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Joanne Rock - Author's Interests
General
Music
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 Sopranos
The Tudors
Anything historical.
Anything on the Biography Channel
I'm a long time Simpsons viewer-- I like Monty Burns
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 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
Heroes
Our Armed Forces and my big sister, a pediatric intensive care nurse.
I'm a writer with thirty 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-three 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.
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When you love someone - you will do anything You will do all the crazy things that you cant explain You will shoot the moon - put out the sun When you love someone
You will deny the truth - believe a lie There will be times that you will believe you can really fly But your lonely nights - have just begun When you love someone
When you love someone - you will feel it deep inside And nothing else can ever change your mind When you want someone - when you need someone When you love someone...
When you love someone - you will sacrifice You would give it everything you got and you wont think twice You would risk it all - no matter what may come When you love someone You will shoot the moon - put out the sun When you love someone
Hi - I am almost done reading A Knight Most Wicked and it is my favorite of your books so far! I love the storyline and Arabella & Tristan are wonderful characters!
