"Shoot for the moon, and even if you miss, you'll land among stars." --Les Brown

ANNOUNCEMENT!!: I'm going to try to put up some short stories soon as well. They will be revolving around characters from my series: The Lone Wolf Chronicles, as well as a short story that involves a character from my Cat's Shadow story. I'll put them up and then if they don't get that many reviews/hits, I'll take them down. I hope you enjoy them and please comment them if you read! You don't have too, but it'd be nice to get feed back. And BTW: spelling has improved, so there shouldn't be any mistakes in the stories. I'm using spell check now. :3

03/24/11: As you can tell...updating is...kinda going slow. This is due to a few things like: school, school, school, social life, friends, school, reading, writing, school, trying to find a job, breathing, school. Oh yeah...and SCHOOL. So...well, I'll try to update soon. It's not like many people are reading these anyways. :/ I've been having lots of stress-induced panic attacks, so I will be writing because it's my therapy...just don't expect them to be posted here...I'm working on some short stories I want to send to writing contests, so...yeah. But I'll be sure to work on the ones that I posted here. A lot of my just free-write/therapy stuff is on my Tumblr(yes, I'm addicted to that amazing site), so if you manage to find it, somehow(bc I'm not posting the link here...) then check it out! Until then...well, no one's reading this most likely so...PLUTO IS A PLANET! :3

O.k, here is a little about me:

Name: Well, my name is Maria, but call me Black Cat Bastet.
Age:College student. You guess.
Gender: DUH, I'm a girl.
Sign: Pisces(and proud of it!)
Moon Sign: Capricorn(I also know my Mars sign, Venus sign, and Neptune sign, but that's a little complicated...)
Eastern Sign: Ram
Favorite God/Goddess from Ancient Egypt: Bastet
Fav Food: Sushi!
Fav Holiday: Halloween!
Fav Music: Anything really, not much of classical...expect for in movies I like.
Fav Movie: Lots my friends...lots...
Fav Show(s): BONES, Leverage, Degrassi(ECLARE!Fav Gerne of Books: Magic/Supernatural, Mystery, Action/Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Horror, and Spiritual.(this also counts for my movie selection too.)

Books I've read and liked:
-The Mercy Thompson Series and Alpha Omega Series by Patricia Briggs(My friends got me really into these books WHICH KICK SERIOUS ASS!! LOVE THEM!)
-Nefertiti and The Heritic Queen by Michelle Moran(These two books are HISTORICAL FICTION about Queen Nefertiti and one of the beloved wives of King Ramssess II, Nefertari. Beautifully written and I recommend to anyone who loves a love story, especially The Heretic Queen)
-'Alosha' by Christopher Pike
-'The Nine Lives of Chloe King: Volumes 1, 2, and 3' by Celia Thomson:(A series of books I found a while back, and just read...it’s really good, I wish I was a Mai! I hope there’s a fourth book!)
-'Tithe:A Modern Fairy Tale' by Holley Black:(Holly Black is a great writer...the sequel to this is Ironside, and I really need to get it when it comes out!),
-'The Year of Secret Assignments(aka Finding Cassie Crazy)' by Jaclyn Moriarty:(This book has got to be in my top ten favorite books because I love it that much. And the author is so great is is also one of my fav authors, see below. It’s so funny I read it over and over again from time to time...I actually borrowed it from a friend, and bought it again a few years later...great book.),
-'The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie' by Jaclyn Moriarty:(Another great book from Moriarty! Just as funny as A Year of Secret Assignments, I'm not sure I spelled Bindy's last name right...but I totally recommend both books, TMOBM and TYOSA...I'm also going to try to read Feeling Sorry for Celia, another Jaclyn Moriarty book...)
-'The Sisters of Isis' by Lynne Ewing:(Love the books! I'm almost done with the first one, and I've skimmed through the second and third one. I wonder if there will be more, I hope so! I just love any book on Egypt, as you can imagine.)
-Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling:(Come on, who doesn't love the Harry Potter books? Their great! One of the best series of books...all is very well written!)
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan(I know these are for the younger crowd, but I read them and I thought they were fun, cute and entertaining! I seriously LOVE ancient mythology, so this was a good match for me. And I can't WAIT to read The Red Pyramid, which will be about Ancient Egyptian Mythology--MY FAVORITE!-The Clique books by Lisi Harrison:(My sister let me read her copies, they are great...a great read every now and then.),
-'The Witches of Worm' by Zilpha Keatley Snyder,
-The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman,
-'Holes' by Louis Sachar,
-'Sing Down the Moon' by Scott O' Dell,
-'Island of the Blue Dolphins' by Scott O' Dell:(Scott O' Dell is one of my favorite authors because he’s a good writer, and one of themes(animals) in this book is dolphins! One of my favorite animals!),
-'The Egypt Game' by Zilpha Keatley Snyder,
-'City of Ember' by Jeanne DuPrau,
-Time Cat by Llyod Alexanders,

