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Author has written 48 stories for Inuyasha, Fruits Basket, Harry Potter, Naruto, Tsubasa Chronicle, and Katekyo Hitman Reborn!. RAWR! What in the world is this?--) --OoO-- o o The Turning Point (29th/August/o6) The inspiration for Inu-yasha fanfiction has been abandoned in a side-alley of the run-down area of Maine. Right beside the Sesshoumaru posters. I'm really sorry! And Crimson Tears...I should take it down but...well, naturalistic fallacy and all... --OoO-- The Squiggly Green Line These are simply some grammatical and practical pointers I think will do the fanfiction world some good. Ignore my use of punctuation in this. 1) The difference between then and than. Then is used in a context of time. ‘She will clean the toilets and then eat your brains’ ‘and then what?’ Than is used to compare. ‘Orochimaru’s breasts are so much bigger than Tsunade’s’ ‘Better late than never’ ‘You drool so much more than my dog’ 2) Your and You’re Your is possessive. ‘Those are your limbs’ ‘You forgot your baby’ You’re is a joining of you and are. ‘You’re stepping on my foot’. Saying ‘You forgot you’re baby’ which translates to ‘You forgot you are baby’ will not only change the meaning of the sentence, it will also make you sound like a caveman. The same goes for Their and They’re. ‘It’s their turn to eat’ ‘They’re late for the show’ 3) Speech After someone has said something which does not end in an exclamation or question mark, you put a comma before the closing speech marks, unless the speech is the whole sentence. So; YES: “Close your eyes and listen,” he whispered in my ear. YES: “Close your eyes and listen.” His hand gripped my wrist until it was ringed in blue. NO: “These mushrooms taste funny.” I said as the trees started changing colours. NO: “These mushrooms taste funny,” I lay on my back, trying to blink the colours away. And please note the lack of capitals after commas, and the use of them after full stops. 4) Exclamation marks Don’t use them when narrating, unless in loud explosions or in first person when describing direct thought. And only use multiple exclamation marks in humour and even if that, in very special occasion. Such as being extremely funny. If you’re not, you can’t get away with it!! 5) Time breaks/flashbacks Dividing your story with interruptions such as; FIVE SECONDS LATER or FLASHBACK, it just screams ‘incompetent writer’ to me. Is it really that much harder to write ‘After half an hour hours of mind-blowing sex’ instead of HALF AN HOUR LATER “Well that was fun.” 6) Author’s notes Do. Not. Interrupt. A. Story. With. Your. Freaking. Comments. It completely interrupts the flow of the fic and reminds the reader it’s just a story, stopping us from sinking into the plot. We don’t care if you have a headband matching Sasuke’s pink slippers or if you hope we understood what you just wrote. You can add that at the end of the story. Right, that’s about it. Take it or leave it, but I hope it helps someone out there. And honestly, a Beta is the best thing you can get (preferably one that is good at grammar and spelling...) to improve writing quality in the most basic sense. And if not that, for the love of all that is yaoi, proof read your story! T.T --OoO-- COMING SOON: Lee and Gaara being smexy in 'Tattoo' Kankuro and and Kiba get it on in 'Bite Marks' Hinata and Kisame have this thing in 'Salt' Kisame talking about prawns...I mean, pawns, in 'Here fishy fishy fishy' Jiraiya isloved by more than he thinks in 'Frog Wings' Sasuke and Naruto are made for each other, in the dark, by a man with no hands. in 'They call me obsession' And I'm thinking about some Hinata/Hidan loving. For the, you know, weirdness. ...I like Titles. You steal mine and I'll eat your freaking fingers. One By One --OoO-- News Of The World: 01/June/09 ListeningTo: Alice Cooper- School's Out Yes, yes, I'm evil and suck and am made of cock stew. But, also, I'M FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! ByeBye first year of uni, HELLO FOUR MONTHS OF SUMMER. :3 (8) noo moooree lesssonnss noo mooree boookks noo moooreee teaaachherrr diiirrttyy loooks (8) | |||||||||
1. Shiver » reviewsAU The song is all around them, in them, until the sounds are so immense they can’t breathe. Every hair is raised, trembling. This is the shiver feeling. When a moment is so great it's part of everything, and yet at the same time...a mere detail.SasuNaruNaruto - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 18 - Words: 94,043 - Reviews: 182 - Updated: 7-24-09 - Published: 2-9-08 - Naruto U. & Sasuke U.2. Sticky Fingers reviewsSomeone has to teach Yamamoto the proper way to eat cheese. Yama/Goku Oneshot.Katekyo Hitman Reborn! - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,772 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 7-7-08 - Complete3. Dirty Water reviewsWe who are left behind. Yuri. Oneshot.Katekyo Hitman