Frequently Asked Questions

These are the answers to questions I've received via email. Some of them are random, yes, but somebody asked, so I answered. Feel free to send me some random questions of your own!

• Is Shifters finished besides the editing? It's just those 4 chapters?

  No, it's not finished, it's dead. Very dead. Never to be revived. Believe me, it's better this way. (To those that don't know, Shifters was a novel I was working on when I was fourteen. It's... not very good.)

• How long have you been writing?

  I learned how to write in kindergarten, I think. :) If you mean writing stories, since grade one (my teacher made it mandatory).

• Why do you write about gods, and goddesses, and witches, and magic, and evil and such things?

  Because if I didn't, it wouldn't be fantasy. :) And I think fantasy is interesting.

• Why are you too lazy to write a long story?

  Not any longer! (This question was asked a long time ago, when 99% of what I wrote was short stories. Now I write mostly novels.)

• Do you believe in God?

  No, I'm a bright/atheist.

• Where do you get your story ideas?

  I think there's some electron thingies in my brain... Actually, I can't give you a better answer than that. Seriously, don't all fantasy authors just make it up?

• And do you sit down and actually say "I'm going to write about _____ today", or do you just write whatever comes out at the moment and hope it sounds good with the story?

  I'm the Prewriting Queen. Seriously. If I don't know what happens in every single chapter before I start, I'll never finish. (I do discover new ideas as I write, of course, but I encorporate them into what I already have.)

• How high does the temperature get where you are up there?

  Well, here in my part of Canada, it ranges from 25 - 30 degrees celcius in summer to somewhere near freezing in winter. Not very warm, but also not particularly cold. Uh, in fahrenheit, I think 25 degrees is about 80, but I'm not too sure.

• Do you like the Harry Potter books?

  Yes, but I like the fandom more. It's so entertaining to watch...

• Which is better: spinach or greens?

  Uh... Spinach salad tastess pretty good... (Isn't spinach green?)

• Which do you prefer: arctic regions or hot deserts?

  Hot deserts. I hate the cold. (And I'm living in Canada because...?)

• Have you read 'The Princess Bride'?

  Nope. I keep meaning to, but nope.

• Have you ever heard of the 'Dragon Riders of Pern'?

  Yep, but never read those books either.

• Do you play any instruments?

  Used to. I played piane for a year or two, then stopped that in grade seven, when I was in the grade seven band (I played trombone). I took singing lessons from grade seven through grade twelve.

• Have you ever seen a banana slug?

  Yep, many times. They're not exactly uncommon around here.

• What's your birthday?

  April 14. Best day of the year.

• What's the favourite story you've written?

  My latest story. :) It changes, you see, since I'm presumably getting better.

• Where can I view some of these 'slide show movies'?

  You can't. The site died. Good riddance. (If you have no idea what I'm talking about, you're better off for it.)

• Do you draw with tools or pixel by pixel?

  Yay tools! I occasionally draw outlines pixel-by-pixel, but even then it's mostly touch-ups to lines I drew in a long sweep of pixels. (I do have a few exceptions, obviously.)

• Estimation of how many stories you've written.

  Does this include every story I've started since the age of six, because there's no way I could ever give that a number. And are we including rewriting earlier stuff, because I rewrite nearly everything! Mostly of the stuff I wrote as an early teen is on this site, but I don't think any of my novels are... (tl;dr: I have no clue.)

• How long have you had a website?

  Well, I did create a rp forum when I was about thirteen... This site was probably created about a year later (but I'm not entirely sure).

• How long have you been dolling.

  Since September 3, 2003.

• Have you ever had a story published/do you want to?

  No, I haven't. Maybe I'll give it a shot when I finish something. :P

• How old is your sister?

  Three years younger than me.

• How long does it take you to make a doll?

  Depends. My current record for shortest is forty-five minutes (it looks awful). Often they take a few days (weeks, months), working off and on.

• Have you made any bases?

  Yep, look right HERE.

Mm-hmm. That's my FAQ. If you want to add to it, just email me!)