Brief Author Bio:

The name's Brittany, but I honestly will answer to anything. Common variants usually include Britt and Butterfly. That second one is because my typical user name at a lot of places is ButterflyGirl or some variation of such, which I made up when I was 12 so I'm sure you understand. The name Yirggzmb is even older than Butterfly and is my first choice if I want to be absolutely sure I get the use name I want.

In general, I'm just your average dorky college student. I still live at home (community college is awesome like that), don't have a job yet (soon I swear), and am kinda of immature for my age. Some days I think like a 12 year old kid, some days I might get closer to 16 or 17. This leads to unusual choices in favorite things. I love cartoons for one. Most popular tv shows I've never even watched, and to be honest there's things that cartoon people can do that if a live action character did would annoy the crap out of me. I totally <3 Phineas and Ferb.

I like to draw, sort of. My mind get pictures (usually humorous or random in nature) which leads me to enjoy attempting to draw comics. It usually doesn't work out, but I suppose it's good practice. I can only reasonably draw cartoonish figures with noodle limbs, which makes my art class I big pain in the butt. I don't do realism well and haven't been doing well for obvious reasons.

I really like to try my hand at a little bit of everything. That's how knitting and crochet started out. I love to learn things, and I especially love crafts or hobbies where there is infinite opportunity to learn something new.

As for writing experience, I have remarkably little. Which is weird, considering I communicate better in the written word than the spoken word. Then again, I'm even better if I can draw you a picture. I love to read though. I've got a seriously whacked out vocabulary, purely from reading all the time since I knew how. Sometimes words will pop out of my mouth that cause the people I'm talking with to stare. Go figure. I do enjoy writing, and with the exception of interesting plots or characters, I'd say I'm good. ;) I will occasionally get a scene in my head that I just have to write, and usually I like the way it comes out. The problem comes in expanding on the scene. It usually doesn't happen, which means I've never completed a story. Ever. I plan to change this with NaNo.

Random note: I love villain dialogue and hero/villain confrontations. Problem is I have trouble maintaining said villain, who usually ends up "going soft" and I have to come up with a new one. Need to work on that... But I'm hoping I can get at least one good confrontation scene into my story, even if the villain isn't important to the plot (or lack thereof).

Anyways, this is my first time ever attempting NaNo. I'm hoping I can make it. I of course have to fit in around school and my family tends to worry about me if I start obsessing over something. I sincerely hope that /doesn't/ happen with this, since that almost always leads to getting "burned out" before I can finish. That really sucks.

So here goes nothing! *dives into deep end without my floaty*