Top ingredients on any food product are the primary make up of that food. What top three words would you use to describe yourself, without using writer?

1) Mom

2) Funny, sometimes snarky

3) Introvert

We all have our odd and quirky traits that usually only our inner circle gets to snicker over. What is something about you we would never guess? 

That I’m terrified of tall bridges. Like…hands and feet go numb kind of terrified. LOL.

~that is weird, because Im terrified of driving over bridges, I have a reoccurring nightmare of going over one into the water with my kids in the car......UGH, I always wake up crying.

What type of movies take you down? 

I love romantic comedies, or anything with a mystical twist to it, but anything with animals or children will put me in danger of fluid loss. I have to think long and hard before renting any movie with a dog or other animal in it, because of course the dog is going to die and put me in a state of blubbering fool. Okay…Warhorse? Do I need to say more? I was hoarse and screaming at my husband from behind a pillow to “Do something, damn it!” To this day, just the thought of that movie gives me the shivers.

~I hate animal deaths too, Homeward Bound, when Sassy goes over the waterfall, epic fool right here with her bawling....or when Will Smith has to strangle his dog in I Am Legend, that was bad!

If you could go back and tell your younger self one important thing, what would it be?

To write down all the stories from my grandma and from my parents, because once they were gone, there was no one to ask about the family stories and they are fading on me now.

If you could pick a dream vacation where money was no object, what would it be? 

Sounds odd but a luxurious tour around Europe, ending with a photo safari in South Africa. That’s on my bucket list! LOL

~That sounds awesome, I would love to see Europe and then move to Ireland and pick up an Irish accent.

If you could visit a deceased loved one, for fifteen minutes, who would it be and why? 

I’d love fifteen minutes with my parents. If there was a way, I’d be there in a second.

Is there anyone you would be a total crazy fan girl over if you met them in person?

I WAS a total fan girl over Karen White this past July at the RWA National Conference. I would also be a complete geek for Jennifer Weiner, the author that first gave me the buzz to start writing. And Stephen King. Oh my god, I think I’d be speechless for him.

What is your favorite curl-up-on-the-couch-and-hibernate comfort food?

Nachos loaded with everything. Followed by Bluebell Pecan Pralines & Cream ice cream.

~Im coming over.

Do you have a guilty pleasure TV show? Do tell!! 

-Oh so many… We are a DVR addicted family. LOL. I don’t know what we did before DVR’s…I guess we missed a lot! That’s our entertainment in my family…watching our shows! Right this minute, I’d say my favorite is Castle.

~Ive never tried Castle, I hear great things about it. My guilty TV show is The Walking Dead.

Do you have a favorite teacher or mentor from your childhood that shaped you in some way? 

I had a one armed Science teacher who taught more philosophy than science, and an English teacher that once threw a paperback book at me across the room because I didn't read the material, who later became my biggest supporter… LOL. But my biggest influence was probably my dad. He taught me to look outside the box, to stare at the stars not just because they were pretty but because they are another world. He always made me think and loved brain teasers and riddles, showing me that what we see isn't all there is.

Sharla Lovelace is the National Bestselling Author of THE REASON IS YOU, JUST ONE DAY, and BEFORE AND EVER SINCE. Being a Texas girl through and through, she's proud to say she lives in Southeast Texas with her family, an old lady dog, and an aviary full of cockatiels.