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Joined 05-10-08, id: 611272, Profile Updated: 11-30-22
Author has written 13 stories for Fantasy, Young Adult, Fantasy, General, and Romance.

Hey. :D I love history, writing, reading, and politics. I have a background in Psychology and mental health which is why I'm very interested in the social and inner development of my main and secondary characters. I've been writing since 8th grade, but have been making up stories waaay longer than that.

My fanfiction stories are in this site: https://www.fanfiction.net/riseagainsttboi

Favorite books: The Harry Potter series (of course), The Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner (They are all pure genius!!), Holes and Sixth Grade Secrets by Louis Sachar, When It Happens by Susane Colasanti (this book changed my LIFE!), The Awakening by Kate Chopin, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun by Robico

A list I have of movies for inspiration and/or reference: Cutthroat Island (Greena Davis!), Treasure Planet, all 4 POTC movies, Peter Pan (2003 version), The Princess of Thieves (Keira Knightly!), Hook (RIP Robin Williams!), Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (it's very entertaining), Tarzan (Phil Collins kicks ass!), Ever After, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Kevin Costner version), Shakespeare in Love (Oh, Joseph Fiennes...), The Musketeer (BADASS CHOREOGRAPHY!!), Stardust, Ruby Sparks (Oh, Paul Dano...), Black Sails (TV show, prequel to Treasure Island novel - SO WORTH WATCHING!!!)

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The Pirate's Legacy series:

New Beginnings --(34 chapters, FINISHED)

New Beginnings got onto the List on Project Fiction!

New Beginnings was Runner Up for L'Action Award on La Campanella's third round! :D

New Identities -- (44 chapters, FINISHED)

New Identities got onto the List on Project Fiction!

New Horizons --(50 chapters, FINISHED)

All banners provided by Dragon Bites (not including Project Fiction's)!

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Writing Update:

11/30/22 - Hello my readers! I wanted to let you know that not only do I have a new story, A Time for Everything, but I also have moved the complete The Pirate's Legacy series onto Wattpad. You can find them under my username kdutton90! I'm sorry for the confusion, but FictionPress is not really safe for TPL series, which is why since the idiot who plagiarized New Beginnings I have gone through the trouble of copyrighting my works that I put up on here SO PLAGIARIZE ME AND I'LL SUE YOU FOR AT LEAST $100,000 WITH THE FULL MIGHT OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS THE WIND IN MY SAILS!!!

Remember, REVIEWS = MORE INSPIRATION for me and my muse!

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Matt (my ray of sunshine!): "Don't settle. It's always bad when people settle for the sake of settling. You get what you want first!"

Tim McIlrath (lead singer of my fave band, Rise Against): "Revolution starts at learning. If you're not angry, you're not paying attention."

Lavezzo (my former Ethics professor): "Conditional love is when you love someone for their body. Unconditional love is when you are willing to be with somebody in the heights of ecstacy and the depths of tears."

Mr. George Feeny (Boy Meets World): "I believe that when you find love, you hold on to it and cherish it because there is nothing finer, and it may never come again."

Pudd'nhead Wilson (in self-titled book by Mark Twain): "There are three infallible ways of pleasing an author, and the three form a rising scale of compliment: 1, to tell him you have read one of his books; 2, to tell him you have read all of his books; 3, to ask him to let you read the manuscript of his forthcoming book; No. 1 admits you to his respect; No. 2 admits you to his admiration; No. 3 carries you clear in to his heart."

Eugenides (A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner): "What you learn for yourself, you will know forever."

Frederick Douglas: "Do not satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things. Awaken people's curiousity. It is enough to open minds; do not overload them."

King Solomon: "Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith."

Walt Disney: "I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained."

Stephen King: "If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot."

Mrs. Bhave (The Management of Grief by Bharati Mukherjee): "I was always controlled, but never repressed."

Mark Twain: "Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."

Jean-Paul Sartre: "Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does."

Jane Eyre (Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte): "If people were always kind and obedient to those who are cruel and unjust, the wicked people would have it all their own way: they would never feel afraid, and so they would never alter, but would grow worse and worse. When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should--so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again."

Steve Jobs (Think Different ad): "Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."

