About me
I figured that since you have taken the time to visit this site and (hopefully) enjoy my work, maybe I should introduce myself and tell you a little bit about me. First of all, I have gone by many names since my interest in Buffy began way back when the show first aired in the UK on BBC 2back in January 1998. I got online sometime around the show's second season but only really discovered online fandom almost two years later. Joining various groups, I initially went by the ID of TheBlondieBear, taken from Spike whom I had been infatuated with since his first appearance. Later, as I became a more spiritual person and after an epiphany of sorts, I switched to a new name: Phoenixheart79. Over the years this has contracted and become Phoenix0879.
I have always enjoyed writing, but it was only my passion for Buffy that made me write anything significant - before Buffy, my stories invariably died a slow death.
Aside from my interest in Buffy and Angel - an interest we probably share since you're here - my life has been through many ups and downs over the years and, as I approach my 30th year, I've finally come to appreciate just what those ups and downs have done for me, both positive and negative. Bullied from the age of five right through until I left school at seventeen, I have an intense dislike for bullying and bullies. But it also made me look to my own morality - I never reacted, as some victims do, by becoming a bully myself. Instead, I look to my morals and integrity to say "I am not you. I'm better than that - and you can be to, if you try."
As well as Buffy, I have an avid interest in all things science fiction, but especially Star Trek. Again, this wonderful aspect of my life - which led to me becoming friends with someonetruly fantastic - stems from my school days, where the adventures of Captain Picard and his crew let me escape, if only for 45 minutes, the pain of my schooldays. Were it not for Buffy and StarTrek, I probably never would have gotten talking to someone who later became one of my closest friends, as it was the bridge that got us together, talking.
And finally, one of the few pictures of myself that I actually like:
