My name is Amanda, aka Mandy or mandygirl78.

I also have a DeviantArt account

I live in the Washington DC area and write mostly femmeslash/yuri/lesbian fics because well, I like women.

Likes: Yuri & Femmeslash (of course!), shopping (yes I'm a femme, but with a black belt! Just kidding... but I do have Martial Arts experiences), femme lesbians, some soft butches, music, playing my guitar (though I'm not good at it), writing, gardening, video games, movies.

Favorite Shows: Bad Girls (UK), Bomb Girls, Two Broke Girls, South of Nowhere, Once and Again, Iron Chef, Facts of Life, Diff'rent Strokes, Punky Brewster, Exes and Ohs, Game of Thrones, Pretty Little Liars, Lost Girl, Charlie's Angels, Noah's Arc, Grey's Anatomy, Wonder Woman (Lynda Carter, yummy...) some of the original shows on Logo.

Favorite Movies: Tipping the Velvet, Desert Hearts, When Night is Falling, Gia, But I'm a Cheerleader, Losing Annabelle, Bloomington, Weird Science, The Italian Job, Crash, Brokeback Mountain, Edge of Seventeen.

Favorite Cartoons: Kannazuki no Miko, Mai-Hime, R.O.D (OVA and Anime), Aoi Hana, Lucky Star, Sailor Moon, Code Geas, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Kashimashi, Simoun, Blue Drop, Jem, She-Ra, Voltron, Rainbow Brite (going back here are we, heh), Archie

Favorite Manga/Comic: Girl Friends, Aoi Hana, Octave, various other mangas on Lililicous. Betty and Veronica, Archie, and to a certain extent, Josie and the Pussycats

Favorite Pairing: Nikki/Helen - Bad Girls; Jo/Blair, Cindy/Sue Ann - Facts of Life; Himeko/Chikane - Kannazuki no Miko; Natsuki/Nao, Mai/Mikoto, Chie/Aoi, Midori/Yohko, Haruka/Yukino - Mai Hime; Arika/Mashiro - Mai Otome; Konata/Kagami - Lucky Star; Jessie/Katie - Once and Again; Nenene/Maggie, Anita/Hisami, Nancy/Yomiko - R.O.D; Mariko-Akko - Girl Friends, Naoha/Fate - MGLN; Akira/Fumi - Saki, Mari/Hagino - Blue Drop, Betty/Veronica - Archie, Emily/Allison - Pretty Little Liars, Bo/Lauren - Lost Girl.

Dislikes: Tate from Mai-Hime (he's a freakin' idiot!), Souma from Kannazuki no Miko (same as Tate), South Park, the movie Personal Best, and most of all Shizuru from Mai-Hime and that whole Shiznat crap!

Current Projects

Kannazuki no Miko:
Himeko and Chikane: Their Story - Chapter 27 is in the works. This is my priority fanfic.

Once and Again:
Deja Vu - Chapter 4 is up. Will work on Chap 5 when I have time. NEED A BETA!
Way Out West - Chapter 2 is up, will work on Chapter 3 when I can get my writer's block out of the way.

Facts of Life:
Wedding Bells Are Ringing - Chapter 13 is up and now started working on chapter 14.
Body Language - Chapter 31 is up. On hold until I finish chapter 15 of Wedding Bells.
This Is Kansas After All - Delayed until Wedding Bells is done. Probably restart this one, but who knows.

Current Web Comics on dA

Kannazuki no Miko:
A Season for Caring - Chapter 2 is currently being worked on. This is my priority fan-comic. A Season For Caring

Jem:
Not So Glamorous Life - Chapter 6 is currently being worked on. Not So Glamorous Life

Mai Hime:
Haruka Strikes Back! The Fall of the Bubuzuke - Up to page 32 is up. Page 33 and 34 is currently being worked on. Haruka Strikes Back!

Read or Die:
A Nenene and Maggie Christmas - On hold because of writers block. However will be worked on soon. Chapter 1 is up. Christmas

Finish Projects

Read Or Die:
A Birthday Nenene Will Never Forget - Done.

Facts of Life:
Joanna (I Love You) - Done.
Dear Apple, Byte This! - Revised and Done.

On-Hold Projects

Mai-HiME:
Love My Way - On indefinite hold, plan to delete it.

Read Or Die:
Impossible Mission - This story will be totally revised, based on the RP me and Kuro are having. I will be done as soon as possible.

Once and Again:
Once Bitten, Twice Shy - Indefinite hold, or maybe not. A few ideas have been coming into my mind lately.

Potentially Future Projects

Mai-Hime:
One Night Stand - Nat/Nao, you should know me by now :D Famous stunt woman Natsuki Kuga is in a happy relationship with high-level exec Shizuru Fujino, but then comes a sexy redhead, Nao, who change all that. Based on the 90s movie One Night Stand.

Mai-Otome:
The Irrelevant Otome - A girl from a poor country attends Gardenrobe, but she struggles through it and ends up becoming an Otome. Here performance wasn't spectacular, but eventually she will become one of the great Otome. The main character will be an OC.

Kashimashi:
Getting off the bench (Working title) - Ayuki Mari was always the spectator in life. She like to watch and examine things, but she doesn't want to be the test subject herself, especially when it comes to love. However, she finally realize that in order to win the game of love, one can't be a spectator, one must get off the bench and play. And that she does, now pursuing the one she admired from a distance.