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since: 06-06-02, id: 225213, Profile Updated: 12-13-10
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Author has written 44 stories for Pirates of the Caribbean, Mummy, and Newsies.

Brunette - Brunette, Inc. - Blonded
10.13.2010

For the fun of it, I decided to revamp my profile page.

IN PROGRESS

The Lady and the Tramp. The sequel to Tramps and Thieves, The Lady and the Tramp follows Gretchen, Jonathan, Rick, and Evelyn as they head off to tour museums around the world with the treasures of Hamunaptra. They encounter a little snag, however, when Meela appears on the ship with plans to resurrect her ancient lover. With a heavy curse to break and the love of two men, Gretchen must decide between her own selfish wants - and the needs of others.

Enchantress. Believe it or not, I'm writing another Mummy rewrite. No, seriously. I wanted to address the overused fandom device of Rick's sister, and I wanted her to actually change the plot of the story (which Gretchen, of course, didn't do in TAT). A true Ardeth/OC romance, this story will hopefully kick the Rick's sister stereotype up a notch.

And Love Thee After. (HIATUS)

ABOUT THE TRAMPS AND THIEVES UNIVERSE

Tramps and Thieves started on a whim. Tired of reading the same old rendition stories, I decided to write my own - as opposite to the ones I'd read over and over (and over) as possible. I didn't expect anyone to pay much attention to my pessimistic, introspective little prostitute, but Gretchen somehow managed to gain a momentum quite her own. If you're looking to follow her story, the fics about her are as followed (in chronological order):

Only the Constant. A one-shot set sometime before the first movie, this story stands as a snapshot of Gretchen's relationship with Jonathan prior to the events of Tramps and Thieves.

9:00 AM. When Beni met Gretchen. A short and rarely-read piece, this one-shot details Gretchen and Beni's introduction, and features Gretchen's full name and a little of her history before coming to Egypt.

Tramps and Thieves. The first installment. Gretchen, a sarcastic and selfish prostitute, gets unfortunately mixed up in an expedition to Hamunaptra. Between annoyances with her regulars Beni and the Warden, the short temper of her short client, Herman Daniels, and the foreboding warnings of a certain Med-Jai warrior, it's all Gretchen can do to keep her head above water. And while a mummy being raised from the dead may sound like the cherry on top of a disasterous sundae, Gretchen might just find an inner strength she didn't know she had thanks to her adventure.

The Lady and the Tramp. Taking place immediately after TAT, The Lady and the Tramp follows Gretchen, Jonathan, Rick, and Evelyn as they head off to tour museums around the world with the treasures of Hamunaptra. They encounter a little snag, however, when Meela appears on the ship with plans to resurrect her ancient lover. With a heavy curse to break and the love of two men, Gretchen must decide between her own selfish wants - and the needs of others.

GREAT MUMMY RE-WRITES

There's so few good rewrite stories that I feel the need to post the decent ones here. I've encountered two, besides my own rewrites (which I, of course, think are awesome). If you're looking for a rewrite worth your time, check out:

Past and Future by Kelekona8

Tongue-Tied by poorpiratelass

AWARDS

Over the past (Godknowshowmany) years I've been fanfiction-writing, I've amassed a few fic awards. Just because I have an over-inflated opinion of myself, here they are:

Addictive Personality
~ 3rd Place: NML Fanfic Awards (Best Spot Fic, 2007)

Cars on a Cable
~ 1st Place: Sketch's Contest: A Het Romance Fic
~ 3rd Place: NML Fanfic Awards (Best Sarah Fic, 2007)
~ 2nd Place: New York Newsies Winter Awards (Best Sarah Story)

Golgotha
~ NML Fanfic Awards: 3rd Place: "Best Narrative" (2007)

Hellie 'a Brooklyn
~ NML Fanfic Awards: 3rd Place: "Best Romance" (2006)
~ NML Fanfic Awards: 3rd Place: "Best Completed Story" (2006)
~ NML Fanfic Awards: 3rd Place: "Best Villain - Spot Conlon" (2007)
~ NML Fanfic Awards: 1st Place: "Best OC Story" (2007)

I Remember She Was Smiling
~ Blink Week: Best Characterization
~ 1st Place: 2010 New York Newsies Winter Awards (Best Kid Blink Story)

Infidele
~ The Banner Fic of the Month (April 2005)
~ New York Newsies Awards (Winter): 3rd Place: "Best Jack Story" (2010)

Nobody Knows Anything
~ 1st Place: New York Newsies Winter Awards (Best Mush Story)
~ 1st Place: New York Newsies Winter Awards (Best Specs Story)

