The "about me" page is the most difficult to write: in my opinion anyway. Part of the problem is that I do have rather a lot of sites, and a lot of those are personal websites. And I get tired of repeating myself over and over again. However, I doubt that anyone would visit all of those sites, so in a way, I am not really repeating myself at all. It's complicated! (If you have already seen a page like this at one of my other sites, just click away to somewhere else in the site.) So, you want to know who I am, do you? The best way, if you're curious, is to surf around all my sites, but I hope this section will be useful as an introduction. The "about me" page is always the first one I go to when I am visiting a personal site. I do think it is the most interesting part of a site. This is the place where you can find out if the siteowner is anything like you: age, nationality, religious beliefs etc. In a way, it's like the showcase of the whole site and makes one want to go on further into the site, or not. So, what do you want to know about me? I was born in 1961, which makes me old enough to know better. I live in a tiny hamlet in west Wales, near Aberystwyth. I am married and have one daughter. We have two cats and one hen, and an outdoor cat. I am not Welsh by birth, as I am from the north-east of England, though as I have lived here for more than 30 years, I consider myself to be Welsh by adoption. And proud of it too! My name is Eunice and I was once not so proud of being named so, though that is changing now. I wished I had a less unusual name, as I was always the only Eunice wherever I went. From the websites I have seen, it would seen that Eunice is a popular name in the Far East, though it is not so in this part of the world. So a Eunice always stands out from the crowd! And no one seems to know how to spell it correctly. Only the US actor, Tucker Smallwood (of "Space: Above & Beyond") knew how to spell it when I asked for his autograph, and that was because he had an Aunt Eunice! If you are a Eunice, what do you think of your name? Have you ever wanted to change it? Have you ever wanted to change your non-Eunice name to Eunice?! Now there would be a story! Stand up and be counted Eunices! In fact, it is difficult to know what to say here. What do I like to do? Well, apart from building websites and making graphics, I like to watch a little TV, listen to music or read. I'm one of those people, who, when they are interested in a book, can devour it in a few hours. My favourite genres are science fiction and fantasy, murder mysteries, historical novels and I am particularly addicted to girls' school stories by such authors as Elinor Brent Dyer or Angela Brazil. I've studied for a degree with the Open University. Spiritually, if I had to declare myself, I would say that I am a Pagan and I honour the Goddess Epona. Culturally, I am mainly Celtic as I come from the north east of England, as I said before. I also have a smattering of Welsh, Irish and Scottish in my genes along with a helping of Viking. My husband is also part Welsh through his Grandfather, who came from mid Wales, as did my Great-Grandmother. Our daughter is all Geordie but can speak a fair bit of Welsh and I have tried to learn it too. If I were writing my curriculum vitae it would look rather bitty and gappy. Having bounced around the world from the north-east of England to New Zealand and back again, then to the Midlands, back up North and finally to Wales, it looks as if I couldn't be bothered to stay in one place for long. Likewise my employment record, as I went into one temp job after another (clerk for the Coal Board, assistant junior librarian, filing clerk for a lens manufacturer and copy-typist for two newspapers). There's nothing you could call a career, unless we're talking eternal optimist here. I have a confession to make: I'm not sure that I ever wanted a career. Unlike most people, I did not grow up with a burning desire to be a doctor, a lawyer or a candlestick maker. I had no idea of what I wanted to do, when I "grew up" and I'm not sure if I have grown up yet. I want to write, that much is certain. But that ambition is beset with doubts, and fears that I'm not good enough and never could be. I could call myself a writer, as that is what I do most days, whether it be for a zine, these pages, the novel or general scribbling. The problem is that I cannot take myself seriously as a writer, which is a shame as that is all I've wanted to do. *sigh* Who said that life had to make sense once you reached the age of discretion? Not me! You won't find any photos of me in this site, not recent ones anyway. I might put in some old ones but as to what I look like today? Well, that's my secret! I hate being photographed. The end result never looks like me, not the me that I "see" inside my head. And anyway, shouldn't the 'net have got rid of such notions as what we look like on the outside? I am unable to lie, to cut out a picture of some lithe, slim beauty and pass it off as me. So you will just have to make do with the old pictures. What else is there to say about me? On the surface I'm ordinary enough but by now the neighbours know that I am not. How can I be normal when I love comics, listen to indie music at my age (much to my daughter's disgust), and read science fiction? It doesn't matter where I live, from the cosy suburbs of Rotorua in the north island of New Zealand, to a rough and violent council house estate in the north-east, to this tiny hamlet in west Wales ? I do not fit in. Ah well, who wants to be normal anyway? Now then, what else do you want to know about? If you do have a burning desire to know what my favourite brand of chocolate is, then email and ask me. (It's Dairy Milk if you're asking and posh Belgian stuff if you're buying.) No, really, I mean that. And if your questions are interesting enough I'll put them in here. I could have my very own FAQ section! Okay, that's it. You know where to send your questions, so get to it! Oh yes, just one thing, I think you ought to know that the wonderful thing about tiggers is...... I'M THE ONLY ONE!!!!!