About Me:

I am a lifelong avid reader. Seriously, I read my first adult novel (Desmond Bagley's 'The Tightrope Men') in grade 2. I am in awe of people who can translate internal vision to the written word and do it well. I am also an information hound by inclination and a Library Technician by training ... in other words, I'm great at research and asking questions. I also have a good memory for useless information and nobody will play Trivial Pursuit with me. Ah well. Spending my time writing is better anyway.

I work in the Access to Information and Personal Privacy Protection area; no, those two aren't mutually exclusive, but it is why I don't do a lot of social networking. It's too easy not to know what you're agreeing to reveal about yourself and your family.

I came to fan fiction because it was over 2 months before any of the new books by my favourite authors would be coming out, and nothing I could find in the library or bookstore was satisfying my craving. I found stories here that rival published authors for depth, complexity and skill. Amateurs, like me. I was inspired to try my hand and now I have fanfictions of my own up for public consumption. It's both exciting and scary. I'm still in awe.

Visit me on my LiveJournal site: http://etrix.livejournal.com. I have more stories on my LJ site than I do here as some violate the ToS/Ratings of ff.net.

Favourite Quotes:

"Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation." - Walter Cronkite
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - Voltaire
"...the power of ignorance is great." - Stephen Fry
"The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get to the office" - Robert Frost
"A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone." - Jo Godwin
"A happy childhood is the worst possible preparation for life" - Kinky Friedman
"All knowledge is worth having" - Jacqueline Carey
Bad grammar makes me sic (from a T-shirt)
"Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there." - Clare Booth Luce

2008 Genesis Awards for Best Final Fantasy VII and X Fan Fiction:

I am once again busy pimping out this site because good writing is good writing and should be recognized as such, whether it's for fun or profit. You can visit the site at genesisawards (dot) net and troll for new reads or to nominate a fic you love... I do.

This year so far, I've nominated the following:

purefoysgirl's epic: Midgar: The Soap She's known as jaded_grin there, but it's still the same high quality stuff. She's started posting her soap here on ff.net. It's a few episodes behind but at least it's easy to keep track of.

kremesch's Void I. A tortured, angsty love(?) story between Tseng and Vincent

For those of you who like their current events with a Final Fantasy flavour, check out The World of Nasdack by karanguni and ellnyx. They are also on LJ

rabid_plotbunny's short comedy series Fly on InsaneJournal

Unexpected Side Effects by tir-synni on LiveJournal in the Best Action/Adventure category.

I'm sure this list will grow as the year wears on and I find more stories that make me go 'wow'.

Oh, I nearly forgot, which is stupid because it's a big deal and I'm proud of it, Mad World has been nominated for Best Slash Romance. How cool is that? Thank you, Strange and Intoxicating. =D

Final note, because I believe in citing my sources/inspirations: My piece "Falling Up" was inspired by the world in the story "Causes Stain, Stay Away" by Aoi Para. We've taken the idea in completely different directions, of course. If you're interested in checking her story out it can be found at http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4312911/1/Causes_Stain_Stay_Away