Paranormal romance writer and writing buddy J.A. Belfield tagged me in a blogging chain game. The idea is to answer the sender’s 11 questions, then come up with your own 11 questions and pass them along to 11 bloggers. They in turn answer your questions and link back to your site when done.
I’ve done my best. Hope you enjoy. 
1. You’re stranded on a snowy mountain after the aircraft transporting you to [wherever the heck you like] makes a crash landing. Out of the 6 passengers and 2 pilots, only 2 have survived. You … and some dude who looks shockingly like your number 1 book boyfriend. But … you’ve now been stranded for close to 89 hours, and the closest you’ve seen to a food source is staring right back at you. So … which part of him do you plan to eat first?
Honestly, I’d rather die than eat someone, especially if I had to kill them first. If the dude really did look like my number 1 book boyfriend, then what better way to depart this life than wrapped in his embrace?
2. So … you have an evening of glitz and glamour ahead. But being the super-secret spy you are, you already foresee the night ending in a run for your life (or to protect your anonymity). Which means the all-important decision of footwear becomes a little complicated. Do you go for your favourite pair of freakishly awesome Jimmy Choos and hope you don’t end up on a cobblestone street? Or do you say to heck with it, and wear a skirt long enough to cover your battered Nikes?
Battered Nikes all the way! I’m all about comfort and practicality and long skirts create an awesome silhouette. Besides, they just don’t make pretty shoes for people with size 9 feet.
3. If a global law was instated that each and every citizen of every country could only ever eat ONE type of cake for the duration of their lives and they each had to sign a contract binding them to their decision, what cake would you choose as your ‘can’t live without’?
Cheese
I’m not a huge lover of cakes. I like the icing, but that’s about it. Now if you said I had to choose one cheese to eat for the rest of my life, I’d say, ‘Impossible!’ Cheese is my sinful after dinner treat. I love every variety, from the Cheshire brand my Nana used to feed me as a child, to the Brie and Gorgonzola that my dad favours. Life would be a very boring place without cheese.
4. If you could choose ANY book (no matter how impossible the graphics required might seem) to be made into a film (movie for the U.S.ers), what book would you choose?
That’s a tough question. All the good ones have already been made into movies.
5. Okay, seeing as I brought it up above in the stranded question I have to know: who’s your No 1 (ONLY1!) book boyfriend? The. Ultimate. Fictional Male. Of your dreams!?
I’m not ashamed to admit that Edward Cullen was my first, totally inappropriate, book boyfriend. I guess I’ve always had a thing for obsessive, controlling, sparkling vampires. I’m over him now, though it took a long time to purge him from my system.
Edward Cullan
Mr. Darcy is currently sitting in the Book Boyfriend top spot after I re-read Pride & Prejudice last month, but I’m always on the lookout for someone new…
Mr. Darcy
6. And still with the book boyfriend, we’ll presume you didn’t eat all of him before the two of you were rescued, and he’s a forgiving kind of guy. So now he’s agreed to a date that doesn’t have him on the menu (at least not as the starter, anyway, if you get my gist). What’s the date? Where, what, why, how?
The perfect date with my book boyfriend would involve a walk to a special place I found as a child while out trekking on my horse. The field of wildflowers gently slopes to a small steam boarded by trees. Under the sweeping branch of an oak, out of the midday sun, we’d spread out our blanket, eat cheese sandwiches, and drink tea from a flask. Once we’d had our fill, we’d lie back and talk the afternoon away, taking an occasional splash in the cool water.
7. The government are clamping down on the atrocity otherwise known as social networking. Every social networker is permitted only one platform. So … which one can’t you live without? Choose your poison.
Facebook! No, Goodreads. Oh, this it too hard. Does social networking include my blog? I can’t live without my blog. I can’t choose. Damn the meddling government.
8. The hot girl always used to pick on you at school. She had all the boys flocking round her. All the cool kids following behind like sniffer dogs after crack (no pun intended … honestly). And some years have passed since you walked out of those school gates for the last time and thanked the heavens you’d never have to deal with her again. But then you walk into your local burger bar … and get served … by Miss Popular. Except she most certainly ain’t looking quite so pretty any more. To add to that, the server next to her is asking how she got on with finding a baby sitter for her rambunctious triplets. Tell me: is she worth your scorn? Or can you not resist the impulse to wallow in your better life?
Something similar to this has happened to me and let me tell you, nothing needed to be said. The girl’s expression spoke volumes. She knew. I knew. Nuff said.
9. Okay, an easier one for you as I’ve been pretty hard: what is your EARLIEST childhood memory? Is it even from this lifetime?
Playing with a tortoise in my dad’s greenhouse. I must have been about two and a half.
10. If you could travel through time, which year would you travel back to and why?
If I could ensure my safety and return journey—I have heaps of commitments so dying or getting injured isn’t an option—I’d love to travel back in time to the age of the dinosaurs. Ever since my mum took me to visit the Natural History Museum when I was seven, I’ve had a fascination with the ginormous monsters. I cried when I watched Jurassic Park for the first time. No, really! That moment when the camera pans to show the Brachiosaurus took my breath away.
Brachiosaurus
11. And finally: we’ve suddenly discovered an anonymous donor is willing to pay for us all to get together but we only have 24 hours to argue and fight discuss rationally the destination. Which city’s corner are you fighting for?
Any city on the Australian coast. Just love that country.
And here are my forwarding 11 questions:
- If you could live the life of any book heroine, who would you choose and why?
- Who was your first ever book boyfriend?
- What ingredients make up your perfect sandwich?
- Describe your most embarrassing moment. Yes, the one that makes your insides squirm every time you think about it.
- Which three books are at the top of your TBR pile?
- Who is your favourite literary villain and why?
- The world is going to end in 24 hours, how do you spend your last day on earth?
- What is your favourite movie adaptation of a book?
- Vampire, werewolf, or other?
- What is your favourite perfume?
- Describe your ideal holiday destination.
Tag! You’re It recipients. If you participate, please make sure you leave a link back to where you answered my questions.
- Sharon Ledwith
- Stephanie Pace
- Michelle Krys
- Ann Montclair
- S.G. Rogers
- Emi J. Gale
- Lauren Hunter
- Patricia Yager Delagrange
- Emaginette
- Joanna Fay
- Cordelia Dinsmore
About Sharon Ledwith
When Amanda Sault and her four classmates are caught in a major food fight at school, they are given the choice of suspension or yard duty. It was a no-brainer. A two-week crash course in landscaping leads the kids to discover a weathered stone arch buried in an overgrown backyard. Instead of a forgotten lawn ornament, it turns out to be an ancient time portal from the lost continent of Atlantis. Chosen by an Atlantean Magus to be Timekeepers—legendary time travelers sworn to keep history safe from an evil force—the five children, along with two offbeat adults, are sent on the adventure of their lives to save the Earth from an uncertain future. The Timekeepers’ first mission lands them in England in 1214, where they must find an adolescent Robin Hood and his band of merry teens before history is turned upside-down.
But, the aspect that truly takes my breath away is the location. Paris, for me, steels the show, becoming an enticing and vibrant character. Plum’s descriptions of cafés, museums, and Parisian life transport me to the French capital. It’s wonderful to re-discover places I’ve visited, roads I’ve walked down. Plum obviously loves this city with a passion that transfers to the page, and it’s contagious.
