Newest:

In Progress: Sequel to A Misty Mystery!!!! Cowritten with Sassyk100.

I'm so sorry to say this, but due to an unexpected loss of information Upper Hand will be on hold. I'll do my best to get it rolling agian, but until I can find a solution, it will be on HOLD! I have been informed that I may be getting the lost information back soon!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully, the guy can fix the problem very soon!!!! I'll be sure to let you all know! Thanks for your patience and I'm so sorry!

Please, whatever you do, review! I don't care what you have to say--good or bad, constructive or not, commentary or predictions, ANYTHING--just say it!!!! If you read them, please please PLEASE review what you read. You have no idea how much it means to me--or any author I would imagine--to get feedback. I mean, how many of us hate to see 100 hits, 30 visitors, and 0 reviews for the month???? Am I right? Please review!!! I BEG of you: Whatever you do, pleaaaaassssssseeeeeee REVIEW!!!

My Stories:

1) A Misty Mystery - COMPLETE

2) I Dare You - COMPLETE

3) Upper Hand - (On hold temporarily)

4) The Mystery of the Missing Pint - COMPLETE

5) Strong- INCOMPLETE

6) A Misty Mystery 2 (a spoof) - COMPLETE

7) A Misty Mystery: The Red Rock Robbery -INCOMPLETE

I have some poems posted on FictionPress, if anyone is interested. I am planning on furthering my account there, but it may take some time...he he...I'm bad about timing...Check it out!

http://www.fictionpress.com/u/775424/corkybookworm1

My Fiction Press Stories: ( ALL ARE COMPLETE... just something to peak your interest :-D)

1) Shadow of Light -Poem

2) Angels In the Creases of the Clouds -Poem

3) My Mother -Poem (written by my mom; I just posted it b/c...)

4) Tears -Poem

5) Graduated -Poem

6) Confusion -Poem

7) 'Rain' or 'Ode to Storms' -Poem

8) Many Hues -Poem

9) Tender Trusting Trees -Poem

10) Join Me -Poem

11) For the Pain and Sorrow -Poem

12) I Shed My Tears -Poem

13) Midnight Crush -Poem

14) DAR Essay -Essay

15) Daniel's Revenge -Short Story

16) My Words -Poem

17) A Child Again -Poem

18) The Unconquered Champion -Poem

19) Into the Dark -Poem

20) Devoid of Hope -Poem

21) My First Love...Because of You -Poem

22) The Beach Scene -Short Story

23) The Nightlight -Short Story

24) Corridor -Short Story

A MESSAGE TO READERS:

What you call being 'too lazy to review' is what we call 'a flame to the pages' as the writers. That one minute or two that you felt 'too lazy' to review is another minute of creeping discouragement that all writers feel as they begin to think...

"Why am I even here…?"

"What's even the point of continuing?"

"My skills must be terrible…"

"No one cares for my story…"

"I'll never be a good writer..."

"I quit."

These are only a few thoughts that go through every writer's head- that go through MY head- when we put out a chapter/story with all our heart and soul within, and we sit there…and sit…and wait…and not a single person says even a word.

If you're not a writer, you have NO IDEA how much that hurts…

If you ARE a writer, then I'm sure you know just how great it feels when someone is kind enough to leave a heartwarming and encouraging review, and you read it, smiling while thinking…'Wow…I did it…'

So, why not give fellow writers the same luxury here?

Too many times I've seen epic and utterly beautiful works of literary art fall to pieces before finally being abandoned due to the terrible discouragement that the lack of reviews can cause.

Sometimes, it is so severe that the very writer himself decides to quit, denying the world his skills of writing that I'm quite sure others would have deeply enjoyed.

So…

Just one minute, that's all it takes. Just a few gentle taps of the fingers on your keyboard, a few seconds or so of your time, and your words can SAVE a writer from a dark demise.

Do me a favor: Go find a story, ANY story, anywhere here on Fanfiction.net, and see if you can help it. If it has very little/no reviews at all, just check it out, and say whatever comes to mind.

And enjoy the thought in mind that you could have just SAVED that story, with just a few taps of the keyboard.

ODDS AND ENDS ABOUT ME:

(Like anyone really cares...I'm just having fun here!)

My Nicknames: (I still instinctively respond to all of them)

Corky -by my Aunt V. (thus the Corkybookworm ;-D)

Coya -by my Aunt T.

