Amanda PattersonThe Write Co Questionnaire
Author: Amanda Patterson
Bithday: 1 November
Star Sign: Scorpio
Date: 26 July 2005 & 11 May 2007
Where: The Write Co
1. Who is your favourite hero of fiction?
Stephanie Plum, P I in Janet Evanovich's novels.
2. What is your most treasured possession?
My grandmother's wedding ring
3. Which living person do you most dislike?
There are so many....
4. What is your greatest fear?
That my son, my sister, or I, will die before my parents do.
5. Who or what has been the greatest love of your life?
My son, Christopher, and his father, Mark (RIP)
6. What is your greatest regret?
Not holding Mark as he lay dying.
7. If you could choose to be a character in a book, who would it be?
Charlie - in the Chocolate Factory, not in his little house
8. Which book have you read the most in your lifetime?
The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
9. What is your favourite journey?
To my bedroom, to relax, unwind, read & write poetry.
10. What do you most value in a friend?
The ability to forgive. Charm - a smile goes a long way. Dignity. A touch of class, heaps of manners and the ability to laugh with me.
11. What quality do you most admire in a woman?
The ability to succeed in a man's world without losing her feminine appeal.
12. Which book that you’ve written is your favourite?
Let's Play Risk - a Memoir
13. What advice would you give to aspiring authors?
Learn the tools of the trade. Then write. Talking is not writing. And persevere.
14. What are your favourite names?
Christopher & James, Amy & Kate
15. What do you do as a hobby?
I write poetry.
I read. (Books that I actually want to read!)
I watch cricket. I am a cricket junkie.
Dinner parties where we play games: 30 Seconds, Trivial Pursuit ,Scrabble
16. What are your top 3 books?
A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Women's History of the World by Rosalind Miles
17. Where do you get your greatest ideas for writing?
Every second of every minute of every day. I dream anything into a book.
AND
18. Cats or Dogs? Which do you prefer?
Cats, of course!
The Write Co, 26 July 2005
The Write Co, 11 May 2007
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