I've only got one fic that's this [moves thumb and index finger 2 cm apart] long.

I'd better put something super boring to scare you all away.

Ok, I've got a B.A. in History from lovely commercialized UCLA. I, being a sado-masochist, plan on going back for a M.A. in Library Science and a Ph.D in (surprise surprise) History. Once I scrape together more money. Yay!

Obviously, writing for a bunch of professors who get ecstatic at the thought of students who use spell checkers, leaves me supremely under-qualified for writing anything that shouldn't be left in an outhouse waiting for the next poor sap who runs out of toilet paper. But I digress... (No, not really!) You see, my many years of high school English will now leap out from the bushes and save me... What?! I was asleep during all of them?! Scratch that, I'm going to slink off into the aforementioned bushes and not crawl out until I write dry boring articles for obscure periodicals that no one will read but everyone will agree are marvelously insightful (I hope)

Speaking of Harry Potter! (Which I wasn't...) My ship of the moment is SS/McG though I also have sailed and continue to sail D/G, R/S, and L/N.

Heh with all this free space and nothing of importance to write about... I can finally inflict my favorite authors on whatever hapless fool keeps reading! I mean intelligent and discerning reader... [whistles innocently]

I read most anything, and I have a list of authors I like a mile long. That being said, I'll just mention a few of the lesser known ones that I think should get more eye-print coverage. This is strictly for fun, no edification to be found here. Or at least not anything that your teachers would acknowledge.

Fantasy -

Emma Bull (Everyone loves urban fantasy... Don't they?)
Steven Brust (Versatile, so very very versatile.)
Dave Duncan (How many times can you view the same scene without getting bored? A lot apparently!)
Michelle Sagara West (I love her prose style, but it's definitely not a quick read. Every time I read her books I find something new. Endless Sorrow was influenced by it ^^;;)

SF (Who says it's a man's world? Or uni-/multi-verse?) -

C.S. Friedman (Her Fantasy is good, her SF is better!)
Lois McMaster Bujold (Only she could make you fall for a 5 ft tall, hyperactive mutie. Don't worry, it's not genetic! She has some of the best characterizations I've ever seen and the most damned... honorable men! For fun Space Opera, inquire within.)

Romance -

Julia Quinn (You can respect her heroines and fall for her men because they're just so endearing and chivalrous. Her books are hilarious, charming, and just really sweet.)
Georgette Heyer (It's a pity that she was lumped into the romance genre or she'd be as famous as Jane Austen to the mainstream. As it is, she's a master of the domestic drama.)

Mystery -

Barbara Vine (Because you know you like twisted relationships and psychological thrillers. Plus she's a Dame so it must count for something, right? ^.~)

Horror -

Barbara Hambly (Read her for the vampires and for her intelligent, no-nonsense, if-Hermione-had-grown-up-at-the-turn-of-the-century heroine. And also if you developed a sneaking crush for Spock in her Star Trek Time Travel fic. Bet you didn't see that one coming.)

my (meager) list of fanfics -

Endless Sorrow is my songfic/prologue for a WiP. Well, it's not precisely a prologue as it actually takes place around a decade after the main fic. The going is slow though as I'm simultaneously slacking of from many many different fics!

All my others are under a different name, I shall move them over posthaste! (or not...)