Hello, this is The Pool of Realms speaking here. The main reason I went against my better judgement and made this account is so I could write a few stories to see how people like my ideas. I'm not really the best writer in the world, but I do write a lot of long papers for school. Which leads me to remind you that I might not be updating too much because of school. And since I am not the best writer in the world, I prefer constructive critism over flames, since the former can be USEFUL. And if you put up a flame, I will get REALLY mad at you.

About Me

Who I am: Hyper, crazy, weird, non-mainstream, self-denying, ambitious author hopeful.

Interests: FanFic (especially Bleach and Greek Mythology), FictionPress (though finding stories can be hard), all types of rock, pop, punk, and classical music, making a bunch of accounts that involve me constructing something (like a website or a social networking profile--not Facebook or Myspace though--they're stupid), doing a bunch of intersting things that lose my interest soon, planning to kill all Twilight lovers, and annoying everyone with my against-the-current views.

Types of stories I like: Fantasy/Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Mythology, and romance, even though I hate love, it's fun reading stories about Percabeth because it's funny. And lately I have started watching/reading Bleach and Ouran High School Host, and I am OBSESSED. Ask my friends.

Favorite:

Goddesses: Artemis and Athena rule!!

God: I don't really know...maybe Apollo and Ares (sort of)

Books (updated frequently, so you can look for some good books here): Percy Jackson and the Olympians (PJO hereinafter), Hawksong and Snakecharm (the rest of them aren't so good), Eragon, Eldest, The Cry of the Icemark, Tithe, Harry Potter's all right too. And Cinda Williams Chima's the Heir Series/Trilogy, despite its rather diminutive popularity. But if you haven't read the Warrior Heir, Wizard Heir, or the Dragon Heir, you are missing out on something awesome.

Musical: All right, random here. But what do you expect? I love Wicked. It was frickingly awesome. You should see it, and if you have, you should see it again.

Anime/Manga: BLEACH!!And Ouran High School Host Club isn't that bad either.

Characters:

PJO: Annabeth and Percy

Hawksong, Snakecharm: Zane

Eragon: Arya

The Cry of the Icemark: Not so sure, but maybe Thirrin or Oskan

Tithe:ROIBEN!!

Harry Potter: Hermione

Wicked (book or musical): Elphaba, the (Not So) Wicked Witch of the West

Heir Series/Trilogy: Leander Hastings

Couples:

Percabeth

Kayben (KayexRoiben)

Thuke (ThaliaxLuke)

Dramione

ZanexDanica

EragonxArya

Elphiyero (ElphabaxFiyero, don't you dare kill me)

LindaxLeander (AHHHHHHH! Murderer! With a knife! Damn, don't kill me!)

And as for Bleach and Ouran Host, I don't have any favorites...as of now...he he.

Hobbies (updated often): Reading and writing, surfing the Internet, knitting, crocheting, trying to write and draw graphic novels, drawing, making stuff, imaging things in my brain about realms (thinking, as you will read later), etc...

What Makes me Happy: OK...this will be one of my very very very long paragraphs that contain a bit too many words for their own good. There are a lot of things that make me happy. Some of them are long term, so of them are short term. I'm gonna start with the long term. These are the things that keep me happy for a while. I like it when I realize or make an idea that would be a good fanfic. Maybe a ficpress (FictionPress), though I only have 1 idea so far. And I like it when I finish a long work of writing, even though I haven't felt that happiness yet. I also like when I actually feel I have accomplished something on my viola. Usually, I sound screechy and horrible, and I am happy when I learn a song well. Or I solo in a concert. And when I complete a piece of something, namely knitting, crochet, drawing, artwork, and like I said earlier, writing. Oh yeah, and when I get into an organization that I really wanted to get into. I am a low worker on the Yearbook. And the youngest there. I really wanted to get in, and I did. Next year, I can apply to be an editor, and control my friends who want to apply next year for the position I currently have.

Now for the short terms stuff. I like it when I get yarn. Lots and lots of yarn. And when people listen to me. And when I learn interesting facts, useful facts, weird facts, and creep people out. And when I get good reviews. I like a bunch of other stuff that are either too long or too many to mention, or that I am not interested in them for a long time.

How I Got Involved With Fanfiction (and maybe FictionPress): This is another very long paragraph. It bascically tells why the hell you are seeing a profile. And explains the meaning behind my pen name.

Here goes. Ever since I could remember, I loved writing. OK, so maybe it's not that long, maybe...2nd or 3rd grade. My mom used to write essays, and she claims to be pretty good at them. But because I am not such a good writer, I doubt her. She's the type of person who was good at the soft sciences (English, Grammar, Social Science). My dad was good at the hard sciences (Math and Science in general). That's why you have this really crazy teen who know a bit too much about a bit too many things for her own good.

Anyways, back to the topic I was previously talking about. Back when I was still a kid, I liked to write. But I either was too bad at writing or was not motivated. But I had an imagination, and dreamt of me writing. Finally, the time came. In fifth grade, we had a Writing class. The 3rd-4th quarter project was writing a story. I wrote a pretty decently long story. The people who read it said it was good. That was when I started to seriously consider writing as a career. In fact, my review were so positive that as soon as I finish The Apprentices (and maybe its sequels--a trilogy--) and maybe that FictionPress, I can type up what I have handwritten so far and turn it in to a book.

