Hey everyone, I'll try to keep this thing short. As I'm sure you've figured out I'm Zinra. I've been on this site for years now and have loved watching it grow as it has. Despite that I've only just recently posted the first story of my own. Segueing into writing, I'll be honest here, I do consider myself a Grammar Nazi. I'm definitely not the best and often find my own punctuation to feel awkward. To prove my point as of writing this far into my own bio for gods sake I've rewritten over half of it about three to four times. If that doesn't show I need a beta-reader I don't know what would. I always appreciate anyone's thoughts on anything I do. Anything from the big stuff like plot points and foreshadowing to nit picky stuff like how I describe something. Just please keep it constructive. Besides that little forewarning I appreciate reviews greatly and the ones I've gotten so far have always brightened up my day.

Asides from writing I'm proudly an all around nerd. I love anime and manga but still love my american cartoons and comics. I am also unashamed to say I am a LARPer and think it's something everyone should give a real chance. I enjoy table top rpgs and board games. My favorite hobbies however I'd have to say are video games and reading. My favorite books genres are, by far and above all sci-fi and fantasy. If you haven't read The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss or Red Rising by Pierce Brown fix that now and go get a copy. I am seriously tearing my hair out waiting for the next book of both of those series and it's definitely worth it, especially for The Kingkiller Chronicles. I mean if it wasn't for the novellas coming soon I'd go insane.

As a last quick note I just can not get myself to insert author notes in-chapter for anything I write. Maybe it's just me but every time I go to write anything in it annoys me so much I can't do it. I feel like it's breaking to flow of the 'book' despite the fact that I myself have never had a problem with anyone else's. In order to remedy that I'll probably just tag a quick "A/N in Profile" at the bottom of a chapter to show that I'll post anything important to tell you guys here.

So guys don't forget to read and review. Constructive criticism is always welcome. Most importantly though, ENJOY!

(Well it's under 500 words so I guess that's short)

A/Ns

Life has been pretty hectic, sorry I haven't updated in a while. I'm hoping to change that though and get back to updating starting with a quick one-shot I wrote on an idea of Ozpin's mysterious secrets. I've got a couple other ideas spinning around while I try to get the next chapter of Fires of dust out. Let me tell you that chapter has been a bitch to write. Now on about the seventh almost complete revision.

Fires of Dust; I've dropped the rating down to T. After thinking about the story a good bit I don't think going all out would be best for the story and shouldn't have to make it an M rating. Sorry it took so long for the second chapter but I'm hoping to pick up speed from here so here's to hoping.