Nihao!

Hmmm... a little something about me huh? Okay, well, I am from Boston, Massachusetts and am an AVID Red Sox fan. You could say I'm a bit obsessed. Winning the world series in 2004 after and 86 year drought was in effect AWESOME!! Unfortunately I wasn't here at the time to see it. I was living in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada. Talk about a bummer! Thankfully they went and won it all over again in 2007!!

I started getting interested in Anime back in 1997. When my friend Brian (who has practically EVERY anime series known to man on tape) started lending me some of his vast collection. One of these happened to be Ranma 1/2. At first I was like... a guy who turns into a girl?? What the?? I wasn't sure this would be my cup of tea. Well he lent me the first two episodes, and of course there was the cliffhanger with Kuno and Ranma-chan in the pool... needless to say I was already hooked and made him go home at lunch (we worked together) and get the next tape so I could find out what happened. I've been a fan ever since.

I've read so many great Ranma fics. Some of my favorites are:

Thy Inward Love by Richard Lawson (he writes so well, and he's a BIG influence on my own writing.), Ill Met By Starlite is another great one, it's a darkfic but so well written, The Shadow Chronicles, by Mark MacKinnon, Chasing the Wind and Ranma goes to War (there is a hilarious scene where Akane sends Ranma a care package of her carefully baked cookies that get used by the boys as reinforcement for their foxhole which is being heavily shelled by mortar blasts...heh, not even bombs can shatter Akane's cooking) by Jamie Wilde, Hearts of Ice by Krista Perry and the (Sur)Real World, all of which are pro Ranma and Akane except for the last which is a hilarious comedy thing done as a rip on MTV's Real World where they throw 7 anime characters in a house and tape their lives... one of whom just happens to be Ranma, along with that hentai Ataru and Nuku Nuku (all purpose cat girl), which make excellet fodder for Ranma... the others are Washu (tenshi), Urd (OMG), Kyosuke (Orange Road) and Mamaru (Sailor Moon), I recommened it highly especially the chapter where Washu leaves her experiments in the fridge!

Other Animes that interest me are:

Final Fantasy VII: Although I've never played the game, I took one look at Cloud Strife in Advent Children and was hooked. Aside from Ranma he is the most facinating Anime character I've ever come across. I'm toying with the idea of writing a one-shot focusing on him and Aerith (I prefer this pairing to him and Tifa), but so far I haven't had the nerve. I'm afraid I will screw it up somehow. Still, he continues to facinate me, with all his silent mystery, so perhaps someday... :)

Heh...God help me but I've recently discovered Death Note and am now addicted! I absolutely LOVE the battle of wits between L and Light. The writing is top notch and the characters are amazing. I'm facinated by L in all his quirky glory. I just can't get enough of him. Hmmm...I would love to explore just what his past might hold. I mean that is no ordinary orphanage! Hmmm... :)

I also have to thank my boyfriend Rob for insisting that I check out the Avatar: Last Airbender marathon that Nickelodeon was running during the Thanksgiving weekend. He's a fan and he made me one too. What a great and original storyline, with amazing characters and lots of action. I love the fight sequences and the wonderful human element (no pun intended) that lays underneath. If anyone hasn't checked this Anime out yet, do so, you won't regret it.

Other things I like doing in my spare time aside from writing are reading (I love Stephen King) I'm somwhat of a bookworm, watching horror movies (I'm a HUGE horror fan - Halloween is my favorite holdiay...heehee), listening to music, mostly 80's stuff, and taking in a Red Sox game at Fenway. I also write a bit of poetry but I can only really write good poems when I'm sad or depressed. I can't write happy ones to save my life!

Anway, I don't know how intersting all of this really is. To all the fans of my fics I just want to say Thanks for all the support, it's with your encouragement that I continue to write, in hopes that I can help take you away for awhile and lose you in a story.

Sayonara for now...

PS: I am happy to announce that I've actually received my first fanart from one of my readers for my story "Into the Light". I want to thank Kaywi personally for her cool drawing. I am both flattered and humbled. I'm so glad that I could offer her some inspiration. If you want to check out the pic go here.

You look better in MY shirt

My thanks and appreciation also goes out to Claraoutvelt for her Spanish translation of my fic "Into the Light". I am thrilled that she thought it good enough to be translated. And I hope all the Spanish readers out there enjoy it! Here is the link and thanks again Clara! :)

Into the Light (En La Luz): Spanish