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[mare]

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away... I was a new author in search of someone to host my first story. I fell in love with the stories on Dreamer's Sanctuary and decided to ask the owner of the site if she would allow "Mizpah" to call her site home. Thankfully, she said yes and the beginning of a friendship was born.

I have known Julie probably longer than anyone else active in the fandom these days, heck even people who have left ages ago. Sometimes when I try to think back to when I first got into this fandom, it's hard for me to wrap my head around but Julie has been right there my entire fanfic life lol

I can say, I have seen her grow up. I remember her working in the summer, cleaning at her Mom's school? I remember her graduating high school and going off to college. I loved reading about her adventures in Scotland as she studied abroad. I cheered when she was hired as a fourth grade teacher and now seeing her settle into a house of her very own and working towards her Masters degree, I can't help but feel so proud of her.

One thing that really sticks out in my mind while reading "Broken" the featured story this month, I think I audibly gasped at the level of writing I was witnessing. Her writing in that moment had completely transformed and moved onto this higher plain that we are all now so used to when we think of a typical Julie story. To watch her evolution has been almost as fun as reading one of her stories.

I really could go on and on, but I'll stop because she's going to be receiving lots of love and rightly so.

I am so happy that you all love Julie as much as I do and that you have voted her #2 all time favorite author on AC.

Please leave your comments and questions for Julie in this thread and hopefully she'll be able to sneak in from time to time to answer some questions.

Congrats, Julie! Enjoy your month! :-)

Now here is The other half of your double rainbow...

Sent from my iPad

[mare]

Julie.

Just what does one SAY about a writer like her? Julie’s been well known for almost as long as I’ve been into fanfic. I remember visiting Dreamer’s Sanctuary when fanfic.net still hosted Real People Fanfic. She’s a legend, pure and simple. One of the few from the “glory days” that didn’t go away. I became a fan of hers with a story I’m sure many don’t really associate her with these days called Identical and never stopped. She keeps getting better. Something I keep thinking isn’t possible! Because she writes so well and so you figure she reaching her peak and then she turns around and surprises you. I remember vividly how shocked I was that she wanted to collaborate with me personally. Mainly because she’s such a legend in this fanfic fandom. She’s not just a rainbow. No that sort of special beauty isn’t enough. She is truly a double rainbow in fanfiction. A spectrum of colorful talent that doesn’t fade away no matter what the genre. There’s no one else like her.

So here are the ways I know Julie is “Double Rainbow All The Way”.

D is for Decisive – This refers to the fact Julie will write the story she wants to and nothing will shake her from that once she’s committed. She doesn’t care if people like it or not. Look at her most recent Pandaskunk story. It’s random beyond belief and having the same sense of humor, I adored it. It parodies everything under the sun while still remaining coherent and keeping as many backstreet-isms as possible. It’s not the type of story that will bring in tons of reviews like most of her others but she doesn’t care. For her the reviews are secondary to the joy writing itself brings. In a fandom where I often see tweets mentioning a lack of reviews this sort of writing for one's self first is forever a breath of fresh air.

R is for Rainbow – Somewhat cheating. But by rainbow I’m referring to the fact she really HAS written in every single genre at some point or another. For horror she has countless kills in 1000 Ways and our collab Song For The Undead. Slash she has Sick as My Secrets or it’s one-shot prequel Unsuspecting Sunday Afternoon. Supernatural we have Secrets of the Heart and Drama/Angst? We have countless stories like Broken or Curtain Call both of which incorporate romance. There’s fantasy with Harry Potter and the Half Blood Backstreet Boy. Not to mention the sci-fi in Hybrid or our collab 00Carter. While she favors Angst/Drama and considers it her best I think she shines equally in whatever she writes. Hell it was her writing that got me to read romance back when I hated all of it, and most recently BSB Slash.

A is for Anal – This is a compliment in the best way. I know I have a little bit of a reputation for doing a ton of research but what’s so funny about that is that it originated from Julie. I remember when I first started writing Code Blue with her back in 2006. Mind you again, she was a legend and while I was excited to join the story, I was also very intimidated. I’d never done a medical drama before and I was writing with one of the greats. I saw just how much research went into this story and started adopting that into my own writing in my hopes to someday match her skill. The way Julie researches is insane. She’ll go through countless links to get every bit of information possible. But the really shocking thing? You can’t tell. She has that rare skill of being able to weave it throughout the story and if you didn’t know better you’d think she was following that rule of “writing what you know”.

T is for Torture – If there’s a writer who’s after my own heart in this sense besides Julie, I’d love to meet them. She just isn’t afraid to go there! She can kill a Backstreet Boy at the drop of a dime and doesn’t hesitate to give the real consequences of her plots. Whether she’s chopping legs or giving babies AIDS. She’s fearless. She’ll explore every aspect and without fear tell the story she planned to tell. I remember reading Broken and literally yelling at my screen “HOLY SHIT!” when she did her first go at “choppage” LOL. There were plenty of cancer fics back then but she was the first to take it to the next level. The same is still true now. She did a slash story as part challenge/part joke. It led to AIDS babies and dark moments but she never shied away. Just remember, she’s called the Choppage Queen for a reason!

