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April's Author's Thread Is Bringing Sexyback!

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1. Introduction

Hello, everyone! April here. After self-awarding my old author's thread the "Most Disorganized Thing EVER" award, I decided to revamp my author's thread so that it's easier to find everything. Plus, I was really bored. Welcome to my new author's thread, which I promise to maintain and keep orderly. *crosses fingers* No seriously, I promise.

Contents:

1. Introduction Post
2. About Me
3. Novels (100+ pages) and "Coming Soon" section
4. Shorter Fics and Ficlets (99 pages and under)
5. Awards Won
6. Soundtracks
7. Videos/Artwork
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2. About Me

I don't expect anyone to care, but if you want to know something about me, here are the basics. ;)

Real Name: April

Nickname: My friends tend to call me "Spaz." And what's sad is that I respond!

Gender: Female (pretty clearly, since April is about the most feminine name in existence)

Age: 27

Relationship Status: Single.

Location: Nebraska, USA, where all the corn lives

Occupation: Teacher

Hobbies: Writing fanfic, obviously. Also, dancing. Love it so much. Singing . . . when no one's around, of course. ;) Wasting my time on the computer (Youtube is usually my destination.) Reading, though I don't get to do as much of it as I'd like. Television pretty much 24/7. I'm actually one of those people who even SLEEPS with the TV on. Is there a patch for this addiction? Oh, and college football, because . . . honestly, is there anything better?

My favorites:

Food: Cheese

Movies: Titanic (I don't care what people say about it! It will always be my number one!), Forrest Gump, Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, and Rocky Balboa (#6), The Lion King, The Virgin Suicides, Clueless, 10 Things I Hate About You, Romeo and Juliet (the one with Leonardo Dicaprio), Blue Valentine, Spring Breakers

TV Shows: Roswell, The 100, One Tree Hill, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Teen Wolf, The O.C., Family Guy, Survivor, Big Brother

Hardcore 'Ships: Michael and Maria, Bellamy and Clarke, (The 100), Nathan and Haley (OTH), Buffy and Spike (BtVS), Damon and Elena (TVD), Kate and Sawyer (Lost)

Other 'Ships I enjoy: Tess and Kyle, Isabel and Alex, Max and Liz, Lucas and Brooke (OTH), Jake and Peyton (OTH), Bonnie and Enzo (TVD), Hayley and Elijah (TO), Buffy and Angel (BtVS), Cordelia and Angel (Angel), Seth and Summer (O.C.), Dylan and Kelly (90210), Jack and Rose (Titanic)

Favorite Books: Gone series by Michael Grant, The Lesser Blessed by Richard Van Camp, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Favorite Music: You guys probably all know by now that I'm a music junkie. It's really not healthy to love it as much as I do, but whatever. It's hard to narrow it down, but some of my favorites include . . .

Anberlin
The Birthday Massacre
Brand New
Breaking Benjamin
Chevelle
Deftones
Finch
The Get Up Kids
Jack's Mannequin
Jimmy Eat World
Justin Timberlake (I saw him in concert! So hot! So good!)
K's Choice
The Lovely Feathers
Metric
MGMT
Mogwai
Nada Surf
Nirvana
Placebo
Plumb
Radiohead
Sarah McLachlan
Sneaker Pimps
Taking Back Sunday
Travis
Weezer
Yellowcard
and BRITNEY SPEARS (I'm a fan for life, no matter how crazy she gets.) :lol:

I could go on, but I should stop.

Favorite Songs: (The top 2 never change)

1. "Stranded" by Plumb
2. "Only One" by Yellowcard
3. "Wrong Choice" by The Lovely Feathers
4. "Sweet Surrender" by Sarah McLachlan
5. "Light Through the Branches" by Celeste Lear
6. "Bloodstream" by Stateless (TVD remix)
7. "We All Have a Map of the Piano" by Mum
8. "Words I Never Said" by Lupe Fiasco
9. "With You I Never Lose" by Athlete
10. "Everything" by Lifehouse
11. "I Know You Are But What Am I?" by Mogwai
12. "Hurricane" by 30 Seconds to Mars
13. "Dream Machines" by Big Deal
14. "You and I" by PVRIS
15. "Fire Meet Gasoline" by Sia
16. "The Blowers Daughter" by Damien Rice
17. "Concrete" by Plumb
18. "Drown" by Bring Me the Horizon
19. "Trap Queen (cover)" by Ed Sheeran
20. "Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana

Favorite Fanfics:

"In Darkness, See Forever" by Mnemosyne (first I ever read, still my favorite)
"When I Have, Fears" by Shelbecat
"The Day We Never Kissed" by DocPaul
"In the Background" by DocPaul (sexy-exy)
"Routines" by Chicky
"Persephone's Footfalls" by Elizabeth

Random fun fact: I like my butt. I know killjoy finds this astounding, but it's true. I like it. It’s called junk in the trunk, and it gets me a lot of attention. ;)
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Now onto what the author's thread is really for! The fics!

3. Novels (100+ pages)

Arranged in alphabetical order


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Title: 521
Category: Ensemble, AU without Aliens, Drama, Romance
Rating: Adult (sexuality, language, and some violence)
Status: Complete
Writing Dates: August 2008 - August 2009
Warnings: Max and Isabel

Summary: Maria DeLuca and Tess Harding are best friends, but the two constantly clash when it comes to Tess's boyfriend, the ruthless and self-absorbed Max Evans. When wild-child Maria moves out of their apartment and in with their responsible, introverted friend Michael Guerin, everything changes.

Author's Opinion: I'll be honest: it's probably the best thing I've ever written (along with its sequel). I know it's the fic that I've enjoyed writing the most. The idea primarily stemmed from my longing to have seen Tess and Maria become friends on the show itself, and it just exploded from there. What I thought was going to be a short, light-hearted fic has turned into something that has exceeded 1,000 pages and, hopefully, has a lot of substance to it. In some ways, I'll admit, it's like a soap opera, but I also think it goes a lot deeper than that.


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Title: 522
Category: Ensemble, AU without Aliens, Drama, Romance
Rating: Adult (oh so very)
Status: Complete
Writing Dates: August 2009 - July 2013
Warnings: Graphic violence and sexuality, dark subject matter, character death, UC elements

Summary: A year and a half after the last chapter of 521, Santa Fe’s most dramatic, romantic, and problematic people have settled into adulthood. Some have changed; others have not. Some have gotten what they wanted while others have fallen short. At a time in their lives when marriage, children, and careers are their primary concerns, they discover that the only difference between college and the “real world” is that the problems they face are bigger and more intimidating.

