Stuff
Yona Zeldis McDonough Revealed
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. Reader, writer, mother, wife. Lover of small, yappy dogs.
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. Tidal waves. Don't ask me why.
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. Paris, France.
- Q. Which living person do you most admire?
- A. Nelson Mandela
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. Clean your room!
- Q. What do you regret most?
- A. Not having more children!
- Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
- A. Ice skating. I tried--and failed miserably.
- Q. What is your greatest achievement?
- A. Raising two great kids.
- Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
- A. Impatience
- Q. What’s your best quality?
- A. Persistence
- Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
- A. A mermaid; why not?
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
- A. Pippi Longstocking
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
- A. Humbert Humbert in Lolita
- Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?
- A. Anna Pavlova, and it wouldn't matter what I said; I'd want to hear what she had to say.
- Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
- A. Graphic novels! Call them comics, which is what they are.
- Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
- A. Trolling for second hand treasures.
- Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
- A. Prima ballerina
- Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
- A. Compassion, intelligence, wit
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. Chocolate, but only the good stuff.
- Q. What are your 5 favorite songs?
- A. Dancing in the Dark, Beast of Burden, I've Just Seen A Face, St. Louis Blues, Natural Woman
On Books and Writing
- Q. Who are your favorite authors?
- A. John Cheever, Alice Munro, Flannery O'Connor, Colette, WB Yeats, Shakespeare
- Q. What are your 5 favorite books of all time?
- A. Lolita, Anne of Green Gables, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Of Mice and Men, Howard's End
- Q. Is there a book you love to reread?
- A. When I was child, I re-read my favorites--A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN, MAGGIE NOW, THE LITTLE PRINCESS, ANNE OF GREEN GABLES--over and over again.
- Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?
- A. Read as if your life depended on it.
- Q. What comment do you hear most often from your readers?
- A. You're a great story teller.
