Hi! Welcome to my profile! I'm guessing that most of you are here to find out a little more about the person behind the stories...or just to find out why I'm not updating as fast as I should be! Enter at your own risk... :p

About me

I've finally taken the plunge and joined after years of reading from the shadows.

I write all the time but am terrible at updating...I promise that there will be updates even if they take forever!! I have also lived in four different countries (with another scheduled for next year) since I started writing on this website so that has definitely not helped with my update pace!

For anyone who's interested - I was born in Ireland, moved to Vietnam, England and most recently Japan. I'm currently studying at university in England, moving to Italy in five months and we'll see after that!

My first language is English, then Italian, Japanese and Vietnamese in that order...my Irish (gaelic) is appalling since I went to an international school and all the French I once spoke seems to have deserted me along with the Latin I slaved to master in school. I just graduated from a Japanese University after studying Japanese (plus literature, culture etc), Chinese and Korean.

Yes, I love languages! :o)

About my stories

I've written lots of fics but not many of them have made the transition from hard-drive/notebook to internet.

Gundam Wing:

My main project is Job Interview which is an alternate universe fic focusing on the relationship between Heero and Relena. I don't usually read or write AU stories but this idea took hold of me and wouldn't let go!

The first chapter started off an a one-shot to help cheer up one of my friends who had had a disastrous job interview. I later tied this in with some other drabbles I had written about Heero and Relena and the story started from there. As such I still feel that the first chapter is by far the weakest in the story so please withhold judgement until the later chapters.

There is now a side-story of drabbles named Interview Preparation containing various scenes that didn't make it into the story, character sketches and some one-shots just for fun!

Aftermath: My secondary project is another Gundam Wing fic set after the series and Endless Waltz. I feel that this one is much closer to the true characters and I'm looking forward to updating it. I am fascinated by the Zero system and the effects it could have on those using it. This is also my attempt to realistically portray the relationships between the characters after all that they went through together in the series and how they deal with their various demons.

I've handwritten most of it but it needs to be typed up and edited. My update rate for this story closely follows Job Interview as I tend to move between fics.

One-shots:

Sacrifice (more of a character exercise for myself than anything more) It looks at Relena's thoughts concerning a peaceful future and the sacrifices that have to be made to realise her ideal. It is an old piece and it shows, so I have considered deleting it but I also feel that it shows how I have changed and developed as a writer. Definitely not my best piece by far, but it's the story that gave me the courage to first post on this website so I'm a little sentimental!

Other:

There is also the beginning of a Fruits Basket fic called Everyday which looks at the little everyday things that become special to Kyo when he begins counting down the days until his imprisonment and the changes occurring in his relationships with other people. I recently re-read the entire manga in Japanese and have reignited my interest in this fandom.

I've also written a Final Fantasy VII one-shot called The Waiting Game. Despite being a one-shot it fits into a series of drabbles about the game, mainly centering around Cloud and Tifa so I am considering the idea of continuing this as a series.

Latest but not least, I have added a short Mushishi one-shot called Snow centering around the character of Tanyuu and the importance she affords Ginko in her life. I think this series is beautiful so I enjoyed the chance to write something for it as the Mushishi section on this website is very under-represented (I am story number 78!)

A number of new stories are also taking shape (both within the Gundam Wing world and for other anime) and should hopefully be appearing soon - look out for them!

Wow - i got reviews! Jumps over the moon Thanks so much! Please give me more, I'm addicted!

The novelty hasn't worn off yet and i don't think it will for a very long time!

Anyway, enjoy the fics! See you soon!

Updates

11/10/09 - Chapter 6 of Aftermath: Constancy and Chapter 3 of Everyday: Friendship have been posted so please read and review - it really makes my day!

Also posted a new story called The Waiting Game set after Advent's Children in the Final Fantasy VII fandom - please let me know what you think!

Will be back soon with further updates!

7/11/09 - Hey everyone - just to apologize for the updates not being up by today as promised - I was planning to spend most of the day on Friday doing final edits and answering reviews but my house got burgled on Thursday night and my computer was the only one that wasn't taken so everybody has been using it except me! I am still hoping to get Job Interview posted tomorrow and Aftermath and Everyday on Monday so keep checking back. Thanks for reading!

10/11/09 - Slightly behind my hopeful schedule but updates are one their way nevertheless. Chapter 21 of Job Interview: Admission is now up. I'm looking forward to your comments!

24/11/09 - Chapter 22 of Job Interview: Balance is now up. Let me know what you think, pretty please!

28/11/09 - Short Mushishi oneshot - Snow - posted. I hope that everyone enjoys it! First fanfic I've written for this tiny fandom so constructive criticism is much appreciated!

16/12/09 - Just a quick update for anyone impatiently awaiting new chapters.

I'm now back home in Ireland for Christmas and have been working on my fanfics - however they're on my computer and the only computer with internet is shared between everyone so I have been going back and forth between the two. Updates will probably ahve to wait until I get back to my own computer and internet but I will do my best to get them up as soon as possible!

25/1/10 - Hello again and sorry for the delay. Chapter 23 of Job Interview: Bonds is now up with more updates to come in the next few days!

26/1/10 - First drabble of Interview Preparation has been posted so please have a read and let me know what you think :)

6/2/10 - Preparing updates for Everyday and Aftermath now so they should be up sometime in the next few hours (though tis early hours now so may leave them for one fina edit in the morning). I just wanted to say a massive thank you to all my readers and reviewers; I have just been reading back over some of the lovely messages I've received from people on this site and I am very grateful to everyone taking the time to read my stories. Thank you a million times over!

Oh and reviews really do make me write faster so I promise to thank you all by updating as soon as possible! :)

Please read and enjoy! Feedback would be great too! Thank you!