Well hello there! I'm a woman called Holly, who is twenty-four and English, and who enjoys the intricate art of storytelling - in fanfiction, and in my own original work.

This is the stuff I'll read...

... And this is the stuff I'll write:

I will venture out of those seemingly small confines at certain points, but I'm mostly a chick that knows what she likes. I'll drink that new vodka flavour because it sounds awesome, but I won't read fic on things I know nothing about, and I won't write something I can't do justice to, because writing is a passion, and to do it halfheartedly does the art a disservice. Besides, I rarely watch TV, but some things are just BEGGING to be explored!

In one of my stories, you can expect any of the following, usually in large doses:

The fics you will see below aren't necessarily relevant to what I've written here; these stories are from as far back as eight years ago, when I was at an entirely different skill level, an entirely different place in my life; a teen, before uni and independence. Some points are things that have yet to be written, but are up here because of my current mindset - this is what I WANT to start writing about, not necessarily what I have yet. Quite a few of them are stories I don't even like anymore, or make me cringe with retrospect; but they are a diary through my writing life, and to remove them would be to forget how I've grown; it's the same reason I still have the ten A5 books of fanfiction from nearly a decade past in the drawer under my bed, kept warm by the fifteen books of original fic I've done, and am continuing. I honestly haven't written in them for about seven years, but they're still ME. xD I don't write fanfic too often nowadays, as you can see, because I've got a busy life to lead, work to go to, family and friends to share good times with, original stories to hopefully one day publish - but when I do, I damn well wanna make sure people, on some level, are affected by it. My ambition in life isn't to be an author, never has been; but if I can publish things, make me people smile, laugh, cry, wince, enjoy themselves, and combine THAT with my lifetime ambition... then fuck yeah, that'll do me nicely. :D

I do things with twenty-six letters in innumerate configurations, guys, exactly like the rest of us Anglophones do - but those letters can move people, inspire, create, become the best or the worst of things... and if I manage to affect you on any level, drop me a line and let me know. It's the only reward I'm interested in. I don't write to gratify myself with reviews (although everyone likes a clear, unbiased opinion), but because I want to share my imagination, my thoughts - and if that makes the world a little more cheerful for the few people who review, then absolutely brilliant. :D I will NEVER review fics that demand it in return for chapters; it is pathetic, and an insult to all those of us who just want to fucking ENJOY it.

#rantover xD

Write long and prosper, people! x