Author's Opinion: This is without a doubt the craziest thing I've ever written, due in large part to the fact that I'm writing crazy Isabel. Even though Michael and Maria are the leads of this fic, I would also contend that Isabel is a lead, and that's something I've never done in a novel length-fic before. She's one of the most intense characters I've ever written and was my overall motivation for writing this sequel. This is one wild ride of a story if I do say so myself. If you read it, hang on tight because a lot of things are going to happen that you won't see coming. I hope.


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Title: Beautiful
Category: M+M, AU Without Aliens, Angst
Rating: Teen/Mature (violence, sexuality, language)
Status: Complete
Writing Dates: 2003-ish
Warnings: Character Death

Summary: Her life was nothing until he made it something. His life was ugly until she made it beautiful.

Author's Opinion: This probably still remains the saddest thing I've ever written. This was kind of my transition fic between bad writing and slightly better writing, and likewise between tamer fics and slightly more mature fics. The idea came from an RPG that my friend Ash started on this very board long ago. I think the RPG was called "Rivalry." I remember reading it, and it was neat. It inspired me to try my hand at my own "gang fic," even though I'm so not gangsta.


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Title: Crusaders’ Night
Category: M+M, AU Without Aliens, Drama
Rating: Teen/Mature
Status: Complete
Writing Dates: Late 2002-2003-ish
Warnings: Violence, UC for some

Summary: On a completely normal day in the quiet town of Roswell, New Mexico, one young girl is taken hostage. Little does she know that one man will change her world upside down and make her into someone she never thought she would become.

Author's Opinion: I think this is easily the most original plot I've ever done. So yay on me for that. The downside is that it's one of the worst endings I've ever done. If I could go back and re-write this, I would write the ending completely differently. This was only the third fic I ever wrote, though, so I'll cut myself some slack. In all honesty, I owe a lot to this fic. Even though the grammar is horrid in some places, it was really the story that put me on the map, or at least the Candy map. I got inspired for this when I was randomly thinking of an episode of ER I watched when I was, like, still back in diapers. Okay, not diapers, but I was young.


Title: Death of the Oleander (I had a banner for this one, too, but once again, can't find it.)
Category: Michael and Maria, AU With Aliens, Drama
Rating: Teen
Status: Complete
Writing Dates: I don't know. Must have been 2001-ish.
Warnings: It sucks.

Summary: Michael Guerin, General of Antar, falls in love with his servant Maria. Ooh.

Author's Opinion: JUST DON'T READ IT! I'm only including it on this thread because I feel like I have to. I wrote this when I was SO young and I SO totally didn't know anything about writing. Plus, it's got this whole sci-fi aspect to it that I've since learned I can't write. Sci-fi and April are like oil and water. Un-mixy. So don't read it. Okay? Don't.


Title: Loving the Enemy
Category: M+M, AU With Aliens, Drama
Rating: Teen
Status: Complete
Writing Dates: Must have been 2000. I was, like, in middle school.
Warnings: It sucks worse than anything else I've EVER written in my ENTIRE life.

Summary: Maria's a Skin (ew!) and she falls for Michael, even though she's supposed to be working with her fellow Skins to kill him.

Author's Opinion: This was my very first attempt at fanfic, and it shows. Again, JUST DON'T READ IT! I'm including it here out of obligation. I wrote this, like, before I even knew how to kiss. It's just so bad. And a fun tidbit: I didn't know what to call it, so I got the title from a Sweet Valley High book. Sweet Valley High, people. If that's any indicator . . .


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Title: My Romance
Category: M+M, AU Without Aliens, Romance (duh)
Rating: Adult
Status: Complete
Writing Dates: 2005-2006
Warnings: None

Summary: Michael and Maria meet during their senior year of high school and become best friends, but they're reluctant to become anything more.

Author's Opinion: You can read this one. Finally, we're back to the good stuff. Okay, I realize I've played around with the 'best friends' cliché storyline probably more than anyone else over the course of the past four years of my fic-writing, but this is a nice fic if I do say so myself. Not many people read it, but I really enjoyed writing it. The only problem is that there isn't a great place to read it. Electric Candy (the site I linked you to) is an awesome site, but everything that's supposed to be in italics in this fic isn't. I really need to re-upload this fic to CID someday.


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Title: Passion
Category: M+M (with other CC/UC couple explorations), AU Without Aliens, Dramedy
Rating: Adult (lots of sex, kiddies)
Status: Complete
Writing Dates: 2007-2008
Warnings: Lots of explicit UC, very frustrating

Summary: Maria DeLuca is a senior at the University of Santa Fe. She lives with her three best friends in the world, Kyle Valenti, Max Evans, and Michael Guerin. Kyle has two girlfriends. Max has the grades to make valedictorian. And Michael . . . well, Michael has no clue.

Author's Opinion: Oh, here it is. Every fanfic author has a BIG fic eventually, and this was probably mine. Amazingly, it only took me a year to write. I wrote about 3.5 pages per day. It was kind of addictive! The entire idea for this story came from an image I had in my mind of Maria standing in a house with Michael, Kyle, and Max. So weird how that happens. Anyway, this fic generated a lot of heat and debate, mainly because . . . well, because it pissed a lot people off. Michael and Maria are kind of unlikable in this at times, and then at other times, they're more likable. And Max and Liz are disasters, too. This was SO much fun to write, though, and I loved that people got so invested in it. There's not really a cohesive plot. It's very much an exploration of the characters. And it's raunchy. I know there was a lot of call to do a sequel, but it's not happening. I have to end this thing where I did. I really am proud of this one. Really.


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Title: Someone, Anyone
Category: Michael and Maria, AU Without Aliens, Drama/Romance
Rating: Adult
Status: Complete
Writing Dates: August 2013-December 2014
Warnings: Some explicit UC, dark subject matter at times, lots of sex

Summary: Michael Guerin is going nowhere in life, and he’ll be the first to admit it. As a senior in high school, he should be looking forward to his future, but the future is something he hasn’t given much thought to. Ever the reckless, undisciplined teenager, Michael soon unknowingly finds himself thrust into a new chapter of his life, a chapter in which he’ll have the chance to turn out differently than he or anyone else ever thought he would. But is he ready for the twists and turns life has in store for him? Is he ready to be someone?

