“A writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily, because she has amazing talent, because everything she does is golden.

In my view, a writer is a writer because even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise, you keep writing anyway.”

– Junot Diaz

About Me

I am in my early thirty's who day job is an assistant department manager at a grocery store and who moonlights as a Fanfiction writer. I also write poetry and short stories but have not been published (there's the dream!).

About My Writing: I've taken College Level Creative Writing classes; I've learned how to be less wordy. I'm a very description orientated writer but, again, I'm learning where it should be properly used and also when to know when the description is taking away from the story. I love to write flash fiction. This means One-shots, small introspection, and running consciousness pieces. However, I am currently working on a Trilogy based on The Hobbit.

Updating and Posting: I write best when inspiration hits me, and this means I'm very irregular when it comes to updating. Sometimes I have everything planned out in my head but it's not transferring well to paper and sometimes I have no idea how to take the next step in the next chapter (mostly, I'm the former). I may have things written down and planned out, but I usually write one chapter at a time. Usually. I can spout bursts of chapters in a week and then go silent for the following. I apologize in advance because there may be large breaks between updates however, I rarely give up on a project. If I do, I let the public know.

My Stories:

The Hobbit

Flitting Through Pages: Book I: A Reader's Odyssey - Complete

Flitting Through Pages: Book II: The Two Companies - In Progress ((God, this story is a decade old, I'm so sorry everyone)). BACK FROM HITAUS!!!

Flitting Through Pages: Book III: (title not yet released) - Not Yet Written

Flitting Through Pages: Book IV: (title not yet released) - Not Yet Written

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (New Revisions Made!)

Heaven's Light Shines Upon You (Part I of the "Heaven's Light' Trilogy) - Complete

The Light Within Us (Part II of the "Heaven's Light" Trilogy) - Complete

Of Nightmares and Midnight Dreams (extra; post-"The Light Within Us") - Complete

Heaven's Symphony of Stone (Part III of the "Heaven's Light" Trilogy (after much demand by the public)) - Not Yet Written (currently delayed until further notice, though highly unlikely at this point in time)

How to Train Your Dragon

Live With It (one-shot)- Complete

Fractured (one-shot) - Complete

A Father's Pride (one-shot) - Complete

Merlin

I Walk Alone (one-shot) - Complete

To Avalon (poetry) - Complete

CSI: Miami

Not a Team, a Family (one-shot) - Complete

A Father's Love (one-shot) - Complete

Harry Potter

It's Over, It's Time to Heal (one-shot) - Complete

Fruits Basket

Worthy of Love (one-shot) - Complete

Ninja Turtles

Blood is Thicker than Water (one-shot) - Complete

Rock and Rule

Not His Angel (one-shot) - Complete

About the 'Flitting Through Pages' Trilogy

I've noticed very quickly in writing this story that it would be very long. I noticed this even more when I realized how much I enjoyed writing the character development than I have the actual plot. And seeing as how it's the characters driving my story more than the plot, I have decided to split the story up into three parts. Please keep in mind that the plot is still important to me. However, the truth is, we all know the plot. We know what happens. What we really care about, is the characters. Seeing as how so many people are enjoying Cate and the character development between her and the canon characters, I want to broaden my options with the length.

I really like Fanfics that have someone getting caught up in the story and living the adventure. However, there are far too many OC's that are not realistic. They don't seem to care about what they say or how they treat the fictional world or the characters. Above all, they aren't easy to relate to. There are very few OCs in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit Fandom that I can identify with or have any sort of attachment to or compel me to have an attachment to. And that, dear readers is the source of the problem. OCs are great and have wonderful potential, but only if the author carefully weaves them in. You have to treat the characters with respect, and you have to really love the story you are trying to tell the audience. Unless you do, readers are not going to be invested. That's my advice and that's all I will say on the matter.

About Cate Martin:

Catelynn Jocelynn Martin, is a twenty-four-year-old avid reader from Salt Lake City, Utah. She co-manages a local restaurant alongside a friend and is currently in the mists of writing her first book. However, she has been having some issues with publishers lately as no one she talks to wants her manuscript. Such is the fate of many writers. Cate debates on giving up, scraping the whole novel, and writing something that caters more to what the public wants rather than the original, radical plot that she put her heart and soul into. However, in times when life is too much for Cate to handle, she reads. She goes back and visits stories that inspire her, that lift her spirits and make her believe in the wonders of the written word again. The novel she picks up this time around. 'The Hobbit' by J.R.R. Tolkien.

I'm also on AO3 under the pen name LadyofMythandLegends02!

Note, not everything posted here is on AO3; mostly my early work. My multi-chapter stories are however, if you'd rather read them there.