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Wednesday, 21 November 2012

The Fangies are Coming!!

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It’s that time of year again to be thinking about your favourite fanfics.  You know the ones.  The ones that made you laugh, cry and swoon.  The ones that you want to read all over again.  In celebrating the fantastic dedication of fanfic authors, the Fangreaders will be having the 2nd Annual Fangreaders Awards.

In the next few weeks, the Fangreaders will be sent a ballot to their email to list their nominations of fanfics in different categories. As we did last year, we will be asking for exceptional fanfics in the Southern Vampire Mystery (SVM) and True Blood (TB) Fandoms.  Excitedly, we will be opening up to some other fandoms too.  Our members which are made up of readers and writers of fanfics will then have about 4 weeks to make their nominations and complete their ballots.

The Fangreaders Chatroom Community is pleased to announce that the Fangreaders Awards Ceremony will be on Saturday the 23rd of February 2013 right here on The Fangreaders Hall of Fame site. 

There will be much more information to come, so please stay tuned.

Twitter: @FangreadersChat

Facebook Page : The Fangreaders

Fanfiction.Net : http://www.fanfiction.net/u/3514708/The-Fangreaders-Awards

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Friday, 24 February 2012

The Fangies are Tomorrow Night

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Ladies and gentlemen, the Fangreaders Awards are almost here.

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All fans of the Southern Vampire Mysteries and True Blood fandoms are welcome to enjoy in the celebration of the Best Fanfics as voted by the public.

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Dress in your best, grab a drink and join in the festivities.

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To start the celebration, we have the Fangreaders Awards Ceremony.

Please, tune into the Fangreaders Hall of Fame site (http://bit.ly/FangHall)

tomorrow at 9pm GMT

(4pm EST)

for the awards presentation.

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Then join the Fangreaders in our Chatroom

(http://www.chatzy.com/Fangreaders)

for our “Fangie After Party”. 

All authors and fans are welcome to join us just after 9pm GMT (4pm EST). Open to everyone, there will be no need to have an invite to get into the chatroom.  Just come on in and meet the authors, members, a few surprise guests and fellow fans in celebrating the love of fanfics and our great fandom. 

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(The rating for the chatroom will be set at 14+ so please no mature topics or pics allowed in the chatroom)

And the winner is

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Saturday, 18 February 2012

Time is Ticking for the Fangies

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Tomorrow is the last day to vote for the Fangies!


Be sure to vote for your favourite fanfics before 11:59pm

Sunday the 19th of February.

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http://bit.ly/VoteFangies


The awards announcement will be held on

 the Fangreaders Hall of Fame Site

on Saturday the 25th of February

at 9pm GMT (4pm EST).

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Thursday, 2 February 2012

Don’t Forget to Vote for the Fangies!

 

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We’re about half way through the voting period for the Fangies and the Fangreaders are very pleased to announce that there have been over 750 voters so far!

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Please spread the word about the Fangies and help everyone to vote for their favourite fanfics!


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Click Here >>> http://bit.ly/FangieLinks


Be sure to check out our Community on Fanfiction.Net


The Fangreaders Awards Community





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Promo stories


Please have a read of the promos stories already submitted in anticipation of the Awards Ceremony.  Thank you to all the authors who have given their time and talent to help everyone get excited about the Fangies.


The Fangie: The Great Reveal by AlphaEN


The communication of not communicating:AWARDS EDIT by Menoma-Minx


Important Men by AlphaEN


The Fangies by Crisi TM


If you feel inspired to write a Promo Story for the Fangie Awards, here are the guidelines:


You can use any characters from SVM or True Blood and tell about their preparations for the Fangreaders Awards Ceremony.

Entries being taken now. Can be a one~shot at any length or a multi-chapter.  If accepted, a copy with your link will be included in our blog posts on the Fangreaders Hall of Fame during the whole run up to the Awards Ceremony which is on 25th February 2012. Last entries accepted on the 19th of February.  Entries will be posted first come first served basis so get them in as soon as possible.We are asking that the entries not be sexually explicit and not contain any themes that may be disturbing to the majority of our fandom. These promo fics should be written to help everyone get excited about the Fangreaders Awards.  If you would like to submit one, or have any questions, please email: fangies2012@gmail.com

All Promos will be :


  • Posted on our sites with links to your profile
  • Added to the Fangie Awards Community

All new writers welcome

Monday, 16 January 2012

The Nominees for the Fangreaders Awards ~ Let the Public Vote Begin

Since January 2011 the Fangreaders (http://fangreaders.blogspot.com/) have been chatting about and sharing their favourite SVM/TB fanfiction stories. What started with a few enthusiasts has grown into a community of over 200 fanfic readers and writers, stretching over several time-zones – and we just keep getting bigger and bigger! New members are signing up every week to take part in our online discussions in the Fangreaders chat room, the Fangreaders Chatroom Central blog site, Fang_Readers Community on LiveJournal, and the Caffe Trieste forum.

