GENERAL

Name: Mandala

Birthday: March 24, 1988

Ethnicity: Asian-American

Height: 5' no inches

Pets: a cockatiel, Kiki

Favorite Books: The Bohemian Manifesto, His Dark Materials, Harry Potter, The Mists of Avalon, Shopaholic books, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants books, Little Women, Eight Cousins, Rose In Bloom, Memoirs of a Geisha, Lolita, Tamora Pierce's Tortall and Circle of Magic books

Favorite Movies: Hero, The Science of Sleep, The 10th Kingdom, NANA (ナナ), Kamikaze Girls, Stranger Than Fiction, Amélie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Music: Adele, Aimee Mann, Arctic Monkeys, Athlete, Auto Escape, The Cranberries, Dave's True Story, Detektivbyrån, Eisley, Emilie Simon, Emmy the Great, Enya, Erin Lang, Eugene McGuinness, Franz Ferdinand, Frou Frou, Gackt, Guillemots, Hope of the States, Imogen Heap, Ingrid Michaelson, Io Perry, Kate Bush, Kate Nash, Kate Tucker & The Sons Of Sweden, Kaiser Chiefs, Kat Flint, Laura Groves, Laura Marling, Loreena McKennitt, Louis XIV, Lullatone, Midlake, Mika Nakashima, Misia, Miyavi, Muse, Neutral Milk Hotel, No Doubt, O lousy tired gal, Patrick Wolf, Rachael Yamagata, Regina Spektor, seabear, Shiina Ringo, Shiny Toy Guns, Shugo Tokumaru, Sioen, Sufjan Stevens, Tegan and Sara, Tigs, The Bravery, The Brute Chorus, The Daylights, The Decemberists, The Dresden Dolls, The Limes, The Phonemes, The Pillows, The Pipettes, The Pretenders, The Strokes, Yann Tierson, You & the Atom Bomb

WRITING

Genre to Write: parodies, poetry, drama, fantasy, historical lit, romance

Genre to Read: fantasy, chick lit, historical lit, anime/manga, romance

Started Writing: 7th grade, age 12 or 13 (2001)

First FanFiction.net Account: Tortall_Lioness (it's still up cos I forgot my old email address and can't delete it! XD)

First Fanfic: A Royal Runaway, about a princess named Mandala of Lastaraque from the Copper Isles who goes to Tortall and becomes friends with a girl named Kari of Catania and falls in love with Nealan of Queenscove (yes, it was a Mary Sue...owch).

CURRENT WORKS (IN PROGRESS)

The Circle Rewoven

-Relation to Will of the Empress: The Circle Rewoven takes place as if Will of the Empress never happened, yet there are a few scenarios from Will of the Empress that I'll include in it. I'm basically picking some parts of WotE that I like (or parts that I need to use) and sticking them in my story, and leaving other parts of WotE out.

-Main Ships: Sandry/Briar, Tris/other character(boy), Daja/other character(girl), Rosethorn/Crane

-Snippets of Plot: Pasco falls in love with Sandry; Evvy begins to have problems that only Briar can help her with, but he's afraid to face his fears; Tris goes to Lightsbridge and finds a way to make a stable life for herself; Rosethorn and Crane travel and confront their past together; Daja learns more about herself and her abilities with living metal; Sandry comes to terms with her status as nobility; the Duke puts his future in order. There's a heck of a lot more, but I'm paranoid of people stealing my ideas. XD I'll have to keep it vague. This will be a very long, very involved story. I have so many subplots going on. However, this story won't focus on one pairing or character more than another; they'll all have equal parts. I don't want it to be a biased, fluffy fanfic where everyone's out of character and you can only read it if you like one certain ship.

-Status: Chapter 1 is out; I'm working on Chapter 2.

UPDATE! 3/17/2007

It'll take me a while to work on The Circle Rewoven. DON'T think I've forgotten it, though! I'm in college and therefore very busy (whether it's with schoolwork or a social life). I have the entire story planned out and I very much want to finish it. I appreciate all the comments I get, I really do. :) Thank you for reading and please, please be patient. :3