I'm cathrl (well, actually, I'm Catherine, but since there are vast numbers of fanfic writers with the same name I go by something a bit more distinctive).

Until recently I didn't know Thunderbirds had fanfiction. Two years before that I didn't even know what fanfiction was. I just knew I wrote stories about an old cartoon that I thought everyone else had forgotten. Then, purely by chance, I Googled for the price of a set of DVDs for my childhood addiction, and discovered I wasn't alone in building a complex universe from a kids' show. Not Thunderbirds. Not yet.

Eighteen months later and my kids demanded to watch a certain movie on the TV. It was fun, but it wasn't quite what I'd remembered. I mean, I'm English. Of course I knew what Thunderbirds was, even if I'm not sure I'd ever watched an episode. I did a bit of research, and found this site. I did a lot of reading. And a little crossover plot bunny sat up in my head and refused to go away.

I'd still be writing it quietly in the corner, if I hadn't innocently mentioned it in the electronic company of a couple of other writers, who bounced up and down and insisted I came over to TIWF (Tracy Island Writers Forum). I did. And I bought the DVDs. And I entered the challenges. And here I am. This writing lark's a lot of fun, you know.