Getting Proustian With…REBEKAH WEATHERSPOON – The Interview Series
Fit
Tamed
Sated
#WOCinromance
award-winning lesbian romance writer
unabashed Nicki Minaj lover
Rebekah Weatherspoon
and now she’s sitting down for some Proustian fun…
Getting Proustian With…
Rebekah Weatherspoon
1. What is your idea of perfect happiness? Pizza. And living near the ocean.
2. What is your greatest fear? I’m not telling you that. People could be listening.
3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? I am way too hard on myself. I beat myself up over the dumbest things, but I’m working on it.
4. What is the trait you most deplore in others? Cruelty. I can’t stand people who are mean to others just to be mean. Drives me bonkers.
5. Which living person do you most admire? My dad.
6. What is your greatest extravagance? Uh, not sure. I’m pretty cheap all the time. And pretty much everywhere I go is based on price and ease. :D
7. What is your current state of mind? I’m tired and thinking about what else I have to do after I finish this questionnaire.
8. What do you consider the most overrated virtue? European Beauty Standards.
9. On what occasion do you lie? When people ask me what I’m doing later or why I didn’t answer the phone. I’m an introvert who hates talking all the phone.
10. What do you most dislike about your appearance? My back fat.
11. Which living person do you most despise? Dick Cheney. Lena Dunham is a close second.
12. What is the quality you most like in a man? Honesty.
13. What is the quality you most like in a woman? Honesty.
14. Which words or phrases do you most overuse? “Like”
15. What or who is the greatest love of your life? Myself.
16. When and where were you happiest? At home with my parents or with my would be in-laws. I love being “home”.
17. Which talent would you most like to have? I wish I could draw.
18. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Nothing.
19. What do you consider your greatest achievement? Not giving up on myself.
20. If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? A bird. I would love to be able to fly.
21. Where would you most like to live? The Caribbean
22. What is your most treasured possession? My iPad
23. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Self-hatred
24. What is your favorite occupation? Being a romance writer.
25. What is your most marked characteristic? My voice
26. What do you most value in your friends? People who let me be me.
27. Who are your favorite writers? Beverly Jenkins, Alyssa Cole, Alisha Rai, Octavia Butler, to name a few.
28. Who is your hero of fiction? I’d have to think about that for a while.
29. Which historical figure do you most identify with? No idea. History books lie.
30. Who are your heroes in real life? My dad and my godmother.
31. What are your favorite names? Mabel and Lucy.
32. What is it that you most dislike? Turnips.
33. What is your greatest regret? Nothing. I’m on my journey.
34. How would you like to die? In my sleep, Notebook style.
35. What is your motto? Keep going.
After years of meddling in her friends’ love lives, Rebekah turned to writing romance as a means to surviving a stressful professional life. She has worked in various positions from library assistant, meter maid, middle school teacher, B movie production assistant, reality show crew chauffeur, D movie producer, and her most fulfilling job to date, lube and harness specialist at an erotic boutique in West Hollywood.
Her interests include Wonder Woman collectibles, cookies, James Taylor, quality hip-hop, football, American muscle cars, large breed dogs, and the ocean. When she’s not working, writing, reading, or sleeping, she is watching Ken Burns documentaries and cartoons or taking dance classes. If given the chance, she will cheat at UNO. She was raised in Southern New Hampshire and now lives in Southern California with an individual who is much more tech savvy than she ever will be.
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