Real Name: Laura
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Last Active: December 10, 2022
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Hey there everyone. I'm Laura or Little Belle depending on which board community you're from. Here's the real life stuff. I just turned 49 and I'm married. We share our lives with two German Shepherds so fur is all over in my house. I have a degree in Genetics and Horticulture so I'm a scientist, my actual field is molecular pathology. Some of my daily work has a lot of time between steps and what better to fill it with than reading fanfic my favorite authors. :)
I've been writing fanfic for years...actually the first story was started as a rainy day activity with my best friend when we were about 13. This was before the internet, hell it was before computers were in every home. Of course at the time I had no name for the type of stories we were creating but they would be "Mary Sue" fanfic today. Those stories were never finished but led to many other ideas. Every favorite movie or cartoon got played with. Well over two decades later I still have a story in my head but it's not on paper yet. I have found I'm a good editor and love creating the world and time line of my stories, even certain dialog but filling in all the blanks gets hard for me. I have a prolog and the ending worked out but it refuses to leave my head and live on paper. One day I promise...
Like everyone else I have obsessions, it started with Disney and quickly moved to Star Wars. I'm of the generation to see the original trilogy in the theaters, so years of that obsession (my parents finally have all of my toys out of their house and into mine). The world of Buffy and Angel would be the next obsession and boy did that hit me hard. I taped the episodes each week, bought the DVDs, the books, comics, and even some of the toys. My husband had never seen this side of me and thankfully still loves me and lets me back in the house. This obsession started in season 4 of Buffy/season 1 of Angel and it would lead me to search online for back story. Unlike most people, I can't search well. I can play with DNA in my RL but can't type words into google and get results. So the fact that I got to AngelX and her wonderful posters on the Buffy Cross and Stake boards is a miracle. I learned all sorts of things about boards and the crazy world online but they also reintroduced me to fanfic. I wasn't a convert at first since I hated to read amazing stories and plots and it not happen on TV. I got over that with the help of my friends on the boards. Many of my favorite posters were authors who I followed and they led me to other authors and their favorite sites. I love Buffy fanfic and I'm a Spuffy shipper. I find the AU world around them so much fun and still read what I can but most of my favorite author's muses have moved on. Y'all have amazed me so much with your writing that I came out of lurkerdom and became a member. So everyone keep sharing your muse with us and I can't wait for what you have in store for the future. :)