Once again, I have the utter privilege to interview one of my favourite authors, QuietRuby. She just completed her first fic, A Matter of Trust.

This story is, I think, a ‘must’ read. It’s a wonderful light-hearted love story between Edward, a movie star and Bella, a regular school teacher.

Even though QuietRuby has trouble with her typing (see many typo’s in this interview) she has several heavy hitters as her betas and pre-reader, JAustenlover, AFMtoo and EMCxo. They must be worn out and I saw them celebrating on Twitter…happy to finally get a rest!

me: 10 (Countdown)

 quietruby: lol

 me: I'm still thinking of questions...

 quietruby: oh ok...lol

you are scaring me btw

 me: I come 'extra' prepared :)

 quietruby: what does that mean?

 me: Have to read your tweet...

 quietruby: oh lord

me: So...did you know that I screen capture tweets of my...victims...for weeks in advance...for ammunition?

 quietruby: what?!

  WHAT?!!!!

 me: I mean...subjects...for...conversation...yeah...

quietruby: NO! are you some secret underground thing

  ?  hiding

 me: Maybe.

 Actually, if you saw my notes...they're written in invisible ink...

 quietruby: LOL and i need a super spy glass to read them?

 me: Kinda makes it hard for me...have to go by memory...and that's pretty shit by this stage...

quietruby: lol

 me: anyhow...

 If you do not wish to answer a question...rolls eyes...just say "no comment"... rolls eyes again ...or some-such journalistic mumbo-jumbo...OK?

quietruby: ok. bites nails more now is everything going to be printed as in all my misspellings?

 me: Hell, YES!

 quietruby: cries

me: But I retain the right to edit as I see fit...switching things around to make things extra hilarious and embarrassing for you...

 quietruby: are you serious?

  so we should just play 'mad libs' then

 me: Hey!  It's my blog...

 quietruby: and what? you'll cry if you want to?

 me: …and I'll laugh hysterically if I want to as well...just saying...

 me: Okay...if that's the way it's going to go...

  I'm ready...

  Pretty much, we'll be lucky if we get say...5 questions in in one hour.

quietruby: oh god. seriously i am nervous

  lol how many q's are there?

 me: I have no clue...I wing it.

 quietruby: ok good me too

 me: I used to use a 'set' set of questions...but they got ruined by my 'hot' interview with Kiya Raven...and they got all wet...

quietruby: LOL. ok  was there lots of moaning as well?

 me: …and bewbie groping...so I'm used to that...if you wanna...

 quietruby: hmm, if you're good.

 me: clears throat

 Question #1:

 me: What is the name of your fic?

 quietruby: LOL! wow. a hard hitter.

 me: Well... you didn't read my blog...

 quietruby: give me the link?

 me: Are you serious? It’s way too late now…

 quietruby: honestly, i haven't been on the computer at all today. i'm very sorry!

 me: I don't have links at the ready...you think I'm some kind of tech wiz?

  excuses...

 quietruby: LOL, i was hoping and if you want bewbie groping, well...

 me: that'll def help right now...

  watiting...

 me: oopsie  that really wasn't an honest error...

 quietruby: oops. let me scoop them up

 me: ooohhh...playing rough are we?

 quietruby: LOL. no. i was trying to be gentle in my scooping

 me: Thank you.

 quietruby: i try  :)

 me: So.. I have been reading your story from the beginning...’cause I find that's the perfect place to start... and I've loved it. :D

 quietruby: Oh, thank you. I'm happy you've been with me this whole time.

 me: back to #1

  oh...wait it's #2

 quietruby: lol

 me: we're doing good...

  When did you begin to write and why?

 me: am I boring you?

 quietruby: Well, for a long time i wa sa huge TV watcher ...what? no

 me: giggling at your typo

quietruby: anyway, I used to watch a lot of TV and I started to get very antsy and had a story kicking in my head. I'd never written before, so i was reluctant to start because I am a dork. I told my hubs who said that I should just do it before another 20 yrs passed and i'd never done it. the thought of that scared me, so i started it with the idea of how they met.

 and leave my typos alone. they need love too sometimes.

 me: wow...that was wordy...

 quietruby: sorry.

 me: I thought my computer had frozen..

 quietruby: LOL. shut up

 me: Oh...what? You can't type that way to me!! I'm in charge here!!! stamps foot

 quietruby: L

  O

  L

 me: You're making my editing job vveeerrrryyyy difficult...

  Question #3: typing hard, angry

 quietruby: LOL…and you are making me laugh

  Are you hard btw?

 me: do your friends know about your writing...umm...excuse me? Not yet.

 me: Don't know what the hell you mean by that...

 quietruby: friends - as in real people?

 me: Yes.

quietruby: not just online folks?

 me: No.

 quietruby: yes. They don't know what and i have no allowed anyone access to my 'stuff'.

 me: Why not? Are you not proud of your work? Do you think they'll un-friend you?

  (that sounded funnier in my little head before it came out...sorry)

 quietruby: i am very proud of my work, but for some reason having people who i've known a long time read my story intimidates me.

  no, it's ok

 me: So..Twilight...when did you first a) read the book, or 2) see the movie?

  Crap -  always get a and 1 mixed up; or b and 2.

 quietruby: : it's ok. i know what you mean. :) i read the books in march 2009

  me: Wow...that was quite a while ago...

 quietruby: yeah.

  why? should i be over my obsession w/rob by now?

  i should, huh?

 me:  Well yeah, think of your children.

