I started writing in 2007 after discovering several fan fiction sites while looking for information on the release to DVD of an old favorite TV show. I wrote primarily to amuse myself and to fill in story lines that I would have like to have read or seen. I am also a bit of a daydreamer and since I started writing, I have created (within my own head at least) a timeline for the second and third season of Beauty and The Beast.

I do have one observation. The only difference between a day dreamer and a writer is whether or not you put it down on paper (computer). Once you’ve written it down, it’s hard to resist showing it to someone else. At that point you are an author even if you only have one other fan/reader.

My biggest problem is that I can not leave well enough alone. It is impossible for me to proofread one of my own stories without wanting to make changes (improvements?) to it. I could revise a story 20 times and still find something to change the next time I proof it. Even the act of getting a story ready to post usually results in many modifications.

I like fantasy and science fiction books. I am a big fan of dragon stories. My favorite are the Dragonriders Of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey. I also like James Bond and Sherlock Holmes Books. I have similar tastes in movies. I consider Lord of the Rings to be both the greatest books and the greatest movies ever made. I am also a fan of Shakespeare. I think Midsummer Night's Dream is one of the funniest things I ever read.

My wife and I are both fans of TV shows that mix romance and adventure. We like old shows such as Beauty and the Beast, Hart to Hart, Remington Steele (she was crazy for Remington/I was crazy for Laura), and Scarecrow and Mrs. King. I hope I didn’t give away my age there (my son asks what it was like doing my homework on stone tablets). It was my wife that suggested that I try submitting a few of my stories to a fan fiction site to see what others thought of them. So I would welcome any reviews (though I respond poorly to flaming). Constructive criticism is acceptable and if there is an error I will try to correct it (I like that this web site gives me that option).

I won't post a story until it is finished (most of them were written as much as a year ago). It's no fun reading part of a story then having to wait an interminably long time for the next chapter. Treating a reader like that is just plain rude. That doesn't mean I won't take a few weeks to get the whole thing up (I can't resist monkeying with them as I prepare them for posting). I try to keep the interval between chapters to less than a week.

I also have a few oddball stories, that are not really part of same time-line/universe as the rest, rattling around in my head. One is a three way crossover that got more complex every time I thought about it. (Crossed Roads) The final version is completely posted. I just recently posted one that involved both the characters and some of the actors that play them. Once in a while a story like Lion's Song or Wrong Turn will come out of left field and wap me upside the head and I just have to jot them down.

It seems that just as I think I'm nearly finished a new story idea occurs to me. One idea for a very short story came to me while watching a music video (Lion's Song). I have recently finished posting a story about the 911 attack (Towers fell...) that grew to nearly three times the originally intended size. I will try to write and post all of my BnB stories eventually as I get the time.

Story Development Notes:

All of the stories that I wrote before I started posting are now completely posted. I find that I have a lot of new ideas that I want to develop (Some of which were already hinted at in Interludes). The following is about how those ideas became stories.

I have Just begun work on three new stories. The first, Alexander, has already been alluded to in Interludes. There is no predetermined plot to it. It seems to be writing itself as I type off the top of my head. I hope to have it finished by the time Crossed Roads is completely posted (although at the present time I have no idea where the story line is going or how long it will end up being. The only thing set in stone about it is the event referred to in Interludes). The second story is The Hunter about Alexander's parents, and it is currently in production as well and is developing the same way as Alexander. At the present time it seems to be a horse race as to which of the two stories will be completed first (it was The Hunter). The third is an, as of yet, un-named story and deals with what happened with Jacob and Linda between the two epilogues of Towers Fell... At present it's little more than a very sketchy outline and some interesting ideas.

Alexander keeps getting bigger. I have finally reached the point in the story referred to in Interludes but that still leaves a lot that must happen afterward. This story could very well end up being larger than Crossed Roads. Just as I got ready to post the final chapter of The Hunter I got hit by an idea that I wrote out complete in one sitting and have posted as Requiem. It was inspired in part by a couple of questions about the rest of Caterine and Vincent's family.

