People say I'm a very creative writer, and I think that's my problem. I create too much sometimes and end up shelving every project because I eventually come up with a different idea that sounds cooler at that moment and write that... then I do it again. There are some stories I really love, though, and refuse to abandon. They're just put on periodical hiatuses and resumed every couple of months.

Carpe Noctem--my baby--is an example of this. I first came up with it after having a series of dreams in about ninth grade that featured a vampire who followed me around. I named him Seth and started writing stories about him, accompanied by a thinly-veiled self-insert named Lucy. The story evolves and changes with me--when I first came up with it, it was a very dark, depressing, and disturbing tale about murder, violence, and homicidal jealousy. But now it's more lighthearted and cheerful in tone. I really love how Seth doesn't really change, though--he's always gruff and surly, but he's got a strange love for humanity despite the fact that they hate on him so hard for being a vampire. His origin has changed, though--originally a street magician from New Orleans, now he just enjoys making up random tales of origin and telling everybody he meets a different one every time he speaks to them. He's crazy, but in a very good way, and that's what I love about him, even if he IS just a figment of my imagination.

Harpy Angel is another one. It's still kept its dark, rather disturbing tone, but it's changed a bit in its various incarnations. Originally, she was recruited by a dragon for some odd reason--I forget why--but then it became more heavily Christian-toned and her life was traded for her mother's when she was an infant. Her mother died in childbirth, and her father offered to give up Meredith in exchange for his wife living again. The angel making the deal agreed and later turned Meredith into a "harpy angel"--a figure of vengeance, smiting those who break God's supposed laws. But she began questioning her duties and even God's laws, particularly because some of her new friends (attracted by her mission) were so-called "lawbreakers"--a gay fallen angel, the Black Horseman (who had converted to Buddhism and taken to wandering the world with his companion), a demon girl who really wanted to be an angel, and so on. They were really kind, good people, but according to her boss, they were horrid people and meant to be killed by her hand. I don't wanna spoil the ending, though, so I'll stop here. It's one of my favorite stories, and I always enjoyed writing it, though I really didn't like Meredith herself--she was a soulless puppet, after all, and I don't really enjoy writing that. But I loved her history teacher (the Black Horseman's companion, a pyrokinetic ninja chick) and the Black Horseman.

Another was more of a joke story than anything else, but I still like reviving it every now and then--it never had a proper title, but it was a cute little lesbian love story, centered on a magical academy, wherein a drag king with one magic eye could see into the future and the past. She made friends with a lonely girl named Luna and saw that she would eventually become a black witch and destroy everything if she continued to be so immersed in loneliness. So Will (the drag king) decided to make friends with her to prevent this prophecy from coming true. And there was another girl, Jenna Remington. Together, they had a happy little lesbian threesome and had various adventures with each other.

Another story which had lots of lesbian overtones was about fairies, named Circle of Light. It was about fairies from different kingdoms who controlled the elements--Maja the fire fairy, Aibell the earth fairy, Kala the water fairy, Aerora the half-fairy of air, and their leader, a half-fairy who controlled light. But since she was a half-fairy, nobody really liked her and treated her as an inferior. However, a shadowy woman in the mirror was kind to her and listened to her problems, and offered her friendship when no one else did. So, although she was supposed to drown out this so-called evil witch (who was a fairy who was just banished for having natural powers over darkness), she fell in love with the witch and ended up freeing her. I really liked everyone in that story--particularly two side characters, Bell (the fairy of sound) and Kayla (the fairy of love). They were twins and argued a lot. Bell always wanted to be in Kayla's photoshoots (which Bell suspected were really porno shoots), but Kayla always told her that they weren't and refused to use her love powers on Bell. They were very unimportant characters, but they were very fun to write. Aerora was, too. She was a math and business nut, and although I know nothing about math and business, I was able to successfully bullshit my way through it and make her seem interesting and eccentric.

I love writing my stories, but sometimes I wish I weren't so imaginative--I might be able to finish one that way!