Today, we have a QUICK & QUIRKY chat with Victoria Pinder.
Victoria grew up in Irish Catholic Boston before moving to the Miami sun. She always wrote stories to entertain herself or calm down. But her parents are practical minded people demanding a job, and Victoria spent too many years living other people’s dreams, but when she sat down to see what skill she had that matched what she enjoyed doing, writing became so obvious.
Here's what Victoria had to say when we asked her a few questions...
If money were not an object, where would you most like to live?
I just asked my fiance (husband to be this month) and he answered 'right here in Miami.' I am sharing because when asked why, it's because our families are here. And I do hate winters, a lot. When a Stark reminds us that 'winter is coming' I shiver from memories. So okay, we just made a deal with this question. We'll stay here in Miami, but move to the nice section of town. And we travel, a lot.
If you were stranded on a tropical island, who would it be with?
Well the fiance/almost husband better be there, and he would age like Clark Gable or Cary Grant, all dignified. Actually there is an old movie of Cary Grant stuck on an island running from the Nazis. Father Goose is the name. But let's leave the random children at home. (Says the one who wrote a book about chaperoning students and falling in love on the job.)
Tell us about the scariest thing that ever happened to you.
I was a preteen brat with the junior rangers program. The national park service took us on a camping trip in Acadia national Park. My mother was a chaperone. Ranger Billy Bob and my mom are trailing in the back. Mom is slow, so I left my friends and trailed back to be with her. We then became slower and lost the crew. We had no flashlight and we were mountain climbing. Mom, Ranger Billy Bob and I were now lost and night was fast approaching. We stuck together and soon Ranger Billy Bob let a tree branch hit his head, blinding him. We stuck closer together and reached a bridge made of a tree. It was an old bridge, but we decided to go across to get down the mountain. Ranger Billy Bob went first, holding the rails. I went second and mom went last. I made it across and turned around. Then my mother fell on the bridge and would have fallen to her death if she hadn't grabbed onto the rails and her butt fell onto a rock underneath. We pulled her back up. Down the mountain, I remember hearing drums and strange thoughts about indians and someone chopping my head off came over me and made me run overtime. I found out later that a relative of mine did get scalped at night. We finally made it down the mountain, but there is no way I'm ever camping again. Not without a Marriott.
What’s your most embarrassing moment?
Long question. The day I met sitting President Bill Clinton. As a high school brat, here I was one of eighteen teenagers about to meet the President of the United States. A nun who worked for the mayor of Boston lectured us on how we cannot bring up Monica Lewinsky or Paula Jones. So as a bratty teen, I raised my hand then asked, 'Can I ask about Ginnifer Flowers?' Another student hit me off the back of the head and I turned around. There was Bill Clinton. And the entire room full of the press was there for the entire thing. (Clinton never said a word and asked me about college and voting.)
If you were on a reality show, what one would it be?
I keep having nightmares of becoming Bridezilla. I stopped speaking to my sister for a year after her wedding , and it's not okay. I more fear that my wedding in June will be like the worst wedding in 4 weddings and my wish somehow is that David Tutera will show up and just take care of the whole thing. Is that enough? Weddings are a lot of work.
Which would you choose, city life or country life?
I've only known city life. I'd like to experience country life for a year as a test, but I have a feeling I'd be a city girl. I like options.
Victoria's most recent release is Chaperoning Paris,
a Contemporary Romance, with SoulMate Publishing on June 11, 2014.
Gigi Dumont never forgot how she walked
away from the only man she ever loved.
She’s a teacher who has led her students
to the finals of an international French competition to be help in Paris. The
night before the trip, the Principal tries to cancel the trip before he, in
turn, loses his job to her high school boyfriend, Sean Collins.
Sean Collins has survived cancer, a
divorce , and Gigi having aborted their child back in high school. He assumed
he’d hate her, if they ever crossed paths again. But he discovers she’s exactly
what he wants.
When Gigi and Sean are stuck together for
a week in Paris, Gigi feels she has lost all her control. How can she survive
her attraction to Sean? The man’s sexier now than he was back in the day, and
once upon a time, he’d had her heart. She finds herself falling for him, even
knowing forever is impossible.
Connect with Victoria in any of these places...
Website: http://www.victoriapinder.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/victoriapinder1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/victoriapinder
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