Name: Vanya. Nicknames: Nanna, Nan, Nanna-chan, L, Dory, Lahmia. (No, Nanna and Nan does not mean 'grandma' in Sweden. Ok? Yes, Dory as in the blue fish in finding Nemo...)

Nationality: Swedish.

Age: 24. Born on April 10th. (Makes me an Aries)

Gender: Intergender, biologically female.

World view: Straight edge, s.h.a.r.p-skinhead diagnosed with Bipolar I, who's on the barricades for lgbtq-rights and a multi-cultural society and equality for all, and speaks English like a native (sometimes with an Irish/Scottish or slightly Cockney accent for reasons known only to God), and who never leaves the house without her boots. Constantly struggling to make it in the world with the disadvantages of a very bad short-term memory, an imagination way too vivid for my own good, a totally nerdy and lousy and offensive type of humour, a bad case of chronic sarcasm with a continuously appearing symptom of irony, a temper like a bomb without a fuse, a very mean right fist, and love for all things fluffy, fanged, sweet, mysterious, occult and weird.

Occupation: Professional tattooist. Full time confused student. Dedicated writer.

Hobbies: I am a nerd. PM for specifics.

Likes: Fantasy/sci fi/steampunk/horror/biographic/academic literature, anime/manga, yaoi, art, religion, history, politics, LotR, Star Wars, Burton movies, punk/hardcore/oi/ska/metal/rock/goth/synth/electro/ebm/industrie music (if I start namedropping, it'll go on forever, 'k?), my kitteh, computer games, video games, board games, card games, role playing, tentacles, sweets, fucking with people's heads, pissing people off, going for walks in the middle of the night, hanging out at pubs with my family and friends, sleeping...

Dislikes: our hetero-normative society, know-it-alls, selfish people, bimbos, prejudice, dishonesty, disloyalty, nazis, racists, homophobes, bullies, authorities, drunk people, sexists, pretty much all music playing on Swedish radio stations (it sucks!), my alarm clock, cold weather... and the list goes on and on and on. (I'm a bitter, cynical and mean little bitch, and I like it that way)

Favorite writers: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Susanna Clarke, Jane Austen, H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, Robin Hobb, J.R.R. Tolkien, Anne Rice, Lian Hearn, Michael Moorcock, Joe Abercrombie.

Personal quirks:

- A normal cup of coffee or tea contains a minimum of three sugarcubes, regardless of size. My caffeine limit is three cups a day now, or else I get hyper for 24h or so (this is not me exaggerating, I have witnesses to back me up.)
- I read 500 stadard size bookpages in under twelve hours, and yes, I do remember what I read. I can quote all my favourite books. See next line:
- I very often qoute my favorite films/books/comedians (well, as often as possible, really.)
- I have the bad habit of throwing my cellphone at the nearest wall if it rings while I'm trying to sleep.
- I have a very serious case of arachnophobia. It's not even funny...
- I only use simple words and expressions when I think a person is stupid.
- I have no sense of orientation what so ever, and therefor I get lost everywhere.
- I am a grammar and spelling nazi. Seriously, if you don't have dyslexia there is not a single good reason for you not to write proper English or Swedish or whatever language you speak.
- The fastest way to piss me off is to make a hompohobic/racist/sexist comment in my presence, to pick on one of my friends, acting like a know-it-all when you really don't know what the hell you're talking about or to try and argue personal opinions as the truth instead of admitting to not having all the facts. That, or telling me that me being intergender is just a cry for attention.
- Not only does my daily sugar consumption give me the nickname "L", so does my way of sitting on a chair/bed/floor, the way I pick things up and the way me and my laptop seem to be living a very happy symbiotic life.
- I have a serious obsession with the works of H.P. Lovecraft. To the point of me bouncing around in a fit of squealing joy suitable of a four-year-old when my partner gave me a tentacle plushie for my birthday. Yes, I am that nerdy.

Additional facts: I am diagnosed with Bipolar I, and that can cause updates to be delayed for weeks, sometimes months because I'm struggling with depression or a manic episode. I do, however still write, but very slow and only a few lines at a time. I hope you will be understanding of this fact.

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About the Mary-Sue's: I hate them! I hate them with an intensity that will make hell look like an arctic place.

About OC's: I won't be writing about them as main characters, or pairing them with my main characters. I'm sticking with the actual persons from the series as my main characters.

About fluff: I do my very best to avoid writing it. Too much of it makes me want to puke. Also, I seem quite incapable of doing it for longer than a few lines. Maybe I should give it a more serious try. If nothing else, to see my friends keel over. I'm 'the queen of angst', and no one really expects me to write fluff...

About yaoi: I am a shounen-ai/yaoi writer. Heterosexual pairings aren't my thing at all. I can read it, if it's Hitsu/Matsu or Kai/Yuzuru, but other than that...no thank you. I write explicit lemons - and I believe I'm good at it.

About cursing and bad language in general: I curse like all flying hell, and if I can make it work with the characters - which I generally do - they will curse like all flying hell as well. Deal with it.

About updates on stories: Usually when I get an idea I'll write every day until it's finished and update the very minute I have a new chapter. But every now and then, and much to my annoyance, I get hit in the head by a little thing called "writer's block". And the longest running one lasted almost a year. I was going mad, seriously. I had all the ideas, but the words just refused to come.
And there are sometimes when it's the opposite of writer's block. I like to call it 'creative overload'. That's when my muse ( who is a seriously disturbed sadistic bitch) decides that it is a good thing to cram about ten different ideas into my head, and watch me go nuts. Updates can be a bit delayed then, due to the fact that I'm most likely trying to write down all the ideas in order not to forget them. And thereby taking time from my on-going stories...

About cliffhangers: I love them. And I'm well known for them.

About angst: It's what I do. I know angst like my own shadow and I try to describe it the way it is, no more, no less.

About fem and mpreg: I just don't like it. So I won't read it. It's just...no.