User Profile

I am Random Epiphany. I call myself that because my whole life has been one great big random epiphany of chaotic happenstance, and I couldn't be more delighted about that.

I was born and raised in New York City, though Atlanta is my home now. I am tattooed, strangely and multiply and with great enthusiasm. I have been writing fan fiction for longer than some of my readers have been alive. When I was younger, I used to follow rock bands, as long and hard and far as I could; and even now, being on the road feels like home. I drive a fifteen-year-old car covered with bumperstickers and band logo decals, my wardrobe of choice consists of weird t-shirts and jeans and multicolored sneakers, and my idea of suitable decor for living space hasn't changed since I was fifteen. There was once a time in my life when I got paid to wear greasepaint; there was a time when I lived on New York City subway trains, by choice. I enjoy spending money on ridiculous and frivolous things, and I have enough available credit at my disposal to present a serious danger to myself. I am enamored of food. I believe that spelling counts. In my current incarnation, I am a web geek, shaping code into tangible form for fun; my sole cohabitant and/or dependent is my kitty, to whom I coo and babble in baby talk incessantly; and my favorite place to hang out is inside my own head, during the periods of time when I'm not crawling inside other people's. In 2005, I managed to triumph over a long, long pattern of addiction, and have been drug-free ever since if you don't count the pharmaceutical legal stuff that keeps me sane and alive. I never do in teaspoons what I can do in buckets, I'm neither afraid to laugh out loud nor at myself, and while I embrace the occasional fitful spasms of maturity and wisdom that drift my way, I absolutely, completely, utterly refuse to get old. I firmly believe that a hand-held shower sprayer is the single most useful object that a woman can possess. I like my music loud and passionate, my coffee light and sweet, my cigarettes in menthol 100s, and all of those items in abundance; and I think that getting feedback for the things I've written is the most incredible thing in the world. I remain convinced that life is a glorious, fantastic adventure, even when it's kind of not: and I am basically, pretty much, really happy about the one I've got.

And oh, yeah, I write fan fiction about rock bands.

Friending Policy

If you like my fic and want to keep up on my most recent stuff, please feel free to friend me! You don't need to ask. I don't often post things that aren't fic or fic-related, so you won't find your friends-page cluttered too badly by my posts. (If you're interested in friending my RL journal for more personal posts, drop me a line at me@randomepiphany.com and ask for more info.) I will pretty much friend everyone back, but it usually takes me awhile to remember to do so.

Printing/Redistribution Policy

Please feel free to save my stories to your hard drive, or print them out for your friends or to send to friends. I only have a few firm requirements:

1. My name must ALWAYS remain attached to my stories (in other words, no plagiarism),



2. My work may not be sold for any purposes (in other words, not included as part of a fanzine or other publication),



3. My stories must NEVER EVER EVER be distributed to anyone who could recognize themselves in the story (in other words, for god's sake, don't give this stuff to the boys in the bands!)

If you wish to print my fiction on paper, you should probably refer to the versions of my stories available on my website; see below.

Instant Messaging Policy

I like hearing from new people, so please consider yourself welcome to message me if you wish. I use a client that does not always show me as "online" when viewed from website indicators like the one on my profile page, so feel free to add me as a contact and ping me whenever you see me around.

Other Websites

I am randomepiphany on Dreamwidth and am mirroring all my fic there: randomepiphany.dreamwidth.org

All of my fanfic is also available at my website at www.randomepiphany.com, including versions formatted with black text on a white background with a minimum of incidental decoration, for easy reading and printing.

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