About Me
    

Welcome!

First, a little bit about me. I live in Los Angeles, CA where I slave away at a tiresome (well, it's not soooo bad) day job and dream one day of being a professional writer.

I didn't see an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer until the summer before the fourth season. I finally gave in to a friend's incessant pressure, and gave it a chance. At the time, I was looking for a spec script to write and she thought that BtVS might be a good one for me to try. She gave me some background on the show and characters then loaned me a tape of "Helpless". Wow.... Then, as fate would have it, "Dopplegangland" was the on the next day and sufficed to say, I was hooked.

I borrowed several tapes, trying to catch up. (I still haven't seen all of the episodes.) It didn't take long for me to fall for Giles. (I don't really need to elaborate on why, do I? *g*) And I loved the rapport he had with Willow. Quickly, she became the one I identified with the most. While I wasn't exactly a geek in high school, I related to her sense of self (or lack there of) and her love of learning. I saw her as a quiet leader.. compassionate and deceptively strong... Much like Giles. I loved the paradox
of her vulnerability and bravery... and saw a tenderness in the way she and Giles related to each other.

Then... I discovered fanfiction. Having already fallen for Giles and relating to Willow, it wasn't much of a stretch that I latched onto the pairing. I loved the vicarious thrill of sharing adventures with them. Quickly, I was a fanfic addict!

I've never read horror or romance novels. I'm an avid reader, but for some reason, both of those genres never appealed to me... and now, here I was immersed in them both.

It took me several months before I gathered up the courage to write my first fic. I've always written, but hadn't written prose since I was in grammar school (I'd been writing screenplays and the like.). So, the transition to narrative fiction scared me to death. But, eventually, I bit the bullet and wrote a sappy piece of purple prose. Some very generous souls gave me feedback and the fire was lit. (I wonder if those people rue the day that
they unleashed the ficcing monster I was to become! *g*)

And so, here we are... many, many pages later.

I realize that the pairing of Willow and Giles doesn't seem obvious to many people, but I hope you might give it a chance. In my stories, I've always tried to keep all of the characters close to the canon of the show. Obviously, Willow and Giles are not an item, so some liberties have been taken.

Regardless, I hope you find the stories interesting and the characters true.

Enjoy!

~Monique