Author Topic: Twific Discussion and Recommendations - Part Six - OVER 18 ONLY - ADULT ONLY (Read 526102 times)

Ellachanted · « **on:** May 04, 2014, 05:59 PM »

Thread #6 - We are crazy talkers here! Join in the fun!

ADULT DISCUSSION HERE, SO TRY TO KEEP IT CLEAN! UM NO, WAIT! IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED, LOOK AWAY NOW!

This is the new thread as the other was sooo long and had lots of pages. Continuation of our wonderful discussions on Twilight Fanfiction, Books, and Life in general. But mostly Twilight fanfics... and life stuff that will get me a NOT ALLOWED statement.

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rdmickey1989 · « **Reply #5941 on:** January 17, 2015, 07:33 AM »

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I use Dream Voice on IPAD. I use the Brian voice, but Tyler the Aussie sounds really HOT.

Wow Booked!!!

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onebitelover · « **Reply #5942 on:** January 17, 2015, 07:51 AM »

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I use Dream Voice on IPAD. I use the Brian voice, but Tyler the Aussie sounds really HOT.

Wow Booked!!!

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Heads to google scratching head.

Soooo... I'm assuming on IPADS you can choose a voice?? That's cool!!! I'm not an audio book fan, but I think if I had more say in who was doing the reading I'd like it more.

RD.. please share what the mighty Google says!

rdmickey1989 · « **Reply #5943 on:** January 17, 2015, 08:09 AM »

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Soooo... I'm assuming on IPADS you can choose a voice?? That's cool!!! I'm not an audio book fan, but I think if I had more say in who was doing the reading I'd like it more.

RD.. please share what the mighty Google says!

It is a 5 star app however be prepared to spend $10 for it. It comes with a girls voice (Heather) and you can buy more. I watched some YouTube videos on it performing, and it's not something I think I would like. It works like my old kindle and just transfers text to speech, so there is no passion, feeling or emotions while reading the words for you. All monotone. I think for now, I will continue reading it myself. I am an animated and expressive talker, my reading is no different. I might even re-read a sentence or two here and there to ensure I have the proper meaning, or back up and re-read a delicious lemon.

ruthhazelton · « **Reply #5944 on:** January 17, 2015, 08:25 AM »

To everyone in the area of London, according to Robsessed, Rob and twigs are still in London so be on the lookout and don't be surprised if you see him/them.

onebitelover · « **Reply #5945 on:** January 17, 2015, 08:26 AM »

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It is a 5 star app however be prepared to spend $10 for it. It comes with a girls voice (Heather) and you can buy more. I watched some YouTube videos on it performing, and it's not something I think I would like. It works like my old kindle and just transfers text to speech, so there is no passion, feeling or emotions while reading the words for you. All monotone. I think for now, I will continue reading it myself. I am an animated and expressive talker, my reading is no different. I might even re-read a sentence or two here and there to ensure I have the proper meaning, or back up and re-read a delicious lemon.

Ohhh... Yeah, not for me... I'm the same way! I talk a lot, and quickly when I get excited about something. Also, I use my hands way too much, but I can't help myself! I think my inner voice is a lot more fun when reading

Ellachanted · « **Reply #5946 on:** January 17, 2015, 09:11 AM »

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Soooo... I'm assuming on IPADS you can choose a voice?? That's cool!!! I'm not an audio book fan, but I think if I had more say in who was doing the reading I'd like it more.

RD.. please share what the mighty Google says!

There's a Lite version. I'm trying it out.

Android has Ivona voices you can use with most ereader apps. Some are good.

Ellachanted · « **Reply #5947 on:** January 17, 2015, 09:45 AM »

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It is a 5 star app however be prepared to spend $10 for it. It comes with a girls voice (Heather) and you can buy more. I watched some YouTube videos on it performing, and it's not something I think I would like. It works like my old kindle and just transfers text to speech, so there is no passion, feeling or emotions while reading the words for you. All monotone. I think for now, I will continue reading it myself. I am an animated and expressive talker, my reading is no different. I might even re-read a sentence or two here and there to ensure I have the proper meaning, or back up and re-read a delicious lemon.

The lite version is unusable. It stops after 200 words and you have to restart it. I tried a couple of the voices. The British voice was better than the American one. But frankly, Siri was less annoying.

I have loved the read to me function of my Kindle, but frankly, I use it for school books. Somehow they are easier to deal with when I listen to them. I fall asleep reading them myself. Listening to real stories, however, loses something with a mechanical voice.

CharReader · « **Reply #5948 on:** January 17, 2015, 12:48 PM »

Sometimes bad habits pay off.

