What happens when you think you have it all, only to find out it was all a lie. Edward Masen, a prized professional fighter, thought he had everything he could ever want or need in his home town of Chicago. That all changed after one brutal fight, resulting in several serious injuries and a long recovery. His agent and coach pushed him to the limit, ignoring his concerns and focusing on their futures, not Edward's.
Isabella Swan, owner and amateur fighter for Bull Dog MMA Fighting Club, was perusing the finances for the club, discovering her boyfriend's and Bull Dog fighter, infidelity. Like Edward, she had it all and it was all a lie. After kicking her boyfriend to the curb, she vowed to herself that she'd never date a fighter.
That all changes when Edward walks into Bull Dog MMA Fighting Club, looking for new coaches and representation. He'd lost it all in Chicago, packing up his belongings to start fresh in Seattle. Bella is drawn to Edward, with his beauty, charisma and talent. But, her vow ...
When everything explodes all around them, their pasts smacking them in the face, will Bella and Edward realize that it was all Worth the Fight?
Thank you to Clo Rodeffer for her beautiful work on the manips and story banner!
I'm hoping to start posting this by the beginning of August. I want to get ten chapters written (drabble-fic). I've started writing chapter eight, at the moment. With it being a drabble-fic, I will be updating twice a week, maybe ... it all depends on my new work schedule.
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Bella’s birthday, her Dom, Edward asked what she wanted. Nothing was off the
table. The world was her oyster, and her sexual desires would be fulfilled. Her
wish? To have sex in public with two men. Dominant Edward Cullen would give
anything to his Submissive. Even her Deepest, Darkest Desires.
I can't believe that I've been writing fanfiction for ten years. Probably longer than that ... (but I never published those early stories ... talk about bad!) Anyhow, in December 2020, La Cantante celebrated its ten-year anniversary. My first story that I'd published ever ... a story that was near and dear to my heart ...
In March, A Fresh Start was published and it helped me cope with me getting divorced from the narcissistic asshole who was my husband. I held out hope that I'd find my Edward and get my happily ever after. As of now, not so much.
Now, in May, Edward Cullen: A Work in Progress will celebrate its ten-year anniversary. I started writing that one to help me deal with the residual anger I felt for my now ex-husband. Let's celebrate Whip and Bane ...
Edward Cullen is a jerk. He's a moody musician and artist who is wary about life and is recovering from a nasty drug overdose. Emmett, his best friend, offers him an opportunity to redeem himself and work with his best tattoo artist in his shop.EXB,AH - Mature Audiences, only. Strong themes with references to drugs and sexual assault
Ten years ago, I embarked on the journey to start writing fanfiction. I was obsessed with The Twilight Saga. I'd reread them more times than I could count. I was obsessed with the romance between Edward and Bella, wishing for something like that for myself. At that point in time, I was in a struggling marriage and trying to cope with less than ideal working situations.
I'd read fanfiction beginning that summer as I was recovering from ankle surgery. I was drawn into the world of Stephenie Meyer, but twisted and turned into something new and exciting. I loved reading about human Edward, vampire Bella, what happened during the time in between Eclipse and Breaking Dawn, and none of that fade-to-black shit.
I'm talking about juicy, raunchy citrus.
In December of 2010, I decided to dip my toe into the fanfiction world with my first-ever published story, La Cantante. I'd taken aspects of my life and put pen to paper. Or rather, fingers to computer keyboard.
The rest is ... as they say ... history.
Ten years later, I've written forty-eight stories, either writing on my own or collaborating with other authors (much love to Emotion Masen and Clo Rodeffer) all featuring our favorite characters, Edward Cullen and Bella Swan. Some were vamp-based. I've also tossed in witches, angels, fae, werewolves and my favorite, all-human.
With that being said, La Cantante holds a special place in my heart. It's where I got started. Is it a perfectly written story? Hell, no! Lots of drama and too much citrus, but it's where I got my start and I'm proud of it.
Fanfiction and the Twilight fandom has gotten me through so much in the past ten years. It helped me get over my divorce from my narcissistic ex-husband. With your support, I was able to grieve the loss of my mother from lung cancer. I made some of my closest friends, too. I'm so blessed to have you in all in my life. The love I have for my fandom family is immeasurable!