Coodie Coo -by my Gma N. and Gpa T.

Missy Lie Loo/ Sissy Lie Loo/Missy Loo -by my mom

Sissy -by my sister and one of my younger brothers

My Family: (In a Nutshell- should be a Nuthouse!) I love my family to death! They are just...just awesomeness. =-D

I am the oldest of five children( 3 boys and 2 girls) and two miscarriges( 1 boy and 1 girl).

My parents have only ever been married to each other and they're still together.

I have three aunts and six uncles.

I have three living pairs of grandparents and two great gpas and one great gma.

I have...tons (not going to even try to count) of cousins.

Characteristics:

I'm odd, unusual, and out of the ordinary.

I deffinatly can't SPELL!

I LOVE to write.

I LOVE to read. (top 4 authors are Magaret Peterson Haddix, Gail Carson Levine, Shannon Hale, & Terri Blackstock!!!!!)

When I'm home, I have to go to my grandparents house to use the internet. (I usually just walk... It's only 2 miles!)

I'm a TOTAL Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys bug! ALL THE WAY!!!!! Like books, games, tv shows, EVERYTHING!

I'm VERRRRRRRRY precice about what I say and how I say it- more so in the terms of writing, but I sorta do it in my speech as well. I can literally spend an hour trying to work on one sentence. Ha, and when you get me and Sassyk100 together...yesh, we spend HOURS working together on the smallest of details!!! I love you Sassy!!!!!!!!!!!!

I like to learn new words and I'm always looking for a new way to expand my vocabulary.

I love Spanish and LATIN! (actually I love almost all launguages but esp. Sp and L, and I'm not to fond of French...I don't know why? Ironic thing is...I'm took French One last year...I had taken all the Spanish that they offered, but I'm back into Spanish agian for college!!!!!!!!!!!)

I'm one of those CHRISTIANS!!

I have only one set of shelves in my room to hold all my books (I have so many some're currently living on the floor!) This doesn't include my ND and HB shelves, which are too small to be shelves anyway...and, yes, ND and the HB get their own shelves...I know, I'm a dork.

I love to cook. My Fruit Pizza is my trademark. (If you're interested, just ask, and I'll send the recepie. It's GARUNTEED to never be enough...YUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!) Um, I just recently took on my gma's Cheesy Vegitable Soup recipe (UH-MAZINGNESS!) And if you have a recepie that you'd like to share, PLEASE do! I love recieving recepies!!

I have only 3 BEST friends in the world, and I love them with all my heart!!!

I've never had a boyfriend -ever. (...doesn't mean that I can't dream :-D )

I Fantisize a LOT!

I'm constantly bugged my story plots running through my mind. Oh, but my dad just got me a cool green journal that I now write them down in!!

I like poetry -writing and reading it, but...yeah, I'm not all that great... I'm working on it.

Four dollars is gold to me. (I can get a new ND and HB original Super Mystery from Amazon!!!)

My favorite color is GREEN!! Blue runs in close second, but it depends on the shade. Oh, I love colors! It's so hard to choose favorites...except for greeeeeeeeennnnnnnnn!

I like to watch the good shows that they used to play on T.V. I feel for the kids who grow up with...Ant Farm? Seriously dude? What happened to Even Stevens and Kim Possible, Red Skelton and The Dick Van Dyke Show and stuff like that???

I saw this on a few other people's profiles and thought that it was helpful, so Ima try it...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gender: Girl

Age: Why should I tell you? :)

Home: Born in KY, lived most of my life in TN, but have also a special place in my heart for NC!

Fandom Favs.: The one, the only... NANCY DREW AND THE HARDY BOYS!!!!!

My Fandoms: ND and the HB, of course!

Genres Typically Used: Drama, Romance, Mystery, Adventure, and I'm beginning to play around with Suspence a little bit too (not neccessarily in that order)

Ratings: K, K, occasionally T. It'll never go higher, that's just me...

Fav T.V. Shows: Here's a shocker, I don't have T.V. Yeah, I know. Ok, but when I get access to a T.V. I LOVE Victorious!! Hannah Montana, I Carly's okay, um...like I said, don't watch much T.V. Ooh, but I LOVE the old X-Files!!

Fav. Anime: A... Huh? You speakin' German...What's Anime?

