Hello, my friends.

March 16, 2011
UPDATE: Hello, all. I wanted to inform everyone that my previous work on Faith Ever Strengthens has subsided. I intended to continue it, but have not thus far. I still hope to finish it one day, but am not sure if that will happen. In other news, I have posted a new "story" Love and Loss Revised: a two and a half chapter revision from 2006 of the first few chapters of Love and Loss. I thought it would be interesting to see what old readers think of an old revision. Thank you!

You shall all know me as The White Masque, and I'll tell you a little about myself:

Fav. Actors: Orlando Bloom, Johnny Depp, Hayden Christensen, Gerard Butler, Viggo Mortensen, Geoffrey Rush, Sean Bean.

Fav. Actresses: Kate Winslet, Natalie Portman, Emmy Rossum, Cate Blanchett, Gwenyth Paltrow.

Fav. Books: LOTR, Harry Potter Series, The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Christy, and many others!

Fav. Movies: LOTR, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Phantom of the Opera, Titanic, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Shakespeare in Love, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sleepy Hollow, Secret Window, Edward Scissorhands, The Matrix, West Side Story, Ned Kelly, Haven, Anchorman, Moulin Rouge, Fight Club, and others!

Fav. TV Shows: LOST (I'm a Lostie all the way!), Charmed, Boy Meets World, The Office, Scrubs, House, Dexter.

Fav. Musicals: Wicked, Spamalot, Phantom of the Opera, Pippin, Sweeney Todd, and West Side Story.

Fav. Bands: Evanescence, Within Temptation, Apocalyptica, Nickelback, Foo Fighters, Aerosmith, David Bowie, Creed, Modest Mouse, Green Day, The Killers, Kelly Clarkson, The Veronicas, Avril Lavigne, etc. I like basically all kinds of music.

Fav. Quotes: "That's interesting. That's very interesting." Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

"But why is the rum gone?!" Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

"Me? I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you have to watch out for, because you never can predict when they're going to do something incredibly...stupid." Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

"Time to go." Will Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

"I got a jar of dirt! I got a jar of dirt! And guess what's inside it?" Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

"Captain Turner wants the Pearl! You and your Brethren Court and you feel guilty. Didn't any come to save me just because they missed me?" points out people who raised their hands and grins. "I'm going to stand over there." Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

"And so, we shall go to war." Sumbhajee in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

"Elizabeth Swann, do you take me to be your husband?"
"I do!" grins madly
"Great!" cocks head with grin Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (I love how he says, "Great!" hee hee)

"Don't take it personal Jack. It's just good business." Lord Cutler Beckett in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Such a cool line!)

"I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you! Come on!" Sam in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (It always brings a tear to my eye.)

"It's gone. It's done." Frodo in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

"Smith will suffice!" Agent Smith in The Matrix Reloaded

"Mr. Anderson. Welcome back. We've missed you." Agent Smith in The Matrix Revolutions

"Because." Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow

"Hello." takes animal skull and moves mouth as he speaks Joe Burne in Ned Kelly

"Scotch, scotch, scotch. I love scotch. Scotch goes down, down into my belly. Mmm, mmm, mmm, mm mm mm mmm." Ron Burgandy in Anchorman

"Where did you get those clothes? At the toilet store." Brick Tamland in Anchorman

"I love...carpet. I love...desk. I love lamp."
"Do you really love the lamp or are you just saying that because you see it."
"I love lamp. I love lamp." Brick Tamland and Ron Burgandy in Anchorman

"Maybe he wants to get you confused." points fingers at head and twirls them Mort Rainey in Secret Window

"Braces." Mort Rainey in Secret Window

Girl: "Mr. Rainey, do you feel alright? You look kind of pale."
Mort: "Yes, thank you." Mort Rainey and Post Office Girl in Secret Window

"Ew." Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

"Everything in this room is edible. Even I'm edible, but that is called caniballism, dear children, and it is frowned upon in most societies." Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

"Twisted every way,
what answer can I give?
Am I to risk my life,
to win the chance to live?
Can I betray the man
who once inspired my voice?
Do I become his prey?
Do I have any choice?

"He kills without a thought,
he murders all that’s good . . .
I know I can’t refuse
and yet, I wish I could . . .
Oh God - if I agree,
what horrors wait for me
in this, the Phantom’s opera . . .?" Christine Daae in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera

"You will curse the day
you did not do
all that the Phantom asked
of you . . .!" The Phantom a.k.a. Erik in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera

"But his voice
filled my spirit
with a strange, sweet sound . . .
In that night
there was music
in my mind . . .
And through music
my soul began
to soar!
And I heard
as I’d never
heard before . . ." Christine Daae in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera

"Who is that face
in the shadow?
Who is the man
in the mask?" Christine Daae in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera

"Do you wear wigs?"
"No, I do not."
"Have you worn wigs?"
"No, I have not."
"Will you wear wigs?"
"Maybe..."
"When will you wear wigs?!" Dominic Monaghan and Elijah Wood in the parody interview (Gotta love Dom's great German accent!)

