Gracie Mae DeLunac asked me a few questions for the Sunshine Blogger Award.
Per Gracie Mae’s blogpost: “The Sunshine Blogger Award is a “get to know the writer better” type of blogging exercise, with a couple of rules attached:
- Answer all 11 questions asked by the blogger who nominated you.
- Nominate eleven bloggers in return and write eleven (possibly fiendish) questions for them to answer.”
Sunshine Blogger Award Answers
Here are my answers to Grace Mae’s questions:
1. What is your favorite movie/tv show quote? What is it from? Why is it your favorite?
I love the television show Psych and they have some excellent but random quotes, including the title of one of their episodes, “Poker? I Barely Know Her.” But they don’t tend to translate well on paper. However, I do love “You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off” from the film The Italian Job. I love that the film is full of charm, good British fun and the escape scenes are incredible. That said nothing beats a night in the pub spent quoting Anchorman quotes. Those nights are endless.
“I’m very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.”
One day I’ll be able to tell people this.
2. What do you like to think about most when plotting (Characters, plotline, plot twists, villainous acts, etc.)?
Plotlines and the secrets that go with them. Why do people do what they do, what is their background and how will that affect the plot.
3. What is your preference of “apocalyptic” groups: zombies, aliens, or mutants?
It may sound foolish but I think the biggest apocalyptic group are humans with all their weird forms and dastardly minds. After that…maybe aliens.
4. What kind of food do you eat to feel decent enough to write?
I tend to binge bad food like chocolate and crisps when writing. But they’re not good for my energy levels and I think I need to find better foods.
5. Do you bring your own personal views (especially political and religious) into your tales?
I tend not to get political in my writing, it’s not the right place for it. However, my knowledge of Christianity, and my experiences of it, falls into my stories in ways even I don’t expect.
6. Would you say you “commune” better with nature when gardening [hands on], lounging outside [kinda near], or viewing it from inside your place [far away]?
I respect nature the most when I’m walking or sitting in it. Nothing like summer rain hitting your bare skin as you smell freshly wet grass, love it.
7. What is the strangest/rudest thing you have ever heard your written characters say?
One of my characters is crude to the point of vomit inducing, she says whatever she wants and mostly she wants to say dirty, liquid based, stomach churning things.
8. Paper or plastic or re-usable?
Re-usable. A close friend is an environmentalist and I’m scared of incurring her wrath.
9. What movie/book/show would you say has made the most impression on you? When? Why/how?
I’m not sure I’m proud to say this but Dawson’s Creek had a profound effect on me. It was the first time I cried at love and unrequited love. I learnt that bad boys aren’t necessarily bad (yep, I fell in love with Pacey) and their imperfections are what make them interesting. It showed me the power of humour in drama too and it helped me to believe that in the end you can “ride” off into the sunset. Sometimes the right guy isn’t the obvious guy, at first anyway, this has impacted my writing too. That was in my mid to late teens.
I also enjoyed things like Cagney and Lacey and X-Files as a child. Strong female leads are inspiring to a young girl.
The most significant books for my writing were those written by Karen Rose. Through her I learnt about building sexual tension. I also saw that sex in books doesn’t limit the characters but opens them up to explore the impact of their past while finding a new future. Also, they can have sex and fall in love, it doesn’t have to be sex just for the sake of it. I started reading these about five years ago and have now read every book she’s written.
10. What is your favorite color? [Monty Python reference? ? ]
Blue. I swear 80% of my clothes seem to be blue without any planning on my part.
11. If you were able to publish one of your tales and go somewhere to showcase it (author tour, opening night for the movie, etc.), where would you go? Why?
If it was my Trying Every Angle series (a sports erotic romance) then I would love to take it to the next location of the Rugby World Cup. In 2019 it will be Japan. Alternatively to America, maybe California, to an erotic writing event.
My Nominations
I nominate bloggers:
R.B. O’Brien Author
CK
Candace Khun, CandyKaBoom
John Dupree
Paul Jameson, Modquokka
R K Hawthorne
Sarah Correia, sarahguestperry
Lady Writer, Eva Deverell
Elia Winters
Kelly Sedinger, Jaquandor
Molly, Mollysdailykiss
My eleven questions are:
- What is your favourite song? Do you have a significant memory attached to a time you listened to it?
- Where do you love to blog/write the most?
- If you could make up a fear of something what would it be of and what would it be called?
- Italian or French? (in whatever context you decide)
- What do you think killed the dinosaurs? (can be as creative an answer as you like)
- What is the strangest thing you’ve ever had to research for your writing/blogging?
- What can you hear right now? What would you prefer to be listening to?
- What do you do when you feel you should be writing but are lacking in inspiration?
- What is your greatest achievement?
- If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life what would it be?
- Who is your favourite author and why?