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Because all the cool kids are on Tumblr.

Have you liked my Heidi Kneale, Author facebook page? It's got this really cool graphic:

It's worth liking for this quote alone.

Question of the Day:

When you want to escape reality, what's your Go-To book?

The comments await your escape plan.

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Her Grace loves the escapist nature of fiction most of all.

Read lots, says Teddy.

Book Riot had an excellent post from Jeremy Anderberg on American President Teddy Roosevelt's thoughts on reading.

Framed into about ten rules, it covers topics such as, "Read what you want."  "Read lots."  "Don't be ashamed of what you read."  "Novels are good for you."

I found it interesting that a man as busy as Teddy Roosevelt managed to read an entire book before breakfast. (Meanwhile, I have a hard enough time believing in one impossible thing before breakfast, ne'ermind six.)   Hint: he was a speed reader.

Thus, today's questions:

Can you speed read? If so, do you enjoy devouring your books in that manner?

Me, I prefer a nice, leisurely pace when I read.  I'm a movie major and picked up the habit of slow reading for pacing from school.  Sure, it takes me longer to read a book, but I like it like that.

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Her Grace once learned how to speed read.  It is, however, a skill, like tap dance, she failed to retain.

1: What are your favourite books from childhood?

"The Girl With the Silver Eyes" by Willo Davis Roberts has to be my absolute favourite.

2: When did you start writing romance?

When I was a teen. I'd been writing SFF since my age was in single digits, but I had to become a teen to understand the lure of Romance.

3: If you ran the world for a day, what would you do?

a. Say, "Muahahahah! I rule the world!"
b. Get down to the serious business of ruling the world for a day.
c. Ensure adequate education was freely available to everyone in the world, including financial stipends to students who might be in the position of having to choose between school and a job because they need the income.
d. Possibly use my vast global influence for my personal benefit once or twice (in a benevolent way, of course).
e. Live extremely luxuriously for a day.
f. Be glad, on the morrow, that I ruled the world for only one day. I don't think I could do it continually.

4: Who is your favourite romantic hero - real or otherwise?

Anyone here not cognizant of my adoration of Richard Armitage? I love him best as Guy of Gisborne, then I love him as Harry Kennedy in "The Vicar of Dibley", then I adore him as John Thornton in "North & South". If you haven't seen any of these, you are missing out big-time, especially "North & South", possibly one of his best performances.

5: Complete this sentence. There is nothing more important in life than......?

Realizing one's purpose in life and acting to fulfill it.

6: How do you find time to write?

When I had a part-time job and no children, I wrote when I wasn't at work. When I had a full-time job and no children, I wrote for an hour, each way, on the bus to/from work. When I had a part-time job and one child, I wrote in the afternoons. When I was pregnant, I couldn't write at all, even to save my life. When I had a part-time job, two daughters, a dozen music students and a house that needs cleaning, I have little time for writing.

I wrest it from the children from time to time, I'll time-share it from my job, if it's a quiet week, I'll steal it while in bed with a laptop and I'll often forgo watching TV or some other unproductive leisure activity. However, until the daughters are a bit older, I don't have nearly enough writing time for my happiness.

But I can be patient.

7: What book/books are you reading now?

I'm currently working my way through Amanda Quick's work. I like her style with it's touch of humour.