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Penname: Essay33 [ Contact]
Real name: Ann
Status: Member
Member Since: November 05, 2009
Website: http://www.fanfiction.net/~essay33
Beta-reader: No
I am an avid reader, sometime writer, and an over-educated, under-employed English teacher. Twilight is one of my guilty pleasures. Don't tell my students, please.
I came late to the Twilight party. I did not read the books until the first movie was already out of the theaters. After New Moon hit the screen, I went looking for more, but I brought a very finicky appetite with me.
Things I can't get enough of: Canon stories in the POV of characters other than Bella and Jacob. Particularly stories from various Cullen POVs. I love a good Carlisle POV story. Anything written in Edward's POV gets my immediate attention. My favorite of such stories include subtlynice's "Thy Beauty," AMuseFan77's "Event Horizon" and "Dark Matter," blondie's "Dark Side of the Moon," and NicoleLight's "The Ties that Bind." I think it's a tragedy that SM's "Midnight Sun" died an untimely death before making it to the bookstore shelves.
I read quickly. Really quickly. Nearly as fast as Edward runs. This means I get through a lot of material in a very short time. When I read something particularly good, I stop, reread it, then add it to my "favorites," and I review it (good authors deserve feedback). I'm an English teacher by trade and by training. It's in my bones. I can't bear to read poorly written stories.
Things that make my English teacher head just about explode: Bad spelling. Spell check IS YOUR FRIEND. Use it. If proper grammar eludes you, please get help with that. Get a Beta reader to vet your work. And if you really don't know the difference between "bear" and "bare," "lose" and "loose," "deviant" and "deviate," or "affect" and "effect" then an online dictionary could be your new BFF. I realize that some fanfic authors are totally new to writing fiction, and they're still learning, but if you're going to put writing out there for the world to see, you owe it to your readers and yourself to work as hard on the boring but oh so essential technical aspects of writing as you do on describing the way Edward Cullen kisses.
Another peeve for me is stories that are supposedly "in canon" but are patently NOT in canon. Make it an AU story then do whatever you want with the characters and setting, just don't be calling it "in canon" when the plot and/or characters deviate from the original novels and movies.
I'm not a prude, and I have been known to enjoy tasteful, well written adult themed Twilight fanfiction. Love is the most powerful, life-altering emotion (isn't that the whole point to Edward and Bella's relationship?), and a carefully, maturely crafted scene of intimacy can be a beautiful thing. When a writer remains faithful to SM's characters as she created them, and offers deeper insight into key scenes SM only touched upon, it can be magnificent. See blondie's "Spontaneous Combustion," blueandblack's "Unlocking, anchoring," and especially Powered By 23 Kicks' "Unglued" (over on fanfiction.net) as examples. This kind of writing takes skill; the author has to work to balance a thorough understanding of the canon material and the characters with eroticism. It's way, way more difficult than simply writing a sexual scene. That is why such fanfiction rarely transcends crudely written personal fantasizing.
That being said, I have zero patience with literary masturbation, which is all a fanfic is when you don't indicate it's AU and OOC, and create sexual scenarios using the characters in ways that they would NEVER act nor speak in the original stories. This includes Bella having an encyclopedic range of sexual experience (what part of her telling Charlie she was a virgin did you not understand?), and Edward cussing like a drunken truck driver. Edward as SM created him has the sensibilities of a 1918 upper middle class young man; they just didn't talk like that. I understand that perhaps you personally think men who say "I want to f--- you right now" to their girlfriends are all kinds of hot, and it excites you to imagine Edward Cullen saying it to Bella, but Edward as SM wrote him wouldn't ever say that to Bella. If you make him say things like that, indicate the story is A/U and OOC as well as for mature audiences. Realize also that you're revealing a lot about yourself, including the fact that the characters are only toys for you. Or tools for you. Maybe both.
And do not get me started on people who write fanfics--let alone sexual fanfics--about Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart (or any other actor for that matter). They're real people, you do not know them, and it's all kinds of wrong to play with them like they're Edward and Bella. Would you appreciate it if people were posting erotic stories about your sister/brother/daughter/son on the internet? What if they were posting stuff like that about you? If you are thinking "Ooooh, cool, I'd love that!" you're either lying to yourself or truly don't get how creepily invasive it would be.
Okay, rant over.
Despite being bluntly opinionated (as if you couldn't tell) I do have a well developed sense of humor, and I relish a good tongue-in-cheek story. One that never fails to make me grin is blondie and Roo's "Brotherhood."There are many excellent fanfiction writers on this site in addition to those mentioned above, writers whose talent truly astonishes me. Giselle, nomorethanusual, EliseShaw and Camilla come immediately to mind. Everything they produce is quality work. Check out their writing if you haven't already.
I do know how to play nice despite my forthright profile, and I gladly respond to PMs, emails, and reviews with equal enthusiasm. Feel free to contact me!
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Summary: 
The beginnings of a most unusual family, as told by Edward Masen
Recommended by TheLazyYetDiscerningFicster and Twi-Fic Promotions, nominated in the Indie, Shimmer, Rare Gem and Vampie Awards, May 2009's Featured Fan Fiction on TwilightersAnonymous.com


