The Art of Online Dating Ch. 17
Teaser #11
"Are you enjoying yourself, Emmett?" she yelled. There was a loud yelp and the sound of feet slapping on the hardwood.
"And how did you know he was there exactly?" Rosalie asked, her eyebrow raised in a questioning manner.
"Too many sleepovers as a young girl. He always wants to know what we're talking about. He was convinced that Bella and I secretly made out and had pillow fights in our panties every time. I would wait until Bella went to use my bathroom to get ready to call him out on it." Alice shrugged and opened the door.
"I always wondered why you were yelling strange things while I was in there..." I trailed off before making my way out to the kitchen.
“You were in an accident. You must not have heard the sirens and we were going too fast. You were hit by an ambulance going fifty-five miles an hour,” he said with a look of solemnity mixed with guilt.“I was what? I got in an accident--with an ambulance?” I sat there shocked at how only such a thing could happen to me. “I don't know how I do it. I manage to have things that are seemingly impossible or so rare that they don't matter always happen to me.”“So, you're saying this kind of thing happens a lot?” he asked utterly confused but slightly amused.“Yes, actually,” I said matter-of factly, trying to look defiant.
"Do you remember the baby shower my mom had when she was getting ready to have Jasper?" he asked.
She looked up at him wondering where the topic was heading.
"Yes, I was 13 and getting ready to graduate 8th grade then. Why?" Her eyebrows furrowed together while she tried to think of any connection that could be made.
"Your mom had an incident there, too. She fell down and went to the hospital just like today," he said softly.
"I'm sorry but I'm not seeing how this conn--" she started to say, trying to mask her annoyance at his beating around the bush.
"My point is, she was able to turn things around then and she will again. She went into remission for 3 whole years. Shouldn't that give you some kind of hope? Her remission periods keep getting longer and--""And the cancer keeps coming back stronger," she finished.
I know, I know. Late. I'm terrible. And on top of being late, I also don't have teasers for my two main stories because I've been so caught up with finals and work, but I do have two new teasers for the pieces I am offering for the Nashville piece, so shall we go onward to the teasing?
Unlucky Me Ch. 1 Teaser # 2
Untitled Peter/Bella One-Shot Teaser # 2
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Bella wandered through the field as she did every day on her way home from school. She wasn't normally a fan of routine, but it seemed to be something she fell into easily. This particular routine was one she was okay with. Passing through the field of blossoming tulips always made even her worst day seem better, brighter, and today was a day that needed it.
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All right, I hope these made up for things a little. Remember, you just need to donate $5 minimum to any of the accepted charities, send your receipt in as proof, and you can get these and several other authors' offerings in one big ebook. Let me know what you think! :D
It's that time again for the teasing. Things are a bit different this time, but you'll already have known that would be the case, if you read my previous post.
Because I am taking part in Fics for Nashville, I am giving you teasers from both pieces I will be offering as an incentive for you to donate to the cause. I have also been writing fairly often for The Art of Online Dating Ch. 17 (hopefully posting before the end of this month), so there will be a teaser for that as well. You guys get three different teasers today! One is a picture and two are written. For the written ones, please remember that these are unbeta'd pieces and that they are not guaranteed to make it to the final cut. Please excuse grammar and spelling mistakes.
The Art of Online Dating Ch. 17
Teaser #10
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"Besides how could you ever maim my beautiful self? What would you do without me to drool over?" he chuckled before yanking me to lay on top of him.
"Oh, well aren't you Mr. Cockypants tonight." I pushed myself up using his chest, so that I was sitting in a straddle over him.
"Why yes, yes I am." He winked at me and placed his hands on my hips, his fingertips grazing the exposed skin between my shirt and the waistband of my pants.
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Unlucky Me Ch. 1
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Peter/Bella Untitled One-Shot
Prompt 1: Tulips
Alright, there are your teasers. Since there is still time before these compilations go out to donors for Fics for Nash, I may post more teasers for the two pieces being offered. Hopefully, this convinces you to possibly donate to the cause. I hope that you will. Thank you to all my readers of any fic I ever have or will post. You all mean a lot to me and I hope that I have enough influence to get you to give back a little for the causes I support. Thank you again.
I'm here to tell you that I'm back to help out another great cause. If you didn't already know, there's been a huge flood in Nashville, Tennessee. It has destroyed homes and taken lives. Some ladies in the fandom decided to do a sort of repeat of what MsKathy did to help Haiti. You donate $5 to any charity that will support Tennessee and you get an eBook of a collection of stories from a large variety of authors. Currently, I'm offering up two pieces. A chapter from my future story, Unlucky Me, is up for grabs, as well as a brand new Peter/Bella one-shot. If I don't finish the one-shot in time, the future chapter is being added for sure, so you will get something from me. Neither of these will be posted to my FFn profile until August or later, to allow those who donated to have it to themselves for a bit. All you have to do to get this story and so many more, is donate just $5 to one of the accepted charities and make sure to forward the receipt to one of the hosting ladies. You can find out even more by clicking the title link of this post, which will take you to the livejournal community. You can find out where to donate and who to send the receipt to, as well as find a list of contributing authors. To mix things up, the next teaser post will have teasers from The Art of Online Dating Ch. 17, Unlucky Me Ch. 1, and the yet-untitled Peter/Bella one-shot. This will make up for the fact that I don't have an I'll Want You Forever Ch. 11 teaser for you, hopefully, and the post will go live sometime later tonight.
