Five questions:

Jan. 22nd, 2004 | 12:49 pm

1. How do you feel about working at home?
I don't like it much. There's always something else (nonwriting) that needs to be done at home, and a thousand distractions. I am in awe of people who can have a constructive office at home.

2. What is your favorite birthday memory?
My mom used to make animal cakes -- an elephant, a dinosaur, a fish, a rabbit, a swan -- and cover them with candy and colored frosting and Baker's Flaked Coconut. This is one of the few things she ever baked, and I loved the feeling that she cared enough to do this essentially alien thing.

3. If you could invent a labor saving device what would it be?
Something that does all the housework and prepares a hot meal every evening. Oh, wait, that would be a "wife."

4. If you could have a pet monkey- would you? What kind?
If I didn't have any other pets, I'd have a female spider monkey -- clever, small, and cute. But no as long as we have our non-opposably thumbed dog and cats -- it just wouldn't be fair.

5. Which of the characters you have written are you the most drawn to writing again?
I would love to write more about Kagaya-hime, but I can't say it'd be interesting. I just fell in love with her, and I'd love to see what her life is like in the north.

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1 - Leave a comment, saying you want to be interviewed.
2 - I will respond; I'll ask you five questions.
3 - You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five answers.
4 - You'll include this explanation.
5 - You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed.
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the laughing leaping water

from: [info]minnehaha
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 11:29 am (UTC)
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Pick me, Monty!

K.

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Kij

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 08:28 pm (UTC)
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1. What do you do when B's out of town that you don't do when he is around?

2. What's the thing you most wanted to be when you were a little kid? Pick an age, any age.

3. What's your favorite meal you've ever had? Or alternately, what would your final meal be?

4. What's the weirdest place/event you want to see that you haven't yet?

5. How did you and B end up together?

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Jill Knapp's Other Boyfriend

from: [info]shellefly
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 11:33 am (UTC)
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Sure, interview me!

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Kij

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 08:36 pm (UTC)
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1. Why Lawrence?

2. Who do you read because they show you just how magical words can be?

3. If I gave you $9,000, how would you spend it?

4. Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, or Ravenclaw, and why?

5. What's your deepest, darkest fear?

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Jill Knapp's Other Boyfriend

answers

from: [info]shellefly
date: Jan. 24th, 2004 09:40 am (UTC)
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1. Why Lawrence?
Lawrence? I think you have me confused with someone else, or this is a reference that I don't get.

2. Who do you read because they show you just how magical words can be?
Shakespeare. Of all of the authors I have ever read, he still is the best at putting words together in alchemical ways.
Also T. S. Eliot. I get tons of ideas out of The Wasteland and Prufrock - it's a neverending well.
Modern authors - George R. R. Martin as far as words creating an emotional response in the reader. Even in his short stories he gets me - deep down in the visceral places where most words never go.

3. If I gave you $9,000, how would you spend it?
Right now, since my husband is unemployed, I would use it for living expenses and to pay down my debt.
Assuming that I get the $9K after he gets a job, I'd use it to take a trip to Ireland with previously mentioned husband, a digital camera, and blank notebooks. If there's money left after the trip, I'd use it to fix some of the things in my house that could really use it, and to buy books for myself and my son (that's where all my spare cash goes now).

4. Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, or Ravenclaw, and why?
SSSSlytherin.
I always test as Ravenclaw in those online quizzes, but then I cheat to get Slytherin. My husband (a Hufflepuff if ever there was one) says that I am really a Ravenclaw then, but I say that because I cheated, I am clearly a Slytherin to the core.
Why?
I am ambitious and I always have a soft spot for the evil guy.

5. What's your deepest, darkest fear?
Wow. Good question.
Losing brain functionality and being aware that I have lost it.
No, that used to be it.
Now it is anything bad happening to my son, that would be worse.
Amazing how life changes us.

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Claris (sentimentalromantic)

from: [info]wintersweet
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 11:45 am (UTC)
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Everyone needs a wife.

Oh, I told Dr. Saussy about your book. He was definitely intrigued. I might buy him a copy later, especially if he turns out to be as excellent a thesis advisor as I hope he'll be. (There's a chance my thesis will involve Sei Shonagon. Whee!) Technically he's on the China side of things, but like me he's interested in Japan.

If you ever want a great whack of Chinese poetry, check out the anthology he edited, Women Writers of Traditional China. It's wonderful, wonderful stuff, and of course, Heian-era educated women would have been familiar with much of the pre-Heian Chinese poetry.

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S-47/19-J

from: [info]shsilver
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 11:49 am (UTC)
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I'll give it a go.

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Kij

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 08:47 pm (UTC)
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1. What would be your dream anthology to edit?

