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CONSIDER THIS YOUR ONLY WARNING: my books have some adult content. Nothing graphic, but there's sex references, drinking, cursing, and, yes, smoking. I am not a smoker. I don't support smoking. But both of my stories are period pieces and back in the 20s and 30s, no one knew that cigarettes could kill you. All my characters are adults, so it's not like they're doing anything illegal. If any of this will bother you, then, well, it's simple. Don't read my work. It's actually quite simple. Really.

Okay, no more bitchy Jersey girl. My name is Deirdre (pronounced Dear-DRA), and yes, it is such a funny name, but I love it. It's an Irish name that means "she who chatters". And it fits! The name comes from a character in Irish folklore who was considered to be the most beautiful woman in all of Ireland. A bunch of guys fought over her and everyone dies at the end. Oh yes, us Irish are so very cheery!

Other random facts about me:
-I'm 15
-I'm starting to think I'm the only person on this site who isn't Christian. I'm an athiest. If that offends you, too bad.
-I read about Inkpop in the New York Times. I'm still trying to figure out if that brands me as the biggest loser ever. Teenagers don't read newspapers. But then again, I'm not normal, if you haven't figured that out yet.
-My birthday is Halloween! really.
-I'm a freshman in high school.
-I've been taking Italian in school for 5 years. I love it! Sono una lingua bellisima!
-Yes, I am from New Jersey. No, I am not a guidette. And did you know that most of the people on "Jersey Shore" are from New York?
-I have two cats, Elfie and Pandora. They're both evil but so damn cute.
-I'm an only child.
-I play the clarinet in my school band.
-I have naturally curly hair, and I love it! I used to straighten it but one day I just got lazy and didn't bother. It dried awesome!
-I go to camp every summer and my absolute best friends are there. This summer, I'm working there as a counselor.
-I want to go to Emerson or McGill University for college. I want to major in advertising, because it's a good profession for a person like me--I like gypping people and acting like the smartest person in the room.
-I love the TV show Mad Men... it's so sexy! if you watch it, message me so we can talk about it together!
-I'm a big movie buff. The last movie I saw in theaters was Avatar... it was a complete ripoff of Pocahontas, but it was so epic I'll let it slide. I recently watched "The Wind That Shakes The Barley" on TV... it's heartbreaking, but so good. It's about the Irish Revolution and it's very interesting.
-I never let the truth get in the way of a good story. That's my family's motto.
-I want to live in Boston or California someday.
-I write about adults because I feel like I can relate to them more. I swear I'm like a 30-something trapped in a teenage body.

I've made a somewhat big change to my inkpop page: I have deleted my IVS series. These books are written under a pen name and I don't feel like they reflect my best writing effort. However, they will still be on my authonomy account, so if you want to read them, follow the link. Inkpop will be dedicated to my historical fiction/romance/drama novels, like The Bayou Moon (up & complete) and The Roses of Cooraclare (up as a short story--once it hits 10k words, i'll post it as a book)! Sorry if I upset any people with this decision.

My Recommendations: other pieces on inkpop that i love.
-"Haiti, Mon Amour" by Exiled_Muse (poem)
-"Pirates" by weplayedpirates (short story)
-"Lucifer's Daughter" by Just-A-Witch (short story)
-"Here, Put These On" by ScarletDraven10712 (short story)


If you comment on ANY of my works, I will read and/or comment on yours!

A great forum: Evie J's universal support forum-
http://www.inkpop.com/forums/threads/5002/there-s-good-in-every-project-a-universal-support-thread/
It's great for getting your work out there and getting positive feedback, which, face it, is the reason we're all here.

my websites

my favorites

books

  • The Book Thief
  • To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Angela's Ashes
  • Catcher in the Rye
  • The Kite Runner
  • Thirteen Reasons Why
  • What I Saw and How I Lied

music

  • Green Day
  • Oasis
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • All Time Low
  • Jack's Mannequin

film

  • Across the Universe
  • Casino Royale
  • Avatar
  • The Dark Knight
  • Juno
  • (500) Days of Summer
  • basically all animated Disney movies.
  • TV: 30 Rock, Mad Men, The Office, Community, Glee
  • The Wind That Shakes the Barley

my picks

What is love? 
Love

What is love?

by Ania Raszkowska

Poem

Rank 811 (+14425)

And the Music Played...
Little Ivy just wants things to be normal, but when her family begins to be stalked by an insane witch hater, nothing could be.

And the Music Played...

by LANE=)

Short Story

Rank 1007 (+14229)

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Plagued with a condition that makes him change colors, Nathan must find a way to escape from his abusive father while keeping his secret safe.

Conditional

by Jeremie Guy

Book

Rank 273 (+137)

Births of May-Book 1
A wonderland of beauty, but ruined with evil creatures. Iris must defeat the nymphs before May, or more than just their world may be destroyed.

Births of May-Book 1

by *Amber*Raven*

Book

Rank 811 (+14425)

Lucifer's Daughter
As if the world had enough to fear, Lucifer (or Satan) just had to have a daughter. Great.

Lucifer's Daughter

by Just-A-Witch

Short Story

Rank 1554 (+3073)

my projects

The Bayou Moon

Book

Rank 434 (+44)

Public

The Bayou Moon

by drsheridan

Book: Historical Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy

Althea’s a dreamer, James is heartbroken, and Mardis Gras is only a few days away. But dreams really do come true in New Orleans—right?

Althea Davis has been unlucky, even from birth. The child of a black prostitute and a white man in a small neighborhood of New Orleans, she has lived her entire life scorned by her father’s wife Marjorie. Now, nineteen-year-old Althea is trying to break free of Marjorie’s grip. It’s 1939, and the world is changing. She wonders just what will become of her beloved New Orleans in the coming years.
Then, one day, her life changes completely. James Marsailles, a young aristocrat, is hosting a Mardis Gras party at his mansion, deep in the bayou. Heartbroken over losing his beloved Julia to another man, he is anxious to find a potential wife. Althea is invited, but Marjorie wants her to work her normal shift at the family restaurant. And Althea can’t let James find out who she really is: a whore child. With help from Althea’s best friend Flossie and Madame Dixie, a voodoo woman, Althea might be able to go to the party and learn the magic of first love... only if she gets home before midnight.
A Cinderella story with a jazzy twist, The Bayou Moon is a fairytale for the hopeless romantic in us all.

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The Roses of Cooraclare (excerpt)

Short Story

Rank 495 (+165)

Public

The Roses of Cooraclare (excer...

by drsheridan

Short Story: General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance

Sinead didn’t want to get into the war, but she did. And as her life falls apart, she’s afraid she can’t get out.
An excerpt.

The British have had a firm grasp around Ireland for as long as nineteen-year-old Sinead McNamara can remember. But in 1919, Ireland declares independence, and a war begins.
The leader of Cooraclare's IRA chapter is killed, and Sinead's brother Cahal is elected the new captain. Sinead’s sweetheart Declan joins the IRA, and she begins fearing the worst. But after the Cooraclare boys go off to fight, Sinead feels a need to support Cahal and Declan, and, in a decision that will change her life forever, she becomes a courier in the Cumann na mBan, the women's league of the IRA. As the war continues, Sinead becomes active in town politics . But a revolution can tear people apart, rather than bring them together.


But the ring Declan gave her shines with the promise that everything'll be better, and she’ll have the life she’s always wanted. But even for Sinead, the young woman who dared to change her country, nothing can be that easy.

NOTE: the font on this is really screwed up, and every time i go to fix it, inkpop spazzes and it won't let me. just ignore it for now, and hopefully i'll get this worked out soon!

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