Brief Author Bio:

I'm 19, my nickname's Aleka (although my husband wants to call me Zena because it's a diminutive of Alexandra, and I am about as unlike Xena as you can get). I'm Eastern Orthodox (we're that weird part of Christianity with loads of incense, icons, and services in Greek, Russian and Arabic). I love writing, and I love wasting my time with GIMP and watching sci-fi shows (and music videos on YouTube and bloopers from said shows). In especial, Whedon's masterpieces of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Angel," and "Firefly." And the amazingness that is Babylon 5.

I like writing fantasy because there are no rules (which is funny because I did ballet *because* of the rules) and I can make up whatever I want and it is so. This year I'm writing sci-fi, and I'm a little nervous, but I love my idea (I love Plato and philosophy) and I like the fact that I'm outlining it. I have a fair number of OCD tendencies (CDO!) and I eat my M&Ms according to colour and eat the largest group first, down to the smallest. I don't like mixing my food, except maybe peas or corn with mashed potatoes. And ham dipped in applesauce. But no mixing everything together. Things must be alphabetical and organized according to size. Unfortunately, sometimes those two clash and I go nuts.

I'm pretty much insane, introverted until you get me going on something I love, and I adore both beach and mountains. Someday I want to make a movie (write/produce/direct... not sure about act). I want to see the world with my darling husband, get a kitty (that will happen shortly!), and have a few kids. And then I want to move to a ranch in Northern Mexico (Sonora) and live happily ever after. I love fairy tale endings. :)