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VirginiaMay wrote:
On another note entirely...

I wanted to let you know about a new Fandom effort. Fandom for Preemies is going to be raising money in November to benefit the March of Dimes.

People donating to the cause will receive a compilation of fanfiction one-shots and outtakes from various authors. Since I will be participating in the effort, a first for me as a writer, I thought I'd spread the word.

Whether you want to donate or contribute, I hope you will give it a look. It is a worthy cause and one many TwiMoms hold near and dear.

From their website: "Donating to Fandom for Preemies is simple. From November 1st through November 30th, you may visit our Virtual Band on the March of Dimes website. Once there, click on Donate in the Name of this Child and post your donation (minimum of $5). Once you have received your confirmation receipt, forward the receipt to us at [email protected] and we will send you the Preemie Compilation."

Donations are not being taken until November 1st, but writer's wanting to contribute can sign up now and have until October 21st to submit their contribution to the group. You can see the list of author's already contributing here. (I'm not on it yet, just submitted my info tonight! )

Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you'll get involved! Hugs, Ginnie

Thanks for the links, Ginnie.
It is great to some of my favorite authors on the list:

dontrun - "Homecoming"
Wintersale - "Sire", I believe she has done outtakes for "Dead Confederates" and "Youth Without Age, Life Without Death" - both of thoses written by goldenmeadow.
elusivetwilight - "Incubus Anomoly"

Anyway, this is a wonderful idea.

MAY DAY! MAY DAY!
I have had to put reading UofEM on hold for a few weeks and am now ready to read the updates, but I can't find anything but Chapters 1 and 2 available on FanFic.net or on Twilighted!!
SOMEBODY HELP BEFORE I SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST!

^^^No idea. I just checked SR's blog and he didn't mention anything on there yet. http://www.sebastienrobichaud.com/

Well what a d@mn shame!! It appears that SR pulled down UoEM because some @$$ copied it and claimed it as their own! If you go to his story on FanFic and click on the reviews the most recent reviews state that is what happened. It's beyond me how someone thinks that they can get away claiming such a widely known and read story to be theirs. Don't understand that at all!! I hope SR can get it back up soon.

I don't think UoEM would get picked up by any publisher tbh. First off, it's already been put out there, even if the names are changed. I don't think I consider most of the AH fanfic publishable actually. It's the connection I know Bella and Edward have from Twilight that appeals to me. People thought Wide Awake should be published too, but I just didn't see it. That was made into a pretty PDF for download though.

Interesting thoughts about publishing ffn.

I know that Omni press, an offshoot of Twilighted, does indeed turn fanfics into published fiction. The stories are changed dramatically, but many of them are fics that you may have read four or so years ago. They have been re-born as original fics, and you would not know it unless you knew the original story.

UofEM is one of those stories that could make it IF he is able to use the dynamic of the story to convey the what the names Edward and Bells automatically convey to all of us.

I figured out what I can compare fanfic too: mass-market paperback romance novels. They're all a bit unrealistic, quite often corny, and almost always angsty. This isn't saying they're bad because I mean, look at Danielle Steel and I've also read several Fern Michaels books... but for main stream hardcover fiction, they wouldn't fit among the Dan Browns and Jodi Picoults of the world.