An interview with Hope

All right, I finally filled out my own interview--yes, I interviewed myself...anyway, here are the results!



What is your name/blog name?
Hope

How long have you been part of LARK?

L.A.R.K. is my brainchild...so I have been part of it since before it existed.

Do you have any other blogs besides LARK that you would like to share with us?

Well, I have one, www.themodpodgeblog.blogspot.com , but unless you like crafts and especially Mod Podge you most likely won't find it very interesting.

Tell us about yourself—
I'm generally supposed to be anti-social but in real life I am simply like Elinor Dashwood(thank you Jane Austin for impersonating me when you wrote created Miss Dashwood!) --I prefer well educated, sensible society and that is hard to find! 

The most important thing in life to me is my Savior, Jesus. I love my family of two parents, one sister, two brothers, one sister-in-law, and two nephews, and I am never happier than reading a book with an animal next to me. I am very proud of my Scottish heritage (Free Scotland 2014!!!); have a strong affinity to anything history related; and am always in pursuit of something new to keep my mind occupied. On top of all this, I am generally considered a boring person by any who do not know me very well.

What are some of your interests?

I'm afraid I'm a bit too much like Emma Woodhouse in this case (thank you again Jane Austin!). I have many things that catch my interest but none that I am proficient at. First and foremost would of course be reading. Then, history, writing, photography, anything having to do with animals, crafts, fencing (sword fighting), archery, anything Scottish or Celtic, music, piano, violin, costumes,...and the list goes on.

Do you have a personal hero (Other than Jesus.)?

This is a hard one for me.There are many people that I admire for certain qualities but coming up with someone that I would want to imitate in many ways is very hard. Probably Stephen, from Acts 6 and 7. Ron Paul is another person that I greatly admire.

What is your favorite reading genre?

Historical Fiction without a doubt!

Who is your favorite author?

Oh my, what a hard question I asked myself...probably Charles Dickens though Sir Walter Scott, George MacDonald, Lois Lowry, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Baroness Emma Orczy would all be crowding him.

What is your top favorite book (only one book!)?

Hands down To Kill a Mocking Bird. I have never read better than that!

Do you have any inspiration to get published?

To me publishing has always been a nice little idea floating around in the back of my head for if I ever am in bad need of some money. I like the idea of writing books, and having them read by more than my immediate friends who I chose to email them to, however the hassle of actually getting them published, publicized and completely changed by the modern industry makes me shy away.

Are you currently writing a book or books? If so, would you like to tell us a little about them?

I have had numerous idea's floating around in my head, some of them for years, but I only ever gotten about 1/4 of the way through writing one. I stopped because I was getting writers cramp...yes, it was all hand written. It is called The Iron and centers around the mysterious figure head of a fictitious revolution whose  symbol resembles a old fashioned clothing iron. The book is from the eyes of a member of The Iron Circle (the brain of the revolution), Jeremiah (Jem) Partington, and is an account of the second attempt at a revolt, lead by The Iron, in this fictitious country. As the book progresses, Jem starts discovering some things about the leader's hidden past that raise questions for his potentially bitter future.