Author's Opinion: An idea that hit me out of nowhere and ended up becoming what I believe to be one of my most well-written fics to date. It's very much a character study of an AU Michael Guerin at times, and as for the Michael/Maria relationship . . . well, I just FELT it as I was writing it. Like in my heart and the pit of my stomach. I hope that comes across. There's a very sexual yet sad vibe that permeates this story, mixed in with some humor and plenty of drama. Storylines for all characters, though Michael and Maria are always the focal point.


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Title: Somewhere, Anywhere
Category: Michael and Maria, AU Without Aliens, Drama/Romance
Rating: So Very ADULT
Status: In Progress
Writing Dates: December 2014-January 2016
Warnings: Language, some explicit UC, dark subject matter at times, LOTS of sex

Summary: Two years have passed since the events of Someone, Anyone. Michael Guerin and his friends, lovers, and enemies are living out a new chapter of their lives in a new town with new faces. But with the past not far behind and the future straight ahead, where will Michael’s life take him? And who will he be when he gets there?

Author's Opinion: The plan with Someone, Anyone was ALWAYS to write a sequel, and I'm so glad I did. I can't believe I wrote it so quickly! I guess that's a testament to just how much I enjoyed these characters and how naturally their stories always developed for me. Once again, Michael is the focal character, and M&M's relationship was something that I just felt in my gut as I was writing it. Expect storylines for all characters again, plus an original character who is probably the most fully-developed original character I've ever written. This is, in many ways, the most dramatic fic I think I've ever produced. The ending is wild, and everything that leads up to it is pretty intense, too, if I do say so myself. Bear in mind that my characters are never meant to be perfect, and these characters are the best example of that.


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Title: Stimulation (It sounds like a porno, but it's not)
Category: Michael and Maria, AU Without Aliens, Drama
Rating: Mature
Status: Complete
Writing Dates: 2004-ish
Warnings: It's not Max-friendly.

Summary: Michael Guerin is a kid from the wrong side of the tracks. After an incident of vandalism lands him in police custody, Michael heads to the right side of the tracks, Long Beach, California. There he lives in a lavish mansion with a mother he has never known, an overbearing and famous step-father, and a step-sister named Maria.

Author's Opinion: Okay, step sibling Michael and Maria? Icky, right? No, not so much! I was totally inspired to write this after watching Cruel Intentions. (We all remember that one, right? That was hot.) I was really worried that people were going to get yucked out at the step-sibling storyline, but this actually ended up being one of my more popular fics. I think I was still going through that transitional writing stage, but the writing's not bad considering I was much younger than I am now. I think this fic was probably where I started creating more three-dimensional characters, which is always a good thing.





*Note: My Romance, Passion, 521, 522, Someone, Anyone, and Somewhere, Anywhere all exceed 1,000 pages. Just be in it for the long haul if you plan on reading one of those.

**Note 2: I personally recommend 521, 522, Passion, Someone, Anyone, and Somewhere, Anywhere the most.
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4. Shorter Fics and Ficlets (99 pages and under)

Arranged in alphabetical order

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Title: Absurdity
Category: M+M, AU Without Aliens, Romance
Rating: Teen
Status: Complete
Writing Dates: Fall 2007
Warnings: None

Summary: Love doesn't have to be a fairy tale to be true love.

Author's Opinion: This is just a little thing, but I have to admit, I sure do like it. This actually came about in an English class during my first year at the university I'm at right now. During my first week, actually. We were doing a free-write in class, and the first couple of lines of this were my free-write. My professor liked it and suggested I expand it, so I expanded it into this little ficlet. Later, I expanded this ficlet into a ten-page short story for my Writing of Fiction class.


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Title: Accessory
Category: M+M, AU Without Aliens, Angst
Rating: Adult
Status: Complete
Writing Date: Fall 2007
Warnings: Character Death, violence

Summary: Michael becomes an accessory to murder.

Author's Opinion: The first fic I wrote when I got my new computer! Yes! It's, uh . . . it's like a tragedy, though. It's very dark. I got the inspiration from this when I watched a movie called "Cherry Crush," which is not a good movie, but it's not a bad movie, either. And then I heard the song "When Love and Death Embrace" by H.I.M., and that's when the idea turned into an actual fic. Check it out if you're in the mood for not happy things.


Title: Bring Me to Life
Category: M+M, Canon, Drabble
Rating: Mature
Status: Complete
Writing Date: I have no clue. 2003?
Warnings: None

Summary: Short Michael POV set after Graduation.

Author's Opinion: It's really nothing. I think I just wrote it for the sake of writing something.


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Title: Car Crashes
Category: M+M, AU without Aliens, General, Michael's POV
Rating: Mature
Status: Complete
Writing Date: January 20, 2010
Warnings: None

Summary: All the major moments in Michael's life involve car crashes.

Author's Opinion: I like this. No need to beat around the bush, I do. This was written for Sarah (girl afraid) who won me at the September 2009 Support Stacie author auction. I wrote it all in one day and really enjoyed it. I had originally intended to write it as a novel-length fic, but I think it works better as a short story.


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Title: Cemetery Party
Category: M+M, AU Without Aliens, Angst
Rating: Adult
Status: Complete
Writing Date: Summer 2008
Warnings: Character Death

Summary: He wants to save her, but he never can.

Author's Opinion: Originally I intended to post this as a challenge, but then I decided I wanted me to have it. It's another dark one, folks, and kind of weird. I kind of liked it, though. It reminded me a lot of Accessory as I was writing it, even though they're about two totally different things.


Title: Going Under
Category: M+M, Canon, Drabble
Rating: Teen
Status: Complete
Writing Date: 2003?
Warnings: None

Summary: Maria POV set after Graduation

Author's Note: Bring Me to Life was a companion drabble to this drabble. Again, I think I only wrote it so I could write something. Nothing spectacular here.


Title: Here Comes the Rain Again
Category: M+M, Canon, Angst
Rating: Teen
Status: Complete
Writing Date: Spring 2008
Warnings: None

Summary: Written in response to the Season 1 Deleted Scenes challenge at CID. A tag to "Independence Day" in which Michael comes to Maria's window again, this time to say goodbye to her.

Author's Opinion: I still think I suck at Canon, but this fic might be the one time when I've actually pulled it off. I'm pleased with it.


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Title: In Lust We Trust
Category: Tess and Kyle, Canon
Rating: Mature
Status: Complete
Writing Date: Summer 2014
Warnings: None

Summary: Set in Season 2, after Tess moves in. Kyle wants her.