Rated NC-17 for content that will include graphic violence, adult language and sexual content.
Categories: Pre-Twilight Characters: Afton, Aro, Carlisle, Chelsea, Demetri, Edward, Edward Masen, Sr., Elizabeth Masen, Esme, Jane, Other Character, Santiago
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 23 Completed: No
Word count: 146905
[Report This] Published: January 08, 2010 Updated: January 19, 2012
Summary:

This story is also on fanfiction.net
Sequel to Event Horizon: Edward's side of New Moon. This is Eclipse as told from Edward's point of view. Canon, but there are several extra scenes that were not in the original novel. This story reference certain events in my previous story, Event Horizon, but you don't have to read it first. Dialogue from Eclipse is used in places out of necessity. All of this is the property of Stephenie Meyer. I do not own the characters or the situations, and I will not profit from this work. :)
Thanks so much to FrozenSoldier and TheTwilightAwards.com for the amazing banner. You should check out all of their work.
This story has been nominated for a Bring Me to Life award in the Red Ribbon category.
Also on fanfiction.net.
Thank you qjmom for working so hard!
Categories: Eclipse Characters: Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 15 Completed: No
Word count: 185996
[Report This] Published: November 15, 2009 Updated: January 21, 2011
Summary:  This is Breaking Dawn from Edward's POV, using the same scenes and dialogue but with new scenes added as well -- the latter of which are entirely the product of my over-active imagination. New scenes include the lemons sorely lacking from the original.
Categories: Breaking Dawn Characters: None
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 28 Completed: No
Word count: 194511
[Report This] Published: November 16, 2009 Updated: September 07, 2010
Summary: 
Awesome Banner by Anne Cullen!!
Edward's POV of Bella's pregnancy, burning and awakening in Breaking Dawn. Covers all the missing moments with Edward, Bella, Renesmee and the Cullens, and everything that they went through. Starts when Edward and Bella arrive home from Isle Esme and meet the Cullens at the airport. Find out what happened after Bella ran into Rosalie's arms...
In a fraction of a second, I was at Bella's side, the rest of my family still frozen. I put my hands on Bella's shoulders.
"Let her go, Rose," I said, my voice deadly. She just stared back at me grimly. I searched her mind, trying to get a hold of her plans. There was a resolve, a plan to protect the baby at all costs. And an aching desire she couldn't hide to have that baby as her own....
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Her face was so deathly still, no response. She was unearthly pale, and there was the slightest blue tinge to her skin, the sky pale at dawn. As I pressed my lips to hers, they were too cool. I blew in gently twice, watching her chest rise and fall mechanically. I moved my mouth to her ear as my hands began to move again.
"Come on, Bella, love," I whispered. "Come on, sweetheart. I'm right here. You did it. You've got a healthy baby. She's so beautiful. You were strong enough. Now it's time for you to come back. She's waiting. I'm waiting, love. I'm waiting for you, always...
Categories: Breaking Dawn Characters: Alice, Bella, Carlisle, Edward, Emmett, Jacob, Jasper, Rosalie
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 29 Completed: Yes
Word count: 191547
[Report This] Published: May 28, 2009 Updated: August 18, 2010
Summary: Bella's injuries in the ballet studio were severe. This is the story of her recovery-from the hospital, back to Forks, to her return to school-and how Edward copes with it. All told in Edward's point of view. Angsty with doses of fluff. Enjoy!
Categories: Twilight Characters: None
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 8 Completed: No
Word count: 20210
[Report This] Published: March 20, 2009 Updated: August 07, 2010
Summary:
Now in an open war by proxy with Volturi, the Cullens fight for survival and freedom. Although hampered by the hybrids, Alice still suffers from disturbing but vague visions of the future as Carlisle and Edward seek to preserve the alliance. Sequel to The Cold War.
Much thanks to edward-bella-harry-ginny for the banner and the beta duties. Thanks also to Justine Lark for essential edits.
Twilighted Validation Beta: myimm0rtal
Categories: Post-Breaking Dawn Characters: Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 8 Completed: No
Word count: 42047
[Report This] Published: December 20, 2009 Updated: May 25, 2010
Summary: Edward Masen has led a charmed life. As the son of a prominent Chicago attorney, he has grown up in the highest circles of society. The Spanish Influenza of 1918 cared nothing for social standing, however, and treated everyone equally. Now Edward must adjust to a world he never imagined after becoming a victim of the epidemic. This is the story of Edward's first six months as a vampire, as told by Edward himself.
This story is 100% in canon. Come get reacquainted with Edward and Carlisle.

