“Stories have changes, my dear boy,” the man in the grey suit says, his voice almost imperceptibly sad. “There are no more battles between good and evil, no monsters to slay, no maidens in need to recue. Most maidens are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves in my experience, at least the ones worth something, in any case. There are no longer simple tales with quests and beasts and happy endings. The quests lack clarity of goal or path. The beasts take different forms and are difficulty to recognize for what they are. And there are never really endings, happy or otherwise. Things keep overlapping and blur, your story is part of your sister’s story is part of many other stories, and there in no telling where and of them may lead. Good and evil are a great deal more complex than a princess and a dragon, or a wolf and a scarlet-clad little girl. And is not the dragon the hero of his own story? Is not the wolf simply acting as a wolf should act? Though perhaps it is a singular wolf who goes to such lengths as to dress as a grandmother to toy with its prey.”

“It is important,” the man in the grey suit interrupts. “Someone needs to tell those tales. When the battles are fought and won and lost, when the pirates find their treasures and the dragons eat their foes for breakfast with a nice cup of Lapsang souchong, someone needs to tell their bits of overlapping narrative. There’s magic in that. It’s in the listener, and for each and every ear it will be different, and it will affect them in ways they can never predict. From the mundane to the profound. You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone’s soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. That tale will move them and drive them and who knows what they might do because of it, because of your words. That is your role, your gift…. There are many kinds of magic, after all.”

—The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern

About Me:

I'll read anything & everything.

Fanfiction-wise:

Twilight--anything Jasper/Alice. I think they have the most romantic relationship/story that I've ever heard.
Hunger Games--Finnick/Annie have what's left of my heart after Jasper & Alice's love.

I'm on Twitter; feel free to follow me by clicking the Homepage link: @ffnlucyalyce

Writing:

Update 7/19/12:

Everything's on hiatus for now. Still writing, just not currently posting until I know I can commit.

Beta-d Hope and now Forgotten Hope for linamallette...and I'll continue to beta whatever else she throws my way in the future. Check out her stories for some AH Jalice.

Reading (and highly recommending):

Twilight Jasper/Alice:

Take my Hand by koko23cat [complete]
-Jalice, just how I like them. Angsty, romantic, realistic, and phenomenal. Beautiful.

Tattered Wings by monamumbles
-Incredibly fresh, realistic, and smooth with characters you feel like you know.

The Reborn by Alsper
Demons & Sinners by Alsper
-Both stories are amazingly original, complex, and real.

Tie Me Down to this World by Struck Upon a Star
-Original plot and beautiful writing style, though sadly on hiatus.

Reading Between the Lines by Brynna
Some Rise by Sin by Brynna
-Both on hiatus. Possibly forever. But both phenomenal and worth reading over & over again.

Midnight Run by Inthemadhouse

Anything by ForWhenImGone

Hunger Games Finnick/Annie:

Knotted by green and yellow