About the Author

(The two characters I'm dressed up as in this photo are Phoenix (left) and Princess Arisias (right).) 

Greetings travelers: I'm Quinley, but you can call me "Q"! I am a writer, actor, artist, animator (I do hand-drawn and stop motion animation), photographer, blogger, and singer.

 I thought it was about time to rewrite my "About the Author" page but I wasn't sure how because I am not particularly good at talking about myself; I am much better at talking about my stories and characters. I don't generally like talking about myself (which is why I avoided rewriting this page), so I decided to talk about my experience with the many different things I do, rather than about myself directly. 

If I were a D&D character I would be an elf and multi-class as a bard and a ranger. If I were a Fantasy creature it would depend on what world I was living in: I would be an elf if I lived in Middle Earth, but I might be a shapeshifter elsewhere. If I lived in the universe of Star Trek, I would be a former Borg drone (like Seven of Nine), and I would either work as an engineer or as a medical officer. If I were to be at Camp Half Blood, my godly parent would either be Athena or Apollo, and I would be a hunter of Artemis. 

I have been drawing ever since I was little, and once my books get published I want to illustrate them. The things I tend to draw are my own characters, but I also like drawing characters from books and movies. I also do animation, and I have a short (animated) film that I am working on called Pandora's Box, which is a retelling of the Greek myth.  I hope to get people more interested in studying Greek mythology. 

The genres I tend to write in are: Fantasy, Murder Mystery, Gothic, Ghost Stories, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure, and sometimes Romance and Fan fiction, though out of those I tend to write Fantasy and Gothic the most. I also like to combine genres when writing, which is one of the reasons I am writing a Fantasy murder mystery series.   

I have several novels going on at present: some I'm writing, some I'm editing, and others I am plotting. I tend to alternate between them each month. The first (short) stories I ever wrote were about a monster stealing a girl's bed and the girl having to deal with it. I also wrote a retelling of "Snow White," where Snow White doesn't end up marrying the prince at the end but instead remains single. 

I do acting (Shakespearian and Contemporary) and theatre, and I want to open my own film company one day, where I hope to act in and direct my own films. My favorite part of acting is the characters; I love getting into someone else's head and trying to figure out why they think the way they do. I also love getting a chance to get up on stage or on camera, and dress up as as a character because I feel it helps me to embody them. The person who inspired me to take acting seriously as a career path was Gates McFadden, who played Dr. Crusher. 

 Here are some of the characters I have represented on my YouTube channel. (This part will be updated periodically): 

I am also a songwriter and singer, and I love writing songs from the point of view of different characters. I also like writing songs about gods and goddesses and about different fairy tales. 

And I even write songs from the point of view of my own characters. I view singing as another form of acting, and because of that, I love finding songs to sing that remind me of a character I'm playing or a character I'm creating.    

Facts about me- 

- My favorite Greek gods are Artemis, Hermes, Apollo, and Athena. 

- My favorite Norse god is Loki. 

- If I were to have any type of power, the power I would want to have would be shapeshifting. 

- My favorite colors are blue and green. 

- My favorite seasons are Autumn and Winter. 

-  My favorite Shakespeare plays are Hamlet and Twelfth Night. 

- My favorite Fantasy books are Igraine the Brave, The Voyage of the Basset, We Goddesses: Athena, Aphrodite, Hera, Lord the Rings and The Hobbit. 

- My favorite Gothic books are The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Frankenstein, and The Picture of Dorian Gray. 

- My favorite epic poems are The Journey to the West, The Odyssey, and The Iliad. 

- I think it would be neat to disguise myself as a man to go fight in a war (like Mulan and Deborah Sampson), or to disguise myself as man to go perform in a play (during Shakespeare's time). 

- I either want to live in a haunted house/castle or in a fantasy world. (Or both!) 

- I really want to dye my hair red, and I really like (natural) red hair. 

- I told stories through playing with paper dolls (and drawing) when I was younger. 

- I really like stage make-up. 

- My favorite movies are The Dark Crystal, Clash of the Titans (1981), and Kiki's Delivery Service. 

Music that inspires me- 

I was going to include a list of all the singers who inspire my writing, songwriting, and other projects, but I realized there were too many, and if I only mentioned a few I would be leaving some out. So instead, I compiled a playlist of songs by these singers/bands that have inspired my projects... 

That's all for now. Now that you've learned about me, I would love to know about you. Feel free to comment facts about yourself in the comment section as I would love to get to know you too. 

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If you want to learn more about the blog, you can do so here; or if you want to learn more about the characters who appear on my blog you can do so here. Want to contact me? Go here. And if you any questions you can ask them here.