Fav. Movies: Huh, funny. Do you really want the list? Okay...The Princess Bride, Willow, Pride and Prejuidce, Sense and Sensibilaty, The Blues Brothers (both of them), Anastasia, Ratatouie (hope I spelled that right...), Enchanted, QUEST FOR CAMELOT!!!!, The First Knight, The Lake House, The Magical Legend of the Lepreacauns (sp?), any Disney Princess movie, and Barbie Princess movie (Yes), um...should I go on?

Fav. Books: Right, like I'm actually gonna pick a fav.

Okay, so I do have one top fav. book, AND IT'S JUST BEEN PUBLISHED AS AN E-BOOK!!!!! It used to be called The Singing Sword, but the name has officially been chanced to New Birth. It's Book One of The Saga of the Singing Sword Brigade.

Other of my favorites are: Pride and Prejudice (who would have guessed); Little Women; the Alex Rider series; anything by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Shannon Hale, Terri Blackstock (especially her Restoration Series!!!!!!!! Last Light, Night Light, True Light, and Dawn's Light), or Gail Carson Levine; Eragon; Eldest; Brisinger; Inheritance; Inkheart; Inkspell; Song of the Sparrow; The Boxcar Children Series; the Baily School Kids series; the Trailblazer series; oh, yeah, and NANCY DREW; and THE HARDY BOYS; and THE NANCY DREW AND THE HARDY BOYS SUPERMYSTERIES!!!!

OTHER:

What's Your:

Bedtime: I prefer somewhere between eight and ten, but with college hw...who knows?

Most Missed Memory: MAC AND CHEESE WITH KASI!!!!!! Man what a moment that was...

First Thought Waking Up: Who's shinning that light in my eyes? Ohhhh, where did the sweet night go...?

Goal For This Year: Uh, finish Chester, Rostel, and Relina, the beginnig anyway... (this has been here for like...ever)

Fears: Snakes,spiders (have you SEEN the movie Aracnaphobia?????), mice, creepy crawlies in the night!!!!

Longest Relationship: Okay, here's anther shocker: never been in one...

Okay so here's a really neat e-mail that my cousin sent me. I just wanted to share it because I thought it was funny and cute, so here it is:

FAKE FRIENDS vs. REAL FRIENDS

FAKE FRIENDS: Never ask for food.
REAL FRIENDS: Are the reason you have no food.

FAKE FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr / Mrs
REAL FRIENDS: Call your parents DAD/MOM

FAKE FRIENDS: Never seen you cry
REAL FRIENDS: Cry with you

FAKE FRIENDS: Borrow your stuff for a few days then give it back
REAL FRIENDS: Keep your stuff so long they forget it's yours

FAKE FRIENDS: Know a few things about you
REAL FRIENDS: Could write a book about you with direct quotes
from you

FAKE FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that is what the
crowd is doing
REAL FRIENDS: Will kick the whole crowds butt that left you

FAKE FRIENDS: Would knock on your front door
REAL FRIENDS: Walk right in and say 'I'M HOME!'

FAKE FRIENDS: Are for awhile
REAL FRIENDS: Are for life

FAKE FRIENDS: Will talk bad to the person who talks bad about you.
REAL FRIENDS: Will knock the person out that talked bad about you

FAKE FRIENDS: Would ignore this
REAL FRIENDS: Will send this to all their real friends and hope
to get it back!

If you were killed today, I'm sorry I wouldn't be able to come to your
funeral, because I'd be in jail for killing the person who did it.

First, I wanted to let you know th at I love you to death & think you
are amazing!

Second, if I don't get this back I understand ...

I have a game for you. Once you read this letter, you must send it to
6 (Hah I changed it... 14 seems to high) people that you really care
about, including the person that sent
it to you.

If you receive at least 4 (changed this too. lol) back then you are

*AMAZING*

Thalia and her boyfriend Luke were speeding over 100 mph on a motorcycle.

Thalia: Slow down, I'm scared.

Luke: No, this is fun.

Thalia: No, it's not. Please, it's so scary.

Luke: then tell me you love me.

Thalia: I love you, now please slow down.

Luke: Now give me a big hug.

(She gives him a big hug)

Luke: Can you take my helmet off & put it on yourself, it's really bothering me.

The next day in the newspaper, a motorcycle crashed into a building due to brake failure. Two people were in the crash, but only one survived. The truth was that halfway down the road the guy realized that his brakes weren't working, but he didn't want the girl to know. Instead, he had her hug him and tell him she loves him one last time. Then he had her put on his helmet so that she would live, even though that meant he would die. If you would do the same thing for the person you love, copy and paste this into your profile.

