Johanna Lindsey Revealed
About Johanna Lindsey
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What is your birthdate?:3/10
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Previous occupations:Writing was my first occupation, begun at age 23.
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Favorite job:Umm, writing?
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High school and/or college:Kailua High School in Hawaii
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Name of your favorite composer or music artist?:I don't actually listen to much music since I need quiet to work. But I would say Queen (group) from way back.
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Favorite movie:I don't have a favorite. If it makes me laugh, I like it.
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Favorite television show:That would have to be Scrubs. I think I've bought all Seasons they have available so far.
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. Currently, peaceful and full of laughter. Overall--amazing.
- Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
- A. I don't think anything that broad in scope can be described. It's one of those 'to each his own'. For me it's rather simple--sharing my life with someone I love.
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. Loss of loved ones.
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. Where I am.
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. Cool. Yeah, it's outdated, but it's a rare day you'll catch me saying 'awesome.'
- Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
- A. I used to paint with oils. Didn't have much talent for it, and I don't have the patience to actually acquire some skill for it, but if I could, that would be--cool.
- Q. What is your greatest achievement?
- A. That all of my books have made the New York Times list, including four in the #1 spot.
- Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
- A. That I smoke.
- Q. What’s your best quality?
- A. My will-power, when I choose to let it work.
- Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
- A. This question doen't relate to me, since I've never wished to be anything other than what I am.
- Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
- A. My sense of humor.
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
- A. James Malory
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
- A. Villains are meant to be hated. I have no favorites.
- Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
- A. Are you kidding me? Being a writer, what could top that?
- Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
- A. Trust, dependability, a good sense of humor.
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. Not thinking about my eternal diet, I'm going to say pizza,
- Q. What are your 5 favorite songs?
- A. What you Give-Tesla. Feelin' Way Too Damn Good-Nickelback. Overkill-Colin Hay. Feeling Good--Nina Simone. As a Judgement--Ennio Morricone.
On Books and Writing
- Q. Who are your favorite authors?
- A. I would have to say Kathleen E. Woodiness and Rosemary Rogers who started this wonderful genre.
- Q. What are your 5 favorite books of all time?
- A. The Wolf and the Dove, Sweet Savage Love, The Clan of the Cave Bear, and two of my own, Tender Rebel and Warrior's Woman.
- Q. Is there a book you love to reread?
- A. Don't laugh, but I like to reread my own books. A few can make me cry again, and most of them can make me laugh again.
- Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?
- A. Put your heart into what you're writing. If you can't laugh at your own characters, or shed a tear for them, or even get angry at one of them, no one else will either.
- Q. What comment do you hear most often from your readers?
- A. That they love the Malorys. So do I.
- Q. How did you come to write Rogue of My Own?
- A. In a word--Rupert. He was created near the end of a prior book, The Devil who Tamed Her, and he ended up being too handsome, so I toned that down by making him seem somewhat effeminate. But after that book was finished, I couldn't stop thinking about him, or kicking myself for giving him that stigma, so I came up with a reason for it, a ruse, an attitude he fostered specifically for his mother. Then suddenly I had the makings of a hero in him, so I gave him his own book to share his unusual motives with my readers.
