You’ve been tagged!
Carissa of ramblingsofabipolarwoman recently tagged me in a little game, the rules of which are as follows:
Rules:
1. Post these rules. (check)
2. Post a photo of yourself (do I have to?) and eleven random facts about you. (check)
3. Answer the questions given to you in the tagger’s post. (check)
4. Create eleven new questions and tag new people to answer them. (check)
5. Go to their blog/Twitter and let them know they’ve been tagged. (done)
Okay; Here’s a picture of me. It’s not particularly recent, but I rather like the chap who’s standing beside me…I hear he likes Robin Hobb’s dragon stories.
I’ve got plans for a better pic that ties in with the Angel of the North, but that’ll keep for later.
11 facts about me:
1. I have a large collection of silly T-Shirts at home.
2. I have just had to accept the fact that I am ageing – by buying reading glasses!
3. This year I will be 49…but in my mind, 50 is the new 30! 😀
4. If it wasn’t for my current job, I would probably never find the time to write.
5. I cannot concentrate on poetry…my eyes simply skip across it – but I am determined to change.
6. I have never lost the joy of watching falling snow.
7. I enjoy watching chick flicks. Some of them, anyway. My Best Friend’s Wedding was cool.
8. I enjoy making short YouTube videos [add a link?] by matching songs to modern movies.
9. If I was ever to visit the US, I would have absolutely no idea where to begin!
10. My MP3 is filled only with soundtracks and similar music.
11. I only recently discovered The Walking Dead and I am now a huge fan!
Now to answer the questions given to me by Carissa:
1. What is one of your fondest childhood memories?
Sitting beside a Scottish river whilst my parents fished for trout. To this day, I can still find peace beside a river.
2. What town & country were you born in?
I was born in a town called Burnley in Northern England
3. What is something you HATE to eat?
Eggs – in almost any form. It’s taken me years of determination to be able to touch an omlette or the yolk of an egg.
4. What is a talent you wish that you had or that you were better at?
I wish I could master a musical instrument – I love music, but learning the technicalities seems to take all the pleasure out of it.
5. Why did you join WordPress?
To journal my writing progress in 2010. I didn’t post anything until July 2012. Now I love it!
6. What is one of your most favorite dishes to make/eat?
Anything that has a cheese topping. Lasagne and macaroni cheese is at the top of my list.
7. Where is somewhere you haven’t been that you’d like to travel to?
The US…
8. What animal do you think best suits your personality?
I’ve always felt an affinity towards bees. They work from dawn till dusk without complaint, but always manage to stay under the radar.
9. Do you like sports, if so…what is your favorite to watch?
I used to watch motor racing – my favourite sport – but not since the UK’s TV coverage messed up.
10. Have you ever played a musical instrument, if so…what and if not, what you play if you could be taught?
See 4. above. I think it’s best left to the professionals. But if I was suddenly given the ability to play, I would like to be able to play either keyboard or a guitar.
11. What do you think your best qualities are?
Persistence and determination. It’s served me well in my job and in my desire to be an Author.
11 questions that I will ask those I choose to tag…..
1. What was the last book that you read?
2. If you could retire within the next five years, to where would you like to retire?
3. What genre are you writing – and have you attempted any other genres in the past?
4. Fruit or chocolate?
5. What stage is your current WIP at?
6. What colour is your hair – and your eyes?
7. Agent or self-publish? And why?
8. What was the last movie you went to see? With friends or alone?
9. How long have you been with WordPress – and what was your first post about?
10. What can you see beyond your screen? If it’s a wall, what’s immediately behind you?
11. Do you type head-down or head-up?
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Tag along!
Now I’ve got to tag a few people and let them know that they’ve been tagged.
I hope that the following bloggers will join in the fun and pass the game along. That way we can all learn a little more about each other!
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To anyone else reading this, feel free to participate and keep this going!
Andrew Toynbee's very own Blog 
Apr 01, 2013 @ 18:35:09
Thanks for the tag! It’s fun getting to know the people behind my favorite blogs. You never know what weird things you’ll have in common–my iPad is full of soundtracks and instrumentals too! That’s what I work best to, so I tend to keep them on hand at all times. 😉
Look for my answers to your questions in this Friday’s post.
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Apr 01, 2013 @ 19:41:53
I am composing a page that lists all my favourite music – it would be interesting to see which writers listen to the same sounds!
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Mar 31, 2013 @ 00:44:48
Sounds like fun, Andrew! I’ll be sure to respond myself this week. 🙂
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Mar 30, 2013 @ 11:27:52
Great questions Andrew – looking forward to answering those. As for dreaming up 11 of my own, oh lordy lordy! I shall post as soon as the Easter bunny desists from force-feeding me chocolate eggs – oops, sorry, shouldn’t mention eggs…
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Mar 30, 2013 @ 21:42:55
Chocolate eggs are always welcome. 😀
I don’t have an egg phobia – it’s just that the bear in my stomach turns green if eggs are placed before me.
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Mar 29, 2013 @ 14:02:07
Love it! Hmm, wonder what’s with July of 2012, a few I know, including myself either joined or began to blog then. 😉 I love your answers and your questions! I feel like answering the ones you asked, just for the fun of it!
1. What was the last book that you read?
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel: The Necromancer, now over halfway done with book five in the series….The Warlock. I found the series on accident and it looked interesting because Nicholas Flamel was name mentioned in the first Harry Potter movie, been a cool young adult series to read….
2. If you could retire within the next five years, to where would you like to retire?
I am too young and not rich enough for that, ha ha. But if by some weird set of circumstances I could….I’d still stay here because of my son, family, boyfriend, etc.
3. What genre are you writing – and have you attempted any other genres in the past?
I mostly just journal, write about topics that are important to me, and poetry that covers many topics from love to curiosity to anger to faith to nature, etc. I have written a few short stories and two books when I was younger…one is my life’s story, just changed the names. I was 15 when I wrote it. The other, I was 16 and it was a fiction story about two friends who become step-sisters and all they face throughout all of that. I like fiction-fantasy and drama. I am writing a children’s-teen book, hoping to make it into a series at some point…
4. Fruit or chocolate?
Depends on my mood, but usually fruit….sometimes, both though. 😉
5. What stage is your current WIP at?
My what?
6. What color is your hair – and your eyes?
My natural hair color is medium/dark brown with red highlights and my eyes are brown.
7. Agent or self-publish? And why?
Hmm, agent because I don’t even know what I am doing with that!
8. What was the last movie you went to see? With friends or alone?
I went to see Les Miserables with my grandma and my mom.
9. How long have you been with WordPress – and what was your first post about?
July, 2012 and my first post was about joining due to a friend’s suggestion.
10. What can you see beyond your screen? If it’s a wall, what’s immediately behind you?
The rest of the dining room and windows that allow you to see the busy road that runs along the side of our home….lots of traffic, if you climb on the buffet to look out them….
11. Do you type head-down or head-up?
A little of both, right now, up….
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Mar 29, 2013 @ 14:38:55
I like your answers…and the July thing was down to a reject letter I received. It’s since turned out to be a standard text, but it differed so much from the standard one-liner, that I had to share.
Soz…WIP is ‘work in progress’ – your MS.
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Manuscript. Hee hee.
x
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Mar 29, 2013 @ 16:07:02
Ah ha! 🙂
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