Finally got up the nerve to join and post.

Hoping it helps me become strong enough to write my own material.

No words of wisdom just now.

My spirit animal is a muppet...

UPDATED: I really do wish I had some words of wisdom to share. No, really. Unfortunately I don't think that will happen until I finish my story, Love's Divine.

UPDATED 09-01-2008: Thank you everyone who has subscribed and posted reviews :) I deeply appreciate it. I'm so sorry for the delays. Life is happening which means job layoff drama :( However, I am plugging away at Chapter 3 and hope to get it done by the end of the month although it could take longer. Please hang in there. Thanks again!

UPDATED 09-14-2008: I was trolling the web and wanted to see whether or not my story showed up in Google searches. Imagine my surprise when I saw it listed in the Excellence in Superman Fan Fiction section! WOW! Thank you for that fantastic vote of confidence. I hope I can keep plugging and not disappoint you by leaving the story unfinished. My goal is to finish it at chapter 10. So everybody please sent out a hope/prayer/postive vibe that I can do it.

Also, I figured since I have some free time on my hands I'd update my profile section.

1. Favorite Fan Fic Genres:
Labyrinth
Superman (of course :) )
Blood Ties (I mean honestly, Henry had the best hair this side of Jareth!)

2. Favorite Fan Fic Authors:
Okay of course the incomparable K.L. Morgan who broke my heart when she stopped work on the sequel to A Forefeit of Dreams. K.L., you took my breath away! When I wasn't blown away reading your work I was green with envy thinking "Damnit! Why hadn't I thought of that?! Lol...

Then there is Clairecheaux with the jaw-dropping Kal-El's Journal. Holy moly!! If you haven't discovered this yet run don't walk to the fan fiction section of The Planet http://www.bluetights.net/theplanet/showthread.php?t=19253. You will literally laugh and cry reading this. It's as if she took Superman from black and white to full-blown technicolor. You'll never see Superman the same way again. (Again, why didn't I think of this?! lol...)

I have to give a shout out to Alphie who was the first must-read Superman fan fic author I discovered. Being Jason White and In the Shadow of My Father are just...she created a whole world. Wow. I was reading it again and remembering just how much you inspired me to write my own. Every time I read her work I feel like I'm watching a whole other movie. Moreover, she's taken a critical but minor character and made him three-dimensional. And she did it without resorting to cliche. My hat is off to you.

3. Why the title? Why Love's Divine?: The title comes from Seal's song. For me, the lyrics describe where Clark's psyche is at in this story.

Then the rainstorm came, over me
And I felt my spirit break
I had lost all of my, belief you see
And realized my mistake
But time threw a prayer, to me
And all around me became still

I need love, love's divine
Please forgive me now I see that I've been blind
Give me love, love is what I need to help me know my name

UPDATE 11-04-2008: Oh howdy! Sorry it's taking me soooooo long to update. I'm actually working on a project for which I hope to get paid. And since I'm between jobs right now, I have to give that the priority. I expect that I'll be able to come back to Love's Divine by mid-November or early December. If I manage to write a short, one-off piece I'll post it. Until then though please be patient. This story isn't over. And I need to see how it ends as much as you do :) (Heck if I could illustrate this sucker I'd go to down; and since I'm working with a comic book organization maybe I'll find someone who can.)

Random Thought: Has anybody noticed how Zac Efron looks like he could be Brandon Routh's brown-haired younger brother? Jus' sayin'...

UPDATE 11-22-2008: Okay yes, I'm stiiiiilllll trying to work my way back to Love's Divine, while job hunting and working on real-world projects. But while I've been dancing the unemployment blues, I finished reading the entire Harry Potter series. Then I went on a Harry Potter fan fic binge. Well Done, My Good and Faithful Servant is the result. I hope you like it. It may or may not remain a one-shot. Depends on what kind of feedback I get and my energy levels. In any event it feels good to get my Potter fic out of my head.

Random Thought: How hot is Snape? Oooh baby!

