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Author has written 40 stories for Peter Pan, Alias, Pirates of the Caribbean, Chronicles of Narnia, and Doctor Who. "People who say historical music is boring aren't listening to the right historical music." ~Heather Dale, Live in Montreal The basics: Female, 24, Canadian, short, perky, slightly crazy (I've been told). In depth: I live to write and, as seems to be the case with writers, I love to read! In case you're interested, in addition to those authors for whose work I write fic my favourites are Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, PG Wodehouse, Laurie R King and Elizabeth Peters (the Emerson family is probably destined to rule the world, so we should simply accept this as soon as possible and get on with our lives). I also have to put in a plug for Heather Dale, an independant Celtic folk artist whose work inspired a huge chunk of my Narnia fic. She has such a lovely, unique voice and I can't recommend her enough! Even more in depth: When I'm not reading, writing or working I'll most likely be sleeping or eating, but when time permits I enjoy training my three crazy dogs, watching my beautiful and rather bloodthirsty fish, pining after the chance to go to Pennsic, and spending time with God, who will fortunately be with me always, "even to the very end of the age." Something of a relief, that . . . A quick heads-up to the many wonderful, spelling-conscious Americans who read my work: you may be (and have been!) confused by what will seem to you to be presistent mistakes in my own spelling, but are actually just the Canadian (and often British) versions of certain words. For example, I'll use cosy instead of cozy, defence instead of defense, colour instead of color— the list goes on. I also want it made known that I do advise against reading my earlier fic. It's awful. Really. However, I have spent some time overhauling a lot of early work, mostly the Alias pieces, and editing for clarity, grammar and even, when the mood strikes me, content. I'm not done yet and am not sure when I will be (all you sweet people who still peek in at Running Scared just break my heart; I promise I will finish it, I just need to find the time) but I do hope that someday they will at least be legible, if not exactly Great Literature! In any event, thanks so much for taking the time to check out my work. I really appreciate feedback because I enjoy writing to improve and a lot of the critiques I have received for my fic over the years have helped strengthen my writing. Yes, this DOES mean you do not have to be afraid to tell me where you think the story dragged a little, or where you think I could have chosen my words with a bit more care; even if I don't end up agreeing with you, I promise not to bite your head off! So thanks to everybody, and I hope you continue to enjoy! Extremely in depth: (so very much so that you may feel free to skip this part if you are bored by now) This used to be up under the heading "In depth" but as I was editing it, it got to be so very in depth that I felt it needed to be relocated down here, because I do need to address this or else I will begin to tear out my own hair. And I do like my hair. First and foremost (although I suppose not really first, anymore, since I have moved it down here) I believe that, as an author of original fiction as well as a writer of fanfic, I need to be as defensive of the work of authors for whom I write fic as I would wish fanfic authors to be of my own (original) work. That's why I feel obliged to ensure that each of my fics (excepting parody and AU stories, of which I have written a few) has at least a reasonable chance of fitting into the existant canon of their respective fandoms. I will carry this so far as to place the canon of a fandom above certain of my own personal views, which means that even if there is something I would personally like to take an author to task over writing, I will still try to respect that detail as germaine to the canon and incorporate it in my work where appropriate. This does not mean that I share every view cherished by an author or the creator of a television program. Nor does it mean I think less of any writers who elect (as is their right, insofar as fanfiction allows us any rights whatsoever) to play a little fast and loose with what we know of the characters we love. Personally, I don't mind that many other authors don't feel as I do about canon, and am more than capable of reading and enjoying their stories anyway. However, some of my readers in the past seem to have had difficulty in separating the author from her fan-based work, and I felt it might be prudent to clarify that not every ideal you see espoused in my work is necessarily my own. (If you desperately want to know which fic brought about this little grumble, and