Skyward Ending
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since: 12-22-05, id: 506338, Profile Updated: 03-21-13
country: USA
Author has written 17 stories for Life, Fantasy, Love, Romance, and General.

Hello.

I'm not sure how to write a happy story, because True Art is Angsty and I haven't emerged from that phase yet. (Does anyone? Aside from anything with romance?)


My stories

Note: the older pieces are rather shoddy. I'm keeping them up to see how I've grown, because if I had some of those pieces in my writing folder I'd probably delete them; I'm a bit OCPD about having as few files as possible on my computer, particularly poetry. I think that I've matured a bit as a writer and a person and request that you don't judge me too much by my old writing.

Linger Here, Knots and Nooses, Nevermore, Somewhere, Touching Glass, and Never Made a Man Wise are poetry. The first four are standalone multi-chaps because I don't like having my story list dominated by a million single-poem entries (and considering Somewhere has over fifty-six poems, thank god); I'd rather have them in neat little piles. They're mostly in chronological order and generally, the newer the better.

Wolfskin and The Namethief are NaNoWriMo novels. Wolfskin is more "poetic" than the latter. The Namethief is a shameless fantasy action story meant to fill out a plot bunny that had been fidgeting in my head to be written since I was in middle school. They are meant to be read all in one go, as they were not written in chapter form, so please don't criticize me for bad chapter breaks. They are NaNo novels first and Fictionpress stories second. While both broke the 50,000-word requirement, they are incomplete. I'll get around to finishing them eventually. Ah, procrastination. Also, The Namethief is currently being rewritten! Yaaaaay

Seattle Dreams is an experiment in story chronology/format and an exercise in characterization and the voices thereof. It sort of started out as a Camp NaNo novel, but continued to evolve and demand countless additions, omissions, and edits in a way that made it impossible for me to hit fifty grand. Though technically finished, I still feel compelled to keep writing more of it, so we'll see where it goes.


Reality

I'm a music major (cardboard box, here I come) but have always loved writing. There - now I have an excuse for mediocre pieces. (I'm just kidding, by the way, in case you thought I was even vaguely serious. Burn away my crimes with your criticisms.)


1. Mauerspechte reviews
"Take me to Berlin," she said. But solace notwithstanding, she'd like to bury 1989, Germany, and the world it came in. Written for the January 2013 WCC.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,016 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 1-2-13
2. Trainwreck reviews
Trainwrecks describe me better than the drugs that are supposed to keep me sane. Stream-of-consciousness.
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 518 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-31-12 - Complete
3. Seattle Dreams » reviews
Nostalgia has a way with killing people like her. The problem is that she lets it anyway, because even though she'd never admit it to your face, she's the biggest dreamer she knows. Adelaide is a girl who knows she should let go of the past she loves to live in. Started out as a NaNoCamp novel that ended a bit early. Cover painting by Brad Sevener.
Fiction: General - Rated: M - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 15 - Words: 11,662 - Reviews: 12 - Updated: 12-31-12 - Published: 8-15-12
4. Knots and Nooses » reviews
A collection of poetry/songs with titles.
Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 17 - Words: 1,766 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 12-31-12 - Published: 9-22-10
5. Anything but Dull Aches reviews
She doesn't care that her hair is caked across her pillow, or that she set her alarm for 3 in the afternoon and right now she's only half an hour early. Not quite a short story.
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 684 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-29-12 - Complete
6. The Namethief » reviews
He was born without a name and died with a thousand. He is the man who stole the Devil's name. My 2010 NaNoNovel, now being rewritten! Cover photo by Nicole Jordan.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Adventure - Chapters: 5 - Words: 12,406 - Reviews: 24 - Updated: 12-28-12 - Published: 11-7-10
7. Nevermore » reviews
A collection of poetry with no titles. Some have coarse language, some don't. Written over the course of several years and still coming. R/R.
Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 31 - Words: 2,967 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 12-27-12 - Published: 12-9-09
8. Somewhere » reviews
My goal: one poem per day, with a prompt from a person who does not know what I am doing, for a year. UPDATE: having accidentally deleted a bunch of them on accident, I've ended this prematurely.
Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 56 - Words: 4,822 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 12-27-12 - Published: 9-25-12 - Complete
9. Linger Here » reviews
Love poems, addressed to various people.
Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 12 - Words: 1,925 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 12-16-12 - Published: 6-7-10
10. Window reviews
4:49 AM is blazed in glowing digital red across your memory, and sometimes when you close your eyes you can see it and bring back those emotions. Featured in Project Fiction.
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,287 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-15-12 - Complete
11. Prairie reviews
The shore stays behind...r/r
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 64 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 4-7-11 - Published: 4-10-09 - Complete
12. Never Made a Man Wise reviews
If you want change you gotta make change, kid. Written for the February 2011 WCC.
Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 294 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 2-6-11 - Complete
13. Sin reviews
The devil's jester is the whore. Written for and winner of the December 2010 WCC.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,524 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 12-2-10 - Complete
14. Brother Bacchus reviews
They must be related, the way she drinks. She loved her brother more than anything else in the world, after all. Written for the November 2010 WCC.
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 969 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 11-3-10 - Complete
15. Moments in Freefall reviews
It is everything that comes before the water engulfs them, the image of embracing below the surface. Written for the October 2010 WCC.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: K+ - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,652 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 10-7-10 - Complete
16. Wolfskin » reviews
The wolf found a girl in the Forest wandering in red. Stepmother, stepfather. A prince and Grandmamma's house. True love and travesties. Fractured fairytale; a NaNoNovel. R/R.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 33 - Words: 40,892 - Reviews: 37 - Updated: 9-16-10 - Published: 12-8-09
17. Touching Glass reviews
Inspired by Arvo Part's Spiegel im Spiegel and Ravel's string quartet, 1st mvt.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 72 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 12-9-09 - Complete