July 2006
I hope that this time I'm finally able to write the whole thing through without accidentally erasing it! A little note about dear old me, a rather difficult topic to write about... I'm a girl, in case you hadn't figured it out by my pen name. I'm not really creative when it comes to that kind of thing. I work full time during the week -which means that I can afford to buy my anime and manga stuff-, and become practically a couch potato during the weekends. I consider myself a positive, enthusiastic person, and though I might get angry a little too fast sometimes, I forget about it just as fast.

I live on the Mexican side of the border with the United States. It is a great place to live, and it also gives me a chance to buy manga and anime on either side of the border. English is my second language (Spanish being my beloved first one), and I enjoy reading and writing in both languages (Right now, though, I'm trying to enroll in a Japanese course). I love music, so it's not unusual to find that I have the whole soundtrack of a series before I've finished watching it. For example, a song is what hooked me up with Gundam Seed. I just needed to hear "Invoke" to realize that it was a great show. The first anime ever that I watched was "Remi"(if you know which one I'm talking about you get a good guess about my age as a bonus). I cried my eyes out everytime. I love it still and I would certainly watch it for the sixth (or is it seventh?) time if they had it on the air again. Candy Candy is another one of my favorites. Anthony was my first real crush, but I loved Terry. Other series that I've watched: Mazzinger Z (really old one, like myself), Rurouni Kenshin, Sakura Cardcaptors, Saint Seiya, Magic Knight Rayearth, Inuyasha, Love Hina, DN Angel, Escaflowne, Evangelion, Fruits Basket (love Momiji the most), Fullmetal Alchemist (I want my own Aru!), Gundam Wing, Gundam Seed, Gundam Seed Destiny, and I can't remember the rest right now. I'll add them later.

I'm always looking for new interesting stories to read, and I just recently started with my first very own story. I hope that people like it. It had to be about Momiji (I just love that bunny!). Depending on how "Custody" goes, I might start working on other ideas that I have later on. That's it for now. I hope that this may answer any questions about me that might arise.

2007
A quick note: I have not stopped writing! It's just that I moved to another city on November and I don't have an internet connection at home. I have the ending written already. Just wait a little more and you'll know what happens =)

April 9, 2008
I finished watching the first season of Gundam 00 and I must admit that I almost cried during the final episode. I can't wait until October to see what happens next! Guess I'll have to ask my otaku friend (Aru-kun) about what to watch in the meantime. Last week he gave me 74 eps of D Gray Man, so I suppose that I can start there.

I'm back in Juarez, finally! After spending 15 months in Reynosa, I decided to come back due to some family issues that I must see to. My mother has been helping me with the last couple of chapters of "Custody", which should be done before the end of April. Her insight of the situation and her suggestions helped me a lot to understand my characters better. I'm really excited with the prospect of finishing this story. It's like it was my firstborn, I love it so much! I even have a rough draft of a sequel. The sequel would be centered on Momiji and Tohru, of course, but also I have plans on including Hiro. I'm still undecided about doing it or not. I have tons of other ideas for more stories, and now that I'm back home I'll be working at my usual pace again.

January 1st, 2009
I know, I've been lazying around too much and I'm still not done with "Exceeding Expectations". That's what happens when you choose a character as hard to figure out as Hiro. I've been told that I'm the most sarcastic person my family and friends know, but still, Hiro is turning out to be a real challenge (which is great, by the way). About the pairing... I'm trying to find another Hiro-Momo pairing... I can't find any (yay!). It's great, though. That means that there's nothing to compare my story to. _

I've been reading a lot of manga lately... My good self-proclaimed otaku sensei friend Aru-kun suggested that I watch the live action "Zettai Kareshi" (Absolute Boyfriend). While I downloaded it I took a peek at the manga... Aaaaaaaargh! Big mistake. I finished reading the manga, and I must say that I love it, but the live action... I have yet to get back to it.

I still love Gundam 00. I watched the whole Code Geass series, and Vampire Knight and Vampire Knight Guilty (I fell in love with Zero!!). I doubt that I'll be writing any fanfics about them, though. I just can't do actions scenes or stuff like that.

I have every intention of writing more often and more stories. This year will hopefully be a great one for me, and I wish that I and my creative muse get along better _

Issa M.