W is for Weird – Julie is a little weird but that’s what’s so great about her LOL. This is the same girl who teaches by day and has a random things collection featuring things like Hitler Skunks! (No lie). She may say I’m creative but she’s the one with a weird enough brain to manage to take whatever crazy thing I think of and find a way to connect it back into a reality based idea/plot. How many people can do that? It’s easy enough to come up with the random shit, but it’s another to make them work! The way she’s able to find logic for ideas that have none amazes me every time. She doesn’t give herself enough credit for just how creative she truly is.

Across The Sky – Julie is the kind of writer that inspires you to be better. I really don’t think I’d be the writer I am today if I hadn’t become friends with her. Just as rainbows might inspire artists, she is the writer who helps you want to be more.

Julie you’re one of the best things I’ve ever found in this fandom and one of my best friends. You deserve to be so high on this list and I can’t think of anyone else to be the #2 author on AC. Thank you Mare for letting me write this long (and rambly) tribute to her. Congratulation s ZDR!



There you go! I didn't wanna forget to do it LOL.

[mare]

And now from someone you look up to and admire....

Julie:

I love reading your stories, especially the way you would describe a person made you feel like you were there!  I would look forward to updates and many times would find myself checking more than twice a day to see if anything was there!  So often you made me one pathetic soul searching for updates LOL.  You would keep me motivated when I was writing my own fan fics and I was flattered when you would leave me feedback on a story. It was always that little nudge to keep me going….
If I had to pick one story you’ve written that would be my all-time favorite, it would have to be the Broken Series. We both love to torture Nick and you would always graphically capture all the events and medical diagnoses! You always rocked!!
I admire you oh Queen of Choppage!!
Congratulation s on being author of the month! You deserve it!!
Carrie

[mare]

I'll be back with more love when I get home from school!

[RokofAges75]

Aww, you guys!!!  Thank you so much!  Thank you first of all for the votes that earned me this spot on the list, but especially thank you Mare, Rose, and Carrie for those awesome tributes!  I had such a smile on my face reading those.  I had to get up an hour early for an event before school today, but I'm glad I made time to check this because it totally made my morning.  I have more to say, but don't have the time to post all my thoughts right now, so I'll be back at some point.

I'm excited that Broken is being featured this month!  I actually threw it onto the poll more as an afterthought because I felt like I needed a third story to round it out, and believe it or not, Broken had never been a featured story.  But even though I felt like I've talked about Broken a lot, I am always happy to talk more LOL.  Like Mare said, that really is the story that helped me grow up as a writer and take it to the next level, so it will always be special to me.

Thanks again!

[mare]

I'm really glad you decided to include Broken in your poll because it's a classic!

Here's a little more love coming your way.

First of all, well done Julie, you totally deserve this! 

I've loved everything I've read of yours, even when I saw a slash story by you (which is not something I'd usually read), because it was by you, I knew it would be good.

I really love the way you draw the reader in and leave them wanting more at the end of every chapter.  You put so much detail into your stories that I sometimes find it hard to believe they aren't real.  I can totally imagine the boys in the middle of a zombie apocalypse or out on the road with Nick battling terminal illnesses.

[mare]

And here's Tracy....

Julie is just one of those writers that goes with whatever is thrown at her. I've seen her tackle a lot of different genres and topics. She's most well known for her medical dramas but I got to know her through reading 00Carter and a couple other stories as well. I look up to a lot of the girls at AC and Julie is one of them. One story I enjoyed was the one Harry Potter crossover she started. It was written as if JK Rowling herself had written it, which is amazing. I also love her morbid sense of humor. I enjoy her collaborations with Rose, it's a rare gift to find another writer that compliments you, but her and Rose work perfectly together. Sometimes you can't tell who is writing what, and I feel that is the mark of a great writer. I love to read Julie's stories because you never know what to expect. She is like a grab bag at genres. Congrats on getting the top ten you deserve it!

[mare]

And of course a thread about Broken wouldn't be complete without the stories biggest fan.

   Back when I first started reading fan fiction, I stumbled on this story called Broken...and I became OBSESSED.  I completely fell in love with the characters of Nick and Claire. After reading for a while, I found out that the author had a message board.  Thus, began an adventure that I will always remember and cherish. 
 
   Broken was the first story I read of Julie's.  To this day, it still remains my all time favorite series.  The emotion, the struggles, the ups and downs of this story...I felt like I was living it along with Nick and Claire.  Then came By My Side.  OMG...I'd never wanted to kill a fictional character worse than I did Jamie..lol  Snowplow anyone?   Every day I would rush home from work to see if the story had been updated (this was before smartphones!).  I would slam the bedroom door shut when a new chapter appeared so that I could read uninterrupted.  It got to the point where even my young son knew when a new chapter was posted..lol I was glued to the message board, chatting with the friends I'd made there, and Julie herself, about the stories I'd come to love so much.  I was even lucky enough to have a cameo in BMS! I was so excited and honored by that!  I even got a mention in the acknowledgemen ts at the end of the series because I would push this story (and I STILL do this!) on anyone and everyone in the fandom.  I think it amused the hell outta her..lol  The MOST honored I'd ever been is when I was upset because it was the end of the BMS story and she was going to post the ending the next day and I had to work early and wouldn't be able to read it.  Julie blessed me by sending it to me the night before it was posted so that I could finish it.  I don't think she realized just how much that meant to me.  But I just have a special place in my heart for these stories because of the stories themselves and the friendships that were created because of them. 

