And now I guess it’s time for a little bit of information on me.
1) How did you come up with your pen name?
[Adora Addams]: In 2016, I started getting out of Dark Hunter (by a lot), and it came time for a new user name. By that point, I was scrambling to come up with something new, fun — and that might stay with for another ten-plus years. “Adora” came from She-Ra, way back before the new cartoon started, harkening back all the way back to my childhood, while “Addams” is of course from The Addams Family.
[Apollymi]: Where did I come up with Apollymi? There’s a very simple answer to this: Sherrilyn Kenyon. I was quickly intrigued by the idea of her character, Apollymi, so much so that it became my new journal username. When I came to the realization I needed a new writing nom de plume, I went with what I had again. I changed to Apollymi in 2005, and I’ve stayed with it even though my interest in Sherrilyn Kenyon novels has since long since waned.
[Eternal SailorM]: I wish I had some elaborate story behind “Eternal SailorM”. Honestly, back in 1999, I was being a little fangirl (that happens often) and was trying to make a Hotmail account for Eternal Sailormoon, but I ran out of room and had to settle for eternal_sailorm. When I started posting my fanfiction on the original Fanfic.net, I realized I needed a pen name. I turned to my Hotmail account name. Sometimes I regret it a bit; no one seems to be able to realize that it’s “Eternal SailorM” and not “Eternal Sailor Moon”. ^.^;; I guess I got what I wanted in the long run.
2) Where do you get your inspiration?
I think that inspiration comes from everything around you. It just takes an open mind and a willingness to look around and see what can be seen. More specifically, I get a lot of my inspiration from different songs or events going on in my own life. I read a lot and that gets me thinking about all sorts of things as well. But honestly, I think all writers have to be just a bit crazy, as leaving themselves open for ideas can leave you exhausted and maybe a little psychotic.
3)Are you a published author?
I can finally say “yes” to this! My first series, The Preterhumans, was released by Cacoethes Publishing, using my real name: Katherine Bell. However, that publisher seems to have gone under, so I am now selling The Preterhumans through Lulu.com. I also write under the pseudonym of Ellie Hicks. Look more towards the latter if you want things that are similar to my fanfiction.
I also have one short story published in a local competition, as well as several poems on a more nationwide scale.
4) Do you write anything other than fanfiction?
Most definitely!! My former co-workers used to joke that you can never find me without a pen and paper; it’s always in my purse, in my pocket, or in my jacket. I’m constantly at work on something, be an essay, a fanfiction, a poem, or one of my novels.
5) Where did the Sango picture go?
Errr… somehow I should have seen this one coming. The Sango picture came down because too many people were direct-linking to it and therefore eating my bandwidth. No one was willing to reimburse me for the transfer they were using – and donations aren’t exactly rolling in – so any image that was being hot-linked to had to come down.
6) Are you still writing fanfiction?
Yes, most definitely. While there may be long hiatuses between my updates, I am most assuredly still working on fanfiction.
Stats
Online Name: Apollymi, Eternal SailorM, Angel Maxwell, Li, JitaZ
Real Name: Katherine Bell
Birthday: February 22
Sign: Pisces
HP House: Slytherin
Height: 171cm
Hair: Black and red (currently)
Eyes: Dark brown
Websites: DarkMagick.net, Apollymi’s Grimoire, Never Say Goodbye, Bohème Amies, Katherine Bell, and Ellie Hicks
Favorites:
Movies: “The Princess Bride”, Lord of the Rings trilogy, original Star Wars trilogy, Aliens, The Magnificent Seven (2016)
TV: Poltergeist: The Legacy, Leverage, Mythbusters, The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes
Anime: Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing, Get Backers, The Slayers, Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Monsters, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Manga: Island, Aquarian Age: Juvenile Orion, Get Backers, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Yu-Gi-Oh, Rurouni Kenshin
Characters: Duo Maxwell, Yami no Bakura, Kaiba Seto, Onime no Kyo, Tsukino Usagi
Book Series: The Dresden Files (JB), Diana Tregarde Investigations (Mercedes Lackey), Wings of the Night (MS), Darkest London (KC)
Authors: Jim Butcher, Maggie Shayne
Pairings:Duo/Usagi/Heero, Duo/Heero, Bakura/Kaiba, Kyo/Yuya, Giles/Buffy, Nine/Jack/Rose, Faraday/Vasquez
Bands: Meat Loaf, Within Temptation, Kamelot, Epica, Nightwish, Inkubus Sukkubus, Visions of Atlantis, Beast in Black, Dorothy
A little history on me:
I got officially started anime in 1998 (I’m not counting Voltron and others I watched as a child). Like so many other people, I saw first exposed to anime through the dubs of Sailor Moon and Dragonball Z. My first thought was “This could be so much better if” -insert something- “was done differently.” It wasn’t long after that that I discovered on-line fanfiction. I’d been writing it for a while before then, mostly with MacGyver and Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles, so it was easy for me to make the transition from sharing written works with my friends to posting anime fanfiction on-line, starting with The Never-Ending Crossover, which oddly enough has ended prematurely, and it’s just gone on and on from there. (And, no, you’re NOT going to see my early work. It stunk.)
I’m an avid fanfiction fan, so long as it’s done well. I can’t abide Mary Sues/Gary Stus, and I don’t like seeing characterization forgotten to hook up two characters, which is my only major beef with the slash/yaoi community. I read from almost every genre of fanfiction, from drama to poetry, from romance to fantasy.