Author's Note: Wrote this for the Roswell's Inferno challenge at Roswell Heaven. The challenge was to use one of the seven deadly sins as inspiration for a fic. This one, obviously, is lust. The fic didn't win, but I think the banner did. Go figure.


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Title: Lazy
Category: M+M, Canon (Season 3)
Rating: Teen/Mature
Status: Complete
Writing Date: June 12, 2015
Warnings: None. It's fluff.

Summary: Michael reflects on how he likes to pass the time.

Author's Note: Written for the 7 Deadly Sins challenge at Roswell Heaven again. This one was meant to represent the "sloth" sin.


Title: Lie Detector
Category: M+M, AU Without Aliens
Rating: Teen
Status: Complete
Writing Date: Can't remember. I wanna say 2003?
Warnings: None

Summary: Maria always knows when people are lying to her.

Author's Note: This is a weird ficlet. One of the first truly weird ones I ever wrote. Not many people have read it, but those who have read it seem to really like it. I've gotten a great response on it. I actually like it. But it is weird.


Title: Maria's Rant
Category: M+M, Canon (I guess?), Comedy (I think?)
Rating: Teen
Status: Complete
Writing Date: Summer 2008
Warnings: None

Summary: A short ficlet in response to the ABC challenge at CID. The first sentence has to start with A, the next has to start with B, then the next with C, and so on. You have to run through the alphabet three times. Maria rants about her boyfriend in this.

Author's Opinion: X and Z were super difficult, but this challenge was so fun! And actually, the fic that resulted is kind of cute. I wish more people had done this challenge.


Title: Odiamos, Adoramos
Category: M+M, AU Without Aliens, Drama
Rating: Adult
Status: Complete
Writing Date: Fall 2004
Warnings: Violence

Summary: A chance meeting between Michael and Maria leads to an extremely screwed up but beautiful relationship.

Author's Opinion: I really enjoyed writing this. I have no idea where it came from, though. Sometimes inspiration hits out of nowhere. Oh, wait, I know. I was taking Spanish for the first time in my life, and I liked the way certain words sounded, so I made those words the chapter titles and developed the fic from there. Ignore the note at the end about the fic I had planned. My computer crashed and I lost that fic. All 2,264 pages of it. Sucked.


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Title: Spirit
Category: M+M, AU Without Aliens, Angst
Rating: Mature
Status: Complete
Writing Date: Fall 2004
Warnings: Character Death, Sensitive Subject Matter

Summary: Love can go on after life ends.

Author's Opinion: In some ways, this means more to me than anything I've ever written, because I wrote it after an extremely traumatic experience at my own school. School shootings get sensationalized in the media, but there's nothing sensational about actually going through it. (Let it be known, no one died at my school shooting. The gun the kid brought in wasn't even loaded, and I didn't even see it. But it was terrifying nonetheless.) I wrote this fic afterwards, not because I wanted to use school shootings for entertainment, but because I wanted to be able to move on from what had happened. And this helped.


Title: The Outcasts
Category: M+M, AU Without Aliens, Drama
Rating: Teen/Mature
Status: Complete
Writing Date: 2004?
Warnings: None

Summary: No summary I can think of!

Author's Opinion: This is another weird little ficlet like Lie Detector that not a lot of people have read, but those who have read it have given me very positive responses on it. This ficlet almost got enlarged into a longer novel. But not quite.


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Title: What They Have
Category: Liz POV, Canon
Rating: Teen
Status: Complete
Writing Date: Summer 2014
Warnings: None

Summary: Pre-Season 3, Liz compares her and Max's relationship to Michael and Maria's.

Author's Note: Written for the Roswell’s Inferno challenge at Roswell Heaven. The task is to use one of the seven deadly sins to inspire a piece of writing. This sin is envy. I thought it was too cliché to write a story about how Maria envies Liz and Max, so I thought I’d put a spin on it. It always bothered me that the writers took a smart, strong female lead in Liz and did what they did with her in “Busted.” It just seemed out of character to me. So this is my version of the emotional conflict that built up to her actions in that episode. (Side note: I think this fic actually won for the Envy category.)


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Title: Why Michael Should Live
Category: M+M, AU or Canon (doesn't matter), Angst
Rating: Mature
Status: Complete
Writing Date: No clue. 2005?
Warnings: Sensitive topic

Summary: Maria writes a letter to her boyfriend to keep him from killing himself.

Author's Opinion: I was inspired for this when I saw a poem entitled "Why Ryan Should Live." I didn't actually read the poem (oops,) but the title stuck in my head, and this little ficlet emerged from it.


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Title: Why Maria Should Live
Category: M+M, AU or Canon, Angst
Rating: Mature
Status: Complete
Writing Date: 2005, I guess
Warnings: Sensitive topic

Summary: Michael writes a letter to his girlfriend to keep her from killing herself.

Author's Opinion: The companion piece to "Why Michael Should Live." Alphabetically, it should be placed before, but it makes more sense to place it here. I'm pleased with the way both these little ficlets turned out.





*Note: I had no idea I had written so many ficlets where somebody dies! My god, I'm so morbid!
**Note: Car Crashes, and Cemetery Party the most, and the 7 Deadly Sins challenge fics the most.
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5. Awards Won

Now I get to boast a little bit. Who doesn't like to win things? I sure enjoy it. Prior to Passion, though, I had never really won a whole lot of fanfic awards. So these awards are a real treat.

I should take this time to say THANK YOU to all my readers, for prior and/or current fics. Writing fan fiction isn't something you get paid for. The reward is reading the feedback from all of you. So thank you from the bottom of my heart. And thanks for voting for me for these awards!


Roswell Fanatics Fan Fiction Awards - Round 12

(These awards are all for Passion.)

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(Yeah, this is, like, pretty much my favorite.)

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(This one holds a special place in my heart for obvious reasons!)

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for Supporting Portrayal of Liz Parker
Supporting Portrayal of Max Evans
Favorite Alternate Portrayal of a Canon Character (Tess)
Favorite Unconventional/Unique Friendship (Michael/Alex)
Most Talked About Fic
Most Memorable Scene (Michael and Maria make out on the counter)
Most Dependable Updater



Roswell Fanatics Fanfiction Awards - Round 13

(These awards are for 521.)

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(for Billy)

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(for Marty)

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(for Michael and Kyle's bromance)

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(for Isabel. This is my absolute favorite.)