Reborn! - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,376 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 7-7-08 - Complete4. Melissopalynology reviewsIt's not that they're giving up hope...it's just harder to keep, sometimes. Older Goku/Tsuna/Yama sandwich, not triangle. Oneshot.Katekyo Hitman Reborn! - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,636 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 7-7-08 - Complete5. In Your Pants reviewsIt’s not that Syaoran minds Fai and Kurogane getting it on every other day. He only asks they keep it in their pants long enough for him to leave the freaking room. OneShotTsubasa Chronicle - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,141 - Reviews: 18 - Published: 7-7-08 - Complete6. Thunderstruck » reviewsDon’t blink...not even for an instant . The life of Uzumaki Kushina: Through trials of war and abandon, loss, love, betrayal. When she finally meets someone she had thought lost forever, what will she to do be redeemed from her past mistakes?WIPNaruto - Rated: M - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 19 - Words: 93,232 - Reviews: 94 - Updated: 7-7-08 - Published: 11-19-07 - Minato N.7. a hundred percent pure reviewsFai realised Kurogane held a secret love for chocolate when he first kissed him. hotdrabble. Review or be stabbed by monkeys.Tsubasa Chronicle - Rated: T - English - Romance/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 220 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 4-30-08 - Complete8. Wan reviewsIt’s a new dimension and Fai and Kurogane find that they have very peculiar reincarnations... oneshot.Tsubasa Chronicle - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,234 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 4-29-08 - Complete9. Eight reviewsFor Fai, love tastes like blood. /Maybe the first sign was when Kurogane told him that the number eight was lucky in his Japan./ Oneshot.Tsubasa Chronicle - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,194 - Reviews: 15 - Published: 4-24-08 - Complete10. Invisible Ink reviewsWhen TenTen speaks, her words are just air.Naruto - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,563 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 3-16-08 - Tenten - Complete11. Lineage reviewsNaruto didn’t know what his blood was made of, who his parents were, but one thing he was sure of was that he is named after something, and that’s good enough. Little!Naruto. One-shot.Naruto - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,557 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 1-14-08 - Naruto U. - Complete12. The Subtle Death of Birthday Cake reviewsThey were all kids....once. Different characters when they were children; Akatsuki, Sannin...Naruto - Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 889 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-10-0813. Marrow reviewsThe eight-tailed demon will never cease howling, but when Kimamaro is near, Juugo's mind stills. Kim/Juugo. One Shot.Naruto - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,209 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 1-9-08 - Kimimaro & Juugo - Complete14. Thimble reviewsWhen Sakura is with Sai she feels a bit like Wendy sometimes, trying to teach Peter Pan that love isn’t a fairytale, or a picture. SasuNaru kind of SaiSaku. Oneshot.Naruto - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,286 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 1-7-08 - Sai & Sakura H. - Complete15. Cheetah Spots reviewsNaruto has a silent conversation with Gaara about losing the worst part of you. GaaraNaru if that’s what you want to see.Naruto - Rated: K - English - Friendship/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 671 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 1-6-08 - Naruto U. & Gaara - Complete16. In The Sun reviewsUchiha Sasuke loves it when it rains.oneshotNaruto - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 356 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 5-29-07 - Sasuke U. & Naruto U. - Complete17. The Emerald Riddle reviewsMr. Roberts dreams in green. Short oneshot.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Mystery/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 628 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-12-06 - Complete18. Anything but Smiles reviews[Oneshot.]Tohru tried to deny it, but it still lived inside her. In the end, when it came out to bite, she ended up revealing herself to an unlikely candidate…Fruits Basket - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,186 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 9-2-06 - Tohru H. & Shigure S. - Complete19. Last Chance reviewsThe best laid plans of mice and men often go wrong.Inuyasha - Rated: K+ - English - General/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,247 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 8-5-06 - Inuyasha20. The