So, happy anniversary, La Cantante. If you'd like a blast from the past and take a stroll down nostalgia road ... here's a link to reread it.
Bella is a freshman in college studying to be a music teacher. Edward is a pre-med student at the same school but secretly wants to be a musician. They both meet and sparks fly. However, Bella's past may make it difficult. ExB, AH EDITED and REPOSTED!
When I had my Zoom call for Carey Anne, I asked the ladies on the call, what they'd like me to write. I was given a lot of choices, but the one that really captured my attention was a premise surrounding COVID-19 and a budding new relationship. This will be a slightly humorous take on the situation we've currently found ourselves in. With a Twilight twist ... of course.
Edward Cullen and Bella Swan just started dating. In early March, they planned on going on a vacation together. Edward found a great deal to fly down to a private island off the coast of Brazil. Bella wasn't sure if she wanted to go with him since their relationship was so new.
Edward was quite persuasive.
Bella said yes.
They flew down to São Paulo and took a chartered boat out to an all-inclusive couple's resort, for six days and seven nights of tropical beauty and the promise of so much more.
Three days after they arrived, all international travel was cancelled due to a fast-moving, highly contagious pandemic.
What will happen with Edward and Bella while they are on their Destination Date? Will they be stronger upon their return to the states or will their love survive?
I do not know when I'll start posting, but it will be a short novella. This is a thank you for the ladies who were on the Zoom call ... Much love to you all. I hope I do this justice!
Edward Cullen is an asshole. He's a moody musician and artist who likes
his tattoos, alcohol and drugs. He's down on his luck when his friend,
Emmett, offers him an apprenticeship at his tattoo parlor, Dreamstyle
Ink. Will he give up his asshole-like tendencies or will he continue
shutting people out of his life? Will a certain cinnamon eyed tattoo
artist finally break through his wall that he's built around his heart?
After doing some soul searching and positive feedback from my decision to post A Prescription for Love back on FFn, I'm reposting A Ilha Do Amor.
Bella Swan, reeling from the unceremonious ending of her engagement
on her wedding day, heads on her honeymoon minus ONE groom. Edward
Cullen, is 'sleeping' his way through the guests at the resort on Isle
Esme. They meet on the island off the coast of Brazil but will they find
love on A Ilha do Amor? The island of love?
This year ... it has not been one of my most productive years. A combination of real-life stress, lack of writing mojo, and just feeling like writing fic was more of a job and not a hobby has really put me into a difficult position. Regardless of my reasons for my lack of productivity, I did manage to complete four stories in 2018.
These four stories are up for Fic of the Year on the TwiFanfictionRecs website. If you could take the time to vote for ONE of these stories. You can vote here. You can vote ONCE daily. Below are links of my stories, along with the story banners, created by Clo Rodeffer (The Magic Within, Married to the Mob and La Donna e Il Dottore) and Mina Rivera (Picking up the Pieces)
In a world where magic has ceased to exist for hundreds of years, a sole
male possesses an unknown power. It slumbers deep within him, churning
and pleaded to come out.
But, he does not know what it is.
He's an everyday, ordinary man, with a mediocre job and tiny apartment
and an obnoxious downstairs neighbor. Edward Cullen does not know what
is in store for him when something inside him awakens and makes him the
most powerful man in the world.
Goodbye, mediocrity ...
She is like him, ordinary, mediocre and stuck in a loveless marriage to a
monster where she endures his anger and rage. But, within her soul, is
another type of energy. It keeps her alive and pushes her forward, but
she wishes it would just go away. Isabella Black just wants to end the
nightmare of her life and start new.
Walking into a lawyer's office, she meets Edward Cullen and something
between the two of them sparks. Not as a client and attorney.
Something deeper ...
Edward Cullen is the heir-apparent to the most infamous crime families
in Chicago. He was notorious for his time with his enemies, his many
dates and his ruthless skill in the board room, the front for the
illicit dealings of the Cullen Crime Consortium. However, to take over
the family, his father reminded him about the stipulation that Edward
needed to be married. Edward hated that stipulation, but he agreed to it
and he had less than a year to make it a reality.
