Hey all you people I don't know!

I am "someone". Let's just say my name is Maria Hernandez, ok? ; )

I (Maria) am a new writer, so if my stuff totally sucks, PLEASE tell me how I can fix it or anything like that. If it so bad you couldn't bear to read any more than the first sentence, then please let me know so I take it off right away. I am not trying to cause my readers pain. (and sorry if it turns out that way)

Favorite items (all of which you really need to know):

Foods: cereal and bean sprouts

Musical artists: My Chemical Romance, Kanye West, India Arie, Three Days Grace, Lauryn Hill, Fall Out Boy, the Beatles, Prince, Lenny Kravitz, Ying Yang Twins, Evanescence, Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Alicia Keys, Brandy, Diddy, Christina Aguilera, Family Force 5, Fefe Dobson, Maroon 5, Matchbox Twenty, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Used, Utada Hikaru, Usher, Weeezer, Stevie Wonder, Gipsy Kings

LIFE CHANGING BOOKS:

His Dark Materials trilogy: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass, by Philip Pullman

Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer

The Naming, The Riddle, The Crow, by Alison Croggon

The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, The Last Enchantment, The Wicked Day, by Mary Stewart

The Truth About Forever, by Sarah Dessen (and EVERYTHING by Sarah Dessen, too, because she's a goddess)

Shiva's Fire, by Suzanne Fisher Staples

Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli

Great Books that You Should Definitely Read:

The Protector of the Small Quartet: First Test, Page, Squire, Lady Knight, by Tamora Pierce ( suprisingly good, highly recommended)

Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carlson Levine

Eragon, by Christopher Paolini (but Eldest isn't worth it, so I don't recommend that one)

Mediator series, by Meg Cabot or Jenny Carroll because she has pen names

Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson

Daughters of the Moon series, Lynne Ewing (not fantastic, but still okay)

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment, Maximum Ride: School's Out - Forever, Maximum Ride: Saving The World and Other Extreme Sports, by James Patterson (funny and brainless, but quite entertaining)

Uglies, Pretties, Specials by Scott Westerfield

Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli

Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, by Garth Nix

Witch Child, Celia Rees

Inkheart, Inkspell by Cornelia Funke

It's Kind of A Funny Story, by Ned Vizzini

Shabanu, Haveli, by Suzanne Fisher Staples

Wise Child, by Monica Furlong

Pirates, by Celia Rees

Book Characters Worthy of Kissing

1. Edward Cullen from Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

2. Jacob Black (see above)

3. Wes, from The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

There are a ton more for all of those, and I'l add more whenever.

Super-D-Duper Factoids of Amusement: I'm in eighth grade at an amazing school in Northern VA. It's fantastically wonderful. (Go Panthers!) Um...I live with my Mom and sister, Meg, who's seventeen and college-bound, visiting Dad on every other weekend. That's probably the reason why I haven't updated, if anything - because I save my stuff at Mom's house. Sorry about that. No pets...except a beta fish when I was in fifth grade...Squishy Chubboggis, may you rest in peace.

I take first year French (Je m'appelle Coline. Et toi? Tu t'appelle comment? Bonjour_!) and that's pretty much all I know at this point. I sometimes write things in French on my fics just to prove that eighth period isn't a complete waste of time. Which it totally is, of course. Along with second period (Algebra), fourth (Phys Ed), and the first half of sixth (Activity - whoops, I mean 'Learning Seminar'. My bad. -rolls eyes-)

Just so you know: I don't have a lot of free time, so if I don't update for a week or so, don't kill me. I'll try to update as soon as I can, but I'm not making any promises...

My story(s) are listed, so I am not going to waste time typing them up. However, if you don't review, I probably won't update for a while. :( No motivation is a very sad thing. -cries-

Toodles!

-Maria

PS-

Sorry I used so many perenthesis. I go ( ) crazy sometimes. Okay, a lot...

PPS-

I just wanted to say thank you to my fantastical reviewers for The End. It is...amazing that people actually read my stuff. And I promise that I'll update as fast as I can, even with school. Granted, that doesn't really mean a lot, considering I have about a bajillion hours of homework each night...rrrr...but yeah. I'll try.