Qvestions meme

[louiselux]

lady_ganesh asked me qvestions for this bit of memery: comment and I will ask 5 questions, which you will then post and answer. And when people comment, you ask questions.

1. What do you do when you're not writing?

Fantasising about porn plots. Erm, and sleeping, eating, experiencing life with Mr Lux, chatting about fic on aim, chatting about random crap on aim, working 9-5 five days a week two days off at the weekends, sitting on a train commuting for an hour and a half every day, reading. Gardening, watching frogs, documenting my life with photographs, drinking wine with my friends, entertaining the little people, shopping, drinking lattes, eating bananas, cycling, pilates, cooking.

2. What's your idea of a perfect read (books or fic)?

Imagine me snuggling on the sofa on a rainy afternoon. This would be my perfect book for that time, or possibly any time when I want to switch my brain off from reality. It would be something with a fantasy/speculative fiction plot, with magic, ideally it would also have slashy UST but this is not essential, it would have exactly the type of humour I like, incredibly engaging characters, characters and places with fabulous evocative names (I recently realised I have a name fetish - I think Sarah Monette forced me to recognise when I drooled all over her place names in 'Melusine').

3. What do you like about where you live?

Specifically where I live in Reading: Sweet Masala Indian deli, the Workhouse Coffee Company, Ditta Brothers shop, Malinka Polish deli. Mmmm, lovely fudes. Also the proximity of junk shops, swimming pool, second hand records, the Butts Convenience Store. I like living in a place where lots of cultures smoosh together in one long fascinating road. Also, my friends live close by, we are only a short bike ride out from gorgeous countryside, Reading town is small enough to walk across in 20 minutes but has lots of bookshops, clothes shops and cafes and good places to eat. Red kites are living in the town centre. It has a ruined abbey, two rivers and a shop that exclusively sells doughnuts (these are not common in the UK). I like lots of things about Reading, but I have to say, even so it never actually feels like home.

4. Your favorite fictional character.

I've got a longstanding crush on Sherlock Holmes. But sorry, he is not as hot (or as angsty) as Sha Gojyo!

5. Your favorite thing to wear.

My lilac linen smock from Gap. It's dense and heavy material, and its also voluminous but with a drawstrng around the bottom of it so it can be cinched in. I just love wearing it.

Comments

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Butts, for your convenience!

1. Do you do random sketches of thing and people when they catch your attention?

2. Describe your perfect garden

3. What would you prefer: instant teleportation device or an invisibility cloak?

4. If you were an assassin, what would be your cover? (not allowed to say florist!)

5. Describe your hands.

[vom-marlowe.livejournal.com]

1. Do you do random sketches of thing and people when they catch your attention?
Nope. But I let them sit in my head and cook. They show up in the work later, often surprising me completely. I had a guy who stopped me and asked for directions a while ago who is the basis for Arkos. Looked a like that Bruno fellow. Except shirtless, driving an SUV, and hotter. If you can believe it.

2. Describe your perfect garden
Ooooooh. Back of a house, and lots of trees overhanging the edges of the yard, and a good tall privacy fence, but plenty of sun in the middle bits. Then raised beds, lots of them, with lots of flowers. Zinnias, especially scarlet ones (scarlet zinnias are Gojyo's flower--they mean constancy), and nasturtiums, and small sunflowers, and whole swathes of marigolds, both african and pot marigolds. And Morning Glories climbing stuff, hoofing over things and spilling from pots. And also vegetables. Heavy on the squash and cukes and greens because I love those. But I also would love to have a caracalla bean plant. And big, comfy chairs for me to read in and space near their feet, in the shade, for Pookie.

3. What would you prefer: instant teleportation device or an invisibility cloak?
Teleportation! Because I would love to meet way too many neat people for drinks at the drop of a hat, or deliver chocolate buttercream frosting to those in need.

4. If you were an assassin, what would be your cover? (not allowed to say florist!)
Ooooh. Hm. Aerobics instructor! Good reason to stay fit and climb things.

5. Describe your hands.
They're small, actually. I had the smallest hands in college (you know how college is when you're in a dorm and go around comparing things). You know those tiny knit stretch gloves? They don't really stretch on me. That's about how big my hands are. Short, somewhat stubby fingers. I can stretch my thumb and pinky finger wide into a straight line, though, which used to impress piano players. Blunt, square nails. Big, ugly knuckles. They work well, though.