Hi! My name is Shawny.

I'm Chinese-American, born and raised in San Francisco. I attended and then graduated UC Davis with a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering. I love many things, but most especially I love my husband and my children.

I like a lot of anime. I've been watching it since I was a kid - and I don't intend to stop anytime soon! Now-a-days I don't have much time for anime, but I watch it when I can. I enjoy reading and writing fan fiction. I write on and off (mostly off; I went years without writing anything) whenever the mood hits me and if time permits. I dabble mostly, so my writing is probably a bit rusty. Real Life keeps me pretty busy! Occasionally, I cosplay.

Other things I like: eating, pasta, BBQ, sushi, Vienamese noodle soups, dim sum, cookies, iced tea, anime, reading, Dance Dance Revolution (DDR), anime conventions - Hmm... Notice how many of my likes involve food? sweatdrop I'm also interested in personal finance and accounting. I enjoy investing and watching my portfolio grow.

Dislikes: hot and humid weather, wet and frosty weather, radio commercials, so called "real" TV, plagiarism

Pet Peeves: People who mix up and misuse homophones. People who write in so called "Computer English" (sez, ur, frenz, etc). I'm good at English, so people who don't use the English language properly really, really annoy me!

Thirty Kisses Challenge

I'm taking the Thirty Kisses Challenge on Live Journal. The challenge is to claim a couple that you like and write 30 fanfics (or draw fanart) with that couple. (They can be short 100 word drabbles or long multi-chaptered novels. The length doesn't matter.) The challenge is that each story must have one of the 30 themes AND a kiss in it. The kiss can be anywhere in the fanfic, and doesn't necessarily have to be between the couple you've chosen, although that is preferred.

More information on Thirty Kisses is here: http://community.livejournal.com/30_kisses/profile

Several people have started the 30 kisses challenge with Naruto and Hinata as the couple. But so far, no one has actually completed all 30 kisses. My goal is to be the first person to complete all 30 NaruHina kisses. Go me!

2/22/09: 9 down, 21 kisses left to go!

Stories written for the challenge: One Small Step, Ten Defining Moments, A Delicate Condition, and One Small Detour (Valentine's Day)

One of the main reasons I took up this challenge was because of Sleepwalking101 on deviantART. She writes very good NaruHina fanfics and is currently taking the 100 themes challenge on DA. 100! She’s writing 100 NaruHina oneshots. I’d been toying with the idea of taking the 30 kisses challenge for a very long time. When I saw her writing 100 NaruHina stories, it motivated me to get off my lazy butt and actually do it! Hey, if she can write 100, then I can write 30! Right? Anyways, if you love NaruHina, go check out her stories on DA: http://sleepwalking101.deviantart.com/gallery

Current Works-In-Progress

(1) Naruto: One Small Step

(2) Naruto: Ten Defining Moments

(3) Naruto: A Delicate Condition

(4) Naruto: 67 Percent

(5) Naruto: One Small Detour

(6) YYH: A Matter of Trust and Other Drabbles

Works-On-Hiatus

Yu Yu Hakusho: Masquerade

This is not posted on this site. At least, not yet. I started this Kurama and Botan romance way back in 1999 or 2000, but only completed 2 chapters. I was nervous about writing it, as it would have been my very fist multi-chaptered fic. And I wasn't sure where I was going with it. Then I got distracted by Real Life - and it never got finished. I plan to focus on Masquerade after I finish the 30 Kisses Challenge.

Masquerade is posted on my website: http://dragonillusions.addr.com/writing/yuyuhakusho.htm

Completed Fics

(1) Gundam Wing: First Date

This was the second fanfic I ever wrote. Oneshot. Romance. 1xR.

(2) Naruto: A Push in the Right Direction

This fic was meant to be a fun oneshot. (It's NaruHina, of course!) But a lot of people have asked for a sequel. My first priority is finishing the Thirty Kisses challenge. After I finish the challenge, I'll think about writing a sequel.

(3) Naruto: For Every Season

Gift Art: One Small Step Fan Comic

One of the readers of One Small Step enjoyed it so much that he's drawing a fan comic it! He is an amazing artist. I am incredibly flattered that he's drawing it for me. You can read the fan comic here:

Chapter 1 (black & white): http://shawnyw.livejournal.com/41006.html

Chapter 1 (color): http://shawnyw.livejournal.com/41818.html

Chapter 2 (color): http://shawnyw.livejournal.com/42572.html

Commissioned Art:

I like JakeNova's drawing style, so I commissioned him to draw a scene from One Small Step for me. It's so pretty!

Accidental Kiss by JakeNova on DeviantArt

FYI

I usually aim for about 5,000 words per chapter, but the final length of my chapters varies. 5,000 is only a guideline for me. Regardless of the length, the chapter ends when I have written all the scenes that I've planned for that chapter!

If I get stuck on any of my current fanfics, you can expect to see some new drabbles or oneshots. I've found that the best way to get over a bit of writer's block is to go write something different! The first time I was stuck on OSS, I wrote a bunch of YYH drabbles. The second time I was stuck on OSS, I wrote A Push in the Right Direction. Writing something different is refreshing and more constructive than trying to bash my way through a block. And after a little while, my inspiration comes back again.

Update: 5/3/2009

Current Status of my fics:

One Small Step - chap 9B: 2,394 words (very rough draft)
Ten Defining Moments - part 9: 368 words (very rough draft)
A Delicate Condition - chap 6: about 1500 words (very rough draft)
67 Percent - chap 2: 912 words (very rough draft)

I had a lot of people ask me about One Small Step, so I thought I'd address it here: Don't worry! I have not abandonned One Small Step! Though I admit that I've been procrastinating on it. The thing is... I have a fight scene planned for the next part, except I've never written a fight scene before! So it's making me nervous. However, I've promised myself (and the people who've asked me about it) that I'd work on it after I finished chapter 5 of A Delicate Condition. Therefore, the next time I sit down to write, I'll work on One Small Step.

Unfortunately, I'm going to be very busy this month. coughFanimecough So the next time I sit down to write will probably be in June. Sorry!

Update: 8/17/2009

Wow. I've had a busy summer. Sorry about the unexpected hiatus. But I'm back and writing again! I expect to finish the next part of Ten Defining Moments within a week. I can't believe it's been over a year since I last updated it! O.O Also, I commissioned a fanart of a scene from One Small Step. (See link above.)

Current Status of my fics:

One Small Step - chap 9B: 2,394 words (very rough draft)
Ten Defining Moments - part 9: 669 words (very rough draft)
A Delicate Condition - chap 6: about 1500 words (very rough draft)
67 Percent - chap 2: 912 words (very rough draft)

Update: 8/19/2009

I'm putting this up because I'm feeling a little guilty for not updating in such a long time! Ten Defining Moments, part 9, TEASER: http://shawnyw.livejournal.com/70484.html

Current Status of my fics:

One Small Step - chap 9B: 2,394 words (very rough draft)
Ten Defining Moments - part 9: 1178 words (very rough draft)
A Delicate Condition - chap 6: about 1500 words (very rough draft)
67 Percent - chap 2: 912 words (very rough draft)

Update: 8/22/2009

Current Status of my fics:

One Small Step - chap 9B: 2,394 words (very rough draft)
Ten Defining Moments - part 9: 1763 words
A Delicate Condition - chap 6: about 1500 words (very rough draft)

67 Percent - chap 2: 912 words (very rough draft)

FYI: It's coming along nicely. I estimate that I'm about 50 percent done.