You may have heard of a previous Fangreader organised event – The Lemon Tart Awards. This event celebrated the sassy and sexy side of fanfiction.
But this time we want to go all the way - Oscars Style!
In celebration of 12 wonderful months of meeting new people and making new friends –
the community is bringing you ‘The Fangreader Awards’.

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On January the 8th, Fangreaders submitted their nominations for their most loved fanfics in ten different categories. Comedy, Romance, All Human, Angst, One-shots, series and more will be included in this event to celebrate excellence in writing and honour those who have captivated us with their plots, amused us with their banter and made our hearts flutter with excitement when they provide us with an update.
Although the Fangreaders nominated the stories for these awards – voting is open to the entire SVM/TB fandom.
That’s right – you don’t need to be a Fangreader for your voice to be heard!

The public vote opened on Sunday 15th January 2012 and the ballot will close on 19th February 2012 11.59pm GMT. That leaves you plenty of time to catch up and read any of the stories nominated that you might have missed. Remember – you can only vote ONCE – and the goal of the Fangies is to award excellence in writing and not just be another popularity contest.

 


An award ceremony will be held at
9pm GMT (4pm EST) on Saturday 25th February 2012
on http://fangreaders-hall-of-fame.blogspot.com/
and the best part is that the winners will be announced by your favourite SVM/TB characters!


The Fangreaders are very proud to announce the Nominees for our Fangreaders Awards. Congratulations to all the Nominees.  The Public Voting is now open to the entire SVM/TB Fandom.


The Baby Jessica Award

Best Fanfic from a New Author

“Back and Forth”
Calfornia Kat
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7489358/1/Back_and_Forth
“Collide“
NumberedWords
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6699265/1/Collide
“Dead Rising”
Cageyspice
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6820780/1/Dead_Rising
“Speak To Me Someone”
sheknitsnicely
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7369456/1/Speak_to_me_someone
“Viking vs Vampire”
AoifeNZ
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6659234/1/Viking_vs_Vampire

The Longshadow Award

Best One-Shot Fanfic

“Not With Out You”
JoxX
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5778398/1/Not_With_Out_You
“The Fairy Blood Orgy” 
hdgcat
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5357626/1/The_Fairy_Blood_Orgy
“The Viking's Pet”  
FanotheFang
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6166276/1/The_Vikings_Pet
“Voo Doo”   
Pfloogs72
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6863152/1/
“We Need To Talk” 
Elbly 
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7566817/1/We_Need_To_Talk

The Newlin Award

Best All Human Fanfic

“All In”    
kjwrit  
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6869030/1/

“Behind the Music” 
afalcone10

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6193089/1/Behind_the_Music
“Halo Effect”  
Missus T 
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5771494/1/
“Return of the Stackhouse Six”
Miral  
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5874144/1/Return_of_the_Stackhouse_Six

“Saints and Sinners”  
Ericizmine 

http://ericizmine.wordpress.com/index/saintssinners

Mr Cataliades Award

Best Series Fanfic

Must have at least one completed fanfic with at least one continuing story (the sequel may be a multi-chapter fic, a one shot, or an outtake).
Sequel does not need to be completed unless it is a one-shot

  “Dead Wrong”  
Meg2   
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5152041/1/Dead_Wrong
  “Let Love In”  
Terri Botta  
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4570625/1/Let_Love_In
“Pour Some Sugar On Me”
BonTempsBaby 
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5016430/1/
  “The Multi-verse” 
Ericizmine 
http://ericizmine.wordpress.com/index/the-multi-verse/


The Ancient Pythoness Award

Best Fanfic Published before 2010

“Late”   
Morgaine Swann 
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4852718/1/
“Let Love In”   
Terri Botta  
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4570625/1/Let_Love_In
“Pour Some Sugar On Me” 
BonTempsBaby
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5016430/1/
“Saints and Sinners”  
Ericizmine
http://ericizmine.wordpress.com/index/saintssinners


The Lafayette Reynolds Award

Best Alternate Universe Fanfic

( For the purpose for this award Alternate Universe A/U means any fic
that takes the characters out of the "canonical" world of SVM or True Blood )

“A Journey Through Time”
ToriX   
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6785159/1/A_Journey_Through_Time
“Golden Gothic”  
RoseMac  
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6518129/1/
“Immortal Beloved” 
All About Eric  
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6605355/1/
“Not From Here” 
Roux Roux 
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5857667/1/Not_From_Here
“Precious Love”   
InLoveWithEric  
http://inlovewitheric.wordpress.com/my-stories/precious-love/
“Sookie, Interrupted”
Jan of Arc  
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7581520/1/Sookie_Interrup
“The Peace Offering”
Wylis    
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7020300/1/The_Peace_Offering
“Your Autumn Moon” 
Miral    
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6986315/1/