Today I am very glad that I have a habit of skimming reviews before I read a Fic. I was interested in reading a story, but as many of us here now do was waiting for it to be completed, when I saw it marked complete I read the first chapter and then looked at the reviews only to see people congratulating the author about publishing so I checked out the last chapter.....it was an AN saying she was publishing the story and wouldn't be completing the Fic.

So glad I didn't waste my time reading more (I didn't think the chapter I read was good enough to publish, but maybe it got better).

Fic is... I Was Never Yours by My Secret

deranged_dreamer · « **Reply #5949 on:** January 17, 2015, 12:57 PM »

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The lite version is unusable. It stops after 200 words and you have to restart it. I tried a couple of the voices. The British voice was better than the American one. But frankly, Siri was less annoying.

I have loved the read to me function of my Kindle, but frankly, I use it for school books. Somehow they are easier to deal with when I listen to them. I fall asleep reading them myself. Listening to real stories, however, loses something with a mechanical voice.

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It is a 5 star app however be prepared to spend $10 for it. It comes with a girls voice (Heather) and you can buy more. I watched some YouTube videos on it performing, and it's not something I think I would like. It works like my old kindle and just transfers text to speech, so there is no passion, feeling or emotions while reading the words for you. All monotone. I think for now, I will continue reading it myself. I am an animated and expressive talker, my reading is no different. I might even re-read a sentence or two here and there to ensure I have the proper meaning, or back up and re-read a delicious lemon.

Also you pay 4 dollars for different voices. and they also have several languages.
Definitely not like a proper audio book. but i ended up "reading" a lot more like this. even when im working out.
i got used to it. even tho my family hates the sound of it. if you are not paying attention it can be annoying.
but i also listen in the car, and before i go to sleep.

Last year was a bad year and since i basically gave up on fanfic i ended up escaping real life by reading a lot. And because of voice dream i ended up reading 227 books. i would listen to it everywhere.

deranged_dreamer · « **Reply #5950 on:** January 17, 2015, 01:00 PM »

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I will say on this that one does not need any further space to accommodate a PA, in fact if you ladies ever do persuade your other half to venture down this road start doing your Kegel exercises as he heals. The tighter the drum, the better the beat...

how did i miss this?

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ficfangirl · « **Reply #5951 on:** January 17, 2015, 01:43 PM »

I just finished Darkness by cherry.blossomz. I was disappointed. The plot was practically non-existent. There was insta-love and insta-sex, despite Bella's virgin status at the beginning. The characters were cardboard cutouts. The so-called drama was not dramatic or angsty. Probably because the fights were over such stupid stuff that it was difficult to care. Even the rival for Bella's love was not really a rival.

The upside? The basic writing improved over the arc of the story. It started out really stiff, but then started to flow. But that doesn't change the fact that it wasn't much of a story. And it's been published! I hope she injected a plot into the published version.

I haven't totally written this author off because of the improvement in the writing style. This is not one of the stories she's really known for, so there will be a second chance given. But this one? The copy I have is 344 pages long. I spent a lot of those pages wishing I could flounce.

Ellachanted · « **Reply #5952 on:** January 17, 2015, 02:33 PM »

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I just finished Darkness by cherry.blossomz. I was disappointed. The plot was practically non-existent. There was insta-love and insta-sex, despite Bella's virgin status at the beginning. The characters were cardboard cutouts. The so-called drama was not dramatic or angsty. Probably because the fights were over such stupid stuff that it was difficult to care. Even the rival for Bella's love was not really a rival.

The upside? The basic writing improved over the arc of the story. It started out really stiff, but then started to flow. But that doesn't change the fact that it wasn't much of a story. And it's been published! I hope she injected a plot into the published version.

I haven't totally written this author off because of the improvement in the writing style. This is not one of the stories she's really known for, so there will be a second chance given. But this one? The copy I have is 344 pages long. I spent a lot of those pages wishing I could flounce.

See, I thought that story had a lot of positive reviews. Sometimes I think it is just the bandwagon thing.

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Sometimes bad habits pay off.

Today I am very glad that I have a habit of skimming reviews before I read a Fic. I was interested in reading a story, but as many of us here now do was waiting for it to be completed, when I saw it marked complete I read the first chapter and then looked at the reviews only to see people congratulating the author about publishing so I checked out the last chapter.....it was an AN saying she was publishing the story and wouldn't be completing the Fic.

So glad I didn't waste my time reading more (I didn't think the chapter I read was good enough to publish, but maybe it got better).

