Name: Joyce

Age(range): 35-40

Location: North Carolina

Time Zone: Eastern

What's your Occupation?  sales associate

Brief bio: I'm pretty dull. I speak what I think without thinking how it might sound..kind of like Joe in that way.  And I end up hurting people's feelings that I don't mean to because I really like them. That's one of the reasons I don't post a lot.  I don't mean anything by what I say; it just tends to come out wrong.

When did you start reading the Hardy Boys?  In the sixth grade

Who started you reading the Hardy Boys?  The vice principal of my elementary school.  I was one of four kids in my class who got dropped off at school over an hour early.   It was the last month of school and we were making too much noise so the VP came to our room and told us to sit and read our library books.  It was library day and we already had so he ordered us to trade with the person next to us.  It turned out to be The Yellow Feather Mystery.  By that summer's end I had read all that had been written of the series.

When did you start writing Fan fiction? HB fanfic I started in the eight grade.  I spent over five years on my first story: A Charade in Barcelona.  It was a Joe story complete with a hang gliding competition, a love triangle, smugglers, and a haunted castle.  I did scads of research and editing.  I had one hard copy and the rest on disk for my Brother word processor.  Then the processor broke.  The new one would not accept the old disks (which I still have although the last chapter is still written in a notebook I have).  So, I went to search for the printed copy I had.  I was going to retype it (a chore because I hate typing).  Problem: I had gone to college in the meantime and most of my stuff was at home. The papers and smaller stuff were stored in a building with some other stuff that belonged to the rest of the family.  A rat got in the building and made a nest in some things.  Mom threw everything away including my story.  I spent all that time on my story and had nothing to show for it.  That's why I now write, edit as I type, and then edit for grammar with the spell check and send it in to post and forget it.  I no longer try to write to please other people.  I just write what I would like to read.

Who is your favorite character? Joe but believe it or not it was Frank to begin with.

What attracts you to the Hardy Boys?  The cliffhangers mostly.  They make me want to keep reading...but  lately, the series hasn't been that good and I find that the fanfic written by the authors at the HDA is more exciting and believable than any of the books ever where.

What is your favorite Hardy Boys Series?  The Casefiles.

What is your favorite Hardy Boys Book?  Debatable.  I will read and reread and reread and as time goes by I find my faves change.  But I guess I can go with my old standby and say What Happened at Midnight.  I loved it where Joe got kidnapped and Aunt Gertrude was dissing teen boys until she heard what happened to Joe.  Yep...I'm talking the tweed version. 

What is your favorite Hardy Boys moment?  Too many.  I find at least one in every book and in some there are loads!  But they ALWAYS revolve around Joe.

What is your favorite Hardy Boys moment in your own stories?  Haven't read them enough to remember the parts.  (I have a lousy memory!  I have to review previous chapters while I write just to remember the bad guys names!)

Who is your favorite original character in your own stories?  Definitely Angelic Deveraux. We haven't seen the last of her.

How would you describe your fan fic?  Hopefully, good.

Which of the Hardy Boys books do you own?   All of them.

Anything else you would like to add?  Nope, can't think of anything.

Are your stories open for critiquing?  Nope, I'm too big of a chicken!  I know they need lots of work but I just write for fun now.

hbwgonnabe's stories

CHANGE		Joe becomes a pawn in a Mafia power struggle
DECISION, THE		When the Hardy brothers are informed by Fenton that Joe isn't really a member of their family, the shocking discovery sends them on a journey to find out the truth.
DESECRATION		Joe Hardy has been rescued from a Satanic cult and is recuperating in the hospital. What happens next?
FREEZE FRAME		Missing models and sabotage take Frank and Joe into the underbelly of the modeling industry. Okay, maybe not, but it sounded cool.
GHOSTS		No Plot Blurb Provided.
HAITIAN HELL		The death of a loved one leads to unspeakable horror.
INTENTIONS		No Plot Blurb Provided.
MISSING		One possibility why Frank is the protective brother we all know and love.
NOT ENOUGH		No Plot Blurb Provided.
REUNITED		Widower Fenton Hardy and his seventeen year old son, Frank, go in search of an old flame whom Fenton had forgotten until a bullet strikes his head.
STALKED		Frank is targeted by someone for some unknown reason.  Is it someone with an obsessive interest in him or someone who wants him gone?
BLUE COLLAR		What happens when an off work detective gets a real job?
COUNT ON ME		Joe gets in hot water. Hey, it’s me! What did you expect?
DECEPTIONS		When the Hardys try to help their survival instructor they are led into a maze of lies and deceit that takes them far from home and tests the bonds of their family.
EXILE		Alone and in trouble. No friends and a family that is mad at him. What is a guy to do?
HIGHWAY FROM HELL		Continuation of Road to Heaven.
IDENTITY CRISIS		No Plot Blurb Provided.
LETTERS		Joe goes to camp as a counselor but when he starts exploring mysterious lights he lands in more trouble than he can handle.
LIST, THE		Frank and Joe are shocked when a classmate commits suicide. When another student at Bayport High suddenly dies, the Hardy’s begin to wonder if it was really suicide – or murder?
MISTAKEN DESTINY		Continuation of The Rescue and answers the question raised in Strange Connections.
MY BROTHER'S KEEPER		After a fight leaves Frank and Joe not speaking and Joe is alienated from Vanessa, who can he depend on when his life is in danger?
PART OF THE FAMILY		No Plot Blurb Provided.
REPUTATION		This takes place after Road to Heaven/ Highway from Hell.
RESCUE, THE		No Plot Blurb Provided.
RETURN, THE		No Plot Blurb Provided.
ROAD TO HEAVEN		No Plot Blurb Provided.
SHOWDOWN		Hanging out with a new friend can be hazardous to one's health...especially when your friend is one of the Hardy Boys.
TOO FAR		How far is too far? The Hardys find out when Joe uses poor judgments to begin an investigation.
TOURNEY TERROR		A district competition turns deadly and it is up to the Hardys and their friends to stop the trouble before it turns deadly.
TRIPPIN'		Joe is experiencing radical changes in his behavior. Has he lost his mind or is something else behind it.
WAITING, THE		Joe has symptoms of a life-threatening illness but before a complete diagnosis can be issued, Joe and his doctor are abducted.
IMMINENT DANGER		[HALLOWEEN STORY CONTEST] - No Plot Blurb Provided.
ALONE		A break-in leads to a missing person which leads each brother into a mystery of their own.
FLASHBACK		Joe gets knocked out in a storm and abducted from the hospital by a man craving vengence against Fenton Hardy.
NO MOTIVE		When Joe gets abducted outside of the newspaper morgue after completing a homework assignment and an opportunity to abduct Frank results in him left by the roadside, family and friends must rally round to find out why Joe was kidnapped.
OLD FRIENDS AND NEW ENEMIES		It appears that a three-year-old murder has finally been solved, but the Hardy Boys think otherwise.  Joe feels an old acquaintance is being railroaded, but when he and Frank investigate, Joe incurs the wrath of a special agent on the case who suddenly thinks Joe would make a very good suspect!
TRAITOR TOO FEW		An afternoon outing detour leads to armed robbery, kidnapping, attempted murder and espionage.
UNHINGED		Callie’s friend, Angelic, visits Bayport for a few weeks and takes an immediate liking to Joe.
CAUSTIC HERITAGE		This first story concerns a missing intern/student and stolen research. It also introduces the "werewolf".
MYTHICAL VERACITY		Second in the Werewolf of Bayport series.
MITIGATED APPREHENSION		Third in the Werewolf of Bayport series.