The Jason Stackhouse Award

Best Comedy Fanfic


“All In”    
kjwrit   
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6869030/1/
“Fangtasia Stories “ 
Honeypop  
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6096024/1/Fangtasia_Stories
“Jump On It”  
TMart37 
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7434827/1/
“Legend of the Permaboner” 
Miss Construed 
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5926786/1/Legend_of_the_Permaboner
“Sookehverse: Oh No!Vampire Bill”
Miral   
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6223483/1/Sookehverse_Oh_No_Vampire_Bill


The Bill Compton Award

Best Angst Fanfic

“Chasing The Light”
FarDareIsMai2   
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4928174/1/Chasing_The_Light
“Healing Blood” 
BellaWriter7   
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5457521/1
“Immortal Beloved”
All About Eric   
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6605355/1/
“Requiem” 
ChanelAddict  
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6938791/1/
“Sookie's Blog” 
merick    
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6769113/1/Sookies_Blog
“The Peace Offering”
Wylis    
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7020300/1/The_bPeace_b_bOffering_b
“The River”  
ETheHunter  
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6789048/1/


The Eric Northman Award

Best Epic Fic

Fic must be at least 25 Chapters AND 200,000 words

“All In”   
kjwrit    
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6869030/1/
“Drop Dead Gorgeous”
citrox   
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5445067/1/Drop_Dead_Gorgeous
“Eric”   
DeeDeeINFJ   
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4884694/1/Eric
“Immortal Beloved” 
All About Eric  
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6605355/1/


The Sookie Stackhouse Award

Best Romantic Fic


A)  “Immortal Beloved”  
All About Eric 
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6605355/1/
B) “Pour Some Sugar On Me” 
C) BonTempsBaby 
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5016430/1/
D) “Bored to Death”  
Ericizmine
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5946690/1/Bored_To_Death
E) “A World Away” 
Suki59
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5171796/1/A_World_Away
F) “Addicted to Love” 
BonTempsBaby
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5390518/1/Addicted_To_Love
G) “All In”    
kjwrit  
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6869030/1/
H) “Couples Therapy” 
Evenflo78 
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5646075/1/4
I) “Pretty Kitty”  
ficlit78
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6731270/1/Pretty_Kitty
J) “The Adventures of Mailboy & Ms. S”
MissyDee 
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7406965/1/The_Adventures_of_MailBoy_and_Ms_S
K) “The Handmaid”   
Crisi_TM 
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7188674/1/
L) “The Peace Offering”  
Wylis
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7020300/1/The_Peace_Offering
M) “The River “   
E the Hunter 
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6789048/1/The_River


The Adele Stackhouse Award for Reader's Choice

Your choice for any fanfic that deserves recognition for excellence regardless of genre.

A) “Death Do Us Part”
June Smith  
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6067557/1/
B) Immortal Beloved 
C) All About Eric  
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6605355/1/
D) “In the Dark”
Ericizmine  
http://ericizmine.wordpress.com/index/the-multi-verse/in-the-dark-2/
E) “Pretty Kitty”
ficlit78   
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6731270/1/Pretty_Kitty
F) “The River “ 
E the Hunter   
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6789048/1/The_River


The nominees listed in each category were nominated from the Fangreaders Chat group.  The top four ranking fics including any ties were then sent forward to the public voting ballot.  The fangreaders panel did not accept any fics rated M that were submitted by minors. Fics with dark themes, violence and lemons were welcome as long as they were consensual within context and the participants had two legs and were unrelated.

Please vote for your favourite fanfic here:

http://bit.ly/VoteFangies

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Thursday, 5 January 2012

Show your Love for Your Favourite Fanfics

 

The deadline for the Fangreaders to submit their nominations is rapidly approaching.

Nominate

  Sunday, January 8th 2012 at 11:59pm GMT (6:59pm EST)

All the Fangreaders should’ve received their nomination ballots via email.  If you didn’t receive yours ,PLEASE contact Fairy right now so you can get your ballot.  I’m afraid no ballots can be accepted after the deadline.

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Voting starts

Once all the nominations are made, the Fangreader Panelists will take the top four nominations for each category and start the Public Voting~  Look out all over the Fangreader sites and all over the  SVM/TB fandom for links to make your vote.

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“The Fangies” by CrisiTM  

A/N: Many thanks to my dear friend Vic Vega 66 for beta’ing this story for me.

Disclaimer: none of these characters belong to me, they belong to Charlaine Harris.

The night had barely begun but I was already feeling restless, something was urging me to get up and do something, hmm, interesting, immortality had few drawbacks, boredom was one of them, unfortunately. When you have countless centuries behind you and endless amounts of time ahead of you there wasn’t much that could excite you.

I got out of my king sized, fur covered bed, took a quick shower, dressed and went out, on the hunt for intrigue and adventure.

