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Author has written 29 stories for Titanic, Greek Mythology, Chronicles of Narnia, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hunchback of Notre Dame, West Side Story, Harry Potter, How to Train Your Dragon, Adventure Time with Finn and Jake, and Les Misérables. I wish I could sum myself up in a way that would satisfy your curiosity in a couple lines, but alas, I cannot; instead, I have this obnoxiously long profile. I've tried organizing it to make it easier on you, but you know how that goes... PLAGIARISM: an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author. (Definition courtesy of Dictionary.com.) If you have an idea that is even remotely not your own, you'd best get the author's permission before you use it. And if you don't get their permission, DON'T. USE. THEIR. IDEA. This is not a difficult concept to grasp, and yet an alarming number of people can't seem to. Cool Links -The Antic Repartee is sixteen kinds of awesome, because she made a lineart for chapter seven of This is Berk. Seriously, I'm STILL having a squeegasm. And THEN RuffnutThorstonFan colored it! -I got fed up with people misspelling Dragon Manual as Dragon Manuel, so I begged The Antic Repartee to draw a Spanish Viking named Manuel for me (this was after a long discussion with my roommate, FightingForJoy, about the many absurdities of a Spanish Viking). And because she is way too amazing for words and for some reason puts up with my crazy, SHE DID. -RhapsodyInProgress made a BEYOOTIFUL picture of my OC Angie from my Titanic fic, "Save All Who Dare the Eagle's Flight"; solbalesta was also awesome enough to draw one, which can be found here. Seriously, how amazing is that? -I have a forum dedicated to Les Mis and I would love it if you checked it out here! -I had the immense pleasure of betaing When Irish Eyes Are Crying by Velvet Storm, which is a SUPERB piece of fanfiction. I'm not even usually a fan of half the elements in this fic and I love it, so go take a look! -I have a C2 Communitydedicated to Enjolras and Eponine (Enjonine), because why would you not. -I had the pleasure of betaing Lady Liberty by hat in a box. It's by far one of the best Titanic fics I have EVER read; seriously, go check this business out! -My tumblr is wittygirls; I'm much more active over there, so you should check it out. Words of Wisdom On purple prose... "Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." -Anton Chekhov "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug." -Mark Twain "A good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident." -W. Somerset Maugham, Summing Up On the usefulness of proofreading... "Proofread carefully to see if you any words out." -Author Unknown On talent... "The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof shit detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have had it." -Ernest Hemingway "Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will." -Goethe "The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility!" -Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest And now for some sense and sensibility (yuckyuck): On arguing with other authors... "I do not pretend to set people right, but I do see that they are often wrong." -Jane Austen, Mansfield Park "...angry people are not always wise." -Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice "Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?" -Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility "Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition." -Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility On reviewing... "...advice is only good or bad as the event decides." -Jane Austen, Persuasion On writing to the very best of one's ability... "...but an artist cannot do anything slovenly." -Jane Austen in a letter to her sister Cassandra "How ill I have written. I begin to hate myself." -Jane Austen, The Letters of Jane Austen On revising... "I hope when you have written a great deal more you will be equal to scratching out some of the past." -Jane Austen in a letter to her niece Anna On writer's block... "(I am) not at all in a humor for writing; I must write on 'til I am." -Jane Austen in a letter to her sister Cassandra On writing romance... "I could not sit seriously down to write a serious romance under any other motive than to save my life; and if it were indispensable for me to keep it up and never relax into laughing at myself or other people, I am sure I should be hung before I finished the first chapter. No, I must keep to my own style and go on in my own way; and though I may never succeed again in that, I am convinced that I should totally fail in any other." -Jane Austen in a letter to the Prince of Wales's librarian On using clichés... "...that expression of 