2. Which Democratic candidate and why?

3. Can you describe the first time you fell in love?

4. When did you first grow your beard, and what did everyone say?

5. What was the weirdest submission you ever read for something you edited?

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Anton Strout

from: [info]antonstrout
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 12:23 pm (UTC)
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Hit me, monkey lady!

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Kij

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 08:56 pm (UTC)
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1. What was Brad Pitt wearing?

2. How did you get involved with playing in a punk band and why?

3. Who's on your list of Potential Sexual Indiscretions You've Already Explained to Your Sweetie, Just in Case They Ever Invite You Upstairs for a Drink?

4. Have you ever written poetry?

5. What's the ugliest thing you own, and why do you still have it?

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from: [info]nakrawolf
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 01:07 pm (UTC)
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What a dangerous thing to post, seeing how so many people keep track of your LJ. SO before the line get too long, I'd love the chance to be interviewed by you! <3<3

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Kij

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 09:10 pm (UTC)
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1. What made you fall in love with things Japanese?

2. Okay, why is your name nakrawolf, but your images and interests all seem to be cats?

3. If you could change one thing about your nature, what would it be and why?

4. What's your favorite movie, and what do you think it says about you?

5. Who would show up for your dream birthday party?

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Abra SW

5 questions?

from: [info]cloudscudding
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 01:12 pm (UTC)
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I agree, it is dangerous for you to post this...but what the heck! Interview me.

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Kij

Re: 5 questions?

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 09:21 pm (UTC)
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1. What pen are you going to use when you write to ninjas, spies, and employees of the NSA?

2. Why did you pick "cloudscudding"?

3. How does the creative process of writing compare to that of photography to you?

4. What's the oddest thing you do?

5. What are you feeling about the book you're working on right now?

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Abra SW

Re: 5 questions?

from: [info]cloudscudding
date: Jan. 29th, 2004 10:54 am (UTC)
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I've posted the answers to your questions on my lj, if you want to take a look. Given the number of friends you have, I'm assuming you don't actually read all their entries on a daily basis.

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K S Pravda

Sounds like fun!

from: [info]ksp24
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 01:30 pm (UTC)
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Last time I was interviewed it was about B2B--is that a blast from the past? This sounds waaaayayyyy more fun!

I'd love to participate!

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Kij

Re: Sounds like fun!

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 09:29 pm (UTC)
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1. Which place you've lived is your favorite and why?

2. Would you rather give up books or music?

3. List all the pets you've had.

4. If you had to go back to school to get an advanced degree what would it be in and why?

5. I remember the schmink with great fondness, but I'm guessing you've had even cooler clothes: what's your favorite piece of clothing ever?

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K S Pravda

Re: Sounds like fun!

from: [info]ksp24
date: Jan. 23rd, 2004 05:55 pm (UTC)
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Thanks a lot! Fun to do.

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Arian

Mememe!

from: [info]arian1
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 02:54 pm (UTC)
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Interview me! :P

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Kij

Re: Mememe!

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 09:38 pm (UTC)
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1. What are you proudest of having done in your life?

2. Favorite single malt scotch?

3. What does taiko mean for you?

4. What was the first thing that made you fall in love with Japan?

5. If you had to choose could move to either the Bay Area or Japan, which would you pick and why?

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Peev

Re: Mememe!

from: [info]stroppy_baggage
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 11:26 pm (UTC)
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Definately time to go to bed, I misread #2 as 'single malt crotch'.

Nope, not going to dwell on that...

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Niki

from: [info]silliwench
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 07:53 pm (UTC)
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*grins and waves a hand*
me if you have the time, m'Lady! ;)

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Kij

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 09:51 pm (UTC)
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1. What would your dream job look like?

2. Describe how you met your sweetheart.

3. If you could spend a month anywhen and -where, when and where would it be?

4. Which movie or book have you seen or read that you think the rest of the world should be required to see or read, and what do you think they'd get out of it?

5. What art do you have in your primary living area?

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scarlettina

from: [info]scarlettina
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 10:18 pm (UTC)
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I want a wife, too--been needing one for years. And sure, interview me. What the heck!

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Kij

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Jan. 23rd, 2004 03:22 pm (UTC)
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1. If you could go back to New York and your old job, would you?

2. What sorts of dancing have you done, and how were they?

3. How many smashed pennies do you have, and what's the weirdest one?

4. What was your last vacation, and why did you spend it where and how you did?

5. What novel or book about writing has been the most inspirational for your own writing?

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Weaselmom

Eek!

from: [info]weaselmom
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 11:11 pm (UTC)
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Since none of the rest of the old home crowd has volunteered, I'll have a go...

