Formerly CalicoKitty17

I'm trying to get better with my writing, since I have a tendency of planning something out and then abandoning it for a new idea. It's one of my goals to become published, and that bad habit isn't exactly conducive to that, so I'm aiming to improve.

I enjoy anything well-written! My tastes are kind of eclectic; I don't enjoy romance, until someone writes something spectacular, and I do. I don't enjoy a focus on comedy, until someone writes something spectacular, and I do. You get my drift?

Religion:

Agnostic

Major:

English: Creative Writing (Associate's as of 2020, Bachelor's in progress)

Foreign Language (Undergraduate Certificate in progress)

Cybersecurity (Undergraduate Certificate in progress)

Criminal Justice (Associate's as of 2020)

Hobbies:

Coding/Cybersecurity/PC Building

Robotics

Learning Languages (Spanish, Japanese, French, Russian, & ASL)

Designing Eco-Pools

Motorcycle Repair/Refurbish

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu/Taekwondo

Writing/Reading

Yu-Gi-Oh/Magic: The Gathering

Protesting/Making myself a nuisance to politicians

Things I Collect:

Books & Notebooks

Vulgar Teacups

Yu-Gi-Oh/MTG cards

The Amazing Spider-Man comics

Swords

Favorite Video Games:

Horizon: Zero Dawn

Overwatch

Titanfall 2

The Forest

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Marvel's Spider-Man

Slender: The Arrival

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Fanfiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from scratch after a nuclear apocalypse by a band of brilliant pop-culture junkies trapped in a sealed bunker. They don't do it for money. That's not what it's about. The writers write it and put it up online just for the satisfaction. They're fans, but they're not silent, couchbound consumers of media. The culture talks to them, and they talk back to the culture in its own language.

—Lev Grossman, TIME, July 18, 2011

And if nobody reads me, shall I have wasted my time, when I have beguiled so many idle hours with such pleasant and profitable reflections? - Michel de Montaigne

Pay no attention to what the critics say; there has never been set up a statue in honor of a critic. - Jean Sibelius

Confronted by an absolutely infuriating review it is sometimes helpful for the victim to do a little personal research on the critic. Is there any truth to the rumor that he had no formal education beyond the age of eleven? In any event, is he able to construct a simple English sentence? Do his participles dangle? When moved to lyricism does he write 'I had a fun time'? Was he ever arrested for burglary? I don't know that you will prove anything this way, but it is perfectly harmless and quite soothing. - Jean Kerr

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms; the great devotions; and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. - Franklin Roosevelt

Do not put statements in the negative form. And don't start sentences with a conjunction. If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. Unqualified superlatives are the worst of all. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is. Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague. - William Safire

"Do not meddle in the affairs of writers, for they torture characters for a living." -Unknown

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan, "Press on," has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. —Calvin Coolidge

"I think that's how Chicago got started. Bunch of people in New York said, 'Gee, I'm enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn't cold enough. Let's go west.'"
--Richard Jeni

“Whatever my grievances, Headmaster,” She said in a dead-on impression of Dumbledore. “I am sure I can address them best by pinning you to the outer wall of your castle and skinning you alive. Knife?” She asked in the exact same tone Dumbledore had used and opened her cloak to reveal lines and lines of glittering weapons.
--Had I Known by kalyl silverstorm

"We could summon Death, point to Voldemort and say 'that one'."
Severus kept a straight face. "I hadn't considered that."
--Pursuing by Kayelle

Well, not all of us can come and go by bubble.
--Elphaba to Glinda (Wicked, the Musical)

"Me? I'm dishonest, and with a dishonest man, you can always trust him to be dishonest. Honestly, its the honest ones you have to watch out for because you never know when he's going to turn around and do something incredibly stupid."
--Jack Sparrow

The scarred man smirked before looking at the occupants in the bed, “Hello, law abiding citizens,” his gaze shifted to the three Uchihas, “Marginally law abiding citizens,” and then his eyes fell on Kisame, “… citizen.”
--The Demilitarized Zone by michelerene

"I don't mind being alone, I just do not want to be insignificant." -Susie Myerson from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

"Ask yourself if what you're doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow." -Unknown

“Neglect of intense learning leads plasticity systems to waste away,” says Norman Doidge in his book, The Brain That Changes Itself.

Disclaimer for all my stories: I own absolutely nothing.