20 Questions & A Prize
UPDATE: Congratulations to TRESHA, the winner of the $20 Amazon gift certificate. Thank you to everyone who participated!
I’m working on a project, and need your help. I’ll tell you what the project is after it’s done, but right now I’d like you all to put on your reporter hats and interview me. I know it’s weird, but there really is — well, maybe not a great reason — but a solid reason I’m asking.
I need at least twenty people to ask me a question, and you can ask anything. Be as simple or as creative, as earthy or existential, as silly or serious as you’d like. If I get more than twenty questions, that’ s fine, too. I’ll answer them all in my next post, even if there’s a hundred. Unless, of course, no one asks anything. That would be really embarrassing.
I’d also like to ask each of you a question in return — that’s not for any particular reason other than I think it would be fun — so let me know if you’re willing to answer by leaving a YES or NO at the bottom of your comment.
To make this worth your while, one commenter will be chosen at random to receive a $20 gift certificate from Amazon.com.
Post will close to comments and winner will be chosen Monday, March 23rd at 6:00 p.m.
Okay, on your mark. . .get set. . . GO!
Huge fan of food network so….your given zucchini, pineapples, dried dates, maple syrup, and polenta (corn mean). what would you make having to use all these ingredients?
Why is it you, and other female writers, such as Annie Proulx and Amy Bloom, start out life as wives and mothers and then change their sexual orientation?
HI Jane,
Here’s a simple one.
Do you believe in God?
Yes, I will answer your question.
Sorry, I forgot this:
Yes, I will answer a question from you.
And a correction in grammar
then change YOUR sexual orientation?
Oh Jane, what are you up to now? That wasn’t my official question. So here is my official question at 1 AM on 2 hours sleep from the night before.
Will you just give me the $20 gift card?
I will come back tomorrow and ask you a real question.
How is the you of 5, 10 years hence going to be different to the you of today?
Here’s my question:
What do you wish people knew or understood about you that they do not?
Yes ask me what you will.
What’s your ultimate dream/goal/fantasy as a writer–meaning what would your ideal writing life look like?
And yes, you can ask me a question.
If you had to pick a single word to guide you through the next year, what would it be and why?
Yes, ask.
Here is my question:
Why are people turn over the control of their lives so easily to an unknown force?
Yes, i will answer your question.
miracle whip or mayonnaise?
yes.
Yes, I will answer your question.
What is your favourite curse word?
When are you gonna come for Dinner and let me cook for you??? (dumplings tonight!)
Red or White…and whats your fav kinda wine??
YES!
All that is left of the great artist is: A painting she has done of the cat and the cat itself. You must save one. Which will it be and why?
Ask me anything!
What are the things that have made your heart soar to unfathomable heights never reached before?
Who was your biggest influence and why?
Yes, I’ll answer one!
As a relatively new reader, I want to thank you for asking challenging questions, and inspiring me to start rocking the boat in my writing.
My question: We all have defining moments in our lives. Moments that shape us, our ideas, our writing, our outlook. Name one defining moment in your life and how it shaped you.
Yes, I will answer any question you pose to me. Thanks.
Why do you write?
I know what rankles and activates you. What brings you: joy? peace? serenity?
Describe your ideal Friday night.
Ask away, Jane.
Hi Jane…
What really pisses you off… makes you so mad you could scream…?
Yes, I will answer any question you ask…
T
These are some good questions! Do you have any true friendships with people who’s opinions regarding religion and politics strongly oppose yours? If you don’t, do you believe it’s possible?
I’ll answer a question. Just dumb it down, please.
Why are you important?
Yes.
Do you lust after the new Mac airbook for just it’s beauty and style and wow factor and if so wouldn’t the new super slim dell be just as cool, or are there other internal differences about the macs you love?
And yes.
I am a total foodie…so I need to know…what one comfort food do you turn to when you are blue?
and, yes…ask away.
If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be and why?
Yes, I will answer a question.
I have three…
What is your favorite aphorism?
