Anime is my love and writing is my passion. Combine the two and I'm in heaven.

If you would prefer to contact me directly, feel free to email me at fanficauthor@gmail.com.

October 10th 2009 Update:

As usual, I need to apologize for taking forever to update. I must day, I've been a little disappointed at the lack of reviews for Real Hero'. While the changes I made were subtle, I thought they were sufficient to garner more than a few review. Meanwhile, I've been busy with two new stories I've been working on. I haven't posted them yet, and one of them may actually turn into an original work of fiction rather than fanfiction. We shall see. I hope to either have my newest fanfic posted or the next chapter to Real Hero' posted before the end of the month. Which ever comes out first, please let me know what you think of it. I would really love to know.

Work have been very busy, which is a good thing in this economy, but of course that takes away from time to write. Please continue to be patient and I promise I will post.

A. Amishi

March 16th 2009 Update:

Well it's been a little over a year since I've updated my profile. For those of you that have noticed. I removed my crossover story, In the Hands of a Real Hero, about a week or so ago. And today, I've posted a new chapter 1 and have re-named the story, In the Hands of a Real Hero'. I've combined several of the early chapters to help make each chapter about the same length and I've added some things and changed some things as well. It is my plan to finish this story and then move on and do the same sort of thing to the each of my unfinished stories. I plan on doing this one story at a time. I hope this will increase the likelihood of me actually finishing each story. I hope you enjoy the new and hopefully improved version of Hero.

I must say I really enjoy the new Traffic info provided by FF.net. It's nice to see how many people still enjoy visiting and looking at my stories, even though I haven't updated in such a long time. But still, nothing takes the place of a review. Long or short, eloquent or simple, reviews have a way of energizing me and inspiring me to write more. I've also really like to read reviews from folks outside the US. Let me know what you think of my works. Don't be afraid to express yourselves, even if English is not your first language. All reviews are appreciated.

Well, it certainly feels good to be back.

A. Amishi

March 13th, 2008 Update:

I am so sorry for not updating for so very long. Life has a way of taking over everything at times and while I would still kick ideas around in my head, rarely did I have time to actually write up anything. I did write a few things from time to time but never complete enough to post. Then the totally unexpected and unbelievable happened, my son, Jeremy who was in the Navy, died, unexpectedly. He passed away on February 7th 2008. The funeral was held on the 9th. He is buried at Fort Sheridan Cemetery, Highwood, IL. Jeremy was the third of my four children and such a special treasure and joy to me. We shared so many things, a love of fine foods, a love of anime and of fanfiction. While I loved to write, he loved to read, though not necessarily my works (too mushy for his taste). He was a Lifer Scout, having started as a Tiger Cub in Cub Scouts and going as far as Star in Boy Scouts before he turned 18 and continued on in his troop as an Assistant Scoutmaster for three years. He was involved in Civil War Re-enacting as well and was a black belt in Koryo Gumdo (Korean Swordsmanship). He joined the Navy on October 2007, and graduated basic training on December 7th 2007. He was on hold for continuing his schooling as a culinary specialist when suffering from serious flu-like symptoms, he collapsed and struck his head on the deck (in the Navy, even buildings are referred to as ships and the same terminology is used). He was taken to the hospital for serious head trauma. This was Sunday, February 3rd. On Monday, he seemed to be on his way to recovery. He was awake and lucent, but overnight he took a turn for the worse. They performed surgery to remove a portion of his skull to relieve pressure on his brain, but it did not help and he was essentially brain dead at that point. They kept him alive on life support through Wednesday to allow his older brother, Josh (who is in the Army and was stationed in Maryland) time to fly in and say goodbye to his brother, and for his maternal grandmother to fly in from Mexico as well.

Jeremy was surrounded by family and friends during his last few days. His mother rarely left his side and his brothers and sister were with him nearly as long. Cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, friends and church members all paid their respects and wept by his bedside. I never cried so much in my life. Now, a month since he went to be with the Lord, I still can't believe he is really gone. I look at his picture on my computer screen and the pictures I have of him around my desk and I long to hold him in my arms again and tell him how much I love him. Life seems so hollow now. There is such a void in my life without Jeremy around. I know he is with the Lord in Heaven now, and I know I'll see him again when my time comes, but I can't help but want to have him with me right now. We were always so close. He was so much more than just a son to me, he was my friend, my best friend, and my hero. Jeremy touched so many lives, and brought so much joy to the people around him and he did it all at such a young age. He was only 21 when he died.

I don't know if I will ever write anything ever again. My inspiration has dried up and when I think of writing all I can think is, how can I write about such hollow, empty, meaningless things in the wake of this tragedy? How do my stories compare to the real-life tragedy of Jeremy's death? It can't.

To everyone who has been waiting patiently for my to continue my stories, I am so very sorry. I will leave them up for the mean time but I don't know if I will ever write again.

I am truly sorry,

Jess Alvarado

aka A. Amishi

May 4th Update:

I've just posted my first ever Harry Potter fanfiction. I'm very excited about this story. This story was written with the help of Harry.Kissed.Ginny, an outstanding Harry Potter beta-reader from the fanfiction.mugglenet.com website. This story is also on that website and there is a link to it at my website, www.myspace.com/aamishi

Please review and let me know what you think of this story.

Thanks,

A. Amishi

March 9th Update:

Just posted chapter 9 of my Avatar fanfiction, Destiny. Character development starts to take a back seat to action. Let me know you you think.

Also, please check out my site at www.myspace.com/aamishi and let me know what you think of it and what you'd like to see.

I'm still waiting on my beta-reader for the next chapter of my Escaflowne story. Hopefully, she returns it to me soon and I'll post it as quickly as I can.

Asside from my daytime job, my wife and I are starting to lay the ground work for starting our own business. This is starting to take up a lot of my time too. I will continue to write when I can but if it gets to the point where I just can't give my writing any serious time, I'll let you all know. I hope that never happens because I love writing so much, but at the same time I don't want to hold out false hopes for having time to work on my stories, when I know in my heart it may never happen. Please keep checking my profile for updates.

Thank you,

A. Amishi

February 22nd Update:

Just posted the latest update to my Avatar fanfiction, Destiny. If you are a fan of Avatar: The Last Airbender, please take a look at my story. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. _

I've finished the next chapter to Escaflowne: All you need is Love, Isn't it? about a week ago and am still waiting for my beta-reader to return it to me. This is a very important chapter and I don't want to post it without it being beta-read so it might be awhile still before it gets posted.

Meanwhile, I've been working on "Hero", "Heaven", and my AD fic little by little, and hopefully a new chapter for each of them will be posted by mid-March. if not sooner.

By the way, I've created my own MySpace site, so pleace go check it out and let me know what you thing. It is www.myspace.com/aamishi

There are links to all my stories from there as well.

A. Amishi

January 2nd Update:

Finally!! I finished chapter 8 of AD: A Heart to Love! Can't tell you how thrilled I am to finally post this chapter. Writing it took forever and so did editing it. Seems I'm back to no beta-readers. I haven't heard from either of them in a long time with the other chapters I've sent them so I didn't even bother sending this this one. In addition to this story update, I've also started posting a new story for Avatar: The Last Airbender, called Destiny. Please check it out and let me know what you think.

I have a number of stories I need to update. I'd like your input in knowing which of my stories you'd like to see me update first. Please let me know and the story that gets the most votes will be the next one updated (Aside from Destiny since the first 5 chapters of that story are already written).

Thanks for your support and I hope you enjoy the new chapter.

A. Amishi