Not that I believe anything bad will happen to me if I don't, but hey why not? Honestly, I don't interpret that verse as meaning "if you don't post this, you're going to the pits!" I really think God could care less what happens in our little internet lives, whether we post this or not. Don't get me wrong, that doesn't mean to trash Him or His ways and then turn around and claim that you're an honest Christian. You've got to live in Christ, but that doens't mean you have to re-post every "I believe!!!" that you come across

Did you know that 98% of teenagers will not stand up for God, and 93% of the people that read this won’t repost it?

Jesus had no servants, yet they called him Master...

He had no degree, yet they called him Teacher...

He had no medicine, yet they called him Healer...

He had no army, yet kings feared him...

He won no military battles, yet he conquered the world...

He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him...

He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today

Feel honored to serve such a leader who loves us...

If you believe in the God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

then copy and paste this in your profile

YOUR GIRL SIDE:

You wear lip gloss/chap stick - I am hopelessly addicted to chapstick!
You love to shop – In BOOKSTORES! YEAH!!!!!!! I could spend all day there--I have...
You wear eyeliner- No. Unless I'm dressing up, which I try to make a rare occasion--like Christmas concert for band rare.
You wear the color pink- I actually don't mind it, but deffinatly can't handle ALL pink.
You go to your mom for advice- Duh! Mom Know's Best!!!
You consider cheerleading a sport.- Who would? Freaks...
You hate wearing the color black- Half of my closet is black (it's a very common T-Shirt color); but I don't do ALL black...that would be a bit much.
You like hanging out at the mall-We don't have a mall in our town, and if we did...who cares? I'd rather read or write.
You like getting manicures and/or pedicures - I did that once; the massages weren't bad, but the painting of the fake nails...(shudder)bad memories there...
You like wearing jewelry - When I get dressed up, again as rare an occasion as possible; but I do have a ring that my aunt gave me that I LOVE to wear. It's simply a band with a faded rose on it. Also, I like necklaces too. Usually I have my silver cross necklace (I got the most beautiful one for Graduation!) or a black one with a tiny butterfly on it from Dollywood. I have a few others, but they aren't worn as commonly.

Hilarious: (Not that I would actually do it, but...)

Ways to annoy others on an elevator:

1) Crack open your briefcase or handbag, peer Inside and ask "Got enough air in there?"

2) Stand silent and motionless in the corner facing the wall without getting off.

3) When arriving at your floor, grunt and strain to yank the doors open, then act as if you're embarrassed when they open themselves.

4) Greet everyone with a warm handshake and ask him or her to call you Admiral.

5) Meow occasionally.

6) Stare at another passenger for a while. Then announce in horror: "You're one of THEM" - and back away slowly

7) Say -DING at each floor.

8) Say "I wonder what all these do?" And push all the red buttons.

9) Make explosion noises when anyone presses a button.

10) Stare, grinning at another passenger for a while, then announce: "I have new socks on."

11) When the elevator is silent, look around and ask: "Is that your beeper?"

12) Try to make personal calls on the emergency phone.

13) Draw a little square on the floor with chalk and announce to the other passengers: "This is my personal space."

14) When there's only one other person in the elevator, tap them on the shoulder, then pretend it wasn't you.

15) Push the buttons and pretend they give you a shock. Smile, and go back for more.

16) Ask if you can push the button for other people but push the wrong ones.

17) Hold the doors open and say you're waiting for your friend. After a while, let the doors close and say "Hi Greg, How's your day been?"

18) Drop a pen and wail until someone reaches to help pick it up, then scream: "That's mine!"

19) Bring a camera and take pictures of everyone in the lift.

20) Pretend you're a flight attendant and review emergency procedures and exits with the Passengers.

21) Swat at flies that don't exist.

22) Call out "Group hug" then enforce it.)

6 Truths of Life

1. You cannot touch all of your teeth with your tongue

2.All idiots after reading this will try it

3. The first truth is a lie.

4.You are now laughing at your own stupididty

5. you will put this on your profile

6. you still have a stupid smile on your face

Okay, so that's enough for now. I hate long profiles. I congragulate you if you had enough patience to make it all the way through- It's pushin' my limits just postin' it!!