  I have always thought the Broken series would make an AWESOME movie..lol  And after the success that 50 Shades of Grey has had, it starting out as a fan fic, that dream is alive! lol 

  Julie and Rose also pulled me into their love of zombies.  That's another of my favorite story of Julie's (and Rose)...Song For The Undead.  And also their twisted minds have also inspired me to write a few stories to add to the collection of 1,000 Ways to Kill Nick Carter. 

  I've also had the pleasure of meeting Julie herself.  The first time I met her was in 2008 when I traveled to Bloomington, IL to see the Boys TIU show.  And then the cruises started.  This past cruise was probably the most EPIC cruise experience I had with Julie.  We all had such a blast hanging out, yet another memory I will never forget.

  Julie, without a doubt, is my all time favorite fic writer.  The characters she creates, the stories she tells....they suck you in, make you live the stories right along side the characters themselves.  I love the emotions they inflict on you.  I have literally sat in front of my computer and SOBBED, I have laughed so hard my stomach hurt and have rooted so hard for characters.  I've never read fic stories that quite effect me the way Julie's do, and that's my favorite part about her stories. 

  Julie, congrats on this achievement!! I am so happy for you and I am so happy that these stories lead to this friendship.  I look forward to more stories from you and more BSB adventures as well!  

[Rose]

Julie you deserve all this love and adoration so enjoy it!

[FrickFrackGirl]

For a long time after reading these stories I kept watching Nick for a limp!!!

Congrats again Julie!!! I'm so happy for you!

[RokofAges75]

Back again after a long day to read the rest of these tributes, and seriously, you guys are so wonderful!  Thanks for all your kinds words!  I want to respond to all of you, but I think I'm going to do so in separate posts because you know how long-winded I can be LOL.

[RokofAges75]

Mare, it is crazy how long we've been at this!  I think I've also known you the longest out of all my fanfic friends who are still involved in the fandom and whom I talk to regularly.  It's been well over a decade!  I barely have any close "real life" friendships that have lasted that long!  I also remember sneaking onto the computers I was supposed to be taking apart and cleaning at my summer job so I could read the Mizpah updates you would send me.  I am a much better employee than I was then LOL, which speaks to the fact that you really have watched me grow up.  I was 17 when we first "met," and I'm turning 30 this month!  Who would have ever guessed then that we'd still be involved with BSB fanfic now? LOL

I think it's very appropriate that Broken was chosen to be featured this month because, of the three options, it's really the most representative of my writing and still probably the story I'm best known for.  I also appreciate what you said about it showing a transformation in my writing.  I've always felt that I grew up while writing Broken, both as a writer and as a person, and you can see it just in the way the quality of writing changes from beginning to end.

[RokofAges75]

Rose, thank you so much for the colorful tribute! LOL  You are SO creative, and writing with you and even just talking with you all these years has made me more creative, too!  You bring out my best - and my most twisted! LOL  You are right; I've always been a little weird, but finding a friend who gets that side of me and is just as twisted in her own right has been amazing.  For 15 years now, I've felt that the internet is the only place where I can 100% be myself, and that's because of people like you who don't judge me for liking the things I like.  When I was writing Broken (and even now), I would have died if anyone I knew in real life had found out about it, but the fact that you guys like and appreciate it is really awesome.  Thank you so much for everything you said and for almost a decade of friendship!

[RokofAges75]

Carrie, I hope you will read this.  I couldn't help but laugh to myself as I read your message because I could copy and paste it right back as a message from me to you!  Everything you said is exactly how I've always felt about you and your writing.  I've been reading your stories since 2000, as long as I've been writing, and they have always been a huge inspiration to me.  I was absolutely obsessed with stories like Trapped, Nick and Lizz, and of course Swollen Issues, to the point of checking your site multiple times a day in hopes of updates.  I used to try to emulate your writing, and that is exactly how Broken was born - by me obsessing over Swollen Issues and wishing I could write something that struck that level of emotion in my readers.  They say imitation is the highest form of flattery, and it's true:  like Mare said, I've always looked up to you and admired you.  Every piece of feedback I've gotten from you has meant the world to me... even when it ended with "Kill Claire!" 

[RokofAges75]

Steph, thank you so much!  Who knew I would ever seriously write a slash story? LOL  I was surprised as you, but I really appreciate you giving it a chance!  Even though my storylines can be overly dramatic and "out there," I still try to make them seem as believable as possible given the circumstances I've created, so it means a lot when people says they seem realistic.  Thanks again!