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for Supporting Portrayal of Isabel Evans
Favorite Alternate Portrayal of a Canon Character (Max)
Most Suspenseful Fic
Fic That Made You Cry the Hardest
Best Twist
Best AU Without Aliens
Best All-Around Fic
Best POV Fic (Cemetery Party)



Roswell Fanatics Fanfiction Awards - Round 14

(These are for the 521/522 universe.)

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(A sadistic delight if I've ever had one.)

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(Woohoo! Super stoked about this one, as she's by far the most intense character I've ever written.)

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(For PHILLIP Evans in 522 - he's dead, but the voters decided to go abstract with this. Thank you!)

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(Tied with PML's "A Kiss to Build a Dream On")

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(Liz/Tess in 522. Tied with Double Trouble's "In the Course of a Lifetime.")

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Supporting Portrayal of Max
Supporting Portrayal of Alex
Alternate Portrayal of a Canon Character (Isabel in 522)
Author of a Kyle/Tess Fic
Author of a Candy Fic
Favorite Last Chapter/Epilogue (Passion) - tied with Eva's "Incomplete"
Favorite Last Line (Car Crashes) - tied with Eva's "Incomplete"
Best Short Story (Car Crashes)



Roswell Heaven September Orbit Awards

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(for 521)


2016 Roswell Heaven Celestial Awards

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for Lazy
Tied with Brick by Roswell Oracle


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for Someone, Anyone

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for In Lust We Trust

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for Max in Someone, Anyone
tied with Angel of Silence by Janetfl and Price of Lust by RoswellOracle


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for Dylan falling off the bridge in Someone, Anyone

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for Michael and Max's showdown in Someone, Anyone

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for Favorite Friendship (Michael and Kyle in Someone, Anyone)
for Favorite Minor Character (Dylan in Someone, Anyone)
for Best AU Fanfic Banner that fits/tells the story (for Paradise banner by morethenwords122)


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for Favorite Vision of Maria (Someone, Anyone)
for Favorite Vision of Kyle (In Lust We Trust)



2017 Roswell Heaven Celestial Awards

(Both for Somewhere, Anywhere)

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Candy Gratification Awards:

(This was, like, way back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.)

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(Having 3 fics or less qualified you as "Emerging." I only had written "Loving the Enemy," "Death of the Oleander," and "Crusaders' Night." How I won this award with those three duds is beyond me.)



Fanforum 2008 Music Video Awards:

(Okay, yeah, it's not a fanfic, but I won it, and I'm proud!) :lol:

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6. Soundtracks

WARNING: Soundtrack details contain some spoilers for fics.

I got very musical with Passion. A few people told me I might as well just compile a Passion soundtrack. So I did. It was kind of nice. I'd love to see other soundtracks to fics, because it really helps expose me to new music. For every story that followed, it just felt right to compile a soundtrack, so most of my biggest fics have soundtracks that accompany them.

The Passion Soundtrack isn't downloadable, but I think you can probably find all of the songs on Youtube.

If you'd like any of the songs, PM me and I'll email them to you. But we should really try to be legal. I buy mp3s from Amazon. They're cheap.


Now that I look at it, two songs made it on both soundtracks. Hmm. Whatev.

All "album art" here was made by me.

Regardless of whether the music appeals to anyone or not . . . I like it. :D


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Passion Soundtrack

Disc 1

1. "Future Sex/Love Sound" by Justin Timberlake
(In Part 1 when Maria is dancing with a random guy and Michael is flirting with a random girl.)
2. "Shake" by the Yin Yang Twins (featuring Pit Bull)
(In Part 4 when Maria's dance team is performing at the national championships.)
3. "Porcelain" by Better Than Ezra
(In Part 7, at the beginning when Michael is filming Maria.)
4. "The Jump Off" by Lil Kim
(In Part 9 when Michael is watching Maria and Liz practice the tryout dance.)
5. "Kick, Push" by Lupe Fiasco
(In Part 11 when the gang goes to a Sigma Chi party.)
6. "Wow, I Can Get Sexual, Too" by Say Anything
(In Part 14 when the stripper pops out of a birthday cake at Maria's birthday party.)
7. "You and Me and One Spotlight" by Yellowcard
(In Part 16 when Michael gives Maria a dance montage DVD as her birthday present.)
8. "Heartbeats" Jose Gonzalez
(In Part 17 when Michael and Maria have a rare meaningful conversation in her bedroom.)
9. "Not an Addict" by K's Choice
(In Part 29, "the abomination chapter," when Liz and Michael have sex and Max and Maria have sex.)
10. "Time" by She Wants Revenge and Timbaland
(In Part 33 when Maria and Max are dancing at a club and someone comes up to her and asks where Liz is.)
11. "Mr. Brightside" by The Killers
(In Part 35 when Michael and Maria get drunk and dance together at a party.)
12. "Big Chair" by Travis
(In Part 41 when Michael gives CPR to Maria, who is unconscious with alcohol poisoning.)
13. "Push It" by Salt 'n' Peppa
(In Part 48 when Liz and the dance team are performing and forget the routine.)
14. "Bedroom Dancing" by Day One
(In Part 66 when Michael is dancing with Liz at his costume party but staring at/thinking about nudist Maria.)
15. "Funny Little Feeling" by Rock 'n' Roll Soldiers
(In Part 69 when the gang is riding down the Vegas Strip in their taxis.)
16. "Ooh Wee" by Mark Ronson
(In Part 70 when the gang is hanging outside at the pool.)
17. "Lola, Lola" by Ricky Martin
(In Part 74 when Maria dances and entices Michael at the Mexican wedding reception.)

