Hello everyone!

So it's been a long time since I was on this site. I've been getting back into it, reading some new categories and discovering great new writers. I've spent a lot of my time writing for another site and getting schoolwork done, but now I'm home and searching for either a job or a PhD program. Trying to open as many doors as I possibly can. But I'm also trying to get my creative juices flowing again, so here I am, continuing my "Diary of a Missing Girl" story and writing some new things. I've got some new songfics planned (I still wish there was a General Music category on here for songfics - that would be wonderful!) that will mostly be to Celtic Woman and Celtic Thunder songs. I can't wait to see what you all think of them! Every time I use one, a link will be posted here, so keep an eye out!

Links:

Runaway Pixie:
Link to Celtic Thunder's "Remember Me, Recuerdame": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve8W2hBluYE
Link to Celtic Thunder's "She": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu7539iV4BU

At the Ceili:
Link to Celtic Woman's "At the Ceili": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwV3CzbeHKU

When You Believe:
Link to Celtic Woman's "When You Believe": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4-rBF1UM3o&playnext_from=TL&videos=_EeE4u5cono&feature=grec_index

Fields of Gold:
Link to Celtic Woman's "Fields of Gold": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXPqCv9dV6g

Walking in the Air:
Link to Celtic Woman's "Walking in the Air": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HoqJH5FGRA

Nocturne:
Link to Celtic Woman's "Nocturne": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYM0gatEuS4

Some other little tidbits about myself:

Favorite books: Harry Potter, Narnia, Mrs. Murphy Mysteries, Pendergast novels, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Burning Bright, The Other Boleyn Girl, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lord of the Far Island, Bride of Pendorric, Mistress of Mellyn, On the Night of the Seventh Moon, Mistress of the Art of Death series, Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mysteries, and Don Quijote
Favorite authors: Tracy Chevalier, Philippa Gregory, Victoria Holt, Ariana Franklin, Agatha Christie, Mary Higgins Clark, and Rita Mae Brown
Favorite genres: Mystery and fantasy
Favorite movies: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, National Treasure, National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, Sahara, Seabiscuit, The Illusionist, Amazing Grace, Stardust, Sherlock Holmes, The Holiday, Midnight in Paris, Letters to Juliet, The Librarian movies
Favorite music: Irish folk songs (I like a little bit of all genres of music, my iTunes library has everything, but Irish music is my favorite)
Favorite groups/artists: Celtic Woman, Celtic Thunder, The High Kings, Hayley Westenra, Enya, Loreena McKennit
Favorite musicals: The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Cats, Jekyll and Hyde, The Lion King
Favorite songs: Caledonia, The Sky and the Dawn and the Sun, Spanish Lady, You Raise Me Up, At the Ceili, The Soft Goodbye, She Moved Thru' the Fair, Orinoco Flow, The Voice, The Call, Fields of Gold, When You Believe, Isle of Hope Isle of Tears, Non C'e Piu, Nil S'en La, You'll Be in My Heart, Awakening, Teir Abhaile Riu, A Spaceman Came Travelling, Ireland's Call, Heartland, Raggle Taggle Gypsy, Ride On, Midnight Well, Heartbreaker, The Homes of Donegal, Take Me Home, Lough Swilly Railway, Dream Teller/Fantasy, Black is the Color, The Sound of Silence, The Black Velvet Band, Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore, Marie's Wedding, The Wild Rover, The Irish Rover, The Fields of Athenry, Boolavogue, The Parting Glass, Shenandoah and The Water is Wide.
Favorite TV shows: NCIS, Grey's Anatomy, Criminal Minds, Agent Carter, The Librarians, and Chopped
Favorite sport: Tennis
Favorite tennis players: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, Novak Djokovic, and Maria Sharapova

I also happen to play the Nancy Drew Adventure Series. I have played every single game in the series multiple times, with the exception of the remastered version of Secrets Can Kill, and am starting to think of stories to go along with some of the games. My list of top ten favorites in the series, in chronological order, are:

1. Treasure in the Royal Tower

2. The Final Scene

3. Secret of the Scarlet Hand

4. The Haunted Carousel

5. The Secret of Shadow Ranch

6. The Curse of Blackmoor Manor

7. Danger by Design

8. The Phantom of Venice

9. The Captive Curse

10. The Silent Spy

Favorite quotes:

The universe is made of stories, not atoms.
--Muriel Rukeyser

Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.
--Fiona Shaw

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
--Edmund Burke

Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art may be, as it were, God's grandchild.
--Dante Alighieri

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.
--Julie Andrews

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
--Anne Bradstreet

It is a sad fate for a man to die to well known to everyone else and still unknown to himself.
--Francis Bacon

