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AGE: 29
LOC: Bellingham, WA
GEN: Female
LAST LOGIN: April 24

I’m a musician, writer, graphic artist and photographer and all of the above inspire my stories. I write mystery and young adult fiction with a particular interest in strong female characters. My goal is to show the younger generation of women that not all female roles have to be a 2D pretty face.

Please feel free to add me on my space: http://www.myspace.com/missvolatile or check out my website at http://missvolatile.com

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Prologue March 8, 1997 Music: Smashing Pumpkins-Bullet with Butterfly Wings “The world is a vampire, sent to drain…” We’re all stuck with a name when we are born. An identity. A façade to live up to or rebel against. My name sounds like a vacuum cleaner. Nova. It drains my breath just to say it. Noovaaa. Such a big statement for a small girl. Some people think of something cosmic, others think of a muscle car, but my favorite interpretation is ‘chasing butterflies’. It’s near impossible to ca...

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The Nova Tracks: Chasing Butterflies (Book One) Prologue June 25, 1997 Music: Smashing Pumpkins-Bullet with Butterfly Wings “The world is a vampire, sent to drain…” We’re all stuck with a name when we are born. An identity. A façade to live up to or rebel against. My name sounds like a vacuum cleaner. Nova. It drains my breath just to say it. Noovaaa. Such a big statement for a small girl. Some people think of something cosmic, others think of a muscle car, but my favorite interpretation is ‘...

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Prologue June 25, 1998 Music: Smashing Pumpkins-Bullet with Butterfly Wings The world is a vampire, sent to drain I'm 18 today and I know the truth. Well happy fucking birthday to me! I should at least get a medal for lasting this long. They told me I was pathetic. They told me I was weak. They told me my life meant nothing unless I was one of them. So they gave me a choice today…. join them or die. They've taken away everything I loved about this world. They want me to think I have no other ...

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by intothewild

The descriptions in here are well written, the lines of the story flowed very well. Good conflict introduction in such a small space. If this was a novel, I'd want to read more to find out who this mysterious person talking to the priest. Great way of introducing suspense! One quirk I noticed was the ending, the writing style did not match the rest of it. The bulk of the text is very formal in tone, kind of old school or epic. When the last line read "incredibly stupid", it stopped me for a s...

by ghost

First off, I would say break up the paragraphs or do something to show that we are changing scenes. Everything blurred together to where I had to re-read it to figure out what was going on. Also, the beginning introduces way too many characters to keep track of who is who. Find a more creative or efficient way of introducing them. Knowing their last name isn't going to tell me who they are. It opens with Andrea and Brandon kissing, okay, so they are in some kind of relationship. Then someone ...

by rsaioxkreual

You are off to a good start, already building suspense and conflict in the first couple of thousand words. That is always a great way to being a book, you want the reader hooked almost right away. Descriptions are well done, although you could always use more. Characters are a bit underdeveloped, I know Lilith is a teenager, but that is it. I would prefer to know a little bit more about her before launching into the scene with the father. She was just out with friends, where did she go? It's ...

by gemglitter

First of all, this doesn't come off like a YA novel to me. I would consider it more Romance/Suspense. I would say the strongest point of this chapter is the realistic dialogue. I liked how you were interwining English and Spanish, it's very believable and it gives the characters some identity. Now, I'm coming in on the 4th chapter, and although I read the background of Claudia, I'm having trouble connecting with her. She seems over the top tough. I would like to see some inner thoughts she ha...

by fictionpen

You descriptions are riveting and match the overall tone of the piece. Obviously, there is a good deal of suspense and you lead up to that well by describing the foreboding forest, the rain and the mention of Webster smelling his own blood. It had a very gritty feel to it that I would think is similar to the reality these soldiers are living. I'm not sure why Chapter 1 was repeated twice, therefore it is difficult for me to give further feedback on the plot as I found it to be confusing. The ...

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