Russian Roulette.
~ 1st Place: NML Fanfic Awards (Best One-Shot, 2006)

Scum
~ NML Fanfic Awards: 3rd Place: "Best Racetrack Story" (2007)
~ New York Newsies Awards (Winter): 2nd Place: "Best Racetrack Story" (2010)

Spades
~ Fireplace Writing Challenge, #1: 3rd Place

The Broken Hallelujah
~ 3rd Place: NML Fanfic Awards (Best Skittery Fic, 2007)
~ 2nd Place: New York Newsies Winter Awards (Best Les Story)

The Proposition
~ New York Newsies Awards (Winter): 2nd Place: "Best Jack Story" (2010)

They Had It Comin'
~ 2nd Place: NML Fanfic Awards (Best Song Fic,2007)

Twenty One
~ NML Fanfic Awards: 3rd Place: "Best Mystery" (2007)

Virgin Eyes
~ NML Fanfic Awards: 2nd Place: "Best Skittery Story" (2006)
~ NML Fanfic Awards: 2nd Place: "Best Romance" (2007)
~ New York Newsies Awards (Winter): 2nd Place: "Best Mary Sue" (2010)
~ New York Newsies Awards (Winter): 2nd Place: "Fantastically Finished" (2010)
~ New York Newsies Awards (Winter): 3rd Place: "Best OC" (2010)
~ New York Newsies Awards (Winter): 3rd Place: "Best Skittery Story" (2010)

We Real Cool.
~ 3rd Place: 2010 New York Newsies Winter Awards (Best One Shot)
~ 2nd Place: NML Fanfic Awards (Best Misc., 2007)

Yeah, Well I Hope You Die.
~ NML Fanfic Awards: 1st Place: "Best Skittery Story" (2006)
~ NML Fanfic Awards: 2nd Place: "Best Narrative" (2006)
~ New York Newsies Awards (Winter): 3rd Place: "Funniest" (2010)

BANNERS

And Love Thee After.

Club Ten.

Hellie 'a Brooklyn.

Infidele.

Scum.

Tramps and Thieves.

Twenty One.