Lindy (Car Wash): "Honey, I'm more man than you'll ever be and more woman than you'll ever get."

Edmund Burke: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."

Robin Williams: "No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world."

Pablo Picasso: "What do you think an artist is? An imbecile who only has eyes, if he is a painter, or ears if he is a musician, or a lyre in every chamber of his heart if he is a poet, or even, if he is a boxer, just his muscles? Far from it: at the same time he is also a political being, constantly aware of the heartbreaking, passionate, or delightful things that happen in the world, shaping himself completely in their image. How could it be possible to feel no interest in other people, and with a cool indifference to detach yourself from the very life which they bring to you so abundantly? No, painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war."

Nicholas Winton: "One can only hope somehow or other, goodness, kindness, truth, honor will prevail and people will realize it's not good enough just to say, 'Today I have done no harm. I've been a good person,' but should have been able to say, 'I was given the opportunity today and I did do some good.' "

Gilbert (Social Work Policy professor) on racism: "I don't care what's in your heart. What I care about is how you treat me."

Dr. Seuss: "Be who you are and say what you feel. Because those who mind, don't matter. And those who matter, don't mind."

President Harry S. Truman: "It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."

Captain James Flint (from Black Sails tv series): "They paint their world full of shadows and then they tell their children to stay close to the light. Their light. Their reasons. Their judgments. Because in the dark there be dragons. But it isn't true. We can prove it isn't true. In the 'dark,' there is discovery, there is possibility. There is freedom in the dark once someone has illuminated it."

Martin Luther King, Jr.: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

President John F. Kennedy: "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."

Torquato Tasso: "Love is when he gives you a piece of your soul, that you never knew was missing."