Categories: Pre-Twilight, Post-Eclipse Characters: Bella, Carlisle, Charlie, Edward, Edward Masen, Sr., Elizabeth Masen
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 12 Completed: Yes
Word count: 39419
[Report This] Published: October 23, 2009 Updated: April 11, 2010
Summary: Edward seeks out the counsel of his father and brothers after agreeing to be with Bella after their wedding. What will Edward do with that advise and how will he and Bella prepare for their upcoming wedding night.
Thanks to Anne Cullen for this beautiful banner.


Categories: Post-Eclipse, Breaking Dawn Characters: Alice, Bella, Carlisle, Charlie, Edward, Emmett, Esme, Jasper, Rosalie
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 42 Completed: Yes
Word count: 132792
[Report This] Published: October 18, 2008 Updated: March 17, 2010
Summary:  
Thanks Roo, for the amazing banner!
And more keep coming in! Thanks to m81170 for this lovely piece of art:

Here's another amazing pic that fits in with Dark Side of the Moon perfectly -thank you to JohannaL for ID'ing the author: http://smirks-works.livejournal.com/ check out her (I assume) other manips - she's a genius!

Updated November, 2009
This story is now COMPLETE!
Dark Side of the Moon is my version of New Moon from Edward’s point of view. Witness how Edward agonized over leaving Bella, hunted for Victoria, faced the Volturi, and came to realize that with Bella was where he was meant to be.
This tormented story has been a part of my life for about a year and a half – and what a ride it’s been! Meant to be canon and in character, I hope you enjoy angsty Edward and his suffering during New Moon. As unhappy as Bella was during this time, Edward suffered so much more (I think). So be sure and crack open a fresh box of tissues before reading!
Thank you to everyone for all the reviews, especially to those of you who reviewed each and every chapter! Your support and loyalty have been the driving force to me getting this project finished – and I hope it’s lived up to all of your expectations.
Love you all,
blondieakarobin
PS. As one last thank you, I’ve posted a formatted, printable copy of Dark Side of the Moon at http://bit.ly/2vLHMi, as will also post as an electronic version suitable for viewing on a kindle or MobiReader. I’m also posting a ‘Director’s Cut’ that includes citations of all of Bella’s quotes from Twilight, research notes, and even funny comments from my betas in this version in the same directory.
blondie
Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.
Use of the dialog from the series is just for clarity - Stephenie Meyer owns all things twilight! I'm making absolutely nothing from this work.
Categories: New Moon Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 24 Completed: Yes
Word count: 163080
[Report This] Published: May 09, 2008 Updated: February 26, 2010
Summary: At seventeen, Bella had a warm, dry, happy life in Arizona with her mom and stepdad. Can a wayward thought, an old movie, and a group of breathtakingly beautiful, golden-eyed spirits lead her to her cold, wet destiny?
* A fanciful Twilight retelling of A Christmas Carol*
(And, really, who wouldn't prefer Edward to an ugly old ghost?!)
Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.
Categories: Pre-Twilight Characters: Bella
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 5 Completed: Yes
Word count: 17709
