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Author has written 39 stories for Dark Angel, CSI, Supernatural, Firefly, Stargate: Atlantis, A-Team, A-Team, and Walking Dead. Apparently I go years between updating my profile, so here I am weeding out some of the babble and updating in a marginal manner, oddly similar to the way I approach my CV. I'm 25 years old, working on a Masters' degree, and I've been writing fan fiction since I was about 15. You can trace my age through the stories, I find. They began with silly humor, continued with sappy love stories and what I now consider to be cheesy action flicks, traced through grand ideas that never panned out, and then became short introspective pieces sketching images of characters' lives. My first fandom love was Dark Angel - and by my first, I mean the first for which I wrote the stories in my head. A leap of faith, that. Then came . . . oh, what came next? CSI, then Supernatural, then Firefly, etc. - but none of them held interest quite as long or as tightly as Dark Angel. These days my fandom loves come in intense but short bursts of perusing through entire sections of this site. For anyone reading this who is new to the fan fiction scene, my advice to you is this: Don't be afraid of it. Honestly, writing fan fiction teaches you things about writing that you may never learn without it (I don't really know this, but it's a theory). It teaches you characterization, commitment, interaction with your audience. Your audience helps you to learn out what works and what doesn't, but you do have to be cautious with reviewers; not because they sometimes tell you things you don't want to hear, but because sometimes they omit the things you don't want to hear. Take positive reviews as encouragement, but never forget who your most critical reader is (who it has to be): yourself. Don't forget your flames, either - sometimes they are angry, useless word vomit, but they can be a very helpful tool too. Read them, close them off for a few days, put them out of your mind, then re-read them - if your work is being flamed, there very well may be a problem. Take a second look. (But of course, sometimes the stories are just good.) Try not to get too caught up in fan fiction. I am always afraid that I let myself fall back onto it too long. I know I loved it, I know I did write good stories, fandom based or not - but I know that while fan fiction teaches you to stay in the boundaries, it makes it hard for you to design your own as well. Building a character and a story is hard work, and I worry that not building them made it harder. Try AU stories if you want, and original characters (but be vaguely aware of the Mary Sue phenomenon). Also, if you get a chance, read Strunk and White's The Elements of Style. It's short, it's witty, and it's an excellent guide. And thanks for reading, - Kel I just realized that I only have two permanent WIPs. This is shocking to me, because I feel guilty enough about them that I thought there had to be more. They are Cargo, and The Only Way Out (and if I'm being honest, that one was going nowhere fast anyway). I'm sorry if any readers are/were left hanging, but it's been over nine years for both of them. I hope you (and I!) can get past it, because they're really not going to be continued. | |||||||
1. The Spaces in Between reviewsHe broke from the trees and sprinted out to the one rickety pier he'd seen jutting into the lake, intending as a last ditch effort to swim away from the walkers – he had no idea if they could swim, but doubted it.Walking Dead - Rated: M - English - Suspense - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,419 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 6-24-12 - Daryl D. & Maggie G. - Complete2. Stone reviewsShane can hear the walkers down the street. They haven't noticed him yet, but they're drifting closer, and there's nothing he can do to save himself.Walking Dead - Rated: M - English - Suspense/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,240 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-7-12 - Shane W. & T-Dog - Complete3. Equinox reviewsHannibal dislikes the days around the winter solstice, when daylight is lacking.A-Team - Rated: K - English - Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 257 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-7-12 - Hannibal - Complete4. Fishing with the B'ys reviewsMurdock makes a new friend, picks up a new accent, and seeks his next flight of fancy.A-Team - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 659 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-7-12 - H.M. Murdock & Hannibal S. - Complete5. Chestnuts Roasting on an Open FireBA, Murdock, and eight men dressed like elves experience a some holiday cheer.A-Team - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 596 - Published: 6-7-12 - B.A. Baracus & H.M. Murdock - Complete6. Into the Shoals reviewsFace is patching Murdock up after a bar fight, when he realizes that split knuckles aren't the only thing troubling him. Slash.A-Team - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,970 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-7-12 - Face & Murdock - Complete7. Trouble No More » reviewsAfter learning that his friend Barry was essentially adopted in his place, Face finds