As I recall we started exchanging emails more or less regularly over
the background of a story she has written - Need
You Now. It is all her fault that I got started reading more and more
alternate universe stories and I’m glad she did. Not sure exactly which story I
read first. I have enjoyed all of them. There are some M rated ones for the
sexual content; that are tastefully done, though I do skip over those parts
really fast.
I discovered her What Drives
Her story because of a banner that showed up on a mutual friend’s Facebook wall.
I started reading What Drives Her and
fell in love with the older and more mature Bella. My poem, Dream Can't I? is based on the beginning
of What Drives Her. I think I have
reread the posted parts of WDH more times than the original TWS books. Not
quite as much material as in the original books helps make it easier to read
multiple times.
WDH has one of the best departure points from the canon story –
Edward leaves the day before Mike asks Bella to the girl’s choice dance. One of
my favorite things with this particular story, is how she weaves in lines from
the original books, but in different situations. Bella has one of the best
uplifting quotes in this story. [favorite quotes at bottom] The story is almost
completed. I really want to know how she gets them to the end, but it will be
kind of sad to see the story end, too. Great stories leave you conflicted like
that.
Another work in progress is Arms.
This is an all human story where Bella goes into Witness Protection and runs
into Edward literally. I had a complaint about this one from the first chapter.
I stuck with it and like the story. The way the story went, my complaint didn’t
matter that much. It made things a little more difficult but not a big deal. It
won’t be a favorite of mine, but it is well written and I care about the
characters. I am looking forward to see how the story ends. The opening scene has
a violence warning as it is the aftermath of a gun shooting, but Bella’s recollection
later in the story is more graphic in detail, in my opinion. There are some
sexual content scenes. One starts off kind of funny with nearly breaking a coffee
table. A nod to a Breaking Dawn honeymoon
scene perhaps?
Ginnie has two other stories that are in progress – A Broken Hallelujah and An Immortal Wish. Both of these are
awesome stories. ABH is further along and there are so many lines that smack me
upside the head saying – this is a truth, pay attention it applies to you – that
sort of smack. ABH has short chapters and she was updating for awhile nearly
every other day. Unfortunately real life is currently delaying updates.
An Immortal Wish has a spiritual aspect to it. The
Prologue and first chapter sent shivers all over and had me in tears from the
spiritual power I felt. This will be a story to savor slowly. She is having
some difficulty with a particular chapter and again unfortunately real life
interferes with this work in progress being updated.
She has another all human story and two twists to Twilight scenes
posted on FFn. I won’t go into details on those at this time. There is one
story started that is about a new character that comes across the Cullens and
is connected to one of them. It has a very intriguing start and I hope she gets
back to that story at some point in time.
There was indication in a Facebook posting that she is working on
polishing an original fiction that started as part of the National Novel
Writing Month contest, NaNoWriMo. More information about that contest can be
found at NaNoWritMo.org.
I look forward to that original work and any other fan fiction she
writes. Based on past stories any future ones will be well written and well
proofread and very enjoyable reads. May she be blessed with whatever she needs
in overcoming the real life situation.
Favorite Quotes
Bella to Edward "Life has
a way of blessing you when you least expect it. Sometimes, just when you think
all is lost, more good comes your way than you ever thought possible."
Edward to Bella “…I was sick. I was suffering from a disease that I had no desire to cure or recover from. I still struggle with it, but at the time, I didn't even want to try. I didn't want to get better…”
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