ABOUT ME:

So, what do you want to know about me? I am in the middle of building a site just for that purpose and it will have much more about me than an "about me" page could have. But until it is finished, this will have to do as an introduction! I was born in 1961, which makes me 47. I live in a tiny hamlet in west Wales, near Aberystwyth. I am married and have one daughter. We have four cats, two hens and a goldfish. I am not Welsh by birth, as I am from the north-east of England, though as I have lived here for more than 15 years, I consider myself to be Welsh by adoption. And proud of it too!

My real 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 homepages 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? (I have given myself another names: Seren.) 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. (Which is why I am planning a whole site on the subject of me!) What do I like to do? Well, apart from building homepages 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 stores by such authors as Elinor Brent Dyer or Angela Brazil.

Spiritually, I suppose if I had to declare myself, I would say that I am a Pagan and I honour the Goddess Epona. More on this later I think!

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 do want a career or that I've ever wanted one. 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 an apazine, fanzine, 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.

All about me, this page says in the title. 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), am writing an erotic novel 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 hamelt 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!