I drove my beautiful red corvette aimlessly around the streets of Shreveport, waiting for something to catch my attention, trying to discover what it was that was making me feel so restless. Like a moth drawn to a flame my car left the city only to find myself driving into a small town.

Town was too strong a word for this rag tag collection of houses, shops and bars. The streets were empty rubbish blew down the road and dogs barked from behind the fences of the little white washed houses.

“Fuck!” I cursed as I hit my knees on the dash-board my car had hit a pot hole in the road.

“What the fuck is this town?”

I noticed a bar a little further along the street, so I pulled into the parking lot. Exiting the car, I circled it to see if there was any damage, it wasn’t as bad as I imagined, there was a little damage to the paintwork but other than that it looked fine. I looked up and heard the noise of breaking glass so I shifted my focus towards the bar.

It looked rough and old. A redneck bar.

What was I doing here, the Sheriff of Area Five; the proud owner of the best bar in Shreveport?

I approached the front door, taking care not to step in anything.

“Hey! Let go of my sister, you son of a gun!”

There was a crashing sound and the doors flew open to let two men fly out of the bar clenched in a tight embrace? Was it a fight, it was hard to tell. I quickly moved aside to let them hurtle past me and cautiously entered the bar.

If you could take a western saloon, change the clothes of the people, throw in a little TV, a relic from the fifties, add a few beer soaked drunks and you would have a pretty accurate picture of the bar.

To top it all the bartender was a shifter, I smelt him as soon as I entered. He looked at me as if he’d he seen the devil himself entering the bar. Well, he might not be too far off the mark. There was another loud bang I turned to see where the noise had come from. A curvy waitress had just hit a customer over the head with her serving tray.

Very nice place indeed.

The waitress turned her head and suddenly she had all my attention. She had a beautifully curved body with a face to match, big blue eyes, a small aristocratic nose, an inviting mouth with full red lips and long wavy blonde hair.

Hmmm, this place was getting better and better by the minute.

She looked at me dumbfounded, and then she came over to me.

“Excuse me Sir, are you a vampire?”

“Yes, as a matter of fact I am, how did you guess?”

Not many people would have guessed right away that I am a vampire. I’d learned over the ages to make myself appear very human.

“What do you mean how did I guess? You’re glowing!”

“I’m glowing? How very interesting.”

“Yes, your skin is glowing like is lit from the inside.” She touched my face as if to prove her point.

“Do you have anything here to slake the thirst of a vampire?”

I leant my head in to hers to better scent her fragrance. She was exquisite! Her smell made my mouth water, so fresh and pure, so exotic and sensual, like a ripe peach just waiting to be tasted. I was just the vampire to taste it.

She blushed at my double entendre and led me to an empty table on which there was a half empty cup of coffee and few sheets of paper.

“We have True Blood, if you would like one?”

“Sure, bring me one of those.”

“Do you want it heated?’

“Of course, otherwise where would be the fun?”

She blushed a little more and left to bring me my order.

She was innocent and sexy, it was always a good combination.

I looked at the sheets of paper on the table.

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The Fangies, what the fuck was The Fangies? And the picture, it looked awfully like me!

„Umm, sorry, I forgot to clean the table,” the witress extended her hand to take the papers away.

I grabbed her hand and held it firmly. „I’m sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Eric Northman, at your service ma’am”

I tried my best impersonation of a southern gentlemen as I kissed her hand.

„I’m Sookie, Sookie Stackhouse, pleased to meet you,” she responded politely.

„Sookie, a beautiful name for a very beautiful woman. Could you spare some time for me, dear Sookie?”

„Sure, I can take a little break, excuse me for a second.”

She went to the bar and told the shifter she was going to take a shrt break and came right back. She sat on the chair across from me and quickly gathered all the papers from the table.

“So what are these papers and what are the Fangies?

“You shouldn’t stick your nose in another people’s business,” she lectured me like an old school teacher.

I almost laughed out loud. “yes, but it seems that I already did that and now I’m dying to know what those Fangies are. Will you be so kind to have mercy on me?”

“OK fine,” she brushed a hand through her hair nervously. “The Fangies is an award for the nicest fanfiction stories from SVM and True Blood fandom.”

“Mmmm I find myself troubled. I don’t understand what SVM means, would you care to explain?”

“It’s a book and it’s called the ‘Southern Vampire Mysteries’ it’s by Charlaine Harris. It’s about.”

“Let me guess, vampires?”

“Well yes! And just so you know you look very much like one of its characters.”

I snatched the piece of paper from her hand and looked at the picture again, “do you mean this one?”

She blushed, she seemed to do that a lot, and nodded.

“So what is your part in this, ‘Fangies?”

“I wrote a story that was nominated for it, I am hoping that someone will vote for me.”

“I would very much like to read your story,” I fixed her with a stare, trying out my glamour.

