#FridayFeeling Music Playlist

Happy #FridayFeeling dance y'all!

Today I'm going to be sharing a playlist of my favorite songs in the hope that it uplifts your Friday spirits & get's you pumped about the weekend.

***NEW UPDATE: Rock Music has and will always be my FAVORITE genre of music. I love love listening to alternative, heavy metal & classic. Linkin Park is my all time favorite band in the world. On the same level as JK Rowling being my all time favorite author! I grew up with them. But I still do enjoy normal people music with great beats and awesome lyrics. Below is a current playlist of what I'm enjoying listening to on a Friday.

“Fridays are the hardest in some ways: you’re so close to freedom.”
― Lauren Oliver

1. Calvin Harris - Feel So Close

This song was played in Vampire Diaries Season 4 Episode 4, Damon and Elena dancing. Then again on Teen Wolf, I think in the first episode. It's one of my absolute favorites! I love the vibe and the way you can dance to this.

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGghkjpNCQ8


2. The Bloody Beetroots & Greta Svabo Bech - Chronicles of a Fallen Love (Official Video)

This song was played in Teen Wolf  season 3, episode 16. I fell in love with the melody & Greta Svabo Bech singing in it. I listen to it almost everyday in the morning to get me motivated.

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW0AuyCTBkU

3. Joe Louis, Dominic Neill - Better Day

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFJQeUklGrg

4. Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDxJlW6cxRk

5. Crazy White Boy - Something New ft. Julia Church

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2ErZ8sxur8

6. Sia - Cheap Thrills (Performance Edit)

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31crA53Dgu0

7. Fifth Harmony - Work from Home ft. Ty Dolla $ign

I love love the message of this song! and lucky number 7 is my favorite number haha

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GL9JoH4Sws

8. Kungs vs Cookin’ on 3 Burners - This Girl

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y6Nne8RvaA

9. Isle of Skye - Guilty ft. 2Lee Stark

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e1Hn3u-XRY


10. Perfect Illusion - Lady Gaga

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB94lvJbETE

It's her first proper pop single in nearly three years.
Lady Gaga finally released “Perfect Illusion,” her brand new single from an upcoming, as-yet-untitled fifth album on Friday morning.

“Perfect Illusion” is available on iTunes, Apple Music, Google Play,Amazon and Spotify.

11. Shere Khan: Theo James~ Skin

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byk_RjnorLc




Did you know? Theo James of the Divergent & Underworld fame can sing!

Theo was the frontman of band Makora, before becoming singer and guitarist for the band Shere Khan.

I really enjoy his band's unique sound & lyrics. 

Check out this awesome second track too,

Straight up - Theo James

****NEW****

12. DJ Qness - My World ft. Kyle Deutschf

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHI0ac1hP-4

13. Young Guns - Rising Up

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK7kOW3a3F8

14. Sick Puppies - You're Going Down

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liW-kWFiXtQ
Yeeeeeeahhhhh!!! Some rock thrown in here. 

15. Sir Vincent & Lauren - Nirvana ( Official Music Video )

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liW-kWFiXtQ

Lovin' the women's chorus here, so soothing.

16. TiMO ODV - Make You Love Me ft. Rykif

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liW-kWFiXtQ

Wooohooo!! Probably my favorite song currently. It has such an sick beat, just pumps you up for the weekend!! TIMO delivers again. The best part? is that their from my homeland, South Africa. Kempton Park, Gauteng to be exact.

Which is your favorite?

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Movie Tag: SendCake Films

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It's the start of a new week & I know that we could all use some great #MondayMotivation and a good laugh.
Watch one of my all time favorite motivational songs

Feeling more confident to tackle the day, even the week now, don't ya?

Awesome, thanks to Akasha Garnier who graced us with the first brilliant Movie Tag here on the blog, I was able to meet the outstandingly talented Andy of SendCake Films or as I like to call him, "Goose" :-)

His journey is simply awe-inspiring and filled with golden nuggets. ENjoy!

