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Name: Ruth and her fish tales
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Ruth is a sometime-scribe living the Midwest with her loving fiancée and their six cats and one rat, all of whom mournfully wish they were back in New England where they belong.
When Ruth is not bemoaning her tragic cross-country move (of three years ago last fall), or affected by and/or dealing poorly with her autoimmune disease, she enjoys drawing portraits (of original characters or favorites not her own), taking photographs (mostly of creepy trees, old buildings, or scenes of nature), dousing herself in Anaïs Anaïs or patchouli oil, singing Kate Bush songs (in the car/in the bath/in her head), and, finally, writing fanfiction about all kinds of horror movies.
Occasionally her stories are pleasant, most of the time they are unpleasant, and they can be romantic and hopeful or they can seem of the bleakest shade of teal-blue. (Which is, by the way, Ruth's favorite color, and when she's in a mood it oftentimes means a positive more than it does a negative. It's a conundrum.)
However, a continuing through-line runs within all of them: her stories must always include the presence of the fascinating and usually tragic older male character who drew her to the subject matter in the first place.
That's really what all of this is about. Don't let yourself be fooled by pretty prose, commas, semicolons, and dramatic paragraph breaks.
A Murder of Prose is fanfiction with no grave but the sea. |
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Series: Seasons. Subject: The Ring (2002). Characters: Richard Morgan and various original characters, the most featured being Moira MacDonald: an ethereal, sometimes grave reminder of Richard’s past. Prompts: 061 – Winter, 062 – Spring, 063 – Summer. Author’s Notes: Series notes available here on the page of the first story, Winter. Series Summary: Three scenes, three seasons, three different people in Richard Morgan’s eyes. Title: When the Memory Stays (On the Rocks). Prompt: 062 – Spring. Author’s Note: Second in a series of three, preceded by prompt 061 – Winter. (It is recommended you read the first story before going on to this one.) Takes place during the year in which the events of The Ring occur and there is no real objectionable content; my apologies to the readers of the first story who enjoyed the horror, but this story, unlike the first, contains none. (Unless you count a real douchebag, if that makes it any better.) The characters of Victor Albarn, Alan Graves, Christopher Grant, and Ed Grasnik are part of my vast, supplemental, and purely made-up Ring universe, as well as all unrecognizable places and structures such as the Toadfish Tavern—as is, of course, Moira MacDonald. Summary: A chance meeting at a favorite old haunt propels Richard down memory lane, which twists and turns at whim and comes up with a new stop along the way. ( Richard Morgan is not exactly sure what prompts him to enter the Toadfish Tavern after an absence of nearly a decade and a half. )Tags: fanfic100, jane eyre except, seasons series, the ring
Writing from this port: the library room in my imaginary lighthouse
Grave disposition: surprised
Scratching on the gramophone: Billy Joel - Keeping the Faith | Powered by Last.fm
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Just a notice to e'body reading this: my SADI caseworker Dana is like, the coolest ever. We just had the best phone checkup/conversation! First off, she said she'd rather listen to what's going on with me and have a conversation than ask a bunch of "monotone" questions she already knows the answer to. (She said "monotone," which is one of my favorite words, and I told her she got like 500 cool points for that.) But before we had that bit of conversation, she got like 2000+ cool points because... she likes The Ring! She's seen it more than once! And she never saw that abominable sequel! And she's seen Brian Cox in all sorts of other things, and I told her that the main reason I love the movie is because of him, and when I told her that Michie and I were in love and lust with him, she didn't freak out! And I said that most people go, "Ew, how can you be attracted to someone so gross?!" and after that, when I answered this imaginary person with, "OMG, that's the whole point!" she actually laughed! She thought it was funny! And when I told her one of my goals was writing more the first time we met in person some weeks ago on a home visit (actually, it was at the infusion center), she asked about my writing again while we were chatting on the phone! And I told her that I had actually just posted a story I'd been working on for near-four years now! That's what led to the whole Ring/Brian Cox thing! And then, OMG&G OMG&G OM&G, she actually asked where she could read my stories and then she was kinda asking whether or not it was like a community posting place or just my own! I was so surprised, I had to ask what she was asking me again! So when I realized she'd said that and it wasn't just wishful thinking, I told her the fanfic journal was just mine and gave her the address! And then I talked about drawing, too, and said she could see my artwork the next time she came for a home visit, or if she'd ever just like to stop by and hang out (something I'd never before said to a caseworker) But then I remembered most of my artwork is online, and I'd given her one link already so why not give her that one too? But I said only users could comment on deviantART postings, so I just went ahead and gave her my email address, too! And... she said she'd check the links out!!! Maybe even tonight after work and running errands!!! I haven't been this excited since I posted my "Winter" story and got good comments (and THIA SHOWED UP, lol!). (And don't worry, Faithful Reader: "Spring" is thisclose to being ready to post. But "Summer" needs a lotta work, so you'll have to be patient with me on that one. Je suis desolé :( ) So, OMG&G (that's how I'ma start, like, "acronimizing" it from now on; Michie made up that quoted "word" btw, lol), PERSONAL MESSAGE TIME: if you happen to come by in the next couple of days, Dana (am I spelling that right? Or is it with a 'y'? I'm sorry I forgot; I hate misspelling ppl's names, it happens a lot with Michele's), I really hope you enjoy reading and please check out the links to the left for recommendations of my favorite things I've written, like the Richard Morgan Series (which has a lot of horror in it) or the link to the story "Understanding," which is a revisionist story about what would have happened had Anna (the mother) died in the well instead of