: About Me

I am a university student, studying Conservation Biology and Ecology, and am frankly obsessed with plants and identifying them. But my main love is writing.

I have been writing ever since I was old enough to hold a pencil in my hand, and then later, a pen.

Writing sustains me, makes me feel as if I have something useful to do in my otherwise everyday life. I am a university student now, and this is all that keeps me sane amongst all the assignments and exams.

Already I have finished two major novels, and have many, many others on the go. You really don't want to know how many. My aim is to one day publish so people can get the same rush reading my stories as I do writing them. It is a dream of mine to entertain people with the words I put on to paper.

My passion is ...

Is there anything else I can say but writing?

I know too much about ...

Australian alpine plants

My parents always told me ...

Always have a back-up plan!

My childhood ambition ...

To become a writer

My favorite memory ...

I think there are too many favorite memories to distinguish just one

Why I write ...

Because I can't not write

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Hand of Sorrow by Within Temptation

My first job ...

Pollinating broccoli

My best moment ...

Again, too many to count...

My inspiration ...

Being able to create and nurture a full world of characters and civilisations

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Mythology

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Sprawled on his couch in his temple on Mount Olympus, Hermes threw his head back and laughed as the movie "Troy" finished playing. "Oh! Oh, dear Zeus and Hera! Those humans will never cease to surprise me!" he gasped, still clutched with hilarity. He laughed until he was aching. He laughed so hard that he was surprised the rest of the Greek pantheon wasn't in there telling him to shut up. "I wouldn't be so certain of that," a voice said off to his right. In his shock, he lost his balance and rolled right off the couch and onto the marble floor with a thud. Looking up, he saw the one who ha...

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