The Basics
Hello my fellow authors and readers! Oh, you came here to know more about me, eh? Well, take off your coat and pull up a seaqt, but please note that flash photography is prohibited and no I will not sign an autograph. Unless you want to pay for it. Then . . . well. :D

My name is Whitney and I'm 14 years old. I live in southwestern Pennsylvania with my mom in the middle of a town no one's heard of, so even if I told you what the town is called Which I am not telling. :P , you wouldn't know where it is.

Random Little Factoids About Me That Might Help You Later On
This might ruin a story of mine for you, but I am going to tell you anyway. The couplings I am totally obsessed with and won't shut up about like are Ryo/Rika or Ryuki or whatever you want to call it, and Mriroku/Sango OR MIRANGO TM . Because I think Mirango is such a fun word! Okay, stop looking at me like that. I will never have any of those people paired up with someone other than the person I feel they belong with. Ever. There might be a story of mine where they don't get paired up with anyone, but they will never ever get paired up with anyone else but whom I said. So there.

Being an ex-DMFer, I took it upon myself to join the Unrelenting REviewers Incorporated while DMF was still around, and I shall continue to be an UR here as well. The grading scale I go by, which was made by Max Red Outburst and Dave, is:

Dave's Review Rubric of Great Justice

NOTE: +'s and -'s are assigned when the fic met a certain level, but failed or exceeded in one or two of the criteria.

A+ - Excellence in every form of the word. Character building is integrated perfectly, and doesn't stand out like a sore thumb. The story flows from one part to the next seamlessly. Villans are wonderfully sophisticated and not always completely evil. Make them like a real person, with ideals, morals and idosynchrasies of his/her own. You're a changed person after reading this, you can't imagine what life would be like had you not read this awesome fic Take note, these are horrendously rare, in 7 years of net browsing, I've (Dave) only handed out TWO A+'s.

A - Splendid works of text art. They did pretty much everything right. No cliches to speak of, superdefined characters with plenty of backstory, characters you can relate too and feel with. Excellent writing mechanics such as grammar, paragraphing, and spelling. Plot is long and well done, with few rushed or contrived areas. Little or no logistical errors and plot holes. Avoids plot devices. Liberal use of character backstory and development, not so much that it becomes the prime focus of the fic, however. Villans nicely done, either really easy to hate, or a controversy on the villan's true nature. Not a defined and definite evil, but somewhere in the grey area. Can even appear as an ally in unusual story circumstances (like the lead hero and the villan being stranded and forced to depend on eachother for survival)

B - B's sport few, if any cliches, Also, B's have good length with some clever and insightful descriptors. The characters have nice backstory, and you can begin to relate with the characters a little, It also must be nicely structured. A few character building episodes scattered about. Villans closer toward a definitive evil side, with a nice helping of evil and complex villan plan.

C - Meh. The par of the course. Decent, but not spectacular. Cliches cropping up, a thorn in the side of the story, and the characters have shallow backstory and one cannot relate with the characters and share their feelings. Periodically occuring plot errors/holes/devices, and inadequate descriptors in the narration. Lack of character changes from one installment to the next, no single-character oriented chapters (ie: a chapter devoted mainly to a single character, often provides lots of backstory, essential in fics B and up). Neglected characters, and overused character ideas. Villans are one dimensional, boring, and completely without character. (Akino Ame's note: Also includes the pathetic OOCness that occurs without reason. Does not count, however, when there's a reason such as a gradual change in personality over a period of several years)

D - And downeth we decent into thy realm of crappy fics, why has thou forsaken me? These are like C's, only the bad points are worse. With cliches liberally scattered about, a plot that is either boring as drying paint or horribly bugged up. The characters are 1 dimensional, as are the villans.

F - These are the pits. Comes free with a plenty of cliches, horribly rushed, 1 dimensional characters, and are horrible on the grammar. Pretty much everything done wrong.

Z- - A special grade to the worst of the worst. You'd rather bag elephant poop than read this.

As you may have guessed, the Rubric doesn't apply to Poetry, as I (Dave) never designed a version for that because I'm not that good at rating poetry.

Also, script format stories earn an immediate C or lower. Prose format is the complete version of a story, and is the version one should be using. Humour fics are pretty much the only ones that can use a Script format, as they don't fit in with the usual rubric anyway.

ANOTHER NOTE! It has been brought to my attention that there are people who do not approve of this rubric, and feel the need to flame those who use it. If you think the rubcric is too harsh, and feel like you're story is too good for criticism, you must not be mature enough to be a writer. Every author needs contrcutive criticism. Don't like it, don't post a story. It's as simple as that. If you flame Red Outburst, Akino Ame, or I, and expect us to respond, we most likely won't, therefore wasting your time. We won't stop dishing out the grades and criticism because you're too immature to accept it. Get over it.

Please, please, please, do not just say something like, "LIEK OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG I LIEK LUV UR STORII!!11oneone!!!11~ PLEEZPLEEZPLEEZ CONTINU!!11one!!11111~" For one thing, I do not speak annoying teenybopper fluently enough to translate that, and secondly, even something like, "Good story." won't satisfy me. I want to know what it is you like, yanno?

Also, if you don't like something, tell me. How is a writer ever going to get better if you don't give some well rounded constructive criticism? I mean, all of my stories must have something that can be improved. I know that. So tell me. Tell me what you would like to see, what you think I should improve on, etc. I'm not saying I'll listen to you, but at least I know, eh?

Please note that most of these fanfictions have not been uploaded yet. I assure you that they have been, or are in the process of being, written. Look for them later if they are not yet uploaded.