I think I'm getting close to the end of Alexander though I'm still not sure how it's going to end. I may be able to begin posting it in a week or two. (Every time I think I'm getting close to the end, some new plot twist pops up and pushes it farther away) This story may end up being the longest yet, we shall see.

Strange thing, I was working along on what I hoped was the last chapter of Alexander when I noticed a couple of secondary characters trying to take over control of the story. In order to prevent a coup I negotiated a truce and offered them their own stories if they would go back to supporting character status. Though I have not finished this story I have decided to go ahead and start posting it. The thing has so many chapters already that I will have plenty of time to finish it before I reach the last chapter. . . It's done and it is now officially the longest story I have written so far (25 chapters/72000 words). The secondary characters still had one more surprise up their sleeves for the last two chapters but it's done now. All chapters have been posted.

The story Dating an Urban Legend was about Jonathon and Danielle supposed to be about 10 chapters long . . . It has grown to at least 16 (correction 17 chapters). Those pesky characters keep getting into mischief but it is now completely posted.

I've begun work on some new stories. One about Karen and her Secret Service Agent called The Agent that runs concurrently with Dating. I have also begun tinkering with the sequel to A Mother's Diary titled Much Ado About Everything. and a sequel to Towers Fell called Five Of Hearts. I'm also thinking of possibly going back to Jacob and Charles late teenage years. I have also started jotting down tidbits for a story about Joseph and Paulette called Destinies In Collision, sort of a prequel to Hunter. I'm not quite sure where that one will go.

I'm still not sure which one I will concentrate on next. Somehow I have ended up with several different story ideas running through my head at the same time and I'm having trouble deciding on which one to do next. It will probably be either Agent or Much Ado but Destinies has been developing rather quickly the last few days. Right now it is pretty much a horse race which story idea will end up being finished first. It may take a while before I have anything completed and ready to post.

When I started on the forth chapter of Destinies I noticed a peculiar pattern to my chapter titles. I wonder if I can keep the pattern going?

Reader reactions to a couple of chapters in Destinies has caused me to go back and rewrite two chapters and add a new chapter but it is finally finished and posted. I also came up with a little three chapter sequel to it called Little Miracles which I have posted.

Well I'm out of anything new to post. I still have a sequel to Mother's Diary titled Much Ado About Everything but it is still far from complete. I am also working on a sequel to Towers Fell called Five Of Hearts. I'm also thinking of possibly going back to Jacob and Charles late teenage years that is as yet untitled. There is also a 'what if' story about Catherine and Vincent meeting shortly after her mother dies tentatively titled Little Girl Lost that I have started. Then there are the sequels to Crossed Roads called Something Rotten From Denmark and Exit Staged Right called Exit Staged Left. There is also the story of how Catherine and Vincent's grandson Devin Chandler-Wells meets the super model Emily Hansen titled Model Beast. The thing is, once again I have ended up with several different story ideas percolating in my brain at the same time and I'm having trouble concentrating on just one. Sometimes I will end up bouncing between two or more while writing.

Newest developments:

Well Lately though The Agent has the most done on it, I find that most of my interest and effort lately has been going into Much Ado and Model Beast. Right now I don't know which of those three will be completed first or my attention may shift again to one of the other stories that are currently in limbo. It depends on where my muse takes me and believely she is a fickle little minx.

At my latest count, I have 15 stories in various states of development (ranging from a few lines of basic story concept to a few stories that may be nearing completion) Since I refuse to post any story until it is complete, it may be awhile before anything new shows up here from me. I'll be back when I have something new to post. I still read reviews (and occasionally make corrections or updates when necessary).

Latest report: Three of the 15 stories I have been working on are getting close to completion. I hope to begin posting the new stories after the first of the year (assuming I can figure out a satisfactory ending for two of them).

