Five Questions: Hotel Solace

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Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing. . . . Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. E.L. Doctorow

1. Why do you blog?
Writing has always been my passion. It’s in my blood. I blog because I find it therapeutic. I blog because I love to, I want to and because I can.

2. Which author and/or book has most influenced you?
Judith McNaught, Shakespeare

3. Which three blogs do you most visit?
Forbidden Planet at: (http://forbidden-planet.blogspot.com/)
Whimsical Wonderland at: (http://pipnpixies.blogspot.com/)
My own of course, at: Hotel Solace (www.elvina33.blogspot.com)

4. Why do you read fiction?
Because it’s not real?

5. What makes you laugh?
Witty humour, goofy people, infectious laughter and babies.

Elvina (Princess of Hotel Solace) blogs at Hotel Solace, which can be found here: http://www.elvina33.blogspot.com/

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2 responses to “Five Questions: Hotel Solace”

§ S William Shaw on September 19th, 2006 at 6:00 pm

“Because its not real.” That is exactly why I read fiction. Good answer. I don’t care for fiction that reminds me too much of real life. I like to get away on an adventure.

§ richard on September 23rd, 2006 at 8:10 pm

Curious, to find a blog entry from Elvina featured here … but flattered nonetheless to find my blog mentioned.

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