She brought her hand up to her face and pinched her nose, “I have a headache, please excuse me,” she rose from her chair, “I have to go and take care of my customers, have a nice night Mr Northman.”

“You too, Sookie.”

She went to the bar and took her tray and began gathering all the empty bottles and glasses from the tables.

That was interesting; no-one had ever resisted my glamour before. Perhaps there was more to her than met the eye. I pulled a hundred dollars out of my wallet, placed it under the unopened bottle of True Blood bottle and went outside.

I snapped my phone open pressing the first number on the speed dial.

“Pam, this is what I want you to do; find out everything you can about the Fangies and bring it to me by the end of the night. I am also interested in a woman, an author, her name is Sookie Stackhouse, she intrigues me greatly.”

“She must be very pretty to catch your attention that way; will I be getting a vampire sister in the near future?”

“No, Pamela, you will not, one childe is more than enough,” I chuckled as I shut my phone putting it in my jacket pocket as I got inside my car.

I looked back at the dump they called the ‘bar’ and starting to plot; what would possibly make a nice, innocent girl fall into the hands of the big bad vampire like me?

The End

Many thanks to CrisiTM for her promo fic for the Fangie Awards.  Please go over to http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7702560/1/The_Fangies and leave some review love.

We hope everyone is as excited as we are to celebrate the hard work from our fanfic authors in our fangtastic fandom that give us great stories that make us laugh, cry and swoon.

Thursday, 22 December 2011

The Deadline is Approaching!

The deadline for the Nomination Ballots for the Fangreaders Awards is 8th January 2012.  Our Fangreaders have the honour of submitting their favourite fanfics for nominations. In a little over two weeks the ballots will close, and we will be getting ready to present the nominees to a public vote in our fandom.  Each fanfic nomination is crucial, because only the top 4 fics will be available for voting in each category so please fill out your ballot as soon as possible.

We’re all getting very excited for the Awards.  Let’s take a peek and see how our favourite characters are getting ready for the big event in our fandom.

“Important Men” written by AlphaEN

He was a very important person. He made wheels turn and things happen; people meet and businesses concluded. Oh, yes, he was the man behind the scenes. Very, very important.

He parked in the garage and went inside, into the pristine kitchen. It was quiet in the house; not a heartbeat around, as it should be in the vampire’s dwelling. That’s what I’m talking about, he though as he kicked his shoes off by the garage door (one of the house rules) and put the groceries he’d bought for Sookie in the refrigerator. He checked the expiration date on the True Blood bottles on the top shelf; they were still good for another week. Who needed these, with a warm, breathing human girlfriend?

Oh, yes. She didn’t live here. Women.

He went into the empty office and sat in the large black leather armchair. Methodically, he opened general correspondence and utility bills and put them in a neat stack in the “In” basket. He left the largest package – a long tube they normally use to ship large posters and printouts – for last. Finally, he placed the tube on the top of the desk and tore the plastic pocket to pull the enclosed letter out.

Sent by the Fangreaders Awards 2012 esteemed panel of the SVM and TB fanfiction authors, it read:

“Dear Mr. Northman,

We would like to thank you for your kind support you have shown to our project. We know how valuable your time is, and we appreciate you agreeing posing for the Fangies portrait. As a token of our appreciation, we are sending you an enlarged copy of it. We are looking forward to seeing you as our guest of honor at the Awards ceremony on…”

A portrait?! He threw the letter on the desk and, his hands almost trembling, removed the packaging.

The poster was large, five feet by two and six. The quality of the print was amazing, the colors vivid, as if it was the original itself. The Viking’s imposing presence was so real, it seemed he was about to step off the paper and into the room, and that sword… He’d give anything to hold the real thing in his hands!

With a few pieces of a clear tape, he attached the poster to the bathroom wall next to a tall mirror. He ran back to the office, where several weapons were hung on display behind the desk. He knew what he wanted – the old broadsword right in the center. He removed the heavy piece, trying not to drop it on his foot.

“Heavy, sucker!”

He drew a deep breath, gripped the handle with both hands and dragged the sword into the bathroom. There, he stood in front of the mirror, imitating the Fangie’s stuns in the portrait. He puffed his chest and squared his shoulders.

He was an important man. He made wheels turn and things happen; people meet and businesses concluded. Oh, yes, he was the man behind the scenes. Very, very important.

The mantra wasn’t helping; he wasn’t feeling important, not in the slightest.

With a grunt, he leaned the sword against the bathtub edge and shook his jacket, tie, and shirt off, remaining in just a white undershirt. He took the sword again, pointed it downwards into the tiled floor and held it in place, not without an effort. How did people wield, cut, and stabbed with this monstrosity?...

He thrust his chin up and looked in the mirror again. He was a very important person. He made wheels turn and…

“What the hell are you doing in my bathroom, Bobby?” Eric’s voice startled him, and he dropped the weapon on the floor.