Meet Andy of SendCake Films

Andy’s voice makes him sound like he should be on a US TV drama series - where that Englishman is the evil villain driving a Jaguar. In the real world, he’s not a villain. Andy is fanatical about filmmaking, writing and photography, but would still quite like that Jag. He trained as a teacher and started writing a novel in the middle of his finals at university, when he couldn’t sleep. Eventually Andy moved to London for a job and took up photography. He wrote his first full-length screenplay over the course of about 7 years. While waiting for feedback on that script he got bored and decided to write and direct a short film… and so his filmmaking obsession was born.

Andy is really proud of the work he’s done with photography, where he focuses on performance and portrait work. He’s has had photographs published in various national newspapers, photography and life style magazine, theatre programs and websites. When Andy moved towards filmmaking he teamed up with the photographer who taught Andy everything he knows about taking a great photo. That photographer became Andy’s DoP for two shorts. The brief Andy gave him was ‘I want that feel and style and look you give your photographs, but moving.’ The results were fantastic. At that point Andy realized that as long as you can surround yourself with experts with a ‘can do’ attitude, you can probably do anything you set your heart on.

Andy acknowledges he really is only at the start of his adventures in filmmaking. He continues to write, produce and direct and has also started working with other writers, offering feedback and advice on their screenplays. People did so for him, so he feels it’s good and right and also fun, to pay forward the same favor.

Andy is slightly obsessed with cake. He likes to think he invented the hashtag #SendCake and #CakeJoy. The latter being what he gets from filmmaking, helping others and well… cake. The former actually now being his production company name SendCake Films.

·        What is the worst Apocalyptic scenario you have seen in movie/TV show?

The scenes in ‘Kingsman Secret Service’ where Samuel L Jackson’s character turns on the phone signal that makes people go nuts. The violence is Apocalyptic, if left unchecked. It’s terrifying. But the scene that really gets me is; where the toddler is locked in the bathroom and its nuts mother is trying to break down the door to kill her (in the style of Nicholson in ‘The Shining’). An amazing bit of writing.

·        What’s your favorite genre?

I call myself a film slut. I love everything. If I had to get specific and chose say something I’d watch on a Friday night - In film I love a good black comedy. On TV I am a huge fan of things like ‘Castle’, ‘24’, ‘The Blacklist’ and ‘Fringe’.

·        In what movie/TV series would you like to replace the main character?

Yikes. I’m not sure I could do that. If I don’t like a character it will be because someone wrote them a specific way for a specific reason. Maybe I’m not supposed to like them? I guess the only character I’d like to replace would be the beast in the fist ‘Jeepers  Creepers’. I’d never let the audience see it. The film’s opening is fantastic and scary and gripping. Right up till you see the beast… then it looses its scare.

·        Do you believe in happy endings?

Yes. Do I believe all TV or films need to end happily? No.

·        Which movie represents the best love story?

The last Toy Story film. Sometimes the best love story isn’t about boy meets girl etc etc. It can be about family and friendship, long-standing relationships and sometimes being able to let go.

·        Which movie was the Best representation of a book?

The Neverending Story (Die unendliche Geschichte) by Michael Ende . The book was amazing – the film just beautiful.

·        What do you consider a “binge-worthy” TV series?

 HIMYM (How I met Your Mother), Bones, Fringe, Dexter.

·        Do you get emotionally attached to characters?

Yes. Both to love and hate.

·        Do you get emotional while watching TV Series or Movies?

Yes. But if you tell anyone I’ll deny everything.

·        If you had to choose a main character from a TV series/movie to come save you, who would you choose?

Raymond Reddington from ‘The Blacklist’. It would be an action fuelled rescue but there’d be cigars and luxury at the end.

·        Who was your childhood Hollywood crush?

 Daphne Zuniga as seen in ‘The Sure Thing’ with John Cusack.

·        Which popular shows do you think are overrated?

Don’t hate me – Game of Thrones.  I turn over when it comes on.

·        Which movie/TV series centralized around one of your favorite cars??

Has to be ‘Knight Rider’ – who wouldn’t want a Kit looking after you?

·        Which movie do you think deserves a sequel the most?

Spies Like Us. If it could be as amazing as the first… which I doubt. I’m not a big fan of sequels.

·        Which movie would you like to see a prequel of?

Inception – though again I doubt it could be as good. Not a fan again. It’s normally only about making money at this point.. is how I feel anyway.

·        Which TV series would you love to revive?

