A little Meme

I’ve been tagged by Marianne! Looks fun:

You’re feeling: Exhilarated and exhausted. I have completed my eighth manuscript, the longest yet!

To your left: the couch, the side table and lamp, Sailor Boy’s Rock Band guitar, an ARC of Ink Exchange, and, on the wall, the framed copy of my first newspaper cover story.

On your mind: taxes, book revisions, and titles for SSG4.

Last meal included: margaritas on the rocks, fajitas.

You sometimes find it hard to: accept that certain people aren’t going to like you no matter what you do.

The weather: rainy and cold. I miss Florida on days (weeks, months) like this.

Something you have a collection of: Unicorns! It’s an odd phenomenon at this point.

A smell that cheers you up: marinara

A smell that can ruin your mood: rain

How long since you last shaved: Sunday

The current state of your hair: bed head, though even at it’s best, it’s artfully bed head.

The largest item on your desk/workspace (not computer): cover flat of Rites of Spring (Break)

Your skill with chopsticks: pathetic, despite the careful tutelage of both a high school friend and my husband, who have both lived in Asia. I was out the other week with my brother and his wife, and they were putting me to shame. The restaurant had those really difficult slippery plastic chopsticks, too.

Which section you head for first in a bookstore: Front tables, then to visit my book, then young adult.

Something you’re craving: Jamba Juice. They shut down the one near my house, It used to be my carrot on a stick.

Your general thoughts on the presidential race: I actually like all the remaining main party candidates, which is a new thing for me. I’m very curious to see how the running mates pan out, because I think, in the last election, that had a big effect on the voters.

How many times have you been hospitalized this year: Never. (Is this really a question?) Sailor Boy on the other hand…

Favorite place to go for a quiet moment: My shower! Actually, once the weather gets nicer, Rock Creek Park is lovely…

You’ve always secretly thought you’d be a good: Salon owner in 19th century Paris. Alas, it is not to be.

Something that freaks you out a little: Roaches. And not a little.

Something you’ve eaten too much of lately: Pizza. Tea

You have never: Published a short story.

You never want to: Say never.

Ooh, this was fun! I’m tagging the fabulous writers of Books, Boys, Buzz

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Also, I forgot to pick a winner in my last giveaway post. So I’m going to pick TWO.

GINA ROBINSON
and
MELISSA

You have each won a copy of Phantom Pleasures! Drop me an email with your address and I’ll send it out. And congratulations to both of you on your perseverance. How funny that both winners are writers.