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Peev

Re: Eek!

from: [info]stroppy_baggage
date: Jan. 22nd, 2004 11:25 pm (UTC)
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I figured I'd be asking for trouble. She called me dumbkopf y'know...

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Kij

Re: Eek!

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Jan. 25th, 2004 03:52 pm (UTC)
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Ha! Even if you didn't ask, I'm agog to see your answers:

1. What's the dumbest teeshirt you have say on it?

2. Nutritional considerations aside, if you had to eat only one food for a year, what would it be?

3. Last book you read and what you thought of it?

4. What is it computer games and console games do for you?

5. If you could change one thing about your artistic skill, what would it be?

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Kij

Re: Eek!

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Jan. 23rd, 2004 03:26 pm (UTC)
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1. Why did you fall in love with ferrets, instead of, say, dogs or cats?

2. Your five desert island CDs.

3. If you had to take a month-long trip in Europe or Asia, where would you go and why?

4. What's the kindest thing you've ever had said to you? or alternatively, what's the most helpful thing?

5. What would be The Best Birthday Present Ever?

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Kat

from: [info]kinetikatrue
date: Jan. 23rd, 2004 09:15 am (UTC)
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Ok, it's almost the weekend, so sure, why not?

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Kij

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Jan. 23rd, 2004 03:33 pm (UTC)
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1. What book, literary form, or movie is a guilty pleasure for you -- so dumb it's embarrassing to admit liking it -- and why do you like it anyway?

2. How many cats have lived in your house, and did you name or nickname them?

3. Would you rather write a great book and never sell it, or an okay book and see it published?

4. Supposing you were to be buried, what do you think should be carved into your tombstone to show people what sort of person you were?

5. If you had to pick: dogs or cats, and why?

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joyce scrivner

from: [info]serendipoz
date: Jan. 23rd, 2004 10:37 am (UTC)
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Try me, please.

Note - I am *really* slow about responding, ...

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Kij

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Jan. 23rd, 2004 03:37 pm (UTC)
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1. Describe the events of a perfect Friday night.

2. Who was your greatest role model, and why and how?

3. What's the latest book or series that totally sucked you in, and how did you feel about it?

4. If you had to learn a new language, which would it be?

5. What sorts of nonessential things end up in your purse or pockets?

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Ooh, ooh,ooh, me!

from: anonymous
date: Jan. 24th, 2004 11:34 am (UTC)
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I want five questions, please.

Gwenda Bond
http://www.journalscape.com/bondgirl

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Kij

Re: Ooh, ooh,ooh, me!

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Jan. 25th, 2004 03:47 pm (UTC)
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1. If you had to get a really big tattoo where everyone could see it, what would it be?

2. Do you want to live anywhere other than the South, and why or why not?

3. Which is better, kids or pets?

4. How did you meet Christopher, and what made you realize he was the one?

5. What's the hardest New Year's resolution you can think of?

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Re: Ooh, ooh,ooh, me!

from: anonymous
date: Jan. 25th, 2004 05:14 pm (UTC)
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Wow, those are toughies -- but all very good. I shall answer them directly!

We saw Andy and Sydney a week or so ago at a convention in Chattanooga, btw, and you and Chris were dicussed in glowingly positive terms and your presences much missed.

Gwenda
http://www.journalscape.com/bondgirl

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Jason Erik Lundberg

me too!

from: [info]jlundberg
date: Jan. 25th, 2004 06:06 pm (UTC)
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Hey Kij! I'll add to the non-writing distractions and request five questions as well.

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Kij

Re: me too!

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Jan. 26th, 2004 07:55 pm (UTC)
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1. Which would you rather have, perfect style or perfect plotting, and why?

2. When did you decide to be a writer?

3. How many pairs of shoes and boots do you have, and what are they?

4. Who was your first crush, and how did that feel?

5. What's your least mature habit? Alternately: what's your weirdest habit?

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Jason Erik Lundberg

Re: me too!

from: [info]jlundberg
date: Jan. 27th, 2004 11:27 am (UTC)
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Excellent questions, Kij. The answers are at my LiveJournal page.

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Kelly Green

Me too!

from: [info]saycestsay
date: Jan. 25th, 2004 08:11 pm (UTC)
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Kij, you ask marvelous interview questions... me too, please!

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Kij

Re: Me too!

from: [info]kijjohnson
date: Jan. 26th, 2004 08:02 pm (UTC)
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1. If you could only read one genre of fiction (and not SF or fantasy), what would it be and why?

2. If you had to pick one or the other, coffee or tea, and what do you think this says about you?

3. Worst or most irritating movie you saw in 2003 (alternatively: ever), and what did you learn from it?

4. What's your pattern of working for your writing?

5. Do parrots have cold toes?

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