"To write is human, to edit divine."
(Stephen King)

"Socrates said, 'The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.'
He wasn't talking about grammar."
(Ursula K. Le Guin)

The Makings of a Storyteller

I am the summation of all answers based on the following basic questions you can think of:

: Who :
- alias Lain, alias CSC Nigel
- (in no particular order) Stephen King, Kahlil Gibran, Dan Brown, Max Lucado, Mitch Albom, Joshua Harris, Frank E. Peretti, John Maxwell, Jude Deveraux, Banana Yoshimoto, Germaine Greer, Nobuhiro Watsuki, Yūu Watase for Ayashi no Ceres, Tsugumi Ohba for Death Note
- Musouka, K’ Arthur, Nefretiri, Yoake Hajime, Abelle, Rozefire
- Hayao Miyazaki, M. Knight Shymalan, Ang Lee, Corey Yuen
- Calliope Medina Erato
- Servant of Christ

: What :
- Shrink by birth, Holy by destiny, Writer by choice
- (in no particular order) The Five People You Meet in Heaven, This Present Darkness, The Dark Half, Rose Madder, the Holy Bible, self-helps
- (in no particular order) Amistad, Pay It Forward, The Others, Ring 0: Birthday, The Passion of Christ, Empire of the Sun, Strictly Ballroom, Flashdance, Closer, So Close, Equilibrium, Crying Freeman, Braveheart, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Edward Scissorhands, Silence of the Lambs, The Fifth Element,
- (in no particular order) Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind, Princess Mononoke, Akira, Ghost in the Shell 1, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, Samurai X OAV 1: Trust & Betrayal - Director's Cut, Samurai X OAV 2: Remembrance, Blood: The Last Vampire, Howl's Moving Castle, Leda: The Fantastic Adventures of Yohko, Spirited Away, Bleach: Memories of Nobody, Shakugan no Shana: The Movie, Yu Yu Hakusho movies 1 and 2, Grave of the Fireflies, End of Evangelion, X, Ninja Scroll, Perfect Blue, Final Fantasy II: Advent Children, Tokyo Godfathers, The Animatrix, Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, Naruto Shippuuden: The Movie, Full Metal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
- (male) Mel Gibson, Christian Bale, Mark Dacascos, Jason Statham, Morgan Freeman, Clive Owen, (female) Jodie Foster
- anime (in no particular order): Death Note, Samurai X, Slam Dunk, Bleach, Naruto, Naruto Shippuuden, Devil May Cry, Claymore, GunXSword, Murder Princess, Shakugan no Shana, Grenadier, Evangelion, Chronicles of Tsubasa, GTO, Air Gear, Blood, Gensomaden Saiyuki, Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone Complex, Serial Experiments Lain, Hunter x Hunter, Magic Knight Rayearth, Yu Yu Hakusho, Sailormoon, Prince of Tennis, Ayashi no Ceres, Fushigi Yuugi, Fate-Stay Night, Gatekeepers, Nadia: Secret of Blue Water, Akazukin Cha Cha, Full Metal Panic, Full Metal Alchemist, Elfen Lied, Boys Be, Bamboo Blade, Gundam Wing, Read or Die (ROD)
- manga: X/1999, Magic Knight Rayearth, Ayashi no Ceres, Yakitate Japan, Death Note, Angel Sanctuary, Claymore, Prince of Tennis, Slam Dunk, Sailormoon
- chicken, pasta, salad, sandwich, soup

: When :
- Year of the Monkey
- ~6 yrs old - first story, 16 yrs old - first book

: Why :
- I strongly feel I'm destined to tell stories, regardless of form or means. I've been telling stories since I was ~6 yrs old, so I guess it's a gift

: Where :
- some IT security company
- some convoluted metropolis in Asia

: How :
- A writer friend urged me to try writing
- I don't know.

\\Story Timeline (from conceptualization to publication)
• Silakbo (fic novel in book form - 1998)
• Vanity (original novel in book form - 1999)
• Crossover (fic novel in book form - 2001)
• Silakbo 2 and 3 (fic novel in book form - 2001)
• The SiXth Man (fic - 2002; DONE - 2009)
• Slam Dunk -- Streaked Out! (unpublished fic - 2002)
• P.R.O.V.I.D.E.N.C.E. (unpublished fic - 2002)
• Kaede Akagi, Haruko Rukawa (fic - 2003)
• Because I'm a Girl (unpublished fic - 2004)
• Tenshi No Me (fic - 2005)
• Still unnamed sequel to Tenshi No Me (unpublished fic - 2007)
• Still unnamed spin-off to Tenshi No Me (an AU fic - 2008)
• Still unnamed fanfic for Great Teacher Onizuka (fic - 2008)

\\Links
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MydeviantART -- not much to see here yet though =\

\\On Fanfiction Writing
"Overprotecting intellectual property is as harmful as underprotecting it. Creativity is impossible without a rich public domain. Nothing today, likely nothing since we tamed fire, is genuinely new: Culture, like science and technology, grows by accretion, each new creator building on the works of those who came before. Overprotection stifles the very creative forces it's supposed to nurture." - Judge Alex Kozinski (http://www.tushnet.com/law/fanficarticle.html)

Kozinski rocks!! \m/

\\CC License and Overall Disclaimer
All works of fiction done by this author are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Please note that this license is applicable to all original characters (OCs) and certain plot points that are unique and distinguishable only to their respective story titles. (Sorry, I'm not quoting Kozinski here for nothing. I believe what I'm doing is not over or under-protecting anything. I know my IP rights and when to evoke it.) As stated on the said license agreement, anyone may use the author's OCs and these unique plot points, provided that the author would be informed of their use, acknowledged for their use, and that they are to be used for non-commercial purposes. Everything original to the canon -- titles, characters, story plots, and, yes, names -- are trademarks of their respective creators and publishing companies. OC names are all created by the author and are no way connected, or should be, to real people, living and/or otherwise.

\\Author's Notes

11.17.2009:

Dear Constant Reader of Kaede Akagi, Haruko Rukawa:

Just thought of giving you an update :)

Some time ago I posted an open letter addressing you, Constant Reader, about the prolonged update of Kaede Akagi, Harko Rukawa. In the last week of October, my uncle arrived from the US and with him is my laptop, B.E.A.S.T., who as I have mentioned is under coma. A couple of days ago, my brother brought B.E.A.S.T. to the computer shop where I bought him more than two years ago. I heard from him over the phone that the shop would either be replacing the mother board (my greatest fear) or the video card (which was what I have always hoped to be the main culprit). I decided to be practical and told my brother to have the video card replaced. That is 123USD. I simply couldn't afford a board replacement right now.

My brother added that the shop gave him B.E.A.S.T.'s hard disk—which made me really ecstatic. If he's not busy, I'll ask him to drop by the house to hand over the hard disk and help me slave it to Rayearth, the current laptop I'm using now.

We're getting there. We're getting there!

~ Hannah