“Ahmm… I’m…,” he cleared his throat, “Well, sir, Master, Mr. Northman, I was just… just cleaning this sword for you.”

“I see,” Eric stood in the doorway, his eyebrow perked up. He wasn’t exhibiting any signs of emotions, though, and Bobby Burnham was speechless. He must have lost track of time, striking this pose and trying that turn, this glance and that facial expression.

“And that’s why you took your clothes off?” the vampire asked, coldly.

“Hmm… Yes, sir, of course, to keep’em from being spoiled…” Jesus Christ, what a lame excuse! He’d been caught his hands in the cookie jar, like the telepathic barmaid used to say. His master knew for sure he was lying.

“Bobby,” Eric took a step inside and carefully picked the sword from the floor, “If you take it upon yourself to clean my weapon… in the future, do it in the garage.”

Beads of cold sweat had been forming on the man’s forehead, and they chose this particular moment to start running down his face. “Yes, master.”

“Well? Do you need a special invitation to get dressed?”

Bobby Burnham had never dressed faster than he did in Eric Northman’s bathroom. What a disaster… At least, his head was still attached to his neck.

He peeled the poster off the wall and carried it inside the office, where Eric had already started the computer and was going through the mail his day man had prepared and left for him in the “In” basket.

Bobby cleared his throat for the thousandth time. “The groceries are in the refrigerator, your things dropped off at that special dry cleaner’s, and this…” he pointed at the poster, “came in the mail for you.”

“So I see. Turn it around.”

Bobby did as he was told. Up until this moment, he hadn’t noticed the back of the posted was completely covered with signatures, “Eric, love you forever!”, hearts, and impressions of lips made with lipstick of hundreds of shades of red. Eric smiled for the first time since he’d risen for the night. He decided not to go too hard on his day man. He’d spotted Bobby in the bathroom and watched for a few minutes before interrupting the human (Sheriff Northman didn’t have all night, after all), amused and even flattered. He didn’t realize his day person had feelings for him… Wait, how come Sookie had never said anything about? Was she not jealous? Interesting…

“That’ll be all for tonight,” Eric said.

“If I may,” Bobby muttered.

Eric frowned. “What is it?”

“I was hoping… well, this Awards ceremony… is it at all possible to get an invitation?”

Eric didn’t expect such boldness from the man; perhaps, it was Bobby’s lucky star that his master had been rather entertained with his earlier show in the bathroom.

“I’ll put a word for you to the Awards panel,” he said finally, as he dismissed Bobby.

The man was more than happy to get out of the vampire’s home. Only when he sped away in his car, turning around the corner of the block, was he able to breathe slowly again.

Hopefully, he’d be getting one of those purple invitations in the mail soon. He deserved it. He was a very important person. He made wheels turn and things happen; people meet and businesses concluded. Oh, yes, he was the man behind the scenes. Very, very important.

Thank you , AlphaEN, for writing this promo for the Fangreaders Awards.  Please, show her some review love HERE.

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Saturday, 10 December 2011

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The Fangreaders Awards Title

Bon Temps, Shreveport and New Orleans are all buzzing with excitement as everyone gets ready for the 1st Annual Fangreaders Awards.   I wonder how the Sheriff of Area 5 is preparing for the awards?…

"The communication of not communicating"
from
menoma_minx

“I don't get why this is so important to you Eric, what's it to you if a bunch of humans exchange gossipy stories?”
Eric looked at his wife in frustration, sometimes she could be such a human!
“Because my business is based on my brand and my brand is me. People come to Fangtasia to see me, to worship me, even with the best of intentions they're diluting my brand. If I want to stay in business, I have to maintain control of my image.”
“I still don't get it.” Sookie mumbled dejectedly, sometimes Eric could be such a vampire!
“I need people to see vampires in a way that's profitable and the only way to do that is to hijack the awards ceremony by writing our own stories.”
“So like, vampire stories for vampires?”
“More like, vampire stories I control the content of. I'm even bringing in a focus group to find out exactly what the humans want. This way there's absolutely no way any human can win those awards and my reputation stays intact.”
“Uhh, okeydokey then, I guess. Can I leave now?”
Clearly she wasn't getting this, Eric, tried again.
“How can I possibly know if the people in my focus group are telling the truth about what they really want in a story without you there to tell me what they're not telling me? You yourself have told me many times how humans say one thing and actually think something entirely different. Besides, it's work related, so I’ll pay you.”
Sookie had to acquiesce (last week's word of the day calendar) that he had a point and this being a paying job didn't hurt either, a girl has expenses and this girl more than most. Her cousins were eating her out of house and home and her shifts at Merlottes were dwindling on account of the lack of customers. She had always absolutely refused to ask Eric for money! She simply wasn't the kind of woman, this way, it wasn't charity, she knew her Gran would be proud of her for maintaining her independence!

