Real Name: Ashley

Gender: Female

Age: 16

Birthday: December 25

Favorite Class in School: Psychology

Least Favorite Class in School: AP Physics --too many word problems! aaah!--

Currently reading: A Clash of Kings

I tend to collect songs from these artists/bands: One Republic, Coldplay, Chris Daughtry, Everlife, Rihanna, Evanescence, Shinedown, The Killers, Fall Out Boy, Juanes, Matchbox 20, David Bisbal, Nickelback, Hinder, Hedley, Lincoln Park...

Favorite Movie(s): Lord of the Rings and the Last Samurai

Favorite Book: The Serpent Garden by Judith Merkle Riley

Favorite authors: Sharon Kay Penman, Philippa Gregory, Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris, Judith Merkle Riley, Libba Bray, Erin Hunter (Warrior series), D. J. MacHale (Pendragon series), Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl), Tamora Pierce, Darren Shan (Cirque du Freak series), Shakespeare (some of his plays, particularly Macbeth), Cassandra Clare (City of Bones), L. A. Meyer's Jacky Faber Adventures, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Kenneth Oppel (Firewing series), Sarah Dessen and Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan

Book Genres: From Most Favorite to Least

1. Historical Fiction (especially medieval)

2. Romance

3. Fantasy/Supernatural

4. Realistic Fiction

5. Adventure/Action/War

6. Science Fiction

7. Humor (not that I don't have a sense of humor...I think)

8. Horror (I haven't the stomach or the heart)

9. Mystery (I haven't the patience or the interest)

Hobbies: reading, writing/typing, playing badminton, playing Kingdom Hearts, sleeping...um, does daydreaming count?

I hate: burglars, thieves; chocolate with peppermint (sorry, I don't know why); writer's block; spiders (another burglar of sorts...); unnecessarily expensive clothing and cars (what ever happened to being practical?); New versions of Microsoft office (too many fancy, tiny icons, where's the save button, darn it?); overtly gory cartoon violence; advertisements (especially those that tell you that you've won something); lagging, slow computers that seem on the verge of exploding (ironically, my old computer just died...)

Current Work

Consequences of the Mysterious Piece of Garbage: I wrote the entire story in the eighth grade. It's the first story I've ever completed. It's very simple, meant for a younger audience, but if you love cats, you might like it!

Crushed: Spontaneous and less sophisticated than my usual stuff (if you can call my other stuff sophisticated). This started out semi-real but didn't stay that way. I am pleased to announce that it's done (but not yet on Fictionpress).

A Moment of Anger: This was also spontaneous. A one-shot. Read it if you want.

Destined to Destroy (formerly titled Mira, Mira): No one is reading or reviewing. No point in updating...Discontinued for now.

Sequel to Consequences of the Mysterious...I've written a prequel, which could also function as a sequel. Tom is telling a story (from the past of course, thus it's a prequel), but you also find out what happened years after the incident with glowing garbage (thus, it's also a sequel)

Empty Promises: It's the story I wrote for Nanowrimo 2008. Basically: problems ensue when a leader of a gang takes an unnerving interest in a plain, idealistic girl named Coriander Tungsten, who doesn't know what to do with her life.

Golden and Groundwater: I guess third-person and fantasy didn't work for me this time around. Discontinued for now.

The Wives of Celadyn: Story I was commissioned to do. Trying to make it cute and fluffy.

Random Fact about me: My favorite piece of punctuation is the ellipses...

Previous Poll Results

Best Reason to Kill Off a Character?

The death adds to the plot-- 6 votes

The character is an evil one/antagonist-- 4 votes

That particular character was annoying-- 3 votes

To make the story a tragedy-- 1 vote

Who will Anne choose?

I have no idea what you're talking about. I haven't read "Crushed."-- 1 vote

Oren--0 votes

Carl-- 1 vote

Some other guy--0 votes

No one--0 votes

Is war justified?

Rarely-- 7 votes

Never-- 1 vote

Of course people usually go to war for good reasons-- 0 votes