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Welcome To Amy's Fic's

Yes, this is the boring bit were I try to brag about what an eccentric, unique freaky geeky individual I am. Aren't us creative types always a little off the wall? Well, truth be told I'm a pretty normal, boring person. I go to work, I go out with my friends, and in my spare time I dabble in the wonderful world of writing.

I have a 2:1 BA in American Studies and History, and a file full of other random qualifications that really don't mean a lot in the real world - including a computer qualification that was achieved because I could open a word document, type something in it, and save it... Kudos to me. I'm sure Bill Gates would be proud.

As cliché as it sounds, I really have had a host of dead-end, crappy jobs, but hey, it wasn't always like that. I actually started out with respectable prospects, intent on becoming a nurse... It lasted about two years before I ran screaming for the hills; I would have made the most awful nurse.

Like most people who consider themselves writers, I've been doing this a long time. I wrote my first story when I was eleven, and I've been putting my thoughts onto paper ever since. The first ten years or so of my writing 'career' are ignored. I produced hundreds of stories, but immaturity shows in my work. I didn't have the right tools - or experience - to write a story that worked. Most of my early work should - and has been - shredded. It is the source of much embarrassment and will never leave the vaults of my computer hardrive.

I finally wrote my first novel when I was seventeen. It was a fantasy book called The Darinian - a genre which I have developed a love for over the years. It was written in the space of three months, but I was pretty surprised with how it turned out - coherent for a start. It was the proudest achievement of my writing life to-date. I hope I can go back one day and edit it enough to post it because it was pretty good all things considered. Since then I've continued to write steadily, but its only in the last few years that I've felt comfortable enough to publish my stories for other people to read and so this website was born to house my random musings.

I find writing a lot like real life; when it's good, its great, but when things go wrong it completely sucks. My muse is a fickle friend. She's generous most of the time, but occasionally you'll find her in Las Vegas, passed out on a slot machine, spending my creative chips. I don't believe in writers block as such, but when she's off having 'down time' I definitely notice. It can be frustrating as hell staring at a blank screen, waiting for inspiration to 'strike'. I manage for about an hour and then I give inspiration a sharp kick. Usually, it's enough to get me started again.

I've dabbled in poetry in the past, but it's never a pretty outcome. I now steer clear of that creative outlet. It usually reads like the end of the world is nigh, or cheesy as hell. Apparently, my subconscious thoughts are being held by a thirteen-year old, hormonal teenager.

I write under the pseudonyms of A.J. Evans and ames449. It's very rare that I ever publish things under my own name - mostly because I don't like it, but also because my mother drilled it into me about internet whack jobs! Never mind the fact I'm twenty-four!

Amy x