Ooh Child (you're listening to it now!)
Chunky or Smooth:
ANSWER: Smooth.
Favorite flavor ice cream:
ANSWER: Rocky Road or Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge
Brownie. I love Chocolate!
Favorite ice cream topping:
ANSWER: Whipped cream and hot chocolate or caramel
Subway or Taxi:
ANSWER: Neither. I prefer to drive.
Broadway Show or Movie Theater:
ANSWER: Enjoy them both, but I stay in the movie
theater
TiVo or DVR:
ANSWER: DVR, but I love Comcast's On Demand
Favorite vacation place:
ANSWER: Haven't had one of those in quite some time,
but I'd have to say my favorite was Bermuda and
Hawaii
Next vacation destination:
ANSWER: Hopefully Las Vegas in August
Favorite hangout spot:
ANSWER: I have two favorites: In Solomon's Island,
Maryland at my friend Paula's, eating crabs, fried
chicken, drinking Ciroc & Cranberry Juice and
watching movies until the wee hours of the morning.
And, I love hanging out at Jasper's with my Largo
High School classmates!
Guilty Pleasure:
ANSWER: Maryland steamed crabs and Moscato wine
Good luck charm:
ANSWER: my mom's diamond pendant, which I wear
around my neck.
When you were a little girl, you thought you
would grow up to be a….
ANSWER: News anchor.
Last thing bought at the mall:
ANSWER: MAC makeup
Item on your grocery list:
ANSWER: Today? I purchased condiments I didn't need
trying out this extreme couponing. I have lots of
mustard. Do you need any?
French fries or Onion Rings:
ANSWER: French fries, for sure
Pizza: New York or Chicago?
ANSWER: Both, but Chicago in the summer--cold as a
hell in the winter.
Midnight snack:
ANSWER: yogurt and spinach smoothie.
Bookmark or dog ear?
ANSWER: Being an author, one would assume I owned
bookmarks. But, I don't and I am guilty, guilty,
guilty of dog earring the pages.
Read with dust jacket or remove it?
ANSWER: With dust jacket.
Ocean, Lake, Desert, Mountain:
ANSWER: Ocean and mountain.
Favorite book:
ANSWER: I have two: Groove, Bang & Jive
Around by Steve Cannon and The Color Purple
by Alice Walker.
Item you can't live without:
ANSWER: My car, because I live where buses are
scarce, my computer and my silver bullet. TMI, i
know...but you asked!
What kid or teen books made a difference in your
world growing up?
ANSWER: The Diary of Anne Frank started my
fetish for books.
Where do you like to write your books (bed ~
coffee shop ~ an office)?
ANSWER: All of the above. I write longhand, so I can
be in bed, in a chair, on the beach, on the ferry
going to town, on an airplane. Anywhere.
Describe your ideal place to write:
ANSWER: On my screen porch, in the back yard, with a
cool breeze (and a bottle of Moscato)
What are you reading @ the moment?
ANSWER: Happily Ever After by Nora Roberts.
Where do you usually read?
ANSWER: See ideal place to write.
Do you usually have more than one book you are
reading at a time?
ANSWER: Only if one doesn't have my full attention.
There's nothing I love better than a book I can't
put down.
Do you read nonfiction in a different way or
place than you read fiction?
ANSWER: I tend to read nonfiction primarily when I'm
researching an idea. Then I read solely nonfiction.
