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Name:

Linda Dunn

Sex:

F

Home:

Greenfield (about 20 miles east of Indianapolis, Indiana)

Height:

5'5"

Eyes

blue/green

Hair Color:

Blonde. I don't care if it HAS darkened over the year. I am a natural blonde and I refuse to consider this darker color to be brown with golden highlights. It's dark blonde, damnit!

Nicknames:

None

Pen Names:

Linda J. Dunn

Favorite TV Show:

What's television? OK. I think I've seen South Park a few times but I really do not have a favorite television program. There's nothing I make a point to watch. I turn the television on when I'm exercycling and surf. A program's lucky to get 5 minutes.

Favorite Board Game:

What's a board game? Seriously -- I haven't done one of these in at least 20 years. 

Favorite Magazine:

Analog. New Scientist. Discover.

Favorite Smell:

Lilac

Favorite Salad Dressing:

There is only one: French (sometimes known as Western)

Worst Feeling in the World:

failure

Biggest Fear:

answering a question that wasn't asked. [I have a hearing loss and I've done this before. It is so embarrassing for everyone involved and especially when I've switched subjects 180 degrees.]

Best Feeling in the World:

seeing the end of a project

Favorite Things to do on Weekends:

Write. Cut grass. Landscape.

Favorite Soundtrack:

The one for the movie REAL GENIUS. I think it's EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD.

What is the first thing you think of when you wake in the morning?:

Damn!

You can't start the day until you:

Shower and drink a Diet Coke

Do you get motion sickness?:

Yes. But usually not during motion

Have you ever gone skinny dipping?:

No.

Do you make fun of people?:

Only if they're not around and there's zero chance they'll hear about it.

Roller Coasters --Deadly or Exciting?:

Death. I lost $5.29 in change last time I went on one.

Pen or Pencil:

Keyboard

How many rings before you answer the phone?:

First line: Ten. Second line: one. [The first line is the listed phone line and 99.9% of the time the caller is a phone solicitor.]

Future son's name:

I already have a son. He's David. That wasn't my choice. I wanted to name him Steven Austin. 

Future daughter's name:

Already have a daughter and her name is Tonia. I named her after a dog I owned as a child: Tony. Actually, it's just a coincidence but she's been upset since she found out about the dog.

Favorite foods:

Grapes. Peaches

Do you get along with your parents?:

Didn't. Better now.

Have you ever been convicted of a crime?

no

Favorite Ice Cream:

Vanilla. Anyone who lets me eat ice cream is taking their life into their own hands.

Croutons or Bacon Bits:

'll pick them both out

Do you like to drive?:

no

Thunderstorms -- Cool or Scary:

cool

What kind of car was your first car?:

A horrible American Rambler (1960) that looked like the vehicle Mork arrived in on Earth. My father got it in a trade. It had no emergency brake and rolled down hills backwards. It's highest speed was 60 and it was a manual transmission car. I still cannot drive a manual transmission car.

If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be?:

 

Favorite Alcoholic Drink:

Don't touch the stuff. It's not a moral thing. I just don't like it and my ex-husband was an alcoholic. You drink; I drive.

Who is your favorite poet/author?:

Lois McMaster Bujold, Maureen McHugh, Dan Simmons, Harlan Ellison.... what? Just ONE? Impossible. I need about 100 more lines.

Do you eat the stems of broccoli?:

Death to broccoli!

One pillow or two?:

One

Favorite Color:

blue 

If you could have any job you wanted, what would it be?

I've got it: Computer support.

If you could dye your hair any color, what would it be?:

I would die it back to the color it was when I was thirteen.

If you could have a tattoo, what and where would it be?:

No way. There's nothing in my closet that I haven't regretted buying. I'm not putting anything that permanent on my body.

Have you ever been in love?:

Will my husband see this?

What is on the walls in your room?:

Leftover pictures.

What's on your mouse pad?:

My mouse.

What's on your monitor?:

A Hedgehog, Dogbert, and Catbert.

Is the glass half empty or half full?:

Neither. It's cracked and all the liquid flowed out.

What is your favorite Snapple?:

What's a snapple?

Favorite Movies:

REAL GENIUS

Are you a Righty, a Lefty, or Ambidextrous?:

righty

Do you type with your fingers on the right keys?

Damn right. Only typist who can outtype me is some reporter named CLARK KENT.

Pets:

Five cats! Ah-choo. Boris, Natasha, Wilma D. Cody, Sable, and Ferrari. BC is trying to insist he's ours. Not true.

Favorite Type of Music:

Rock

If you could be one gardening tool, what would you be?:

My famous hoe: One that's shaped like a triangle.

If asked nicely, you'd admit to knowing about:

The Randall Garret Story

You can probably be bribed with:

Can't be done unless someone's cut off my Diet Coke supply.

What is under your bed?:

Mine's a water bed. Nothing's there.

What is your favorite number?:

N/A

What is your dream car?:

Reality: Saturn. Someday I'd like to drive a Ferrari just so I'd know what it's like. Don't think I want to own one, though.

Hobbies:

reading, computer, gardening.

Toothpaste:

Colgate

Favorite town to chill in:

People go places?

Favorite Drink (Non-Alcoholic):

Diet Coke

Adidas, Nike, or Reebok:

Reebok -- black.

Favorite perfume/cologne:

Ha!

Favorite Web Site:

SFF-NET

Favorite Subject in School:

History

Least Favorite Subject:

History

What do you look for in the opposite sex?:

Huh?

What is your favorite sport to watch?:

Blah! Is figure skating a sport?

You would most like to be adopted by which Clarion instructor?: 

Would you believe Harlan Ellison? He has much in common with my father despite the height difference and I figure he'd have me whipped into shape in no time.

In the Clarion yearbook, you will probably be voted the boy/girl most like to:

die first

If you could bring only one reference book to Clarion it would be:

Fogg's book on terraforming.

No one would guess that you had written:

fan fiction

When folks get to Clarion, they should look for you. You will be the one:

rearranging the room