"You make a movie called Flipper."
"Yes, I did."
"I don't know if you heard, but the dolphin...it is dead."
"Yes--Oh no, that's terrible."
"Yes, it died in a car accident." Dominic Monaghan and Elijah Wood in the parody interview

"God, I love Wendy's!" A favorite radio DJ of mine

All right, well I've been on this site for a few years now and have read many different stories. Some are magnificent, awesome, great...and some just need a little help to get to 'great'. I feel it is my duty and responsibility to help new authors or even old authors working in a new area. I'm open to taking some authors 'under wing' so-to-speak. I'll Beta read, give opinions, give ideas, criticism...whatever. Even though criticism can be hard to take sometimes (which I do know from experience!), that is what makes a writer improve. I do not mean to sound smug or arrogant, I simply mean to help. So if anyone wants help or simply for me to read over their work and review it, please feel free to ask. I will remind all of you out there that my areas of 'expertise' are The Lord of the Rings (either books or films) and Pirates of the Caribbean. I do, however, also know Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, almost all Orlando Bloom or Johnny Depp films, and the T.V. series LOST, Charmed, and Boy Meets World. Feel free to contact me by e-mail or message if any of this interests you.

Writings:

Love and Loss
Status: Discontinued
Description: My first fanfic based upon the Lord of the Rings films. It is a Legomance, 10th-walker fic involving a Mary Sue-like character falling into Middle Earth. Currently, the story ends in the middle of The Two Towers just prior to entering Helm's Deep.
Notes: The writing in the early chapters is crude and mediocre due to my inexperience with writing at the time. The later chapters are more up to par. The character of Laura was an unintentional Mary Sue. She was the first OC character I ever created and I was new to writing, therefore she became one. In later chapters, I have tried to mature her and make her more realistic; this has resulted in drastic changes from my original character to the current one.

Love and Loss Revised
Status: Complete
Description: A two and a half chapter revision of my old fanfiction, Love and Loss, as written in 2006.
Notes: I thought it would be interesting to compare my early chapters of the original Love and Loss with these 2006 rewritten chapters. The writing style has matured monumentally. Also, I will not be continuing these revisions nor continuing Love and Loss (see above). These are old revisions from 2006 that I never completed or posted.

Faith Never Fades
Status: Complete
Description: A fanfic following the first film of the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. It is a WillOC. Danielle Cooper, the main OC character, has a physical disability, yet has been best friends with Will since they were young children living in Portsmouth, England. After the death of his mother, Will leaves England in search of his father in the Caribbean, leaving Danielle alone in England. At the age of twenty, eight long years after the departure of Will, Danielle unexpectedly appears in the Caribbean... What will happen when two old friends reunite and are thrown into the middle of a hectic adventure featuring Captain Jack Sparrow? Even after eight years, will a deeper relationship blossum between the two? Will Danielle even manage to survive the obstacles of the adventure?
Notes: The character of Danielle is somewhat based off myself. The disability she has been given is, in fact, the very disablity I have, cerebral palsy. Personally, it primarily affects my calves and lower. I cannot run, jump, swim, or the like. Danielle is the same way. It is important to note that Danielle is not me, however. Her personality is different from my own, but the disability she has is my own.

Faith Ever Strengthens
Status: On Hiatus
Description: A sequel to Faith Never Fades. This continues the adventures of Danielle, Will, Jack, and company in Dead Man's Chest. A year has passed since the events in The Curse of the Black Pearl. Danielle has been living on the Black Pearl with Jack, Gibbs, and the others, enjoying the life of a pirate and sailor. Will, meanwhile, has been preparing his wedding to Elizabeth. As shown in the conclusion of Faith Never Fades, Will chose who to give his heart to, and essentially, who he loved, only driving Danielle away. Now, with the arrival of Cutler Beckett, and the inevitable meeting that will need to occur between the two again, what will happen?
Notes: 3/16/2011 - Haven't worked on this in a long while. The ideas still linger and take shape every now and then. I need to see where my muse takes me.

Phantom of the Opera
Status: Complete
Description: A poem I wrote for a school assignment in 2004. It is essentially a overview of the Andrew Lloyd Webber film.
Notes: N/A

Without
Status: Complete
Description: A second poem I wrote one day. It takes place after Legolas has crossed the sea to Valinor and the narrator grieves his leaving.
Notes: The rhythm of the poem is supposed to be similar to Galadriel's poem to Legolas in The Two Towers and also Treebeard's song about the Entwives in The Two Towers. It is basically a corrolation of the two.

Good day my fine readers. I see you've stumbled upon my profile. Everyone's welcome to read whatever they will and I only ask no one 'flames' my work. I am perfectly open to criticism and, in fact, almost appreciate it more. I also find the more memorable reviews to be ones explaining thoughts. "I like it because...", "This doesn't make sense because...", "You need to work on this because...", yadda, yadda, yadda. Thanks for reading!

The White Masque