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Part 6 of Twins

Hello! I'm Stanleylouis. Stanley Louis is my kitten, and he's about the cutest thing since sliced bread. I don't really care if that's not a saying. I'm a girl, about 5'6'', reddish-blonde hair... My name's Maddie, and I love cats. :)

So, I'm currently in an awesome forum called The Roadhouse. I've been there for... Oh, I don't know... Maybe a month or so, but I really like it! I encourage everyone to check it out. All you have to do is add your story to the forum, and add some reviews of your own. It's a very I'll-scratch-your-back-if-you-scratch-mine kind of thing, and it really helps in getting imput on your stories. :)

So, as to everyone from the Roadhouse who might be coming here:

Just a couple of things to put out there: I try to remember all of the people who have reviewed my stories, but if I haven't gotten back to you, please PM! I won't mind, and I'm very friendly. :)

Also, if none of my stories are your cup of tea, don't try to push through them. I'm perfectly fine if you don't review me back if you happen to not like romance/tragedy/everything else. :) However, if you read my story and just didn't like it because of my writing technique or whatnot, I would love it if you reviewed and told me so! I take constructive critisisms gladly. Only way I learn, people! :D

Fanfiction.net profile: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1941308/

I'd REALLY REALLY love it if anyone checked out my Fanfiction site!! This is my current point of writing, since I just came up with the entire storyline while working on history homework. If anyone on here likes Moulin Rouge, then I would love it if you review! And if you haven't even seen it... THEN GO SEE IT!! Seriously. Best movie ever. No joke. ;p

News: 1/14/10: Hi everyone. Just some little updates, for all you people who actually read this.

I have exams this week, which may or may not damage my writing time. I don't know, I might have no energy left to write after studing, but I have two three-day-weekends back to back (this weekend coming up and the next) so I might be able to get some in. Also, they let out early for my school after our scheduled exams, so I might really want to write.

My main focus at the moment is with a story I don't have out yet called To Live Nine Lives, and the summary's down below. Basically, it's a story with a lot of different themes and twists (hopefully) and I'm really excited about where it can go. I already can't wait to write the ending. :)

So... Yes. I'll be bringing a prologue of that out soon.

Also! I've decided that for upcoming chapters and stories, I don't think I'll write stuff at the beginning, just because I cringe everytime I read them over, because I was writing whatever crap was flying around my brain at that moment. So, I'll be alerting everyone in the next chapters that I'm bringing out about it, and to check up here for all updates. Which will mean that this area will get more crowded.

So, on we go!

12/28: So, I've been forgetting about my profile lately, and I thought I might update it.

I've brought a new story called My Life, the Cliche. This is supposed to be a teen romancy-humory story that follows the lead of many teen fics, but with some added depth that I hope to add to make it more enjoyable. Most of my stories, for some reason, seem to deal with death, so this is kind of like a release for me, to let me relax and not have tension mounting in every paragraph. (Or maybe it still should.) I would appreciate any ideas on this story since I am not the best and I'd like feedback!

Since I'm doing this story in a diary format, I'm afraid that it might follow the Princess Diaries' format (which would be kind of weird, since I didn't even really pick up on that series) but if it does, please tell me! :)

~~NEXT CHAPTERS OUT: Prologue of To Live 9 Lives

I have decided to put myself on a little quest, which involves writing something in every category on fictionpress. This includes both stories and poems, for (although I am not the best) I do write poetry every once in a while.

This is a rather stupid idea on my part because I have a bunch of school work and lots of things planned for this year, but I never told myself that I was that sensible anyway.

I really hope that I won't piss anybody off with my ideas of writing in all of the categories. "What, are you saying that you wrote something spiritual and you didn't actually mean it?" No, I stand behind everything I write, even if it is crap. It's my crap. :D

Why am I doing this? Not any reason in particular. I do want to be able to finish things completely (something I'm not very good at) so this'll be a good exercise for me. This'll also show me what genre I'm the best at.

I plan for this to take a very long time, but I'm patient, and I will conquer. Whoot! :D

Okay, here's the ideas I have so far:

1) Fantasy: A story that I've been working on for a really long time, Black Glass. It's kind of embaressing at the moment, so I won't explain it just yet... But I will when I put it out. :)

2) Spiritual- A little blurbit about things I feel. I am not the kind of person walking around talking about God all day, so this'll be kind of challenging for me... But I will do it. :)

3) Historical- A story about the Pruitt-Igoe Project called Decay. Lovely title, right? Anyways.

I don't really know if my beta for this will get back to me... I'm afraid I might have frightened her off... :D

4) Horror-It's called Monica, and it's a horror/tragedy/romance-y? kinda thing. I'm not that good at horror, but I'll try to do it justice.

5) Play- ... I had this idea in mind called Paradise about these animal spirits in a woods, but I was also thinking about having a historical play about philosophers and why they got so dang loony. :) Don't know what I'll pick...

6) Family- (Poetry) This is a poem called Twins. I'm putting it under Family because I don't know where else it would go. It's about a pair of twins, and one of them dies in a car accident while the other deals with the shock. I myself am a twin, and when I showed my sister the poem she kinda backed away slowly... :D

7) Mythology- To Live Nine Lives is a story with different themes, settings, and characters. The main one is a shapeshifter called Calista, who gets in trouble with the gods, and is banished to live new lives in other people's bodies, so she can learn her lesson. Throughout these lives, she usually just wrecks havoc, until one in particular... Don't want to give to much away, but expect the prologue of this soon!!

