"I see," said Becky...

[rebness]

or, That Interview Meme. Interview conducted by the sexy jadedscorpion.

Meme Rules
1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions.
3. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.


1. What do you like/hate about where you live?

The village where I live is around a thousand years old, much older than the cities nearby. That's always amazed me; that I can take a walk through the local forest and know I'm tracing the footsteps of thousands of forebears. We have a picturesque village green, a 13th-century church and my garden gives fruit to apples, gooseberries, rhubarb, strawberries and raspberries, like some English cliche. Marvellous.

What do I hate about it? That the city is growing nearer. That they are building an industrial estate not too far away, so traffic is growing heavier. But, first and foremost: CHAVS. They're everywhere.

2. Do you write anything else other than the fandom(s) we know of, or original fiction?

I write for the local paper (freelance) now, as well as a voluntary community paper. I've started two novels, one uber-ambitious and one more 'easy' in that it doesn't require so much research. They'll probably be finished in approximately fifty years' time.

3. If money was no object, what would you be doing right now?

Concentrating on my novel. Then I'd go Greek-island hopping for the summer, before travelling to Italy for autumn and then throughout Europe till winter, when I'd head for the Americas or Africa. If money was no object, I'd be forever travelling and learning, or writing.

4. What do you do for a living, and how/why did you get into that?

I work for the National Health Service in Britain, generally as an adminstrator but more recently in the specialist Mental Health Unit. It's taught me so much about people and also myself. I don't regard mental health issues as something squalid and scary anymore; everyone has a limit; everyone goes through bad points. I'm deeply interested in this now.

I got into the NHS due to nepotism. No, really. My aunt's a doctor and she offered me work experience in her surgery back when I was fifteen. I've had a few career changes, but I always seem to return to the NHS.

Ideally, though, I want to go into tutoring or journalism. It's nice to know I have something to fall back on, though.

5. Do you have any hobbies besides writing?

Oh, quite a few. I adore history and languages, and read up on both a lot. Nothing chills me out like painting, and I *gasp* am getting to like exercise. Travel is my passion, though. My family didn't really go abroad much when I was younger... it's sort of as if I'm compensating for that now. I want to see the world, and in the time of budget travel, I've found it possible to do Switzerland, France and Greece this year. I'm currently planning a trip to Venice in September. Nothing makes me as happy as travelling. A friend showed me a book she had bought the other day. The blurb on the back said that no matter where you travel, you bring your inherent beliefs and soul with you. It's true; the same Becky walking through Venice is the same Becky who walks through the forest in her native land, but dude-- her eyes will widen a bit more at the Doge's palace than the horses in the village back home.

Anyone who wants a grilling, hit that reply button!

Comments

[saffronlie.livejournal.com]

DON'T TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD DO

[diana-molloy.livejournal.com]

But that would mean you would make your own decisions and who knows what trouble you'd get into then!

[rebness.livejournal.com]

ANSWER THESE.

(Er...please.)

1. Did you have a favourite nursery rhyme or story growing up?
2. That old interview stalwart: given the choice of anyone in history or the present, name four people you would invite to a dinner party?
3. Would you like to be famous? In what way?
4. Do you believe in the after life?
5. Isn’t Becky so much cooler than Kelly, who has cooties?

[saffronlie.livejournal.com]

1. I had lots of favourites. Including Persephone, as we've discussed. There was this one fairy tale that I'd never heard before and have not seen anywhere else, about a man in a giant's castle who has to eat the giant's porridge but he can never finish it so he puts it away in a bag under his clothes and the giant is fooled. I'm not sure why I found it so interesting.

2. Oh, I don't know. Maybe just Oscar Wilde and Henry James, and hope they go to fisticuffs.

3. Not famous, but known. I'd like my words (ie, writing) to be read around the world and to stick in people's minds. I want to write in rock, not sand.

4. In a complicated way. I know there's something more than this life. There has to be. Even if it's just reincarnation, that's a kind of afterlife. I know that, in identifying as Catholic I'm supposed to subscribe to Heaven, Hell, Purgatory and the rest of it, but I'm still working all that out.

5. Kelly got her cooties from Becky.

[mothergoddamn.livejournal.com]

My cooties bring out my eyes..

[moon-chylde.livejournal.com]

Interview me.

[rebness.livejournal.com]

1. If you could have the world's largest collection of one thing, what would it be?
2. For what in life do you feel most grateful?
3. What is your favourite season?
4. What is the saddest you have ever been?
5. If you had to chose the single most valuable thing you ever learned, what would it be?

[pigeongirl99.livejournal.com]

Ooh, interview me! :)

[rebness.livejournal.com]

1. What's the most beautiful place you've been and what was it like?
2. Whom do you admire most? In what way does that person inspire you?
3. If you could take a one-month trip anywhere in the world and money were not a consideration, where would you go and what would you do?
4. How long before Stacy Slater kisses Ruby Allen?
5. You’ve written extensively in the Vampire Chronicles fandom, sometimes using quotes from Oscar Wilde to further illustrate themes in your fics. Do you feel that these two “worlds” or mindsets complement each other? If so, how? If not, you’re just bizarre, dude. ;)

[zhonghua2000.livejournal.com]

Interview me please.

[rebness.livejournal.com]

1. Is there anything you've always wanted to do, but haven't done?
2. What was the most difficult decision you have ever had to make?
3. What is your most treasured memory?
4. What is the happiest you have ever been?
5. If you had to choose the worst work experience you've ever had, what would you pick?

[avariecaita.livejournal.com]

Sure, why not. I'll get in that 'interview moi' queue. Mmm-hmm. :D

[rebness.livejournal.com]

1. Have you ever had an experience that you would consider supernatural or psychic?
2. If you could have witnessed one event in history, what would you want to have seen?
3. What traditions are still practiced in your family?
4. Your house, containing everything you own, catches fire; after saving your loved ones and pets, you have time to safely make a final dash to save any one item. What would it be?
5. Explain your icon, because it’s damned cute!

[lightningspark.livejournal.com]

meee! interview meee!

[rebness.livejournal.com]

1. What would you consider to be the best thing about journalism?
2. And the worst?
3.Who is your favourite author?
4. If you were to be successful in another profession, what would you want to do?
5. What would you consider a "perfect" evening for you?

[wig-maker.livejournal.com]

Because I'm bored- Interview me, o'rebound o'Boredom o'dOOm :D

[rebness.livejournal.com]

1. Who is the most annoying person on television?
2. Name three things in your life that make you feel pretty damned good.
3. What is your favourite novel? No, really. I want some ideas for reads... ;)
4. Why isn't Kelly back yet? WHY? WHY?!! GOD, WHY?
5. You explain your icon, too. What on earth is it?

[mothergoddamn.livejournal.com]

Interview me ole red headed heathen of d00m.

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Wenchifer!

1. If you were a superhero, what would your Super Speshul Power be?
2. Who do you look up to most in this world?
3. What should be your epitaph?
4. If you could kick one celebrity up the arse, who would it be?
5. Who Becky is your Becky sexiest Becky friend Becky ever?