About the Authors

Name: Melissa

Age: 29

Home state: California

Hobbies: Writing, reading, sketching, singing, collecting cobalt glass, collecting comics (Transformers G1/New/ Armada, Harley Quinn) and manga (Robotech, GTO, Cowboy Bebop, Big O, Eagle, Tokyo, etc), going to Anime Cons.

Stuff I like(not in this order): Romanov/Tsarist history, lightning, Big Train Spiced Chai, Pismo Beach, used books, Journey, Vin Diesel, Rammstein, Phantom of the Opera, Mad Max, fish tacos, Ellen Tracy (fragrance), Good Eats, Hansen's Diet Ginger Ale, soba & miso, white chocolate Yan Yan.

Cartoons/anime I watch on a regular basis: Dexter's Laboratory, Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, Powerpuff Girls, Transformers, Robotech, Original Dirty Pair, Hellsing, Cowboy Bebop, Big O, Masters of the Universe, Leiji Matsumoto(Harlock/Emeraldas/Maetel/Zero), Great Teacher Onizuka.

Sports currently following: Arizona Diamondbacks Baseball, Tampa Bay Buccaneers football, Los Angeles Lakers basketball.

The reason I got into writing was: Someday I want to get paid for living in a fantasy world.

The things that influence my writing the most are: My mom, my junior and senior year HS English teachers, Katherine Kurtz, Emily Dickinson.

People who knew me in high school thought I was: Moody, talented, goody-goody, indecisive.

The last good movie I saw was: XXX (Triple X).

The last good book I read was: 1st to Die, by James Patterson.

When nobody's looking, I like to: shop at Trader Joe's.

If they were making a movie of my life, I'd like to see my part played by: Anna Nicole Smith.

One thing I'd like people to know about me is: ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US.

Name: Marianne

Age: 29

Home state: California

Hobbies: Reading(Bestseller and Fan-fiction) Writing, Web page design,  collecting Oriental art.

Stuff I like(not in this order): FarScape (almost any sci-fi, actually), Taiko drum music, movie soundtracks,  Peanut butter/chocolate ice cream, DVD's, LOTR, Harry Potter books, Wild Cherry Pepsi.

Cartoons/anime I watch on a regular basis: Transformers, Justice League, Dexter's Lab, Power Puff Girls, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Trigun, Hellsing, Big O, Cowboy Bebop, InuYasha.

Sports currently following: Figure skating and U.S. Olympic Gymnastic Team. Go USA!

The reason I got into writing was: Anything they can do I can do at least as well, with some practice.*smile*

The things that influence my writing the most are: David Eddings (Good fantasy) and whatever I've been reading most recently.

People who knew me in high school thought I was: Quiet, "ice-queen," strange.

The last good movie I saw was: Underworld.

The last good book I read was: Fiction - The Tale of Murasaki, by Liza Dalby (Fictional biography of the first novelist) Non-fiction - 1421: When China Discovered America, by Gavin Menzies (Account of how Chinese Treasure fleets may have circled the globe 71 years before Columbus landed in the Caribbean.)

When nobody's looking, I like to: read manga and doujinshi.

If they were making a movie of my life, I'd like to see my part played by: Marguerite Moreau, (QotD; Firestarter:Rekindled).

One thing I'd like people to know about me is: I'm livin' la vida loca (Don't I wish?).*smile*