Disc 2

1. "We All Have a Map of the Piano" by Mum
(In Part 80 when Maria has her dance audition at the Modern Dance Assoication.)
2. "Wonderwall" by Oasis
(In Part 81 during the shower scene.)
3. "Hear You Me" by Jimmy Eat World
(In Part 88 when Maria, Michael, Kyle, and Max are taking pictures in their graduation outfits.)
4. "Say (All I Need)" by OneRepublic
(In Part 88 when Michael and Maria FINALLY have their first kiss!)
5. "Tautou" by Brand New
(In Part 90 when Michael puts a drunk Maria to bed.)
6. "Maybe Tomorrow" by Stereophonics
(In Part 93 when Michael and Maria get hot and heavy on the kitchen counter.)
7. "Wrong Choice" by The Lovely Feathers
(In Part 97 when Michael tells Maria he is moving in with Liz and Max throws Maria's engagement ring in the water.)
8. "Let the Drummer Kick" by Citizen Cope
(In Part 100 when Michael is hanging out at his and Liz's future apartment and Max is meeting Liz in the locker room.)
9. "Playground Love" by Air
(In Part 101 when Max and Liz get it on in the locker room.)
10. "Retour A Vega" by The Stills
(In Part 106 when Maria is hit on by a loser named Eric.)
11. "I Know You Are But What Am I?" by Mogwai
(In Part 114 when Maria runs through the airport to try to stop Michael from leaving town.)
12. "Cute Without the 'e' (Cut from the Team)" [Strings Version] by Strung Out on Taking Back Sunday
(In Part 118 when Maria and Michael have sex in the shower.)
13. "Lover's Spit" by Broken Social Scene
(In Part 125 when Liz and Max talk and once again give in to their desires for each other.)
14. "Hate Me" by Blue October
(In Part 126 when (in a montage of scenes) Maria gets ready for graduation, Michael heads home, and Max and Liz get fleshy.)
15. "Within You" by Ray Lamontagne
(In Part 127 when Michael gives his speech to Maria at graduation and FINALLY tells Maria he loves her.)
16. "Where Is My Mind?" by the Pixies
(Every fic should have a theme song. To me, this is Passion's.)


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Click anywhere on the CD covers to listen to the soundtrack. It was perfect on Imeem, but since that site closed down, I had to assemble the playlist on Last.fm and some songs are only samples while a few are missing altogether. Bummer.
521 Soundtrack

Disc 1

1. "My Iron Lung" by Radiohead
(In Part 2 when Michael and Tess talk outside the Union about Maria moving in.)
2. "Clean Breaks" by Dashboard Confessional
(In Part 4 when Michael agrees to let Maria stay with him for awhile.)
3. "Hypnotize" by The Notorious B.I.G.
(In Part 7 when Maria and Tess dance on the kitchen counter at the Halloween party.)
4. "Lie in the Sound" by Tresspassers William
(In Part 8 when Michael and Maria talk outside on the apartment balcony at night.)
5. "Iron Flower" by K's Choice
(In Part 14 when Max and Liz have sex.)
6. "Miserable" by Lit
(In Part 15 when Maria does her strip-tease for Michael.)
7. "All I Do" by plus/minus
(In Part 16 when Michael draws Maria sleeping.)
8. "I Got You Babe" by Sonny and Cher
(In Part 17 when Michael and Maria sing karaoke at the Cowboy Club.)
9. "We Used to Be Friends" by The Dandy Warhols
(In Part 19 when Michael and Maria have a food fight.)
10. "Highschool Lover" by Air
(In Part 21 when Max and Liz are in bed together.)
11. "Don't Bring Me Down" by Sia
(In Part 23 when Max and Liz call it quits.)
12. "Porcelain" by Better Than Ezra
(In Part 25 when Michael and Maria slow-dance together.)
13. "Carol of the Bells" by Mongoheadelvis
(In Part 29 when Tess discovers Max and Liz in the backseat of Max's car.)
14. "Nobody's Perfect" by dios (malos)
(In Part 31 when Maria flashes back to the night she got drunk with Max.)
15. "Everything" by Lifehouse
(In Part 35 when Michael gives Maria a New Year's to remember.)
16. "Sleep Tonight" by Stars
(In Part 37 when Michael and Maria are making out on the couch.)

Disc 2

1. "The Words We Say" by Straylight Run
(In Part 39 when Kyle and Tess share their first kiss. Among other things.)
2. "Giving It All Away" by Ashlee Simpson
(In Part 41 when Tess and Kyle make-out and head for the bedroom.)
3. "Suicide Blonde" by Jack's Mannequin
(In Part 42 when Maria washes Michael’s car in her bikini.)
4. "Ungodly Hour" by The Fray
(In Part 42 when Michael and Maria make love for the first time together.)
5. "I'll Catch You" by The Get Up Kids
(In Part 47 when Kyle and Tess have a huge fight.)
6. "Kids" by MGMT
(In Part 48 during the montage of scenes involving Maria, Michael, Kyle, Tess, and Max.)
7. "Wrong Choice" by The Lovely Feathers
(In Part 49 when Michael and Maria have hot museum sex, Max mourns his father, and Kyle meets the girl in the bar.)
8. "King" by Weezer
(In Part 60 when Isabel confronts Max in his office.)
9. “Creep” by Radiohead
(In Part 61 when Max and Liz have sex in the shower.)
10. "Adia" by Sarah McLachlan
(In Part 63 when Tess and Kyle dance together.)
11. "Today" by The Smashing Pumpkins
(In Part 66 when Maria sees Michael and Isabel up on the balcony, feeling the baby kick.)
12. "Inflatable" by Bush
(In Part 70 when Michael and Maria argue about Billy and Michael makes-out with Isabel.)
13. "Off I Go" by Greg Laswell
(In Part 72 when Maria goes to the abortion clinic.)
14. "Worn Me Down" [EP Version] by Rachael Yamagata
(In Part 73 when Kyle and Tess make love in the pillow fort.)
15. "Inside of Love" by Nada Surf
(In Part 79 when Michael and Maria make love.)
16. "Time Goes By" by Air Traffic
(521 Theme Song.)


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Click HERE to listen to the 522 Soundtrack!

DISC 1

1. "Time to Pretend" by MGMT
(In Part 7 when Michael and Maria attend the opening night of Marty's club.)
2. "Out of My Mind" by James Blunt
(In Part 9 when Isabel sees Michael and his family at Max and Liz's wedding.)
3. "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt" by We Are Scientists
(In Part 18 during the flashback to Isabel and Billy's first "date" at the Grunge club.)
4. "Reverse of Shade" by The Windupdeads
(In Part 19 when Maria and Michael give Isabel the restraining order at Maria's birthday.)
5. "Moon" by Sia
(In Part 23 when Max and Liz talk about their financial woes.)
6. "Zen Brain" by Nada Surf
(In Part 26 when Michael and Maria finally get it on.)
7. "The Man Who Sold the World" by Nirvana
(In Part 28 at Max and Liz's yard sale.)
8. "Enjoy the Silence" by Anberlin
(In Part 31 when Isabel and Billy vandalize Max's house.)
9. "Isabel" (acoustic) by Frank Turner
(In Part 34 when Billy sings his song.)
10. "Blue" by Angie Hart
(In Part 46 when Isabel tells Alex Caroline miscarried.)
11. "Like a Stone" by Audioslave
(In Part 48 when Isabel flashes back to a horrible repressed memory.)
12. "Best Not to Think About It" by Athlete
(In Part 53 when Miley falls in the pool.)
13. "Tess, Don't Tell" by Ivy
(In Part 54 when Tess decides not to take her birth control pill.)
14. "Neon Tiger" by The Killers
(In Part 56 when Michael sees Isabel at the strip club.)
15. "Space Monkey" by Placebo
(In Part 64 when Max saves Tiffany from her foster brother.)
16. "Talk Show Host" by Radiohead
(In Part 68 when Isabel seduces Alex.)
17. "Unusual You" by Britney Spears
(In Part 69 when Tess and Kyle dance in their living room and make love.)

