Avatar is from a fabulous artist on DeviantArt. Piece is called "Guinevere". Lost the link to the page unfortunately, but check it out if you can find it. Beautiful work. My twin sister and I have kind of claimed "Guinevere" and its companion piece "Morgan le Fey", which you should also check out as it is gorgeous as well.

About me -

Sex: Female.

Age: Mid-twenties.

Height: 5'2.

Eyes: Grey, though they have been known to go green or blue depending on what I'm wearing or my mood.

Hair: According to a box of hair color I stuck next to my head in the store the other day the color is "Praline", but it could also be described as a Honey Brown in the sun or Dark Ash Blonde in depressing artificial light. Whatever the color, its long and naturally curly.

Ethnicity: I'm a nice mutt, but there was no escaping the curly hair = Scotch-Irish & Anglo-Norman on one side, Italian & Portuguese Jewish one the other.

Siblings: One sister. Twins actually. Not identical.

Pets: A darling Beagle named Percival.

Zodiac Sign: Gemini (Western), Tiger (Eastern).

Hobbies: Does anyone actually care about what I do in my free time? If so, here's a nice little list -

Reading. I was that typical kid walking down the hallways at school with my nose stuck in a book. Think Belle from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast"...yeah that's me.

Writing. Even before I could write myself, I've been creating stories. I used to sit and make my mom write everything out while I dictated to her. Now I have about 10 novels in the works, which are unfortunately on the back burner as I graduated college a few years ago and am sorting out my life like a good little adult. I also have quite a few fanfics I haven't posted up here. Most of them are just drabbles I wrote to get the ideas out of my head. I haven't put them up because they served their purpose to get rid of the itch and once that was achieved I have little intention of elaborating on them and making them into something that resembles a proper story or even a proper oneshot. Others are personal, so unless I tweak them, they won't be going up either. Sorry.

Horseback Riding. I was on a horse before I could walk.

Singing. Any chance I get, radio, ipod, whatever. I haven't sung publicly in years though. I'm still not completely comfortable singing in front of others on my lonesome, I am getting better though.

Dancing. You name it and I've probably done it once. I also teach occasionally.

Walking. Yes this is a hobby lol I picked up the habit while living in Britain for four years. Its a way to clear my head and get some fresh air, plus the exercise is nice and the time to think is essential.

Designing/Sewing. I prefer Historical and Fantasy Costumes, but I'll do the occasional wedding piece.

History. Ever since I was little I've been fascinated with the past and other cultures. Even now I find it all much more interesting than here and now. Guess that makes me a dreamer, eh?

Psychology. I love figuring people out. My sister is the real people watcher though. I prefer not to be caught staring lol

Archery. Its something I've been drawn to for forever but only just recently found the time to pick it up. I'm completely hooked, no suprise.

Stories -

"Times A Witch" - On Permanent Hiatus. I may eventually continue this, but have no plans to do so at this time. NOTE: My deepest and most sincere apologies. I hate it when authors start a story and never finish, leaving loyal fans waiting, and here I am doing it myself. I'm really sorry, I just lost interest and my time has been put to other things.

"Roma Hogwartus" - On Permanent Hiatus. I have a revamp slowly in the works tentatively titled "Founder's Haven", but its on a serious back burner so no guarentees I will ever get it out. Plus, there is a major change in it that some may not like, ie one of the couples. NOTE: For my apology on leaving you all hanging, see the note on "Times A Witch". I really am VERY sorry *hides*.

Some who have read both of the stories I posted here may notice that there is a cousin thing going on in both. This genuinely wasn't intentional, and I don't have some sort of weird obsession lol It just happens that the two stories I chose to post both had that vein running through them. For much of history it wasn't a social taboo, not the way it is today, and I just never saw why it should automatically be so in cultures that are slightly different from our own.