I'm a 41-year old mother of two who discovered Twilight when her then pre-teen daughter asked to read the books. Within hours of opening "Twilight" I became a complete Twi-hard, and I finished the entire book series in two days. Not long thereafter, I discovered the completely addictive world of fanfiction.

I write to silence the voices in my head. I have one multi-chaptered fic completed and am now working on my second. I also love writing one-shots when a particular Edward pops into my head. And I am tragically canon - Edward and Bella belong together, and that's what I'm gonna write.

Not that I don't enjoy reading other pairings from time to time. I am an avid reader of fanfic (see my favorites list for recommendations!), although I don't read as much when I'm writing. I am rather pathetically addicted to one type of reading - I've really love reading reviews! And despite the difficulties I have with the new review reply system (read: I REALLLLLLYYYY don't like it!!!!), I do try to respond to each and every review, even if it takes me a while to get back to you (and yes, I do still intend to answer the reviews to the last two chapters of Never Enough, even though they are several months old now). Please know that your words mean everything to me!!

Some of my fics have some special little extras, like banners, blinkies, recs and reviews. If you want to learn more about my fics, check out these links below!

'Til I Said it to You:

Unfortunately, due to a massive case of writer's block and some personal things going on in my life, 'Til I Said it to You is on indefinite haitus. I love this story and these characters, so I promise that I will get back to and complete it when life allows. I thank you all for your understanding.

Sue at So You Think You Can Write chose to profile 'Til I Said it to You and conducted my very first author interview. It was thrilling and nervewracking all at the same time :) You can her very sweet words and my nervous ramblings here: http://sytycw.blogspot.com/2011/12/sues-interview-with-graymatters-about.html?zx=1d340ecc3423cfc3

Thanks to everyone that voted and made 'Til I Said it to You one of the Fics of the Week on The Lemonade Stand. Onebravelamb wrote a BEAUTIFUL review for the story - thank you so much Lambie. You can read her wonderful words here: http://tehlemonadestand.blogspot.com/search/label/graymatters

The lovely, amazing and talented Melee03 has spoiled me with BANNERS for this little story. Please check them out here:

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And now a BLINKIE too! I love you, Mel!!!

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And my pre-reader Onebravelamb has made me a lovely banner as well! Hugs and kisses, Lambie!!

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Barking Mad: Iadorepugs and I collaborated once again, this time for the Hot Summer Nights anonymous contest, and we won second place in the popular vote! Thanks to everyone who took the time to read and vote. And yes, there is a definitely possibility that we'll be continuing this one-shot with a chapter or two, so make sure you've got the story on alert! Banners once again by the fantastic Melee03!

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and Barking Mad was named one of The Lemonade Stand's Lemon Drops on November 9, 2011 - WOOT!!! http://tehlemonadestand.blogspot.com/p/great-blogs.html?zx=af3778f8078a7d58

One Bartender, Shaken and Stirred: Iadorepugs and I collaborated for the Curvaceous & Bodacious contest, and we won the People's Choice Vote! Thank you sooooo much for everyone who took the time to read our entry and vote for us - we literally could not have done it without you!! And we earned a very pretty banner for our win :)

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Best Laid Plans - A Father's Day One Shot: My good friend Melee03 made me a BEAUTIFUL banner for this one-shot as well. You can view it here:

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Love Delivers: I collaborated with one of my besties, Cullen_Crazy01, on this fun little one-shot. Deliveryward, anyone?? It can be found here http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5824798/1/Love_Delivers. Please stop by and read, and let us know what you think!

Never Enough: My very first multi-chaptered fanfic, now complete! I have a really soft spot in my heart for these characters, so I'd love it if you'd check it out and let me know what you think! I have several amazing banners. The first was made by Christina, and the next three were made by the incredibly talented Aidan PaulMomma!

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Enough to Hope: Certain scenes of Never Enough in Edward's POV. And I do have to say, it's a lot of fun being in Edward's head!! I do plan to continue this when he speaks to me again :)

I am a lover of all things R-Patz. Others would claim it's an unholy obsession. I'm okay with either statement.

I'm on Facebook as GrayMatters FanFiction. Feel free to send me a friend request, provided you are over the age of 18.

I'm also on Twitter, although I very rarely tweet. You can find me there as GrayMattersFF.