Well the lovely Fiona Palmer, who hails from the tiny town of Pingaring, in the wheatbelt region of W.A. I’m thinking, with all that wheat, there might be a little baking going on. *hint*
(At least I hope she bakes as well as she writes.)
Start by telling me if it’s scones and tea or some other homemade delight you have whipped up for me today! 🙂
Pumpkin scones Jenn, as my kids love them and they are so easy to make.
(Bingo! Scones are a favourite of mine.)
At home…
My mum says garden gnomes make a house a home! Are you loud and proud in your love of garden gnomes at home, a closet gnomer or with a strict ‘no gnomes’ policy at your place?
No gnomes at my place, my kids would probably go bowling with them. But I do enjoy my garden.
(Am assuming the gnomes would be the pins and not the bowling part. Image of bowling gnomes a little disturbing!)
What vegetable (or fruit) have you always wanted to grow at home?
I used to have a vegie patch, but my mum has a better one so it’s easier to raid hers. But I have the big fruit tree enclosure down the back near my chooks, so I can give back. I have a few plums, grapes, oranges, nectarines, mulberry and peacharines.
(And, of course, they are all big. Everything’s bigger in W.A., so they like to tell the east!)
If I came to your home and looked in the refrigerator, what would I find?
Depends how hard you looked? There is always a stash of chocolate hiding somewhere, away from kids and husband (but not nosey visitors!). But its mainly fruit and veg, feta, sundried tomatoes, oh and sometimes up to five cartons of eggs, maybe more. (I can’t give them away fast enough!) (Make that three cartons. Frittata at my place, anyone?)
If you sorted your wardrobe by colour, what colour would stand out? (Ahh, do you sort your wardrobe by colour?!)
No sorting in my wardrobe, but most colours are black, blue, and khaki. Although I’m slowly branching out to other colours. (After having kids, I still can’t bring myself to wear white!)
(I wore a lot of black, blue and khaki in my youth — the ‘fall down drunk. Wake up bruised’ look!)
What are you wearing now? (Be honest!)
Black shorts and a grey, purple and black singlet.
Whose home would you like to housesit and why?
I’d hate to house sit, I’d be worried something would get broken!!
Country curiosities…
We love a sunburnt country (slip, slop, slap and all that). What’s your ideal hat? Or are you a boots person?
I wear my Redback boots more often than a hat.
(Actually we REALLY love The Sunburnt Country too!!!!)
If you were a tree (or animal) what kind of tree (animal) would you be?
I love my dogs, so it would have to be a dog, but a clever one like a Kelpie.
(We might not look too clever, but we get what we want, when we want it – food, sleeping on the bed, walkies. Those dumb kelpies chasing dumber sheep in circles all day are clearly not as smart as us!)
Now for the big question… Why did the chicken cross the road?
My son makes these jokes up all the time, and his never make any sense and he thinks they are so funny. I should have asked his help for this one.
(Yes, you should have! It’s not too late.)
About you…
Your turning point: when was that point in your life that you realized that being an author was no longer going to be just a dream but a reality and a career?
Probably not until I quit my day job. Even having that first contract I didn’t feel like I was an author. Now that I have four books out, and two more on the go I feel more assured.
What is the hardest part of writing for you?
Sitting down to write. Once I start, I’m fine. It’s the getting there that I find the hardest.
If someone was to write your biography, what do you think the title should be?
I don’t think I’m qualified to answer this, I haven’t picked the right title for my own books yet!
(One day you will need to do a blog on YOUR titles. I’d love that. We could guess which one was which book. Bet they’re good.)
Fun stuff …
What does your protagonist think about you? Would he or she want to hang out with you, the author, his/her creator.
We are very a like, my protagonist and I. I think we could have lots of fun.
(And drive a tad fast!)
If you could trade places with any other person for a week, famous or not famous, living or dead, real or fictional, with whom would it be?
Jamie Whincup. But I think they would miss him, and all I’d leave them was a totalled V8 supercar.
If I said to you, “Just entertain me for five minutes, I’m not going to talk,” what would you do?
Pull faces.
(Hope the wind doesn’t change! Isn’t that every mother’s favourite saying?)
Hey, everyone, what’s a saying YOUR mum is famous for? Let us know in a comment. (Sorry, nothing to win for leaving a comment. But it will honour mums everywhere!)
What food would you be, Fiona?
Hot chips, love them.
How weird are you? Rate yourself on a scale of 1 (not) to 10 (very).
7.
Now kick back and enjoy Fiona’s latest book trailer. Or go www.fionapalmer.com