![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Oct. 17th, 2010 02:45 pmWriting
Long-time readers will know I seldom participate in internet memes, but when my girl Gini Koch hit me up for this one, I couldn't say no (especially since she's been single-handedly responsible for the bulk of my recent book sales, heh). So, without further ado:
1. If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Why?
I'd want some sort of telepathy/telekinesis which would allow the story on the page to match the one in my head. Or, the ability to heal with a touch, for obvious reasons.
2. Who is your style icon?
That's a joke, right? Has to be Indiana Jones (whip included, heh).
3. What is your favorite quote?
I have too many to count, so you'll have to settle for the best line of poetry ever, from Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven:"
"...and the silken, sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain..."
Love, love, love that line!
4. What is the best compliment you've ever received?
Other than the rare instances when one of my children proclaims me the best mother in the world? Probably when Elaine Cunningham said she'd buy anything I wrote, even in hardback.
5. What playlist/CD is in your CD Player/iPod right now?
I don't actually own an iPod, and EB absconded with my CD player long ago. I can't write and listen to music at the same time. In fact, the only time I really listen to music is in the car, and then I keep it on stations that play 80's music.
6. Are you a night owl or a morning person?
Definitely a night owl (unless, by "morning," you mean the time between midnight and 2 AM, heh).
7. Do you prefer dogs or cats?
Cats. Because they respect boundaries better than dogs. And people.
8. What is the meaning behind your blog name?
"They're Biodegradable" comes from one of my favorite lines from the first novel I ever wrote (which will probably never see print, and rightfully so). Two college students from our world are thrust into a medieval fantasy world and are involved in a battle in which one of them actually has to kill another human being. In an effort to distance himself from the act and its repercussions through a facade of cynicism, when asked if they're going to just leave the bodies of their enemies where they fell, the male lead responds, "Why not? They're biodegradable." (I told you it was better left in the trunk, heh.)
And now I have to tag three people:
Stuart Etter, Erin Hartshorn and my namemate, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff. Feel free to go bug them if they don't post their answers within a day or two. Heh.
Everything Else
Well, if you're following me on Twitter (@MarcyRockwell) -- and if you aren't, why not? -- you already know how my Huskers shot themselves in both feet multiple times yesterday to drop from #4/5 in the polls to #13/14. My only consolation is that the Buckeyes lost, too. Whoever coined the phrase "misery loves company" was definitely a college football fan, heh.
Long-time readers will know I seldom participate in internet memes, but when my girl Gini Koch hit me up for this one, I couldn't say no (especially since she's been single-handedly responsible for the bulk of my recent book sales, heh). So, without further ado:
1. If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Why?
I'd want some sort of telepathy/telekinesis which would allow the story on the page to match the one in my head. Or, the ability to heal with a touch, for obvious reasons.
2. Who is your style icon?
That's a joke, right? Has to be Indiana Jones (whip included, heh).
3. What is your favorite quote?
I have too many to count, so you'll have to settle for the best line of poetry ever, from Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven:"
"...and the silken, sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain..."
Love, love, love that line!
4. What is the best compliment you've ever received?
Other than the rare instances when one of my children proclaims me the best mother in the world? Probably when Elaine Cunningham said she'd buy anything I wrote, even in hardback.
5. What playlist/CD is in your CD Player/iPod right now?
I don't actually own an iPod, and EB absconded with my CD player long ago. I can't write and listen to music at the same time. In fact, the only time I really listen to music is in the car, and then I keep it on stations that play 80's music.
6. Are you a night owl or a morning person?
Definitely a night owl (unless, by "morning," you mean the time between midnight and 2 AM, heh).
7. Do you prefer dogs or cats?
Cats. Because they respect boundaries better than dogs. And people.
8. What is the meaning behind your blog name?
"They're Biodegradable" comes from one of my favorite lines from the first novel I ever wrote (which will probably never see print, and rightfully so). Two college students from our world are thrust into a medieval fantasy world and are involved in a battle in which one of them actually has to kill another human being. In an effort to distance himself from the act and its repercussions through a facade of cynicism, when asked if they're going to just leave the bodies of their enemies where they fell, the male lead responds, "Why not? They're biodegradable." (I told you it was better left in the trunk, heh.)
And now I have to tag three people:
Stuart Etter, Erin Hartshorn and my namemate, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff. Feel free to go bug them if they don't post their answers within a day or two. Heh.
Everything Else
Well, if you're following me on Twitter (@MarcyRockwell) -- and if you aren't, why not? -- you already know how my Huskers shot themselves in both feet multiple times yesterday to drop from #4/5 in the polls to #13/14. My only consolation is that the Buckeyes lost, too. Whoever coined the phrase "misery loves company" was definitely a college football fan, heh.
