Rachel Hore Revealed
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. A tangled skein of writing, teaching and domesticity
- Q. What is your motto or maxim?
- A. Love conquers all
- Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
- A. It's always flitting round the next corner but you never quite catch it, then you look back and realize it was there, behind you all the time. While you ponder this, a lovely day on a beach with family and friends and dog and plenty of gazing out to sea will do just fine.
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. Anything that threatens my family
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. Lamorna Cove, Cornwall
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. Get that dog off the sofa now.
- Q. What do you regret most?
- A. Putting things off till tomorrow
- Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
- A. To be a brilliant pianist
- Q. What is your greatest achievement?
- A. Raising my sons, their puppy and their kitten
- Q. What’s your best quality?
- A. forgetfulness
- Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
- A. a mayfly - they live for the present because that's all they have
- Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
- A. untidyness and losing the car keys
- Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
- A. Get that dog off the sofa
- Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
- A. Time with family
- Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
- A. Angel
- Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
- A. integrity, charm, humour
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. Greek yoghurt with honey
On Books and Writing
- Q. How did you come to write Glass Painter's Daughter?
- A. I walked back into my own life of 25 years ago. That was only a starting point, for the book is not about me. It's about light and music and family and belonging.