"The Professionals" (1977 TV series in the UK). Just simple cops and bad guys lead by three contrasting characters. Great stuff.

·        What’s your favorite mythical creature / monster from movie / TV series?

The thing in John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’. First horror I saw when underaged. Scared the hell out of me.

·        Who’s your favorite director?

Paul Greengrass - Recently directed Captain Phillips with Tom Hanks

·        Do you prefer older movies or movies with a lot of CGI?

I don’t really mind. Bad CGI ruins a film, though. I think I prefer older movies – if that means story driven ones.

·        Who’s your favorite actor?

Javier Bardem. His acting ability is phenomenal. I’d love to write something for him one day!

·         Which Indie Movie is your favorite & why?

‘My First Mister’. A simple but real life concept-driven film, amazing acting, a story line you can relate to and no CGI. A wonderful example of what indie cinema could be like.

·        If you had just One message, One Golden nugget to share with other Adventurers/Writers out there. What would that be?

Stop planning. Start doing.

Quickfire:

24.  Movie vs. TV Series

Movies

25. Anime vs. Reality TV

Anime

26. Antique road show vs. Car show (Top Gear)

Car Show

27. Horror vs. Comedy

Comedy

28. Superman vs. Ironman

Iron Man

29. Charlie Chaplin vs Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey

Read this:

Exciting News from Andy:

We’ve just gone into preproduction on the film that took me 7 years to write, which is very exciting. I say we – the company who helped produce my first short – SevenSeas Productions in Canada in the form of James Highet is producing it and I am doing my best to help! I decided not to direct it as I think to raise the money we’d need to get it made, investors would need a more experienced director. We found a talented theatre and film director called Ian Hylands to direct.

It’s a British romcom called PhatNav. It’s about a withdrawn, shy and anonymous voice over artist (with the most heard voice in the world) who falls in love with a free-spirited heiress, who in turn is being pursued by a sleazy fortune hunter.

It’s similar in style to ‘Notting Hill’.

At this stage we have found couple of very talented actors for supporting roles, an experienced casting director in Canada (Tamara Shelley of TLS Casting) and a 2016 Oscar nominated producer who seem to be interested in helping us get the project going - which is fantastic. We just started looking for a lead actor – where the voice will be paramount – and other support cast. We’ve a big social media campaign planned, including chances to make some big decisions for us and to win days on set watching filming.

Overall – it’s slightly terrifying. But I’m trying to learn from my short experience thus far in filmmaking and surrounding myself by experts who are unconscious competent: Those who know what they are doing, without having to think about it.

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Bonus Question!

Thanks to a Brilliant suggest from Christine Tatum over at 200 Saturdays Until Paris

We forgot to ask Andy the most important question:

·         What is your Favorit Cake?

I love all cake... But chocolate cake. The gooier the better, would be at the top of the top. The top gun of cake.. The best of the best :-)

Though it's more the dream of the perfect cake of which my life is an endless search! Haha!

Made by Andy's wife for his Birthday

Chocolate cake, chocolate & jelly filling, chocolate fingers around the outside, chocolate icing on top of a layer of peanut butter M&Ms with more pbutter M&Ms you can see on top! Pure chocolate sugar rush!

~Be Kind To One Another~ Ellen Degeneres

Literature Tag: ☮Kathe Messina☮

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Only those who Dare to fail greatly, can ever Achieve greatly ~R. Kennedy

This WednesdayWisdom, I have the privilege nay the extreme glory to introduce you to an unbelievable author that I've met along my journey. You should see this lady on twitter, I call her the Gratitude Queen as she never fails to ensure her engaging followers are promptly thanked for their participation in her tweets. She's blatantly honest, hilariously witty, intellectually snappy & confoundingly amazing.

Kathe Messina is the debut author of a heart-rending memoir, She’ll Awaken. She is an ESL teacher, a recent university graduate and an inductee in two international honor societies, but has also worked in the hospitality industry, made a career out of motherhood and homeschooling, and was a care-giver to her bed-ridden mother. She wrote She’ll Awaken amid a chaotic family life and getting her degree. She has always loved writing, but kept it to the whimsical and only among friends. Following a life-changing experience, she realized that others could benefit from her story and that it might be the only way to move on. A memoir was born. 

