About

My name is Fiona Canteberry, but I go by FekketCantenel online. I hope to centralize my online activities here, including the promotion of my novels.

The Name

Call me Fekket, Fek if you know me. I found it hilarious when Feep the German once stopped in the middle of a conversation and asked, "Wait. What can't Fekket enel?"

I came up with the name 'Fekket Cantenel' for an elf character in a bit of amateurish fantasy fiction when I was eleven or so. The first name was a random, wild-sounding name, while the surname was supposedly a god of lightning and the patron saint of the character's family. I've long since discarded the story but I liked the name enough to keep it.

The Site

This site has existed in several incarnations. On a previous host, it was home of the TGSBB, on which the 'beta' and 'gamma' readers of my first real novel, The Golden Sands.

The name 'The Homework Never Ends' comes from a song from Yu Yu Hakusho, one of my favorite anime of all time. For me, the phrase holds a lot of meaning (I build my life around to-do lists and goals) and irony (I was homeschooled and therefore was never assigned homework).

Fiction

I've been writing fiction since I was small, but didn't complete my first novel until I was eighteen or so. For more information about my fiction projects, see my Fiction page.

Early Days: Translation

When I was thirteen or so, I started teaching myself Japanese for fun. When I mentioned online that I had gained some reading comprehension, several adults approached me via chat and offered pocket money for the translation of some unsavory materials. To the best of my knowledge, at least they weren't illegal.

I worked at this for about two years and bought a laptop with my earnings, but eventually realized that I was being exploited, and that the people sending me these materials were abusing a minor. The situation had also become sexually harassing, with grown men and women making advances on me and attempting to find out where I lived. Therefore, when I was sixteen or so, I jumped ship and have never looked back.

The two lessons I took away were to counsel other young women in avoiding exploitative situations and people, and that money isn't worth your reputation and safety. I also saw some of the 'dark side' of the internet and the people who use it, and have previously poured those feelings of fear and sexual abuse into some of my fiction.

I regret getting involved in such a community as a child, but figure I could have done worse as the 'mistakes of youth' go. I've spent the last few years working on my novels and other wholesome projects, so that Adult Me can be someone of whom Teenaged Me would be proud.

Contact

There are several ways to get in touch with me for whatever reason.

My email is fekketc@gmail.com.
Visit the IRC channel at the top of the sidebar.
If you have a comment on a page or article on this site, please leave it below the article/page. I'm notified upon new comments.
Message @FekketCantenel on Twitter.

Help Me Out

Leave comments! I love to read and respond.
Use the contact form to offer to read my fiction and help me improve.
Exempt my site in your ad-blocker and check out my sponsors.
Buy me something from my Amazon wishlist in June or December (birthday and Christmas).

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