"Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them — in order that the reader may see what they are made of."

— Kurt Vonnegut, "Eight Rules for Writing Fiction"

"Character is what you are in the dark."

— Attr. to Dwight L. Moody (American Evangelist, 1837-1899)

Hometown: Michigan

Current Location: Seattle (UTC/GMT -8 hours)

Born in '84

You can also find my stories on Archive Of Our Own under the same username, Luna12.

I'm a comic/manga book junkie, Magic the Gathering / misc. gaming tabletop player, anime otaku and avid cartoon watcher.

I'm now happily married and still very much in love. I think it helps me approach my romantic fics with greater confidence. When I first started writing, I had never even fallen truly in love (or even really dated).

I generally am a big fan of canon pairings. My biggest OTP is Ranma/Akane. Oddly, the only piece of writing where I couldn't get into any of the canon pairings was the entire Harry Potter series. I just don't feel the chemistry or intellectual connection.

WARNING: I'm a very, very slow writer. I'm also a parent of 3 young children! So free time hardly exists.

Ranma 1/2 Fanart from "Of Loss, Life, & Love"

On DeviantArt by Martina-G "Photobooth" (Chapter 20: Date)

On DeviantArt by Martina-G "DAFT Dance" (Chapter 30: DAFT)

Current Story Status:

The Continuing Saga - - It can be considered complete, but I do have some rough outlines for two more story arcs. Maybe I'll write them someday.

Of Loss, Life, and Love - - Labeled complete, but I have an epilogue in-progress. I also have some spin off one-shots that are in very rough draft forms that can be considered sequels.

Epilogue draft: 5% 20% 33%

Book of Thoughts - - On the backburner, but almost the entire story (25 chapters) are written out in draft form. If only I could find the 3.5" disk with the text files on it...

Notes about my interpretation of the Ranma 1/2 Universe:

Doctor Tofu is a real doctor and a chiropractor?! In strict manga canon, Tofu is only shown to practice first aid, chiropractic and folk/alternative medicine. He treats Ranma's bruise after Akane nails him (accidentally) with a baseball, treats Akane’s twisted ankle, and has patched Akane up after a fight (when she was younger). In the anime “Akane Goes to the Hospital”, Akane breaks her leg and Tofu puts her in a cast. In the US and in Japan, only medical doctors are allowed to do that. So, I choose to believe that he is a medical doctor as well. Although manga canon does not show this, but it doesn’t prohibit this, either.

Upcoming Stories...

After learning my lesson in writing "Of Loss, Life, & Love", these stories won't be posted until they are written 100% in draft form. For now, I have enough outlines and scenes written to give you a teaser of what's to come. These stories will stand alone from each other.

Goodbye, Little One -- Ranma 1/2. Ranma/Akane pairing. Post Manga, Future Fic (maybe in the same universe/sequel to my "Of Loss, Life, & Love"). Angst/Family/Tragedy/Hurt-Comfort.

The Problem With Chocolate -- Ranma 1/2. Ranma/Akane pairing. Post Maga. Future Fic in the same universe/sequel to my "Of Loss, Life, & Love". Valetine's Day mayhem. Akane in the kitchen with chocolate. We're all doomed...or are we? Comedy/Romance

Journal Journey -- Ranma 1/2. Ranma/Akane pairing. Post Manga. "Akane initiates a challenge of a very different sort. Will the pen prove mightier than the sword (or mallet)? A journey in communication and maturity." Romance (NOT part of of LLL universe)

Bottled Lesson -- Ranma 1/2. Ranma/Akane pairing. Post Manga. "To teach Ranma and Akane a lesson, Happosai traps them both in a magical box he had stolen from the Amazons – an ancient device used to train and weed out the weak. Can Ranma and Akane learn to get along in order to survive?" (NOT part of of LLL universe). Adventure/Romance/Hurt-Comfort