Isabella Swan is a struggling graduate student, working as a waitress in
a local diner, The Swan Dive. On a chance meeting, Edward finds Bella
to be enchanting and the perfect woman to marry. He makes an indecent
proposal, suggesting marriage and paying for Bella’s tuition, and then
some.
Will Bella accept his proposal, with the possibility of having her
dreams come true, but married to a sexy, enigmatic rich businessman? Or
will she figure out the truth, that her future-husband is Married to
the Mob?
Isabella Swan is the only daughter of Charlie Swan, the leader of the
Swan Mafia Family. While out with her father, they are attacked by a
rival family, The Wolf Pack and her father was critically injured. The
family doctor was unavailable, and Bella is scrambling for a
replacement. She called the person she’d least expect to help her.
Dr. Edward Cullen is working as an emergency room physician when he got a
phone call from the girl he’d secretly loved all throughout college,
but she kept him in the friend-zone, save for one drunken night. After
that, she disappeared, and he hadn’t heard from her. Until this fateful
night … And he found her much changed, hardened, scarred and angry.
Charlie Swan’s life hangs in the balance, and the only person who can
save him is Bella’s former friend and one-time lover.
Will Edward be
able to save Charlie and stay away from the girl, who is now a woman and
far more beautiful, despite the scarred and hardened exterior?
Isabella Black lost her husband in the cruelest way possible. He wasted
away and was ravaged by the evil, silent killer, cancer. Five months
after his initial diagnosis, he died, leaving Bella with their two young
children, John, seven and Grace, five. A year after his death, Bella
packs up her home in Phoenix and drives back to Forks, Washington to be
closer to her family. Will she finally find a way to pick up the pieces
with the help of her family, friends and a green-eyed cop?
I've got a plot bunny floating in my head. With my work in the theater, I want to base a story in the theater. So here's what I got so far ...
Isabella Swan is hired to be the lead for a hot new musical, that's filled with amazing music, sexy dancing and a love story that transcends everything. She's head long in rehearsals when she meets her romantic interest ... a movie actor who is dabbling in the theater. Edward Cullen wants a change of pace from his frenetic life in Hollywood. So, he auditioned, on a whim, for this musical and to his surprise, he was hired for the lead role in the musical.
For Bella, it's hate at first sight. Edward Cullen is not cut out to be a theater performer and she is adamant that he would drop out of the production after his first rehearsal. Edward is drawn to Bella, but feels her resentment toward him. Despite being lovers on stage and having explosive chemistry, she keeps him at arm's length. There's more to her story, Edward can tell and he wants to break through her walls, getting her to trust him.
Summary: In high school, Bella was a quiet bookworm. Edward was the king of the school. She blended into the background while he seemingly flourished in the limelight. That wasn’t the case. Ten years later, will he finally be able to get the one that got away?
I've got another plot bunny ... they just keep popping up out of nowhere. This one is magic related.
The Magic Within
In a world where magic has ceased to exist for hundreds of years, a sole male possesses an unknown power. It slumbers deep within him, churning and pleaded to come out.
But, he does not know what it is.
He's an every day, ordinary man, with a mediocre job and tiny apartment and an obnoxious downstairs neighbor. Edward Cullen does not know what is in store for him when something inside him awakens and makes him the most powerful man in the world.
Goodbye, mediocrity ...
She is like him, ordinary, mediocre and stuck in a loveless marriage to a monster where she endures his anger and rage. But, within her soul, is another type of energy. It keeps her alive and pushes her forward, but she wishes it would just go away. Isabella Black just wants to end the nightmare of her life and start new.
Walking into a lawyer's office, she meets Edward Cullen and something between the two of them sparks. Not as a client and attorney.
I woke up this morning and read some good news. It was desperately needed since I felt like total garbage over the weekend, but that's a story for another time. The good news is that Under Construction, in all its angsty glory, was voted #5 in the top ten fics completed in December.
Holla!
You can find the complete list which includes, Edward's Eternal, Deb Drotuno, TheFicChick, TheQueenWriter and many others, here: TwiFanficRecs. Thank you for those of you who took time out of your busy schedules to vote for Under Construction. I'm tickled to be among such amazing authors.
In other news, Renovation and Under Construction, are up for top ten fic of the year, along with Surviving the Teenage Dream, Caught in the Flames and Star Crossed. You can find the link to vote here: Top Ten Fic of 2015.
