"The anger filled me up and spilled over my skin like heat. God, it felt good. I was used to being angry. I liked it. I wrapped my anger around myself. I fed it with every petty impulse I'd fought for days. I unleashed my anger like you'd unleash a rabid dog. It roared through me, and I remembered a time when my rage had been the only warmth I allowed in my life, when my anger had been my solace and my shield."
~Laurell K Hamilton, Incubus Dreams

Name: Birde Williams (the E is not silent, it's pronounced like "birdie")

AKA: Birde (cause it be mah name), Lady DeathStryke (cos of the Exiles), Rigby (cos of girl scouts), Sango (cos of cosplay) Sunstreaker/Sunny (cos of cosplay also), Mermaid Man (cos of Home Ec), Gimpy (cos I hurt my feet ALL THE TIME), Stripes (...we don't ask questions) --> choose your destiny.

Occupation/Life Status: college graduate of 2011, published fiction novelist (http://www.amazon.com/dp/1595266453/)

Age: I'm not jail bait, but you can't get me drunk.

Residence: Tourist Trap PA, US

Hobbies: writing, traditional drawing (meaning with pencil/marker and paper, cos I Sucjk at Photardshop), deviantART, singing, roleplaying, and GLORIOUS BATTLE! (read: "finding an agent.")

Likes: Andalites, smexy cars (Vettes & Lambos), Andalites driving smexy cars (aka Elfangor and his Mustang, lol, GENIUS.), Batman, The Beatles, sharpies and Bristol, Micrografx Picture Publisher, Cyanide and Happiness, Garfield Minus Garfield, kitties, spiders (but not their 6-legged meals), pretty hair, Sesshomaru-sama, Voldemort, vampires, Veni LeFebvre, Anita Blake (I love Edward best, but Jean-Claude comes damn close), Jacob Black, Nicolas Cage, Vin Diesel, kickassery, and highly idiosyncratic alien robots.

Dislikes: people who beat down the things that their friends like with complete apathy for their friends' feelings, people who splurge on ridiculous purchases to make a point of how much money they can afford to throw away, people who talk on and on without noticing that their "listener" is otherwise occupied and can't pay attention, Snidely-Whiplash-type villains who are more annoying than threatening, egocentric obnoxious people, and robot overlords who beat up their highly idiosyncratic counterparts.

Favorite Shows: CSI Las Vegas, Bones, The Eleventh Hour, The Transformers (we're talking the cartoon), Danny Phantom, Inuyasha, Farscape, and Red vs Blue.

Favorite Movies: I: Robot, Chronicles of Riddick, Thirteen Ghosts, V for Vendetta, Batman Begins, Wild Wild West, Galaxy Quest, Dracula: Dead And Loving It, and Idiocracy.

Favorite Books: "Obsidian Butterfly" by Laurell K Hamilton, "Mendeleyev's Dream" by Paul Strathern, "On Writing" by Stephen King, "The Illusion" by KA Applegate, and "The Door to December" by Dean Koontz.

Favorite Quotes: "We, who demand to be heard, will tolerate no such cry as 'Peace! Peace!' where there is no peace." ~A Little British Mother
"Which is healthier, in the end - to know the bitter truth and be miserable because of it, or to be happily entertained by the lies one wants to hear?" ~Veni LeFebvre
"But I don't want to make your life easier. I want to make my life easier. I care more about myself than you." ~Anonymous
"Would I accomplish anything in this fight for freedom? Was the struggle, the pain, the loneliness endured in vain?" ~Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul
"Hate was all I knew. It ruled my world; it imprisoned me, taught me how to eat, how to drink, how to breathe. I thought I'd die with all the hate in my veins." ~V
"Love sucks. Sometimes it feels good. Sometimes it's just another way to bleed." ~Anita Blake
"Never do anything that makes you feel good when you're angry." ~Katherine Clements
"God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things that should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other." ~Reinhold Niebur
"Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to live restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death." ~Albert Einstein
"There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days." ~Anita Blake

Myspace: link dA: link LJ: link

WORKS IN PROGRESS

Original works
Young Vampire - this is a constant, because the series is 10 books long. The first, Lamia of Akkad, has been published already; you can find it on Amazon (see the site listed above). The series follows the inexorably intertwined lives of 9 rogue vampires from various ages of the Earth, and their fight against the motiveless malignity of the Queen Mother of all Vampires, whose plots endanger not only each of them, but the freedom of the entire human race.
Bryen's Trilogy- Bryen Gossert is a ghost. He was the latest victim in a New York City killing spree, but there was one tiny discrepancy - Bryen's body is still alive, being kept that way by hospital equipment. His living friend, the psychic Kara Ashby, needs to find his shooter before Bryen's life insurance runs out and they pull the plug, killing him forever. Problem - Bryen remembers absolutely nothing about his shooting... and it looks like the killer is preparing to strike again.
The Chronicles of Powerful - probably going to be a manga series. It's a sci-fi about Zoldor, a planet whose core is a black hole; of the Tolai, the humanoid telekinetic race that inhabits this planet; of Rune Waterlyte, the abnormally Powerful protagonist who, along with his cousin (and adopted brother) Hazel, falls into that black hole; and of the evil force that threatens Zoldor while Rune and Hazel are stranded and Powerless on a strange, distant world... Earth.

