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"So how did you find good ol' Shadowside? What made you want to join our little slice of the internet, and what were you up to before you joined?"

Well, I found Shadowside by looking through the zetaboards directory. I had just broken up with my old RP forum, and well…I was looking for a rebound. *smile* Turns out that you guys just happened to be in the right place at the right time. I looked through a lot of them, but I couldn’t find anything that gave me the same amount of challenge as you guys did, and the members were really friendly here. So…overall, I guess that you people were just the perfect rebound that I couldn’t get enough of. *smile*

"What are you currently looking forward to on the board?"

There are a couple of SL’s that I’m looking forward to, and of course, the student council decision. What I’m really excited about though, is the new members coming on and getting a chance to get the experience what I did, my first time on the board; all the friendly people, the nice staff members, and the rather welcoming experience that comes with joining this board, and of course, their questions and/or concerns. >_> I like listening and trying to help.

"2 kids, 1 husband, 1 job... And still posting quality posts all over, hanging out in chat, being friendly with newcomers and oldies alike... Tell us, how you manage to do all this and keep sanity?"

Sanity? What’s that? I lost my sanity a long time ago. No, really, the only reason I’ve managed to do what I’m able to do is because I learned when I had my girl to manage my time. I work a little over twelve hours every day, leaving way before the sun is up and getting home, sometimes when the sun is down. I get a fifteen minute break at work, so most of the time, I’m on my laptop, typing up here. But when I get home, I like to play with my babies, take time with my husband, and get on the computer. Sometimes I do two at once, spending time with my husband and hanging around chat. Those times when I just don’t talk for a span of time? Yeah, I’m normally just playing with my kids or hanging out with my husband. I make it work, squeezing all the things I love into one day.

"Tell us a little about yourself, and the woman behind the title."

Well sure! First things first, I’m a girl. *smile* No, besides all of that, I’m a chef. Common bit of knowledge about me, that is. I enjoy my job, and wake up in the early morning hours with a smile. Ah, as stated before in the previous question, I have a husband and two kids, a boy and a girl. My husband is Latronis, and he completes my life (my kids made it full and happy), as well as making it much more enjoyable. Ah…I went to Culinary school in Louisville, KY, worked the entire time, and managed to pay off my school loans in about two years. I’ve been married for five years to my husband (and counting!) and I’m 23 years old.

"As a writer, what are your strengths and weaknesses? Has Shadowside been able to assist you in conquering these weaknesses?"

My strength and weaknesses as a writer….are numerous and uncountable, but I can give you a few. I…tend to type as if I was the character. Don’t know if that’s a strength or a weakness, but it’s there. The longer I type with a character, the more I tend to become that character. I’ve always called Rouge my “inner me”; the one who I would be if I wasn’t who I was now. Ah, a significant weakness is that sometimes, I can’t post up to what is surely a quality post. I set a standard for myself when it comes to anything I do, but sometimes I fall well below that, just to make a deadline. Shadowside has helped me just sit down and pace myself so I can be the best writer I can be, so that even if I don’t meet the standard of…say three hundred words, my post is still a quality post that another RPer can base their post off of.


"When and where did you start role playing? Why do you love it, and what keeps you going?"

This an embarrassing question. I’ve only been RPing for about two years, but my first RPing experience was co-writing a story with my friend, and after that (I’d say about a week), there was…a Pokémon site…yeah. I was the little paragraph writer in a site full of one-liners. *smile* It was an interesting experience. I love it because of the challenge that sites provide. I can join in a one-liner site, if only to booster their performance from one-liners to paragraph writers. I join difficult to join RP sites, because I love the challenge of getting in and the continuation of proving myself. I join mid-advanced to advanced sites because I love to challenge myself and try to advance myself. So…in a nutshell, I’m a challenge junkie. That’s why I’m a chef! :D

"What advice would you give to new members who are just finding their way around the site?"

New members…hm. What I have to say to new members is simple. Have fun. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. If you dive in headfirst, I can guarantee that someone will be right there with you to dive in too. If you make a mistake, learn from it and keep going; we’re not going to bite your head off for some small mistake you’ve made, so it’s okay to make them. Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Our admins are friendly and willing to answer any and all questions, and our members are just as willing. Don’t be afraid to let your character do out-of-character things. Such as something they wouldn’t do in their previous life, like, fall in love (Phasman, Fen), go to a ball, etc. Make your character face their worse fear, it’ll not only improve them as a character to give them a more well-rounded experience, but it’ll improve you as a writer. And…ah…don’t be afraid to voice any and all concerns. We’re a friendly people, and I can promise you that someone will do their best to answer them.*smile* And…that’s about it.