DISC 2

1. "Like a Man Possessed" by The Get Up Kids
(In Part 69 when Tess is brutally attacked and raped at her gallery. Very graphic and disturbing, I apologize.)
2. "Karma Police" by Radiohead
(In Part 73 when Liz tells Max she cheated on him.)
3. "Only One" (acoustic) by Yellowcard
(In Part 75 during a flashback to Michael and Maria finding out about second pregnancy.)
4. "One Last Breath" by Creed
( In Part 78 when Max visits and vandalizes his father's grave.)
5. "O Holy Night" by Weezer
(In Part 78 when Michael and Maria play outside in the snow.)
6. "Innocence" by Avril Lavigne
(In Part 83 when Michael and Maria's wedding nears.)
7. "God Bless the Child" by Shania Twain
(In Part 93 at Macy's funeral.)
8. "Love Is a Place" by Metric
(In Part 112 wen Max and Liz make love in their new apartment.)
8. "Barricade" by Stars
(In Part 120 when Isabel goes to visit Billy in prison.)
10. "To Build a Home" by The Cinematic Orchestra
(In Part 125 when Michael cheats on Maria with Isabel and she discovers them.)
11. "Fear" by Sarah McLachlan
(In Part 126 when both Maria and Isabel attempt suicide.)
12. "Coming Home" by Skylar Grey
(In Part 149 when Maria returns home.)
13. "Close Your Eyes" by Jump, Little Children
(In Part 154 when Michael and Maria reveal they still love each other and sleep in the same bed.)
14. "Don't Move" by Butch Walker
(In Part 158 when Michael and Maria finally kiss again.)
15. "All You Wanted" by Sounds Under Radio
(In Part 165 when Michael and Maria make love again.)
16. "For Blue Skies" by Strays Don't Sleep
(In Part 169 when Michael proposes to Maria again.)
17. "Wedding Dress" by Matt Nathanson
(In Part 176 when Michael and Maria are FINALLY married.)
18. "When Love and Death Embrace" by H.I.M.
(522 Theme Song)

Someone, Anyone Soundtrack
Click HERE to listen!


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Disc 1:

1. "Every You Every Me" by Placebo
(In Part 1 when Michael goes to a party in Frazier Woods.)
2. "The Unwinding Cable Car" by Anberlin
(In Part 6 when Michael and Isabel kiss on the Ferris wheel.)
3. "Head Over Heels" by Digital Daggers
(In Part 10 when Michael and Isabel dance at Homecoming.)
4. "You" by Switchfoot
(In Part 14 when Maria declines Michael's help in getting another job.)
5. "Try" by Nelly Furtado
(In Part 16 when Michael fills out his college application and Maria sells her guitar.)
6. "Warning Sign" by Coldplay
(In Part 20 when Michael and Maria brush their teeth, flirt, and talk in the bathroom.)
7. "Music Box" by The Cinematic Orchestra
(In Part 23 when Maria talks with Michael after the football game.)
8. "Take Me Somewhere Nice" by Mogwai
(In Part 28 when Michael and Maria fall asleep in the bed with Dylan.)
9. "Sweet Surrender" by Sarah McLachlan
(In Part 30 when Maria sings to Michael for the first time.)
10. "Again" by Lenny Kravitz
(In Part 31 when Michael starts fixating on his feelings for Maria.)
11. "Mirrors" by Natalia Kills
(In Part 32 when Michael and Maria drink and dance at Isabel's new year's party.)
12. "White Blank Page" by Mumford & Sons
(In Part 33 when Michael . . . um . . . satisfies himself?)
13. "Roll Over Me" by The Autumn Film
(In Part 37 when Maria is struggling to resist her feelings for Michael.)
14. "The Scientist" by Johnette Napolitano & Danny Lohner
(In Part 38 when Michael kisses Maria for the first time.)
15. "Bloodstream" by Stateless
(In Part 40 when Michael and Maria dance/kiss at the Snowball dance.)

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Disc 2:

1. "In Line" by Robert Skoro
(In Part 43 when Michael and Maria sneak away from the Frazier Woods party together.)
2. "Unchained Melody" by Righteous Brothers
(In Chapter 47, when Michael and Maria make love.)
3. "Dream Machines" by Big Deal
(In Part 49 when Michael, Maria, and Dylan go to a basketball game.)
4. "Eye" by Smashing Pumpkins
(In Part 57 when Isabel seduces and sleeps with her neighbor.)
5. "Existentialism on Prom Night" by Straylight Run
(In Part 58 when Michael and Maria dance at the prom.)
6. "Sextape" by Deftones
(In Part 60 when Isabel meets Jesse and dances with him.)
7. "Give Me Love" by Ed Sheeran
(In Part 66 when Michael and Maria make love in the bathtub in their hotel room.)
8. "Face Down in the Right Town" by Earlimart
(In Part 68 when Maria sees Max again for the first time in years.)
9. "Wild Ones" by Madilyn Bailey
(In Part 76 when Maria sings at open mic night.)
10. "Breathe In" by Frou Frou
(In Part 78 when Michael and Maria make love in the morning.)
11. "Behind Closed Doors (Edit)" by Little People
(In Part 78 when Maria tells Max that he's no one and Max retaliates by taking something of hers.)
12. "Light Through the Branches" by Celeste Lear
(In Part 79 when Michael and Maria make love before she leaves for her road trip.)
13. "The Lightning Strike" by Snow Patrol
(In Part 82 when Dylan falls off the bridge.)
14. "Disintegration" by Jimmy Eat World
(In Part 88 when Maria leaves.)
15. "Fallen Icons" by Delerium
(Someone, Anyone theme song.)