Her goals are fairly simple – to practice kindness, to pursue peace, and to write beautiful words. She has learned that there are words for everything, and that when well-chosen, they can help and even heal.

1. What is your all-time favorite book?

Catcher in the Rye – I love everything about this book and its themes.  I only wish Salinger’s estate wasn’t hoarding the Holden character.  I would LOVE to write a sequel, but not enough to get sued for it!!

2. According to you, which quote best describes you as a person?

            “You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.” ~ John Lennon

3. What is your favourite English word, and why?

            “ubiquitous” – present, appearing, or found everywhere

This word feeds my devotion to my kids. Of course I can’t be everything to them or ‘fix’ everything for them either, but I’ll die trying.

4. What is your favorite word in your home language, and what does it mean?

English is my native tongue but German had a limited presence in the home. I’m partial to “liebchen” – one of a few names Dad had for me.

5. Being a blogger/author, what is the most difficult part about writing for you?

            #1. Time. As in all things, there is never enough to do what we want or need.

#2.  In writing my debut memoir, the most difficult thing was having to throw myself on the proverbial pyre to tell what needed to be told, to bare myself, and to do justice to the deep reflection.  I constantly asked myself, ‘How much is too much?’

#3.  In other writing, such as my (sleepy) blog, or on Twitter or Facebook, I don’t like it that I have to be careful about what I say on matters of opinion. Why? As my blog has more than once featured (http://wp.me/p5aByk-34) (http://wp.me/p5aByk-5d) there are people out there who don’t give a flying fu-la-la-la-la about whether they’ve offended ME!

6. What inspires you to write the most?

            #1.  I see myself as a teacher.  #2. Pain. 

No one likes it, but pain is what makes us who we are. The struggle against it refines us and, hopefully, reveals better versions of ourselves than the empty shells we might otherwise be if everything were easy.  If we have learned anything from our struggles, we ought to share it with others. This is why I write.

7. What is your favourite song?

            Tough to choose just one, but here goes … from 1977, Sentimental Lady ~ Bob Welch

8. What image/experience/memory do you instantly think of when hearing your favourite song?

I’m a child of the 70s so that song takes me back to summers back home, hanging out by the local pool with friends. I was born a sun junkie!

9. In how many languages can you write?

            Unless ‘dufus’ is a language, just English.

10. If you had to MAKE UP/INVENT one word, what would it be? And what would that word mean?

            Done it!  If anyone else claims to have invented this one, I am unaware.

            “Confuckulated”…yup…it ain’t pretty but it is perfect for when stuff is totally jacked up!

11. Make a sentence containing the following words: Three, Birds, Sauce, Hug, and Gay (as in happy)

A hug to the ear, and the sauce of life is the three-fold delight of birds singing - tuneful, winsome, and gay.

12. Assign your own meaning to the following made-up words:

Bugalhet – n. of or pertaining to annoyance from auditory input (e.g. His droning oratory was bugalhet to her ears)

Wiftigious – adj. something pleasant in an olfactory way (e.g. As he moved in to kiss her neck, he was caught by the wiftigious symphony of her hair and her perfume)

Doraning – v. the practice of vetting callers to one’s home through use of a peep-hole in the door (e.g. Her paranoia was evident in the incessant doraning every time her door-bell rang)

13. What word rhymes best with Sugar?

I’m going to say “her” in a poetic use …

            ‘C’mon, Baby, give Daddy some sugar’

            His words were cast to deliberately hook her. 

            (Stay tuned … an epic erotic series just blew into my melon!)

14. Sum up your experience of The Blog Tag in one rhyming sentence.

N/A – not yet a member

Doing this tag for AlfonsoWords, however, was a pleasure because, well … he’s such a doll!!

15. Who is your favourite character from a book? Why him/her?

Holden Caulfield of Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye is my favorite literary character.  He is me in the struggle to reconcile an idealized view of how people should be, with the phony behaviour they exhibit so reflexively.

16. Have you written any books? Tell us about it/them.

My debut memoir is about to drop (I know I’ve been saying that for what seems like a long-ass time, but I just couldn’t let this chunk of my heart and soul be rushed out until it was as perfect as I could control).

