SinisterMastermind
"The only cure for writer's block is insomnia." --Merit Antares

AUTHORESS NEWS
(6/25/11) I JUST POSTED! asdjak! Mind you, this isn't my first account and so, not my first stories. But, they ARE my first stories that I am relatively proud of. =) So, yes, excited I am. Even though neither are the one that I am uber excited about, but that story is not yet ready. Just check 'em ouut, if you please. Later, lovelies.

(9/3/11) AKJDSASDKALJSLKD! My frustration. No interenet, than Band Camp, a little more no internet, than school stuff...ugh. Whatever, I should be updating soon. Oh and I got a tumblr. It's my homepage. Check it! :D

Who is SinisterMastermind?

Just a woman. Girl, really. A writer...kind of. Not really. A bit of a dork. Okay, maybe an uber dork.

Enjoys chocolate and anime and manga and bread and thunderstorms and booksbooksbooks. Wants to create a world, not unlike that of Harry Potter and Middle Earth, for people to escape to. Especially herself. Dislikes writing poetry, mainly because she cannot write it. LovesLOVESloves Shakespeare, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkein, C.S. Lewis, Edgar Allen Poe, Holly Black, Michael Crichton, and Christopher Paolini. She loves God and Jesus is her Saviour. She does not believe any religion is wrong and everyone is free to believe in what they wish. Wants to see the entire world, both the good and bad.

Not putting her appearance on here because, in all honesty, who the hell cares?

Also, no age. She does not wish for her age to affect people's opinion on her writing.

Location? Pluto (because she learned it was a planet in elementary school AND SO IT SHALL REMAIN!)

Avatar? Wendy, Peter, John, and Big Ben from Peter Pan ("Timeless"). -S.M. does not own the picture-

S.M. also resides:
http://sinistermusings.tumblr.com/ Her bloggin' spot. Also, her homepage. Beware: extreme rambling ahead. Check it!

http://sinisterwriting.livejournal.com/ Just a writing spot. All oneshots and first chapters/prologues will get posted here FIRST. With all the plagirizing goin' around, she thought it best to have a back-up.

http://fanfiction.net/~sinistermastermind Fanfiction. Will trade reviews for eternal servitude (metaphorically, of course...maybe). :D

(Everything beyond this point is for S.M.'s amusement. You may read on or skip to the bottom, whichever appeases you.)

Thoughts on:

Harry Potter
She loves it. She can go on about it for days and days because it's a rarity to find something so heartwarming, enthralling, and realisitic story in this age. S.M. understands that there are people who do not like it, but never gripe about it to her because she will defend it to the last of her breath and you will lose that argument miserably. This story is not about extraordinary magical feats or flying brooms or spells; it's about growing up. And terrible loss and friendship and endless possibilities. It taught S.M. that there IS evil in the world, but as long as there are those with good in them, it can always be brought to it's knees. Long live Harry Potter.

Anime/Manga
This makes her very happy. She understands people don't like it and does not take offense to teasing. S.M. is particularly fond of it because she loves cartoons and a nice juicy plot. Sadly, american cartoons (though hilarious and fun) don't GENERALLY have both together. But Japanese comics and cartoons? They do. She has met some of her best friends in the entire world through this community and is forever grateful to having found it for that reason. Also, some of the most amazing characters have been introduced through here. Prefers Shonen to Shojo, but is beginning to get a fondness for the latter. Favorites? Naruto, Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fairy Tail, Fruits Basket, Kadocha, Maid-sama!, D. Gray-man, Black Cat, Inuyasha, Avatar: The Last Airbender (because, dammit, it IS anime!), Code Geass, Death Note, Inukami, Fooly Cooly, Yotsubato!, Dengeki Daisy, Ghost Hunt (...S.M. still has the occasional nightmare because of this), Full Metal Panic!, Koukou Debut, Vampire Knight, Ouran High School Host Club, Cage of Eden, Soul Eater.

Yaoi/Yuri (Gay/Lesbian)
Honestly, she has no problem with either one. She reads yaoi sometimes and doesn't mind yuri so long as it's not explicit. She doesn't understand people's vehement hatred towards either-or and doesn't tolerate bashing of these categories. Everyone is entilited to their own opinion, but there are ways to calmly and civilly explain them, rather than screaming "I HATE IT! IT'S AN ABOMINATION" or something of the like. She supports it one-hundred percent. True, she likes yaoi a bit more, but that may have to do with the fact that S.M. is indeed female. It's kinda funny, she thinks, how girls AS A MAJORITY, enjoy yaoi but not yuri and how guys AS A MAJORITY enjoy yuri but not yaoi. Funny, no?

Stories

COMPLETED!
n/a

IN PROGRESS!
1. Crytal Thorns
Rating: T
Category: Fantasy
Genre: Romance/Adventure
Summary: "Perfection is overrated. But when you can bottle sunshine and bathe in dew and sleep on a cloud, who is to say what's overrated? The world of the Fae is a mass of the impossible. Enter at your own risk."
Notes: S.M. really likes this idea and the entire Prologue. In fact, she kind of grins freakily at the thought of it. But she's scared to ruin it and so, hasn't added to it yet. Hopefully, this fear will evaporate shortly, because the Plot Bunnies are mating and multiplying.
Progress: Eh. Let's just say 10%.

2. The Gilded Cage
Rating: T
Category: Romance
Genre: General/Romance (for now)
Summary: "Somtimes, being born with a silver spoon isn't a blessing; it's a curse. Especially when everything you crave is nothing but tin. Welcome to Alexandria Dubois's life in the gilded cage."
Notes: S.M. adores classic Disney and so, naturally, got inspired while watching "Lady and the Tramp." ...Which is how this story got spawned. She has too many ideas and not enough room for this story, so she has a feeling it might get a little crazy. Pssh, as if that's a BAD thing.
Progress: Um...10%?

HIATUS!
n/a

Recommendations
Hm...what are you in the mood for? (Mind you, all of these go under the category 'Romance')

Horror? Try:
Author: Lani Lenore (everything she writes, but below are a few suggestions)
Story: The Nutcracker Bleeds, Neverland: Forsaken Dreamscape

Angst? Try:
Author: Tijan, cu-kid
Story: Home Torn, Brier Wood

Drama? Try:
Author: punkturnedwriter, TuneOut, Jeex
Story: The Champagne Gang, The Art of Movie Making, Not as they Appear

Humor? Try:
Author: Deena, DancingChaChaFruit
Story: Hiring a Hooligan, Smooth Move

Cutesy-ness? Try:
Author: White Rose Bloom, xoxluurve, Pinkamoo (everything she writes, truly), Sour Lullaby
Story: Battle Scars (ONESHOT), Yours and Mine (ONESHOT), Jack and Sally (TWOSHOT)

Fantasy or Supernatural? Try:
Author: Skylar Alexander, cu-kid, ElissaSilver21, Penelope P.
Story: Trick, Skylight Castle, Who Knew the Heart of a Rebel King Could be Warm?, The Rabbit Hole

General? Try:
Author: PrettyInGreen, JaneBarrie
Story: Winning London, Letters to Mary McGraw

Quotes
(because what profile is complete without them?)

"Alas! Ear wax!" --Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone

"Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living and, above all, those that live without love." --Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

"A metaphor is like a simile." --Unknown

"Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." --E.L. Doctorow

"How do you pick up the strands of an old life? How do you go on when, in your heart, you begin to understand there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep...that have taken hold." --Elijah Wood, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"

"I will fight when needed, revel when there's an occasion, mourn when there is grief, and die if my time comes...but I won't let anybody use me against my will!" --Eragon, Eragon

"After all, how can a mere dragon expect to tell a man like yourself what to do? In fact, everyone should stand in awe of your brilliance of finding the only dead end." --Saphira, Eragon

"You can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's better to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention." --Brom, Eragon

"Dying? Not at all. Quicker and easier than falling asleep." --Sirius Black, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

"SHE KILLED SIRIUS! SHE KILLED HIM--I'LL KILL HER!" --Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

"They're evacuating the younger kids and everyone's meeting in the Great Hall to get organized. We're fighting." Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

"I DON'T CARE! I'VE HAD ENOUGH, I'VE SEEN ENOUGH, I WANT OUT, I WANT IT TO END, I DON'T CARE ANYMORE--!" Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

"Oh yes, you do. You have now lost your mother, your father, and the closest thing to a parent you have ever known. Of course you care." --Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." --Gimli the Dwarf, The Lord of the Rings: Book Two

"For still there are so many things,
That I have never seen;
In every wood, in every spring,
There is a different green." --Bilbo, singing, The Lord of the Rings: Book Two

"Classic: a book which people praise and do not read." --Mark Twain

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." Bilbo, The Lord of the Rings: Book One

"'I wish it need not have happened in my time.'
'So do I. And so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.'" --Frodo and Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings: Book One

"Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not." --Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings: Book Two

"I had thought of putting: and he lived happily ever afterwards to the end of his days. It is a good ending and none the worse for having been used before. Now I shall have to alter that: it does not look like coming true." --Bilbo, The Lord of the Rings: Book Two

"Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind; and therefore, is winged Cupid painted blind." --Act I, Scene I, A Midsummers Night Dream

"Love all, trust few, and do wrong to none." --William Shakespeare

"All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players." --Act II, Scene VII, As You Like It

"Double, double, toil and trouble! Fire burn and cauldron bubble!" --Act IV, Scene I, Macbeth

"Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player that strust and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." --Act V, Scene V, Macbeth

"I'm telling you this because you don't get it. You think you get it, which is not the same as actually getting it. Get it?" --Hatake Kakashi, Naruto

"It's almost unbearable, isn't it, the pain of being all alone? I know that feeling. I've been there, in that dark and lonely place, but now there are others; other people who mean a lot to me. I care more about them than I do myself and I won't let anyone hurt them. That's why I'll never give up. I will stop you, even if I have to kill you! They saved me from myself, they rescued me from my loneliness, they were the first to accept me as who I am. They are my friends!" --Uzumaki Naruto, Naruto

"Subtle as a rhino...she might even be scarier than my mom." --Nara Shikamaru (About Temari), Naruto

"There are no enemies here, because we've all suffered at Akatsuki's hand! So there is no Suna, no Iwa, no Konoha, no Kiri, and no Kumo! There are only shinobi!" --Gaara, Naruto

"There we go again, old men and their stupid arguments. What a pain." --Hitsugaya Toshiro, Bleach

"In a battle, the one's who get in the way are not the one's who lack power, but the one's who lack resolve." --Kuchiki Rukia, Bleach

"Why...! I'm disgusting, a pig, born with the left of my hair this color! I'm cursed to live the worthless life of trash! Dammit...depressed...die!" --Death the Kid, Soul Eater

"Keehehe. I like him. I'm gonna make him my cat!" --Gajeel (About Pantherlily), Fairy Tail

"Give it a rest! Don't make me do a 'Direct Noggin Shinigami Chop' to you!" --Shinigami-sama, Soul Eater

"Not possible to return. Not our world." --message written on Eiken's T-Shirt, Cage of Eden

"Human-kind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. ...In those days, we truly believed that to be the world's one, and only, truth." --Alphonse Elric, Full Metal Alchemist

"Go bald, Kurosaki!" --Teru, Dengeki Daisy