Samara, and how she grew up (it's more introspective). That's my very favorite story I've written, so if you're short on time, that's the one I'd check out first. (Also, the tags list of links at the bottom will take you to different things I've written about, if you're interested in movies like 28 Days Later or the Saw story I told you about.) But the top story in this list of entries just underneath this post, written for the fanfic100 prompt "Winter" for my Seasons Series, is the newest thing I've written, and what I'm most excited about now, so please enjoy my handiwork as you see fit. Also, feel free to leave comments; I didn't know it, but I already had the option turned on where people without LiveJournals can post to me, so I'd love it if you dropped me a line or two. Or three. Or, like, a whole bunch! Thanks again for having such a great conversation with me, and being so interested in everything. You're a really cool girl; I hope you stay my caseworker - and maybe my friend, too! - for a good long time :) (Also, I happen to write incredibly long intros/hellos/everythings, so apologies for this incredibly long but very grateful post. Seriously, you're cool.) Take care, Ruthie (my email address again: theDOTpromisedDOTwombATgmailDOTcom - damn, that's a lotta dots...) Writing from this port: the library room in my imaginary lighthouse
Grave disposition: ecstatic
Scratching on the gramophone: Wilson Pickett - In the Midnight Hour | Powered by Last.fm
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Series: Seasons. Subject: The Ring (2002). Characters: Richard Morgan and various original characters, the most featured being Moira MacDonald: an ethereal, sometimes grave reminder of Richard’s past. Prompts: 061 – Winter, 062 – Spring, 063 – Summer. Author’s Notes: ( These notes are much longer than I’d have liked them to be. Only lj-cut to save space on my front page, they’re very important, if not vital, to the understanding of why I wrote this series, as well as information regarding The Ring canon and more, so please click here and read them before going on. )Author’s Notes Note: These unnecessarily long Author’s Notes presented in this first story will only be present in this first one. I’ll be assuming that all who read the next two stories will have read the notes here already, but I will have a link back to them on each page just in case. Series Summary: Three scenes, three seasons, three different people in Richard Morgan’s eyes. Title: Déjà Who. Prompt: 061 – Winter. Author’s Note: First in a series of three. The character of Antonia MacDonald is part of my vast, supplemental, and purely made-up Ring universe, as well as all unrecognizable places and structures—as is Moira MacDonald. Summary: Two funerals, eleven years apart but close in the company they keep, prey upon Richard Morgan’s sense of sanity and the memories he holds onto within his haunted mind. ( Some days Richard Morgan sees and hears things that, to the untrained eye or ear, do not register to the fortunate masses. )Tags: fanfic100, jane eyre except, seasons series, the ring
Writing from this port: the library room in my imaginary lighthouse
Grave disposition: accomplished
Scratching on the gramophone: Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) | Powered by Last.fm
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Title: She’ll Show You. Subject: The Ring (2002). Characters: Becca Kotler. Prompt: 081 – How?Author’s Note: I came up with this story idea (and half of what is here) before fanfic100, but I thought it fit well with the prompt and decided to finish it. It’s another foray into first person POV, and because of this and its conversational tone I think it’s way better read aloud. Michele, who has never read it in print, first heard the story this way and told me she really enjoyed it. In lieu of repeating that performance here with my poor quality microphone and my stage fright, I hope this will suffice. Summary: Sometime after Katie’s death, Becca reflects on what happened that seventh day. ( Mom comes to visit me Tuesdays and Thursdays, but she doesn’t usually stay long, since her shift ends at eleven and One Life to Live starts at, like, one-thirty. )Tags: fanfic100, the ring
Grave disposition: melancholy
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I recently cleaned up the headers for my Richard Morgan series of Ring fanfictions. This was done for two reasons: 1) to make them appear more streamlined, and 2) to help the formerly standalone stories reflect the fact that they are part of a series now. I don’t want to change their dates posted to put them in order on the entries page, so in lieu of that here is a list of the stories arranged in the order in which their events occur: Part I. SpiralingPart II. Further Down the SpiralPart III. BuriedPart IV. Things Best ForgottenPart V. Daddy’s Girl And a list arranged in the order in which they were written (as if they were being viewed on the entries page): Part III. Buried (12/27/03) Part V. Daddy’s Girl (12/7/04) Part I. Spiraling (2/22/05) Part IV. Things Best Forgotten (3/18/05) Part II. Further Down the Spiral (3/18/05) (The above was added so you can see how I progressed as a writer or how my views of Richard changed over time, if that interests you.) Note Regarding The Ring Two: All five of these stories were conceived and written before the release of that film. They do not follow the back story concocted therein, and I do not plan on modifying them to do so, neither now nor at any point in the future. -Ruth Tags: journal stuff, richard morgan series, the ring
Grave disposition: accomplished
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Title: Further Down the Spiral. Subject: The Ring (2002). Characters: Richard Morgan. Series Note: (added April 6, 2005) Second in a chronological series of five. Follows Part I. Spiraling; precedes Part III. Buried, Part IV. Things Best Forgotten, and Part V. Daddy’s Girl. Author’s Note: The back story of the Morgans leaves a lot to be desired, so I have based most of my notions about their lives upon lianeviolet’s epistolary tale, The Journals of Anna Morgan (1966-1970), and its sequel (1970-1978). Film research was done here, here, and here. Further Down the Spiral is based solely upon the American remake of The Ring. All characters belong to someone else, with the exception of Jack. Summary: Nineteen seventy-eight was the year of Samara Morgan. This is life on Moesko Island through her father’s eyes. Thanks to: Liane and Michele. ( ''We have to do something about Samara.'' )Tags: richard morgan series, the ring
Grave disposition: sad
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