Stuff
Scott Gummer Revealed
About Scott Gummer
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What is your birthdate?:4/1
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Previous occupations:carpet store janitor, airplane washer, winery gardener, truck brake assembler, Tony Roma's waiter, Madison Avenue ad agency peon, freelance fact-checker, LIFE magazine writer, EA SPORTS videogame marketer, dot.goner, GOLF magazine travel editor
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Favorite job:youth sports coach
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High school and/or college:Santa Rosa High School (Go Panthers!) and University of Oregon (Go Ducks!)
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Name of your favorite composer or music artist?:Johnny Hartman
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Favorite movie:tie: "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and the first half of "Stripes"
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Favorite television show:Saved by the Bell (no, really)
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. Parent, work, sleep, bathe, parent, work, sleep, repeat.
- Q. What is your motto or maxim?
- A. "A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." —Francis Bacon
- Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
- A. One full day when work never creeps into my mind
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. dental work
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. Incline Village, NV
- Q. With whom in history do you most identify?
- A. Average Joe
- Q. Which living person do you most admire?
- A. Muhammad Ali
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. "There is a school of thought..."
- Q. What do you regret most?
- A. not sticking with the ukulele
- Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
- A. the ability to stop time
- Q. What is your greatest achievement?
- A. first place in wild cow milking at an amateur rodeo
- Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
- A. my habit of not finishing sentences, which my children think
- Q. What’s your best quality?
- A. willingness to help friends move
- Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
- A. a puppy in a loving home
- Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
- A. the tendencay to slip into a thick Scottish accent
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
- A. Tintin
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
- A. Lord Whatshisname
- Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?
- A. Amelia Earhart: "Take my cell phone, just in case."
- Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
- A. Phonies
- Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
- A. small wave surfer
- Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
- A. Ambassador to Sweden
- Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
- A. hygiene, optimism, and blind allegiance to at least one sports team
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. Lucky Charms
- Q. What are your 5 favorite songs?
- A. Dedicated to You by Johnny Hartman, Ja, må han leva; Maggie May; Baba O'Riley; anything from Outlandos d'Amour
On Books and Writing
- Q. Who are your favorite authors?
- A. Then: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., J.D. Salinger, John Irving
Now: J.K. Rowling, Tom Perrotta, Nick Hornby - Q. What are your 5 favorite books of all time?
- A. The Catcher in the Rye, The World According to Garp, Little Children, How to Be Good, King Ottokar's Sceptre from The Adventures of Tintin.
- Q. Is there a book you love to reread?
- A. Worth the Wait: The San Francisco Giants official 2010 World Series championship commemorative
- Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?
- A. Study nursing.
- Q. What comment do you hear most often from your readers?
- A. You write like you talk. (Is that a compliment?)