where my personal views diverge from those of the existant canon, check out the updated author's notes at the end of "How She Was" and you will probably learn more than you ever cared to know on the subject) On archival and distribution: Please ask first. I mean it! If you are going to copy my work to your computer for your own personal use that's fine, go ahead, but if you are going to post it on another site somewhere, please let me know! It only takes a second or two to send a quick PM. Life as of late: Is settling down a little, though not as much as I had hoped. Gainful employment is a delight, especially since I do love my job, but I've recently been promoted and am suddenly buried under a weight of new responsibility. As you may imagine this leaves little time for writing. Most of my free time is currently devoted to original fiction, which means fan fiction has sort of gotten lost in the shuffle. I haven't fallen from the face of the Earth, though, and will update as time and inspiration permit! | |||||||
1. Someone Else's Story » reviewsNobody knew for sure how Lord Bar succeeded in kidnapping Cor, but somebody suspected. When Cor and Aravis discover this, they take it upon themselves to investigate.Chronicles of Narnia - Rated: K - English - Mystery/General - Chapters: 5 - Words: 37,994 - Reviews: 62 - Updated: 8-21-09 - Published: 7-3-09 - Shasta/Cor & Aravis - Complete2. Valley Verdant reviewsA Narnian Queen wakes her sister before dawn to effect a perfectly planned escape.Chronicles of Narnia - Rated: K - English - Family/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,547 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 8-19-09 - Complete3. Kingdoms Come » reviewsNewly crowned Kings and Queens, the Pevensies adjust to the task of running a kingdom as they try to restore land to the families the Witch drove from Narnia. Now Posted: HomecomingChronicles of Narnia - Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/Family - Chapters: 20 - Words: 127,372 - Reviews: 219 - Updated: 8-12-09 - Published: 10-5-074. Water Witch » reviewsPeter was always a little too single minded for his own good; after he is wounded in battle the King resolves to hunt down the only one who can save him, but instead finds something very different to what he expected. Golden Age fic.Chronicles of Narnia - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 2 - Words: 13,259 - Reviews: 16 - Updated: 7-1-09 - Published: 6-26-09 - Peter Pevensie - Complete5. Last Watch reviewsFour men board the Splendour Hyaline at dusk, prepared to take up the last watch. Three of them remember what once was, and the fourth imagines what could one day be.Chronicles of Narnia - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,863 - Reviews: 21 - Published: 3-15-09 - Complete6. Full Tilt reviewsAn afternoon's practice on the list field at Anvard finds a Prince unhorsed and a Queen in a state of self reproach.Chronicles of Narnia - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,585 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 2-16-09 - Complete7. Becoming Brothers reviewsHe doesn't know how to be a Prince; he doesn't even know how to be a brother. Cor finds somebody who can teach him what it means to be both.Chronicles of Narnia - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 8,906 - Reviews: 32 - Published: 2-12-09 - Complete8. Joy in the Mourning reviewsThey don't quite fit, anymore. But even as they long for home, even as the city falls around them and mourning is the order of the evening, it's not impossible to find moments of joy.Chronicles of Narnia - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,170 - Reviews: 25 - Published: 2-2-09 - Complete9. New Clothes reviewsJill would much rather die fighting for Narnia than grow old and go about in a bath chair. On the afternoon of the fancy dress ball, we learn why.Chronicles of Narnia - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,454 - Reviews: 22 - Published: 11-12-08 - Jill Pole - Complete10. Gift With Purchase reviewsOne of these days, Rachel thinks, she will get an assignment with a comfortable costume. An assignment where Sark doesn't show up to ruin everything. One of these days. Just not today. Post series finale, Rachel&Sark banter and UST.Alias - Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,103 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 8-12-08 - Complete11. The Better Part reviewsLucy sees things differently; she always has. Some would rather that she change, and others wouldn't want her to change for the world.Chronicles of Narnia - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,992 - Reviews: 29 - Published: 8-9-08 - Complete12. Parting reviewsToo many times to count, Lucy has thought they were parting for the last time. Now, as Susan sends her on through the