About Me:

For anyone who cares, I'm a sixteen-year-old junior in a little town highschool much like Samson ;). I love to read, write, draw, and most importantly sleep. I seem to be extremely lacking in the last area lately. My dream is to join Doctors Without Borders someday and become a pediatric oncologist. Aside from that, I'm an incurable idealist, I love wolves, and I can't stand horror movies. Oh, and David Eddings, J.R.R. Tolkein, and Tamora Pierce are my heores.

New News:

December 4th: Chapter 4 is up! Chapter 5 is laid out and waiting to be written.

Old News:

November 30th: Chapter 3 reveiws are up on the blog. Chapter 4 is being written as I type. And the authoress is swamped with SATs, homework, her job, and Governors school essay applications. Apologies in advance for any delays in reviews or chapter updates.

November 25th Update: 3rd chapter up. 4th chapter waiting to be started.

Current Projects:

Forgive Me Not

Since freshman year started, Lance has refused to acknowledge Miranda's existence. She was the reserved good girl. He was Samson Prep's alpha male. What turned them from best friends into bitter strangers? Guilt, forgiveness, and love.

Forgive Me Not Playlist
(When I'm writing, I need music in the background, and most of the time, it's music that relates to the plot of the story. Have you ever felt like you can see your characters as if they're in a movie, and there's music that fits just right in the background? For this reason, I've decided to put up the official "playlist". Some are songs I randomly heard on Pandora, others I've found my way to because I love the lyrics. Whatever the reason, these are my inspirations. Who knows? The lyrics might give you a bit more insight to the story too. You're welcome to try to guess who the songs are about. And suggestions for possible matches are ALWAYS welcome, in fact, they're encouraged =)

"Fix You" - Coldplay
"How to Save a Life" - The Fray
"What Hurts the Most" - Rascal Flatts
"When You Believe" - Mariah Carey
"Unwell" - Matchbox Twenty
"Every Breath You Take" - Sting & The Police
"Seasons of Love" - Rent
"Through Glass" - Stone Sour
"Your Guardian Angel" - Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
"Saving Me" - Nickelback
"Drops of Jupiter" - Train

Forgive Me Not Gallery
Usually I like leaving it up to readers to develop their own mental images of the characters. I'm curious to see what people say though, so suggest away if you're (like me) also obsessed with finding the "perfect photo".

To all my readers and reviewers:

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Coming onto fictionpress and seeing your comments makes me so happy each day. It may be hard to believe, but every single word means so much. My writing wouldn't be what it is without your encouragement and critiques.

Instead of waiting to put my replies to your reviews at the end of each chapter, I've started a blogger site where I'll post replies. It'll make it easier, I think, and it'll also give me a chance to reply as soon as possible. I like replying to reviews almost as much as I like reading them, haha. Here's the site -- xhil.blogspot.com

And finally, my review policy: I will always return reviews no matter what. I have a little notebook to keep track of my reviewers, where I write your name down on a page, and what story I'm currently working through and the number of chapters that are up so far. Because I'm a junior, I can average about two or three chapters a day. Please be patient as I work my way towards your story. If you want me to read a particular piece, you're welcome to leave me a note.

My email is xhiliration@msn.com if you ever need to contact me.

Or rather, since IM is so much easier, my AIM sn -- xhi1iration (yes, that's the number one between the two "i"s.)

- Xhil