So not being able to have any legal standing on stopping this in fanfiction, we can at least let people know that we won't be passive and just let this continue. 

So join me in following this blog/twitter and looking out for stories and authors. 

-Ed

Breaking Dawn: Coven Casting Update

Here's the updated casting for the different covens that are in Breaking Dawn:

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THE AMAZON COVEN

•                Senna – Tracey Heggins

•                Zafrina – Judi Shekoni

Among the oldest vampires in the world, Senna and Zafrina are descendants of an ancient Amazonian tribe.  They have lived outside of civilization for centuries and therefore make no attempt to keep up a human facade. Though they drink human blood, the Amazons have long been allies of Carlisle.

THE EGYPTIAN COVEN

•                Amun – Omar Metwally

•                Kebi – Andrea Gabriel

•                Benjamin – Rami Malek

•                Tia – Angela Sarafyan

The Egyptian Coven consists of Amun, Kebi, Benjamin, and Tia, with Amun as the leader. It is stated that even though they are not a biological family, they could pass for one. Amun is extremely protective of his family and fearful of Aro.

THE IRISH COVEN

•                Maggie – Marlane Barnes

•                Siobhan – Lisa Howard

•                Liam – Patrick Brennan

The Irish Coven, a relatively young group, was founded by Siobhan and Liam, but Maggie’s talent made her an important element of it. They are not vegetarian but they are civilized.

THE ROMANIAN COVEN

•                Vladimir – Noel Fisher

•                Stefan – Guri Weinberg

The Romanian Coven is one of the oldest covens in the world and they were the ruling vampire family until they were unseated by the Volturi.  For that reason they harbor a centuries old resentment of the Italian coven.

THE AMERICAN NOMADS

•                Garrett – Lee Pace

•                Mary – Toni Trucks

•                Randall – Bill Tangradi

•                Peter – Erik Odom

•                Charlotte – Valorie Curry

Turned during the Revolutionary War, Garrett has chosen to live a nomadic existence, wandering the world on his own. Garrett has never lost the rebellious spirit of his human life, and loves a good fight, always rooting for the underdog. Though not a vegetarian, Garrett is among Carlisle’s closest and oldest friends.

Mary and Randall are American nomadic vampires.

Peter and Charlotte are nomadic vampires and mates.  They were created during the aftermath of the Southern Vampire Wars, in which Jasper was a key player.  They have remained friends with Jasper ever since.

THE EUROPEAN NOMADS

•                Alistair – Joe Anderson

A nomadic vampire from England, Alistair has a misanthropic, brooding personality and a deep mistrust of all authority.  Although he counts Carlisle as his closest acquaintance, he doesn’t visit more than once a century.

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Blog Help

As you may or may not have noticed i've been having some formatting problems with my blog posts.
Sometimes they are spaced out really weirdly and have huge gaps between rec's and sometimes within rec's , but when i go to edit them, it looks perfectly fine. Anyone know what i'm suppose to do? The only thing i can possibly thing of is just retyping them all and reposting, but that would take a lot of work and time i'm not sure i have. Any idea's/suggestions would be amazing!!


thanks agian, Ed

Daniel Radcliffe to play Edward Cullen spoof on The Simpsons

According to Filmonic:

Daniel Radcliffe, will be making a guest appearance in an upcoming episode of THe Simpsons but he will not be playing himself nor Harry Potter. Instead Radcliffe will be voicing "Edmund the vampire" a clear spoof of Twilight and RObert Pattinson's character Edward Cullen. (photo below)

Some details on the episode Treehouse of Horror XXI, airing on November 7th:

"The supernatural spells continue in "Tweenlight," when Lisa becomes smitten with a mysterious new student, Edmund, who also happens to be a vampire. When a romance blossoms, the young lovers run away to Dracula-la Land, leaving Homer to come to Lisa's rescue."

I'm actually a fan of The Simpsons, but don't get to watch it up here at college (just don't have the time anymore) but i know i'll make time for this episode, its going to be great. What do you think?

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