WHOA.
To those of you who don't remember me, or have no clue who the hell I am, my name is Flock. Used to be Spiritpelt, the name of my most beloved Warriors character, but that name got...tiring. So now here I am, with a new name and a fresh start.

Well...it's certainly been a while, hasn't it?
Long story short, lots of personal things caused me to slowly drift away from FFN until I had stopped updating all of my stories completely; forgotten about most of them, lost inspiration for new ones...and so on and so forth. I feel terrible, I really do. I left people hanging, I got rusty. I lost interest. BUT. All of that is about to change. I'm going to go through and do all of you a favor by deleting the stories that are either suckish or a lost cause. If your favorite story disappears, I'm really sorry, but as the saying goes; you can never really please everybody.
Those stories that have a nice sized fanbase, or stories that I'm genuinely interested in continuing, will, of course, stay. Some might end up getting total re-vamps, as my writing style has changed a bit and I want them to be consistent (it's for your sake, really). I might not continue them all right away, and it will probably be verrry slow going at first when it comes to updates. I need to settle back into my old routines, and that will take me some time. But I PROMISE YOU, I won't let you down this time. For real.

A Little About Flock!
My name is Flock. ACTUALLY, my name is Jessica, but I'd really rather you not call me that considering I probably don't know you very well. I live in southern California and I'm just your average eighth grade girl. My hair is naturally blonde. I have glasses but I wear contact lenses. I wish I didn't need to. My favorite movies are the new Sherlock Holmes, the new Get Smart, all the classic Disney movies, most Pixar movies (especially Finding Nemo, Up, and the Toy Story movies, the ones that annoy me are Monsters Inc. and the Incredibles), Forrest Gump, and probably something else I'm forgetting. My favorite books are Harry Potter, Watership Down, Warriors, Uglies, Maximum Ride, Percy Jackson, Septimus Heap, It's a Mall World (you probably haven't heard of it, just something I picked out randomly and turned out to be an incredibly cute read) and loads more. As for my taste in music, I'll listen to virtually anything if it's good (same applies to movies and books) excluding screamo, which, frankly, makes my ears bleed. Some of my favorite artists include The Beatles, A Fine Frenzy, Queen, Eminem, and the Black Eyed Peas. When I grow up I would really love to be an author and screenwriter, and the thought of being a director or lawyer has also crossed my mind. I like to think I'm a pretty friendly and approachable person - if we have something in common, if I reviewed your story, or if you liked a story I wrote, go ahead and shoot me a message. I won't bite (: Unless you do something to piss me off. I'm pretty tolerable though so I wouldn't worry about that. My name on warrior's wish is Snuffles (my display name might be slightly different, but Snuffles will always be in there somewhere) so if you know me on there, shoot me a message. Here or there. :D

Flock's Favorite Song Lyrics
Shush girl, shut your lips, do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips
~3OH!3

I'm awesome, no you're not dude don't lie.
~Spose

Almost lovers always do.
~A Fine Frenzy

Baby there's a shark in the water, I caught them barking at the moon, better be soon...
~V V Brown

We'll cut the legs off our pants, throw our shoes into the ocean
~Matt & Kim

Suckin' too hard on your lollipop, oh love's gonna get you down
~Mika

Fishheads, fishheads, roly-poly fishheads
~Dr Demento

Don't stop me now!
~Queen

Teenage dreams in a teenage circus, running around like a clown on purpose...
~Mika

Flock's Little Wonderings
Random things that are on my mind. You shouldn't be bothered to actually go out of your way and answer them for me, I'm just getting them off my chest, you know.

Why did the quotation marks and apostrophes in FFN stories go from looking all pretty (“ ‘’ ”) to all plain (" '' ")?

Will my bestie REALLY move back from Georgia, or will they end up staying?

Why do people hate on Justin Bieber? It's not his fault his voice is high.

Why have I never seen a proper horror movie, despite the fact that I'd like to?

Why did I even add this section to my profile?

Flock's Guide To The Dos and Don'ts of Writing a Good Fanfiction
Trying to find quality stories gets really tiring after a while, so I thought I'd share some of my tips and tricks on how to write a good fanfiction. If you start reading this and have seen all these things before, chances are you're already a good writer. Hoorah for you! If you don't recognize these little tidbits, READ READ READ.
DO NOT STEAL THIS IDEA. DO NOT TAKE THIS AND USE IT ON YOUR PROFILE OR ANYWHERE ELSE. IT IS MINE AND I SPENT A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME ON IT. It's here for your benefit, and if I see anyone taking advantage of it and claiming it as their own, or even posting it anywhere else, IT WILL BE TAKEN DOWN. If you see someone doing this please tell me ASAP.
If you have a suggestion for the list that I've forgotten (as I'm sure I have forgotten many things), send it to me in a message and if I like it, it'll be put up here. Don't worry, I'll give you credit. (:

- DO practice, practice, practice! Practice won't make perfect, but it will make improvement.

- DO use and (Or if you have an actual dictionary and thesaurus, that's great as well!)

- DO use the resources at hand (books, the internet, TV, people you know) to learn about your topic. If it's fantasy, factual errors don't matter so much, but you want to sound like you know what you're talking about.

- DO use correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. (Spell check is your best friend.) We want to be able to understand what you're trying to say. If you don't know what all that is, what are you even DOING here?

- DO proofread. Everybody makes mistakes. That's okay - you're only human after all. (Unless there's something you're not telling us?!) But if you can catch those mistakes before you send them out into the world, that's all the better!

- DO use quotation marks to acknowledge dialogue. I don't know why you wouldn't do this, unless you haven't gone to school. Sadly, I see this a lot.

- DO use paragraphs. Walls of text immediately drive me away from a story.

