Blog Tour and Giveaway with the magnificent Michelle Muckley

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Curious about Michelle's work?  Check out this awesome character interview!

What is your full name?

My name is Elizabeth Green.  I don’t have a middle name.

Where do you live?

 I live in a small fishing village by the sea, called Haven.  I have lived here for about four years now.  We renovated a cottage that stands up on a cliff top.  The view from here is spectacular, and you can see the whole bay and all of the quaint shops and artist studios from my garden. 

What would you say are your greatest strengths?  Weaknesses?

Well, people always said I was very strong minded.  Graham, my husband, he said that that was one of the reasons that he married me.  Lately, I haven’t felt so strong.  Not since we left the city.  It’s been a hard four years.

Who is your best friend and why?

I don’t really keep in touch with my friends in the city much.  I don’t go back very often, it’s too difficult, but I speak to them on the phone every now and then.  Their lives seem so chaotic and different to mine now, and it is hard to remember why I loved the busy city life so much.  Now I spend most of my free time alone, or with Nancy.  She is an artist and owns a gallery which overlooks the bay.  She is really nice, and we spend time together, but there are certain things that she doesn’t know. 

Graham is the person I am closest to.  He has been there through everything.  He has been a great support.  He didn’t even object when I told him that we had to leave the city.

If you could be anything other than a designer what would you be and why?

When I worked in the city I had a great job in a huge company and the prospects were really good.  I got promoted a couple of times, and ended up mainly applying myself to web design.  When we moved to Haven, it was fairly easy to start working from home, building other peoples websites.  Although I guess in some way I miss the drive of working in a big company.   I always thought it would be fairly exciting to be a safari photographer.  I would have missed my family too much, though.

If you could be any other character, who would you be and why?

I’d be Graham.  He always totally has it together. 

What is your favorite book and why?

I don’t read books.  I read the newspaper.  I love it.  I read it every week, and especially love the local press.  I like the announcement pages.  It reminds me of my childhood when my sister and I used to sit with our mum and eat jam sandwiches whilst leaving sticky marks all over the pictures  of bride and grooms.  Rebecca, that’s my sister, would always snatch it from me because she was the eldest and she could read better before me.   I miss those times.  I miss them both.  It’s really hard without them.

If you could take a vacation anywhere, where would you go?

That’s easy.  I’d go to the past.

What do you think of your author?

She’s quite thoughtful, but she seems to like making things harder for me.  I think she understands my problems, and my point of view.

If you were on Escaping Life Survivor, which character would win?  Who would be voted off first?

My first thought was that Barry would get voted off first, because he is kind of geeky and people wouldn’t think he would make good television.  But on second thoughts I think Helen would get voted off first.  She is actually really nice when you get to know her, but she comes across as a bit stuffy and snobby so I don’t think people would warm to her.  She would probably agree with me.

David and Graham would be in the final.  Davis is Helen’s husband.  He is a typical A-type personality.  He’s a lawyer, like Graham.  But Graham isn’t as competitive.  David is kind of a loveable idiot, but I know he would win.  Just don’t tell Graham I said that.