Name: Christen

Age: 18

Occupation: Supa-Dawwwlish Agent, baby.

Location: In the NaNoWriMo contest!

Hi. :3

I cried unto the Lord with my voice

and he heard me out of his holy hill.

Psalms 3:4

RECOMMENDATIONS (for girls, duh): Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen, Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Little Men by Louisa May Alcott, Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine, The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine, The Fairy's Return and Other Tales by Gail Carson Levine, Fairest by Gail Carson Levine, The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale, Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale, The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale, Enna Burning by Shannon Hale, River Secrets by Shannon Hale, Princess Academy by Shannon Hale, Austenland by Shannon Hale, Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery, The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks, The Wishsong of Shannara by Terry Brooks, The Hobbit by Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien, The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis, The entire Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Beauty by Robin McKinley, The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley, The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley, The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley, A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray, Rebel Angels by Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray, Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith, Court Duel by Sherwood Smith, An Abundance of Katherines by John Green, The Squire's Tale by Gerald Morris, The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady by Gerald Morris, The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf by Gerald Morris, The Ballad of Sir Dinadan by Gerald Morris, Parsifal's Page by Gerald Morris, The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight by Gerald Morris, The Lioness and Her Knight by Gerald Morris, and The Quest of the Fair Unknown by Gerald Morris. Also, pretty much anything written by Shakespeare ;D

I have more up my sleeve, but they flit in and out of memory.

Projects

The Ilikarr trio

--Blood Pledge: Innocence embodies the lives of the simple folk of Ilikarr. The royal family has never had to settle so much as a land dispute for centuries, the rolling, lush lands finally forsaken by the human-lusting faeries, a race gone bad. The only magic left is wielded by the Healers, treating the wounded and sick, and the elves, their power limited over the years to mere beautification and the manufacture of lovely cloth, a power unable to match the war brewing beneath the kingdom's surface. A dying king; an impossible choice; and a girl who becomes a woman, a girl that just may have the key and the inhumanity to save them all. ""

--Proxy: The faeries have finally struck. After months of quivering silence and mounting fear, an unforgivable act sends the nation of Ilikarr reeling from its impact. King Keiran is proving to be less and less like his shrewd father, unable to seek out a course of action that would counter this audacious move, when his sister, the sharp-tongued Ellyn, offers a plan crafted by the only faerie human in their history. It calls for the purposeful breeding of a faerie from a human, a daring ruse that Ellyn hopes will get them close enough to Queen Athalia to assassinate her before she leads her band to strike outright. And there is only one candidate left.

--Untitled: After the death of her parents, Wildelily is thrown into palace life before she can realize it is not for her. Forsaking her brother and her aunt, she runs to the only place she can think of to hide: The Forests of Lyme. In a shadowed thicket, she meets a caravan of humans, elves, and nymphs that call themselves members of the 'Seraph Guild,' a ragtag group that are working to undermine the faeries. After saving her from starvation, they tell her the tales of the past, and the tales of the present, including an explanation of their own existence. The faeries have killed Athalia's replacement, rebelling once more against Heaven in a war the world has been waiting for. Darin, their resident soothsayer, recognizes the role Wildelily will play in the battle to come.

Others

--The Fast Lane: Josie, a socially inept junior, sees her life changing at a drastic speed after holding the shortest conversation of her life with a complete stranger. Shortly thereafter, she finds herself acquiring new friends, new skills, and new feelings about the boys in her life. ""

--Always On My Mind: Gracie decides to break up with her best friend of sixteen years and her boyfriend of three after months of him pushing her away. The trouble is, she hasn't quite figured out how to live without him. ""

--Thunder's Cry: Young Tera and her twin sister Neria were born with the 'kiss of the flower', destined to remain beautiful throughout their lives. This gift has come with a price. A heckled magician, bent on the suffering of humans, named Gio claims that Tera shall be his bride or a terrible curse will befall her. After her spirited refusal, Gio uses his sorcery to put her in the sky, chained on a cloud in the heavens until she agrees to his offer. But he gives her a last chance. There is a spiral staircase that winds all the way up to her prison and any man may take her away. If he can survive the stair. Tera must learn her own strength if she is ever to return to her family and the sister she loves. ""

--Practical Carson and His Flying Dumpsters: A girl named Anna is struggling in an all-girls school that stresses poise and elegance until she meets an unexpected boy from her past who gives a little bit of her life back.

--43 Kisses: Emerald Yates has a name no one will forget. One guy sure hasn't. ""

(""--writing process has begun)

Occasionally, I have a few things to say about things I find important or questions I am asking of the endless void that is the Internet. I usually do so on my blog: http://thepennythought.blogspot.com/

Male characters I currently love:

Det. Goren on Law & Order... I wanna watch CI. :3

Female characters I currently love:

Marian and Sess, kicking butt (shooting it) and takin' n-n-n-names.

We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.

--Japanese Proverb