You can vote once a day. I'd appreciate if you could take the time to vote for at least one of these stories. For now, here's a reminder about Renovations and Under Construction, their summaries and links for their stories.
Renovations
Isabella Swan, thirty-six, is reeling from her recent divorce from the man she thought she would be spending her forever, the rest of her life. James Hunter broke her heart when he told her wanted to end it. He didn’t fight her, giving her all of the money, all of the furniture and everything else Bella wanted. Her mind and heart shattered, Bella took all of her belongings and moved to the opposite end of the country from her ex-husband, close to a dear friend, Esme Cullen. She purchases a beautiful home, but in badly need of repair and updating.
Esme suggests two men, Edward Masen, twenty-six, and his business partner, Garrett Keyes, twenty-seven, for the job. Edward is an up and coming contractor whom Esme had used for her interior design business. Garrett was a carpenter and headed up the construction end of the business. Bella contacted the men, knowing that she was going to hire them. Their website spoke to her. The clean lines and use of high-end appliances and materials were exactly what she envisioned for her new home. Little did she know that when both men came to interview, she would be physically attracted to them as well?
Will these men renovate Bella’s new home or will the renovations spill over into other aspects of her life, giving her love life a much needed makeover?
Bella Swan, a divorced adoption attorney, is relishing her time with her two hot and attentive boyfriends, Edward Masen and Garrett Keyes. Never in her wildest dreams had she ever considered being with two men, let alone two men who adored her as much as they do. Their relationship is perfection. With all new relationships, they are trying to navigate the ins and outs of being together. Their little bubble of sexual exploration is threatened when Bella is sent to New York City for a high profile adoption proceeding.
With a heavy heart, Bella flies out to New York to meet her new clients, close friends of Aro Volturi, her former boss. Carmen and Eleazar D’Amato are finalizing the adoption of a child that they fostered for almost a year and a half, but dealing with them is easy. Running into her ex-husband is not. He manages to appear everywhere once he found out that Bella was in New York. His new marriage has crumbled and his estranged wife has taken their child, hiding him away from James. His job is hanging by a thread and he now blames Bella for everything.
On a whim, Edward and Garrett fly out to New York to surprise Bella. She loses herself with them, but they had an audience. But, who and to what end?
They survived falling in love and having four children. Now, Geekward
and Nerdella are parents of teenagers. Say a prayer for them for they
are in for a bumpy ride. But, a ghost from the past is rearing his ugly
head. Follow along as Geekward and Nerdella deal with having teens,
battle with the blast from the past and why is Demetri hugging a cow?
ANSOL/TGGTP Sequel. ExB AH/AU
Isabella Swan, an up and coming graphic artist, lived in the heart of
the Gold Coast in Chicago. She was comfortable in her brownstone, left
to her by her grandmother.
Edward Cullen, a lieutenant in the Chicago Fire Department and the head
of the rescue squad in Department Eighteen. He risks his life on a daily
basis, putting out fires and saving strangers from burning buildings
and mangled vehicles.
She was an innocent…someone caught in the cross hairs of their obsession
with fire.
He was a hero…a man desperate to save the woman who was in danger from a
serial arsonist.
Little did they know, this monster was going to be the catalyst to start
their fire, their fire of passion.
They were Caught in the Flames.
An interstellar war, negotiations for a peace treaty gone wrong and a
taboo relationship between two species.
Captain Edward Cullen was in charge of the starship, Volvo. He, along
with his crew, were given a mission to deliver Empress Nirabelle of the
Cygnarian people to the nearby planet of Lapus, to negotiate a treaty
between their two worlds.
For over a millennia, they have been fighting a
vicious battle. For what? They don’t even know. It’s ingrained in their
minds and their history.
The Empress is to meet with the Crown Prince of Lapus, Jakob. The Volvo
is transporting her and her envoy, Maralice to the planet. There are
strict rules in place for the Empress’s transport. She is to not have
any contact with any males on the ship, per the cultural norms of
Cygnarian society. The trip should take as little time as possible and
if no headway has been made within one day of being in orbit, Captain
Cullen is to transport the Empress from the planet’s surface.