8) Humor: Another area that I'm not the best at. However, I think it'll be fun to write a teenage drama-humor story. I call it: My Life, The Cliche. That's right, fellow writers/readers, I'm going to write a story that's like every other teen story, with something going wrong that makes the story hilarious. In this case, it's that the main character, Peony, is in love with her good friend, Johann. I'm using odd names for this one. Not that there's anything wrong with these names!! Anyways, Johann doesn't think of her this way, and he actually asks Peony to help him get a girl in her class named Rose to like him! Of course, Peony isn't too thrilled about this, and she blames it on hormones and teen dramas, not finding much else. I'm going to have her have a complete school schedule so that you can learn about all of her exciting classes with people like: Daisy, Sabastian, Blossom, Siegfried, Marcus, and more!!

Okay, I know that summary was god-awful. But please check it out, please?

9) General: A story that I came up with a while ago with a girl named Charlotte. I don't know what I'm going to call this yet, but it's going to be through the perspective of her teacher, and some things happen to her. That's about all that I can give away at the moment...

And... That's it. If you have any suggestions... :)

I have most of my writings on Fanfiction.net, just because I've been there longer. Go read them if you want to!

For Fictionpress, I decided that I'm going to put out more constructive criticism, because I hope that while finding things that other people can work on in their stories, I can also learn to work on my stories as well. I always have the story as a whole in mind when I review.

Favorite Color: Blue/Black

Favorite Animal: I LOVE cats!! I have three, a fat tuxedo, a black neurotic siamese, and a gray-and-white kitten (Stanley). I'm not going to go into any more detail here, because I've been known to spend whole essays about myself on my cats. :D

Favorite Fruit: Raspberry. This also applies under favorite pie/cobbler. :D

Favorite Books: Gah, I'm never good at this. I like... hmm... Well, I like a lot of books, but I can never remember them specifically. My favorite of all time would have to be the Bartimaeus trilogy, just because I love how it was written and all of the djinnis crack me up! :) I love all types of books: classics, fluff, fiction, mystery (in the middle of the Sherlock Holmes' books) Jane Austen novels... Everything. :D

Nickname: Maddie.

Favorite Movies: Moulin Rouge, Pan's Labyrinth, Howl's Moving Castle, Love Actually

Favorite Subjects: English and History. I know, I know, why would anyone actually like history? But I do. And in future stories, I hope to incorporate history into them. As for English, well, I just love to read and write, which really helps. :)

Least Favorite Subjects: Math and Biology(science). Gah, I HATE them. Sorry, all math-and-science lovers. :D

(By the way, the one that I'm the worst at: French. It makes me so sad. D;)

Favorite Stories: I REALLY love sad endings. I usually enjoy a story more if it's a sad ending than a happy one, altho I also like the types where it shows how people deal with it. However, that doesn't mean that I won't enjoy a happy ending as well! As long as it's written well. :)

Favorite Comedian: Eddie Izzard. He's hilarious! Although, he might not be for everyone... He's an English transvestite. :D

As Far as Writing Styles Go: I think it's smart for authors to have their own writing styles to distinguish themselves from others; sadly, I don't really have anything of my own at the moment. I usually like having descriptions, small amounts of dialogue (more about how the characters are feeling) and working with the unexpected. I'm not very good at planning ahead with stories, which is why I will stare at you blankly if you ask me where the story's going. I find new ideas refreshing, so I always leave stories open for them. This also often makes stories more believable, in my opinion.

Characters: Are usually female, youngish, and have something wrong with them. (duh) Most are NOT based on me, at least, not in a really obvious way. Maybe. But I'm always thinking while writing something, what if people actually assosiate me with my characters? Which I know is stupid, but... Yeah.

Time periods/settings: All over the map, literally. I haven't really found a certain time period that I like or am comfortable with.

I'm trying to find what I like to write about as an author, so I can learn from it. As some famous person once said, find the boundries of your comfort zone, so you can know where to cross it.

What I need to work On: A lot of things. I often add too much detail, or can't create a believable character, or the story just isn't interesting. Please tell me what I can work on in my stories! I won't bite. :)

A little about me: I'm in high school, I'm a twin, I love cats (I know I already put that up there! :D) I play the violin, and my favorite activities include playing with said cats, playing said violin, reading (a lot), and stress-relieving writing.

-My first story out was called Coo. It's a story I wrote a while ago on a whim, about one of the many times my cats brought in a live bird. I don't really know what the underlying message in it is. Don't be killed by cats?

-As I said above, I have a story out called Monica. It's about a boy called Peter who's 16 and in high school. A girl that he doesn't really know but that goes to his school dies in a car accident, and he doesn't know how to react, especially when one of her friends tells him that Monica had really liked him. Maybe he's paranoid, but he seems to see an image of her at the window that day... That night is the first time she comes to his room.

Bum bum bum...

-I also have a poem called Twins. I'm rather happy because I'm coming up to the end of this. (Not that it'll be over soon, but that I was actually able to finish something.) I've enjoyed writing this, but I'm not the best at writing poems. It's a kind of story-poem, which means that I'll have the story, just with as much cut out of it as possible. :)

I haven't started working on the last part of this yet, but I will, very soon. Review and tell me what you think!

-Like I said above, I brought out another story called My Life, The Cliche. Since I have already talked about it enough in the above paragraphs I don't feel like I need to explain it again, but I'll put some random things about it here.

I'm ending up putting a lot of my own thoughts in here, altho DON'T GET CONFUSED! It isn't my life. I just daydream in class, about how my life could be more exciting... Which is where I come up with my stories. XD

My twin just told me that she thought that all of my stories sounded that they were life experiences, which made her creeped out again about Twins. :D

Anyways, there's my profile. I'm sorry, it's so disjointed, and self-centered at points, but there you go, all laid-out. Hope to hear from you!

~~Stanleylouis