My life in one word Meme

I found this Meme at Writer at Random and it was just so much fun to do.

1. Where is your cell phone? desk

2. Your hair? black

3. Your significant other? Stanley

4. Your mother? deceased

5. Your father? deceased

6. Your favorite thing? teapots

7. Your dream last night? rain

8. Your favorite drink? coffee

9. Your dream/goal? Spain

10. The room you’re in? bedroom

11. Your ex? none

12. Your fear? fire

13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? writing

14. Where were you last night? home

15. What you’re not? outgoing

16. Muffins? bran

17. One of your wish list items? dryer

18. Where you grew up? Trinidad

19. The last thing you did? post

20. What are you wearing? pyjamas

21. Your TV? on

22. Your pets? cat

23. Your computer? notebook

24. Your life? creative

25. Your mood? pensive

26. Missing someone? mother

27. Your car? Kia

28. Something you’re not wearing? watch

29. Favorite store? Payless

30. Your summer? beach

31. Like(love) someone? granddaughter

32. Your favorite color? green

33. Last time you laughed? today

34. Last time you cried? funeral

35. Who will re-post this? Sita

I invite you to participate and pass it on.

REMEMBER, ANSWERS MUST BE ONE WORD ONLY!

Ouch, I've been tagged!

I’m not a fan of memes but tried it a few times and discovered a strange kind of freedom that came with sharing snippets of myself. Still I don't respond to every tag that comes my way. This time my friend Jan Lundy over at Awake is Good tagged me. I had so much fun reading her responses that I thought I'd give it a try.

7 things you may not know about me:

1. From the moment I envisioned my dream to be a writer, whenever my mother scolded me i would respond with a letter explaining and apologizing for whatever I had done. Only when I became an adult did she tell me that she enjoyed reading my letters because in them she could trace my maturity.

2. My father died on October 25th 2007 and even now the pain is so fresh, so raw and so deep, that I still can’t talk about it or him without emotional blood flooding my heart.

3. I am an avid collector of kitchen gadgets, pens, teapots, journals and baskets.

4. I dream of the day when I could live alone, completely alone. As a teenager I used to insist that I will not get married until I had a chance to live by myself. It didn’t happen and the dream is still alive.

5. I am a silent rebel. My husband was the first person to see it, say it and feel the effects of my silent rebellion.

6. I was a real push over until I reached my mid-thirties. That’s when I began drilling in my own head that when I reach forty I will no longer take crap from anybody. The drilling worked too. Silent rebellion coupled with taking-no-crap helped me to stand, fight and defeat efforts by family members and friends to make me conform to their version of who I should be, control and limit me and stifle my dreams.

7. I want to be a speaker. Sure I’m scared like hell even to admit it. But I read a post recently at Good Life Zen that inspired me to speak it out loud. This meme gives me the chance to own it and share it.

Who did I tag?

Sita Henderson at Sita’s Sanctum
Joanne deMaio at Whole Latte Life
Terri Tiffany at Terri Tifanny Inspirational Writer
Hope Wilbanks at Hope Writes
Magnolia Miller at Magnolia Diaries Vol II
Brenda Friedrich at Enroute 365
MaryAnn Diorio at The Write power

The rules…

1. Link to your original tagger and list these rules in your post.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself in the post.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names and links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they’ve been tagged.

Book Talk Meme

Encouraged by Melissa Donovan over at Writing Forward I'm taking part in this meme.

I'm calling it Book Talk. Here goes:

What was the last book you bought?

On Monday September 29th, I bought four books from my Amazon wishlist:

1. Page After Page by Heather Sellers
2. Chapter by Chapter: Discover the dedication nd focus you need to write the book of your dreams by Heather Sellers
3. Writer's Workshop in a Box by Manuela Dunn
4. Writing from the Heart - Tapping the power of your inner voice by Nancy Slonim Aronie

Name a book you have read MORE than once

Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul.

Has a book ever fundamentally changed the way you see life? If yes, what was it?

I thought I had found a treasure when I rummaged through some old book at my church, and I did. Agatha Christie - An Autobiography mirror much of my own experiences and motivated me to stop making excuses and make my way to my desk and write regardless of what is going on around me and to see everyday life as ready-made inspiration and not as a hindrance to writing.

How do you choose a book - eg. by cover design and summary, recommendations or reviews

I choose books by summary but if someone I admire recommends a book I'd consider it.

Do you prefer Fiction or Non-Fiction?

Non-fiction books are my favorite but I'm not opposed to a suspense novel once in a while.

What’s more important in a novel - beautiful writing or a gripping plot?

Do I really have to choose? All right a gripping plot.

Most loved/memorable character (character/book)

Sarah Witt in A Disappointing Truth - the tragic Story of Sarah Witt by Sarudzai Mubvakure

Which book or books can be found on your nightstand at the moment?

A cup of Comfort for Writers and Ernes Hemingway on Writing.

What was the last book you’ve read, and when was it?

Just three chapters into Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers

Have you ever given up on a book half way in?

Only twice. Both times I began reading knowing that the book didn't the area of my reading preferences.

Let's have some fun and keep this meme going.