I’m Julie, and BSB fanfiction is one of my favorite ways to escape from the real world for a while. I became a Backstreet Boys fan in 1998 and first discovered fanfic the following year. I’ve been reading, writing, and dreaming up stories ever since. I write a variety of genres, but I’m best known for my angsty medical dramas. On this site, you will find my stories, along with links to some of my all-time favorites by other authors. If you read something you like, please leave a comment and let me know. Enjoy your escape!
TWWBW Update!
I’m back with my monthly story update! Chapter 78 of The World Will Be Waiting is up!
Sorry I’ve slowed down so much on this story this year. Truthfully, I underestimated how much time it would take me to write the twenty-five retrospective blogs I planned for the site’s twenty-fifth anniversary this year or how that would impact my actual fanfic writing. I thought I would knock most of them out over the summer, but that was not the case, so ever since I went back to work, blogging has really cut into my fiction writing time. That is clear to me when comparing my word counts for both projects. I’ve written about 65,000 words on TWWBW this year and about 50,000 words for my Throwback Thursday blogs. I will be happy to post the last of those later this month and be done with that project, so I can devote more time to writing fiction. Hopefully next year will be more productive on the story front! Anyway, thanks for putting up with me. I appreciate your patience!
Throwback Thursday #24: Top Five Favorite Dramatic Scenes
Happy December! We’ve made it to the last month of the year and the second-to-last Throwback Thursday blog. This week, I’m counting down my top five favorite dramatic scenes. If you’ve read my stories, you know I love drama, which is why I saved this blog for (almost) last! These are the moments that made my heart race as I was writing them and hopefully gave you the same kind of emotional reaction as you read them. That is why they are some of my all-time favorite chapters!
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Throwback Thursday #23: Top Five Favorite Pivotal Moments
Happy Thanksgiving to those who are celebrating it today! As always, I am thankful for you, my readers, who continue to visit this site and what I write.
As we approach the end of November, the year is starting to wind down, and so is my series of Throwback Thursday blogs. There are only two more left after this one! But I’ve been saving some of the best for last.
In television, November is known as one of the “sweeps” periods of the year, when TV ratings are measured. Networks tend to air their most exciting, dramatic episodes, the kind with cliffhangers, big reveals, and important plot developments, to attract more viewers during these months. To coincide with November sweeps, I’m counting down my favorite pivotal moments from my fanfics, the turning points that changed the entire trajectory of a story. These are among my most memorable chapters, and just as I was excited to post them in the first place, I’ve been looking forward to blogging about them.
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Throwback Thursday #22: Top Five Favorite Hurt/Comfort Scenes
Happy November! Did you know that November is National Family Caregivers Month, National Home Care and Hospice Month, and National Hospice and Palliative Care Month in the United States? Well, now you do! It’s also when my country celebrates Thanksgiving. So, to kick off this month of caring and gratitude, I’m spotlighting caregivers by counting down my five favorite hurt/comfort scenes.
As the name implies, “hurt/comfort” is a genre of fanfiction that involves one character being hurt in some way (physically or emotionally) and another character comforting or caring for them. I’ve always loved this genre, both in and outside of fanfic. It’s funny because I am not a touchy-feely person in real life and can be awkward around friends or family members who are going through tough stuff. When I’m the one who’s sick, hurt, or grieving, I usually prefer to be left alone. Perhaps it’s because I’m the introverted, stoic type that I admire people who are more outwardly affectionate and unafraid of expressing their emotions. It also may be why I tend to write characters who keep secrets and hide their pain until they literally can’t anymore. In any case, I really enjoy reading and writing about characters supporting and taking care of each other through hard times, as these five scenes show.
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TWWBW Update!
Happy November! It may be dark and cold outside, but I’m about to light up your inbox (if you’ve subscribed to receive update emails, that is). Chapter 77 of The World Will Be Waiting is up, and the drama’s heating up, too. Get cozy and enjoy!
Throwback Thursday #21: Top Five Favorite Fanfictional Villains
Sadly, Spooky Season is almost over, but before we wrap up October, I’m posting one more Throwback Thursday blog. This one’s all about the bad guys – and bad girls! I’ve always loved a good villain, although, admittedly, I haven’t always been great at writing a good villain. But, over the years, I have gotten better at it. Here are my top five favorite fanfic villains!
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TWWBW Update!
Sorry it’s been so long since the last story update, but I’m finally back with Chapter 76 of The World Will Be Waiting! This chapter has actually been finished for a while, but between busy weekends and wanting to write ahead and make sure things are working out the way I want them go, I needed to wait a few weeks to post it. Thanks for bearing with me. I hope you enjoy the new chapter!
Throwback Thursday #20: Top Five Favorite Scary Stories
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: SPOOKY SEASON! I’ve always loved Halloween and horror, so this week, I’m celebrating the season by blogging about the scary stories I have written. Most of my stories are scary in a “I hope this never happens in real life” kind of way, but the ones in this blog are full-on horrifying. Here are my five favorite horror fics!
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Throwback Thursday #19: Top Five Favorite Fanfictional Kevin Roles
Happy October! Not only is this one of my favorite times of year, but our favorite long-haired, football-loving Backstreet Boy is turning fifty-four tomorrow! In honor of Kevy Kev, this week’s blog is all about my favorite Kevin characters from my fics.
This was both an easy and hard list to put together, because, prior to 2021, I’d never written a Kevin-centered novel. If you filter my stories by boy, only two stories come up for Kevin: My Brother’s Keeper and its sequel, The World Will Be Waiting. That narrowed down my options quite a bit but made it fairly simple to rank my top five. Without further ado, here they are!
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Throwback Thursday #18: Top Five Favorite Sad Scenes
In my last blog, I celebrated the start of sweet September by writing about my favorite feel-good scenes. This week, as September winds down, I’m going in a different direction and blogging about my favorite heartbreaking, tearjerking moments. It’s time for sad September!
I’ve always loved sad stories. I find it so cathartic to have a good cry over a tragic tearjerker, and I love creating fiction that inspires the same feeling in other readers. It may sound weird, but I take it as a huge compliment when someone leaves a comment and tells me I made them cry. I don’t often make myself cry while I’m writing (although it does happen once in a while), but when I actually tear up while reading one of my own stories, I know I nailed it. With that being said, here are my top five favorite sad scenes.