Reality Fuel - About Us Michelle & Jen Michelle | St. Louis, Missouri, USA FebruaryStars | michelle at realityfuel dot org I've been accused of being a left-brained linear thinker in my time. I'll admit - on the surface that is what I appear to be. But if one were brave enough to go below that surface, they find a creative fool just waiting to be unleashed. And when I say fool, I mean it. Creativity is something that keeps me bumbling along. The best form of escaping the complications of this life is reading. A great plot, a well-developed set of characters, an intriguing setting, and I'll get lost for hours. Writing, on the other hand, is more natural for me. It just is. Sometimes it's good, and sometimes it's bad, but it's merely what's in my head at the time. I've been journalling online since 2000, when I became intrigued by a journal I'd found purely on accident. I was amazed that someone would put their personal thoughts out for the world to see. I was even more amazed that people read it. But then two worlds collided with a massive explosion, and suddenly I had an online journal of my own. Writing it is never practice - it's always the real thing. Sometimes it's hard to write, but sometimes it's just fun - but it's always a snapshot in time that I'm glad I've kept. Jen | Melbourne, Australia this is not reality | jen at realityfuel dot org I've been reading and writing almost ever since I can remember. When I was eleven, I'd read all the children's and young adults' fiction at our local library. The best grade I ever received in high school was for a piece of creative writing: A++ isn't a mark they hand out lightly. If it's any indication of personal significance, I still remember which in classroom we were given back our papers. Journalling? It doesn't seem long, but I've documented my life on a semi-regular basis since June 1999. All of those entries have been online at some stage; not all of them are currently accessible (I tell myself I'll put them all up - someday - when I get my own domain). As I said, it doesn't seem long, nonetheless, a lot of things happen between being a naïve 17-year-old farm girl and being 24 years old, fending for myself in the city. I certainly don't doubt there's more to come.