However, something goes terribly wrong on Lapus. One communication to
the Volvo and a brief face-to-face conversation forever changes the
future of the Empress and Captain Cullen.
Will they survive this threat or are the Star Crossed lovers doomed
before they even have a chance?
It had been Bella's dream to go on the dance competition,So You Think You Can Dance.She was a contemporary dancer, going to college, trying to rebound from the death of her father. Her mother's lack of support and a significant injury forced her to forget her dreams and go to school, getting her masters, to be a teacher.
Edward Cullen had already lived the dream, being the runner up for the previous season ofSo You Think You Can Dance. He was a steamy, sexy Latin dancer and a fan favorite, but he came in second behind a jazz dancer, Lauren Mallory. But, in Edward's world, it worked out for the best. He now had an opportunity to be a choreographer and an All-Star for the competition.
Rosalie, Bella's best friend and fellow dancer, convinced Bella to try out during the audition tour in Portland. Bella was hesitant. It was her dreams of being a dancer that inadvertently killed her father. He was working overtime to pay for extra classes when he was murdered on the job. Rose wheedled and pleaded with her, begging her to come to the auditions. Begrudgingly, Bella agreed and she became a judge favorite, sailing through to the call-backs in Los Angeles.
The competition is fierce. Dreams are at stake and a budding romance between All-Star, Edward and contestant, Bella are the talk to of the competition. Not to mention jealousy and bitterness from fellow contestants. Will Bella's dream become a reality or will her dreams be dashed before she even gets a chance to compete? Will Edward open his heart to the sweet brunette who captured his attention at the auditions?
"And America's Favorite Dancer is..."
Banner Artist: Mina Rivera
Teaser:
A couple of days later, I walked into a dance studio. I had just come from my physical therapy session and was loose, ready to choreograph the call-back piece for the dancers who didn’t quite make the cut to go straight to Los Angeles. I was dressed in a pair of workout pants and a fleece, bundled up for the harsh Chicago winter. It hadn’t snowed, but was brutally cold. It made me miss the warmth of Los Angeles. Reaching the studio that the producers rented out, I met up with Irina Kincaide, the winner from the season just before mine. I had, during the competition, been paired up with her for a Broadway number and had gotten rave reviews. She was tall, lithe and easy to work with.
“Hey, Edward,” she chirped, giving me a warm grin as she stretched out on the floor. “I see that they got to you.”
“I’m glad. I’ve wanted to choreograph my whole life. I’ve done a few things, but this is the biggest scale thing I’ve done. Ever,” I said, tossing my bag onto a chair. “Do you not like choreographing?”
“Not really. Do you want to take the lead on this?” she asked, standing up and moving to the bar, continuing her stretches. “We could do something that incorporates both contemporary, which is my strength and Latin ballroom, which is yours. Though, you can pretty much do whatever the fuck you want. According to Alistair, you shit gold.”
“Really?” I smirked. “That’s news to me. I’d be soooooo much richer if I did.” Irina laughed. “Do we have music?”
“We have a couple of choices,” Irina said, walking over to the sound system. “’Uptown Funk’ by Mark Ronson, ‘Thinking Out Loud,’ by Ed Sheeran, ‘Centuries,’ by Fall Out Boy and ‘Lips are Moving’ by Meghan Trainor.”
“Let’s listen to all of them and immediately nix the one that is the most annoying,” I said. We sat down on the floor, listening to each of the songs. Almost immediately, we eliminated “Lips are Moving” and “Centuries.” Both had been overplayed and were bound to drive both of us nuts by the end of the choreography process. They were both great songs, but didn’t have the diversity for what we needed. We had to separate the strong dancers from the weak. “Thinking Out Loud” could prove to be a beautiful lyrical, contemporary piece while “Uptown Funk” lent itself to more partner work.
“I don’t know,” Irina said. “Both songs are pretty great. What do you think?”
“It depends on what they’re looking for,” I murmured. “What do they want to see? Beautiful lines and something flowy or intricate, challenging choreography?”
“I’m thinking the latter, Edward. You remember the choreography round from last season,” she shuddered.
“I was lucky. I was sent through right after my audition,” I snickered. “I heard rumors of how wicked hard it was. Almost all of the dancers who performed it messed up.”
