-Moi-

I'm 21, getting my Masters, and female. I am straight, I'm 5'10", and I'm studying Art History but majored in English. I went to boarding school for high school, and then attended an all-women's college (ick). Now I'm studying in Dublin, Ireland.

I was born and raised in Phoenix, went to high school in SoCal, college in Mass., I'm currently studying in Ireland, and NorCal and Phoenix are home. I'm a little transient.

I'm Irish-American (like 85 percent), with a tinge of Belgian and maybe a smidgeon of Brit, Welsh, and Native American.

I love horses, and I want to work with them, but everyone says it's a waste of a good college education. pshaw.

I'm bad at finishing anything longer than 5,000 words, but SaHRaC seems to be going pretty well. Hopefully RS will go well too.

I believe in writing what you know, but only to a certain extent. There is always a bit of me in all of my stories, even when the characters are nothing like me and the plot is nothing like my life.

Music: I like indie, alternative, classic rock, and whatever the hell else I decide to listen to. I have a ridiculously diverse music taste. But it tends to be rock. I also listen to: country, musicals, classical, a bit of pop and rap, Disney, acappella, and.. uh... whatever else is on my computer.

Movies: Whatever catches my interest. Everything from Garden State to Igby Goes Down to White Christmas to Monty Python to Boondock Saints.

Books: JD Salinger is a fave. My favorite is Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters and Seymour, an Introduction. Barely anyone reads it. Everyone should. Also (and this isn't close to all of my favorite books): Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, Orson Scott Cards books, Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathon Safran Foer, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Sabriel by Garth Nix, The Nightside Series by Simon R Green, High Fidelity by Nick Hornby, Sharon Shinn's Alleluia books, Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood, anything by Patricia Cornwell, The Book of Lost Things by John Connelly, His Dark Materials trilogy, M Butterfly by David Henry Hwang, anything by Diana Wynne Jones, The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, anything by Cody Mcfadyen, Jonathan or Faye Kellerman or Shane Dunphy. and many more that I will probably remember and add on later.

Because I'm bored:

All time favorites: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (book), Good To Sea by Pinback (song/band), and I can't choose a favorite movie.

Current obsessions: Dry by Augusten Burroughs (book), Black and Gold by Sam Sparro(song), Emma (BBC Miniseries) (movie)

-Updates-

7 November 2009- Okay, it's been a ridiculously long time since I've updated my profile. Figured it was time. New story up! I'm working on a new chapter for SAHRAC, I promise.

-Stories-

In Progress:

Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy: 17/?, Last Update: 1/31/09

Kilmainham, 1/?, Last Update: 10/5/08

Railway Spine: 2/?, Last Update: 11/16/09

Complete:

To The West: 1/1, Posted: 4/7/07 Note: May be continued

The Yellow House: 1/1, Posted: 4/30/07

Back to Buenos Aires: 1/1, Posted: 10/5/08

Unposted:

Untitled Boarding School Project: 1/?, In Progress, Unposted

Not actually set during boarding school, set 10 years after graduation. A woman attends her 10th high school reunion only to meet up with a guy she kind of had a thing for in high school. They've both changed a lot, but the attraction is still there. Now what? OMG it isn't slash!

Untitled Alexander the Great Project: 2/?, In Progress, Unposted

From the perspective of one of Alexander's lovers, the story of Alexander's last days. Inspired by a NatGeo special on how Alexander died.

Untitled Kidnapped Project: 1/?, In Progress, Unposted

Peter saved Benny's life after they were both kidnapped, only to have Benny die anyway. Can Drew, Benny's brother, help Peter move on?

Savage: ?/?, In Progress, Unposted - May get put up eventually?

Jack and Lidia have been best friends for several years. She thought she knew everything about him. Then a mysterious man shows up, and Jack starts freaking out. Turns out Lidia really didn't know him at all. (slash, mm)

Warnings: swearing, alcohol, drugs, homosexuality, mental illness, suicide, death, abuse, rape, violence, self-injury

If any of these stories strikes your fancy, please let me know, and it might get me to work a little harder on it :)

-Other-

Searching for a good beta. I mean it, I'm a vicious editor, but I suck at editing my own shit. So I need someone who can do it and do it well. I want good criticism and someone who's a grammar whore.

And if you're looking for a beta, lemme know. I'm always happy to help. I warn you, though, I'm really really picky. So I'm probably going to tear it apart, so be ready.

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"we're all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -oscar wilde