The focus group started trickling in, so much for optimism she thought, it was going to be a long night.
The setup was simple enough.
Firstly, each person would be interviewed using a questionnaire, then they would all be brought together the next night after Eric assigned his Area vampires to write whatever it was the humans wanted.

The stories would be read aloud to the focus group audience and afterward they would fill out a comments card.
While all this was happening, Sookie was to monitor their thoughts for later comparison to their outward responses and report back to Eric.
It should've been easy!
After the questionnaires were completed it was clear everybody was lying!
Sookie and Eric went back to his house for the night and sprawled out on his oversized jewel colored couch.
The highlights of the evening:

“Would you encourage your blind date to drink at a vampire bar, if you thought it would increase the chances of your date having sex with you?”

46% said no but 63% had actually done this before and were planning to do it again .The other 37% mostly latched on to the idea immediately to varying degrees and many were planning do this as soon as possible.
The questionnaire was putting ideas into people's heads they otherwise would never thought of seemed to be a running theme for the night.
Other winners:
“Would you pursue a relationship with an ugly vampire in the hopes of being turned into a vampire yourself?”

13% said yes but another 24% were planning on being ‘black widows’ the very second they were turned by the aforementioned ugly maker.

Very creepy! Eric had definitely not liked the answer to that one. It's not like everyone was perfectly perfect like him and he had the people in his area to protect.
“Is being kidnapped by a vampire to be kept as a human might keep a pet an attractive idea to you?”

Everyone pretended to be put off by the idea but most secretly, started to pray for it. It turns out, a lot of people hate their lives and would find eating out of a dog dish preferable to being in a dog eat dog world.

That was just depressing.
Not all of them were this extreme, but by the end the night they were both questioning their sanity on how they could actually be neighbors with some of these people! They all looked so average and normal.

Who would suspect such innocent looking people had imaginations that could frighten even vampires?
Then suddenly, Sookie realized something, the focus group had absolutely no fang bangers!
When she queried Eric about it, he replied that their opinion didn't matter, because he already owned them as steady clientele.
“You know something Eric, it sounds to me like you already own these writers too, just like with the fang bangers.”
He looked thoughtful for moment ,and then replied, “I hadn't thought about it that way. I'll have to make sure when the stories I have commissioned are submitted, that they don't decimate the pre-existing writing communities goodwill towards vampires, especially considering it will be a vampire writing under my orders winning every single award.”
Some marriages just don't have any communication sometimes.

Thank you menoma_minx for submitting this promo fic for the Fangreaders Awards. Please show your review love and see the full story HERE .  I’m sure Eric doesn’t own ALL the fanfic writers *Looks out over the audience and sees everyone drooling * Well, maybe he does!!

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Here are the categories of the

Fangreaders Awards: 

(There will also be some special awards announced on the night of the awards ceremony on 25th February 2012 )

 

The Baby Jessica Award~ Best Fanfic for a New Author
This award is for a fanfic from a first time author who has posted their first story after January 2011

The Longshadow Award~ Best One-Shot Fanfic

The Newlin Award~ Best All Human Fanfic

Mr Cataliades Award~ Best Series Fanfic

The Ancient Pythoness Award~ Best Fanfic Published before 2010

The Lafayette Reynolds Award~ Best Alternate Universe Fanfic ( For the purpose for this award Alternate Universe A/U means any fic that takes the characters out of the "canonical" world of SVM or True Blood )

The Jason Stackhouse Award~ Best Comedy Fanfic

The Bill Compton Award~ Best Angst Fanfic

The Eric Northman Award~ Best Epic Fic
Fic must be at least 25 Chapters AND 200,000 words

The Sookie Stackhouse Award~ Best Romantic Fic

The Adele Stackhouse Award for Reader's Choice~ Your choice for any fanfic that deserves recognition for excellence regardless of genre.