himself a little lost and needs some kind of grounding connection.A-Team - Rated: K - English - Angst/Family - Chapters: 4 - Words: 2,433 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-7-12 - Face - Complete8. Epilogue reviewsAs she watches her brother say goodbye, Jeannie Miller wishes she could change the past.Stargate: Atlantis - Rated: K - English - Family/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 593 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 8-29-08 - Rodney M. - Complete9. Appearance reviewsInara's got a new disguise, and Jayne doesn't seem to care.Firefly - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 423 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-1-07 - Mal & Inara - Complete10. Weight reviewsJayne lifts, and Inara wonders just how much they weigh. Gen.Firefly - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 651 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-29-07 - Inara & Jayne - Complete11. Calibre reviewsInara and Jayne, rush hour and gunfire in the marketplace.Firefly - Rated: K+ - English - Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 732 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 5-26-07 - Inara & Jayne - Complete12. Matters of Discord » reviewsAfter surviving the Demon's attack, an angry and bitter Jessica joins the brothers' hunt. As she and Sam struggle with what's left of their relationship, Dean finds himself in his own trouble... of the more life threatening kind.Supernatural - Rated: T - English - Angst/Suspense - Chapters: 9 - Words: 14,368 - Reviews: 27 - Updated: 8-19-06 - Published: 8-4-06 - Jessica M./Jess & Dean W. - Complete13. Push reviewsAll Max ever seems to care about is herself, and there's only so much Alec can put up with. Not so mean on either character, don't worry. MA friendship?Dark Angel - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,652 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 6-17-06 - Alec & Max - Complete14. Oh, Spaghetti! reviewsMax is sick, and must be suicidal... she gets Logan AND Alec to cook for her... and several other people pop in for their part in the story. Old response to fic competition at The Broken World, see inside for further details.Dark Angel - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,634 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 6-17-06 - Complete15. Lash Out reviewsThe house, so normally filled with Joshua's vibrance and life, seemed silent and empty. Rooms stretched for miles. Tension, pain, and grief hung around like a thick fog.Dark Angel - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,632 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 6-17-06 - Alec & Max - Complete16. Casual Viewin' reviewsThere are a few things about Alec that Max doesn't know. Such as his motives. Sometimes the prospect of a good party can really put things into perspective. MA friendshipDark Angel - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,527 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 6-17-06 - Alec & Max - Complete17. Shades reviewsLaughter echoes faintly down the hallway, giving me hope even as it mocks everything that we've become. Everything is lost but life – but that's the only thing that's truly gone, isn't it? Ha ha. References to Grave Danger.CSI - Rated: M - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,431 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 8-29-05 - Gil G. & Nick S. - Complete18. Arcanum 10: Regarding Action reviewsHe wanted to tell her that she had shattered his universe. That it was her fault he was a shell, tearing himself apart at every conflicting seam. Final fic in the Arcanum series.Dark Angel - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,960 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-24-05 - Max - Complete19. Arcanum 9: Red » reviewsEverything around her was sketched haphazardly in flashes of red. His eyes, though, were black. Syl's POV. 9th fic in series, but can easily stand alone.Dark Angel - Rated: M - English - Angst - Chapters: 2 - Words: 1,095 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-10-05 - Syl & Krit - Complete20. Hourglass reviewsI, of all people, should know the way the clock is always ticking down to zero. Nick's POV, post Grave Danger.CSI - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 550 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 6-2-05 - Nick S. & Catherine W. - Complete21. Peripheral Vision reviewsWe're so often blind to the things that are standing right next to us to what is barely hinted at on the edge of sight. Sara and Nick have unanswered questions. AU PostEp, Play With Fire. Sequel to Unclean, Undisturbed, but can stand alone.CSI - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,231 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 5-3-05 - Sara S. & Nick S. - Complete22. Unclean, Undisturbed reviewsIt's the first time since I've known him that I'm afraid to look Nick in the eye. Grissom's point of view, takes place somewhere during or after Let the Seller Beware.CSI - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 813 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 3-15-05 - Gil G. & Nick S. - Complete23. Anywhere But Here reviewsAt that moment, I wished I was someone else. Nick's point of