Another random survey.

I haven't done one of these since I had MySpace. They are so much fun, yet they don't ask too many personal questions, which is nice. It is a fun way to get to know a person. I will post one more before I retire and move on to other tasks.

Do You Like Your Name?
Of course. Unless I have to hold sessions, as I always do, on how to pronounce it. That is the downfall of meeting new people.

What Age Would You Like To Be Right Now?
25.

Do You Have Pets?
No.

How Many Best Friends Do You Have?
None.

What's Your Favorite Color?
I like all colors.

Do You Like To Go Shopping?
Lord have Mercy, what woman will say no?

Are You Into Sports?
Absolutely not.

What's Your Favorite Hobby?
Writing, reading.

Do You Like To Read?
Yes.

What Do You Do When You Are Mad?
Get mad.

What Word Do You Catch Your Self Saying A Lot?
There isn't a specific word I use.

MacDonald's Or Burger King?
Either one. I like to treat myself to junk every now and then. OK--Long John Silver's it is! :)

Coke Or Pepsi?
Pepsi!

Summer Or Winter?
I enjoy both during specific holidays, such as winter for Christmas, and summer any other time of the year. I am a beach bum to say the least.

Are You Nice To Everyone?
I try to be, yes. At least I live by my motto, "Kill With Kindness."

Do You Like Swimming?
Absolutely I do.

How Do You Do Your Hair Often?
Straight, sometimes with loose curls.

What City Or State Would You Like To Go To?
Orlando, Florida. :)

What Kind Of Ice Cream Do You Like Most?
Chocolate!

Hot Cheetoes Or Doritos?
Doritos.

Do You Like School?
I deem education necessary for future employment and well-being of a person, however, I was never a fan of high school and the behavior of certain children.

Are You In School?
Sadly, no.

Do You Play Video Games?
No.

What Do You Do For Fun?
Write, read, stroll along the beach, watch a favorite show, cook, blog, email friends.

Do You Talk A Lot In The Phone?
No. I am not a big fan of talking on the phone. I don't have much to say.

Are You More Shy, Or Talkative?
More shy.

Do You Like Going Outdoors?
Yes.

Do You Like Rainy Days?
Of course!

Do You Have A Favorite Restaraunt? If Yes, Which One?
Olive Garden and Bahama Breeze.

Are You Awesome?
Yes!

Honestly, Are You?
WELL, DUH.

Random Survey.

Did you ever see a booger on someone's face and specifically choose not to tell them?
Yes. Guilty!

Do you secretely hope that a specific relative will die?
Hmmmm. Do I have to admit that openly? Torture is better.

Do you know you have mold growing in the refridgerator and do nothing about it?
NO! I will clean!

Have you ever been attracted to someone very unattractive?
If they're attractive to me, why does it matter what they look like to someone else?

Would you prefer to sleep with your dog than anyone else?
Now then.

Would you eat a cow eye for a price?
One mil.

If the walls could talk, what would they say about you?
I need to stop procrastinating.

Do you secretly pick your scabs?
No. Ew.

What would your best friend be surprised to know about you?
Let's not go in that direction. I have enough skeletons in my closet, it's rather time to clean it out.

Do you think male and females can be friends?
Sure, if they aren't attracted to each other.

What technological device could you not live without?
My computer.

If you could have been born in any year, what year would it have been?
Early 1900s.

Would you like to be famous?
No. Just successful at what I enjoy doing.

Have you ever drank pickle juice straight from the jar?
...Never.

Do you lie about your weight?
No.

Update on my writing.

As I've previously mentioned in my post, I have a tendency when I begin a project that I don't finish it. Since I was young, I knew I always wanted to write. I was rather a "creative" child and many people within my church community knew me as "the girl who could draw." To this day, when I run into someone that knew me, the first question they will ask me is, "Do you still draw?" Sadly I would answer with a no. Not because I feel my talent has diminished, but had I continued to prosper, my skill would utmostly improve. The focus of my fascination as a little girl was fashion and I enjoyed drawing women in exotic-looking clothes. Then I moved on to painting because while in high school during my art classes, I gained valuable knowledge and attained skills to improve my creativity. I loved it so much that I went to Michael's and bought brushes and canvases. (I paid a pretty penny for it, too.)

 

Somehow that love for crafting turned into writing. The idea of being my own director, creaing my own world and people was too appealing to pass up. I've begun countless stories, with a good first scene, and somehow I never managed to write past page three or four. Why? Because I didn't have a plan how the story will progress, nor did I know why the story was being written. I gave no purpose to my characters, they weren't driven to go after what they wanted. When the writer begins to write and is unprepared results in a forgotten story hiding somewhere on your desktop. . . .  

 

Much later did I learn that once you get an idea, you must expand on it and at least know the direction in which your story will go. For example, when you begin chapter one, know in general where your character will mentally or physically be toward the end. I faced the same problem until I wrote my first "novel" and it was Godawful, too. Yet at the time, I was extremely proud to have accomplished such a humungous task. Now I know it was just a piece of garbage and I disposed of it because I never want to see it again. I continued reading, reading, reading, and slowly through reading and becoming familiar with history, I decided to give it another try. I've always been fascinated with romance that took place many, many years ago. The next book I wrote was called Insignia, which took place during World War 2 and required a lot of research on my part about the time period and also on the career of my main character, which so happened to be a nurse. I set out to read as much as I could on wartime nurses working close to the front lines. The story turned out pretty good. Feeling proud, I decided to send it out to agents, and after many rejections, I received one Yes! Petrified of anyone seeing my work, I never sent the script.

 

Putting Insignia on the side, I began another project, which I managed to complete because the story and the characters grasped me so much I was addicted to it until the day I finished it. It was all I could think about, dream about and write about. Coming Home was even more dear to me because not only was it another historical romance, but it took place in my home country of Croatia during the reign of the fascists and how they and the Nazis tormented Slavs during the Holocaust.

 

However, during my writing process, another story developed. While researching for Coming Home, I discovered another great topic I was fascinated about. I usually pick a specific period in history, or in my case, in WW2, and weave a story around it. Then an idea of writing about an S.O.E. agent struck me, and born was Dangerous Lies, which, by the way, I am still "researcing." I've been contemplating with this story for a few years now. I've never actually found the courage to begin writing it--although I do have a few scenes written down, I'm working on character development and I am 100% eager to finish it because the characters are haunting me, and it is a story that needs to be told. The reason I am afraid--there, I admitted it--to write it is just the same as when I begin painting, I am scared to finish it in fear of ruining it. Yet I know it won't help that it's only in my head.

 

Currenly, I am writing one contemporary piece, The Contract, and another very dear novel to me called Time of Loving, which takes place at the turn of the century in Italy. It is another historical piece and I am so in love with it that, shamely so, I neglected my contemporary one. All in all, my goal is to complete The Contract and Time of Loving this year, and hopefully by I would say, end of the summer, at least BEGIN on Dangerous Lies.

 

If you enjoy novels such as The Notebook, The Lost Valentine (this movie was AMAZING, I highly recommend it), and Sunshine (starring Ralph Fiennes), you'll love the kind of stories I tell.