Please, please, donate to this cause whether it be with writing, as I'm doing, or with money, and help Nashville rebuild what has been lost. If so many of us can band together to help save Haiti, surely we can do so for someone closer to home (if you live in the U.S. of course) or just somebody else in need.
Adorable kitty says pweeze. :)
Summary: Edward and Bella have a history, but lose contact for 10 years. They end up working together and try to work things out. But Bella has an unresolved issue that compels her to stay as far as possible from Edward. Will they be able to work past it?
I'm back with a banner and a new rec for you. My lovely beta and prompt master, Lie2me.87, writes a little fic called Learning to Fall. It starts out with an "Omg that sucks" moment and goes on to give us a smart and determined Bella faced with seeing an unwanted Edward at work. She's a trauma surgeon, he's an ER doctor. We also have Alice and Jasper in this fic. Alice is quite the crazy one, but she's got her heart set on protecting her best friend, Bella. They also work together with Jasper, an oncologist, and Peter, who's super sweet. The story takes place in Santa Monica, CA, getting us out of the Forks area completely. There's no rain and clouds here. There's still something left to find out about this Bella, but we'll have to wait until the story progresses. It's cute and funny and Bella enjoys using sarcasm. It's only six chapters in, so I suggest you hop on this train now, while it's still gathering speed. :)
Let her know you found her story through the blog in a review :)
The Art of Online Dating Ch. 17
I'll Want You Forever Ch. 11
There you have it. What do you guys think of the IWYF teaser? Like? Dislike? Creeped out? Tell me what you think. I'd love to know :)
The Art of Online Dating Chapter 17
Teaser # 8
"I wish I had my camera," I whispered to Edward.
"Lucky I brought mine then."
I looked over at him and he smiled, handing me his tiny blue Nikon digital camera from his pocket.
"Snap away, beautiful," he said before he kissed my forehead and stepped back to give me space.
Paul Wolfgang
Well that's it for teasers. I'm working on the chapter a little each day during lunch breaks and night times. Till next time, I <3 you all!
The Art of Online Dating Ch. 17
Teaser #6
I startled awake from the same nightmare that had been replaying all week. I knew it was all over and we had won, but I couldn't get this ridiculous idea to leave my mind.
I looked at the clock and the numbers blinked back 3:47 am. I'd have to remember to punch Edward in the morning for using that stupid nickname for Laurent. It was the only reason I was still dwelling on things.
My imagination liked to take things and run with them. As an artist, it was great, however, it was not so great for someone susceptible to nightmares.
I'll Want You Forever Ch. 11
Teaser #6
I woke up and noticed that Edward was not in the room. He must've had to walk away at some point from, I'm sure, the loud noises I had made in my sleep. If I had been prone to somniloquy before we made love, I was fairly sure the moaning that had been loud and uncontrollable in my dreams, had not stayed there.
Now that we had finally consummated our relationship, it was time to be a little less tender and a little more passionate. I knew just how I was going to kick this up a notch, I just had to figure out where Edward was first.
I hope you guys like it! Let me know what you think. It's always great to get feedback, especially when the chapter is still in process. Thanks to anyone that's still sticking around with me. I <3 you and you should all follow me here and on Twitter to stay updated on teasers, banners, and updates. :D
So, I've kind of been in a banner craze lately and have made a bunch more banners. Some for my stories, some for others. The ones for others are all fan-ners, as none of them were requested, I just decided to make them. You should totally check out the stories they go with.
Edward Wallbanger by Feathersmmmm <3
California Dreaming by Kisvakondok
Accidental Chances (Future Story/Companion to Unlucky Me)
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Lovestruck (One-Shot and prequel to future story, Heart of Glass)
These are old, but I forgot to post them in the first banner post.
