I'm a college student now, though I started Persephone back in highschool. (The beginning is written in a rather juvenille, simplistic style, but I only editted a little. I move on.) I'm currently studying Physics, Philosophy, English and Theater (with music and dance). When I go to used book stores I look for Victorian novels, primarily Austen, and science fiction, primarily Star Wars. I love to ride horses, act and sing. I play french horn, mostly ill, but improving now.

I love to write-- in an ideal world I'll write philosophical science fiction while somehow making money. Because my painfully type A personality requires constant improvement, I love to give and get constructive criticism. You've been warned.

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Easter Eggs for Persephone:

I’m fascinated by words and word play, especially how the exact same words can mean something completely different in another context, or how a phrase can be slightly bent. And I love making obnoxious references. So I’ve dropped little phrases throughout. Some of you have found bits from Pirates and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Can anyone find the others?

Quotes and References made to:

Pirates of the Caribbean

Aladdin

Beauty and the Beast

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Gormenghast (name only)

Hello Dolly! (lyric)

Fiddler on the Roof (name only)

The Wild Party (lyric)

The Princess Bride

Lolita

Emma Thompson’s film version of Sense and Sensibility

Pride and Prejudice

For the hard core Star Wars fan:

Heir to the Empire

Dark Force Rising

Union