Tagged!

I've been tagged to answer 11 questions by Colleen Chen and Sarah who are both in Rachel's campaign. I hope these questions will be fun for my blog friends both within and without of the campaign. Is it weird that I like talking about myself? Us writers are supposed to be narcissists, right?

Colleen's questions for me:

1. If you had to change your name, what would you change it to?

Maybe Victoria or Aurora? I like my name a lot though...

2. Which Greek or Roman (or other culture's mythological) deity would you be (either who you'd like to be or who you most resemble)?

Didn't the Romans just copy the Greek's deities and change the names? Anyways... who's the chic with the owl? Athena? Okay, just Googled it, and it is Athena. So, Athena is the goddess of wisdom and the arts... I'm not always so wise, but writing is an art. And I heart owls, so there you have it.

3. Would you like to marry a Vulcan?

Well, in the new Star Trek movie, the guy that plays Spock is pretty cute. But I'm extremely emotional, so I don't think I could cope with someone who rarely shows emotion at all. I can see myself totally freaking out at someone who kept it so bottled up.

4. Would you choose immortal life with the elves, or a human, mortal life with the one you love and a child-to-be?

Well, I have a child (He turned 10 today! Holy cow!), so I certainly wouldn't choose an immortal life if he couldn't also.

5. If you had to write fan fiction, what fictional world would you choose to write in?

Oooh, tough. Harry Potter maybe? Or True Blood? Probably the latter.

6. Do you believe in any conspiracy theories?

I have no doubt the gov does all kinds of crazy shit we have no idea about. I believe all the Area 51 stuff.

7. What do you consider your best quality?

My creativity.

8. What do you consider your worst quality?

I tend to overanalyze.

9. Do you ever feel over-exposed on your blog?

Nah. I'm a pretty open book, both on the net and face-to-face. If I don't want to share something I don't. It is interesting when you realize that anybody could be reading your blog at any time, people you don't even know.

10. If you were to reincarnate, what would you like to be?

A witch. I actually wrote a book about a witch who reincarnates :)

11. What is your biggest pet peeve?

Slow drivers? I know I have more, but I'm blanking.

Sarah's questions for me:

1. What setting best describes you?

I'd like to say the beach, because the beach is my fave. But mountains probably describe me best. Mountains have a calm, reserved side, and a wild, free side. That describes my weird ying-yang personality pretty perfectly.

2. What was your favorite childhood book?

The Hobbit. Read it probably a couple dozen times.

3. What genre(s) do you write?

Fantasy - magic is a necessity in anything I write. I mostly focus on adult urban fantasy, but in some of my books for middle grade and young adult, it is more general fantasy.

4. Besides reading and writing what are at least two of your favorite pastimes?

I love horses, and movies, and am a total foodie. I really enjoy anything in the arts - music, painting, etc., though writing is the only thing I can do myself. Oh, and traveling. I can't get enough of the world.

5. What is the coolest/strangest thing you've ever done?

Ready for this? Firewalking. Not joking. My mom is into about every spiritual/metaphysical thing you can imagine, and when I was twelve we went to California, where she actually got certified to lead firewalk seminars. Over the next couple of years we did several, and I walked over a bed of hot coals two or three different times.

Other cool stuff? Ate at the restaurant in the Eiffel Tower. Rode in a training clinic with a British Olympic equestrian medalist. I'm also a certified equine massage therapist, though I haven't practiced in years.

6. Whose writing inspires you the most and why?

Oh, Neil Gaiman. I confess I only recently started reading his stuff, but I have fallen head over heels for his writing. His writing is always unique, and contains that element of magic that I have to have. And he just writes beautifully. And he's a creative genius.

7. If any character from any book could be your best friend, who would it be?

Another tough one. Hermione? Or Alanna from the Song of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce? I devoured this series in my early teens. Of course, I love the MCs from my books, Eva from Countless and Zyan from Noir.

8. What is your favorite book/author/tv show?

I simply can't pick one favorite book. The Hobbit used to be. But I love so many others, sometimes very different books for very different reasons. Author is Neil Gaiman at the moment. TV show - True Blood for sure. God, I love it :)

9. If you could be invisible for one day, what would you do?

How intriguing. Hmmm. Okay, so I just spent several minutes contemplating this. You read the above part about overanalyzing? So, I wanted to come up with something profound and impactful, but I couldn't think of anything that could realistically be accomplished in one day (without more planning and overanalyzing, that is). Here are a few of the things I considered (some of them selfish and not profound): Somehow getting inside info on the stock market to pad my bank account. Some sort of cure for world hunger. Whispering words of encouragement to people who looked like they needed it (though sort of creepy since of course they can't see you). Spying on people close to me just for funsies to see what they do when I'm not around.

10. What famous person (dead or alive) do you consider a role model for your own aspirations?

I'm going to sound like a broken record here: Neil Gaiman. I want to be as imaginative and amazing as he is.

11. Is there anything else we should know about you?

I love chocolate and wine. I very badly want to travel around the world for a couple years and have adventures.

Alright! That's it. Hope you enjoyed it. So, I'm tagging some campaign peeps and some non-campaign peeps:

A.E. Martin (previous blog friend and fellow urban fantasy campaigner)

Tina Moss (fellow urban fantasy campaigner)

Stephany Simmons (fellow urban fantasy campaigner)

Beth Sanderson (blog friend)

Jennifer Hillier (blog friend)

Meredith Moore (blog friend)

Tag, you're it! Here are the 11 questions:

1. What setting best describes you?

2. What was your favorite childhood book?

3. Besides reading and writing what are at least two of your favorite pastimes?

4. What is the coolest/strangest thing you've ever done?

5. If any character from any book could be your best friend, who would it be?

6. If you could be invisible for one day, what would you do?

7. What famous person (dead or alive) do you consider a role model for your own aspirations?

8. Which Greek or Roman (or other culture's mythological) deity would you be (either who you'd like to be or who you most resemble)?

9. Would you like to marry a Vulcan?

10. Do you believe in any conspiracy theories?

11. If you were to reincarnate, what would you like to be?

Oh, and I didn't mention above, but eleven is my favorite number, so I'm loving that. Have fun tagged-ones!