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Friday, 2 December 2011

The Great Reveal

 
Written for the Great Reveal ceremony of the Fangies - the symbol of the Fangreaders Awards 2012.
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“Eric, this is serious!” Pam said. “These humans put a lot of effort into maintaining your reputation as a ruthless, self-serving sex god Sheriff Northman of Area of Five. They deserve consideration for all their hard work.”
Eric silently dropped the invitation on the desk and kicked back in his chair.
Pam grabbed the pretty card and read aloud: “Mr. Eric Northman, Sheriff of Area Five of Louisiana, is cordially invited to the Fangreaders Awards 2012, to help recognize and celebrate memorable fanfic stories and talented writers of the Southern Vampire Mysteries and the True Blood fandoms. The Awards ceremony will be held on bla-bla, at bla-bla-bla.
“I’ll think about it,” he cut her off. His decision, though, had already been made: he wouldn’t miss being the guest of honor and a part of such a prestigious event in a million years, given he would exist that long.
“Good. I’ll RSVP for you, while you take your sweet time and think about it,” Pam quipped. “You will need to wear a tux, by the way. No jeans or tee-shirts.”
“Pamela, close the door. From the outside,” Eric said, annoyed. Why did his child always find his weak spot and push his buttons? He hated wearing tux!
She ignored his last statement and went on: “It reads right here they also wish for you to pose for a portrait which will be featured in the media in coming months before the Awards. A famous artist will devote two-hour session exclusively for you.”
Eric’s eyebrow arched. A portrait? Hmm, that sounded very promising! The last one he’d done for the Fangtasia calendar had turned out to be such a hit! Perhaps, he’d get another opportunity to show off his spectacular abs, firm cheeks, and maybe even the gra…
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A few weeks later, in the artist’s studio…
His hopes hadn’t entirely come true. Since the Awards were a solid project, no nudity would be tolerated; although, his massive shoulders and muscular arms would still make it clear he was a warrior and a true Viking.  Taking consolation in that fact, Eric stood on the podium in an impressive pose. A small smirk on his face faded a little when he was offered to use a prop – a papier-mâché long sword – but he decided not to grumble. He adjusted his standing and tried to penetrate the wall behind the artist’s back with a fierce stare.
“Mr. Northman, can you stop wiggling your toes?” the artist said, hardly hiding his impatience. “It is very distracting.”
“What do you want me to do about it?” Eric replied, managing to stay in the character. He was gazing into that white wall with so much concentration that the paint was about to peel off.
“Put your boots on.”
He blinked. “Boots? Vikings didn’t wear this kind of footwear!”
“They didn’t wear jeans or tank tops either, yet here you are, Mr. Northman!”
That was a blow below the waste, but again, he didn’t complain. Whining wasn’t something he condoned in others as well as in himself.
“Hold this,” he gave the fake sword to Pam who was literally gloating (not every night did she witness a human giving orders to her Master and him obeying so willingly) and in a vampire second pulled his boots on.
An hour into the session, Sookie dropped by the studio. She and Pam stood by the wall, glancing at Eric every once in a while, whispering secretively and giggling – giggling! He could feel his bonded’s eyes tracing up and down his athletic frame and puffed his chest out a little.
“Mr. Northman, can you please stand still!”
Pam chuckled, and he growled at her, but his displeasure didn’t impress upon his two women, instead earning him yet another angry frown from the artist. He gathered the last of his control and froze like a statue on the podium. There!
Of course, he could simply slip into downtime and not even notice the commotion around him. At the same time, he was unexpectedly nervous about the portrait. A huge responsibility had been bestowed upon him – to be the face (well, the symbol) of the Awards, or the Fangies, as the writers had named it. He didn’t want to spoil the outcome by missing some important moment during the session.
He began fidgeting.
“Eric, you need a hand with that sword?” Pam asked, noticing his unease.
He hissed at her, baring his fangs.
“She’s just trying to be helpful,” Sookie scowled at the Viking.
Now his mood was ruined. Since when had he become so sensitive?
Silence ensued, as Eric returned to glaring at the wall. At least, it didn’t talk back.
“All done, Mr. Northman,” the artist finally announced and smiled. “Great job. You’re a very unique and special model. The Fangies will make every Fangreader proud, thanks to you.”
Cautiously, Eric approached the easel and looked. He understood immediately why the artist’s immeasurable talent had earned him the appreciation and world-wide fame, for with minimum strokes he’d been able to achieve maximum effect that had a potential to elicit a whole range of emotions from anyone who’d lay an eye at the portrait.
“What d’you think?” Sookie asked, coming closer.
Eric examined the drawing thoroughly, more for pleasure than for assessment.
“I am satisfied,” he finally said. “But the next time, I’ll be posing with my real sword.”
“No way,” Pam huffed. “Next time, it’s my turn.”
 
Thank you to AlphaEN for this wonderful promo fic that is getting us all excited for the Fangreaders Awards.  Please be sure to go to her site to leave some review love ~ http://alphafang.wordpress.com/svm-fanfic/the-fangie-the-great-reveal/
And now it it my pleasure to present…
“The Fangie”!!!
 

 
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We hope you all like our "Fangie". He will be appearing on all the awards that will be given out to the winners as well as all our promotions…have to say we think he’s quite nice to look at!
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Thank you to Kittrose the very talented and patient artist who made our “Fangie” for us.   Please check out more of  Kittrose’s amazing artwork HERE
The “Fangie” was commissioned by the Fangreaders and is copyrighted.
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If you are inspired to write one, here is the prompt:
You can use any characters from SVM or True Blood to tell about their preparations for the Fangreaders Awards Ceremony.
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  • Entries need to be in by the latest 11th of February.  Entries will be posted first come first served so get them in as soon as possible.
  • Though I love my lemons, I’m asking that the entries not be sexually explicit and not contain any themes that may be disturbing to the majority of our fandom.
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