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Description Name: Thomas
Date of Birth: 10 21 1985
Country of Birth: US
Current Residence: Lacey's Springs, Al, USA
Genre: scifi, erotic, romance, horror, surreal
Mode: Poetry and Prose or just plain insane
About you: There is not much to be said about me that I can convey I am an odd duck and as such will be an odd duck for the rest of my life, most of my friends enjoy this, some of them call me crazy some of them do not if you don't like me you won't like me

What led you to write?
I started doing it at a young age, i had a hyper active imagination and would scribble on pieces of paper, it wouldn't be til my senior year when i got pushed by a teacher to harness my skills that i had that i started writing more in depth


When did you start writing?
leisurely 9 years seriously 18


What does writing represent in your life?
An escape from the norm, It's hard for me to express myself as a person so when i write i let all i can get out, out. Be it my frustrations with organized religion or my inner most demons I get it out.


Do you do editing?
No I use friends of mine to edit my work before I ever submit anything to dA


Do you read about writing (creative writing books, grammar books...)?
Sometimes


Favorite genres?
Scifi, Horror, Fantasy, Erotic, Crime


Least favorite genres?
Harlequin Romance, Teen Romance aka Twilight


Favorite authors?
Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Kim Harrison, RA Salvatore, Dennis Lehane, JK Rowling, Neil Gaiman


Least favorite authors?
Stephanie Meyers


Favorite books?
Odd Thomas, Dean Koontz's Frakenstien, 1984, The Outsiders


What do you like to read about?
Mind benders, occult, vampires, werewolves, criminals


What do you prefer to write about?
mind bending tales with a grain of truth, also journey of discovery type fiction


Do you think you have influences from any professional writer? if so, which ones?
Oh yes, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Dan Brown, RA Salvatore


Worst book you have read so far?
Twilight by far the worst book i have ever read


Choose three of your characters and describe each of them in 3 words.

Shadow Kind, protective, and brotherly
Hawk Rebellious, cocky, and watchful
Thomas Shy, unsure, odd


Do your characters feel 'alive'?
Oh Yes they are very much alive


Could you kill any of these characters?
I have before though it's not on dA and it was for the purposes of the story


Do you hate any of your own characters?

Aaron Pitcher the antagonist of one of my yet to be written stories


What's the first thing you wrote?
Torn Soul, it was published in my schools lit mag

Where do your strengths as a writer lie?
My descriptions, and observations

What are your weaknesses?
DIALOUGE!


Do you care if people become big fans of your characters, even to the point of pairing them with your other characters, like tons of professional writers have to deal with?

If it happens it happens but i can't say it will, because i don't know if any of my characters have been paired off
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Comments: 2

LostKitten [2010-02-20 02:08:34 +0000 UTC]

Hey hon, I'm going to approve this for the group, but if you're interested in becoming part of the VIP Member or Staff Volunteer group status, you'll need to have the questions in bold and the answers without bold as well as turn off your artist's comments. Here's an example of what it should look like: [link]

Thank you for sharing a little information about yourself with us! It's always awesome to learn more about our members.

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shadowsofthought In reply to LostKitten [2010-02-20 02:13:32 +0000 UTC]

ok..keep that in mind if i decide to and i can edit it now i just saw some examples with all bold but thanks for the heads up i'll try tweaking it later much appriciated

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