Aloha! Let’s welcome today’s Fun With Dee victim Ashlyn Barré. Awesome to have you here Ashlyn!

 

An admitted chocoholic, Ashlyn feeds her addiction by writing sweet romances and finding new ways to torture candy-money out of her long-suffering husband. He wisely keeps her supplied with dark chocolate and diet soda (which, as he knows, naturally cancels out all calories and guilt).

 

Writing since childhood, Ashlyn enjoys reading as much as writing, photography, playing with her children (one should never grow up), and traveling.

 

So if you should see a dirt-encrusted mini-van with the bumper sticker “Will Write for Chocolate,” packed with happy children, a woman with a silent scream echoing in her expression, and a frightened husband holding her off with candy bars — wave hello to Ashlyn as you go by!

 

And toss a few bars of chocolate her way…

 

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40 Fun Questions with Ashlyn Barré

 

1. Where do you like to go to have fun? I’d say mostly in the mountains, puttering around historical areas and digging into the past. Anywhere there is nature and few people.
2. What were you doing the last time you really had a good laugh? Laughing at my kitten hanging 20 in a tree—sound asleep with feet dangling while straddling a branch. You’ve got to love a cat that can relax that much anywhere.  I grabbed my camera and finally took a picture of him this morning.  He does it daily!
3. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? Scotland, definitely.  My family comes from there and I’ve always wanted to visit.  Next would be New Orleans. I’ve been, and have wanted to go back ever since. 
4. What is your all time favorite comedy movie? Oh boy, that’s a tough question, there are so many good ones!  I’d have to say Galaxy Quest is one of my favorites.  I just love corny, and they do it so well. 
5. What song always makes you happy when you hear it? I think it’s called Da Ba Dee (or The Blue Song).  It has the weirdest video that goes along with it.  I annoy my husband and kids by singing it very loudly and off-key until it worms its way into their heads and won’t get out.  I’m just a wonderful person, aren’t I?  LOL 
6. What was your favorite sitcom growing up? I Dream of Jeannie.  Give me a blonde ponytail, a sexy resistant man, and some magic.  Who could want more than that?  
7. What favorite food puts you in a great mood? Crab legs!  Yum.  I don’t get them often, maybe once a year or even less, but they’re my favorite addiction.
8. Who’s the funniest person you know? Probably Chris at Rosa Romance Publishing.  It is insane when we get on the phone together.  I have to go outside to get a signal on my cell phone, and I swear the neighbors up and down the valley can hear me laughing my head off every time.  She’s definitely a crack-up, and a woman very familiar with the twisted way my brain works 
9. What is the first thing you notice in the opposite sex? Probably his face.  The smile, eyes, attitude, they all have to work together to get me to notice someone.  I don’t really care about the ‘model-type handsome’.  I want someone I can snuggle up to at night and who shakes his head at my stupid jokes and holds me when I cry.  What other measure of a man should there be?  
10. What music are you listening to right now? Nothing at the moment, but I was listening to my daughter singing Karaoke earlier.  Yes, I join in.  No, I’m not good.  No, I won’t sing for you. No matter how much you beg. 😉  
11. How is the weather right now? Too bloody hot!  It’s clear, about 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and the yellow jackets are out in force.  Therefore, I am inside with the air blowing.  
12. What is the wallpaper on your cell phone? How fun! I LOVE this question!  My wallpaper is a short video of three of my four children, waving and laughing at the phone.  Everyone loves it and steals my phone just to watch them over and over.  
13. What do you have handy at your bedside? *blushing*  Is that something a lady usually tells?  
14. Grilled or Fried? Fried, baby! All the way.  
15. Are you afraid of the dark? Nope!  I’m a night owl and love the dark. It’s when my creativity and imagination come out to play.
16. Three things you cannot live without? I guess I’m going to show what a techno-geek I am: Computer, Internet, Cell Phone  
17. Favorite song? Everything by Michael Bublé  
18. What ONE thing would you take with you on a deserted island? It depends on if they had electricity, air conditioning and internet!  Just because it’s deserted doesn’t mean it has to be uncivilized. 
19. Favorite TV commercial? I have one word for you:  TiVo.  
20. What are the things you always take with you? Cell phone, camera pack (digital slr, lenses, charger, etc.), kids, husband
21. What did you want to be when you were a kid? I wanted to be a vet.  Couldn’t hack working on kitties, though. I like them too much.
22. Do you still have your tonsils? *turning eyes around inside head to look*  Yep, they’re still there.
23. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? Oh no.  Do people actually do that?
24. Which you favorite ice cream flavor? Rocky Road
25. If you were a crayon what color would you be? Bright violet blue!
26. Which are your favorite smells? Orange blossoms on the tree, jasmine on the vine, a roast cooking in the oven, and my little girl’s hair just after she’s had a bath.
27. Do you like people with green eyes? Absolutely!  My sister-in-law has green eyes.  We always attribute lucky parking spaces (ie: close to the front door) to her thinking of us. She has uncanny luck getting parking spots.  So we thank “Aunt Casey” every time we find a good spot.
28. Do you like scary movies or comedy movies more? Definitely comedy, although I love a good scare, too.
29. What is on your mouse pad? My mouse.
30. Would a fly without wings be called a walk? Would a writer without sleep be coherent?  If you find out the answer to either question, let me know!
31. Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them? They’re probably afraid the little smudge monsters they’re cloning in their might escape.
32. If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?  That’s a good question.  But if he’s cute, can anything he say with his hands be held against me? I’ll do without the court of law, though.
33. Why do they put Braille on the drive-through bank machines? For the blind drivers, of course.  Equality and all that.  I don’t think it bothers them a bit.  Now the passengers might have an issue or two . . . once they pry their fingers from the door frames.
34. How do they get the deer to cross at that yellow road sign? I live in the country, and we have deer running across the road all the time here.  The secret is the timing.  The deer lies in wait by the side of the road until an unsuspecting car drives along.  Then he runs in leaps and bounds, certain to be caught in the headlights with “that look” (they practice it in the mirror from the time they’re little deerlings).  You do realize the Secret Service has an undercover agency specifically made to run after the sneaky deer on the highways and stick up the sign as soon as they start running, don’t you?  No?  For shame!  Big Brother would be mortified.
35. What was the best thing before sliced bread? Pterodactyl Airlines.  My father used to fly with them all the time before I was born.  Great customer service, but the exhaust was horrible.
36. Could it be that all those trick-or-treaters wearing sheets aren’t going as ghosts but as mattresses? I think you may be on to something.  I’ve never seen a ghost with either a sheet or a mattress on, so it’s worth further investigation!
37. Why don’t you ever see the headline Psychic Wins Lottery? Because they’ve already done it. They just haven’t told you.
38. Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called “rush hour”? Sarcasm.
39. Do vegetarians eat animal crackers? Do herbivores eat vegetarians?
40. If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? It turns reddish-brown. But you only choke them if they refuse to work.  Then they have to go into rehab and get placed with Willy Wonka on the Oompah Loompah Island where millions of people watch their every move on television.     

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Want to find out more about Ashlyn? You can find her online at:

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Don’t forget to check out Ashlyn’s upcoming release from Rosa Romance Publishing, September’s Gold. Check Rosa Romance Publishing site for a release date.

Aloha,