Cat Johnson Braves Doll Lil’s Word Association Challenge!

I’m just your average bookworm who likes to spend an embarrassing amount of time in make-believe places.

I’ve had many jobs from construction (I can drive a backhoe, tar and shingle a roof, and frame out a house) to waiting on tables, threading film through a projector, managing horse farms, and selling men’s underwear (a talent, I tell you!).

In the writing world, I’m a 2010 double RITA finalist, a three-time RWA Golden Heart finalist, and a recipient of an NC Arts Council Fellowship grant in Literature

WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST FEAR?

KK: Losing my children.

WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT STATE OF MIND?

KK: Pretty relaxed. It’s morning and it’s a business day for me (answering emails, interview Qs, updating website, etc).

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE OCCUPATION OR WAY OF SPENDING TIME?

KK: Reading. No, sleeping.

WHICH LIVING PERSON DO YOU MOST ADMIRE?

KK: My mom.

WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE FICTIONAL HERO?

KK: Harry Potter.

WHO ARE YOUR REAL-LIFE HEROES?

KK: My mom and sister.

WHAT IS YOUR MOST TREASURED POSSESSION?

KK: The books handed down to me from my grandparents.

WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU HAPPIEST?

KK: Riding my horse when I was a kid.

WHAT IS YOUR MOST OBVIOUS CHARACTERISTIC?

KK: My quiet nature.

WHAT IS THE TRAIT YOU MOST DEPLORE (HATE) IN YOURSELF?

KK: Stressing over things I can’t change.

WHAT IS THE TRAIT YOU MOST DEPLORE IN OTHERS?

KK: Unkindness

WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST EXTRAVAGANCE?

KK: Hmmm. Obviously I’m not a big spender since I’ve been sitting here for a while trying to think of something! I tend to spend money on my kids or books or things that are needed. I don’t think I’ve ever dropped a lot of money on an extravagant item. Maybe I should. But can’t think of anything, LOL!

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE JOURNEY?

KK: The one that takes me upstairs to my bed. :)

WHAT DO YOU MOST DISLIKE ABOUT YOUR APPEARANCE?

KK: The new wrinkles that have popped up the last couple years.

WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE MOST OVER-RATED VIRTUE?

KK: Can a true virtue be over-rated?

ON WHAT OCCASION DO YOU LIE?

KK: When I don’t ‘feel’ fine, but I say I am anyway.

WHICH WORDS OR PHRASES DO YOU MOST OVER-USE?

KK: Yeah. Okay.

IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOURSELF, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

KK: The aging process.

WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT?

KK: My children.

WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE?

KK: Anywhere my family is. (But, if they were in a castle that would be great!)

WHAT IS THE QUALITY YOU MOST ADMIRE IN A MAN?

KK: Integrity

WHAT IS THE QUALITY YOU MOST ADMIRE IN A WOMAN?

KK: Same. Integrity.

WHAT IS IT YOU MOST DISLIKE?

KK: Mob mentality.

WHAT DO YOU VALUE MOST IN YOUR FRIENDS?

KK: Their ability to not de-friend me when I go into Deadline Hermit mode. Their support and love.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO DIE?

KK: I don’t want to die. I want to live forever. But I guess if I had to go it would be when I’m old and pass peacefully in my sleep.

IF YOU WERE TO DIE AND COME BACK AS A PERSON OR AN ANIMAL, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE?

KK: I think I’d be just another woman trying again at this thing called life.

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO (WORDS YOU LIVE BY OR THAT MEAN A LOT TO YOU)?

KK: ‘Just when the catepillar thought the world was over, she became a butterfly’. This reminds me that even in my darkest hours, there is always hope, and not to give up because what comes out of darkness can be beautiful and can make me a stronger person.

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