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Penname: Renate [Contact]
Real name: Kristen Rowen-Pliske
Status: Member
Member Since: 25/03/08
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Howdy from Texas! 

I'm rather fond of grammar and spelling and words in general & I'd make a living writing if I could.

I've been writing for my own entertainment since high school (a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.) Been working on a series for a long time but haven't given enough effort to finding an agent.    I'm getting better at short stories; writing the one-shots helped. I've also discovered that I can't edit myself too much or I just keep changing things & not always for the better. I have to work on letting things be; sometimes the way the words flow right at the start works so much better than any conscious editing.

Just discovered "Castle". Love Nathan Fillion; you gotta watch "Dr. Horrible" if you haven't yet.  Also like "Chuck" & "24". When I have the time, I read a lot of SciFi/Fantasy with a few mystery/thrillers thrown in.  Jim Butcher, Laurell K. Hamilton, CJ Cherryh, Jonathan Kellerman, Sue Grafton, Janet Evanovich, Weiss & Hickman, Robert Jordan, Melanie Rawn.  Several dozen others.

I'm on MySpace & Twitter (for some reason) as Renate651, but this is the only place I've posted a story.

 

 

 


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Reviews by Renate
 
Summary:

Spoilers up to and including 4/14

After the emotional upheaval of the siren incident, the brothers visit an old friend recently relocated to Georgia, in the hopes of gaining some perspective. They gain far more than they bargained for....


Categories: Action Characters: None
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Series: None
Chapters: 44 Completed: Yes Word count: 97798
[Report This] Published: 01/03/09 Updated: 03/10/09


Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 04/10/09 Title: Chapter 44: Chapter 44

Wonderful, as always!

Author's Response: Thanks Renate!  Reviews are always appreciated---ml

 
Summary:

A collection of Winchester centered drabbles. Spoilers for anything aired.

NEW: Ask andThousShalt Receive- S6


Categories: General, Drabbles Characters: None
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Series: None
Chapters: 5 Completed: No Word count: 500
[Report This] Published: 02/03/09 Updated: 21/10/10


Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 11/04/09 Title: Chapter 3: You Break It...

Oh, poor baby! You're right, he does it to himself.

Author's Response: Yup, nobody can kick you like... you :)

 
Summary:

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Dean's bored, Sam's looking for work. Just a very, very short bit of fun!


Categories: General, One Shots, Humor, Misc Characters: None
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Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 590
[Report This] Published: 22/03/09 Updated: 22/03/09


Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 22/03/09 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

ROTFLMAO!

You are SO clever!



Author's Response:

Clever? Or stuck and in need of distraction, LOL.

Thanks! 

 
Simpsons' Sky by ophium Rated: T starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 19]
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Set after 4.17. Dean's become a target for more than one reason, for more than one group, and now it's up to Sam to prevent all parties from hitting their mark. He's didn't had a very good start. Dean whump at large. Warnings for language.


Categories: General, Action Characters: None
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Series: None
Chapters: 7 Completed: Yes Word count: 30363
[Report This] Published: 04/04/09 Updated: 02/05/09


Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 19/04/09 Title: Chapter 5: Chapter 5

Argh! Where's Mo? What's he up to?

 
Summary:

4.17 It's a Terrible Life tag - He met up with his brother in the stairwell, one bounding down the stairs two at a time as the other raced up...coming together, united in purpose, even as they approached from opposite ends. 

The brotherly moment ending so many wanted.

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Categories: One Shots, Missing Scenes Characters: None
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Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 3680
[Report This] Published: 04/04/09 Updated: 04/04/09


Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 05/04/09 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Good job!

Author's Response: Thanks!

 
Summary: Dean wakes up and it was all a dream.  Spoilers up to 4.18.  Oneshot.  A little - uh - dark.

Categories: One Shots Characters: None
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Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 2247
[Report This] Published: 13/04/09 Updated: 13/04/09


Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 13/04/09 Title: Chapter 1: Keeping It Real

Nice twist!



Author's Response: Thank you!  Glad you liked it!

 
Summary:

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It took a split second, the longest split second in Dean's life to understand. And once he did, he wanted to scream even louder than Sam had just seconds before. The realization pulled the floor out from under Dean's feet.

Sam thought he was dead.


Categories: General, Action Characters: None
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Chapters: 8 Completed: Yes Word count: 51455
[Report This] Published: 22/04/09 Updated: 19/05/09


Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 22/04/09 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

Ooh, kinda like those zombies in Haiti-poisoned by the blowfish (or whatever it was, I forget) then getting buried alive! 

Author's Response: Something like it, yes. Though not quite. It was a witch, after all.

