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They say broke because that's how you'll be for the next 22 years (25 if she goes after her Masters degree) Broke! and if you do somehow squirrel a little cash away, children somehow know and then just need the latest shoes or jeans or laptop or...

I am just wondering how long time laps it will be between book 2 and 3 will it be months or a year the twins won't stand for anything happening to any of them if nadi is hurt they will be out for blood she raised them before max all of the will be for blood and a child is a smaller target then an adult

I beleive that if any of Max's inner family is hurt or killed by the Shadow Group that Max will release the gates of hell on the world and heaven help anyone that gets in his way. I can see him releasing his version of the terminators on Washington DC and anyother power that has anything to do with hurting Emily, Amy, Becca, Nadi or Alice and the group. He will bring fire and brimstone to them. They will think that they woke up not only on the wrong side of the tracks but that the train ran over them and backed up to do it again. Remember that he is building bigger and stronger spiders, flyers and Mech Suits. Little puny people will stand no chance against them and Legion. Can't wait for chapter one of book three to see who pays for their deeds.

To the major, good luck and god speed your recovery. You really are a lucky SOB. To Magus, EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH.But great chapter and hurry up and write more

Hey major don't look a gift miracle in the mouth you survived and you will recover fully in time. Look after yourself don't try rushing things or pushing too hard too fast. CCH

I too didn't post to try and dissuade you or anybody! I just figured since you'd seen it as being less popular, I ought to explain why since I knew I'd made some less than positive posts about my old RPF (like those linked above). I guess a lot of the younger stars have grown up in an internet world and so, while more likely to find and read fanfiction (and possibly write and share it themselves) they might well be less likely to be as shocked or offended by nasty fanfic, because they'd know that the internet is full of assholes like me or every single commenter on youtube. Still don't like the idea of 'em seeing my old stuff though. I guess that's a fair part of the problem for me though, because while not all of my RPF was for unpleasant themes, a lot sure was and it's probably a lot worse for someone to find/be sent/be asked to read on the Tonight Show/something about them, say, being screwed by an animal (except, you know, country music stars) to take an example from one of my old stories, than about a mary sue-ish romantic handholding story. Those are probably just mildly creepy. Unless the writer knows something that they could only know from being in the stars house. "The fanfiction is coming from inside your house! Get out now!" "Oh gawd, no!" Anyway, yeah, I just went and was more negative again. Sorry. I'll stop posting in the thread unless I can think of something positive... uh... creativity! personal expression! Free written porn! Not agreeing with what people fap to, but defending to the climax their right to fap! There ya go. God bless the ACLU's secularism drive! Stand up comedian sings and talks about erotic Harry Potter fanfic from about 2.33! That's funny and positive! But, obviously, there's someone on TV who would find fanfic about herself!

I'm sorry for the delay, I'm not as fast at editing as my hubby, but 63 has been posted. He should be back on the grid soon, hopefully tonight.

I wasn't actually posting that to deter you, or anyone. It was more or less to illustrate that fan fiction does sometimes reach places we might not expect, or think it would. The guys were good sports about it, really, and as I said, it was an innocuous little story.

Wow, that was... er, uncomfortable. And eye-opening. I don't write lemons (or even limes, like your example), so suddenly I want to pull down my two celeb fics here, as the ladies involved probably would not read them and laugh about it! I'm going for a walk to do some thinking...

I've seen a YouTube of two of the singers from Pentatonix, Scott and Mitch, reading aloud fan fiction about themselves. Both young men are openly gay, and went to school together. They're great friends, but not otherwise involved, unless you read the fan fictions, in which case they're definitely a couple. They were laughing and the fiction was actually rather sweet, but obviously, even minor celebrities are well aware of the potential of the Internet and fan interest. For the shiggles, the video.

So, like JD above, BronxWench, you hit on something that I probably have been repressing in my thought processes: the idea of the real person or her actual family and friends reading the stories. I may not have taken that into serious enough consideration before. If you happen to have read my Vanessa story (and if you did, then my apologies for the squick) you can see it's pretty easy to be upset by it if you were her friend or family -- even though that was never the intention of the tale (quite the opposite, in fact). Suddenly, I'm seeing real-person fiction in a whole new light. Which is sort of what I was hoping for when I started this topic -- but not like this. My immediate reaction is to swear off the stuff and change to original fiction or perhaps writing about film characters played by my favorite actresses. Lots to think about before publishing my next story. Thanks! Which doesn't mean I'm no longer interested in hearing from devoted celeb fic writers! In fact, more than ever I'd like to read something from a dedicated RPF writer, please! Tell me why you like to use real people in your stories.

Interesting points, JayDee. I particularly like hearing from a "reformed" RPF writer... I am especially struck by the idea of the star in question reading the fic. I never really stopped to consider that fully because I simply assumed it was just about impossible. But yeah, it suddenly seems less and less impossible and even somewhat more likely. As I said, I consider my stories to be positive things born out of affection, but it's not hard at all to picture Vanessa's feelings being hurt by taking one of my stories at face value. Also, from my Writer's Pride perspective, you made me re-examine my idea that using celebrities is a shortcut to connecting with the audience. Mabe instead of a shortcut it's a crutch? And of the stars I'm writing about, Vanessa is the only one with any sizeable following, so it's not like those fans are going to inflate my readership numbers. I need to think about all this. Thank you for such a thoughtful response!