Author's notes.
Hey all!
Since I recently completed Redemption Song (to much success, I may admit!), I thought I'd take some time out to answer some questions and fill you in about my plot arc. Hope this appeals to most of you.
Q. Who are you?
A. My real name is Gemma, although you all know me as my pen-name of Lina-Baggins. I'm 18 and was born in New Zealand. I'm now an Australian citizen and attend a local university studying microbiology.
I got into fanfic in year 10, when my friend Sheena set me up with this account. She chose the username and I liked it, so it stuck. I started with a Harry Potter fanfic, but that didn't rate so well, so I took it down.
It was many moons later that I started 'Pirates Of The Caribbean: Revenge of the Deadly Nightshade'. This got some good reviews, but I never finished it. From that time, I started watching Criminal Intent and fell in love with oddball cop Bobby Goren and the hunky actor who played him (Vincent D'Onofrio). That was the birth of my first CI fanfic, The Temptation Of Goren, originally cited to be a one-shot. It's popularity gained it a few more chapters. By that time, Redemption Song was coming together in my head and I had the plot mapped out fairly well.
Thus led to Redemption Song's birth and unprecedented success. People enjoyed it and hung onto every paragraph, wondering where I'd take it.
Right now, I'm in the middle of several fanfics. All I Need Is Guy can be found at www.lowie. Potter and the Heir of Hogwarts can be found here and the draft of the first chapter for 'Riddle Me This', the sequel to Redemption Song, is almost complete. Bobby and Maria Goren are returning, as are Alex Eames and Daniel Burfield.
Q. Where do your characters come from?
A. My characters are often based on real-life people. Maria was based on myself and Daniel Burfield was based on a friend of mine that I attended high school with.
Q. Are you going to write any more of 'His Childlike Protege' or 'Goren Withdrawals'?
A. Yes, I plan to add a new chapter to each of them once I have gone through the rest of my fanfics to update them. I have a bit more time now, so God willing I will continue updating them a bit more regularly.
Q. Why branch out into Harry Potter?
A. Harry Potter was where I started and I returned to it to gain an authorship with a Harry Potter fanfic site that only takes sufficiently talented writers.
Q. How much of Criminal Intent have you seen?
A. I have seen most of seasons 4 and 5, a little of 2 and 3, and am currently watching my breathlessly-purchased season 1 box set. Yippee! Goren 24/7!
Q. Do you write for people?
A. No. I'm not a professional writer, although I recently had a short story 'A Part Of The Family' published in the Neopian Times under my screen name guysebastiancrazy. I also don't write specific stories for people. Occasionally I do a fantasy fic for some one and their favourite celeb, but please don't ask me. Guy Sebastian is mine, Anthony Callea is my friend Felicity's and Vincent is shared.
Q. What songs inspire your work?
A. As you can probably guess, Angels Brought Me Here is the song for the last chapter. I'd highly recommend everyone get a copy of that album, Just As I Am by Guy Sebastian. Also, Beautiful Life. They're both amazing testaments to Guy's talent. But here's the soundtrack to Redemption Song:
Angels Brought Me Here – Guy Sebastian
Redemption Song – Stevie Wonder
Story Of A Single Man – Guy Sebastian
Every Step You Take – Sting
Something Don't Feel Right – Guy Sebastian
Something To Be – Rob Thomas
Hope that answers some questions! Oh, btw, TriStateCopFan? Bobby was a failed altar boy. I took it as literary licence that Bobby wasn't a practicing catholic and therefore didn't care that they were marrying in a cathedral.