TA TALKS BACK: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FANFICKER

For those of us addicted to fan fiction, we know how all-consuming it can be. For this TA Talks Balk article, TAer katmom brings us “A Day in the Life of a Fanficker.”

Ah…I just need to type one more sentence. I’ve got to get this train of thought down before it steams away. The idea came to me at 5:45 this morning and I just had to get up immediately to write it down.

My hubby, as he left for work this morning, asked what dinner was going to be. Let me see, I made pot roast on Sunday; ate leftovers on Monday AND Tuesday. The girls were at church on Wednesday so we had sandwiches and chips. Then I made homemade spaghetti on Thursday, which gave us another day of leftovers on Friday…

Dang, I guess I do need to cook again tonight. But I want to keep on typing…oh, and reading those three updates that I just received on my favorite stories!

Ugh…cooking and cleaning is really cutting in on my fan fiction writing/reading addiction…Hubby asked when it was going to be over? Um, never? That’s why I joined Twilighters Anonymous…I don’t want my addiction cured!

Is this you too? I’m pretty sure that I’m not the only one who reads a chapter (or three) THEN does that load of laundry…wait, was that the chime of an incoming e-mail? I’ll be back in a minute, got to go check it out…

I just finished giving Slinks, the ferret, a bath and watched him roll around in his sand and hay box like a lunatic. Heard the CHIME of an incoming e-mail, could it be another update? Sorry, Slinks, time to go back in your house!

Oh! It’s a new update from the very person that coined “Fanficker,” LJ Summers…got to read that for sure!

Ah, wolfpack love…now I can do that next load of laundry with a smile on my face. Embry and Bella…who knew that that pairing would be so lovely? I’ve got to find the time to respond to her latest update, to tell her how much I love that!

I’m definitely a Fanficker…I read, I respond and I write…addicted, that’s me in a nutshell!

My mind wanders into the Northern Expanses as I fold dish towels. Jasper and Cathair, his dragon, are telling me what they want to say next. Got to put these towels away and then sit back down to write their dialog before it gets away from me.

The roast is starting to smell good! That just might buy me a bit more computer time from my long suffering hubby. He loves a good pot roast…he knows why I made it for him and he rolls his eyes as he sees me poke the potatoes to see if they are done yet.

As much as he teases me, he does support my habit and has been known to ask, “Read anything good lately?” This is generally accompanied by his eyebrows wagging up and down. And then I roll my eyes! As long as I make *new* food every other day or so, and read good stories, hubby is happy too!

Oh, look! Kris’ Autumn Knights’ Dreams just updated! Let me see, I think that I can get the salad made after I finish that chapter, but hers are so long. I’ll have to read fast.

“Come on kids! Dinner is ready!” They need to hurry and eat because I have to edit that story for Missa…
It’s not nice that they won’t let me talk about Twilight at dinner anymore. It’s a good thing that I have my TA family to dish with!

We don’t even *know* each other, but we have certainly become friends. We share our days’ highs and lows, venting when we need to. We share laughter when it’s needed and hugs when warranted. It’s lovely to have them not laugh when I cry over a story. AND they are always there to dish over the details!

Of course, checking my stats page always makes me smile too. Look! Over 174,800 hits for GUARDING EDWARD! That tickles me no end. And all those lovely comments about how I’ve made someone smile when they read my story; lovely and heartwarming…

That makes all the leftovers and piles of laundry worth it, at least to me.

Yes, I don’t want this addiction to ever fade.

I bet you don’t either.

So, Twilight fans, what do you think? Do you read or write fan fiction yourself? Talk back to us…