12 Things about me that you didn’t know

1. I was born on St Patrick’s Day and I’m half-Irish but my mother named me after German Actress Anita Eckberg
2. I worked in the food industry for 20 years and that’s where I learned restaurant Spanish (Mas platos, por favor?). That experience gave birth to the characters in the mystery series I’m writing.
3. I have my father’s nose (thanks, Dad).
4. I have a smidge of Cherokee Indian blood
5. I believed in Santa until I was ten – then my cousin ruined it by showing me where my mom hid the presents.
6. I never believed in the Tooth Fairy or the Easter Bunny but I like money and chocolate so I kept my mouth shut.
7. I became intrigued with film noir when I was eight. They reran the old films like crazy on television when I was a kid. Couldn’t get enough of them. I believe I got my love of mysteries from these old movies.
8. I started reading when I was three or four. No one knows how or why.
9. I never liked dolls or toys when I was a kid – but books were another matter.
10. I wouldn’t know Iambic pentameter if it bit me in the behind
11. I once helped get an embezzler arrested (she took a deal unfortunately so didn’t go to jail.)
12. I make the best beef veggie soup on the planet.

Okay, so what about you? Any interesting factoids you’d like to share? I’m listening. 😀

Writer Chick

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