Fingertips That Held The World reviews[AU] She’s held the responsibility so long, the weight has melted into part of her, until she became the solitary wolf she had feared. But now she’s being drawn into another world. A world she might not be able to hold.Inuyasha - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,183 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 7-13-06 - Kagome & Inuyasha21. A Shot In The Dark » reviewsShots that are shorter than a page. Like those 100 word midgets, with the exception of...not being 100 words. Any little detail or story line I want to graze will be here.Inuyasha - Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 5 - Words: 918 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: 7-4-06 - Published: 6-17-0622. A Dance in the Rain reviewsAu. Rewritten. As the rain pours down hearts break and mend, what happens when she sees Inuyasha with her again? [Read Me] CompleteInuyasha - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,258 - Reviews: 16 - Updated: 7-4-06 - Published: 7-14-05 - Inuyasha - Complete23. When The World Goes Black reviewsSometimes you can wish for something so long that it's hard to see that you don't need it anymore. And then there are moments when you realise...things are as good as they can get.Inuyasha - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,987 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 6-12-06 - Inuyasha & Kagome - Complete24. Seasoned reviewsWho can count stars in a stormy day? Who can make wishes on invisible things, hopeless dreams. Banished memories for cavedin pasts. He needs her to chase the cold away. KagInuInuyasha - Rated: K - English - Romance/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 324 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 5-23-06 - Kagome & Inuyasha - Complete25. Crimson tears » reviewsThe cycle started by the Shinkon No tama. Made by Midoriko, trapping Kikyo, is Kagome next? As winter comes, souls fall with the fragile snowflakes and a game comences. A play of hearts, a battle of passion, tricks and lies. What evil has been born now?Inuyasha - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 27 - Words: 97,256 - Reviews: 264 - Updated: 5-23-06 - Published: 6-16-05 - Kagome & Inuyasha26. Kill Me reviewsYou never know what is going to be around the corner, what awaits in the shadows of the future. One single minute can change the rest of your life. A single event can strip you from the will to live. OneShot.Inuyasha - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,526 - Reviews: 18 - Published: 5-20-06 - Kagome & Inuyasha - Complete27. Night Inked Pens reviewsSequel to Spectrum Coloured Crayons. Inuyasha and Kagome are all grown up and after a rollercoaster relationship comes new territory to discover. COMPLETEInuyasha - Rated: M - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,770 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 4-20-06 - Kagome & Inuyasha - Complete28. The Show Must Go On reviewsA deformed pantomime, a world that is hers, and not hers. It doesn’t matter what happens. Everything will be fine in the end because, after all, the show must go on.Inuyasha - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,687 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 1-5-06 - Kagome & Inuyasha - Complete29. The Heart Shaped Box reviewsIt’s the place where secrets are hidden, skeletons stored. There are times, when feelings reach their limits, and it’s simply too much.Inuyasha - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,432 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 12-27-05 - Kagome - Complete30. Her Era reviewsLove can travel through time and space, through life and death, through generations. Yet some things are meant to be, and others are not. Soul mate can mean so many different things. Complete.Inuyasha - Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,158 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 12-11-05 - Kagome31. Mutual reviewsWe all wait for the point where it's mutual, mutual affection, mutual care, mutual love. But sometimes...sometimes you can simply wait too long. Complete.Inuyasha - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 858 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 12-11-05 - Complete32. The Other Woman reviewsAU. Secrets are kept like weeds in a garden, slowly choking everything around them from the inside out. Another mistake, another regret, another burden on their backs. Will they make it through this one? Complete.Inuyasha - Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,038 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 12-3-05 - Kagome & Inuyasha - Complete33. See Me reviewsKagome has had just about enough of being compared. Didn't she make it clear at the start? repeat after me: Ka.go.me! Complete.Inuyasha - Rated: T - English - Romance/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,397 