"Everyone has a story. No one's just a background, a sidekick, a piece of furniture in someone else's castle of life. It's just sometimes we don't look too closely, we don't try hard enough to see it. One can miss a lot by doing so, because the most precious things are difficult to see." ~ May Wormwood's A Test of Time. Please see my Favorite Stories list to read this wonderful story!

Most people know me around the net as LumBabsFan, but to the outside world, my name is Faith. Just your not-so-typical 23 year old from Jersey,right outside the greatest city on the planet, NYC. I work in retail, not such a big deal, but I do hope to one day be a full-time web site designer. Please see the links for my first professional work for actor Peter Flynn. (Yes, I'm known to plug every chance I get. =))

Aside from that, writing is also a great passion of mine, and I've been writing fanfiction since I was 11 years old. While hidden in old notebooks lie tales of Clue and The Scarlet Pimpernel, my main fanfiction basis is Disney's Beauty and the Beast, my favorite film and Broadway musical in the entire world. My stories, however, veer away from Belle and her Beast of a prince. So many talented writers have given the category beautiful stories about them. My stories focus on my two favorite characters since I was knee high, Lumiere and Babette, as well as the rest of the servants whose presences and personalities have intrigued me for years. They are a writer's dream come true, hence take note of May's quote above; for me, it says it all. I also follow the musical's canon rather than the film in my work. As I use realistic and adult-ish situations in my stories, it is easier to imagine real, tangible characters as opposed to the animated characters we know and love when writing.

Stories...

The Romance Series - as I affectionately call it - is my offical canon for writing. Everything written after Questionable Romance revolves around this storyline that I've come up with, and it was all thanks to Peter. When playing Lumiere in NY, a fan asked how he thought Lumiere and Babette met, and he answered. That tiny story became Questionable Romance after I received his blessing to flesh it out. Since then, he's dubbed it, "an honest to God page turner!" I wrote the series out of order, but if you want to read it chronologically, the order is as follows:

1. Les Fleurettes. The Fine Line is still being written, but once it's done, it will share this place.
2. Questionable Romance
3. Prelude (Stop here if you wish to watch the film or see the musical, LOL.)
4. Delicate Condition

Related Stories - Stories that follow this line, but are not "crucial" to reading it. They're just absolute blasts and fun reads! Switched is a short story on Cogsworth and Lumiere's test of friendship, inspired by Trudi's daughter Caroline. A Little Rondesvoozes is a one-shot, and is still one of my favorite stories and personal achievements. :) Trudi and I agreed that if she ever came up with an idea to get our favorite characters (Gaston, Lumiere and Babette) together, then I would write it. Rondesvoozes was born from that promise!

The Lost Trilogy - My first attempts at writing again after many a year. These stories hold a place in my heart, but everything from them has been updated into the Romance Series. My amateur works, but if you still want to read them, go right ahead! My favorite of the three is Light in the Darkness, the only story so far with an older, grown Lina (an OC that you'll just have to read and find out about! ;)).

The One-Shots - Other than these, I have a few one-shots that have come to mind at various times. Forever Condemned is my crown jewel, LOL. I wrote this to be a part of Maintenant et Toujours, but it worked so well on its own, with much more impact that it was posted separately. Maintenant itself is a "deleted scene" from Loving Consequence. And A Lover's Farewell was written in Babette's POV on the night of Jerry Orbach's death. Call it my tribute to a fine actor and man, may he RIP.

Places to see...

I highly, HIGHLY recommend these awesome spots on the web!

My two "muses" ;) and pals:
Peter-Flynn.com - The best boss ever, and one of the best Lumieres ever to grace the stage.
MeredithInglesby.com - Still under the webmaster's construction, but give it a visit. The best Babette in the entire world, and an awesome woman and actress. Love to "B":))

Trudi's Personal Site - Built and run beautifully by Nikki (nikkibelle18). To honor my beta-reader, the finest in the Beauty section, and my best pal on the planet.

And at the utmost importance space of all, Bittersweet & Strange. Any and every Beauty fan should head down here. It's a forum that I help moderate, and the most welcoming place to visit on the web! We have lots of fun, and while Beauty is our common bond, we are a tried and true family deep down. Yay, B&S!