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Sherri Browning Erwin Revealed
About Sherri Browning Erwin
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What is your birthdate?:10/8
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Previous occupations:Bank teller, retail sales, student.
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Favorite job:Writing.
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High school and/or college:Holyoke High School in Holyoke MA, Mount Holyoke College.
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Name of your favorite composer or music artist?:Anything played by my daughter, a violinist, but I'm also a fan of Duran Duran.
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Favorite movie:A Room with a View.
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Favorite television show:Game of Thrones.
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. Full of love, wit, wonder, and sometimes whine.
- Q. What is your motto or maxim?
- A. Fortune sides with she who dares.
- Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
- A. Happiness is having a beautiful view, no distractions, and time to write. Happiness is also knowing I've done the best job I could do, have no tasks ahead, and plenty of time to spend with my friends and family. Perfect happiness would be finding the ideal balance between the two.
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. Losing the people I love.
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. Walt Disney World.
- Q. With whom in history do you most identify?
- A. Mary Shelley.
- Q. Which living person do you most admire?
- A. My daughter, Elissa. She has an amazing spirit and she is so strong, self-aware, and centered.
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. Ask my editor. Actually, I say actually a lot. And wicked (New England habit).
- Q. What do you regret most?
- A. I try to live without regrets.
- Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
- A. The ability to charm people.
- Q. What is your greatest achievement?
- A. Raising two children to content, productive adulthood (almost there).
- Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
- A. A tendency toward shyness.
- Q. What’s your best quality?
- A. I'm extremely loyal.
- Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
- A. I would be me. I can't imagine being anyone or anything else (and I have quite an imagination).
- Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
- A. My imagination (because I'm often staring into space daydreaming).
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
- A. Fitzwilliam Darcy (I feel so disloyal to Charlotte Bronte!)
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
- A. Bertha Mason aka Rochester's Wife in the Attic (There, I've recovered).
- Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?
- A. Jane Eyre. I would tell her she is beautiful. For someone not interested in physical appearance, she spent so much time dwelling on her perceived lack of beauty. I would also take her shopping and buy her some pretty clothes.
- Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
- A. Inconsiderate people.
- Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
- A. Traveling.
- Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
- A. To be a travel reporter, like the Travel Channel's Samantha Brown.
- Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
- A. Sincerity, warmth, and devotion.
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. Lobster.
- Q. What are your 5 favorite songs?
- A. Hungry Like the Wolf- Duran Duran, Dead!- My Chemical Romance, Eleanor Rigby- Beatles, Can't Help Falling in Love- Elvis, Edge of Forever- The Dream Academy
On Books and Writing
- Q. Who are your favorite authors?
- A. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Mary Shelley, Dean Koontz, Jennifer Weiner
- Q. What are your 5 favorite books of all time?
- A. Collected Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Pride and Prejudice (Austen), Jane Eyre(Bronte), Odd Thomas (Koontz), The Little Princess (Burnett)
- Q. Is there a book you love to reread?
- A. Austen's Pride and Prejudice
- Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?
- A. Never question your own instincts.
- Q. What comment do you hear most often from your readers?
- A. Unexpected, clever, I laughed out loud.
