Thursday's Children: Like a Virgin Blog Hop

Thursday's children is a blog meme where writers blog about what inspires them. Click here to find out more and join us.

This week is a special edition of Thursday's Children in celebration of the upcoming Like a Virgin Pitch Contest. Click here to find out more about the contest. I am looking at several of you in particular, and you know who you are. Why? Because blog contests ROCK. 

So today we're breaking the virtual ice by answering questions about some 'firsts.' A source of inspiration I've blogged about previously for Thursday's Children. The Like a Virgin blog hop will be on Friday, however, I will be engaged in shenanigans with my CP who is visiting from Toronto this weekend so I'm posting mine here. Also because I am wholeheartedly incapable of following directions. 

Okay, so here we go...

1. How do you remember your first kiss?

Smurfette was a witness. And that's all I'm willing to admit to online. LOL

2. What was your first favorite love song?

3. What's the first thing you do when you begin writing for the day?

Check my social networking sites. Really, if I don't get it out of the way before I start writing, I'll never get anything done. Then? I turn off my internet. Then I write. And pray the kid takes a loooooong nap. 

4. Who's the first writer who truly inspired you to become a writer?

Harper Lee. I wrote before I read To Kill a Mockingbird, but my ninth grade English teacher is the first one who made me believe I could make a career out of it, and that is the book we were reading at the time. So it was really a combination of Harper Lee and Marty Gartell, who, really, everyone should be so lucky as to have an English teacher like him.

5. Did the final revision of your first book have the same first chapter it started with?

Hell no. It was like the fifteenth chapter. But it is relatively intact from its original draft. 

6. For your first book, which came first: major characters, plot, or setting?

Characters. I always begin with characters. It's their story after all. Often I'm not totally sure what my plot is until after the first draft. I'm a plotter, but sometimes my characters lead me in a different direction from the one I intended them to go. They're badass rebels like that. 

7. What's the first word you want to roll off the tip of someone's tongue when they think of your writing?

Authentic. Even if the world is fantastical I want it to feel real. Because otherwise, what's the point?

Alright, now it's your turn. Follow THIS LINK to get the questions and post your answers! If you don't have a blog, feel free to share them in the comments below!


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And here's the link for the Like a Virgin Blog Hop when it opens on Friday:

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