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 12-2-05 - Kagome - Complete34. The Monsters That Haunt You reviewsIn the wrong kind of darkness, there are things you can never hide from. When you are a puppet keeping nightmares at bay, you need something that will keep you above the surface. Complete.Inuyasha - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,320 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 12-2-05 - Kohaku - Complete35. A Reason To Be reviewsLove gives us a reason to live, and it gives us a reason to die. A reason to breath, a reason to lie. A reason to be. A reason to stop. It gives us reason. And it does not. CompleteInuyasha - Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,376 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 11-28-05 - Kagome & Kouga - Complete36. Autumn Wishes reviewsThe trees shake their goodbye with colours of the sunset, but when does a person know when it's time to go, to give up? How can a person leave everything behind for nothing? CompleteInuyasha - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,937 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 11-18-05 - Complete37. This Can't Be The End reviewsWhen blood leaks into souls, and what you wished is tainted, all you can do is run. Run and don't look back. CompleteInuyasha - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,058 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 11-18-05 - Kagome & Inuyasha - Complete38. Drool Drops for Ant Pools reviewsHe knew what the word 'diary' meant, and he knew what would probably happen if he read it, but things just didn't go as expected... CompleteInuyasha - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,672 - Reviews: 27 - Published: 11-3-05 - Inuyasha & Kagome - Complete39. Spectrum Coloured Crayons reviewsPrimary school, and it's getting harder to ride life on butterfly wings. There's a new boy in class, and his dog ears are nothing to brag about. CompleteInuyasha - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,738 - Reviews: 14 - Updated: 10-14-05 - Published: 9-25-05 - Kagome & Inuyasha - Complete40. Burning bamboo reviewsHuman ways are hard to change, prejudice, hypocritical, don't hanyous know this best of all? CompleteInuyasha - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 783 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 9-25-05 - Complete41. Forbidden reviewsTake a bite out of the red fruit, leave all thoughts behind. There are things in love that are forbidden, yet never will they back down. CompleteInuyasha - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 555 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 9-25-05 - Complete42. Eternal Waiting reviewsDaddy goes, leaving his little girl and wife waiting. When a window is your wishing star, you can wait forever. CompleteInuyasha - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 433 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 7-24-05 - Inuyasha - Complete43. Solitary tear reviewsAt the heart of battle, when all is hazy and unclear, what comes to mind when you feel everything slipping away, when death and love intertwine? CompleteInuyasha - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 980 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 7-16-05 - Inuyasha & Kagome - Complete44. Don't let go reviewsIt's funny how a simple gesture when not responded can hurt so much. how ideas and words get tangled. how many mistakes until you break? CompleteInuyasha - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,580 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 7-14-05 - Kagome & Inuyasha - Complete45. One step from home reviewsWith the summer breeze comes the festival of the dragon. But with Inuyasha's past, can Kagome show him he really belongs? CompleteInuyasha - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,733 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 6-28-05 - Inuyasha & Kagome - Complete46. Blood on metal reviewsInuyasha is but a whelp, his wounds fresh and raw. What happens when the joy of a festival attracts his attention? CompleteInuyasha - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,078 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 6-23-05 - Inuyasha - Complete47. No moon endings reviewsNo moon, new moon. What happenes when, for once, everything is calm on the darkest of nights? fluff filled oneshotInuyasha - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,399 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 6-14-05 - Inuyasha & Kagome - Complete48. Onigumo's hell reviewsThe secret behind his web of lies. His desperation to remove the only part that makes him human. How did he feel when he killed the one he loves with his copycat claws? CompleteInuyasha - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 734 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 6-14-05 - Onigumo & Naraku - Complete