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about me

PLEASE NOTE: If you're going to ask for me to read your project, I expect you to read something of mine first. And not any of the ones labeled IC#whatever. Artistic License, Keeping Secrets, Telling Lies or Memories. This does not go for if I messaged you first.

I'm a creative writing major living part time in northeastern Maine and going to college in western Maine. I mostly enjoy young-adult stories with a sprinkle of romance. Besides writing, I also am learning how to program websites, and I like to play video games.

Um. There's not much else interesting about me. I've been writing since I was six, when my first grade teacher would have us do stories in a homemade notebook with construction paper covers and bound by staples. I wasn't anywhere near serious about it until sixth grade, when my family got our first computer, and even then I only wrote fanfics. I don't write fanfics anymore, if you have to know.

my websites

my favorites

books

  • Devilish by Maureen Johnson
  • Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
  • Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
  • Only the Ring Finger Knows by Satoru Kannagi
  • The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa

music

  • Country
  • J-Pop

film

  • The Emperor's New Groove
  • But I'm A Cheerleader

my picks

Taking Eden
A story about the dark corners of Paradise and the bright spots in Hell.<br />About gods. Ghosts. Statues. And a City.

Taking Eden

by orion

Book

Rank 62

The Whispers
The Whispers sneak through the night//<br />Dodging ears, escaping sight//<br />Shrouded by darkness, hidden by light//<br />The Whispers are waiting in the night.

The Whispers

by ThePaperGypsy

Book

Rank 388 (-24)

Gay vs Straight
It shouldn't matter who you love.

Gay vs Straight

by Katieanakin1101

Poem

Rank 1311 (-88)

Things Left Unsaid
...Something tells me you know...you've always known.

Things Left Unsaid

by Wambach 6

Short Story

Rank 311 (+607)

my projects

Artistic License

Book

Rank 1

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Artistic License

by joanamysts

Book: General Fiction, Romance, Humor

At a school where everyone's encouraged to be themselves, you'd think there wouldn't be a lot of problems. Yeah right.

Is the world perfect? It might come close for the students of Clearbell School of Arts and Sciences, where they're encouraged to be themselves and (literally) dance in the rain. But not everyone is having an easy time. Cameron, for instance, can't get rid of his past even though he wants to: a broken-hearted girlfriend and an affair with an older classmate. Even now, having been with his boyfriend Michael for several months, it comes back to bite him. And the visual arts competition in the school carnival just might be where it all ends up.

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ic#1 Ten Things You Should Know About Me (But Might Not)

Essay

Rank 3980 (-228)

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ic#1 Ten Things You Should Kno...

by joanamysts

Essay

A count-up of ten things that might help you know me a bit better.

Response to the first Inkpop challenge, this is an essay-list-thing of ten things you might like to know about me.

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9 comments

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ic#3 I'm So Not Over You

Essay

Rank 1846 (-116)

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ic#3 I'm So Not Over You

by joanamysts

Essay

Response to the third inkpop challenge, I'm So Not Over (X).

Because some people are better at moving on than others.

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ic#4 My Plan For Writing A Novel In Thirty Days Or Less

Essay

Rank 1670 (-108)

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ic#4 My Plan For Writing A Nov...

by joanamysts

Essay

Response to inkpop challenge 4. My plan for dealing with National Novel Writing Month.

Ever wanted to write a novel in a month? Well here's a comprehensive list on how to do just that! Warning: results may vary hilariously.

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Keeping Secrets

Short Story

Rank 925 (-57)

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Keeping Secrets

by joanamysts

Short Story: General Fiction, Romance

The stolen moments and frantic kisses are the easiest part.

Isaac and Jason have a sort of understanding. Jason wants Isaac and Isaac goes with it-at least in the privacy of an empty school bathroom. But neither are quite willing to let the world know their secret.

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Telling Lies (to be a book)

Short Story

Rank 771 (-50)

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Telling Lies (to be a book)

by joanamysts

Short Story: General Fiction, Romance

Lies and secrets tend to be part of your life when even you don't know how you got the guy of your dreams.

Isaac's a sophomore and Jason's a senior. They've been together for a month now, and despite everything, Isaac is still not sure why Jason even wants him. Add that to sensitivity against homophobic remarks and the fear of what will happen to them when Jason graduates, and Isaac's slowly forming inferiority complex and tendency to lie about Jason being his boyfriend just might ruin the one good thing in his life.

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Memories (to be a book)

Short Story

Rank 863 (-54)

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Memories (to be a book)

by joanamysts

Short Story: General Fiction, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Romance

If you have second sight, is it fair to go blind?

I abandoned the chance at love two years ago because my sister was supposed to have powers, just like me. Well, not just like me. Where I can see the future, she can see the past. She touches people and absorbs their memories.

Memories are an interesting thing. Like my memory of Tristan, which still hasn't faded after all this time. My memory of what it was like to have enough money for a decent hair cut.

And my memories of the faces of the ones I love may be all I have left.

People who see the future tend to go blind, after all.

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ic#9 Eating Habits of a College Student

Poem

Rank 5040 (+10434)

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ic#9 Eating Habits of a Colleg...

by joanamysts

Poem

Response to the ninth inkpop challenge.

Meal time, in six words.

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