I've been tagged!

I never could run fast--ever! And now the horrors of the playgrounds of my youth have been revisited upon me. That's right. I've been tagged. Martha O'Connor got me good and now I have to answer the following questions and then pass along the task to two others.

Well, the lucky winners are...

Diana Peterfreund, author of the sure-to-be-fabulous Secret Society Girl
And also Jennifer O'Connell, author of my new to-be-read PLAN B.And now, for the main event! (Note: Diana and Jennifer are getting
off cheap! Originally it was 35 questions, but master deleter that I am,
I took the liberty of cutting this bad boy down to 21--hey what else do
you expect from a girl who literally broke the delete key during her last
round of rewrites?)

1-If you won a million dollars, how much of it would
you give to charity?

I’d probably spend whatever it took to renovate the
little country church  where I grew up.  It’s a tiny
place with great people and the church is about the
only social scene in town, but the “fellowship hall”
isn’t big enough for a whole lot of fellowship.


2- Describe what you looked like in the 5th grade.  

Sorry.  I have completely blocked out everything from
third grade through my junior year of college.  I have
also destroyed all photos.


3-Do you think you have a good singing voice?


Yes—except when people can hear me.  Then I get
all freaked out and end up sounding like the rejects
on American Idol.


4- Which would be harder to give up, TV or chocolate?

Both would be too devastating for words.  I probably
wouldn’t be able to go on.


5- A cat darts into the road and you hear a thud under
your tire, do you  stop?

Yes…no…yes…I’m not sure.  Maybe not if there were angry
bystanders.  Are there angry bystanders?


6- A friend has chronic bad breath, do you say something?
If so, what?

Yes. I’d brag on the little tiny Altoids that you can
carry in your pocket.


7- If you had to move to another country for a year,
which one would you choose and why? 
Either The Netherlands, Japan, Russia, Indonesia, or
Tailand because my books are being published there so
my stay would be tax-deductible.


8- What kind of food is your best friend?

No food is my friend.  I have the metabolism of concrete.


9- When is the last time you cried? 
Every night of the Olympics—I’m a sucker for the
emotional montages of people who overcame burdens to be
the best in the world at something.


10- What will the last line of your obituary say?  
Her books may be found at….


11- Which Brady would you date if you had to?  
I’d rather be single forever.


12- Name the movie you would star in if you could be
the lead in any film ever made. 
Audrey Hepburn’s character in Roman Holiday.  Mainly,
I just want to be Audrey Hepburn.

13-What is the worst thing a friend has ever done
to you?  
A person I worked with told lies about me that hurt
my career.  I still have no idea why.

14- What is the last good deed someone has done for
you?  
Two different libraries organized booksignings for me
when Cheating at Solitaire was released.  It was very,
very sweet of them.

15- What is your least favorite fashion trend? 
Girls being way too skinny  (this was Martha’s answer,
so I’m stealing it.)

16- Tell about a time when you laughed inappropriately.  
Once, at a funeral of a distant relative, I was sitting
beside my sister,  and somehow our purse straps got
tangled together.  So when the funeral ends, we have to
get up and view the body, but our purse straps are in a
big knot—and we’re trying to untangle them, and people
are crying, and finally we give up and go see old cousin
so-in-so one final time while my sister carries two
purses!  I laughed the whole way, but it was so funny,
yet soooo inappropriate.  She still hates me for it.

17- What makes you happy?  
Many, many things.  I take joy where I can find it.

18- If you could name only one song as the best song of
all times, which  would it be?  
The old church hymn Softly and Tenderly.

19- How old do you wish you were right now?  
I’m starting my new YA so it might be nice to be the
age of my main character, 15 going on 16.

20-Name three things you wouldn't do for money.  
Abuse a child, be forbidden from seeing my family,
turn my back on my faith.

21- Are 21 questions too many??? 
Yes!