Two years passed. I got into a new school, my current one. Here, we have a Technology Center, that we just call the Tech Lab. So at the Tech Lab, I see a bunch of people my age or one year older on FanFiction. I had no idea what the hell was going on. At first, I thought it was stupid. (Partly because all these people read was Twilight fanfiction of stuff that I don't know about, and I hate both). Then, one day, I decided to read fanfic. I started reading, and reading, and reading, and reading times infinity. Then, I realized: hey, writing fanfic can be a good way to test and pratice my writing skills, and see how people like my ideas.

I came up with the idea for The Apprentices when I was thinking how it would be like to be a child of Artemis. Then I was like: Artemis is a virgin, she doesn't have kids (contradictory to the fanfic Chastity, under Greek Mythology). Using my rather large brain-library of words and ideas and realms, I decided to have 12 teens be trained by 12 Olympians. They were to be called Apprentices. Bascically, that's what my fanfic is about.

Now it took a long time for me to get everything organized, because that's just the crazy person I am. First, I changed the planned ending (a vague description of the ending in my head) several times, and I also changed what the Apprentices had to fight. Many many times. Next, I wanted a variety of Apprentices for the Olympians, and they sort of have to match. Boys to gods and girls to goddesses. 7 boys and 5 girls is what I got. Then, I wanted to get some names that match. So I spent like 10 days looking for good first and last names (which was a pain, since last names is a LARGE problem for me). And I also wanted cities that matched. I did that too. And I put down some other information and charts. So far, I two pages of stuff related to the Apprentices, handwritten. Then I started writing the prologue, and finally the chapters (I wanted something done beforehand).

Now how I made my account. I told my friend I wanted to, and she really urged me to make it. But being the person that I am, I told her that I will not officially post up chapters until the 20th of March. Random date. Then, I was at the computer one day, and made a ficpress account. I realized that you have to wait 2 days before you can see the Documents bar. I immediately mad a fanfic account.

OK, this is feeling like an essay now. Right. That question you all want to ask me. Why the hell did you choose The Pool of Realms as your pen name? Bascically, I have a very large imagination. I don't go by one day without using my imagination on something. At night, I improvise stories. Sometimes, I change an ending, reiterate a past story, or continue the one I was previously occupied with. All this imagination crap, what do you call it? I call it thinking. (Strange name, huh?). So when I mad my pen name, I needed something that reflected this. I wanted something mystical, but was understandable. So "The Pool of Realms". Gives you an image of a pool, but instead of containing water, it contains a bunch of different places, realms, and magical and mystical and adventurous and fun and dangerous and cliff-hangering and suspenseful and hopefulling and based-off-of-what-ideas-I-developed-earlier areas of...well, what I said before or what you think and imply. Bascically, like me and my brain.

What Gets Me Mad

This won't neccesarily be in order, but here goes.

1. People who think that being popular and looking good is the goal of their life. I mean don't you have other things to do? And plus, in the end, popularity won't get you anywhere except gossip magazines and rehab. So grab those textbooks. And beauty. Another thing that should be ignored. You shouldn't be applying chemically altering carcinogens (aka makeup) onto your face where it vulnerable. And who cares if you look good? Who? All they do is say you look good, forget it, then live their own life. Boys don't care. Girls don't care. No one cares. So you shouldn't care. But if you're still unwilling to leave those pimples alone, I can't blame you (OK maybe I can...) I've given this speech to a lot of people. And no one listens.

2. PJO fanfics about children of Artemis. Ever since Jon Pierce wrote Chastity, there has suddenly been a surge of people writing about Artemis having kids. If you are a big Artemis fan like me, then you can understand it. For the rest of you...feel my HATRED!!

3. My friends. One wants liposuction. One wants to be popular. One is a goody-goody. One is a manga reader. One is an ignorant. You see?

4. Boys who think girls should stick to girl things. SO BOGUS. We can play whatever sport we like. Title IX gave us the right to do so. We don't have to be nurses and actresses. We're better than that. You should seriously stop sticking stereotypes on us because none of them are true. (Well, a few exceptions can be applied to the really annoying bs of our world. And stop saying that being a tomboy (or in my case, 25 of one), is such a crime.

5. Nosy bastards. Remember at the end of...I think... Chapter 10 I wrote to you about people who kept on annoying me and looking over my shoulder? Yeah. Those people. Who want to look at my fanficton (only to post flames) and can't understand that I WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE!! DAMN YOU IDIOTS!!

6. Loudmouths. If you have something to say, say it in a dignified manner. Otherwise, don't say it at all. And also, if you want to come back at a comment thrown at you, try not to make a comeback that includes these or other related words: fuck, bitch, fag, sex, gay, temper, etc. It makes you sound like a shallow, ignorant bastard. Then again, people who say that are exactly what they are: shallow, ignorant bastards. In the end, it is these people who will end up doomed.