If you weren't doing the job you're currently doing, where would you be? What would you be doing? Do you have any dreams for yourself that never came to pass? Talk about it or don't!

I think if I wasn't a cop... I actually don't know where I'd be or what I'd be doing. Since I was seventeen I've known I was going to be a cop. I think I had ( Read more... )

1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle.
3. Write a drabble related to each song that plays. You only have the time frame of the song to finish the drabble; you start when the song starts, and stop when it’s over. No lingering afterwards!
4. Do ten of these, then post them.

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01. When ( Read more... )

10 Things About My Mother01. She could sing like an angel. A soprano ( Read more... )

How did you get where you are today professionally? Did you always want to do the job you do now? Did you just fall into it? Do you have dreams of promotion? Another profession? Talk about it!I was never going to be anything else but a cop. I never fell into this job. I never chose it either. I remember the Academy, they ask you why you became a ( Read more... )

What's your favorite memory of your mother?

Honestly, I don’t have one. It’s a horrible thing to say, but over the years all my memories of my mother have become bittersweet. It hurts to think about her, all the memories I have of her are rather painful. That doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten about her or that I never think about her. I don’t often face ( Read more... )

A genie has granted you ten wishes. What do you wish for ( Read more... )

White hot...

Harry looked confused to see her. Murphy wasn't surprised. She didn’t usually just show up at Harry’s place at the end of a shift unless they’ made plans. She really just showed up at his door because lately she hadn’t seen much of him. Her cases just weren’t weird enough to warrant calling him. The Captain wanted her to cut back on ( Read more... )

What is the ONE thing that you think most people just don’t “get” about your muse? Why do you think that is?

The one thing I think people don’t get about Connie Murphy is that she is not Karrin Murphy.

*gets on soap box*

This is a big problem with a lot of the fans of the book. To many fans of the books, the TV show doesn’t even rate, much less come ( Read more... )

Seven stages

Shock

At first, Murphy couldn’t believe her mother had left her.  As she sat in the front window of her grandma’s house, looking out over the darkening Chicago streets, she kept looking for a pair of headlights to signal her mother’s return. Mother’s don’t leave their daughters, especially not her mother. She didn’t understand the looks ( Read more... )

Twenty Facts about Lt. Connie Murphy

01. Murphy was born and raised on Chicago's South side.
02. Her father, Joe Murphy, was a cop and a work-a-holic.
03. Her mother left Murphy and her father when Murphy was twelve.
04. Murphy was raised by her grandmother until she died when Murphy was fifteen.
05. When she was seventeen, Murphy saved her father's ( Read more... )