'You said "he's got a healing machine
It glows in the dark, glows in the dark:
You say "there's not a lot of me left anymore -
Just leave it alone.
But if you're by, and you have the time,
Tell the northern lights to keep shining,
Lately it seems like they're drowning"'
Tori Amos, Amber Waves

Me? Are you sure you aren't looking for someone else? No? Okay then...

I am young (though not for this site). I am also English by birth and Oriental by blood, but the wrong kind of Oriental to be popular on this site or cool these day it seems. (Chinese, if you were curious.)

I like red hair, chai tea and meerkats. I dislike mushrooms, horror movies and authors who demand reviews. I cannot abide rudeness (here shines my Britishness) or arrogance. However, I'm frequently told that I'm a doormat and far too nice for my own good half the time.

I started writing as soon as I could hold a pen and discovered the world of fanfiction at the tender age of twelve. I promptly became one of those awful, awful fangirls who wrote those awful, awful stories. I cringe at the memory and can only hope that I've learned from my mistakes.

I like unconventional pairings. I like conventional ones. I dislike people who attack those who don't ship the couples that they ship. In short: if you're open-minded, I will (most likely) like you.

I would also like to hope that I'm approachable. I treasure my readers and admire the writers whose work that I follow. I positively brim with happiness every time someone contacts me about my work, whether via a review, PM or e-mail (yes, I'm that easy to please.)

I also dislike long bios, so I shall stop this one now. Thank you for stopping by.

Works in Progress (aka Scrawled on Countless Sheets of Biology Notes) and Future Projects

Diamonds and Rust: A Bleach/Naruto crossover. After an encounter with the wrong end of Temari’s weasel, Tayuya and the other members of the Sound Four (five…six…can’t you count, Kishimoto?) discover life after death in Seireitei is pretty similar to that of a shinobi, but their uniform lacks an assbow now, and they get to swing a sword around. Sweet.

Bite the Hand that Feeds: Naruto. Kiba/Tayuya. Oh, and AU. Plus a lot of crack. A lotta, lotta crack. And dogs. Confused yet? Try writing it...

Exodus: Naruto. Tenten-centric. It’s hard to voice the orders no one wants to give. It’s hard to accept the missions no one wants to take. It’s hard to be the ones left behind. NejiTen, LeeTen

Wreck of the Day: Naruto. A hugeass project that's in the planning stages, but that I'm determined to write. One of those 'what if?" AUs. Most likely to be as long as (if not longer) than Secondhand Faith. Just with more plot (possibly.) Oh, and SasuNaru - my descent back into conventional pairings has taken me long enough after all. This story is currently only in existence on paper in my writing folder and Secondhand Faith takes precedence since it's published, but I'm slowly getting chapters written - I should have a comfortable number pre-written by the time that Secondhand Faith starts winding down and I start posting this.

A Year in a Rain-soaked Country: Naruto and Sakura adjust to life without Sasuke. But some gaps cannot be filled and they are not the people they once were. NaruSaku. (Ridiculously long story that still insists on being a one-shot, not chaptered. Huh.)

Slow Dying Flowers: Sound Four study, replete with sproglet Otonin. Contains rampant theorisation and possible TayuKidou. While still in the planning stages, the end is crystal clear in my head. You won't like it. :p

Lucidity: My Team Gai novel. It's been on hiatus for over two years now, but inspiration has returned with a vengeance. It is a story about shinobi away from their homes, the fine line between duty to your village and loyalty to your comrades, and what drives people to sacrifice everything they have for one person.

An as of yet unnamed Ino-centric story: she stole the limelight in a story I was drawing out in my mind. It is ANBU-centric and was originally going to be Sakura's story to tell. However, Ino is pushy and demands her own since Sakura has A Year in a Rain-soaked Country...

In Pursuit of One Haruno Sakura: NaruSaku, with a healthy dose of Naruto/Ino friendship on the side (it makes me happy and squishy!)

Current Writing Status

4th July (over a year later...): OH MY GOD. I FAIL. Whilst I hang my head in shame at being absent for so long, why don't you go and read the very, very, VERY late chapter of Secondhand Faith I just uploaded?

20th March: Oh dear lord, I need to remember that I have a degree at some point. I am writing far too much, for far too many projects. SOMEONE CONFISCATE MY LAPTOP. (please don't - I'd cry.) I did finally post that piece for Judo Creature - it's called Bitterest of Nights and contains TayuKidou smuttitude. :)

12th March: Can't...stop...writing. Ino is my new obsession. She is a demanding muse. A really pushy, really annoying, oh-so-demanding muse. (I want to write Ino/Tayuya. Someone please shoot me now.)

For those of you, like me, who enjoy the company of the Otonin, check out Syncopation, my C2 community that aims to collect decent stories that centre around the inhabitants of Sound Country.