 
Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 27/04/09 Title: Chapter 3: Chapter 3

Bobby better figure this out quick! Poor Dean!  Blast that Ruby!

Author's Response:

Well, Bobby will figure...something out. That's all I'm saying :P

Thanks for the review. 

 
Summary:

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SPOILERS FOR S4, up to 4x14.

Knives and lives, songs and wrongs, bitches and stitches - and not necessarily in that order. An old friend needs The Boys. But as usual, it isn't as simple as it first appears.

Rated T for language and a little unpleasantness concerning knives later on.


Categories: General, Action Characters: None
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Series: None
Chapters: 18 Completed: Yes Word count: 70266
[Report This] Published: 28/04/09 Updated: 14/06/09


Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 28/04/09 Title: Chapter 1: Sealed Of Dreams

Yay! Welcome back!

Author's Response: Woah, thanks! Hope the chapter is ok. :)

 
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Date: 11/05/09 Title: Chapter 8: Sealed With A Lick

Aw! Dean's got a Mel Gibson thing goin' with the dog!  I mean that I can totally see that!



Author's Response:

I totally forgot about the LW thing with the dog.... Maybe that's where my subconscious got it! Oh no! I'm stealing from my own favourite movies! Damn! And I really liked Angel.... 

Thanks for reading. Glad it panned out.. :) 

 
Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 10/06/09 Title: Chapter 17: I Say We Take Off And Nuke The Entire Site From Orbit. It's The Only Way To Be Sealed

But I like the long-ass fics. You're very good!



Author's Response: Really? You like long-assed fics? Then... er... maybe I won't have to cut up my work in progress then... Ta!!

 
Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 14/06/09 Title: Chapter 18: Some People Juggle Seals

Great read! Enjoyed it, as usual!

I think you did very well with this long one!

 



Author's Response: Awww, ta! I'm going to be bouncing around all day now... :)

 
Summary: Everyone told him that you didn't want to get on the wrong side of "Slick" Zachariah Harris, that old Slick loved the Goral more than he loved women or whiskey or the payoff when a transport didn't go south, but Wash signed up for the hitch anyway.
Categories: General Characters: None
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Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 861
[Report This] Published: 02/05/09 Updated: 02/05/09


Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 03/05/09 Title: Chapter 1: But where the dead leaf fell, there it did rest

I love "Firefly".  I love "Supernatural" too.  A crossover kinda fits.

Author's Response: I do cross them over fairly regularly but this one was specifically requested.  I don't generally write from Wash's POV.  I'm more of a River girl... ;)

 
Summary:

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Missy Bender was three things. She was obsessive. She was insane. And she was in love – with a tall, beautiful stranger who looked real purty when he was hurting. But unfortunately for Dean Winchester, one thing she wasn’t was still locked in the closet…

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Categories: Action Characters: None
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Series: None
Chapters: 22 Completed: Yes Word count: 80863
[Report This] Published: 04/05/09 Updated: 15/06/09


Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 08/06/09 Title: Chapter 9: A Glimpse Beyond This Illusion

Yes! Bobby!

I thought maybe Sam would still follow.  I hoped so...



Author's Response: All is not lost dude... hang in there for Sammy boy!

 
Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 16/06/09 Title: Chapter 22: Lay Your Weary Head to Rest

Whoo!

Poor Dean, what hell he went through!

Good job!



Author's Response: Thanks muchly Renate! Glad you liked... I am mulling a sequekl that will bridge the gap between the broken Dean we see at the end of this story and the tough, capable Dean we see in the next episode of Show [Shadows, as far as I can remember] so stay frosty for that!

 
Summary: Feature

The boys are investigating mysterious disappearances in logging country. Is there something supernatural in the woods? Is that what’s taken Dean? Set sometime before Season 4. New chapters added by request.

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Categories: General, One Shots, Drabbles, Action Characters: None
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Series: None
Chapters: 28 Completed: No Word count: 5804
[Report This] Published: 18/05/09 Updated: 19/07/12


Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 07/09/09 Title: Chapter 12: Out of the woods

Whoo! Jack deserved that one! haha!

 
Route50 by calUK Rated: K+ starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 12]
Summary:

Dean's sick and on the road alone. That's it, really... Set pre-series.

For the commodore. Happy birthday hun!


Categories: General, One Shots Characters: None
Challenges:
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 2894
[Report This] Published: 25/05/09 Updated: 25/05/09


Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 25/05/09 Title: Chapter 1: Strung Out

Well done!

Author's Response: Thanks!

 
Staggering by psquare Rated: T starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 14]
Summary: MAJOR SPOILERS FOR SEASON FOUR. Tag to 4.22: Lucifer Rising.Lucifer has finally broken free, and so have the numerous skeletons from the dark and deep Winchester closet. Guilt, regret, love... they're staggering under the weight. Up'd with Sam's PoV. This ain't gonna end well.