This is an account of my eleven-month relationship with a broken soul, ravaged by PTSD, but who presented as professional and romantic.  Our connection was so exciting, like a fairy-tale in many ways.  But as in all fairy tales, evil lurks, and there’s a lesson to be learned.

17. What would be the ultimate goal for you to achieve as a writer?

Anything I have ever written has been done with the compulsion to use the most beautiful words in the most artful way to convey the most touching meaning. Unfortunately, a situation has befallen me personally in which my writing needs to turn into income in the most urgent way. Nevertheless, I cannot betray my compulsion by throwing out a bunch of drivel just to make money. My ultimate goal is to overcome the personal situation by monetizing my writing, not exploiting it. After that, were I to put down my pen for all time, I could be satisfied.

18. Can you remember the moment you fell in love with words/literature? 

A precise moment, no, but I have vivid childhood recollections of Mother Goose Rhymes and other classics that my mother recited before I could read.  Here’s some TMI for you all … she would recite rhymes and stories while toilet-training me to pass the time while I was sitting ‘on the potty.’  Mom loved books, and gifts included books of well-loved classics as often as toys and clothes.  I remember my big brother reading to me, as well as learning to read myself in first grade. I devoured books from that time onward.

19. Do you have a good support structure while writing?

In terms of surroundings, yes.  My kids are older and don’t interrupt per se, although the confluence of schedules often makes extended writing time a challenge.  When I undertook writing the memoir, I confided in a very close friend who knew the story.  I needed his objectivity as I relived the events of that relationship.  He was my compass, and I am ever grateful.

20. Why is reading important to you?

There is nothing you can’t learn if you know how to read well. I believe this to be an axiom, and it was the driving force in homeschooling my children. One of the things of which I’m most proud is having taught my kids to read. I believe that reading is the infusion that makes us wielders of delightful words. When we open our mouths, we can build up or tear down. How can we communicate effectively, powerfully, and lovingly with our fellow man if we don’t take in the words necessary to do so? You simply can’t draw from a well having no water.

21. What is your most memorable childhood book?

            I have to name two – The Five Chinese Brothers & The Three Billy Goats Gruff

            These were stories I had read to me over and over.

OH! WAIT! I can’t forget my copy of Cat in the Hat. It had a huge mustard stain on the inside cover because I hid an unwanted ham sandwich in it. My brother has NEVER let me forget it!

Quick Fire

Poems or Quotes

Poems … love the artful arrangement of words

Rock or Pop

Classic Rock, actually … and Oldies

Handwriting or Typing

Typing … I’m super-fast at it and it is easier to share than handwriting

Biography or Novel

Biography hands down! Fascinated by real people and real situations whereas I’m so often disappointed by the direction of a fiction story.

Plotter or Pantser

Pantser and proud of it! I need words to flow, and a mechanized story just doesn’t do it for me

Traditional or Self Publishing

Self !! I could NEVER relinquish control of my words to anyone.

Reading alone or for Other People

I think both contribute to maximizing the learning potential of reading. Reading alone, whether for learning or entertainment, allows us to fully engage with content.  Reading FOR other people, whether that’s out loud for their benefit or reading what is popular with others or selected by others, provides a more limited opportunity to assimilate content but a greater social context in which to do so.  Nevertheless, I never read something just because it’s popular.  

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The Liebster Awards 2016

Exciting News, I've just received my first nomination, for anything, ever. Haha hey! That can already be fun fact #1 about me. See what I meant about amazing people? I joined this awesome community of world-wide bloggers in Feb 2016 & I cannot tell you how many bright lights I have met who not only share their knowledge and voice with the world but they help others to do the same. The whole Blogosphere is absolutely its own world and what a world it is.

Errin Krystal has nominated me for the Liebster Award 2016. I'm so overjoyed and honored by this, Thank You Errin! You rock.

www.bohemianwanderland.com

So being a newbie at all of this, I of course had to research what exactly the Liebster Award really is.
Which can be found via Jack Henry on this Blog Post

The rules of this award include

• Sharing 11 facts about you
• Answering 11 questions by the blogger that nominated you
• Nominate up to eleven wonderful bloggers and write eleven questions for them to answer.

I'm going to do the Questions first so that I won't duplicate anything in the facts.

#1. What is your favorite movie/book quote?

• Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Alkaban - Quote by Albus Dumbledore

#2. When did you first begin to take yourself seriously as a writer?

• Most of my formative years were spent in the throes of Love and then out of it and back in again. My writing was mostly for them. It was only till this very year on the morning of 4th of February 2016, when I finished my very first Novel that it truly dawned on me. I could do this! I could be a writer. What a glorious epiphany that was. 

#3. If you could live in any time period what would it be? Why?

• The Future, preferably 100 years from now. I do enjoy reading novels set in past times, I just doubt I would survive there, accustomed as I am to technology. I would love to see what the future looks like. 

#4. Plotter or Pantser?

• Hahaha Well I've only written the one book so far and that was all panster. I started out with only One Scene in my head! My other novel ideas have dedicated folders and excel spreadsheets, where I compile my research & notes as I go along. But for all intents & purposes, especially with my blog. I am a panster. 

#5. Favorite movie?

• Recently, my favorite movie of the lot of them is The Fault in Our Stars. Such brilliantly fresh dialogue, unbelievable acting & an utterly beautiful storyline. "Pain demands to be Felt!"

#6. Whats your guilty pleasure?

• Binge watching TV Series, it just provides the kind of mind-numbing I need after a hectic week. I can zone out and just watch. 

#7. Three things you cannot live without?

• WiFi/Internet, Pizza & my Family

#8. Vampire or Werewolf? 

• I'm partial to the immortality of a Vampire but I would be more likely to be a Hybrid. Half Vampire, Half Lycan. Like Michael from The Underworld series. 

#9. Do you believe in aliens?

• Yes! So much so that I've got a novel idea on them in the works. There's so much out there we do not yet know. 

#10. Whats your funniest memory?

• I have a terrible memory so recently it has to be watching the movie Grown Ups, I hadn't laughed that had & that long in forever. It was just too entertaining. They brought back the heart of comedy for me. 
• Then there was playing with the BB8 toy at the office. You use a downloadable app to control the droid and its endless fun. Pure enjoyment. 

#11. Sweet or Savory?

• Hahaha I'm Indian so my ancestors would cringe if I say sweet. It's more like Savory for our dinner time foods like curry & sweet for desserts like milk tart. 

That is truly enough about me, but here's where you can find facts about me:

1. The Literature Tag: What does it mean to be a Writer?
2. The Directors Seat by AlfonzoWords

I'm not 100% on the rules so I'm nominating based on the blogs I read every week without fail. They inspire me and deliver such brilliant posts. It's impossible to ignore. They are also very helpful towards bloggers.
{No obligations here, just sharing it forward. Either do or do not :-) }

• Melissa Kate
• Sacha Black
• Ava Jae
• Annelisa Christensen/ Script Alchemy
• Shelley Smidt-Booys/ The Deal Is
• Cassarica Nadas/ Amazeblog

Here are your questions:

1. What is your all-time favorite book?
2. What is your favorite English word, and why?
3. Being a blogger, what is the most difficult part about writing for you?
4. What inspires you to write the most?
5. If you had to MAKE UP/INVENT one word, what would it be? And what would that word mean?
6. Sum up your experience of blogging in one rhyming sentence.
7. Assign your own meaning to the following made-up words:

• Bugalhet
• Wiftigious
• Doraning

8. Vampire or Werewolf

9. Three Things you cannot live without?

10. How do you deal with rejection?

11. Who is the most valued person in your life?

NB* Melissa, I know you've done some of these in your Author Interview on Catching that Golden Snitch

So let me know if you're game & I will email you new questions. 

Once again Massive thanks to Errin Krystal for the nomination. Check out her awesome blog & come join us at her Facebook Group.

I can't wait to share the love forward.

loubiesandlulu.com

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Movie Tag: Akasha Garnier

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Ohayo!
~Happy Friday Dance~

You have no idea how elated I am to introduce you to my next guest. She's absolutely one of the most unique souls I've ever had the privilege of knowing. Funny, charming, beautiful, epically talented & so so humble. I love following her adventures every single week without fail.

