| 1: | What did you do in 2012 that you’d never done before? Publish my first book! In fact, I’ve published two. 🙂 |
| 2: | Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I’ve kept a few of them, but not all. Hope springs eternal, though, so yes, I’ll be making more for 2013. Only this year I’m calling them “goals”. |
| 3: | Did anyone close to you give birth? No. |
| 4: | Did anyone close to you die? Yes. 🙁 |
| 5: | What countries did you visit? Budget constraints kept us close to home this year. |
| 6: | What would you like to have in 2013 that you lacked in 2012? A passport … and the chance to use it! (My old one expired a few years ago and sadly I haven’t needed a new one in that time.) |
| 7: | What dates from 2012 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? The day my daughters turned ten. How in heaven’s name did my babies turn into preteens already! |
| 8: | What was your biggest achievement of the year? Undoubtedly, the success of Dancing with the Duke. I never dreamed this little prequel novella would make it into the top 200 on Amazon! |
| 9: | What was your biggest failure? My debut release, Dear Stranger, was released by the publisher at a price that even I balked at. Not surprisingly, sales of the book were less than stellar. |
| 10: | Did you suffer illness or injury? No (knock wood!) |
| 11: | What was the best thing you bought? My Kobo Glo – I can now read in bed without disturbing my husband! |
| 12: | Whose behaviour merited celebration? I was ecstatic when Justin Trudeau announced he would run for the Liberal Leadership. (Canadian politics, folks. You can look away.) |
| 13: | Whose behaviour made you appalled? The shooters at Sandy Hook Elementary School and in Aurora. So many senseless deaths. 🙁 |
| 14: | Where did most of your money go? Our biggest expense is our mortgage. |
| 15: | What did you get really, really, really excited about? The realization that my lifelong dream of being a published author was finally coming true! |
| 16: | What song will always remind you of 2012? Gangnam Style, of course! |
| 17: | Compared to this time last year, are you: (a) happier or sadder? (b) thinner or fatter? (c) richer or poorer? (a) happier, (b) the same, (c) a little better off. (Nowhere near rich, though!) |
| 18: | What do you wish you’d done more of? Writing. |
| 19: | What do you wish you’d done less of? Goofing around on the internet. |
| 20: | How did you spend Christmas? With family at my mother’s house. |
| 21: | Did you fall in love in 2012? I’ve been in love since 1992. 🙂 |
| 22: | What was your favorite TV program? Can I fudge the rules and say Dr. Who/Teen Wolf/The Almighty Johnsons? |
| 23: | Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year? No. Life’s too short to expend that much energy on anyone not worth my time. |
| 24: | What was the best book you read? Best book? Gulp. I can’t choose just one – I’ve never been very good at doing “what’s your favorite” lists. I read so many great romance novels this year. I can say, however, that the best non-Romance book I read was Trish Doller’s Something Like Normal (YA). |
| 25: | What was your greatest musical discovery? I can’t think of one artist that stood out above the others this year. The last musical discovery I made that blew me away was Hinder a couple of years ago … and anyone who really knows me is surprised by my love for the group. |
| 26: | What did you want and get? A smartphone! |
| 27: | What did you want and not get? A new tablet. |
| 28: | What was your favorite film of this year? I haven’t seen as many movies as I wanted to this year. Of the ones I did see, I loved The Avengers. |
| 29: | What one thing made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Chai tea lattes and my Tassimo. |
| 30: | How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2012? I’m a writer/stay-at-home mom. I’m afraid fashion wasn’t high on my list this year. |
| 31: | What kept you sane? The love and support of my family. (And of course, escaping into a good book. 🙂 ) |
| 32: | Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Hugh Jackman still ranks right up there! |
| 33: | What political issue stirred you the most? I’m Canadian, so I plead the 5th on this one since the issues that concerned me most didn’t have to do with my country. |
| 34: | Who did you miss? My good friend, Catherine Witmer, who passed away in 2010. |
| 35: | Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2012. The only guarantee of failure is to quit trying. |
| 36: | Quote a song lyric that sums up your year. “Oh, go for it, run toward it, dive in headfirst, live life with no regret / Put your heart out there, don’t be scared / You might get hurt, but it’s all worth it in the end” – Hinder, The Best is Yet to Come |
