WhenILookAtTheStars
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Joined 08-10-03, id: 436632
Author has written 8 stories for Lord of the Rings, Dead Poets Society, Swing Kids, King Arthur, and Newsies.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
~ Henry David Thoreau ~

Pseudonym: Layla

Loves: black and white movies
rainy summer days
antique books
dried flowers
romanticism
playdough
crayons
candles
moths
tea

Listens to: Regina Spektor, Joni Mitchell, Nick Drake,Cat Stevens, Stephanie Dosen, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, U2, Queen, The Beach Boys, Aerosmith, Loreena McKennitt, Ani DiFranco

Reads: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
The Great Gatsby by F. Scot Fitzgerald
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

Best Movies of All Time: Shakespeare in Love
Sense and Sensibility
Roman Holiday
Since You Went Away
A Midsummer'sNight's Dream
Dead Poet's Society
Doctor Zhivago
Fried Green Tomatoes
13 Going on 30
Beauty and the Beast

Enjoy and be kind in your reviews! Though I appreciate constructive criticism, I detest mean comments that make no sense and have no back up other than “this sucks”. So if you have correcting comments, do them civilly.

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Arise From the Fire by Orli's EEPs Chica reviews
A girl from Mordor finds herself in the company of the Gondorian army. When she meets the young captain, sparks will fly... Finally updated 3/19/08!
Lord of the Rings - Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 22 - Words: 58,312 - Reviews: 124 - Favs: 32 - Follows: 32 - Updated: 3/19/2008 - Published: 9/19/2004 - Boromir
Beginnings by rynogeny reviews
When you've married for practical reasons rather than love, a wedding night can be an unnerving experience...and sometimes the start of something more. Eomer, Lothiriel. Rated R for a reason...
Lord of the Rings - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 8,676 - Reviews: 46 - Favs: 207 - Follows: 45 - Published: 8/28/2004 - Eomer, Lothíriel
Senses by trinchardin reviews
A tracker has his skills. [TristanIsolde]
King Arthur - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 676 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 8 - Published: 7/18/2004
Rhovanion's Child by Shelly3 reviews
What if there was another heir to Gondor? A mysterious ranger meets Aragorn and begins to think she may be in love with him. But all that changes when she meets Boromir. R&R!
Lord of the Rings - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 30 - Words: 56,509 - Reviews: 201 - Favs: 37 - Follows: 13 - Updated: 7/17/2004 - Published: 10/14/2002 - Boromir
Unlikely Allies by the holy see reviews
All of her life, Raine, daughter of the leader of the Haradrim, has been lied to by her father. When the Rohirrim capture her during her journey to Barad-dur the fellwoship and Gandalf meet her and learn of the lies that she and many others have been fed
Lord of the Rings - Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 2 - Words: 3,809 - Reviews: 18 - Favs: 13 - Follows: 15 - Updated: 2/11/2004 - Published: 1/19/2004 - Legolas
Amarie & Haldir: Paths of Destiny by Juliediane reviews
Amarië, a halfelf, seeks to enter Lothlórien on a twofold quest and meets Haldir, March Warden. Sparks fly, and the two soon find that their destinies are intertwined. Updated with corrections, 121906v AU!
Lord of the Rings - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 19 - Words: 99,344 - Reviews: 239 - Favs: 465 - Follows: 88 - Updated: 9/14/2003 - Published: 8/12/2003 - Haldir - Complete
Khila Amin by Juliediane reviews
Haldir travels to the White City for Aragorn's wedding, still suffering from his injuries from Helm's Deep. Keara is a healer, uncertain of her skills since the loss of her daughter. Can she do what the elves could not?
Lord of the Rings - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 8 - Words: 34,233 - Reviews: 179 - Favs: 560 - Follows: 98 - Updated: 8/19/2003 - Published: 8/13/2003 - Haldir - Complete
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The Samartian's Daughter reviews
I first knew that Marcus Honorius was not my father when I was twelve. “You may take the mare out into the green if you wish, Viola...you handle a horse excellently.” My mother said softly, “Just like your father.” Marcus Honorius did not ride.
King Arthur - Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 5 - Words: 8,877 - Reviews: 87 - Favs: 34 - Follows: 41 - Updated: 2/2/2005 - Published: 2/1/2005
Earthward reviews
[FINISHED]...when stiff and sore and scarred, I take away my hand from leaning on it hard in grass and sand, the hurt is not enough: I long for weight and strength, to feel the earth as rough to all my length.
Dead Poets Society - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 22 - Words: 24,288 - Reviews: 37 - Favs: 21 - Updated: 11/13/2004 - Published: 9/22/2003 - Complete
Daughter Of Rohan reviews
Laurelin met her mother by the door of the grand hall. She and Eowyn were as different as the sun and moon both in manner and appearance, yet they both held a fair, grave look in their eyes according to Faramir.
Lord of the Rings - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 16 - Words: 28,871 - Reviews: 69 - Favs: 21 - Follows: 7 - Updated: 10/24/2004 - Published: 8/11/2003
The Lucky One reviews
JackOC one shot fluff: He lifted my chin with his forefinger. This was idiotic, a stupid move on my part. There was nothing established in Jack Kelly. He was as good as quick sand; suck you in and spit you out.
Newsies - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,224 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 4 - Published: 8/11/2004 - Complete
Gaining Courage reviews
GawainOC fluff one shot: The horse shifts and instinctively she moves back. Gawain gently puts his free hand on her waist, “Don’t be afraid, my lady,” He now whispers, his head right by her ear. His warm breath lingers her on skin.
King Arthur - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,178 - Reviews: 12 - Favs: 18 - Follows: 2 - Published: 7/18/2004 - Complete
Unbidden reviews
Eowyn lay down, the meadow flora cushioning her head. Memories of life before her child, before Faramir, before the war, came unbidden.
Lord of the Rings - Rated: K - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,734 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1/28/2004 - Eowyn, Gandalf - Complete
Before the Wave Breaks reviews
Never in my life have I felt the true blade of the enemy’s greatest weapon, fear. And now, in the blackened shadow of this tower of my Forefather’s, I prepare myself for what must be a gruesome yet glorious death
Lord of the Rings - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 6 - Words: 2,963 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 12/28/2003 - Published: 12/26/2003 - Eowyn, Aragorn - Complete
Looking Through Angels reviews
The boy came to our door, tall, with black narrowed eyes, in his uniform of tan with the red arm band. A black spider stretched across his forearm. And I accepted his gift of ashes, and my father’s wedding ring.
Swing Kids - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,147 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 1 - Published: 11/8/2003 - Complete