"You talk to any writer - except for the real hacks or the people who are so elitist, snobbish and avant-garde they have the self-awareness of a Toyota - you find this is the constant state for most writers. It's not 24/7. Sometimes you have days, if not months, when you get into this godlike phase – 'I'm hitting on all cylinders, I was born to do this!' Then, one day you go back and look at one of those chapters and say 'What a piece of [expletive]! I wasn't godlike that day; I wasn't even ant-like.' Writing is made for sado-masochists and manic-depressives." -- Dennis Lehane, author of Shutter Island (one of the most brilliant books in existence)

Hi there fellow writers! How nice of you to stumble upon my profile; welcome to my humble abode for my very odd but very vivid imagination! I think I've grown a lot as a writer, so when you read some of my earlier stuff (in fact, just don't), just remember that I did get better!

Anyhow, some basic information:

Name: Ellen

Age: 19 (joined Fanfiction when I was 13.)

Country of residence: the good ol' USA!

I am a HUGE Cloti, Revolutionshipping and Azureshipping fan, just so you know. If you review any of my stories, please don't use it as an opportunity to bash any character that you don't like. Especially Anzu and Tifa! (They're my all time favorite characters. :D)

All Cloti maniacs like myself, CHECK THIS OUT (Hallelujah!):

I think this is seriously the best Cloti vid in existance. It just captures their story so perfectly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Pak8aP2us

Note: I recently became a beta-reader! I'm excited to read some awesome fanfics, so send them my way, kiddies! :)

I'm always trying to improve, so please be blunt in reviews (well, but not enough to make me cry, please) if you find something that I really need to work on! Sometimes, constructive criticism is more welcome than praise because it can only make the author grow. Thank you guys!

"Dante's Heaven" has been changed to "Permanent" (inspired by "Permanent" by David Cook, which I'm convinced is like the theme song to the fic and to the Cloti canon couple in general!) because as you will see in later chapters, the theme of the fic is that most happiness... ah, I'm not going to give it away! I'll let you guys figure it out for yourselves, you little smarties, you! I've been rereading Dante's Inferno (well, mostly summaries of it) and rewatching walkthroughs of the original Final Fantasy 7, because as you can tell by the third chapter, I'm going to be using/ referencing characters and events from the original game.

UPDATE: September 19, 2010

"Planetarium" Chapter 10: My Heart Is Touched is FINALLY up! I hope you guys like this chapter-- there's a lot of soul searching in this one. I don't think it's as exciting as some chapters coming up, but it's a very important chapter (as I'm sure all you guys can guess why)! Some major events to look forward to in future chapters: Christmas Day, Miyu's engagement party (it's not going to be your conventional engagement party, I'll tell you that!), Miyu's wedding set in Paris (I'm going to have fun with this) and... can't say anything else without them being spoilers. But one thing I will say is there there will be a lot of drama! But you guys could have guessed that! :)

"Planetarium" Chapter 11: Kaibas In Wonderland (Let your imaginations run wild, peeps. :D) will be posted as soon as possible. Until then!

General Note: Unfortunately, I will not be able to update as often as I would like because it's hard to balance college and writing for fun, so I will do my best to be consistent with updates, but I will be posting updates on my progress if a good amount of time elapses. Thanks for your patience, guys!