Name: you don't need to know my real name, only that i'm mostly referred to as shibi, or rib (courtesy of drunk friends not being able to spell shibi) - yes this means I'm of the female variety.

Age: 21

I listen to heavy metal, I play with swords on a regular basis (traditional Japanese sword training), and I double majored in Financial and Management Accounting as well doing a minor in Business Law. Corporate governance, corporate fraud and forensic accounting is unbelievably interesting - pity no university wants to touch it over here.

I collect books so I can have my own library one day of books I've read and genuinely enjoyed.

I probably read too much.

I don't have an editor but I am looking for one because my usual lady-in-waiting actually does more contact hours at uni than I do and therefore she never has time for it - in the same respect I am anal when it comes to other people's work so I'd love an editing gig if you can hook me up.

By all means, comment or criticize my work, however don't expect happiness and candy if you're rude about it or just flaming for the fun of it. I will take into consideration most of what people advise me, but keep in mind I enjoy the fact that my writing is unique and there will be some things I won't change if they impact too heavily on my style or the basic plot of the stories or the constructions of my characters.

I also wish for someone to draw my characters... I'm hoping to commission someone or hopefully the story arc 'The Dukes of Diablo' gets enough attention that I have some gracious fan artists.

I'm not new to the scene but I have taken a lot of time to fine tune my style. The only work probably worth reading these days is Russian Roulette - it's not the first in the story arc but you don't have to have read the others before this one. The story arc revolves around the five members of a band I've fondly dubbed the Dukes of Diablo, each of them has his own story but Ian's is probably going to be finished up first.

Stories:

Russian Roulette - complete - Ian Kuznetsov was born and raised as a street rat in Moscow but now lives his dream as the bassist for the world famous metalcore band known as the Dukes of Diablo. The lead singer of Final Defiance, Tyler Matsumoto, is the last person he'd expect to have an interest in but something about the half-Japanese has Ian hooked. Can he hold onto what Tyler is offering him or will he really remain as he always has been with only the band as his family?