1.
I’m in love with Flynn Rider from the film
Tangled. Yes- I do know he’s a cartoon and that being in love with something
drawn with a pencil and then coloured in is weird, but in my head Flynn is a
completely gorgeous hero. Cheeky, dashing, just a teensy bit tortured,
devilishly handsome and spouts witty one-liners even when they in
inappropriate. I also love his voice, especially when he sings, it makes melt.
2.
I’m a complete tourist. I adore travelling to
far-flung places and soaking up the culture. I could have bought a
significantly bigger house with all the money I’ve spent exploring the world
yet if I could have my time again I wouldn’t do it differently. I mean, riding
through the jungle in Thailand on the back of an elephant tops another spare
room which would only get used once in a blue moon anyway. Who needs another
bathroom when they can snorkel between the Pitons in St Lucia and feed bananas
to the Sergeant Major fish? And why would I want all that extra housework when
I could get in a car and just drive through Death Valley? My favourite place- Disneyland of course!
3.
I’m a spice fiend. My favourite food is curry-
and not those tame sorts of curries wusses eat. Proper hot curries from India,
Pakistan and Bangladesh. Thai food is another favourite, along with Japanese
and Mexican. In fact, if I was ever marooned on a desert island, so long as
chillies grew there I’d be happy. However, my favourite drink in the whole world is a proper cup of British tea.
4.
I like spiders. I wouldn’t want to pick out
curtains with them or keep them as pets, but picking one up doesn’t bother me.
When other people are cringing, and screaming, I’m the brave saviour who
marches in and puts the wriggly, hairy little arachnid outside. I don’t even need
a glass to carry them in.
5.
I usually get all my story ideas in the middle
of the night when I should be sleeping by my brain won’t let me. It’s been the
same since I was a little kid. When I couldn’t sleep, I let my imagination
wander and often used to enjoy going to bed early so that I could revisit the
wonderful worlds I created sooner. A lifetime of casual insomnia has turned me
into a storyteller. So every cloud…
Virginia Heath’s latest book, His MistletoeWager, is out now!
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