Past
001; Love Conquers All
Digimon. PG-13 for slight language and semi-mature themes. Humor/Romance.
Discontinued
This fanfiction was discontinued quite a while ago for lack of plot. However, it was still my first fanfic, so it has a special place in my heart. It was redone, and I improved quite a bit between the two versions ifIdosaysomyself.
Summary: N/A.

002; My Only Wish This Year
Digimon. PG. Humor/Romance.
One-Shot
Aw, my 2002 Christmas present for readers of LCA, or just about anyone who came across it. It's a song fic to "My Only Wish This Year", which is a Christmas song. My only song fic so far, and pretty good all things considering.
Summary: N/A.

Present
Oh, my. I'm not working on anything right now!

Furture
003; Uchigawa ( Inside )
Inuyasha. PG-13 for language and mature themes. Romance/Action/Adventure.
On-Going
Well, this is my first Action/Adventure fanfiction, so I hope I'm carrying out the genre well. Not only is it my first action/adventure, but my first Inuyasha! Wow, we're just full of firsts here, aren't we? It has a bit of humor mixed in with it, as well as a little angst. Yes, "uchigawa" really is Japanese for "inside". I wouldn't have used it as the title if it didn't. :P
Summary: Something terrible happens to poor Sango, leaving her with a mysterious illness that no one can diagnose. What's wrong with her? Is she going to . . . live?

004; I Won't Make You
Inuyasha. PG-13 for slight language and crude humor. Romance/General.
One-Shot
Uh oh, people! Whitney wrote one song fic and now she's back for seconds, but with an Inuyasha one this time! What chaos will happen this time? Let's just hope it's not too terrible!
Summary: Kagome and Inuyasha set off on a little walk, leaving Miroku and Sango behind with Shippou. Why has Miroku been acting weird lately? And why does Sango care anyway?

005; This is Real Emotion
Final Fantasy X-2. PG for a slightly more mature theme. General/Angst.
One-Shot
Ah, Whitney's first FFX-2 fic. Also Whitney's first second person point of view, at least that's what she thinks it's called. Oh, my! Whitney is talking in third person again! =O
Summary: Yuna reflects upon past events and the cause they have on her wrecked emotions.

001; "North"
Heh, I hope to make a a semi-series-ish type of thing, but not exactly a series, in which I use each song of Something Corporate's CD "North" as a title for a story. The stories don't even have to be the same anime and such, just as long as I write stories Whether they're song fics or not, it doesn't matter, as long as it's clear what the title means. with the following titles:
01; As You Sleep
02; Space
03; Down
04; Only Ashes
05; Me and the Moon
06; The Runaway
07; Ruthless
08; She Paints Me Blue
09; Break Myself
10; I Won't Make You DONE
11; 21 and Invicible
12; Miss America

002; Japanese is Cool
I would actually like to try to write a story in Romanized Japanese Roomaji before I . . . die. Or whenever. I'm not fluent enough in the subject yet, though. Heh. Maybe I will translate some of my stuff in Spanish or other languagesthat you can get at , so the language barrior is lifted a bit.

003; Liek woah.
. . . All of the other goals above sound so easy compared to this one . . . I would like to actually finish a story for once. I don't mean a one-shot, obviously, but something that's on-going. This isn't a problem for some people, but for others, like me, who have trouble starting something and finishing it . . . well, the results aren't pretty, I'll tell you that much.

001; E-mail: pippi_2008@
002; AIM Screenname: damned as i seem
003; MSN Messenger E-mail: Pooey, I don't have MSN right now. But, if I ever happen to get it, the e-mail would be the same as above, pippi_2008@
004; LiveJournal ( .com ) Username: mysterious0812
005; GreatestJournal ( .com ) Username: arsenic

001; When are you going to update *Insert story name here*?
I don't care what the name of the story is, I don't know. It's not like I give myself deadlines or anything. It happens when it happens.
002; Can I use one of your characters?
Yes. Just as simple as that. Yes. There are some conditions, though. You must e-mail me saying who you are using and what story you're using them in, and they must be in character, alright? Alright.
003; Is your last name Houston?!
. . . No. It's not.

Alli
Firefly Stare
Alli is the shizzle. Why? Because she is. She is my penpal, yes, and a very good writer. That sentence isn't exactly grammatically correct because penpals and good writing are irrelevant, but who cares? I don't. She calls me Yen Yen, and I shall call her Il Il, because it makes her sound sick. Er, yeah.

Ashley
DigiQueenTMIM
Ashley is crazy. Really, she is. Do not ever talk about Jurato in front of her, unless you are fmlaming it, because she will bite your head off. She prefers Ashato, because she is a total Takato fangirl. And a Clay fangirl, so don't dislike him around her either.

Brittany
Akino Ame
This girl is great. GREAT I TELL YOU. If you disagree with me, you're wrong. Really. Go read her fics, because they are also great, just like her. And we hope to write a fic together one day. Which will probably be never, knowing me, but one can hope, right?

Kira
AngelK
Kira is so nice and fun. :) She and I tried to write a story together, but, being me, I had to ruin it and be lazy. So, blame the discontinuation on me, not her, okay? Okay. But she's also a very good writer, just like everyone else listed here.

Max
Red Outburst
MAX IS A TIDUS FANGIRL. DON'T LISTEN TO HIM IF HE SAYS HE'S NOT. Like Ashley, he is a crazy fangirl, but of Neon Genesis Evangelion and Tidus. He also wishes he could get pregnant. But he is cool. I love my Max, even when he talks about anime sex and quotes Evangelion all the time.