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1. The Lady and the Tramp » reviews
Sequel to TRAMPS AND THIEVES. Ch. 14: "That's some shiner you got there, toots."
Mummy - Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 14 - Words: 26,292 - Reviews: 50 - Updated: 1-3-11 - Published: 7-4-08 - Jonathan C. & Ardeth B.
2. Enchantress » reviews
All her life, Hattie O'Connell has been able to manipulate people to do whatever she pleases. So why is this desert chieftain playing hard to get? If you've been waiting for a sister character who actually changes things in the plot of TM, here she is.
Mummy - Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 3 - Words: 6,576 - Reviews: 18 - Updated: 12-12-10 - Published: 12-9-10 - Ardeth B.
3. And Love Thee After » reviews
Othello adapt. Ardeth has found happiness and love in his bride, Delphine. Evelyn is trapped in a marriage to Beni, but will her blossoming romance with Rick O'Connell be the key that saves Ardeth from Beni's revenge, or the catalyst for a vicious spiral?
Mummy - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 14 - Words: 25,370 - Reviews: 46 - Updated: 10-14-10 - Published: 2-3-08 - Ardeth B. & Beni G.
4. The Neighbor reviews
Beni licked his lips and glanced at the wall. He took another sip before telling her: "Mostly, I listen to you." A Beni one-shot, just for his fans! Enjoy.
Mummy - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,749 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 10-6-10 - Beni G. - Complete
5. Tramps and Thieves » reviews
REVISED! Gretchen didn't want to go to Hamunaptra. She didn't even want to leave Cairo. But circumstances have thrown a rather worthless, selfish prostitute into the climactic clash of events during Imhotep's first resurrection.
Mummy - Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 30 - Words: 60,056 - Reviews: 242 - Updated: 12-26-08 - Published: 7-5-05 - Ardeth B. & OíConnell, R. - Complete
6. Hellie 'a Brooklyn » reviews
When David Jacobs falls for Spot Conlon's girl, he starts a fierce war between Manhattan and Brooklyn. Love and jealousy reign supreme: let the destruction begin. An Illiad adaptation.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 22 - Words: 44,502 - Reviews: 178 - Updated: 7-19-08 - Published: 12-19-04 - David J. & Jack K. - Complete
7. Things You Won't Remember in the Morning reviews
But the drink's sung its lullabye, and when he wakes and he remembers...if he remembers...it will be no more than a dream. And I fancy bein' a good dream is another thing entirely from pretendin' to be his sweetheart. For the Fireplace Writing Challenge.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,018 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 2-13-08 - James N. - Complete
8. Spades reviews
This is mutiny.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,006 - Reviews: 18 - Published: 12-27-07 - Jack S. & Hector B. - Complete
9. 9:00 AM reviews
A Gretchen drabblet. The morning after the night she meets Beni. The beginning of a beautiful...friendship? Relationship? Well, whatever it is.
Mummy - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,176 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 12-11-07 - Beni G. - Complete
10. Nobody Knows Anything reviews
one-shot. Specs has been paying close attention to Mush lately.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,066 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 8-10-07 - Published: 8-9-07 - Specs & Mush - Complete
11. Scum » reviews
complete You just ain't the one we want, Higgins. You rat on Conlon and Kelly, and you're homefree. So how 'bout it? You wanna answer a few questions for me?
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Crime/Drama - Chapters: 10 - Words: 19,127 - Reviews: 38 - Updated: 8-9-07 - Published: 5-18-07 - Racetrack H. - Complete
12. Addictive Personality reviews
one shot Spot, this has got to quit. You're spookin' me.
Newsies - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,274 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 7-27-07 - Spot C. - Complete
13. Judas Syndrome reviews
one shot So this is why you didn't escape last night. You're a liar! You lied about everything!
Newsies - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,484 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 7-22-07 - David J. & Jack K. - Complete
14. Slow Spinning Redemption reviews
one shot So turn up the corners of your lips, part them and feel my fingertips. Trace the moment, for forever. Defenses paper thin, just one touch and I'll be in too deep now to ever swim against the current, so let me slip away.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,370 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 5-21-07 - Skittery - Complete
15. Only the Constant reviews
one shot Gretchen begrudgingly helps a very inebriated Jonathan one night.
Mummy - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,120 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 5-21-07 - Jonathan C. - Complete
16. Since When Does Crutchy Get Laid? reviews
one shot. Newsies Challenge 3 Response Skittery and Blink hash out a Lodging House rumor over a cigar and a cobblestone.
Newsies - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,767 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 5-20-07 - Skittery & Kid Blink - Complete
17. Golgotha » reviews
complete Why in the world would Skittery want to kill Jack Kelly? Jealousy? A girl? A secret? Or was he just in a bad mood?
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Suspense/Mystery - Chapters: 5 - Words: 8,684 - Reviews: 13 - Updated: 5-16-07 - Published: 5-8-07 - Skittery - Complete
18. The Broken Hallelujah reviews
one shot. Newsies Challenge 2 Response It's not a cry you can hear at night it's not somebody who's seen the light. It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,099 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 5-13-07 - Racetrack H. & Skittery - Complete
19. We Real Cool reviews
one shot we real cool. we left school. we lurk late. we strike straight. we sing sin. we thin gin...
Newsies - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 597 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 3-23-07 - Complete
20. The Proposition » reviews
complete Mr. Kelly, I would like to give you fifteen hundred dollars...to be the father of my child.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 3 - Words: 5,131 - Reviews: 12 - Updated: 1-4-07 - Published: 11-21-06 - Jack K. - Complete
21. Yeah, Well I Hope You Die » reviews
complete Drunk Delanceys, angry hookers, a sarcastic Kelly, and wisecracking Higgins. If you were Skittery, you'd be in a bad mood, too.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 7 - Words: 15,982 - Reviews: 31 - Updated: 12-19-06 - Published: 5-4-05 - Skittery - Complete
22. Quick Thinking reviews
