Q. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A. Perfect happiness is a cup of Jamaican Me Crazy coffee and a good book, both enjoyed on the balcony of a cabin in the Smoky Mountains in spring. Actually, just give me the Smoky Mountains in spring, and I’m good!
A. Perfect happiness is a cup of Jamaican Me Crazy coffee and a good book, both enjoyed on the balcony of a cabin in the Smoky Mountains in spring. Actually, just give me the Smoky Mountains in spring, and I’m good!
Q. What is your greatest fear?
A. Not being able to write
Q. Which historical figure do you most identify with?
A. Aphra Behn, one of the first English professional writers. I have not had nearly the exploits she had, but she blazed the trail for other writers and spoke her mind. A lot. As do I.
(NOTE: A 17th-century spy-turned-writer, Behn is one of the first women to make a living by writing well and is credited with penning the first English philosophical novel. Labeled vulgar by some for her frank portrayals of sex, Behn is credited by Virginia Woolf as being the woman who “earned women the right to speak their minds.”
Q. Which living person do you most admire?
A. Jimmy Carter, for doing so much good with Habitat for Humanity, and Johnny Depp, for taking chances in his career, regardless of the consequences.
Q. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
A. Hypercriticalness
Q. What is the trait you most deplore in others?
A. Hypercriticalness
Q. What is your greatest extravagance?
A. A wonderful beaded necklace I bought at a bead show for $175. Never regreted buying it.
Q. What is your favorite destination?
A. Great Britain
Q. What is your most treasured possession?
A. Family photos
Q. What do consider to be the most overrated virtue?
A. Chastity
Q. On what occasion do you lie?
A. To protect someone from hurt
Q. What do you dislike most about your appearance?
A. My weight
Q. Which living person do you most despise?
A. Osama bin Laden. For obvious reasons.
Q. Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
A. Really . . . really.
Q. What is your greatest regret?
A. That I didn’t get my son’s autism diagnosed sooner, because the more we know about autism the more important early detection becomes.
Q. What or who is the greatest love of your life?
A. My husband and my son
Q. Which talent would you most like to have?
A. To be able to draw
Q. What is your current state of mind?
A. Blissful!
Q. If you could change one thing about your family what would it be?
A. I wish they all lived closer.
Q. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
A. Building this career that I love.
Q. If you were to die and return as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
A. A computer programmer? I have no idea. But there is a secret geek lurking inside me.
Q. If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be?
A. Someone with incredible musical talent
Q. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
A. Being bored
Q. Where would you like to live?
A. New Orleans
Q. What is your favorite occupation?
A. Being a writer
Q. What is your most marked characteristic?
A. Talkativeness. The fact that I don't stop.
Q. What quality do you like most in a man?
A. Sense of humor
Q. What quality do you like most in a woman?
A. Sense of humor
Q. What do you most value in a friend?
A. Tolerance
Q. Who are your favorite writers?
A. Jane Austen, Judith McNaught, Amanda Quick, Linda Howard, Shakespeare, E.M. Forster, Loretta Chase (best romance I ever read is Lord of Scoundrels)
Q. Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
A. Mr. Darcy from Austen's Pride and Prejudice
Q. Who are your heroes in real life?
A. Bernard Rimland (founder of the Autism Research Institute and founder of the Austim Society of America, Rimland counts among his many contributions to research study the discovery that autism is neurological; Rimland has been called “the grand godfather of the movement for understanding the biological treatment of autism” by Jaquelyn McCandless, author herself of Children with Starving Brains and Rimland’s book Infantile Autism: The Syndrome and Its Implication for a Neural Theory of Behavior [1964] is credited with changing the prevailing view of austim as an emotional illness caused by refrigerator mothers to a medical neurodevelopmental disorder).
Q. What are your favorite names?
A. Lorna, Sebastian, Morgan
Q. What names do you most dislike?
A. Alvin, Hilda
Q. How would you like to die?
A. In a plane crash (I want it over fast) but when I’m really old
Q. What is your motto? A. Love doesn’t come easy. That’s what makes it so rewarding!
A. Not being able to write
Q. Which historical figure do you most identify with?
A. Aphra Behn, one of the first English professional writers. I have not had nearly the exploits she had, but she blazed the trail for other writers and spoke her mind. A lot. As do I.
(NOTE: A 17th-century spy-turned-writer, Behn is one of the first women to make a living by writing well and is credited with penning the first English philosophical novel. Labeled vulgar by some for her frank portrayals of sex, Behn is credited by Virginia Woolf as being the woman who “earned women the right to speak their minds.”
Q. Which living person do you most admire?
A. Jimmy Carter, for doing so much good with Habitat for Humanity, and Johnny Depp, for taking chances in his career, regardless of the consequences.
Q. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
A. Hypercriticalness
Q. What is the trait you most deplore in others?
A. Hypercriticalness
Q. What is your greatest extravagance?
A. A wonderful beaded necklace I bought at a bead show for $175. Never regreted buying it.
Q. What is your favorite destination?
A. Great Britain
Q. What is your most treasured possession?
A. Family photos
Q. What do consider to be the most overrated virtue?
A. Chastity
Q. On what occasion do you lie?
A. To protect someone from hurt
Q. What do you dislike most about your appearance?
A. My weight
Q. Which living person do you most despise?
A. Osama bin Laden. For obvious reasons.
Q. Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
A. Really . . . really.
Q. What is your greatest regret?
A. That I didn’t get my son’s autism diagnosed sooner, because the more we know about autism the more important early detection becomes.
Q. What or who is the greatest love of your life?
A. My husband and my son
Q. Which talent would you most like to have?
A. To be able to draw
Q. What is your current state of mind?
A. Blissful!
Q. If you could change one thing about your family what would it be?
A. I wish they all lived closer.
Q. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
A. Building this career that I love.
Q. If you were to die and return as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
A. A computer programmer? I have no idea. But there is a secret geek lurking inside me.
Q. If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be?
A. Someone with incredible musical talent
Q. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
A. Being bored
Q. Where would you like to live?
A. New Orleans
Q. What is your favorite occupation?
A. Being a writer
Q. What is your most marked characteristic?
A. Talkativeness. The fact that I don't stop.
Q. What quality do you like most in a man?
A. Sense of humor
Q. What quality do you like most in a woman?
A. Sense of humor
Q. What do you most value in a friend?
A. Tolerance
Q. Who are your favorite writers?
A. Jane Austen, Judith McNaught, Amanda Quick, Linda Howard, Shakespeare, E.M. Forster, Loretta Chase (best romance I ever read is Lord of Scoundrels)
Q. Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
A. Mr. Darcy from Austen's Pride and Prejudice
Q. Who are your heroes in real life?
A. Bernard Rimland (founder of the Autism Research Institute and founder of the Austim Society of America, Rimland counts among his many contributions to research study the discovery that autism is neurological; Rimland has been called “the grand godfather of the movement for understanding the biological treatment of autism” by Jaquelyn McCandless, author herself of Children with Starving Brains and Rimland’s book Infantile Autism: The Syndrome and Its Implication for a Neural Theory of Behavior [1964] is credited with changing the prevailing view of austim as an emotional illness caused by refrigerator mothers to a medical neurodevelopmental disorder).
Q. What are your favorite names?
A. Lorna, Sebastian, Morgan
Q. What names do you most dislike?
A. Alvin, Hilda
Q. How would you like to die?
A. In a plane crash (I want it over fast) but when I’m really old
Q. What is your motto? A. Love doesn’t come easy. That’s what makes it so rewarding!