Icebreaker

When I was five, I had a favorite tape. It was a VHS of Care Bears Movie 2 (feat. the Care Bear Cousins) and Little Shop of Horrors (the Rick Moranis version). I watched it every day. If you ask my friends--which you undoubtedly will not--this probably explains a lot about my personality. On one hand, a musical featuring rainbows and altruistic optimism. On the other hand, a musical/dark comedy about a man-eating plant and hopeless nerd you can't help but fall in love with.

Okay, maybe that last one was just me.

I was also quite fond of Wayne's World, The Lost Boys, and The Little Mermaid.

Why am I telling you this? Because as a first-time blogger, I feel it important that you know a little something about me. So you know what you're getting into. As an aspiring writer, however, I know that the opening page... no, the opening paragraph is key. So starting off by saying, "Hi! My name is Alexis, and I want to be your friend." just didn't sit right with me.

So while I've got your attention (Or do I? dun! DUN! DUN!), let me do the boring part. My name is Alexis (25/F/Pisces), and I would love to be your friend. In the case that this just isn't in the cards (as it so often is not) I would settle for you just listening to what I have to say and commenting on it.

Why should I, you ask? Well, let me tell you.

As previously mentioned, I am an aspiring writer. I have completed exactly one (as yet unpublished) novel, which I will tell you more about later (including the reasons it is "as yet unpublished"). I am also in the process of the first draft of a romance novel that is currently featured in the third round of webook.com 's PageToFame contest. More on that later as well.

I have also written several drabbles and random nonsenses, largely based on my dreams. And as you may or may not have inferred from my choice of childhood favorites, my dreams can get a little interesting.

I would like to share my drabbles, rants, and even sneak peeks of my novels with you. In so doing I hope to both increase my fan base (read: find someone other than my three online friends who like what I do) and improve my skills both as a writer and communicator through feedback on this blog.

Thank you for your time, and I sincerely hope we see more of each other in the future!

Love (no matter what I might say),

~Lex

P.S. If you are a reader of Twilight fan fiction, you may have read my fic "Slumbering Swan" or it's prequel "Becoming Alice" (If you have not and would like to do so, search these titles under the username lmhsfan on either FFN or TWCS).