view, post Stalker.CSI - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 457 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 3-15-05 - Nick S. - Complete24. Arcanum 8: Automaton reviewsManticore interrogations were anything but everyday, she'd learned...Dark Angel - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,065 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 12-26-04 - Brin - Complete25. Memento reviewsHe has to remind himself that he doesn't like the taste of blood.Dark Angel - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 736 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 12-5-04 - Complete26. Stoic reviewsZane and cold just didn't mix.Dark Angel - Rated: M - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,582 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-14-04 - Zane & Jondy - Complete27. Arcanum 7: Verisimilitude reviewsThe stranger would fight for blood and Krit would fight for his life. What did either of them have to lose? WARNING: Character death.Dark Angel - Rated: M - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,268 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-27-04 - Krit & Max - Complete28. Arcanum 6: Solitary reviewsShe was empty, facing a defeat by her own elusive memories, and by the icy fingers that flexed around her heart. Post HG 6th fic in the Arcanum series.Dark Angel - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,190 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 10-4-04 - Max & Alec - Complete29. Arcanum 5: Permanence reviewsHe could forget, and it wouldn't make a difference. That's how it is when you're on the outside. Zack centric 5th fic in the Arcanum series, takes place just after Interloper.Dark Angel - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,354 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-1-04 - Zack & Max - Complete30. Arcanum 4: Almost a Memory » reviewsA good soldier never leaves a man behind... but they weren't soldiers in here. They were family. 4th fic in the Arcanum series, but can stand alone. Complete.Dark Angel - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 4 - Words: 4,987 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 8-21-04 - Published: 8-8-04 - Max & D. Lydecker/Deck - Complete31. Arcanum 3: Catalyst reviewsShe hadn't been a number for a long time, and now he was't one either. His reality, his very being, had been transformed into something with an almost frightening amount of depth. 3rd fic in the Arcanum series.Dark Angel - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,627 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 7-22-04 - Complete32. Break Stuff » reviewsNew summary, old story, final chapter up Have you ever wondered what it would feel like if the whole world were against you? If Alec ever did, he's sorry now.Dark Angel - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 15 - Words: 30,819 - Reviews: 60 - Updated: 7-16-04 - Published: 7-12-02 - Alec & Max - Complete33. Arcanum 2: Something Else That Didn't Fit reviewsNow and then, she expected to look into the shadows and see him – but never more than his eyes. It was as if his eyes were the only part of him that could possibly be real. 2nd fic in the Arcanum series.Dark Angel - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,286 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 7-1-04 - Max - Complete34. Arcanum 1: Interloper reviewsDespite the darkness, the Shadow saw their true colours. They didn't belong. 1st fic in the Arcanum series.Dark Angel - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 997 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 8-30-03 - Max & Zack - Complete35. Cargo » reviewsAlec AND White centric! A group of hunters are in Seattle looking to capture transgenics, and White decides they may be helpful in eliminating the transgenic threat.Dark Angel - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 4 - Words: 5,885 - Reviews: 21 - Updated: 5-13-03 - Published: 4-20-03 - Alec & A. White36. Ain't It Funny » reviewsAlec and Asha have another encounter at Crash. Only this time, the results are a little more positive. At first. AA. COMPLETED! EPILOGUE IS UP!Dark Angel - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 11 - Words: 14,676 - Reviews: 27 - Updated: 4-5-03 - Published: 6-27-02 - Alec & Asha B. - Complete37. The Only Way Out: Does It Really Matter? » reviewsNew and old faces are popping up everywhere to help Max, Alec, and the residents of TC stay alive and occupied. . . .Dark Angel - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 5 - Words: 16,440 - Reviews: 14 - Updated: 3-26-03 - Published: 11-28-02 - Max & Alec38. Drain reviewsAlec is totally drained, and his life seems to be following him down. Who would've thought one bag of chips could mean so much?Dark Angel - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,906 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 1-25-03 - Alec & Max - Complete39. Help the sorry person who reads this reviewsMorbid hilarity with serious bashing and a little language.Dark Angel - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,174 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 8-15-02 - Max & Logan C./Eyes Only - Complete
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