LJS Fans' Journal

12:46AM - The Night World RPG

The Night World only has two rules: 1. Never allow a human to gain knowledge of the Night World's existence. 2. Never fall in love with a human. The rules are being broken. Human are being brought into the Night World over and over at an increasingly dangerous rate. Many in the Night World want to continue to keep their world and lives closed off from humans, but some inhabits of the Night World are finding soulmates and allies in the humans they are told to hate and look down upon. As the two worlds collide, the dynamics all around both Night World inhabits and humans are changing. Humans are shocked to find out that such things as vampires, witches, and shape shifters exist and find it hard to believe right away. But you cannot deny the truth that is standing right in front of you. Where do you belong? _______ The Night World RPG is Strange Fate non-compliant and will not change when the book is published. The primary goal and game play of the Night World RPG is to focus on the races of the Night World, how the inhabits of the Night World interact with humans, and the Soulmate Principle. People who have never read the series and know nothing about it is welcome as long as they read the information provided for them. Opening February 21, 2012

PREMISE | NIGHT WORLD RACES AND SOULMATE PRINCIPLE | CAST | WANTED CHARACTERS | RULES | OTHER INFORMATION | APPLY MODS | RPG | PLAYERS

12:13PM - LJSanta is back!

First off, apologies to those of you who are subscribed to many LJS-based LJ communities. You'll be seeing this post a lot today.

But it's for a good cause, because LJSanta, the Secret Santa project for the LJS fandom, is back! I missed it during its hiatus, and I know I'm not alone. LJSanta has resulted in some of the best fanfic in this fandom, in my opinion, and it's always been a fun ride.

The timeline is slightly different than in past years, so even if you've participated before, read the rules again. Sign-ups end on December 5, so hurry and join in on the fun!

For more information or to check out the fanfic from previous years, go to the LJSanta site: www.lj-smith.com/ljsanta/

2:30PM - Porn Battle ad!

Mention of adult material within!

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8:29PM - LJSanta 2009 sign-up deadline tonight

Just a reminder. You have until Midnight PT tonight (or at least until I get up tomorrow morning in the UK) to get your application forms in for participating in LJSanta 2009. We already have quite a few participants, but the more the merrier! Head on over to the site to sign up and join in the fun. :)

3:40AM - LJSanta 2009

LJSanta is a Secret Santa fanfic exchange for the L.J. Smith fandom. It's been running for a few years now, and is always fun. Head on over to the website to sign up if you're interested.

1:46PM - Night World recaps have resumed

Older recaps linked here: http://community.livejournal.com/ljsmithfans/66038.html

Now that Liss has internet access from home and I'm not on vacation or having surgery, we can get back to it.

http://bookslide.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/secret-vampire-6/
http://bookslide.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/secret-vampire-part-7/

Secret Vampire is catch-as-catch-can right now, but The Fury starts tonight.

11:52PM

Are there any blogs that re-cap The Vampire Diaries books? I just watched the show tonight, and had no idea what's going on. lol

I want to read the books too! :)

12:44PM - New Community - BonneXDamon

Hello everyone, I saw on the rules that advertising was alright, so here we are:

bonniexdamon

I'd like to advertise a new Bonnie/Damon community that focuses only on the Bonnie McCullough of the vampire diaries.

Please visit the community!

bonniexdamon

Many thanks!

1:53PM - Happy Birthday, L.J. Smith!

It’s LJS’s birthday today, and we hope you’ll join us in wishing her a very happy birthday. If you’d like to leave Lisa a birthday message, please feel free to do so in the comments on the Vampire-Diaries.net blog post, and we’ll pass them along. :)

2:20AM - Vampire-Diaries.net contest: write a caption, win a Vampire Diaries Comic Con bag!

We found ourselves on the receiving end of some amazing fandom love and generosity and we think it’s only right to pass on the good karma. We know a lot of you were unable to make it to San Diego for Comic Con and have been envying some the Vampire Diaries goodies featured at the Warner Bros. booth. Well, here’s your chance to score some of that sweet schwag – we’re having our very first contest!

The Prizes:

• TWO big winners will each receive a Vampire Diaries Comic Con bag
• THREE runners-up will each receive a Vampire Diaries poster and button

Here are some (not-so-great) snapshots of the limited edition bags, the button (bit blurry, but you get the idea of the size), and the poster.



HEAD ON OVER TO VAMPIRE-DIARIES.NET TO FIND OUT MORE AND ENTER...

