I've been writing stories about my favorite fiction characters since 1997, maybe longer, but for the longest time I didn't know there was an outlet for such "fan fiction" so I kept it to myself. I discovered ff.n sometime around 1998. It's been a great experience!

A little about me: I was born in 1981. I graduated from university in 2004 with a degree in Animal Science, Linguistics & Spanish. I live in the midwestern USA with my husband and cat. I work full-time as a receptionist at a big fat office. Writing is how I keep myself sane, so I don't end up living the "Office Space" nightmare.

When I write, I write the stories that I want to read. I'll start with a "what if" idea and try to follow it through. I really have no thoughts about audience when I write, I just write for me. But I figure that if it's a story that I want to read, there might be others out there who might want to read it too. That's why I publish here. In hopes that I might answer someone else's "what if" in the process of answering my own.

Thanks so much for reading. I hope you enjoy!

P.S. I have a wordpress blog with some of my in-progress work and unpolished plot bunnies. It's rineatanoniel.wordpress.com for those interested.

Pirates of the Caribbean

If you read my POTC fics, you'll notice I am exclusively in favor of the Will/Elizabeth relationship, and also very interested in the relationships between various generations of the Turner family, including Bootstrap Bill and young William Turner, Will & Elizabeth's son. In my POTC universe, the curse will eventually be broken, and both Will & Bootstrap will be freed from the Dutchman. Jack does visit my universe from time to time, but he's so exhausting to write that he doesn't show up as often as I would like.

If you're here because you started reading Ten Years At Sea, and you're disappointed that I never finished it, I am really sorry. I had ambitious dreams for that story, but just wasn't able to do with it what I had hoped. BUT, the good news is that many of the chapters that I wrote for it I am now posting as one-shots. So be sure to check out all of my POTC one-shots. I am also working on a multi-chaptered story about Will's retiurn at the end of his ten years on the Dutchman, it's called "Homecoming" and I've started posting chapters, so subscribe!.