'violently in love' is so hackneyed, so doubtful, so indefinite...It is as often applied to feelings which arise from an half-hour's acquaintance, as to a real, strong attachment." -Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice On Mary-Sues... "...pictures of perfection as you know make me sick and wicked." -Jane Austen in a letter to her niece Fanny And finally... "The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means." -Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest "It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something." "What are we holding onto, Sam?" "That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo...and it's worth fighting for." -Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Stephen Sinclair, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | |||||
1. on our own » reviewsCollection of e/e oneshots, most of which are from my tumblr. Chapter eight: Better than Red VelvetLes Misérables - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 8 - Words: 15,173 - Reviews: 33 - Updated: 5-22-13 - Published: 2-13-13 - Eponine & Enjolras2. Sweet Dreams reviewsThe awful reality behind Adventure Time. Not for the faint of heart.Adventure Time with Finn and Jake - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 869 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 5-27-12 - Finn & Jake - Complete3. A Promise Kept reviewsOneshot in which Tommy makes - and keeps - a promise.Titanic - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,817 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 4-15-12 - Tommy R. - Complete4. Nearer, My God, To Thee reviewsOneshot. "It wasn't supposed to be like this." The last thoughts of one of the 1,500 who perished at sea.Titanic - Rated: T - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 760 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-14-12 - Complete5. Of Pygmy Puffs and Pureblooded Pricks reviewsIn which Malfoy is a stalker, Harry attempts-poorly-to play matchmaker, and Astoria Greengrass thinks house-elves are people, too.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,308 - Reviews: 23 - Published: 1-2-12 - Draco M. & Astoria G. - Complete6. This is Berk » reviewsCollection of random oneshots about our favorite Hairy Hooligans. Warning: this fic contains excessive Viking shenanigans. Chapter 14: In which Astrid learns the difference between a walk of shame and a stride of pride.How to Train Your Dragon - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 14 - Words: 18,584 - Reviews: 98 - Updated: 11-1-11 - Published: 2-28-11 - Astrid & Ruffnut7. Confessions of a Teenage Viking » reviewsRuffnut-centric. "That was the summer that we started dragon training, me and my brother got tattoos, and Hiccup saved our entire village from the biggest enemy we would ever have. This is the story of that summer."How to Train Your Dragon - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 16 - Words: 48,012 - Reviews: 166 - Updated: 10-21-11 - Published: 7-7-11 - Ruffnut - Complete8. On the Hot Pavement » reviewsAnd born like we was on the hot pavement. Collection of unrelated Anybodys/A-Rab ficlets.West Side Story - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 7 - Words: 8,220 - Reviews: 27 - Updated: 5-15-11 - Published: 9-13-09 - Anybodys & A-Rab9. Womb to Tomb » reviewsWomb to tomb and birth to earth. The next generation is about to open up a can of worms and prove that some things go beyond the grave.West Side Story - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 22 - Words: 81,872 - Reviews: 118 - Updated: 11-2-10 - Published: 6-28-10 - Complete10. Toil and Trouble » reviews...in which Action refuses to pin the tail on the donkey, Anybodys chases A-Rab with a baseball bat, the Jets explore a haunted factory, and Riff is a pirate. Rated for naughty words and typical Halloween costumes. Happy Halloween!West Side Story - Rated: T - English - Humor/Horror - Chapters: 2 - Words: 7,424 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: 10-30-10 - Published: 10-29-10 - Complete11. Now It Begins » reviewsNow it begins, now we start. Seven girls tell their West Side Stories.West Side Story - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 25 - Words: 89,744 - Reviews: 86 - Updated: 6-21-10 - Published: 2-3-10 - Complete12. Nine Months » reviewsAnybodys and A-Rab are having a baby. It's going to be a long nine months...West Side Story - Rated: T - English - Family/Humor - Chapters: 40 - Words: 41,999 - Reviews: 136 - Updated: 6-10-10 - Published: 9-17-09 - Anybodys & A-Rab - Complete13. Seasons reviewsAnybodys-centric oneshot. One man in her life for each season of the year.West Side Story - Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,762 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 5-23-10 - Anybodys - Complete14. Glowing Hours reviewsFluffy little surprise birthday present for Vee. Ice is determined to make Velma's night-no matter the cost. Happy Birthday, twinnie.West Side Story - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,607 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 4-27-10 - Complete15. When I Don't Look reviewsWritten for viennacantabile's challenge. "What happens when you look at Bernardo?" "It's when I don't look that it happens." How Bernardo and Anita first met.West Side Story - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,304 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 2-6-10 - Anita & Bernardo - Complete16. First Snow reviewsFluffy oneshot and Christmas present for a few very special people. "After all, there was only one first snow of the year." Midgepiece. Sort of.West Side Story - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,609 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 12-18-09 - Complete17. Married in Green reviewsGraziella-centric oneshot. "Married in green, ashamed to be seen." Tiger is not Riff and never will be.West Side Story - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,440 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 10-3-09 - Graziella - Complete18. Far From Perfect reviewsA-Rab/Anybodys drabble. A-Rab and Anybodys are far from perfect. Warning for mentions of hanky-panky.West Side Story - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 758 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 7-29-09 - A-Rab & Anybodys - Complete19. Of First Dates and Milk Duds reviewsOneshot, dedicated to my lovely fanfiction twin, Vee! "A Jet wasn't afraid of anything. That being said, Baby John was terrified." Baby John goes on his first date.West Side Story - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,520 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 7-29-09 - Baby John - Complete20. Happy Birthday, Hermione reviewsFluffy little oneshot. "Hell hath no fury like a woman whose birthday has been forgotten." Ron screws up and has to rectify the situation.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,071 - Reviews: 24 - Published: 7-20-09 - Hermione G. & Ron W. - Complete21. Save All Who Dare the Eagle's Flight » reviewsThey called it the Ship of Dreams. It certainly was the Ship of Dreams; I had nightmares about the Titanic for years after just barely escaping.Titanic - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Tragedy - Chapters: 22 - Words: 80,276 - Reviews: 168 - Updated: 6-1-09 - Published: 1-25-09 - Jack D. & Fabrizio D. - Complete22. Beautiful Maria reviewsOneshot inspired by the ending scene. He should've hated her. He couldn't ever let himself love her. But he would allow himself to call her beautiful.West Side Story - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 893 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 3-5-09 - Action & Maria - Complete23. How NOT to Write HoND Fanfiction reviewsBased on "How NOT to write Titanic fanfiction" by Fomalhaut. Instructions on how to write a very typical HoND Marie Sue are inside.Hunchback of Notre Dame - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,500 - Reviews: 69 - Published: 1-15-09 - Complete24. What Really Happened reviewsI began to wonder: What would /really/ happen if the daughter of a gypsy traitoress and one of Frollo's soldier ended up in the Court of Miracles? Certainly not the Mary Sue garbage we see so often. Dark humor, although you may have to look for it.Hunchback of Notre Dame - Rated: T - English - Horror/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,220 - Reviews: 15 - Published: 1-5-09 - Clopin - Complete25. He Misses Her reviewsOneshot. He misses her, and that's all there is to it. Set after the Pevensies leave Narnia.Chronicles of Narnia - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,854 - Reviews: 24 - Published: 1-1-09 - Lucy Pevensie & Tumnus - Complete26. Christmas 1911 reviewsFor some people, the Christmas of 1911 would be the last they would ever see. How did it pass for them? Have a look at the last Christmas for several characters.Titanic - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,079 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 12-15-08 - Complete27. Cassandra reviewsOneshot. Brief glimpses of Cassandra of Troy's life, quite literally from her birth to her death.Greek Mythology - Rated: T - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,123 - Reviews: 18 - Published: 11-30-08 - Complete28. Sammen i Himlen reviewsOn the Ship of Dreams, two people who speak different languages understand each other perfectly. Helga and Fabrizio oneshot.Titanic - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,296 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 8-19-08 - Helga D. & Fabrizio D. - Complete
