CosVogEllGirl Wants to Know -- What Kind of Writer Are You?

We’ve all seen them, all taken them, those quizzes in Cosmo, Vogue, Elle magazines that teach us who we are, but more importantly, who we can be if we change our ways, find our limits, secure our sanity by taking five minutes to choose A – B – C.

Today I’ve put together a little quiz of my own to show you just what kind of writer you are. Answer the 5 questions, and your true writer self will emerge.

1) When meeting your cousin at the airport whom you haven’t seen in ten years, do you….?

A) Know her immediately, give her a big hug, and welcome her with enthusiastic affection.

B) Look around carefully at the other people in baggage claim to make sure she’s your cousin before giving her a stiff hug.

C) Hold a placard up at the terminal exit.

D) Cry when you realize it’s your cousin ELLEN, not EILEEN.

2) Your husband/S.O. offers to go to the grocery store and comes back with nothing you put on the list. Do you….?

A) Say, “That’s okay, honey, I’ve always wanted to learn how to cook Brazilian Thai.”

B) Pull the stuff out of the bags, put it away, and say nothing.

C) Leave the stuff in the bags, and take it all back to the store the next day.

D) Cry when he says, “I couldn’t read your handwriting.”

3) You’ve just finished reading the latest best-seller all your friends have been raving about. It wasn’t all that. Do you….?

A) Find the good scenes and discuss those at your book club.

B) Pass the book along to your cousin, and when she asks, “How was it?” say “Okay.”

C) Go straight to Amazon and write an unfavorable review.

D) Cry because you know your book that’s been in your hard drive for 6 years is soooo much better.

4) At the gas station, fifteen minutes before a huge presentation at work, you accidentally spill gas down your leg and into your brand new $100- high heels. Do you….?

A) Stop off at the mall, grab a pair of new shoes and nylons before heading to the office.

B) Go into the Ladies Room, take off your nylons, wash the shoes, and head to the office.

C) Go to the office smelling like gasoline, there’s no time to do anything about it.

D) Cry. Now you won’t be able to return the shoes.

5) Your mother says she hates your new haircut. Do you….?

A) Say, “Don’t worry, it’ll grow out soon.”

B) Go into the bathroom, wash your hair, and style it the way you normally do.

C) Go back to the salon and have them give you a pixie.

D) Cry because you knew it was drastic and if your mother hates it, then so will everyone else.

If you answered A to most of the questions, you’re a CHEERLEADER –

No one will get you down. Not agents, publishers or your beta/critters. The book you’re writing is fantastic and when it needs work, you do it gladly because you know it’s going to get accepted and will be a best-seller. You’re on every social media site, have zillions of followers, and have done everything you know how to build that platform. Go YOU!

If you answered B to most of the questions, you’re a DOCTOR –

Writing is hard work. You know it and accept it. You’re informed and well read and go about the business of writing your fourth novel knowing some day you will be published. You’ve built a modest following on three social media sites, know what your platform is, and never stray from that. You’re not afraid of rewriting and revising.

If you answered C to most of the questions, you’re an ACUTARY –

You have no need for frills or friends. You only deal in facts. You write doggedly and determinedly, craft books by the bed for light reading. If you can’t get an agent to look at THIS book, you’ll write another. You’ve spent years honing the craft, memorizing genre guidelines, you know who you are and what you want – to be a mid-list author with a guaranteed income. You have a blog with a few followers, and Tweet occasionally. You don’t have time for social media. You’re a writer.

If you answered D to most of the questions, you’re a MESS –

Take some time, do some research on writing and genre, grab some craft books, get on the blogs, become informed. Learn sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, find some beta readers, invest in Kleenex. Getting critiques, losing contests, and finding rejections from agents and publishers in your inbox takes a thick skin. If you can’t handle the pressure, put your pen down and walk away. Not everyone with a great idea for a story can write one.

Thanks for taking the quiz. So tell me, WHAT KIND OF WRITER ARE YOU?

The A-Z Challenge

Good Morning. I know I'm not around much anymore, but I had an idea for the A-Z Challenge that mostly everyone is participating in this year. I didn't sign up on the official roster, but I am doing it on my

http://annegallagherwriter.blogspot.com/ blog, so if you want to take a look-see that would be swell.

My theme is to meet my characters. I actually think it all came out pretty well, if I do say so myself.

I do hope you'll stop by if you have a chance.

Friday's at the Piedmont Grille

Quick and simple game today gentle readers...

What book would you like to see a movie made out of? Or a remake? (but the book had to come first)

My pick would have to be THE CHARM SCHOOL by Susan Wiggs. A coming of age story about an ugly fat spinster in Boston who forces her way onto a boat headed for Brazil. Set in 1851 it has all the swashbuckling adventure and angst of unrequited love, and new love I absolutely adore. (Almost as much as my dear Jane Austen -- but without quite so much swashbuckling.)

So what is your pick?

They Come in Three's

Okay, I promise this is the absolute last one I'm going to take (at least for awhile now). I received the Soulmate Award from Christi over at A Torch in the Tempest.
It's an interesting award and given to people who "get you". So I have to give it to people who "get me."

Rules are simple:
Five Recipients.
Make up something (not too mean) about the people you give the award to.
Link to the people you give it to.
Link back to the original award post here.


Sarah Jayne Smythe at Writing in the Wilderness who really is a very famous British actress trying to stay out of London for fear of bringing up that old scandal.

Nicole Ducleroir at One Significant Moment in Time who has tattoos all over her back she got on her travels around the world.

Lola Sharpe at Sharp Pen/Dull Sword who once headlined the show-stopping song in the Barry Manilow extravaganza in Vegas.

Erin Kunhs at Musings of a Writer Chick Living in Paradise isn't really picking up her grandmother's car in Ohio this week, she's really taking Santa's reindeer over to Yellowknife for their annual summer vacation.

Sarah Ahiers at Falen Formulates Fiction who is the newest owner of the Vlad Dracule Castle in Romania.

The fun in this is to see who really gets you, me, each other, everyone else. I hope you all play. And whoever finds out who I really am and tells me wins. (I can't give you anything for the win except kudos and congrats.)

I also want to say Thank You and Welcome to a whole bunch of new gals who became my friend over the last week. Tamara, Suzette, Christine D., Mia, B.Miller, Tess and Jennifer. I've got a buffet set up in the dining room with coffee and danish, chocolate, (but you'll have to fight Steena for it) and other little munchie things. Have some caffeine, a gnosh, grab a chair, browse around, make a comment. We're all friends here.

And the biggest news of all-- Sarah at Falen Formulates Fiction is having a contest for having 100 followers but it's not just any contest, it's a WRITING contest. How much fun is that? And the prizes are fantabulous awesome so go now and grab your prompt -- oh yes, a prompt -- and write your little fingers off.

Okay I think I'm done now. Have a great day/week and I promise no more award posts.