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indriChrislee (Octaves of the Heart) has asked me to write something about myself for her website.
I started reading fanfic in January 2002, when I was halfway through Season Five. At first all I looked for was NC17 Buffy/Spike but then I had the good fortune to stumble across Jess and Kita's Ficbitch website. Soon I found myself reading all sorts of stuff: het, gen and slash. I'll read pretty much anything now as long as it's well-written.
I started writing fanfic in March 2002. Despite my catholic reading tastes, I tend to only write fic that's in canon: even Some Years Later is consistent with what I knew of the series at the time. I like filling in the gaps of what we see on screen and taking the viewpoint of minor characters. I also try to visualise how the main characters must appear outside their usual contexts.
My favourite of my fics is probably Foreign Devils because the words just flowed through me during a single weekend and it required barely any revision. I wish that sort of inspiration hit me more often! I've had to struggle over other pieces for much longer: Hotel Lavear took six months.
I have a rec list and more discussion of my fic on my site. Here I will publicly thank Coquette, not only for the strength of her prose, but because without her encouragement I would probably have disappeared off the Net after posting my first few stories. Feedback matters, especially to new authors!
And finally, a bio: female, born 1973, grew up in the UK, US and Australia. I'm more or less a scientist, have a SO, no children or cats.
I started reading fanfic in January 2002, when I was halfway through Season Five. At first all I looked for was NC17 Buffy/Spike but then I had the good fortune to stumble across Jess and Kita's Ficbitch website. Soon I found myself reading all sorts of stuff: het, gen and slash. I'll read pretty much anything now as long as it's well-written.
I started writing fanfic in March 2002. Despite my catholic reading tastes, I tend to only write fic that's in canon: even Some Years Later is consistent with what I knew of the series at the time. I like filling in the gaps of what we see on screen and taking the viewpoint of minor characters. I also try to visualise how the main characters must appear outside their usual contexts.
My favourite of my fics is probably Foreign Devils because the words just flowed through me during a single weekend and it required barely any revision. I wish that sort of inspiration hit me more often! I've had to struggle over other pieces for much longer: Hotel Lavear took six months.
I have a rec list and more discussion of my fic on my site. Here I will publicly thank Coquette, not only for the strength of her prose, but because without her encouragement I would probably have disappeared off the Net after posting my first few stories. Feedback matters, especially to new authors!
And finally, a bio: female, born 1973, grew up in the UK, US and Australia. I'm more or less a scientist, have a SO, no children or cats.
