I'm female, late twenties and from the UK.

I work in retail but I'm working on having my own little store somewhere online one day selling and hand making historically accurate clothing and perhaps replica movie costumes too.

I love researching history for my stories and although some of it may not be fully factual I try my best.

I'm an Old West fanatic! I also love ghost stores, legends and dark romance! The darker the better ;)

I love mysterious characters, I love 'evil' people being explored. I hate black and white explanations, I like grey areas!

I am a huge fan of: The Last of the Mohicans, Young Guns I & II, The Lord of the Rings, Sweeney Todd, Labyrinth, Legend, The Lost Boys, Harry Potter, The Last Unicorn, The Princess Bride, Dark Crystal, Fire & Ice, The Breakfast Club, The King and the Clown, Tombstone, Ginger Snaps, Howl's Moving Castle, Audition, A Nightmare on Elm Street, My Sassy Girl, Gone With the Wind, The Company of Wolves, Boxing Helena, Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Duchess, Vampire Journals, Hero, The Little Mermaid, Cry Baby, Memento Mori, Streets of Laredo, Waxwork, The Evil Dead and The Phantom of the Opera (1989, 1990 and 2004 versions). I also love Xena, I'm a proud Ares/Xena, Caesar/Xena shipper. I like variety :D

Music: Rock, Metal, Classical, Folk, Celtic, 80's.

My favourite books include: The Hobbit, The Lord of The Rings, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Murasaki, Lonesome Dove, Streets of Laredo, The West of Billy the Kid, Harry Potter, Ruby Slippers Golden Tears, Grimm's Fairy Tales, Anything by Brian Froud, The Princess Bride, Daughters of the Earth, The Last Unicorn, The Borribles, Phantom of the Opera, various art books, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Battle Royal, Memoirs Of a Geisha, Corset's: A History, Daughter of the Forest, Dance of the Dead, Secret of Nimh and My Girlhood Among Outlaws.

The best advice I have been given: 'Some people are like apples; shiny, welcoming with a harmless look to them. But inside the flesh will be bitter, the core could be rotten and a wasp may be waiting to sting you. Never bite into the apple without knowing what dwells within.' In other words people are good at hiding what's inside them, never judge at face value and don't believe what they present themselves to be giving away your friendship, heart or soul without knowing what's underneath.

As for my own writing, I had never really written properly before two years ago, in my teenage years I wrote quite a few fan fics for Young Guns and The Lost Boys but didn't have a clue that it was fan fiction, and to be honest they were pretty crappy. So, hopefully I've improved but I'm still learning and mainly writing because I enjoy it, I know full well I'm no great writer and my writing is pretty rough, but I enjoy putting my ideas to keyboard and I'm very happy if anyone thinks a story I wrote is any good.

I only really like criticism if it's constructive, so if you have any questions, pointers or ideas please send me a PM :)

If you like one of my stories let me know even if it's only a short note, just knowing someone out there is enjoying it spurs me onto writing more.

I'm currently pulling back my writing a little and not trying to write three stories at once... I'm trying to write two at once instead :p

www.BlazinYoungGuns.com