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Lassoed Hearts by MindWideOpen reviews
She went to the West to marry her childhood sweetheart but finds her life totally turned upside down when she catches the obsessive gaze of a charming, but deadly, outlaw. Warning: Not for the faint of heart.
Fiction: Historical - Rated: M - English - Romance/Western - Chapters: 27 - Words: 156,119 - Reviews: 159 - Favs: 143 - Follows: 76 - Updated: 5/23/2017 - Published: 4/3/2016 - Complete
The Bonny Ship by M. Forthe reviews
There's an island where time stands still, a prison for two ancient evils, where villagers with dark secrets and pirates with a reconstructed ship constantly feud. Eva is dropped right in the middle of it, with no memory of how she got there, and no plan to escape. Maybe the pirates will help her? That is, if their captain can manage not to be an irritating prick for five minutes.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 11 - Words: 45,490 - Reviews: 137 - Favs: 208 - Follows: 70 - Updated: 8/21/2016 - Published: 7/8/2009
Shattered Dreams by CassandraStacy reviews
I was eight when I quit believing in fairy tales. Being raped will do that. After years of abuse for sexual profit, I never dreamed of meeting my prince at a magical ball. But when midnight strikes can Charm break the curse…or must I learn to save myself?
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 49 - Reviews: 600 - Favs: 501 - Follows: 280 - Updated: 1/30/2016 - Published: 12/3/2009 - Complete
Accidentally In Love by ElleinadNZ reviews
After a night out celebrating, Serena can't believe her luck when she wakes up next to the man she has hated nearly her whole life. But when this one night stand turns out to be a whole lot more complicated, she finds her life spinning in directions she never expected and leaning on the one man she had vowed to always stand against. How will she ever get herself out of this mess?
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 44 - Words: 172,608 - Reviews: 420 - Favs: 301 - Follows: 312 - Updated: 10/24/2015 - Published: 2/28/2014 - Complete
A Restoration of the Heart by XxScriboLegoxX reviews
"I shall bear it with a heavy heart and silent strength," she said, eyes locking on the cold blue gaze of her betrothed. Judging by the hardening of his eyes, the clenching of his jaw, and the slight curve of his lips, only he seemed understand, she had meant their marriage. COMPLETE
Fiction: Historical - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 31 - Words: 90,802 - Reviews: 347 - Favs: 244 - Follows: 108 - Updated: 5/13/2014 - Published: 1/4/2014 - Complete
Once Upon A Nightmare by Mickey John reviews
Nightmares and Dreams are actual creatures who invade human minds as embodied fears and joys. Violet doesn't use the new BlissMax pill designed to give good dreams (or any modern niceties, thanks Dad), and one night, a Nightmare—the fear of hell—enters her enticingly un-medicated mind and gets trapped.
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Romance - Chapters: 24 - Words: 86,258 - Reviews: 595 - Favs: 723 - Follows: 313 - Updated: 1/17/2014 - Published: 1/3/2009 - Complete
Queen Bitch by Crimsonoaks reviews
As a romantic comedy fanatic, I vowed to become THAT girl. My own love life may be a sham but what better place to play high school matchmaker than from the top? Hello, my name is Queen Bitch.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 22 - Words: 74,181 - Reviews: 467 - Favs: 406 - Follows: 140 - Updated: 10/13/2009 - Published: 12/26/2008 - Complete
Still in love with You by forwhenmywordssing reviews
I was missing my ex, so I wrote this, just so let me feelings out.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 151 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 1 - Published: 7/24/2009 - Complete
Deryck vs the Emo by Nick-Colosi reviews
What do you get when an emo girl joins a band of punk rockers on a tour BEFORE they learn to get over their own stereotypes and get along? Chaos, adventure and fun, that's what. FINALLY FINISHED! Enjoy the work of years of my life!
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 48 - Words: 184,787 - Reviews: 41 - Favs: 53 - Follows: 20 - Updated: 6/8/2009 - Published: 11/30/2006 - Complete
To Love, With Cynicism by Pedantmuse reviews
And then she took it and read it in front of the class, completely failing to see the irony.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 60 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 5 - Published: 9/20/2008 - Complete
The Matchmaker by StormDancer reviews
It is said that if you put your name in locker 420, the Matchmaker will find you your perfect match. So what happens when the arrogant spoiled brat is captivated and the matchmaker meets her match?
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 39 - Words: 137,441 - Reviews: 3509 - Favs: 4,200 - Follows: 1,465 - Updated: 8/19/2008 - Published: 11/3/2006 - Complete
To Stay Below The Sea by DevonnyAuriel reviews
She loves everything about the sea but her father. The sea witch has similar feelings. A plan is devised and a spell is cast. But Happily Ever After is muddled when the human prince and the mermaid do not get along. Twisted version of The Little Mermaid.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Fantasy - Chapters: 26 - Words: 136,252 - Reviews: 566 - Favs: 565 - Follows: 160 - Updated: 7/28/2008 - Published: 7/22/2007 - Complete
Just for Glory by Imaginary Parachute reviews
COMPLETE WITH EPILOGUE Amazing what occurs when witty bad boy Donovan makes a bet to seduce sarcastic good girl Piper. Follow the story of their intertwined existence through high school as lessons are learned and relationships forged. EDIT IN PROCESS
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 20 - Words: 88,044 - Reviews: 643 - Favs: 1,334 - Follows: 172 - Updated: 11/11/2006 - Published: 5/22/2006 - Complete
All About You by Melody1 reviews
Popular Devon meets and uses innocent Sophie to get his exgirlfriend back. But after it's all done, does he get who he really wants? THE CONTINUATION HAS BEEN MOVED TO A SEPARATE DOCUMENT see my profile Please Read and Review. I'd really appreciate it.