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
--Thomas Edison

Often times, the shadows serve not only to conceal those who wish to do evil, but also to protect those who seek to do good.
--Alexander Tseitsev, "Mystery Woman: In the Shadows"

Hermione: "You'll be okay Harry. You're a great wizard, you really are."
Harry: "I'm not as good as you."
Hermione: "Me, books and cleverness. There are more important things. Friendship and bravery."
--Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (movie)

Gimli: "What's happening out there?"
Legolas: "Shall I describe it to you? Or would you like me to find you a box?"
--Gimli and Legolas, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (movie)

How many times must a man look up before he can see the sky?
How many ears must one many have before he can hear people cry?
How many deaths will it take 'til he knows that too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.
The answer is blowing in the wind.
--"Blowing in the wind" by Peter, Paul and Mary

Let me tell you that I love you,
That I think about you all the time
Caledonia, you're calling me,
Now I'm going home.
But if I should become a stranger,
Know that it would make me more than sad.
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had.
--"Caledonia" by Celtic Woman

I am the dawn and the new day begun.
I bring you the morning, I bring you the sun.
I hold back the night and I open the skies.
I give light to the world, I give sight to your eyes.
From the first of all time, 'til time is undone,
Forever and ever and ever and ever,
And I am the dawn and the sky and the sun,
I am one with the One and I am the dawn.
--"The Sky and the Dawn and the Sun" by Celtic Woman

I pray you'll be our eyes,
And watch us where we go,
And help us to be wise,
In times when we don't know.
Let this be our prayer,
As we go our way.
Lead us to a place,
Guide us with your grace,
To a place where we'll be safe.
--"The Prayer" by Celtic Woman

"Sing out! Sing out!
Sing to the world.
Sing out, you will be heard!
Sing the message of the world.
Sing a new song to the world!
Sing out! Sing to the world!
--"Sing Out!" by Celtic Woman

Open your heart, I am calling you.
Right from the very start, your wounded heart was calling too.
Open your arms, you will find the answer when you answer to the call.
--"The Call" by Celtic Woman

We're all apart of one world.
We all can share the same dream.
And if you just reach out to me,
Then you will find, deep down inside,
I'm just like you.
--"One World" by Celtic Woman

Someday, life will be fairer,
Need will be rarer,
And greed will not pay.
Godspeed, this bright millenium,
Let it come
If we wish upon the moon.
One day, someday soon
--"Someday" by Celtic Woman

O, America, I hear you,
From your prairies to the sea.
From your mountains grand and all through this land,
You are beautiful to me.
--"O, America" by Celtic Woman

I never made promises lightly,
And there have been some that I've broken
But I swear in the days still left
We'll walk in the fields of gold
We'll walk in the fields of gold
--"Fields of Gold" by Celtic Woman

There can be miracles when you believe,
Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill.
Who knows what miracles you can achieve when you believe,
Somehow you will, you will when you believe.
--"When You Believe" by Celtic Woman

Isle of hope, isle of tears,
Isle of freedom, isle of fears,
But it's not the isle you left behind.
That isle of hunger, isle of pain
Isle you'll never see again,
But the isle of home is always on your mind.
--"Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears" by Celtic Woman

A ship there is and she sails the sea,
She's loaded deep, as deep can be.
But not so deep as the love I'm in,
I know not if I sink or swim.
--"The Water is Wide" by Hayley Westenra

A thiarna dean trocaire (Irish for Lord have mercy)
A Chriost dean trocaire (Irish for Christ have mercy)
A thiarna dean trocaire
A Chriost dean trocaire
--"Heartland" by Celtic Thunder

Like a bird without wings
That longs to be flying,
Like a motherless child
Left lonely and crying,
Like a song without words,
Like a world without music,
I wouldn't know what to do
I'd be lost without you
Watching over me.
--"A Bird without Wings" by Celtic Thunder

God only knows what tomorrow brings.
You're in my heart, so my spirit sings.
And I'll be strong just as long as you,
Remember me, recuerdame, mi amor.
--"Remember Me, Recuerdame" by Celtic Thunder

Steal away, let's steal away,
No reason left to stay
For me and you, let's start anew
And darlin' steal away.
--"Steal Away" by Celtic Thunder

Ireland! Ireland!
Together standing tall!
Shoulder to shoulder,
We'll answer Ireland's Call!
--"Ireland's Call" by Celtic Thunder

But since it fell into my lot,
That I should rise and you should not,
I'll gently rise and softly call,
Goodnight and joy be to you all.
So fell to me the parting glass,
And drink a health whate'er befalls.
And gently rise and softly call,
Goodnight and joy be to you all.
--"The Parting Glass" by The High Kings

I have tons more favorite quotes, I just can't think of them right now. I'll post them as soon as I think of them.

Keep a lookout for more of my stories in the future and review the ones you have read.