Any hobbies? I assume you mean besides writing, right? :D Well, I like to draw, too, and I like singing and performing. I also like to swim, although I'm not very good at it. As for favorite genres... It depends. Most of my written works are filed into realistic fiction, but I'm starting to find that boring :). I used to not like fantasy but now I'm writing more of it, usually in poems. The one genre I don't like is sci-fi (sorry, Brandiwyn). Although The Host is an exception. It is GREAT - have you read it?

I'm trying to first figure out what genre I should do this year for NaNo. Last year I did mainstream, but looking back it should have been teen fiction (if that's one of the listed genres...I forget). Don't know if I have the patience to do fantasy this year :D. Maybe a murder mystery? I had a short-lived obsession with horror some time ago...

Well, I'll get back to you. I'll come up with something eventually! Which is better to come up with first, the characters or the plot? or the setting? By the way, my NaNo username is PeanutButter777, if I haven't posted it already.

~Xandra