Bolsheviki

Hello. =3

Before you ask, yes, my username is the name of the political party in Russia that organised the Revolution in 1917 and then became the Communist Party. Why? I hear you ask. Well. The short answer is:

I like the word.

The longer answer is:

I like the word, and I'm studying Russian History for A-level and I want to do history at university.

Anyway.

I like to write; it's been a hobby of mine ever since I can remember. I think I'm quite good at it. I hope I'm quite good at it.

I'm very fond of fantasy, and I mainly write fantasy.

I like Terry Pratchett.

I like His Dark Materials (I want a daemon...), Dragonriders of Pern (Dragons. Dragons rock) , the Bartimaeus Trilogy (Bartimaeus is without doubt the funniest djinn I've ever come across), The Farseer Trilogy (I like the third book best), Redwall (easy reading...), Watership Down (Bunny rabbits!), Discworld (of course), and various others that escape me right at this moment (the Moomins?).

Of course I don't overuse brackets (what a load of rubbish). =3

I obsess over Doctor Who. This, of course, isn't a book series, but it has a massive effect on me. I can and will talk Doctor Who all day. Never ask me to explain anything about it, unless you really seriously want to know...because I will give you a massive lecture on it. =D

I can't finish any stories except short ones. I have eight completed proper stories, and two completed really weird, exceedingly random ones full of in-jokes written about mine and my friend's story/roleplaying characters.

The serious ones are:

• Gods-And Goddesses!-Can Be Interior Decorators Too!. Otherwise known as A-AG!-CBIDT!, this is a somewhat random shorty about a gang of deities I made up, based on the Greek Gods, who decide that they want to redecorate their temples.
• The Legend of Perseus As Told By Hermes. A retelling of the legend of Perseus and Medusa, through the eyes of my very favourite Greek God Hermes. Needs editing, to be honest, but it's still funny.
• Truth and Falsehood. Another retelling, this time of the legend behind the saying 'the naked truth'. Also a funny. I enjoy writing funnies.
• I Want To Go Home. Ah. Not a funny, this one. I was rather depressed, and the main character here is slightly insane.
• Donkeys on the Moon. Oh, don't ask about this one. Written at school at the request of a friend, it's a silly little story about my character Jontii, who's partly donkey. Yet another funny.
• The Sleepers. There are lots of old legends about a bunch of warriors who are kept magically sleeping until some Last Battle; this is my take, using my characters. Not really a funny.
• I Remember. Definately not a funny. Twisted, painful reminisces from a girl who used to be a vampire.
• Remember Us. Sticking with memories, and not being funny, this is a story written in an attempt to be more inspirational than a school assembly (not hard). It's about Remembrance Day, and those who died in World War One.

All these stories are available to read on my Fictionpress account, Four Minute Warning, along with a random silly little nursery rhyme called Pussycats Three and one of the aforementioned excessively random, in-joke stuffed stories about my and my friend's characters.

I joined this site mainly out of curiousity. It may become a fixation of mine, or it may join the growing list of sites that didn't sate my pitifully short attention span. xD

Only time will tell.