I can’t be arsed to blog about anything deep and meaningful after England’s exit out of the World Cup yesterday cuz I’m too depressed, so I thought I’d steal Scott’s idea, and get you guys to ask me any burning questions you may (or may not) have.
I’ll answer every question posed, (within reason) and try to be as honest as possible (I said try.)
You can ask me about anything, what do I do for a living, who would I choose between Will Smith and Denzel Washington, what I think of romance authors, what do I think of Oprah. You ask it, I’ll answer…
Scott
July 2
1:03 pm
Actually, I stole this from another blog I read. But that can be seen in the link. 😉
1. Do you think England will win a World Cup in your lifetime?
2. What has been your greatest accomplishment in life so far?
3. Is Eve Vaughn not the nicest author you have ever had a discussion with?
4. Have you ever thought or tried to write a book?
Karen Scott
July 2
1:20 pm
1. Yes, I think we can win the World Cup, but we need the right manager, and unfortunately, I don’t think the English FA are good at picking the right people for the job.
2. Leaving a well paid job and forming my own company is my greatest achievement to date
3. Eve Vaughn is a fabulous person, and other authors could learn a lot from the way she conducts herself online!
4. I once bet my brother that I would be a published author by the time I was fifteen. I was a child genius so it was a distinct possiblity, but unfortunately, books about an internationally renown figure skater who gets crippled and ends up in a wheelchair, wasn’t a popular plot device at the time. *g*
Sam
July 2
2:10 pm
I can’t believe France beat Brazil – I really thought they would lose but Zidane is a genius. Anyhow – my deepest sympathies for England. I was all for the Czech team (I have this crush on Nedved…) But I guess I’ll have to support my hubby’s favorites…Go France!
Questions –
When are you coming for a visit??
Did you read A Grand Passion (All about soccer…) lol
Karen Scott
July 2
2:15 pm
Sam, I predicted that France would beat Brazil, and that the Germans would beat The Argentines! I’m now supporting France!
The Tall Guy and I are actually thinking of doing the South of France between now and September, if not, then deffo next year!
Yes, I read A Grand Passion, and I must say, I loved it!
Reese
July 2
5:14 pm
Hey Karen, here’s a question:
I actually convinced a current semi-boyfriend of mine to read a romance novel. I promised it would be a short book. I said “you’ll probably be able to read it in a day.”
I’m completely miffed as to which book to choose. A category romance? If so, which?
And the other thing is this: I’d prefer one that wasn’t too “gay” (as in really corny and idiotic) because I’m attempting to show him that the genre is not stupid, which he assumes it is.
Can you help, luv? Thank you!
Desiree Erotique
July 2
5:17 pm
Hi Karen! I’ll take you up on the offer-
1. What would you say is your personal fashion style?
2. Now that you’re an adult, do you find yourself more like your mother than you’d expected or wanted to be when you were a teen?
3. When and under what circumstances was your first real kiss? (You don’t have to name names here LOL)
4. Name three hero/heroines (real persons) who have inspired you?
Thanks!
Tilly Greene
July 2
5:27 pm
Okay, how about these three 🙂
What are 3 things people don’t know about you that you wish they did?
If you were a vegetable, what would you be, and why? 🙂
Would you ever, or have you ever, bungee jumped?
We went to a bbq yesterday and took Boddingtons and Newkie Brown, fun to watch the surfer dudes and beach bunnies getting pissed on one beer – nobody made it for the dawn waves 🙂
Karen Scott
July 2
5:54 pm
Reese, there aren’t that many category romances that I can recommend off the bat cuz I haven’t read any in a while. I would recommend reading one of Cindy Gerard’s Bodyguards books or JD Robb’s Naked In Death, just because they’re an easy introduction into romance if you’re a guy, or to go the other way, try any of Alison Kent’s Girl-Gear books!
Des, my personal fashion style is casual. I like to wear jeans, and vest tops when I’m at home, gypsy skirts and vest tops when I go shopping. I love skirts and dressy tops and huge ear-rings when I go out. My fave clothes colours are pink, lilac and green.
2, I’m probably more like my mother than I’d like to admit, insofar as I think I know everything *g*
3 My first real kiss didn’t happen until I was 14 (I think). The guy was called Gary, I was babysitting for some people I knew, and being the slut I was, I invited him over. I wasn’t too impressed when he tried shoving his tongue down my throat. Plus he had bucked teeth. My taste in men have since improved *g*
4. My top three people are:
Mother Teresa of Calcutta – Just because she was one of the only truly selfless people that the world has ever known.
Bob Geldof – Not only has he done a huge amount for charity, he also took on the children of his ex-wife and her lover when they died (Michael Hutchence and Paula Yates), and by all appearances, he’s doing a good job raising them. Plus he swears like a trooper, and he’s a very passionate person.
Oprah Winfrey is my third choice (MLK just goes without saying) because she’s shown that anything is possible if you really want it bad enough, no matter how little you had to start with.
Great questions hun!
Karen Scott
July 2
6:10 pm
Tilly, there aren’t that many things that people that don’t know about me that I wished they did, purely because if I want people to know, I’d tell them *g*
However I can give you a list of three things that some people don’t know about me:
I’d like to have a baby, but I seem to be reproductively challenged.
