Multi-Fandom Awards ... The VOTE is OPEN!

The Fanatic Fanfics are hosting  Multi-Fandom Awards! I received the news that I had been nominated for fifteen different awards.

Dear tufano79,

CONGRATULATIONS! The Fanatic Fanfics Multifandom Awards would like to inform you that you have been nominated in the following categories:

1. Favorite Angst Fanfic - Buying Love
2. Favorite Comedy Fanfic - Surviving the Teenage Dream
3. Favorite Complete Fanfic - A Fresh Start
4. Favorite Complete Fanfic - Finding Love Through Music
5. Favorite Complete Fanfic -  Friends with Benefits
6. Favorite Complete Fanfic - Surviving the Teenage Dream
7. Favorite Complete Fanfic - The Next Chapter
8. Favorite One-shot Fanfic - High Seas
9. Favorite Romance Fanfic - A Nerd Story of Love
10. Favorite Romance Fanfic - Buying Love
11. Favorite Romance Fanfic - Figure Eight
12. Favorite Romance Fanfic - Friends with Benefits
13. Favorite Romance Fanfic - The Geek's Guide to Parenthood
14. Favorite Work-In-Progress Fanfic - Buying Love
15. Favorite Veteran Author

Voting will start on April 11, 2016. We will take votes for three weeks before closing on May 2, 2016.

Feel free to let your readers know about this event, and may the odds be ever in your favor.

-Fanatic Fanfics Multifandom Awards
 awards. fanaticfanfics. com

Well, voting is now open! You can cast your vote here: Fanatic Fanfics Multi-Fandom Awards. You can vote for up to five choices per category, but only voting ONE time. It would mean the world to me if you could take a moment out of your day and vote for one of the stories I have up for the awards. Voting closes on May 2nd with the winners being announced on May 16th.

Thank you for reading and for voting!

Hugs,

Josie 'Tufano79'

Some More Good News!

I'm happy to say that I'm on the mend. Today, I woke up feeling like a human. I'm still tired and weak from this bout with this stomach bug, but my stomach is not doing flip flops at the mere mention of food. So, positive for me!

It also helped with my weight loss plans. Not eating for almost four days, yeah, can make you lose weight. I think I'm down fifteen pounds? LOL ...

Anyhow, since I was in a stomach flu fog, I never got a chance to share this tidbit of good news ...

Dear tufano79,

CONGRATULATIONS! The Fanatic Fanfics Multifandom Awards would like to inform you that you have been nominated in the following categories:

1. Favorite Angst Fanfic - Buying Love
2. Favorite Comedy Fanfic - Surviving the Teenage Dream
3. Favorite Complete Fanfic - A Fresh Start
4. Favorite Complete Fanfic - Finding Love Through Music
5. Favorite Complete Fanfic -  Friends with Benefits
6. Favorite Complete Fanfic - Surviving the Teenage Dream
7. Favorite Complete Fanfic - The Next Chapter
8. Favorite One-shot Fanfic - High Seas
9. Favorite Romance Fanfic - A Nerd Story of Love
10. Favorite Romance Fanfic - Buying Love
11. Favorite Romance Fanfic - Figure Eight
12. Favorite Romance Fanfic - Friends with Benefits
13. Favorite Romance Fanfic - The Geek's Guide to Parenthood
14. Favorite Work-In-Progress Fanfic - Buying Love
15. Favorite Veteran Author

Voting will start on April 11, 2016. We will take votes for three weeks before closing on May 2, 2016.

Feel free to let your readers know about this event, and may the odds be ever in your favor.

-Fanatic Fanfics Multifandom Awards
 awards. fanaticfanfics. com

I was completely flummoxed when I got word that I was nominated for FIFTEEN different awards. So, whoever nominated me or my stories, thank you! It means more to me than words can say! With that being said, voting begins on APRIL 11, 2016 going to MAY 2, 2016. I'm up against some amazing authors and fabulous stories, most of which are some of my faves! Take the time to vote!

You can see the full list of nominees here: Multi Fandom Awards.

Hugs to all of you,
Josie 'Tufano79'

Good News and a New Fic

So, I decided to enter a contest. I had done a few: Pick a Pic, resulting in High Seas and a collaboration with Emotion Masen for So Darkness I Became. I also entered a Halloween contest with the Case of the Dead Ex. I never won anything. I just wrote the stories as a way to expand my writing and grow as an author.

High Seas helped with historical fiction and proved to me that I could write a story without smut. So Darkness I Became was so much fun, collaborating with Emotion. Our writing styles are so similar, but so different in the same respect. Being able to bounce off ideas and creating this creepy, dark and sexy fic, where Bella became the perfect mate for Edward. It was a lot of fun. The Case of the Dead Ex, it helped me to work within the constraints of the amount of words. I think the max amount of words allowed was 5000. I managed to complete the story at 4236 words.

Anyhow, the contest I entered was Get Your Southern On: Valentine's Edition and submitted a one-shot, The One That Got Away. I'm shocked and overjoyed at how I did in the contest. The story won third place, judge's vote.

On top of that, The One that Got Away also won first place for public vote! 

Thanks to Angel McCarty and Dinia Steele for hosting this amazing contest. I had a wonderful time working with you and feel honored to work with such talented writers, banner creators and betas. Huge kudos goes out to my beta and dear, dear friend, Bridget Derbeyshire and thank you to Clo Rodeffer for creating the banner for the story. 

I will be continuing the story and it will be posted as a drabble fic, similar to Renovations, Under Construction and Restoration. I will begin posting it once Restoration is completed, in the next couple of weeks. So, here's an extended summary for The One That Got Away. 

Bella Swan was dreading going back to her ten year high school reunion, over Valentine’s Day Weekend, for Hillsborough High School. Her time in high school in Tampa, Florida was not high on her list of pleasant experiences. She was quiet, unassuming and secretly in love with Edward Cullen. It was that unrequited love that forced her to move away to Seattle, as far from Tampa as possible. He never knew she existed. Or so she thought.

Edward was looking forward to his high school reunion because he was anxious to see the one that got away. Bella Swan was the quiet girl who never really interacted with anyone, but Edward saw that she was something special. But as ruler of the school, he had certain expectations to maintain. It was one of his biggest regrets. His life would have been easier if he had followed his heart. Now, he was a divorced father of two. His ex-wife, Tanya, who was his high school girlfriend, left him for a younger man and abandoned her children.

Will Bella be happy to see Edward or will she stay hidden amongst her classmates? Will Edward finally break the mold that was expected of him and open up his heart to the beautiful and shy Bella Swan? Will he be able to win back the one that got away?

I will be posting on Wednesdays and Sundays, with teasers on Mondays and Fridays. The first six/seven chapters are written (the one shot from the contest). Keep your eyes peeled for new stuff.

Yay! Awesomeness!!

I got an email last night from the TWCS Library. In the email, it said that High Seas was a featured story on the website. I wrote this story for the Pick a Pic Contest. It was a challenge since it was set during the times when pirates roamed the seas. However, the banner, which was created by WorldInMyEyes, just called to me. So, here's a blast from the past ...

It’s the eve of Isabella Swan’s wedding to Lord Aro Volturi, a close ‘friend’ of her father, Charles Swan, the governor of Isle Esme. Her marriage is arranged and she’s not happy about it. In swoops Captain Edward Cullen, the mistaken pirate, to kidnap Isabella in retribution for taking his ship and crew from him. Will she fight against Captain Cullen or join him eagerly to escape her arranged marriage? Will love blossom on the high seas?

High Seas on TWCS

High Seas on FicPad

High Seas on AO3

High Seas on FFn