Meet Akasha Lin Garnier 

Akasha first started writing Gothic stories to entertain her Halloween guests in St. Paul, Minnesota. She went to college in Minneapolis where the radio station nominated her to be Production Director and “The voice of WMMR”. Akasha enjoyed a wide range of musical influences from The Beatles, The Who, Prince, U2, Pearl Jam, The Replacements and house music. She then honed in on a show featuring dance music hosted with her honors’ writing classmate. Fortunately, the first PR proposal she ever wrote said ‘Yes’! Voila, First Avenue of “Purple Rain” fame sponsored her award-winning radio show. Akasha continued to round out her writing, PR and producer skills in alternative radio, event and video production, then travel from sea to shining sea.

Akasha’s proud of her work as a writer, producer, and actress; she balanced branding work as a writer and producer in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, London, Paris/Cannes, Maui and Hawaii. She excels at helping clients shine with 15 awards/accolades since 2007.

Akasha also enjoys giving back through her Promo Partners 

The main partner right now is The Who’s Charity: Teen Cancer America and her Italian family’s Fantastic Restaurants; Nando Milano 

As well as Helping people balance business and creative skills as amplifying their brand value. Akasha will celebrate the book’s release in a few select cities, and then finish negotiating her travel thriller series for release in best-selling book and film form.

Akasha was invited to write a motivational book based on her branding expertise, love of travel and ability to inspire with the right blend of business and creative skills: Secrets to Shine Through the Noise has a soft release June 27 with a large release mid-August 2016. Her travel thriller novel series will be announced shortly after that.

1. What is the worst Apocalyptic scenario you have seen in movie/TV show?

• “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” Poor CGI, villain and pacing. Awesome Wonder Woman intro…we want more! 

2. What’s your favorite genre?

• I love a wide range of movies from film noir and Hitchcock classics to gripping adventures like Star Wars, Indiana Jones and The Firm to timeless classic like Jane Austin and Shakespeare. 
• Do you believe in happy endings? Certainly. I believe in putting dreams into action and that hard work, planning and passion all pay off! :-) I believe love is looking in together in the same direction (not just gazing into each other’s eyes). [Looking in same direction inspiration by Antoine St-Exupery.] 

3. Which movie represents the best love story? 

• “Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain”, (“Amelie”) I admire the melange of Parisian adventure, love and hope. It also certainly helps that I had a summer in Paris when it came out so I saw it in French in Paris and La Rochelle (of Three Musketeers fame). (My French is good, but I am always striving to improve and continue to use my French and Italian languages.) Seeing this movie in French and the way it used locations to explore character and fantasy truly inspired me! I strive to use settings in a similar in my own novels and screenplays now. 

4. Which movie was the Best representation of a book? 

• L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy The book to film adaptation was a stellar representation of storytelling with vintage glamor, inspired performances, history, beauty and LA brought to life on the big screen. 

5. What do you consider a “binge-worthy” TV series? 

• Not a fan of binge-watching TV since I’ve so many writing goals to accomplish over the last few years. For relaxation, I prefer sailing, traveling, wonderful dinners and pairings, films and stimulating conversation.

6. Do you get emotionally attached to characters? 

• Sometimes, if they are well done. 

7. Do you get emotional while watching TV Series or Movies? 

• Yes. 

8. If you had to choose a main character from a TV series/movie to come save you, who would you choose? 

• The Dark Knight. 

9. Which movie/TV series centralized around one of your favorite cars?? {Herbie, Supernatural, Back to the Future… Haha} 

• “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” My first crush on Chicago, with intriguing story-telling and use of the city to reveal character. (I believe it’s a hot red 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California.) 

10. What’s your favorite mythical creature / monster from movie / TV series? 

• Mermaids. 

11. Who’s your favorite director? 

• Francisco Ford Coppola and Christopher Nolan 

12. Do you prefer older movies, or movies with a lot of CGI? 

• I prefer movies with great stories, settings and adventures that are not too predictable. 

13. Which Indie Movie is your favorite & why?

• "The Ususal Suspects” and “Memento”. Both are such a great ride for the audience! The films used character, storytelling and twists in a fresh way and invite us to see them again. I saw both of them at a formative time in my writing career, and love to see them again today. 

14. If you had just One message, One Golden nugget to share with other Adventurers/Writers out there. What would that be?

• Believe in your stories and plan for success. Inspiration is so important, but we do need to understand the field and our brand…plus do the work. :-) 

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