Somewhere, Anywhere Soundtrack Artwork:

LINK TO LISTEN


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Disc 1:
1. "Sucker" by Damien Jurado
(In Part 1 when Michael is walking to class.)
2. "I Was Wrong" by Sleeperstar
(In Part 5 during the flashback to when Michael and Sarah first sleep together.)
3. "Unchained Melody" by Acoustic Guitar Tribute Players
(In Part 8 when Michael sees Maria walking on campus.)
4. "Volcano" by Damien Rice
(In Part 13 when Michael and Maria talk out in the parking lot.)
5. "Starlight" by Muse
(In Part 21 when Michael and Maria are at the Halloween party.)
6. "Some Streets Lead Nowhere" by Matthew Ryan
(In Part 30 when Michael and Maria go for a drive.)
7. "Love Show" by Skye
(In Part 33 when everyone is mulling about after dinner at Maria's house.)
8. "You Know You Like It" by DJ Snake and AlunaGeorge
(In Part 37 when Michael and Maria talk at the bar.)
9. "A Little Death" by The Neighbourhood
(In Part 42 when Michael and Maria light their sparklers and talk at the party.)
10. "All the Way / 4U" by Poets of the Fall
(In Part 46 when a suspended Michael writes out his incident report for the Dean of Discipline.)
11. "Wrecking Ball" by Jasmine Thompson
(In Part 50 when Maria sings in front of the class.)
12. "Never Think" by Rob Pattinson
(In Part 55 when Michael gives Maria "Miss You" candy hearts for Valentine's Day.)

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Disc 2:
1. "A Brittle Filament" by The One AM Radio
(In Part 56 when Michael dreams about a life with Maria and Dylan.)
2. "Wild Horses" by The Sundays
(In Part 57 when Michael and Maria dance at the elementary school dance.)
3. "Hurricane" by 30 Seconds to Mars
(In Part 58 when Michael and Maria finally give in to their desires and sleep together.)
4. "Honest" by The Neighbourhood
(In Part 63 when Michael and Maria make a conscious decision to have an affair.)
5. "Fire Meet Gasoline" by Sia
(In Part 65 when Michael makes out with a girl at a party, making Maria jealous.)
6. "Trust Me" by Dee Joy
(In Part 66 when Michael and Maria enjoy oral sex with each other.)
7. "Running Up That Hill" by Placebo
(In Part 70 when Max walks in on Michael and Maria sleeping naked in bed together.)
8. "With You I Never Lose" by Athlete
(In Part 72 when Max remembers Maria asking inviting him to move in with her and Dylan.)
9. "Infinite Horizons" by God Is An Astronaut
(In Part 75 when Maria and Michael make amends after she's had sex with Max.)
10. "Stealing Cars" by James Bay
(In Part 78 when Michael and Maria sneak away from the housing party to make love.)
11. "She Has No Time" by Keane
(In Part 82 when Michael and Sarah find out they're pregnant.)
12. "And the World Was Gone" by Snow Ghosts
13. "I Can't Find You" by SolarSolar
(Somewhere, Anywhere theme song.)
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7. Videos/Artwork

Many of you already know that, in addition to writing fics, I spend a lot of time making music videos. I only have Windows Movie Maker. No Sony Vegas or anything like that, so they're usually not that fantastic. But they're fun to make. Most of my videos are Michael and Maria-related, although I do have a few Dreamer, Stargazer, Lamptrimmer, and Rebel vids. (And some Britney Spears vids.) ;)


All my videos can be found on my Youtube channel HERE!

Be sure to watch in high quality by either clicking the HQ button or adding &fmt=18 onto the end of the url. ;)

Youtube is probably going to suspend my account soon. Too many copyrights and all that nonsense. :lol:


Since this is an author's thread, I'll give you direct links to my fanfiction trailers.


Somewhere, Anywhere (NOW POSTING)

Somewhere, Anywhere (Trailer #1)

Somewhere, Anywhere (Trailer #2)

Somewhere, Anywhere (Trailer #3)

Somewhere, Anywhere (Trailer #4)


Someone, Anyone

Someone, Anyone (Trailer #1)

Someone, Anyone (Trailer #2)

Someone, Anyone (Trailer #3)


521

521 Trailer #1 (original audio disabled)

521 Michael Promo (where he seems much darker than he actually is in the fic. :lol: )

521 Tess Promo

521 Max Promo

521 Kyle Promo

521 Liz Promo

521 Maria Promo

521 Trailer #2

521 Trailer #3

521 Thank You



522

522 (Sequel) - Trailer #1

522 - Michael Promo

522 - Tess Promo

522 - Max Promo

522 - Alex Promo

522 - Liz Promo

522 - Maria Promo

522 - Kyle Promo

522 - Isabel Promo

522 (Halfway Promo)

522 (Play with Fire)

522 (When Love and Death Embrace)



522 Reflections

Click on the banners to watch the videos if you'd like! It says a couple of them are blocked in Germany (why Germany? I don't get it) but they should all be available everywhere else.

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Passion

Passion Trailer #1

Passion Trailer #2

Passionate People #1

Passionate People #2

The Passionate Thank You



Other Fanfics

Accessory Trailer

Beautiful Trailer

Stimulation Trailer




As for artwork...

I'm still quite a Photoshop novice, and I'm sure all of you can tell. Half the arts I've made are little things I simply made on Photobucket.

You can find my artwork HERE!
(I should warn you that it's very disorganized, but it makes sense to me!)


I'll share a few of my favorite icons I've made.

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And that's it! I think this new author's thread is much more organized than my old one. ;)

-April
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I'm glad the new organization actually looks organized. I couldn't stand the disorganization of my old one anymore.

Nove, I've never written a Spuffy fanfic. I think I would suck at it. I don't know why, but Roswell is the only fandom that I've ever gotten into fanfic for. I don't even read any other fanfics. Just Roswell

Sarah, :lol: I know, My Romance is freakin' LONG! I'm lazy, otherwise I would go through and put everything in italics. Maybe I will next summer when I have no summer classes to take. I'm just happy it's read-able on Electric Candy, though, because the only other place it's posted is CID. And remember when CID moved from ezboard to Yuku and all the quotation marks and apostrophes were lost? :shock: You can't read a dialogue heavy fic without those things! So as it appears on Electric Candy, it's just fine. ;) And about that poll . . . yeah, I'm wondering, too. :lol: I thought Max and Liz would get, like, two votes at the most!

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RosDude wrote: My guess is that people that have not read the story just see a poll and vote for Max and Liz. lol

~Chad~
That's what I was thinking. Either that or there are some dark and messed up people on this board! :lol:
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Hey, emadaps! My old author's thread was so disgusting. This one is much better if I do say so myself.

You should check out some of the fics here at Fanatics. Lots of really good ones.
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