[Report This] Published: December 24, 2009 Updated: February 19, 2010
Summary: The Cullens first Christmas after Breaking Dawn (almost a year after the book ends). Goes through pre-Christmas rituals, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Years. Family Fluff and fun. I was in a desperate mood for the Cullens at Christmas!
Thanks once again for Project Team Beta and to Julie K for all the awesome Beta work!

Thanks to MZRAMANIPS over on LJ for the awesome banner!
Categories: Post-Breaking Dawn Characters: Alice, Bella, Billy, Carlisle, Edward, Emmett, Esme, Jacob, Jasper, Renesmee, Rosalie
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 4 Completed: No
Word count: 12068
[Report This] Published: October 12, 2009 Updated: December 16, 2009
Summary: Twilight from Edward's POV.
Categories: Twilight Characters: Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 29 Completed: Yes
Word count: 85402
[Report This] Published: September 20, 2009 Updated: December 14, 2009
Summary: Valentine’s day, 2005. Living with three perfectly matched couples is hard work if you’re a 100-year-old vampire who’s never been in love. Add the ghastly thoughts of a few human males into the mix, and you’ve got one extremely ticked off vampire. Include one frustratingly aloof Isabella Swan… let’s just say that this’ll be a day for Edward to remember…
Based on Edward’s thoughts and feelings in the corresponding passages of Midnight Sun. Humour/Fluffic. Definitely not to be taken seriously!
Categories: Twilight Characters: Alice, Bella, Edward, Emmett, Eric, Jasper, Jessica, Mike, Rosalie, Tyler
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 4 Completed: Yes
Word count: 6809
[Report This] Published: November 22, 2009 Updated: December 11, 2009
Summary: 
After the Cullens leave Forks and make the move to New York, Carlisle fights to keep his family together as Edward's pain threatens to tear them apart. Ithaca is the story of a son's quest, a father's love, and the unique family struggling to stand behind them both...

This is the Cullens' New Moon.
Ithaca starts one month into the Cullens' time away from Bella, and will follow New Moon to its end. Carlisle and Edward narrate in alternating chapters. Follows all known canon.
Categories: New Moon Characters: Carlisle, Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 19 Completed: Yes
Word count: 118422
[Report This] Published: February 19, 2009 Updated: December 07, 2009
Summary: 
Modeled after the Dickens Christmas tale "The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain." When Jasper is offered the chance to forget all the horror and violence of his past, he takes it. But happiness isn't a life free of sorrow; it is the state one achieves when those sorrows are forgiven. Oneshot.
Categories: Post-Breaking Dawn Characters: Alice, Bella, Carlisle, Edward, Emmett, Esme, Jasper, Renesmee, Rosalie
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Word count: 5801
[Report This] Published: November 30, 2009 Updated: December 02, 2009
Summary: 
She got what she wanted. My venom flows through her bloodstream, changing her, reshaping her from a human to a vampire. Soon, that transformation will be complete. And I'll be able to keep her forever.
I am the most selfish creature that has ever walked this earth.
Edward's point of view in "Breaking Dawn", beginning with Book Three.

Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. The author is in no way associated with the owners, creators, or producers of any media franchise. No copyright infringement is intended.
Categories: Breaking Dawn Characters: Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 21 Completed: Yes
Word count: 250382
[Report This] Published: March 05, 2009 Updated: November 29, 2009
Summary:  One-Shot. Won 1st Place for Fanfic in the Lion_Lamb multi fanworks contest!
How does Esme see her son's love life before he meets Bella, while he discerns his feelings and plans, and after Bella has been welcomed into the Cullen family?

Categories: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn Characters: Bella, Edward, Esme
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Word count: 2275
[Report This] Published: November 25, 2009 Updated: November 29, 2009
Summary: Charlie Swan was always a simple man, who enjoyed the simple things in life. But that didn't make him stupid.
A look at the powerful love of a father for his daughter, and the connection between a parent and child. Dedicated to my own Dad, to whom I will always owe so much more than I could ever repay.
This is a oneshot. Please review if you enjoy it.
Categories: Twilight, New Moon, Breaking Dawn, Post-Breaking Dawn Characters: Bella, Charlie
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Word count: 1983
[Report This] Published: November 18, 2009 Updated: November 23, 2009
Summary: Edward and Bella on Isle Esme - their first time, the way I would have written it.
Categories: Breaking Dawn Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Word count: 2644
[Report This] Published: November 15, 2009 Updated: November 18, 2009
Summary: This is a winning entry for “A Canon Christmas” contest hosted by Twilighted.net. I chose a pre-Twilight, angst-ridden Edward piece. This is also my first ever attempt at fanfiction, and was written entirely Beta-free, unfortunately.

Validation Beta: Hopeful Wager. Banner designed by Dahlia Black.
Categories: Pre-Twilight Characters: Alice, Ben, Carlisle, Edward, Emmett, Esme, Jasper, Rosalie
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Word count: 3671
[Report This] Published: November 12, 2009 Updated: November 14, 2009
Summary: "The light had gone completely from my universe when I’d left her behind; as though it had been sucked into a black hole; still in existence, but invisible to me. I was the Event Horizon on the outside of the light. "-Edward Cullen
This is Edward's side of the story of New Moon. Mostly cannon, except for places where I had to fill in the blanks and use my imagination. A big thanks to annamorphos for the fabulous banner. The sequel to this story, called Dark Matter, which is Eclipse from Edward's POV has been posted.
Categories: New Moon Characters: Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 20 Completed: Yes
Word count: 120447
[Report This] Published: April 03, 2009 Updated: October 29, 2009
Summary:
Summary: Chief Swan has always been content to swallow the lies that Bella and Edward tell him. But after a conversation with one of his officers, Charlie questions his own judgment and decides it’s time for an unexpected visit during one of Bella’s sleepovers at the Cullens.
ExB fluff . . . and a little angst (Edward can’t seem to help himself LOL).
And Emmett humour – he’s so irrepressible that it’s impossible to keep him out of this story!

Categories: Post-Eclipse Characters: Alice, Bella, Carlisle, Charlie, Edward, Emmett, Esme, Jasper, Rosalie
Challenges: Series: Missing Pages Series
Chapters: 2 Completed: Yes
Word count: 10537
[Report This] Published: October 17, 2009 Updated: October 25, 2009
Summary: "New Moon" EPOV. Three-shot.
The reunion.

Categories: New Moon Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: No
Word count: 9343
[Report This] Published: September 15, 2009 Updated: October 03, 2009
[Report This] Published: August 07, 2008 Updated: September 14, 2009
Summary: 
Bella & Edward’s first time – or How Bella woke up bruised and covered in feathers.
Takes place during the page break on page 85 of Breaking Dawn -- after Bella joins Edward on the beach, and before she wakes up the next morning.
Categories: Breaking Dawn Characters: Bella, Edward
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes
Word count: 4251
[Report This] Published: August 22, 2009 Updated: September 13, 2009
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