1. If someone made a movie about your life, what would the title be—and who would play you?
   A: The Rollercoaster. Weird, I can’t think of anybody who would play me.
2. Describe yourself in three emojis. Go!
   A:😺 👻 🤪
3. What’s one weird habit you have when no one’s watching?
   A: Nothing.
4. You get one superpower—but it only works on Mondays. What is it and why?
   A. That heads will be cooler, work updates will be smoother, traffic will be lesser.
5. If your life were a playlist, what would the top three songs be?
   A. Rainbow Connection, River Flows In You, Time in a Bottle
6. What’s your “writer fuel”—coffee, tea, chocolate, or drama?
   A. Coffee
7. What’s the weirdest place you’ve ever gotten a story idea?
   A. None yet.
8. Do you ever talk to your characters? Be honest. Who talks back the most?
   A. Yes, Leona of The Haunted.
9. Which of your books would you drop everything to turn into a K-drama (or teleserye), and who would be the leading man?
   A. Catching Dragonflies With You. Ethan would be played by Song Joong Ki.
10. Ever cried while writing a scene? Which one broke your heart the most?
    A. Yes, Leona’s realization in The Haunted broke my heart the most as she was vulnerable and in denial.
11. If you could text your younger self just one sentence, what would it say?
    A. It’s a tough ride here so be strong.
12. What’s one quote (from your own writing or elsewhere) that gives you goosebumps?
    A. When Ethan said,”It has always been you, Myka. Only You.”
13. Which character you wrote would you want as your bestie IRL—and which one would you avoid at a reunion?
    A. Bestie would be Jennica from The Missing Woman: The Disappearance of Mary Ann Gonzalez because she’s smart and thoughtful.
    I would avoid Leona not because I hate her but because she’s a complex character.
14. What’s something people assume about you that’s totally wrong?
    A. That I’m a snob?
15. What’s your personal “plot twist” moment in real life?
    A. That aside from being an engineer, I am a poet and a writer. Some people just don’t believe!
16. If you were a dessert, what would you be and why?
    A. Chocolate of any kind because I’m everybody’s comfort zone and safe space.
17. What’s the most Reese C thing you’ve ever done?
    A. Multitasking.
18. “On tough days, I _.”
    A. write more
19. You can invite any three fictional characters to dinner. Who’s coming and what are you serving?
    A. Seafoods with Ethan as he is slow-burning, pizza pie with Rupert as he is always on the go and steak with Dave as he is always poised.
20. What’s your ultimate dream: writing full-time in a cozy cabin, running your own publishing house, or signing books on a world tour?
    A. Signing books on a world tour!

PS: Reese C is the side of me that’s soft but steady. She is the voice I couldn’t use before—when I was too shy, too polite, or too scared to speak. Now, she speaks for every woman who wants to be heard without shouting.