UPDATE 01-11-2009: Well now yes, I am a bad fan fic writer. I have not gone back to Love's Divine as yet. And I've kept you waiting on Chapter 4 of Well Done, My Good and Faithful Servant. hangs head in shame On the other hand, I've completed, that's right COMPLETED, a new Potter fan fic, For the Price of My Familiar. It features Dumbledore and Snape and is the first solo creative writing project I've finished in 13 years. Whooo hoooo!! does the happy dance. This last story was something I had to write before I wrote Chapter 4 of Well Done so hopefully you can forgive me in light of that. And I won't make anymore promises on Love's Divine other than that I haven't abandoned it. It would help me out a lot more if folks would read and review my work. The encouragement would definitely help keep me going. Thanks!

UPDATE 02-24-2009: Well I've finished another one. I can't believe I'm still plugging away. I've also written Ch. 5 of Well Done, My Good and Faithful Servant which is a bit awkward since I haven't written Ch. 4 yet. Ah well. Severus isn't going anywhere. But you readers might so I'm TRYING to keep writing. Love's Divine still languishes. I hope it doesn't disappear from the site. It will be finished. I just don't know when. The Harry Potter muse has got me by the throat. I'm realizing that I don't have to make my chapters so friggin' long and that lowers the burden tremendously. Whoo-hoo! And I'm reading a boat load of fan fiction which seems to feed my muse so there you go. Now if I can just get some good Superman fan fiction that might get me going on Love's Divine again. Anybody got any suggestions? Oh well please let me know what you think. Read and review and I'll love you! Lol.

UPDATE 03-18-2009: Hi all! I'm sorry it's taking me forever to update Well Done. This story is turning out to be more complex than I originally envisioned it to be. Not because of a complicated plot but because I find I need to write so much background information. The main point right now is to fully develop Ophelia's character. I feel like I gave Severus a firm foundation in For the Price of My Familiar. Events in that story WILL impact events in Well Done so check it out if you haven't read it yet. I think you'll like it.The story I'm working on for Ophelia is called The Healer's Apprentice (although the title might change to The Feeling Begins which comes from a melody on Peter Gabriel's Last Temptation of Christ soundtrack). This takes place when Ophelia is 16 and she and Severus first realize they love each other. Tricky situation! How they handle it impacts on events in Well Done. I'm actually willing to send off the first five pages if you're interested cause I could use all the encouragement I can get to keep going. (Yep, still unemployed although I might start a temp job at the end of the month). THANKS TO EVERYONE who is waiting patiently. And for those of you who are waiting on updates to Love's Divine, please forgive me. My muse keeps pushing me towards Severus and hasn't yet sent me the way to resolve the tension built up at the end of ch. 3. As soon as it does, and unfortunately I can't force it, I will update.

P.S.

Wanna know how much money Snape makes? Check out my blog at www.being-heard.blogspot.com.

UPDATE 10-29-2009

Wow! It's been...seven whole months since my last update. In that time I've worked for the Census Bureau, twice; had two articles published in Publisher's Weekly Comics Weekly section (Yay!), had my computer crap out TWICE...no THRICE (first it was the power source, then it was the hard drive, then Microsoft sent a download that crapped out my system, Bill Gates is evil!! Lol) and I'm STILL job hunting. On the other hand this past weekend I went to a writing workshop at Haverford College with the HILARIOUS Lynda Barry. She gave me enough inspiration to rough out a chapter for one of my WIPs. I hate to say which one because of course I'm the queen of LOOONNNNGGGGG intervals between updates. However, I do have a new Potter fanfic out there. It's called Confessions of a Cornwall Grad. The premise: "We can't all go to Hogwarts. Doesn't mean we want to end up making change on the Knight Bus." Because of my computer problems I couldn't upload it to Fan Fiction. Once I get the Open Office download straightened out I hope to add it here. In the meanwhile, if you want to read it, you can find it on my blog at www.being-heard.blogspot.com. And for any of you still hanging in there, THANKS!!

P.S. Color me embarassed! An hour or two later I managed to upload it. Doesn't that just figure? In any case, enjoy! Feel free to leave a review!