About

Born on February 5, 1988 in Northern Virginia, Manda Collis hails from the Outer Banks of North Carolina and prides herself on her gypsy way of life moving from place to place – which has currently brought her to Janesville, Wisconsin.

Manda is first and foremost an internet personality, spending her time getting to know new friends online, creating and maintaining discussion and role playing communities, blogging about various hobbies, and just making her presence known to the world. She is most known for her work administrating the Harry Potter RPG Vault 713, which formerly ran as “The Slytherin Dorms” and has been an active group of enthusiastic, friendly folks since 2001.

When not meandering around the internet, she enjoys photography, hoop dancing, traveling, attending live music performances (and sometimes playing them), playing video games of all kinds (notably Team Fortress 2. Always red, usually medic/scout/soldier.) and assorted crafty things, subject to change given her mood.

Things of Note

Manda has done a lot of things across the entire internet and beyond. If you’d like to see what she’s up to beyond the usual bloggery, you may want to check out these links.

Photography

• Featured in Buzzfeed’s “30 Examples of Internet Memes at the Wisconsin Capitol” (#1 ,#2), March 2011
• “Island Life” – published in the Neighborhood Treasure showcase at Pictory, March 2010

Video

• “Now That’s What You Call Emo” – viral video by Alan Lastufka, November 2007

Writing

• “The Lightkeeper” – Terrible Minds Vacation Hell flash fiction contest, October 2010

This and That

• “Logging On to Hogwarts” – Workshop presented at Infinitus Conference, July 2010
• Featured as MuggleNet’s Fan of the Week, April 2010