Categories: General Characters: None
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Series: None
Chapters: 2 Completed: Yes Word count: 7182
[Report This] Published: 28/05/09 Updated: 29/07/09


Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 31/05/09 Title: Chapter 1: Dean

Huzzah!

 
Obesa Cantavit by TozaBoma Rated: K+ starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 10]
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My idea of what happens in the dying seconds of the very end of 4x22 (season finale, so episode title withheld to prevent spoilers), and what I think should come next.

Ergo: ULTIMATE SPOILERS for end of season 4.

Oh my dog, is that angst? You think I'm doing angst now? Oh ye of little faith! SPN fans cannot live by angst alone... 


Categories: One Shots, AU, Action, Missing Scenes, Humor Characters: None
Challenges:
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 1805
[Report This] Published: 01/06/09 Updated: 01/06/09


Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 01/06/09 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

LMAO

You had me so going for an emotional upheaval!  Reminds me of Department H! LMFAO

High-larious!



Author's Response:

OMG, Dept H? I LOVE YOU for mentioning them, LOL!

Glad you liked it - just couldn't let them finish s4 like that without a slight poking with a stick. :)

I take your reading as a kindness. It's not all folk in the 'verse that can spare the time. :) 

 
Bean Stalker by ophium Rated: K+ starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 47]
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Chuck’s books mustered a good number of fans. One of them turned out to be the wrong kind of fan. When an obsessed woman finds out that Sam and Dean are real, the consequences for one of them are anything but nice. ‘Misery’ style.


Categories: General Characters: None
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Series: None
Chapters: 7 Completed: Yes Word count: 50822
[Report This] Published: 01/06/09 Updated: 05/08/09


Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 08/06/09 Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2

OoOoOo! Is right!

Alexa Bean has a thing for Dean!

Good job so far! What other horrors await our hero, I wonder?



Author's Response: What other horrors indeed? My guess... she'll force Dean to watch day-time tv. Over, and over, and over, and over...

 
Summary: Castiel loses his footing. Dean is there to see it.

Categories: Humor, One Shots Characters: None
Challenges:
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 174
[Report This] Published: 09/06/09 Updated: 09/06/09


Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 09/06/09 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

LOL!

Author's Response: Glad I could make you laugh.

 
Naked by Rae666 Rated: T starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 10]
Summary: Drabble dare. Word: Naked
Categories: General, One Shots Characters: None
Challenges:
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 102
[Report This] Published: 19/07/09 Updated: 19/07/09


Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 19/07/09 Title: Chapter 1: Naked

Ohhh! Denied!

LOL



Author's Response: Lol. Thanks for reading!!

 
Summary:

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A promise to a friend takes Dean Winchester back to the woods of Hibbing to confront his worst nightmare...

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Categories: General Characters: None
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Series: None
Chapters: 23 Completed: Yes Word count: 124192
[Report This] Published: 21/07/09 Updated: 14/12/09


Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 21/11/09 Title: Chapter 20: The Beast in the Cellar

Holy crap! 

I do feel kinda sorry for the Bendigo though...poor thing must be lonely.  Oh, well.



Author's Response: I have really tried to stress the theme of family love and loyalty in this: Dean’s loyalty to his family and brother, Sam’s too, the Gabe-Lee relationship, and Kathleen’s love for her brother, which is what first led her to help Dean in the episode. And that definitely follows through to the wendigo’s loyalty to what it perceives to be its family, and Kathleen’s musings on the fact it used to be human… ;-)

 
Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 02/09/09 Title: Chapter 8: The Petrified Forest

Sorry to hear you're disheartened. I don't typically review until the end of a story.

You write very well & I'm enjoying this one so far.



Author's Response:

Hey thanks so much! It has been a bit of a downer... I do understand that a lot of people wait until a story is complete to read it and I have been burned a few times myself when I have gotten invested in something that just grinds to a halt and never updates. But sometimes I do wonder if some of those stories might not have updated because the lack of feedback totally demotivated the writer. I definitely know that it was the people who did review the first story over on FF on an ongoing basis that gave me the incentive to keep up with it.

Anyhoo, have popped over here and discovered much more feedback than usual so I will press on and update here - I love visiting my banner! I'm really stoked that you're enjoying it and thanks so much for letting me know...

 
Reviewer: Renate Signed
Date: 14/09/09 Title: Chapter 10: Running Up That Hill

Noooo! Not Gabe!!

Author's Response: The one and only! Thought this story could do with a dissassociative fugue in the mix. But just what set it off? All will be revealed…