I can’t stand people touching my feet, including TTG. I get quite violent if anybody so much as breathes on them.
I’m bloody brilliant at clay pigeon shooting!
2 If I could be a vegetable, I would be a gherkin, because it’s not a popular veg, therefore the chances of somebody actually eating me would be slim *g*.
3 I would never bungee jump. I barely tolerate airplanes. If humans were meant to fly, we would have been given wings. *g*
And Tilly, I too have been known to get pissed on one beer, lol
Kristie (J)
July 2
9:43 pm
OK – here are mine
How did you come to start blogging and how did you meet The Tall Guy?
Karen Scott
July 2
9:52 pm
Hi Kristie! I started blogging because I wanted a space where I could say what I wanted without fear of stepping on anybody’s toes. I recall once asking why it was that all the reviews for EC books used to be so gushing, when I knew for a fact that there were some stinkers amongst them. I was on the EC Yahoo list at the time, and a couple of authors got all defensive. Also you weren’t allowed to say negative things on author listserves, which was hugely frustrating for a big mouth like myself. Author, JW Mckenna’s book, Darkest Hour, also played a pivotal role in my decision to start blogging. It was a crap book, and I wanted to say so, without being told to shush.
I met TTG in my first year at college. I used to play badminton at the college sports centre, and he came in one day with a friend, I looked at him, fell in lust, and stalked him until he gave in and said yes to a date!
Paz Edwards
July 3
4:08 am
What do you think about what Wayne Rooney did — stepping on the other player’s privates, intentionally?
Paz
Bam
July 3
7:08 am
Hmm… if tim and I ever go to England, will you let us stay with you? We don’t eat much, bathe regularly, and don’t have sex in other people’s houses. 🙂
Bam
July 3
7:10 am
Oh, I have another one. I don’t want soccer. Can we still be friends?
Karen Scott
July 3
7:54 am
Hi Paz, I don’t think Wayne Rooney stepped on his privates on purpose, cuz if you look, he was trying to untangle himself from the heap on the floor, also, the ref didn’t actually see that anyway, what he got sent off for, was for pushing that cheating bastard Ronaldo. He should have kept his cool.
Bam, you can come and stay, but you certainly have to bathe, cuz I’m allergic to other people’s foul body odour. As for not having sex, our walls are pretty solid… and yes, we can still be friends even though you’re a heathen and you don’t like football!
Dawn
July 3
9:44 am
Very interesting questions and answers so far.
1. Have you ever held back the truth from someone, because you knew it would hurt them?
2. What do you feel about the subject of large people wearing tight clothes?
Karen Scott
July 3
10:12 am
Hi Dawn!
I rarely hold back my true thoughts from freinds and family, because as the seeker of truth and justice (channelling Mike Parry off Talksport Radio) those very people do expect me to tell the truth, however, I do have a friend, who suspected that her partner was having an affair (as it happens, he was) and driving along the M62 one morning, I saw him in the car with a woman. I assumed at the time that it was a colleague who he was giving a lift to work, but it was later revealed that he was having an affair with a woman at work. I never told her that I’d seen him, because I couldn’t bring myself to add to her pain. I’ve carried that secret around for over 3 years now.
Those are literally the only kind of things I’d hold back, otherwise, if friends ask me how they look in clothes, they know me enough to expect the truth, I tend not to hold back with them. I recall a freind once asking me my opinion on an electric blue patent leather outfit for a night out. I simply told her that I hated it, and that she would probably end up in a fight from all the women saying rude things about her outfit. She ignored me, and we spent the whole evening giving dirty looks to girls and guys who insisted on sniggering rudely. We never saw that outfit again.
Large people wearing tight clothes? Hmmm… I could give a pc answer, but my thoughts are that sometimes it’s just not appropriate. I’m not particularly fat, but I know that if I was to wear clothes that were a few sizes too small for me, I’d look ridiculous, so I don’t. My ripples may not be the same as a 300lbs woman, but they are there, and I certainly don’t go out of my way to flaunt them.
I know a couple of big women who equate dressing skimpily, to being seen as sexy. I happen to disagree. I think that anorexic looking women who dress skimpily are just as bad. In my opinion, folds upon folds of flesh aren’t sexy, and neither are portruding bones. Although it has to be said that sexiness is in the eye of the beholder anyway.
I have seen some big women in tight clothes, who I’ve had to marvel at purely because they carried themselves with such confidence.
In an ideal world, people wouldn’t judge you on the kind of clothes you wear, but this is far from an ideal world isn’t it?
Bam
July 3
7:27 pm
Karen Scott, I shower twice a day and brush my teeth three times a day. So does Tim.
Here’s a question, would you have sex with Christian Bale? How about that new Superman guy, Brandon Routh? At the same time? If so, you’ve got Batman AND Superman. Which brings me to my real question. Which superhero gets which hole?
🙂
Karen Scott
July 3
7:40 pm
Bam, I’m happy that you shower twice a day, we all need a hand here and there *g*
I would certainly have sex with Christian Bale, and the new Superman, as for which orifice they’d each get? The mouth and the vagina would be the only two options. I’d have to toss a coin to decide who was going where *g*