I've wanted to tell stories since I was a very little girl. I remember beginning to hand write (and illustrate) my first "novel" when I was nine years old. My parents scoffed at such an ambition, and I did not pursue it, other than for the odd one page here or there. When I discovered fan fiction and saw that some of it was terrific and some good and some fair and some poor, I thought I could find a niche in there for myself. I write because it's read and reviewed; I write because it makes me feel good about myself to accomplish it and to be praised for it; I write because my family supports my in the endeavour; I write because I have stories to tell and a willing audience to read them.