Hi all!

I'm a college junior living in Texas, majoring in English Language Arts & Reading (4-8 Certification). So yes, I plan to be an English teacher... although if I'm being honest, I'd much rather be a novelist. So if I'm going to teach while attempting to get published (whenever I finish a published-novel-worthy version of any of my stories; ha ha). If I become a successful novelist, I shall bid farewell to teaching. Ha!

Behold! I can also be found on FictionPress. You know you want to click, especially if you like romance. (You should also look if you're interested in seeing anything that I'm going to eventually attempt to publish, 'cause I'm not going to even try getting my fan fiction published. I'm just... not comfortable with that concept. I don't really know why. Anyway, I do have to warn you that whatever you look at on FictionPress now will eventually disappear because I'm actually attempting to write the published-novel-worthy versions of at least some of the stories I've got uploaded there.)

-raises right hand- I solemnly swear never to write something outside of my forte, The Phantom of the Opera, on FanFiction. If I write something outside of Phantom on FFN, then a disaster beyond my imagination will occur - AKA, I will produce crappy fan fiction that will get no reviews!

(Seriously, though. I suck at writing fan fiction outside of Phantom. I don't even try the vast majority of the time.)

Good news for those who have followed my Phantom's Daughter series! I'm working on two different incarnations of the Phantom's Daughter story.

Allow me to introduce you all to Marielle Tourneau, the protagonist (or semi-antagonist, depending on which incarnation of the story you're reading)! She's the now-differently-named Christine from the Phantom's Daughter series. She still looks exactly the same (AKA, she looks like a female version of Gerik), but depending on which incarnation of the story you're reading, her characterization varies from how it was when she was Christine in the Phantom's Daughter series.

There are various reasons why I chose to rename her:
1) It was really lame and stupid that I named her Christine. I mean, come on. How unoriginal is that?
2) Christine (Daae/deChagny) is a major character in one incarnation. And how confusing would that be if there were two Christines?
3) Marielle is such a cool name. Much more original and legit than Christine. So there.

Anyway, some info about each of the incarnations.

- The first incarnation is a two-part (yes, that does mean there will be an original story and a sequel, just like the original Phantom's Daughter series) extension of my boyfriend The Nobody of War's fanfiction The Phantom's Apprentice (which is in-progress, but not yet uploaded). (And no, you don't have to read The Phantom's Apprentice before reading this series if you don't want, but any parts of Marielle's childhood which will be touched upon will only be discussed in The Phantom's Apprentice.) The first story will be called Her Father's Daughter, while the sequel will be titled Her Own Worst Enemy.
~ If you're looking for a version which is close to the original Phantom's Daugher series, this is about as close as you'll get, although I have to warn you that this series is a lot darker, a lot more violent, and a lot more sexual than the original Phantom's Daughter series.
~ It eventually features all of the major characters from the original Phantom's Daughter series (although Cameron's last name has been changed from Luc to MacAlister because he's English, after all, and MacAlister sounds much more English, and much cooler, than Luc) except François Jannes. I suppose I would be correct in saying that his character has been replaced by Alphonse, the main character of The Phantom's Apprentice.
~ Because this story does depend quite a lot (in my opinion) on The Phantom's Apprentice, it won't even be started until Phantom's Apprentice is finished (despite the fact that I've already scribbled down some stuff for it). So if you're going to read this version, you might as well read The Phantom's Apprentice to both bide your time and receive glimpses of Marielle's childhood.

- The second incarnation is a story which is still somewhat dark and sexual ("somewhat" being synonymous with "a lot less than the first incarnation"). It's called In Blood, and as of November 12, 2011, I've started posting it! I've uploaded up to the ninth chapter (the first chapter is actually a prologue, which is why there are ten chapters). :)
~ If you like any amount of E/C and/or a villainous Raoul, this is definitely the story for you because it features both! I can't really say much more about this incarnation because I don't wanna give away major plot points (although the "any amount of E/C and/or a villainous Raoul" bit is something of an indicator), but believe me, it's gonna be so good.
~ This incarnation only features one other character from the original Phantom's Daughter series, and that'd be Cameron (whose last name is MacAlister instead of Luc, just like in the first incarnation).

I also have good news for those who have been following Take Two as well! I'm working on a revamp that is going to be a considerable improvement over the version which is currently uploaded. I can't say much about it, but it's going to be a ton better than what's up right now. It's gonna rock. (And yes, I will finish it. Third time's the charm, right?) It's going to be a while before I bring it up, though. I'm only going to work on one fanfiction at a time, so whatever story I'm working on once I'm ready to put up Take Two has to be done before I start uploading it. So it'll take a while.

And... I guess that's it. The end!