Hallo. My name is Alice, but I also go by llumie on the
internet. I'm a nineteen-year-old aspiring author from Cambridge,
England, and I'm studying biological sciences at university.Taking my aspirations into account, there's a reason for that choice - I just haven't quite worked it out yet. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
I've wanted to be a writer since I was seven years old and was finally allowed to read the first few Harry Potters. From then I began loads of different stories, and finished barely any before finding a better idea. I took a gap year (2012-2013) to try authoring for myself, and I completed a set of interlinking short stories. These are published on amazon.com, and I definitely think you should read them. But now, I'm working on my main project - a series of four books plus a prequel, set in a post-apocalyptic future. The original idea for a single book came when I was fourteen and working on an art project for school. Five years later it's evolved into something far more sophisticated, and after planning everything to the last detail I'm ready to write it. It's the idea, the best I've had so far - it's stuck around the longest, and it's by far the darkest. It should be good, if bleak. I'm pretty sure it's going to be good.
I really hope it's good.
Besides writing, I draw and read. If I get any art done, I might post it here. As for reading, my true loves are George Orwell, Anthony Burgess, Kurt Vonnegut, Stanislaw Lem, Aldous Huxley, Daniel Keyes, Chuck Palahniuk, Tim Lott and of course, J. K. Rowling. Without her, who knows what seven year old me would have decided they wanted to be?
I'm inspired by science, politics, and the future. I'm an atheist, and I've just about come to terms with that. I love the sea, because it's where everything came from and always inspires. I loathe entitled people, lazy people, most politicians, and anti-intellectualism of any sort. Ignorance isn't attractive, especially the willful variety. And if you're going to be apathetic in your actions about a cause, don't pretend you really care.
