Interview Meme

Andi did this one, and I thought it’d be fun to play along. I so very rarely diverge from my script of book reviews around here, and it seemed like just the thing to liven this place up. So I had her send me interview questions.

First, the directions: Want some questions of your own? Leave me a comment saying, “interview me!” and I will respond by e-mailing you five questions (if your email is not on your profile, email me (ack! I have to give out my email: mmfraf@sbcglobal.net. No spam please.) your desire to be interviewed so I know your address). I get to pick them, and you have to answer them all. You will update your blog with the answers to the questions.You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

1. I know you’re a children’s/young adult literature lover, like me. What is it about the genre that appeals to you?
I don’t remember reading YA fiction as a kid. It seems like I went from reading little house to reading Agatha Christie (and wanting to read War and Peace) without much in between. I read a lot of crap, too. So I think one of the appeals of YA literature is just that there’s so much I haven’t read. I also think that some of the best storytelling is found in the children’s/young adult section, and a good story is what really draws me in.

2. What is the perfect meal?

For me, a meal isn’t about the food. Even though I’m slowly becoming a food snob. (I hate church potlucks. The food’s terrible.) It’s all about the conversation. So, the perfect meal would either be: 1) my family sitting around the table talking and laughing while eating something yummy that I’ve cooked (and all of them liking it!), or 2) Thanksgiving dinner with extended family or friends, or 3) a nice quiet dinner out with my husband at a good, not terribly overpriced restaurant, or 4) having dinner with some good friends and good conversation.

3. Do you have any recurring dreams? If not, what’s the most vivid dream you can remember? (This prompted by the barrage of shark dreams I’ve been having lately.)
I do have dreams of a very old boyfriend occasionally. They always leave me peevish in the morning, though. My dreams — at least the ones I remember — are always littered with people. The most recent one I remember had Michael Palin in it. Hmm… wonder why?

4. Four daughters! What’s the best part about having a slew of girls in your house?
Low instance of property damage. Hand-me downs (we always said they were cheaper in the short run, more expensive in the long run). The fact that they’ll always have each other as friends (we hope).

5. You do such lovely writing here at your blog and at Estella’s Revenge, I have to know, if you could interview any author who would it be and what would be your first question?
Dead or alive? (Do I have to choose?)

I’d love to interview Jo Rowling, ask her what it’s like going from a struggling single-mom to being the richest woman in England. Ask her what she’s going to do now that Harry Potter is finished. I’d love to ask Jane Austen what she thinks of the movie adaptations of her books. I’d love to chat with Bill Bryson, see if he’s really as funny in person as he is on paper.

So, there you have it. Let me know if you want a turn.

5 thoughts on “Interview Meme”

  1. Thanks for doing the interview! What fun to read your answers. I’m right there with ya on the Jo Rowling interview. That would be sooo much fun.

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  3. Oh Melissa, it’s nice to get to know a little more about you. I like you food answer. It is all about the company for me too. And, four girls! How wonderful. There is no better blessing than a family of girls. We always joked with my husband that there would always be someone in tears. Now it seems to be him, as he misses them all so much.

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  4. Aw, chronicler, that’s sweet. My dad had the hardest time when we all left, too, and we weren’t even all girls. And they all didn’t really leave, either; two of my siblings were close by (in the same town) for a while. Heaven knows what he’s/they’re going to do when my sister moves away this fall… (my brother moved away last year).

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