“How about we split the difference?” Irina suggested. “I like the Mark Ronson song. I think that we could do a ton with it, making it challenging with lifts and fast footwork, but have some spots where dancers can really shine. Have a nice combination of jazz, hip hop, and ballroom.”
“Let’s put it on repeat and brain storm,” I smiled, setting up the sound system.
We spent a couple of hours just getting the ‘language’ of our dance down. It had a lot of attitude immediately. Irina and I just had fun, creating as we went. Every so often, we’d pause, jot down our movements and discussed how to teach it since we only had an hour to present it to the contestants.
I wanted to do more than just have them run through it as many times with us. I actually wanted to teach it to them as opposed to pray they got it. Irina was in agreement, saying that was why so many struggled with the choreography last year. The contestants were left to figure out lifts and twists on their own. Some contestants didn’t know the proper way to lift or to hand a partner and it was their downfall. Plus, there were a number of injuries due to that practice. One girl fell so hard that she actually fractured her spine and could no longer dance because of that injury. The production company paid for all of her medical bills even though she signed a waiver. Her partner was not even remotely trained to do the lift they had choreographed.
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It had been Bella's dream to go on the dance competition, So You Think You Can Dance. She was a contemporary dancer, going to college, trying to rebound from the death of her father. Her mother's lack of support and a significant injury forced her to forget her dreams and go to school, getting her masters, to be a teacher.
Edward Cullen had already lived the dream, being the runner up for the previous season of So You Think You Can Dance. He was a steamy, sexy Latin dancer and a fan favorite, but he came in second behind a jazz dancer, Lauren Mallory. But, in Edward's world, it worked out for the best. He now had an opportunity to be a choreographer and an All-Star for the competition.
Rosalie, Bella's best friend and fellow dancer, convinced Bella to try out during the audition tour in Portland. Bella was hesitant. It was her dreams of being a dancer that inadvertently killed her father. He was working overtime to pay for extra classes when he was murdered on the job. Rose wheedled and pleaded with her, begging her to come to the auditions. Begrudgingly, Bella agreed and she became a judge favorite, sailing through to the call-backs in Los Angeles.
The competition is fierce. Dreams are at stake and a budding romance between All-Star, Edward and contestant, Bella are the talk to of the competition. Not to mention jealousy and bitterness from fellow contestants. Will Bella's dream become a reality or will her dreams be dashed before she even gets a chance to compete? Will Edward open his heart to the sweet brunette who captured his attention at the auditions?
Isabella
Swan, an up and coming graphic artist, lived in the heart of the Gold
Coast in Chicago. She was comfortable in her brownstone, left to her by
her grandmother.
Edward
Cullen, a lieutenant in the Chicago Fire Department and the head of the
rescue squad in Department Eighteen. He risks his life on a daily
basis, putting out fires and saving strangers from burning buildings and
mangled vehicles.
She was an innocent…someone caught in the cross hairs of their obsession with fire.
He was a hero…a man desperate to save the woman who was in danger from a serial arsonist.
Little did they know, this monster was going to be the catalyst to start their fire, their fire of passion.
An
interstellar war, negotiations for a peace treaty gone wrong and a taboo
relationship between two species.
Captain
Edward Cullen was in charge of the starship, Volvo. He, along with
his crew, were given a mission to deliver Empress Nirabelle of the Cygnarian
people to the nearby planet of Lapus, to negotiate a treaty between their two
worlds. For over a millennia, they have been fighting a vicious battle. For
what? They don’t even know. It’s ingrained in their minds and their
history.
The
Empress is to meet with the Crown Prince of Lapus, Jakob. The Volvois transporting her and her envoy,
Maralice to the planet. There are strict rules in place for the Empress’s
transport. She is to not have any contact with any males on the ship, per the
cultural norms of Cygnarian society. The trip should take as little time as
possible and if no headway has been made within one day of being in orbit,
Captain Cullen is to transport the Empress from the planet’s surface.
However,
something goes terribly wrong on Lapus. One communication to the Volvo and
a brief face-to-face conversation forever changes the future of the Empress and
Captain Cullen.
Will they survive this threat or are the Star Crossedlovers doomed before they even have a
chance?