- DO use description - but not too much. This is a tricky one. You want to create a picture in your reader's mind, but you don't want enough purple prose to drown an elephant. To do this successfully, use that handy thing inside your head - what's it called again? A brain? Or maybe it was a Brian? Hmm.

- DO be realistic. Your fanfiction is not a soap opera. Unless that's what you're aiming for.

- DO use an outline. Seriously. I used to never use an outline for my stories and it got pretty crazy. Summaries and outlines, even extremely loose ones, help you keep the story on the right track and pace and also help to organize your ideas.

- DO learn the difference between plural and possessive. "Cat's" does not equal "cats," or vice versa.

- DO develop realistic characters. I dislike the term Mary-Sue, but that is exactly what you do NOT want in your story. Most people think that Mary-Sues are always perfect little good two-shoes who wouldn't harm a fly and have never left a bad impression ever in their lifetime - a less-known fact is that a Mary-Sue can also be the opposite. So yes, your little emo "woe is me, I hate the world, everybody is out to get me, my life is a Hallmark drama" character IS a Mary-Sue.

- DO have the events in your story effect the way a character develops and changes. If Bill's wife dies, he is probably not going to go skipping merrily to get the paper in the mornings like he used to.

- DO torture your characters every once in a while. Really, it's fun - for you to write and for the readers to read. Happily ever after = no-no

- DO have a strong beginning and a strong ending. Your beginning is your hook, the thing that gets your reader's attention, and your ending is your finale which should leave the reader on the edge of their chairs begging for more. BUT...

- ...DON'T slack off in the middle! If you get too lazy you'll lose your reader's interest.

- DON'T beg for reviews.

- DON'T beg for flames.

- DON'T say "I suck at summaries" in your summary. That is effectively saying "I suck at writing." Even if your summary really does suck, don't announce it to the world.

- DON'T say "This is my first fanfiction" in your summary, either. Because do you know what that looks like to me? "This is my first story so it sucks, but please come read it anyway out of pity"

- If writing a story with animals, DON'T EVER say things like "audits," "orbs," or "maw." Those aren't even anatomically correct terms.

- DON'T be redundant. Yes, you need to use description, but when you start saying things like "Nancy sprinted quickly" you know you're going overboard.

- DON'T put author's notes in the middle of your chapters. It completely disrupts the flow.

- DON'T forget the "said" rule. What's the said rule, you ask? Let me explain. Did you know that saying "said" and other equally nondescript verbs is BETTER than saying things like "'That's ridiculous!' Jimmy snarled angrily." Fancy verbs and adverbs take all the attention off the dialogue, making it forgettable. You need to explain how ANGRY Jimmy is about the recent pay cuts at work? Add some action in there, for example, "'That's ridiculous!' Jimmy cried, pounding his fist on the table." Better, isn't it?

- DON'T end a chapter in the middle of a sentence. Think of how confused you'd be if the newest episode of your favorite TV show, or the recent installment of a movie series would be if it ended in the middle of a character's sentence. No-no alert!

Categories I Have Written For or Would Like To Write For All of these are categories I have either written stories for in the past, or categories which I would like to write a story/stories for in the future
* Warriors
* Pokemon (mostly the games)
* Harry Potter
* Watership Down
* Animal Crossing
* Uglies
* Septimus Heap
* The Vampire Diaries (the TV show)
* Percy Jackson and the Olympians (the books)
* Maximum Ride

Stories Which I Will Be Keeping/Continuing At This Point Don't really bother reading any other stories, as they won't be updated again and will probably soon be deleted* Going Home
* Blessed
* Night Whispers
* Chant
* The Clearing
* Whispers of a Memory

My Current Stories and Their Statuses Listed in alphabetical order

Title: Blessed
Category: Percy Jackson
Status: 1 Chapter - In Progress
Summary: Five months after Percy saved Olympus, something is going terribly wrong. The curse of Achilles is wearing off and the only way to stop it is to receive the blessing of a god who faded long ago. But even when all seems lost, there will be hope...
Rated: T

Title: Chant
Category: Warriors
Status: One-Shot - Complete
Summary: Swiftpaw let out a choked noise and his eyes flew open, bulging as if the dog was squeezing the life out of him; slowly but surely. One-shot. Please R&R
Rated: T

Title: Going Home
Category: Warriors
Status: One-Shot - Complete
Summary: I could see my paws twitching, but I felt nothing but sheer agony. It felt as if I’d been lit on fire, and my whole body was burning up from the inside out...
Rated: T

Title: Night Whispers
Category: Warriors
Status: 1 Chapter - In Progress
Summary: As her relationship with Ivypaw continues to decrease, Dovepaw begins to question her whole world, causing new secrets to emerge and loyalties to be tested like never before. Post-Fading Echoes, my version of Night Whispers. Rated T for safety.
Rated: T

Title: The Clearing
Category: Warriors
Status: One-Shot - Complete
Summary: It was the ideal playground for young cats such as themselves. Tall trees with low-hanging branches; perfect for harmless climbing; plenty of shade, but just as much sun... A one-shot about Berrynose and Honeyfern.
Rated: K+

Title: Whispers of a Memory
Category: Warriors
Status: Incomplete - On Hiatus
Summary: In life, things are not always as they seem. One ginger she-cat will find this out the hard way as she leads a life of danger, love and devastating surprises. The past is but whispers of a memory… Chapter five up 7/31/09. Please R&R
Rated: T

My Upcoming Stories and Possibly Story Ideas Listed in alphabetical order. If you have any feedback for me ("I'd love to see you write that!" or "That's been done too many times" and so on) please, please message me!
Working Title: 100 Warriors Drabbles
Category: Warriors
Tentative Summary: Here you'll find one hundred assorted Warriors drabbles, inspired by one hundred different one or two word prompts.
Most Likely Rated: T (for safety)