Fanfics - Tantrum Series
The Deserters - Transformers, features my FC Tantrum (before transformation), introduces my FC Sylvan, and involves Scout, an FC from The Composite Records, a story described further down. My FC Vendetta has a cameo in here as well. IN PROGRESS - see description below.
The New Pretenders - features FC's Tantrum (this time after transforming), Sylvan, and Vendetta. Megatron's lack of recent action infuriates Vendetta to a point where he decides to strike out against the Autobots by himself. Without alerting the other Decepticons, he launches an attack on the Autobots, and Tantrum is fatally injured. Before his spark expires, the Autobot scientists quickly create a body for him to use while they repair the old one, but this isn't a robot body... with his best friend close behind, Tantrum and Sylvan both switch to temporary new bodies made from their own genes, and experience firsthand what it's like to be a human!
Fidelity - third story in this series; features Starscream and FC's Tantrum and Sylvan. Megatron curses Starscream for his treachery, begrudges his inability to destroy the jet himself, and still mourns the loss of his prized weapon. Of late, his grievances seem to have robbed him of his ability to act, and Decepticon attacks grow fewer and farther between. The war grows stagnant, tensions start to mount, and an old, long-forgotten past is brought to light. As friends turn on friends, tiers of authority crumble, and double agents choose their sides, everyone starts to question their true motives, beliefs, and allegiances.
Prime - The final installment of the Tantrum series. With the one fatal flaw in their enemy's plan breached, with Earth conquered at last, the surviving members of the victorious team make the trip to their home planet, to end this war for good. Which side has Tantrum chosen? Which side will he aid? In this final showdown between the Autobots and Decepticons, which one shall stand, and which one shall fall?

Fanfics - Other Stories
The Composite Records of Subject M101-A - Transformers. This is supposed to come across as a data log - all the existing records of the most intriguing subject in the Darkmount Live Testing Facility. You know this subject by the name Sylvan. Also includes Scout's history and introduces him in my TFverse. The Composite Records is not part of the Tantrum series, as Tantrum does not exist yet, nor is it necessary to read this in conjunction with the series. It's more of an aside, a companion story, a prelude, if you will. However, if you're any kind of fan of the Tantrum series, this story will help you to understand the complex nature of Sylvan's character. The Composite Records gives a resounding, conclusive answer to a question that has nagged at the processor of every robot Sylvan has ever met: the question, "Why is Sylvan so strange?"
The GC Experience: More than Meets the Eye - Transformers as well, but this one is a farce that pretty much only my real-life friends will understand. It is almost entirely centered on the idiosyncrasies of my friends and my college campus... and just a lot of other really weird crap that nobody will comprehend at all. Chronologically, it would fall smack in the middle of Deserters and Pretenders, but seeing as nobody realizes their cars are Transformers until Pretenders, and that a crucial character in here has already died... yeah it just screws things up. Features Tantrum & Sylvan, a reprisal of Vendetta, and three FC's created specifically for this story (Fullmonte, Bigfoot, and Bluetooth) as well as an Optimus cameo. This story is a dual-author project; my co-writer is David Grant.
Red vs Blue: The Lost Season - Also Transformers, believe it or not. This one is extremely, extremely, EXTREMELY tongue-in-cheek. It makes The GC Experience look serious. RvB fans - you remember when Simmons and Donut screw up the teleporters at the very end of season 2, and how season 3 kicks off with some forays into strange other worlds, ending with the gang reuniting in the room full of teleporters? Well, the story picks up right there. They all step into the teleporter... but instead of ending up on Sidewinder, as per the series, they all get launched to... Cybertron. The Reds get stuck with the D'Cons, and the Blues wind up with the A'Bots. There's a lot of really, really weird stuff in here, hopefully enough to be a season's worth, before they get teleported to Sidewinder at last (which is where the RvB canon would take back over, in season 3).
The Chronicles of Riddick: Nirvana - Yes, you can breathe a sigh of relief, this one is NOT Transformers! Since it would seem the 4th and 5th Riddick movies aren't getting made, I'm writing my own. The Duchess Nirvana (an FC) is in a life-threatening predicament, and to save her life and the future of her people, she begs for help from the only man who stands a chance of overthrowing her adversary, the escaped murderer and newly crowned Lord Marshal, Richard B Riddick. What in the universe could possibly inspire this heartless ex-con to help a human in need?
The Enemy - Animorphs - again, not Transformers! TEH GASP. This story picks up exactly where the last Animorphs book (which REALLY pissed me off) ended. On the day Earth was won by the Animorph forces, freshly-promoted Prince Aximili receives more than just a promotion - he now has a new sibling, born that day. This is the story of Kafit-Esgarrouth-Alloran (an FC, hur-duh), and how an Andalite, to find and rescue Prince Aximili, must join forces with the most knowledgable and combat-experienced warrior there is - none other than Esplin 9466 Primary. What could Kafit possibly offer the former Visser One to gain his alliance? And when treason is committed by an Andalite, does it really matter how good the intentions were?

In The Works
(IE, stuff I'm considering writing about)
Inu-Yasha
Twilight
Anita Blake (which, if it does get written, probably won't get posted, cause I like Laurie and she asks that people don't make fanfics of her stories public.)