Everything from Chopin to Usher, Gretchen Wilson to Def Leppard.
I adore Sam Cooke and tons of fifties music.
Billie Holiday and Loreena McKennitt are perennial favorites, but opera and medieval music both float my boat too.
Movies
Sense and Sensibility
A Room with a View
The Philadelphia Story
Notorious
Picnic
It Happened One Night
To Catch a Thief
Moonstruck
Bull Durham
Forrest Gump
Last of the Mohicans
Shawshank Redemption
Lord of the Rings
Steel Magnolias
All the Bourne movies
Television
The Office
The Mentalist
Fringe
Anything historical.
Anything on the Biography Channel
Books
Anything by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Judith Ivory, Lisa Kleypas, Teresa Medeiros, Stephanie Bond, Lori Foster, Catherine Mann, Julie Leto or Vicki Lewis Thompson. I read a lot of romance, historical romance, and mainstream fiction. I recently enjoyed J.R. Ward's vampire series and I love Tana French's work. I like historical non-fiction on the Middle Ages or more ancient civilizations.
Some of my all-time favorites include:
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD, Zora Neale Hurston
THE RED TENT, Anita Diamant
THE ALCHEMIST, Paul Coelho
THE NAME OF THE ROSE, Umberto Eco
A THOUSAND SPLENDED SUNS, Khaled Hosseni
THE TEMPLE OF MY FAMILIAR, Alice Walker
LIGHTHOUSEKEEPING, Jeanette Winterson
This year, I re-read Pillars of the Earth and loved it all over again. I'd like to re-read some other stories with a medieval flavor like The Once and Future King. If you've got any medieval-set favorites, please do share them with me.
Heroes
Devoted English teachers, fearless explorer of the unconscious C.G. Jung, Siddharta, our Armed Forces and my big sister, a pediatric intensive care nurse.
Joanne Rock - Author's Details
Status:
Married
Here for:
Friends
Hometown:
Wanderer
Zodiac Sign:
Virgo
Children:
Proud parent
Education:
Grad / professional school
Joanne Rock - Author's Schools
University Of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Graduated: 1995
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: English
Welcome to my page! Please do stop by my blog to read some of my musings on writing. My series "Setting the Story Free" is a practical guide through the creative process to help you turn a desire to write into a manuscript.
I'm a writer with thirty-plus books on the shelves since my first sale. A dear friend says I'm a Type A personality masquerading through life as a Type B and she probably has a point. I'm ambitious, but don't consider myself competitive with anyone but ME! I have high expectations and take a lot of joy in a job well done. As a writer, I like thinking about what makes people tick and have fun toying with all kinds of personality profiles from the psychological to the astrological to their birth order. I'm an INFJ and a Virgo with the Moon in Leo, a Scorpio Ascendant, for what any of that is worth. In color terms, I'm a Yellow. In the world of Enneagrams, I haven't quite figured myself out yet.
After attending the University of Louisville for a graduate degree in English, I wrote my first romance novel and haven't looked back since. I write sexy contemporaries and medieval historicals, but I like to mix it up sometimes and add a dose of humor and/or suspense.
Here's the official scoop, as in the back cover bio:
Bestselling Harlequin author Joanne Rock writes sexy contemporary romances and medieval historicals that have been reprinted in twenty-four countries and translated into nineteen languages. A Golden Heart winner and three-time RITA nominated author, Joanne has been recognized with numerous industry awards including a RIO (Reviewer’s International Organization) Award, a Beacon, and a Romantic Times' W.I.S.H. Award. A former college teacher and public relations coordinator, she has a Master’s in English from the University of Louisville.
Who I'd like to meet: *Anais Nin, the subject of my graduate thesis who inspired an interest in life writing and how we portray ourselves.
*Carl Jung to discuss the collective unconscious and his need to build The Tower at Bollingen.
*Eleanor of Aquitaine to find out what this fiesty queen was like in person.
*H.D., author of Trilogy, of which "Tribute to the Angels" is my favorite.
*A Druid from ancient times to reveal the mysteries of their culture.
*The Barefoot Contessa-- you're a hero, Ina!
*Readers, writers, poets, thinkers, medievalists, followers of Jungian psychology, history buffs, lyricists, artists, optimists, philosophers and anyone who is passionate about what they do and about discovering who they could become.
it's been a busy couple of weeks here....hope things are going well for you. enjoy your evening and have a fabulous weekend !!! if you get a chance stop by my page and have a look at the new images Ive put up.
Finally we are ready
to come out of our cocoon and release our first full length recording called
Moonlit Numina. It will be released the 3rd of October 2009. But in the
meantime you can listen to the three songs appearing on The Moonlit Single.
Now ALL of the books by Buffi BeCraft-Woodall, Including the Blue-Collar Werewolf books are available through your favorite bookseller, Barnes and Noble. www.bn.com
Swing by...take a look around...leave a review.
By the way, be on the lookout for the fourth installment of the Anderson County Pack's hunky alpha furry heroes in
Thanks for adding me! I hope you'll check out my horror novel COVENANT, that came out last fall in paperback, and my new book, SACRIFICE which just hit stores in May! My third novel, THE 13TH is out in hardcover now, and will be in paperback just in time for Halloween.
If you'd like a taste of my fiction, I've posted links to some of my short stories that are available on the web on my MySpace profile page!
Thank you for the add Joanne. Maybe we can get together on a book signing some time in the future. I have several novels coming out this year. God Bless. Thomas
Thanks for the ADD! I finished the book you sent me "Sliding into Home" WOW! I loved it! I am reading one of your older ones right now "Just One Look" really good so far! ;o) SMILES Thanks again for the book!
Hey, Joanne! Forgive me for just now seeing this...I'm such a dweeb when it comes to the techno/online stuff, I don't even know where to find some of this stuff.
But thank you, thank you for the kind words about my cover. I love it & feel very lucky, indeed. I'm getting totally spoiled by the color scheme, too! LOL
Online Now!
Thanks for adding me! I hope you'll check out my horror novel 
