Call yourself a writer?

In lieu of content I offer a meme - I was tagged be the delightful DJ Kirkby

1. Which words do you use too much in your writing?
smiling, shrugged, grinned, burbleflipped and other 'actions while talking'.

2. Which words do you consider overused in stuff you read?
adverbs and adjectives. I don't need to know the horror was 'dark and coldly calculating'

3. What's your favourite piece of writing by you?
a short piece about the Four Horseman that I sell again every time the rights revert to me.

4. Which blog post do you wish you had written?
the ones that garner 10,000 page views and corresponding book sales.

5. Regrets. Do you have a few? Is there anything you wish you hadn't written?
I'd have liked 'An Ungodly Child' to have some publicity from the publisher, and another line edit before printing. I look back on some of the work I've had published and think 'that was rubbish' but if I hadn't written it I wouldn't be writing as well as I do now.

6. How has your writing made a difference? What do you consider your most important piece of writing?
I think it's brought smiles to a few faces. Nothing I write is important.

7. Name three favourite words
serendipity, contract, published

8. ....And three words you're not so keen on
profanities - they show lazy speech patterns

9. Do you have a writing mentor, role model or inspiration?
successful satirists - Pratchett, Gaiman, Iain Banks

10.What's your writing ambition?
I would like to earn enough as an author to pay my bills.
That was DJK's answer and I see no need to change it

I am passing this on to anyone who wants to do it

Enjoy your tea.

Rachel