I began to write fan fiction over a half decade ago now. I found it a good outlet for my creative instinct and also a good way to keep practicing my craft. World building is one of the most difficult parts of writing fiction and with fan fiction you step into someone else's world and attempt to be faithful to their world while also adding your own touches to it. For me fan fiction is a playground, a place to try out different things with my writing without feeling the pressure of publishing them for money or trying to get an editor to accept them. I appreciate reviews and feedback, both positive and critical. They help me to grow and to progress along my path to becoming a better writer. My earlier works contain many mistakes, but I hope you will see that as time went by I progressed in maturity and proficiency.

I have returned to writing fan fiction after a long hiatus of several years.

During those five years much happened in my life. I became embroiled in a life of drugs and crime that saw me abandon writing altogether and go farther and farther down a path to self destruction. Eventually the SWAT team raided my house and I was indicted by Homeland Security for distributing large quantities of LSD, Mushrooms and MDMA. I am currently fighting this case and am trying to get probation, but there is a chance that I will be going to federal prison for five to seven years.

I am in a very dark place in my life and have been for some time. I have struggled with depression a lot throughout my life.

My writing is one of the main ways that I escape from my problems. When I tell myself a story, for a moment I am removed from the reality and I can inhabit the world of imagination where the past, the present and the future of the real world have no hold upon me and the only rules are the ones I decide upon.

Above all else, I try to write for the enjoyment of my readers, for that is my purest pleasure.

Thank you for reading,

Sincerely,

-Salamander