Melanie Drake exists only in my mind. For all intents and purposes, though, she is me. Like most names, this one has a story.
Melanie
My "online handle" has been Melinca for almost 20 years. My favorite game is Zelda, with the main character being Link. I adored Link, so for my very first game, I tried to use the name Linka (with the a to make it more feminine). It was already taken, but I was doodling on a scratchpad and had Me = Linka! Melinka was born. I had an issue with that k and ended up turning it into a c, thus becoming Melinca.
Several years down the road, on yet another game, everyone was calling me Miss Mel or Mel, so when it came to a psuedonym, I figured why not start the name with Mel? I'm already used to being called that. There are a lot of Melissa's already in my family, and only one Melanie, so Melanie it became.
Drake
Drake is quite a bit easier to explain. I love fantasy almost as much as science fiction and I collect dragons (and frogs). A drake is a young dragon.
Melanie Drake's alter ego is a full time student, full time worker. In her off time, she likes camping, writing, gaming, the water, and gardening. Sometimes, she even combines them. She wrote a satirical "gossip" column for an online game for almost two years before work and studying cut into her time.
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