Also, feel free to spread the word on other communities and forums - just point them to the post on the website. :)

11:41AM - Hi! New. Kinda...

Hey all, I don't know how many people are still following this community but I actually just found myself falling back in love with all of LJS' work recently so I thought I'd join a few comms and see what this generation of followers are like, lol. I fell in love with her books when I was about 13 or so. And I'm...28 now. Which makes me feel strangely old. Either way, I used to follow her religiously, joining online sites like Circle Daybreak, writing tons and tons of fanfic. I actually noticed that I'm still up on TTales and other fanfic sites which was such a shock to me, my God. I used to write under the name of Aeslinn years ago and I still have warm feelings about all those people I met almost 15 years ago!

Anyways, I know this is getting long winded but I just wanted to introduce myself and say hi and also say that I'm very excited to be falling in love with her books all over again and meeting people who also share that love. :)

1:23AM - Do you dare play a game? Calling all roleplayers.

7:58PM - Win signed copies of the Vampire Diaries

For those interested, the official Harper/Alloy TVD website has a competition running in which you can win copies of all the Vampire Diaries books so far signed by L.J. Smith. You have to be at least 13 years old to enter, and a resident of the USA. Rules here and you can enter here. Closing date is noon ET, August 18, 2009.

10:42AM

I was reading LJ Smith's Myspace bulletin where she answers questions and I was wondering if anyone knows what she's talking about when she says this (in relation to The Vampire Diaries pilot and watching the dailies):
"(because I’ve been through this before, for example with Secret Circle, where everything was going well until it just fell apart for some reason unknown to me)"

11:03PM - Recaps of the Struggle

http://bookslide.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/thestruggle1/
http://bookslide.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/the-struggle-part-2/
http://bookslide.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/the-struggle-part-3-elena-struggles-with-logic/
http://bookslide.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/the-struggle-part-4/
http://bookslide.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/the-struggle-part-5/
http://bookslide.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/the-struggle-part-6/
http://bookslide.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/the-struggle-part-7/
http://bookslide.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/the-struggle-part-8/
http://bookslide.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/the-struggle-part-9/
http://bookslide.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/the-struggle-part-10/
http://bookslide.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/the-vampire-diaries-the-struggle-part-10-5/
http://bookslide.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/the-vampire-diaries-the-struggle-part-11/
http://bookslide.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/the-struggle-part-12-his-eyebrows-were-in-his-hair/
http://bookslide.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/the-struggle-part-13/
http://bookslide.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/the-struggle-part-14/
http://bookslide.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/the-struggle-part-15/

Post updated when there are new ones.

10:49PM

+ more icons here

9:49PM

This falls under "I can't believe I'm doing this", but I've made some icons using recent pictures posted on Vampire-Diaries.net. I blame my inner fangirl - she made me do it.

I'm possibly getting ahead of myself here, given that the show has only just been annouced, but what the hell.

Enjoy.



Fake cut to DOOM – or, you know, icons

Please tell me if I'm getting this credit thing wrong. I wish to give credit to all the right people.

11:37PM - More Vampire Diaries TV series news

Vampire Diaries is set to air in the Thursday 8pm slot in the Fall (Smallville, which used to have the slot, is moving to Friday). The first pictures of Elena, Stefan and Damon are now up. You can see the pics here:

http://www.vampire-diaries.net/tvseries/first-vampire-diaries-tv-series-promo-pic-damon-elena-stefan/
http://www.vampire-diaries.net/tvseries/two-more-vampire-diaries-promos-stefan-and-elena/

Keep an eye on the site for more news and pictures as they come in, or follow us on twitter for instant alerts of news posts.

7:57PM - Vampire Diaries TV series officially picked up

Marcos Siega has just twittered the news:

It's official! Vampire Diaries is picked up!

Followed shortly after with a tweet from Kevin Williamson:

Just got a really nice phone call from Dawn Ostroff!!!!

Keep an eye on Vampire-Diaries.net, we'll post something more substantial there later when we have it.

7:20PM - Vampire Diaries Top Fives

Vampire-Diaries.net is running a series of top five iconic moments in the Vampire Diaries, from character quotes to scenes in each of the books. We'd love it if you'd all help out by reading the first article (the Quotable Damon)...

http://www.vampire-diaries.net/books/fells-five-the-quotable-damon/

...and then post what you think are the most iconic scenes in The Awakening. You can do that in the comments there, the comments here, the comments in the post on tvd_fans, the thread on the Devil's Playground forums, and the thread on the V-D.net forums.