woods alone, she finally sees the truth. Yes, sorry, it's movie based; last time, I promise!Chronicles of Narnia - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,820 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 6-1-08 - Complete13. The Way of Kings reviewsPeter has lost the way of kings, and so have they. Yes, it is movieverse, and yes, I am even more shocked by that than you. I promise it won't become a habit.Chronicles of Narnia - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,679 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 5-30-08 - Complete14. Arming the King » reviewsDetermined to fight with a sword that truly fits him, King Edmund learns of one that might suit and journeys to find it.Chronicles of Narnia - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 3 - Words: 11,564 - Reviews: 43 - Updated: 11-8-07 - Published: 10-31-07 - Edmund Pevensie - Complete15. Beautiful Serpent reviewsA lifetime of choices has led her to this moment. To her death. And yet, looking back, she finds she wouldn't change a thing. Ramandu's daughter remembers.Chronicles of Narnia - Rated: K+ - English - Family/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,285 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 10-14-07 - Complete16. Worlds in Dream » reviewsFar from home on the fields of France, Bill Pevensie dreams of his wife, his children, and worlds he's never seen.Chronicles of Narnia - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 6 - Words: 21,264 - Reviews: 87 - Updated: 10-5-07 - Published: 8-30-07 - Complete17. Retrospect reviewsIrina Derevko boards a plane to leave her life behind her. As she travels, ghosts of the past begin to creep in. Post finale.Alias - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,824 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 9-26-07 - Irina D. - Complete18. A Sea of Golden Sand » reviewsRabadash comes to Cair Paravel to seek Queen Susan's hand. It is only once she is in Calormen that Susan sees him for what he really is, and when the Narnians flee, Rabadash is determined they will not get off that lightly . . .Chronicles of Narnia - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 29 - Words: 120,247 - Reviews: 388 - Updated: 8-30-07 - Published: 4-12-06 - Complete19. Yesterday's Gold reviewsSpirited away from the station platform on their way to school, the Pevensies find themselves on a wooded island with a ruined castle. As night falls Susan ventures into the courtyard, where she finds a forgotten treasure and remembers all that once was.Chronicles of Narnia - Rated: K - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,467 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 8-12-07 - Susan Pevensie - Complete20. How She Was reviewsAs his grandchildren wreak havoc in the armoury, an old man recalls the Queen who first inspired him to fight. Post Golden Age Fic.Chronicles of Narnia - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,128 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 7-26-07 - Corin & Lucy Pevensie - Complete21. A Moment of Forever reviewsIt takes a strong woman to hold her future in her hand, and then let it go. But who wants to live in the shadow of another lost love, anyway? Joan Redfern & John Smith, with hints of Rose & Doctor. Spoilers to the end of Family of Blood.Doctor Who - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,127 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 7-18-07 - Complete22. Running Scared » reviewsWhat if Irina had told Jack the truth twenty six years ago? Chapter twelve finally, finally up. If nobody remembers this story, I can hardly blame them!Alias - Rated: K - English - Romance/Suspense - Chapters: 12 - Words: 34,634 - Reviews: 107 - Updated: 6-10-07 - Published: 1-11-03 - Jack B. & Irina D.23. Peter Bows reviewsOneshot. "When all is said and done, and the end to all things comes, I will still know you." Sometimes, there are things even Kings don't want to hear.Chronicles of Narnia - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,313 - Reviews: 37 - Published: 8-17-06 - Complete24. Part of the Show » reviewsFinally finished! Thank you all so much for your enjoyment of what could have been a tired old plot redone to death, but has actually turned into a pretty decent semiparody. Port Royal will never be the same again.Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: K - English - Humor/Adventure - Chapters: 25 - Words: 58,374 - Reviews: 196 - Updated: 7-9-06 - Published: 8-22-03 - Complete25. De Finibus reviewsWritten ages ago for an SD 1 challenge, set in my 'Sackville' universe right after Smoke Screen. Shortly after coming home with baby William, Sydney starts to realise that something is horribly wrong.Alias - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,395 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 6-11-06 - Sydney B. & Vaughn, M. - Complete26. King's Champion » reviewsIt is decided that King Peter will not compete at the Lone Islands Tournament. He appoints his brother champion in his place, but Edmund has some doubts. Golden Age fic, finished!Chronicles of Narnia - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 2 - Words: 6,569 - Reviews: 51 - Updated: 5-8-06 - Published: 5-5-06 - Complete27. Echoes of Tomorrow reviewsSusan centric oneshot. A few months after the train crash, Susan spends a night coming to terms with what she has lost.Chronicles of Narnia - Rated: K - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,713 - Reviews: 36 - Published: 4-9-06 - Complete28. Smoke Screen » reviewsIt's done. It's finally done. The sequel to Five Years, and Fifty Lilac Bushes. Less running, but the same amount of problems. COMPLETE! Thank for your patience and support.Alias - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Suspense - Chapters: 17 - Words: 92,581 - Reviews: 260 - Updated: 8-13-05 - Published: 9-22-02 - Complete29. Beginnings reviewsA scene I thought should have been shown after William was taken belowdecks at the beginning of the movie. Elizabeth & Will interaction, and I think, or at least I hope, that it's rather cute. Enjoy!Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,271 - Reviews: 25 - Updated: 8-10-03 - Published: 8-9-03 - Complete30. Vienna reviewsEpisode insertion for ADT. Some reflections and missing dialogue for Jack and Irina, a song, and some smooching . . .Alias - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,561 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 4-19-03 - Jack B. & Irina D. - Complete31. The Escape » reviewsYeah, I know, really original title, right? My response to MS's challenge on SD-1. Post ATY, J/L, S/V. Enjoy!Alias - Rated: K - English - Suspense/Humor - Chapters: 5 - Words: 20,212 - Reviews: 81 - Updated: 2-4-03 - Published: 10-23-0232. Substitution Ineffective » reviewsThe crossover you never saw coming! Based on an incredibly weird dream I had, and not at all serious. Well, hardly. Enjoy.Alias - Rated: K - English - Humor/General - Chapters: 6 - Words: 22,722 - Reviews: 69 - Updated: 11-17-02 - Published: 9-18-0233. Can't Live Without You reviewsPre Five Years, Post Just That. Something Vaughn might bring up in a moment of insecurity, and how Sydney would reassure him.Alias - Rated: K - English - Romance/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,218 - Reviews: 21 - Published: 9-20-02 - Sydney B. & Vaughn, M. - Complete34. Five Years, and Fifty Lilac Bushes » reviewsEdited, epilogued, polished and complete. Terribly sappy and terribly proud of it! Post-ATY, S&V, some J&I. The title is Sydney's answer when her doctor asks her how much she's forgotten.Alias - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Suspense - Chapters: 14 - Words: 107,672 - Reviews: 357 - Updated: 8-31-02 - Published: 6-27-02 - Complete35. The Dance reviewsJust something to distract me for a while. Sydney misses Danny, and ends up discussing it over pizza with our favourite handler . . .Alias - Rated: K - English - Angst/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,554 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 8-15-02 - Sydney B. & Vaughn, M.36. Something Right reviewsCD J/J challenge. Post ATY, pre-Five Years, etc. Syd and Vaughn's upcoming wedding is the least of their worries.Alias - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,721 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 7-26-0237. Just That reviewsEdited for clarity, post ATY, pre Five Years, etc. for the CD July challenge. Syd and Vaughn's milkman is murdered, and they fight over what to do about it.Alias - Rated: K+ - English - Mystery/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,779 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 7-26-02 - Sydney B. & Vaughn, M. - Complete38. Can You Know? reviewsProbably post ATY, though I read it over and realised it doesn't have to be. Nothing earth shattering, just Sydney's frustrated, slightly neurotic, early morning reflections on her life.Alias - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,162 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 6-27-02 - Complete39. O, Mr Barrie! reviewsWendy isn't there to tuck Jane in, so Jane goes running to Mr Barrie to help her figure it out.Peter Pan - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,618 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 4-10-02 - Complete40. O, Mr Barrie? reviewsJane converses with a neighbour the morning after her return from Neverland.Peter Pan - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,805 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-10-02 - Complete
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