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The Art of Online Dating
I'll Want You Forever, So Forever It Is
Okay, that's all for this edition of the banner post. The teaser post should show up some time tomorrow if I don't get to it within the next hour or so. :)
-DL
P.s. I also made an icon in 3 different sizes for the blog if you want to put it on your blog or your signature on Twilighted or something. :D
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The Art of Online Dating
Teaser #5
I'll Want You Forever
Teaser #5
I hope you all are enjoying these teasers and are still excited for updates. I'm sorry that I take so long, but I focus on school, first and foremost. It is wrapping up next month, so I'm hoping for quicker updates over summer. I apologize again for the long wait and I hope you all continue to stick with me. Once these stories are over, I do have more planned, but they will be pre-written before being posted so that you guys don't have to wait for updates like you've had to with these two. Thanks so much and don't forget to follow me on Twitter for more information about updates to this and on my chapters. I love you all! :D
Well, I'm back like I promised. I have two teasers for each of my stories. Out of the four, one of them is a written teaser. Yay, right? I haven't got much written, but I am working on it. These teasers are suggestive and therefore will be somewhat NSFW. There is no nudity, cursing, or anything of that sort, but it is suggestive of sexual things, as you can probably already see depending on the resolution of your computer screen. There is a reason this blog has been changed to have people click the okay for content before getting here, so if you aren't comfortable with the content, please click the red exit button now. If not, continue reading. :)
Disclaimer for written teasers (both here and in the future): All scenes are subject to change. Not all teasers shown on this blog or elsewhere will necessarily make it to the final product. Also, all teasers are un-beta'd, so I apologize for any spelling or grammar errors.
The Art of Online Dating Chapter 17
Teaser #3
Teaser #4
At a stop light, I started to peel the banana. I got a not-so-G-rated thought. It was almost Valentine's Day and it would do me good to get some practice in before I got to the real deal.
I'll Want You Forever Chapter 11
Teaser #3
Teaser #4
Hello!
Sorry for the delay with the teasers but I was out of town last week and still am for the rest of this week. However, because we skipped last week's teaser post, there will be two for each in this week's post. I also am happy to say that one of the teasers will be a written one.
It's looking like this next chapter of The Art of Online Dating will have a bit of angst, some humor and a lot of romance. I will be wrapping up the Victoria/James conflict and then there's Valentine's day to cover, so you know what that means! At least all the dirty birds will remember lol. But if you are underage or uncomfortable with the lemony scene, I will have markers for you to read around it. It won't take up the whole chapter and I know some of you get squicked out by those scenes. I wouldn't want to make anybody feel the need to stop reading because of it.
The next chapter of I'll Want You Forever is continuing the honeymoon and will be one of the last three chapters! I'm finally wrapping it up and I'm glad that some of you have stuck around this long.
So thank you and I promise there will be teasers this weekend.
TAOOD Ch. 17 - 15/100
IWYF Ch. 11 - 5/100
-DL
P.s. I think you all should check out my beta's stories. She's awesome and I am loving her ExB fic, Learning to Fall. So be sure to check out her stories, too :) http://www.fanfiction.net/~lie2me87
It's that time again! Teaser time! More pics coming your way! I'm finishing up an outline for each chapter, so written teasers will start appearing soon. For now, one pic for I'll Want You Forever and one pic for The Art of Online Dating. Second one is NSFW because of lingerie, so just a little warning.
The Art of Online Dating Teaser #2
I'll Want You Forever Teaser # 2
Here's the banner:
Alright, here's just a post to update y'all with what I'm up to.
I am currently working on a banner/gif for Word Ninja for her story Big Sky. (Cowboy Edward, yum!)
I am making a gif for a lovely lady from the forest.
I am making a banner for the FGB auction piece for Profmom72.
I am starting a weekly pic/word teaser post tomorrow. What this means is that every Friday, give or take a few days depending on how busy I am or how badly I want to share with you guys, I will be posting a teaser of either the picture or written variety. Since I have barely written any of the next chapters due to work, school, and other commitments, I will be starting off with pic teasers for the next couple weeks. This will also work as my inspiration, so win/win? It also means that some of these photos may be NSFW (not safe for work) or school or children. If you are a mature, legal adult, wherever you may live, then great. If not, you probably shouldn't be reading the next couple chapters of my stories anyway lol. NSFW does not necessarily mean nudity however. It just may mean an excess of skin, light to heavy kissing, or insinuating of not so PG-rated actions. I most likely will never post nudity unless main parts are tastefully covered.
Here is how I stand on my updates:
IWYF Ch. 11-0/100 (I know, sad, right?)
TAOOD Ch. 17-10/100 (I focused on IWYF and the FGB piece, but this is my new focus.)
Estimated Dates of Completion (tentative and hopeful):
IWYF Ch. 11 - 5/31/10
TAOOD Ch. 17 - 4/30/10
I may also enter the All You Need Is Love Contest because I love The Beatles and it's short and will help me get back in the groove of things, hopefully, so you all should check out the contest and read the great entries already posted. So be on the lookout for the first pic teaser tomorrow, which may end up being in only a few short hours if I find the right pic.
Subscribe to my ff.net account, my twitter, and this blog to stay updated! :D
-DL
P.s. I may also start a rec post for every once in a while, where I rec what I'm reading and what I think you should be reading. I'd also love if you guys posted your recs in the comments of those posts, whether it be what you love or what you write. :D
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