I'm Gem aka Gem6, I'm 24, I live in the south of England but am New Zealand born and I'm a bit of an Ashes to Ashes addict

I have 8 rabbits, 4 guinea pigs and a cat that live with me plus I usually have one or two guinea pigs here on their holidays. I do spend far too much time on here as most Ashes authors can probably vouch, especially with the amount of reviews I leave...

I'm currently writing more for Ashes to Ashes than The Bill although I am still writing for John & Claire I just tend not to publish it now.

I am contactable via here, msn (My MSN is Kate_Spears_Rulz_2002@ ), email (gem87uk@ or Kate_Spears_Rulz_2002@ which is the email on my pen name) or if you really want I am on facebook (Gem Tallack).

I'm more than happy to beta read for Ashes if you should so wish, just give me a shout :-)

Aside from the world of fiction I'm a boring person really, I work for the Post Office, help moderate the Luigi's Ashes to Ashes forum (which can be found here; ), spend a lot of time with my animals, I read a wide variety of books but generally you'd find a lot of crime/murder books on my bookshelves, a few animal related ones and a host of Rabbit medical books. I collect Beanie Babies (still!) but only the original ones now which are often hard to come by. If I've got any spare time left, you can usually find me scribbling some latest fic inspiration in my notebook or making greetings cards which I do put on sale to the public (Should you happen to want to see what I've got, just ask).

If anyone is bothered I am a SuperMac nut, he is my favourite character. Of course I love all of them really, apart from Sam Tyler...can't stand the prentious prick. Hated the end of Series 3 and pretty much most of it

So yes that seems to be me in a nutshell...a bit nuts...good to know and if you don't know me you're missing out ;-)