If you were given the choice to learn your date of death would you choose to know?
Have you ever seen the movie School of Rock?
Gimme a question! (or three) : )
If you had no choice and could choose, which would you rather lose, your sight or your hearing and why?
yes
If a person could read your tea leaves, and the tea leaves of others accurately without knowing you or them, how would you explain it?
Yes
Yes,, I’m game for a question.
And for you: Pizza, steak, Mexican, or Chinese?
Laurie
If you could live your life over, choosing the location, your profession, etc., what would you change and why?
Have you ever been attacked by cyber bullies and how did you handle the situation?
Do you have regrets? What is one?
Do you believe that regrets have a valuable place in our life, or do they distract us from moving forward?
And yes, I’ll answer anything.
When did you know you were a writer? Yes, I will answer your question.
me again and yes i would answer any question you pose – thanks…
Favourite character on Happy Days?
Ask away!
if you could have one super power what would it be?
if you had one last thing to say to the world, what would it be?
where do you see yourself in 10 years?
ask away
How would your writing and life be different if the internet and blogging had never been invented? Would your writing be altered or take a different path?
Yes
Did you know that I was so lazy that I open a new window which opens to my blog and I copy and paste my URL into your comment box thingy so I don’t have to type it ever. I hate myself for things like that
I can’t think of a question to ask. I just wanted to write you again. Is that okay?
Hope your weekend is super.
Do you have friends from your school years? Who would be the last person you would want to see before you died? If you could produce a TV show, what would be the premise? What is your motativational emotion? Do you feel trully accepted? What would be your perfect meal? Who would you share your perfect meal with? If you wanted to change your name, what would you change it to? If you could live in your perfect place, where would it be? What do you feel remains undone in your life? When you feel depressed, what do you do? What is the one inanimate thing you could not live without? If you won the lottery, what would be the first thing you would buy for yourself? What would be your perfect vacation? What would be your perfect job? Dog person, cat person? If you could have one super-power, what would it be? Good luck with your project.
With all that we have at our fingertips in the late-20th and 21st century I think we are lucky to live in the time we do, especially for women, but we do have a long way to go. If you could pick a time period (of the past, of course) to have lived, when would it be and why?
And, fair is fair: you can ask me anything.
What do you think is the next step for feminism? Or is this as good as it gets in a patriarchy?
And yes.
What is the one piece of advice, over all others, you would give to someone who wants to be a writer?
Yes.
Why is the desk in the room of your own vision great and big and mahogany?
Of course you can ask me a question.
Here’s to your project…
And remember to play and giggle….much
Do you fear death?
yes to a question
very interesting questions, I will look forward to your responses.
Okay. Do you possess enough rage to take a human life?
sure, ask away.
What is your Myers’s-Briggs Type (if you know it)? Mine is INFP, for example…
Sure, I’ll answer a question.
Melissa, I do not know it! I also answered the Meyers-Briggs question in a footnote that I have taken off temporarily as part of a layperson’s, hmmm — can’t tell you yet. I’ll restate the footnote when the next article is up.
You’re all in the drawing and those of you that asked for questions should have them, or they are on their way this morning.
I don’t need any more questions — unless there’s something you really want to know, in which case I’m happy to answer.
If you just want to enter the drawing, leave a comment from here on out. Thread will be close at 6 p.m. Monday, winner announced shortly thereafter.
Thank you to everyone who participated! I hope the next couple of articles will have made it worth your while.
Hmmm … well, I’m going to ask a question anyway, just because I want to! When you are feeling lost, and down, and depressed, and you don’t know what to do, and you can’t write, and it feels like everything is wrong everywhere in every dark depressing corner of your head … what do you read? What author do you pull off your shelf, knowing that it’s going to lift your soul? What can you read, over and over again, and just know that it’s going to inspire you, or at the very least make you laugh a little and realise that things aren’t that bad?
Thank you again to everyone who participated. You asked some very interesting questions….my answers coming up next!
Oops, I forgot to say yes… YES!