My name is James Cecil Michael McAmis, and I write fanfics. I'm workin' on a couple as we speak, and I implore all those who have read and reviewed my stuff to please be patient, I WILL update my fics. I'm simply very busy most of the time. I got out of the Marines last year and back into the real world, and if I thought the Corps kept me busy, I got a wakeup and a half from tryin' to find work as a civilian. I will update, however, don't you worry.

Off the topic of tardy fic updates and Uncle Sam's Misguided Children, I'm from Tennessee, twenty-three years old, and love dogs, horses, and quiet evenings. I also love loud-ass rock and roll music, louder crowds at concerts, and the smell of napalm in the morning. I write about what interests me, so once I get back in the swing of things, expect some variety.

I leave you with these quotes from some of my heroes:

"Retreat, Hell! We just got here!"

-unnamed Marine at Belleau Wood

"Come on, you sonsofbitches, do you want to live forever!"

-Gunnery Sergeant Dan Daly, USMC, also at Belleau Wood

"Sit tall in the saddle, hold your head up high; keep your eyes fixed, where the trail meets the sky. And Live like you ain't afraid to Die; don't be scared, just enjoy the ride"

-Chris Ledoux, "The Ride"

"Where a goat can go, a man can go; where a man can go, he can drag a gun."

-British artillery general, 1700's

Favorite Quotes from Fanfics:

"Empty, hollow… a life of wearing masks to disguise how he feels has left Naruto with no feelings left to disguise."

-The Nine Masks of Uzumaki Naruto

Okay, my faithful readers (and anyone else who happens to stumble across my page here), I have some challenges for you. Try'em if you can.

-Challenge 1: Naruto/Emberverse crossover-Naruto discovers something (scroll, book, the Kyuubi is one of the characters) that talks about the people and factions from S.M. Stirling's Emberverse books (Dies the Fire). He trains and becomes a warrior in the style of the Montival factions, be it Bearkiller A-List!Naruto, MacKenzie!Naruto, Portlander!Naruto, Corvallan!Naruto, Dunedain!Naruto, Richland!Naruto, what have you.

-Challenge 2: Emberverse/Naruto crossover-Everyone who's read the Emberverse series knows that the Dunedain Rangers were based heavily on J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' books. What if a group moved into the Willamette, whose culture was based on 'Naruto'? My only restriction on this challenge is that it has to be set pre-Sunrise Lands.

-Challenge 3: Harry Potter/Sackett books crossover-Harry, either post-TWT or post-DoM, is fiddling with a magical copy of the Sackett book series by Louis L'Amour, when something happens and he gets pulled into the book, and into the Sackett series. He's raised/adopted/blood-brothered/something by the Sacketts, and when he or someone at Hogwarts figures out how to get him out of the book, some Sacketts come with him.

-Challenge 4: Harry Potter/Naruto crossover- I've seen HP/Naruto crossovers of just about every flavor. I've seen Harry as an Uchiha, as an Uzumaki, as Orochimaru, as a Hatake, and even as an Inuzuka. But I have yet to see one particular bloodline get used by Harry in a fic: the Byakugan. I challenge you, my faithful readers, to come up with a Hyuuga!Harry story. All I as is that Harry have the Byakugan; aside from that, folks, it's your show, so go nuts.

Good luck, ladies and gents!