Here is a list of my stories, as well as the stories by other authors that inspired my writing, in approximately chronological order. They all fit in the same basic time line (more or less).

A Beauty And The Beast Timeline
This is a timeline for my own concept of the third and fourth season of Beauty And The Beast as well as some additions to season two. Stories written by other authors have their names after them in parenthesis.

Origins of the Tunnel community :
Conquered
Conquerer (by Orianna-2000)
Bleak Midwinter (by Nan Dibble)

Lost Second Season episodes :

The Tower And The Beast - - Second Halloween episode - should have been the next episode after Remember Love
After The Tower - - A request from a reviewer gave me an idea so I ran with it
Naomi - - New member to the community - should have been the next episode after When The Bluebird Sings

Third season :
Though Lovers Be Lost - Revised
Encounter
Turnabout (by BeeDrew)
What Light Through Yonder Window (by Lynette Combs)
That's What Friends Are For (by Edith Crowe)
The Gift of a Friend - - not published
The Fire And The Rose (by Edith Crowe)
The Four of Rods (by Edith Crowe)
Candle To Candle (by Edith Crowe)
The Unexpected Guests

Fourth Season :
Scars
Father's Day (by Lynette Combs)
A Dark And Stormy Night (by Edith Crowe)
A New Life
Joe's Tale (inspired by and influenced by 'If I forget thee, oh Jerusalem' by Toni Lichtenstein Bogolub.)
A Mother's Diary (includes my own alternate perspective of the first part of 'Conquerer' by Orianna-2000)
Much Ado About Everything - - Life keeps getting more complicated and the reporter from A New Life returns. Lots of coupling. (in early development)
Tunnel Rat - - Jennifer prefers the tunnels to the surface world (mostly a concept and a few vignettes)

Lost Episodes (season variable) :
Interludes - - Set in season 1 before Father started to accept Catherine's involvement with Vincent (hints at what's to come)
Crossed Roads : Steele, Scarecrow & The Beast - - A crossover that would go after 'Turnabout' if included in my general timeline.
Something's Rotten From Denmark - - a sequel to Crossed Roads (in early Development)
The Lions Song - - could go somewhere in late season 3 or anywhere in season 4

Episodes of the New Millennium (2001 - 2099) :
And The Towers Fell Down - - what happened during the 9/11 attacks
The Beast Equalized - - (Another undeveloped crossover idea, with "The Equalizer" not even a story plot as of yet. )
Five of Hearts - - The developing relationship between Jacob & Linda and Charles & Elizabeth as they grow up (in early development)
Cherry - - (Currently just a story concept)
Model Beast - - A fashion super model crosses paths with Devin, the grandson of Catherine and Vincent. (in development)
Destinies In Collision - - Joseph and Paulette meet over a car wreck
Little Miracles - - Joseph and Paulette are told they will be unable to have children
The Hunter - - The story of Alexander's father, Vincent's grandson
Requiem - - The last months of Catherine and Vincent
Alexander - - Alexander, Vincent's great grandson stops a potential disaster and changes - EVERYTHING -
Dating An Urban Legend - - Danielle doesn't believe in the Creature of Central Park ... then finds herself taking one to her Senior Prom
The Agent - - Alexander's sister Karen falls for one of the President's Secret Service agents (in development).

Note: Some of these stories are interlaced together and some of the longer ones would be split into several episodes. Some of these stories were written by other authors and because of that, the fit is imperfect. Not all of the stories by other authors are located on this site. Those can be found at - http://jacalyns.u28.nozonenet.com/. In my own imagination, the stories by other authors have been edited to better fit into a cohesive whole (Like I said, I never could leave well enough alone).

Alternate/What if Realities :
Exit Staged Right - - Vincent and Catherine receive help from a totally unexpected source.
Exit Staged Left - - Who says lightning doesn't strike twice. (in early development)
Little Girl Lost - - (This is only a working title for an idea I had. I hope to turn it into a story some day.)