Book I'm currently Reading: River Marked By Patricia Briggs and The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

Fav Authors:
-Patrica Briggs (The Mercy Thompson + Alpha and Omega series = KICKS ASS!)
-J.K. Rowling(Of course...her writing is so good!),
-Holly Black(I LOVED her book Tithe, and I hope to read Ironside and Valiant soon...I also might check out the Spiderwick Chronicles...),
-Jaclyn Moriarty(Hello!? Did I not write above that I LOVE her books? I read two of them, and I absolutely LOVED them! Feeling Sorry for Celia is next!),
-Celia Thomson(Since I absolutely loved The Nine Lives of Chole King series, Celia Thomson is now one of my favorite authors!),
-Christopher Pike(Once again, his books are AWESOME! I haven't read his other books except for the Alosha series, but I bet there good...anyways, the Alosha Series is so good that he is now one of my fav authors!),
-R.L. Stine(I loved reading his Fear Street books...they were fun and very good...I'm always up for reading a scary story...),
-Scott O' Dell(When I was younger I read his book 'Island of the Blue Dolphins', and loved it! I also read Sing Down the Moon, which is also as awesome as Island of the Blue Dolphins!),
-Zilhoa Keathley Snyder(I only read two books by her, but they were great! The Egypt Game and The Witches of Worm were great!),
-Lisi Harrison(Like omigawd! The Clique Books were very entertaining, even if they were for the younger crowd.),
and more...

More About Me:

As for more about me, well, all you need to know is that I’m a creative person who writes(and draws) because I have to have SOME form of outlet to let out my ideas. If I didn’t, my head would explode. And I don’t know about you, but I’d like my head to not explode, thank you very much. As for who I am or what I want to be when I finally grow up(eventually…) I’m still figuring that out. I'm most likely going to double major because I can't really choose between Egyptology and Writing. So why not do both? And for now, I’m enjoying the thrilling and unpredictable ride known as LIFE. Because like many have told me: it’s not about the destination(though it’s nice), it’s about the journey. And this road trip called my life is GOING TO KICK ASS! Because I said so.

Please enjoy my stories; I will try to post up some of the short stories I’m writing. I’ll leave them up for a month or two before taking them down and putting another one up. Or if they don’t get that many reviews/hits. But I like them, I will keep writing, and someday I will publish my ideas and maybe more people will read them and enjoy them. That’s all an artist can really ask, huh? To have their art live, inspire, and just be what it was always meant to be: creativity.

~ Black Cat Bastet

Storys:

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Heh, actually, I don't think I'll be posting up my stories anytime soon. Any of my LONG CHAPTER ones. Although, I will post the occasional short story, and poems for a while before taking them down. I will try to read other people's stories because I find fictionpress is also a good place for a good read, because even the unpublished stories have the right to get read! XD

The Lycan Chronicles: "Everyone has a story, these are theirs."

A New Moon: Roux's Story: Just Posted it. Please read and review! They make me happy! And if I get enough, I'll keep it up! :D

Waxing+Wanning: Just Posted it! PLEASE READ AND REVIEW! My last story didn't get any hits, :( it makes me sad. So give me some love, even if it's just a hit! At least to know that SOMEONE is reading it...

ALL THESE SHORT STORIES WILL HAVE THE MAXIMUM OF 5/6 CHAPTERS! And I will post them only when I am completely finished with one! So that it saves time on time gaps in updating. It is for the readers...:)

And to the reviewers that already review and read my story's: THANK YOU!

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."--Marianne Williamson

I'll update soon...