My real name is Beckie. I dont mind it really I suppose, but I hate being called Rebecca! Rebecca is my 'naughty name'. You know when you are little, and you have done something wrong, and your parents call you by your full name? That's a 'naughty name'. Most people call me Becca, which I prefer. There are tons of Beckies, but not so many Beccas!
2. I have always adored animals. When I was 10 my dad managed to buy me a horse called Cresta. He lived at some stables near by, and I would ride him every chance I got. We had to move about a year after, and leaving him behind was so hard. We moved a lot when I was young, so I was used to leaving behind the new friends I had made, but Cresta was different somehow. He meant a lot to me.
I am also the kind of person who believes in unicorns! I think they are wonderful, and I can easily believe that one day, as I'm walking in the countryside, that a unicorn will appear suddenly. Maybe I watched Legend too many times as a kid, or maybe I really do believe in them. Maybe they mean something symbolic to me, like they show innocence and purity still exists. I'm not sure. All I know is that I adore them, and if it takes me attacking a donkey with a fake horn and a tube of glue, then so be it! But I will see one one day!
3. I have no brothers and sisters. I have always wanted an older sister. When I was younger, my parents worked and worked and worked. They were gone all the time, especially my dad. To try and make up for it, they bought me every toy I could possibly want. All I remember is sitting in my bedroom, surrounded by my things, and crying because I wanted someone to share it with.
I get on OK with my mum. We are very different people, but we love each other. We argue lots, over silly things, but I know she loves me, and would do anything for me. She had cancer at the beginning of the year. It was a scary time, but thankfully she is fine now. We are definately closer now beacause of it.
My dad, however, is another story. He has always had a drink problem. I remember him always being drunk when I was little. He knows nothing about me, the person I am now. When I was 13, he disappeared. We heard nothing for months. I was so scared. Then he finally turned up again. Nobody told me anything, but when I came home from school one day he was gone. They had split up, and he had moved away. It took 3 years for him to get back in touch, and I missed him every day. I thought I had done something wrong to make him angry, but now I know it was the drink. He came to visit after I had my daughter, and things were great for a while. He wrote, and phoned, and we stayed in touch. Then he vanished again. And again. And again.
Last Christmas was great. He came to stay. And he didn't drink. It was wonderful to finally have a father again. He left in late January. He hasn't contacted me since. Maybe it's time to give up?
4. I am afraid to say that I dont know you.
But I suppose you know me now, after reading all this! 
5. I live in a town called Scarborough. It is in England, on the East coast. It's nice living near the sea, but I dont like the town much. It is full of nasty people, the kind who never smile or hold a door open. I am from Devon originally, and the people are far more friendly down there. When I retire, I would like to live in Plymouth again. It still feels like home.
7. My favourite thing to write is slightly dark, psychological picecs. I never seem to be able to write humour, no matter how hard I try, and I admire anybody who can. I have tried a few love stories, but they were truly awful.
I like writing subjects that interest me, and that I have a little knowledge of. I studied criminal psychology, so I like to write stories about killers and the way peoples minds work. My little girl wants me to write about faries. 8. I am very much a people person. I work in sales at the moment, so I am in the front line! lol I enjoy meeting new people, you can always learn something new from a stranger. Just this morning, I learnt how many engines a jet fighter has from a lovely old man who is a regular customer! I sometimes like a little quiet time on my own, or with just my daughter and boyfriend, but I enjoy company, and dont like being alone for very long.
9. I would like to think that I have a lot of real friends. I hope they are, anyway! A real friend listens, is always there, will laugh with you, cry with you, and be honest with you. I think the relationships I have with my friends cover these points. Friends are very important to me. I consider my darling Bethany and my wonderful Paul to be my best friends. They are the two people I cant bear to be away from.
11. I found StoryWrite by accident. I was randomly clicking things on Google, as you do, and came accross this place. I stayed long enough to have a look around, but ended up joining All Poetry first! I was on there months and months before I looked at SW again. I find it weird that it happened like that though, considering I had never written a poem in my life, but I had a whole folder full of short stories I had written over the years. I finally submitted on here, and soon I was addicted!!
I love this place. I have made some friends on here, and found many people whose stories I love reading. The feedback you get from people is wonderful. We can only get better with the help and opinions of those who read what we write, and this site is a great place to get that input. The comments I have gotten on here have given me more confidence in my writing. I feel able to tackle subjects I would never have tried before, and there's nothing like a good contest to get the creative juices flowing!
As a Greeter, it is also really great to be able to help new members find their feet, and enocourage them on their literary journey.
15. I write for many reasons. One of which is escapism. Where else can you create your own worlds and the people in them, than at the end of your pen? It gives you a chance to say what is burried deep inside your heart, to be whoever you want to be, to control destiny, to do anything you like!
The feeling you get when you create a story you adore is wonderful. And to have other people appreciate it as well is just amazing.
It also is a release for me. Im sure that I put parts of myself and people I know into my characters. Maybe I am subconsciously killing off my enemies one by one, or making that boy I had a crush on in school fall madly in love with me!
All I know for sure is that I love writing, and I would be lost without it.
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