LOL! another bandwagon. And a pet peeve. I realize reviewers are trying to be encouraging. But sometimes I think some authors need a dose of reality. Yeah, you can self-publish. But don't expect great reviews when real readers actually read it. And I really hate authors that make you buy it to get the final chapters. Silver Jordan was the worst for this. And her stories weren't even that well written.

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Also you pay 4 dollars for different voices. and they also have several languages.
Definitely not like a proper audio book. but i ended up "reading" a lot more like this. even when im working out.
i got used to it. even tho my family hates the sound of it. if you are not paying attention it can be annoying.
but i also listen in the car, and before i go to sleep.

Last year was a bad year and since i basically gave up on fanfic i ended up escaping real life by reading a lot. And because of voice dream i ended up reading 227 books. i would listen to it everywhere.

I think read to me works better with a real book as you don't have to listen to all the AN's at the beginning. As I said, I totally get the read to me when you want to continue. I just prefer an audible if I can get it. I have the read to me with Mantano Reader Pro and the Ivana voices. Similar for Android.

DeDe's Over It. · « **Reply #5953 on:** January 17, 2015, 02:48 PM »

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I just finished Darkness by cherry.blossomz. I was disappointed. The plot was practically non-existent. There was insta-love and insta-sex, despite Bella's virgin status at the beginning. The characters were cardboard cutouts. The so-called drama was not dramatic or angsty. Probably because the fights were over such stupid stuff that it was difficult to care. Even the rival for Bella's love was not really a rival.

The upside? The basic writing improved over the arc of the story. It started out really stiff, but then started to flow. But that doesn't change the fact that it wasn't much of a story. And it's been published! I hope she injected a plot into the published version.

I haven't totally written this author off because of the improvement in the writing style. This is not one of the stories she's really known for, so there will be a second chance given. But this one? The copy I have is 344 pages long. I spent a lot of those pages wishing I could flounce.

I know I've read this as my Calibre has it marked as 'read' but for the life of me I can't remember what it's about, which is never a good sign....

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The lite version is unusable. It stops after 200 words and you have to restart it. I tried a couple of the voices. The British voice was better than the American one. But frankly, Siri was less annoying.

I have loved the read to me function of my Kindle, but frankly, I use it for school books. Somehow they are easier to deal with when I listen to them. I fall asleep reading them myself. Listening to real stories, however, loses something with a mechanical voice.

See I'd want my audio reader to have all the different character voices.....less 'audio book' and more a...play?

As that's very unlikely to ever happen as it would cost the budget of a BBC drama, I'll just continue to 'read' the old fashion way $:-\$

ficfangirl · « **Reply #5954 on:** January 17, 2015, 02:50 PM »

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Sometimes bad habits pay off.

Today I am very glad that I have a habit of skimming reviews before I read a Fic. I was interested in reading a story, but as many of us here now do was waiting for it to be completed, when I saw it marked complete I read the first chapter and then looked at the reviews only to see people congratulating the author about publishing so I checked out the last chapter.....it was an AN saying she was publishing the story and wouldn't be completing the Fic.

So glad I didn't waste my time reading more (I didn't think the chapter I read was good enough to publish, but maybe it got better).

Story and author name? So we don't go there...

ficfangirl · « **Reply #5955 on:** January 17, 2015, 02:51 PM »

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I know I've read this as my Calibre has it marked as 'read' but for the life of me I can't remember what it's about, which is never a good sign....

That's because it wasn't about anything! No plot. And nothing else memorable about it...except it wasn't full of SPaGs.

CharReader · « **Reply #5956 on:** January 17, 2015, 03:17 PM »

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Story and author name? So we don't go there...

I Was Never Yours by My Secret

DeDe's Over It. · « **Reply #5957 on:** January 17, 2015, 03:22 PM »

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I Was Never Yours by My Secret

Never heard of it?

ficfangirl · « **Reply #5958 on:** January 17, 2015, 04:22 PM »

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I Was Never Yours by My Secret

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Never heard of it?

It just started in November and only had 132 reviews. Guess what? It's going to be a trilogy! God, I hate this publishing things in parts! She doesn't say who picked it up for publishing.

ficfangirl · « **Reply #5959 on:** January 17, 2015, 04:29 PM »

Her published name is Maria Delaurentis. I think she's one of those authors who uses fanfic to get some feedback on her plot bunnies before she pulls to publish.

CharReader · « **Reply #5960 on:** January 17, 2015, 04:52 PM »

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Her published name is Maria Delaurentis. I think she's one of those authors who uses fanfic to get some feedback on her plot bunnies before she pulls to publish.

I don't plan on reading it.

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