one shot He may have always been the rugged soldier, but I was still the one with the way with words. And I have an accent. Yes. I'll always have the accent ...
Mummy - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 847 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 11-25-06 - Beni G. & OíConnell, R. - Complete
23. Piszkas Allat reviews
one shot I really, really should have known the minute the locked door groaned under the weight of a foot that I should get the hell out of there.
Mummy - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,073 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 11-20-06 - Beni G. - Complete
24. Virgin Eyes » reviews
complete I can see you bein' old and regrettin' never doin' nothing over doin' something worth remembering. The rich girl newsie story you always hoped would be written.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 15 - Words: 31,518 - Reviews: 127 - Updated: 11-15-06 - Published: 10-11-05 - Skittery - Complete
25. Twenty One » reviews
complete Part II. People don't just disappear from your life. Not sudden like that.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 22 - Words: 45,989 - Reviews: 206 - Updated: 8-13-06 - Published: 5-23-05 - Skittery & David J. - Complete
26. Dirty Work reviews
one shot True it can be told, in Tortuga at least, that a whore's never so bad off as her customer. Giselle recalls the night she met Captain Jack.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,897 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 8-4-06 - Jack S. - Complete
27. Wild reviews
one shot Chained to the Black Pearl, Jack Sparrow realizes something he never knew before about Elizabeth Swann.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,443 - Reviews: 18 - Published: 8-2-06 - Jack S. & Elizabeth S. - Complete
28. Club Ten » reviews
complete Part I. Club Ten. The scene every college boy was looking to hit. The girls there were ... goddesses, they said. The weird thing was, a guy never really knew who she was.
Newsies - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 12 - Words: 20,282 - Reviews: 143 - Updated: 2-1-06 - Published: 1-3-05 - Complete
29. Empty Alibi reviews
one shot What kind of orphanage tattoos children? Rick's Legionnaire buddies get the real story out of him behind the Eye of Horus on his wrist.
Mummy - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,271 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 10-26-05 - OíConnell, R. - Complete
30. Russian Roulette reviews
one shot I saw a guy get blown away doin' this. Bored of poker, Spot, Jack, Race, Skittery, and Blink try a different game.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Suspense - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,030 - Reviews: 34 - Published: 7-25-05 - Racetrack H. & Spot C. - Complete
31. I Remember She Was Smiling reviews
one shot Kid Blink isn't a one eyed newsie today. He is five again, and his mother is brushing her hair.
Newsies - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,289 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 7-16-05 - Kid Blink - Complete
32. Dropping Cigarettes reviews
one shot In which Kid Blink asks Skittery for advice and learns ... nothing.
Newsies - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,631 - Reviews: 18 - Published: 7-8-05 - Skittery & Kid Blink - Complete
33. Baby reviews
one shot Nobody calls him baby, nobody says 'I love you so.' Nobody calls him baby, I guess he'll never know.
Newsies - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,762 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 7-3-05 - Jack K. & Racetrack H. - Complete
34. Cars on a Cable reviews
one shot If she wanted to survive, she'd have to let him go, even though the rest of her mundane existence would hardly be survival at all.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,577 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 6-13-05 - Skittery & Sarah J. - Complete
35. Pretenses reviews
one shot I kissed Jack Kelly because they expected me to.
Newsies - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 596 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 6-2-05 - Sarah J. - Complete
36. Infidèle » reviews
complete I always hoped I'd see you again, Jack. Just not in bed with my wife.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 3 - Words: 6,669 - Reviews: 14 - Updated: 3-20-05 - Published: 3-4-05 - Jack K. & David J. - Complete
37. Dangerous Little Shivers reviews
one shot She'd made a mistake, but that mistake was NOT sleeping with Skittery.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,579 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 2-22-05 - Skittery - Complete
38. Cheatin' reviews
one shot Nobody knew, of course. It simply wasn't right, doing that to a friend. Ha, friend. Sarah Jacobs was NOT her friend.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,851 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 2-8-05 - Jack K. - Complete
39. They Had It Comin' reviews
one shot Warden Lewis E. Lawes of Sing Sing Prison sent a letter stating that over 69 percent of the current men in prison, over 2300 of them, had been newboys.
Newsies - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,964 - Reviews: 35 - Published: 1-23-05 - Complete
40. Prince » reviews
complete When people talk about Spot Conlon, they talk 'a Brooklyn. They talk 'a the Newsies Strike. But no one ever talks about Lucky, and there's a good reason for that.
Newsies - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 7 - Words: 9,597 - Reviews: 54 - Updated: 1-13-05 - Published: 12-17-04 - Spot C. - Complete
41. Lucky reviews
one shot Spot talks a little about his past, and future, as someone special lies in his arms.
Newsies - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 589 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 12-15-04 - Spot C. - Complete
42. Drunk Is A State Of Mind reviews
one shot Doesn't a man have a right to get drunk if he bloody well wants to! Doesn't a man have a right to forget? Doesn't he have the right to let go...for a while...?
Mummy - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 960 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 9-20-04 - Jonathan C. - Complete
43. On Pain of Death reviews
one shot Was I really so wrong? In the light of things, did Rick O'Connell really stand a chance of rescuing the damsel in distress, killing the bad guy and saving the world?
Mummy - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 755 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 11-30-03 - Beni G. - Complete
44. Of Gentlemen, Rogues, and Pirates reviews
one shot Elizabeth is getting married. But to whom?
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,146 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 8-6-03 - Elizabeth S. - Complete
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