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 33 - Words: 184,953 - Reviews: 2260 - Favs: 1,049 - Follows: 192 - Updated: 4/14/2003 - Published: 4/7/2002 - Complete
Across the Ocean by raineblade-ace reviews
Everyone has a dream paradise, this is mine
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 114 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 1 - Published: 3/6/2003
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Only Time
When Em left Brittania for Frankia, she had hoped to mourn her losses in peace and nurse her poor health after a youth full of adventure, danger, and death, but that life of a lonely widow has become a dream with the king in hot pursuit of her. Em must contend with new losses but also new dreams as the dangers she had been so desperate to escape are emerging again. Book 2
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 35 - Words: 177,228 - Updated: 4/7 - Published: 1/8 - Complete
A Time for Everything reviews
Having fled her home before she and her family could be converted to the New Religion, Emelia "Em" Kraven does not feel like she is saved in the libertine Frankian court, ruled by its amorous bachelor king. Dangers also lurk despite the low profile she has maintained. When the king's roving eye falls on her, Em must fight a battle on multiple fronts to save her soul. Book 1
Fiction: Romance - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 37 - Words: 174,540 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 1 - Updated: 1/4 - Published: 8/8/2022 - Complete
The Pirate's Legacy: New Identities reviews
Em left everything behind to be with Roger. Fate has other plans. While Annalyn and the Draconians bleed Tarym dry, Em must choose between duty and love as she and Roger gather the Hawks and Politickans to overthrow Annalyn. What will she choose? Sequel.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: M - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 29 - Words: 106,807 - Reviews: 253 - Favs: 103 - Follows: 50 - Updated: 12/28/2022 - Published: 4/18/2009 - Complete
The Pirate's Legacy: New Horizons reviews
Calypso is missing. Ten years have passed since Annalyn's defeat, but war still rages on, this time by the gods themselves. When Em learns of a way to end the war, she must reunite with Roger to find it and rescue Calypso before time runs out. Trilogy.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: M - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 35 - Words: 159,370 - Reviews: 353 - Favs: 73 - Follows: 70 - Updated: 12/28/2022 - Published: 7/21/2010
The Pirate's Legacy: New Beginnings reviews
A kidnapped princess finds herself on the Pirate King's ship and must help him find a mystical object in exchange for returning her home. In an adventure that constantly twists and turns, she learns that she isn't the only one with an identity to hide.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: M - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 23 - Words: 88,175 - Reviews: 147 - Favs: 203 - Follows: 50 - Updated: 12/28/2022 - Published: 7/30/2010 - Complete
PLAGIARISM AND COPYRIGHTED - The Pirate's Legacy reviews
A lesson in plagiarism.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K - English - Fantasy/Romance - Chapters: 3 - Words: 556 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 1 - Updated: 10/10/2020 - Published: 9/14/2020
A Pirate's Beginning: The Rise of The Pirate King reviews
Born into slavery, Malikhail escapes Dracon with the aid of Calypso and is set on a bloody path that could not only end the Pirate Wars once and for all but lead him to where his future truly lies. Yet will he be able to survive intact? Dive into the depths of this journey and learn how a half-Draconian became one of the most infamous Pirate Kings that the oceans have ever known.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: M - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 7 - Words: 21,959 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 6 - Updated: 3/12/2018 - Published: 5/9/2016
Compendere Pirata: A Collection of OneShots reviews
One-shots in multiple POVs within the world of The Pirate's Legacy. Some are from people witnessing events happening in the main plotline or some are about things that happened after certain events in the main plot. WARNING: SPOILERS ON SOME CHAPTERS!
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 16 - Words: 31,628 - Reviews: 22 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 9 - Updated: 8/14/2015 - Published: 8/28/2009
Drabbles of Studies in Fiction
The second compendium of stuff I've written for my Studies in Fiction class. Once again, these things aren't associated with my TPL series.
Fiction: General - Rated: M - English - Friendship/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 14 - Words: 24,406 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 1 - Updated: 12/14/2012 - Published: 2/12/2012
A Pirate's Soul: Book of Poetry reviews
Poems seen throughout my TPL series.
Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/Adventure - Chapters: 4 - Words: 472 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 1 - Published: 1/16/2011
Drabbles of Creative Writing reviews
Basically, this is a compendium of stuff I've written for my Creative Writing class and anything else that comes to mind. These are things that aren't associated with my TPL series.
Fiction: Young Adult - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 18 - Words: 14,683 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 1/16/2011 - Published: 9/12/2010
How to Make a Jail for Barbie Dolls reviews
If Barbie dolls were real, do you think they really would like being a child's plaything? What if they had no choice about being a doll? What if becoming a doll was a punishment to naughty kids?
Fiction: Young Adult - Rated: K+ - English - Mystery/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,704 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 1 - Published: 1/6/2011 - Complete
Interview with a Pirate reviews
A series of questions some of my awesome readers asked me or my characters. Certain spoilers/hints.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,071 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 1 - Published: 8/31/2010 - Complete