Have you always been on Twitter?

 quietruby: no.

 me: Well...I don't think any of us will ever get over him...gah!

 quietruby: he's too pretty

 me: Now you've done it... just had to mention 'his' name, didn't you?

 quietruby: what?  why?

 me: Just thinking...about him...

 quietruby: oh i know....looks off

 me: Lost my incredibly steel-trap-like concentration..

 quietruby: lol .  RP will do that.

 me: Whooo! fanning self

 me: Why does everybody tweet those pic's of him? I can never get off Twitter...

  Question: # ??

 quietruby: you don't get off when you see him? lol

 me: Well....

 quietruby: watch out you might ruin question set #2

 me: long pause

 quietruby: is that buzzing i hear?

 me: Too late. Ohh...you are...a naughty, clever girl

 quietruby: lol

 me: So mature for 21.

 quietruby: i am. i pride myself on my maturity at such a young, blushing age

 me: Pffttt!!

 quietruby: lol

 me: Where was I? ...you keep interrupting...

 quietruby: sorry whistling dixie waiting

 me: I noticed your status on this chat..."I get by with a little..." you have friend?

 quietruby: i do have A friend

 me: Sorry was having my dinner delivered.

 quietruby: i pay her well

  ooh dinner delivered!

 me: Aahhh...like I was saying...I've been watching you on Twitter...

 quietruby: oh god

 me: And yes...Thai!!

 quietruby: never had thai

 me: Honestly??

 quietruby: honestly

 me: You haven't lived...

 quietruby: i know

 me: What are you a hobbit?

 quietruby: maybe. i try to hide my feet

 me: Ok...I've seen you hob-nobbing with the 'elite' crowd of fandom... rolls eyes

 quietruby: 'elite'?

 me: Ok...I'm distracted...and hungry...give me a break...umm...royalty...

 quietruby: royalty?

 me: Wow...this is like pulling teeth...

 quietruby: lol

  did you think i would make this easy?

 me: Are you always this difficult with your interviewees?

  ers

  (I can fix that...haha)

 quietruby: no, not trying to be. not really anyway.

 me: Well...

 May I ask who your beta's/pre-readers are?

 quietruby: yep

 me: Ok...

 quietruby: lol

 me: Who the hell are they?

 quietruby: LMAO!! ok, i'll stop

 me: Don't stop...really..

 quietruby: JAustenlover is my beta and my prereader is EMCxo and AFMtoo does beta'ing for Brit-speak

 me: rolls eyes ...talk about name-dropping...

 quietruby: YOU JUST ASKED! sheesh

 me: I talked with someone last week...forget her name...who has the same ones...wtf?

 quietruby: are they elite and i don't know it?

  i know. some 'others' stole mine  eye roll

 me: Well...in my mind they are...I don't know...

 quietruby: i'm kidding btw

  JAustenlover and EMCxo do beta/preread for a few others

 me: I have not had a beta or pre-reader for my fic... whistles

  You have a lovely shade of hair... #randomfactimtryingtosuckup

 quietruby: thank you. what does this mean?

 me: snaps fingers ...Shit..that never works.

 quietruby: lol

 me: Have you read my story at least?  blinks eyes

 quietruby: dude. i have not read much of anything since i started writing. That's 7 months of no new stories

me: Awww...cry me a river...

 quietruby: sorry. my list of tbr is way more than a mile long

 me: Question:

 quietruby: i know! i feel v badly about that.

  yes

 me: How does it feel to have completed this story?

 quietruby: bittersweet

 me: takes a forkful of mango salad chews, swallows

  Oh...nice… I mean the salad...

 quietruby: mango salad? mmm

 me: Umm...that's kind of sad, yes? No? Are you relieved...or are you going to miss your characters?

 quietruby: I miss them terribly actually. i feel like i am forgetting to do something during the day.

  yes, sad, definitely, but feel proud too. i worked very hard on it i will say that.

 me: bite off spring roll mmmbb....

 Excuse me...

 quietruby: omg - you are making me hungry!

 me: Haha...

 quietruby: meanie

 me: it's sooo good...you should come over..there's this new place at the corner...yummm!

 quietruby: i may have to rummage for cereal now

 me: Nooo...not...trying to wrack my brain...what was the type your Edward liked?

  ...or was that your story?...ooops

 quietruby: lol, well, Bella was into Lucky Charms, so he got it for her when she came to visit him in LA

 me: Yes! I 'do' remember that!

 quietruby: lol  Edward wasn't really into cereal.

me: Why did you give yourself that penname? #random

 quietruby: it is such a lame answer

  well, one dark night... (trying to make it interesting)

 me: I should hope so... do you think my reader is stupid

 quietruby: i was trying to think of a name and since it was 'quiet' at that moment i used that and then 'ruby' is my birthstone

  no, your reader (singular) is not stupid.

 me: It wasn't a typo...

 quietruby: i figured  lol

 me: Do you think you'll write an AU story any time?

  That was a Question:

 quietruby: hmm...maybe. i do have an idea for one that is partially written that i may dust off sometime

 me: I'm sure you'd do a fab job at that...do continue... serious face

 quietruby: why, thank you. i appreciate that. smiles

 me: Question:

 rolls eyes authors...they're so gullible...easily distracted

...did you really think I was going to play 'nice' now?

 me: All right!!!

 quietruby: i meant 'hit'  lol

 me: Sure you did...

 quietruby: LOL

 me: What was your writing schedule like? furrows brows

 quietruby: places pencil in bun well, i would write whenever i could. morning is the best time for me but rarely do i get time to write then, so it's usually at night in the 5 minutes before i fall asleep

  but really, any free moment was spent writing

 me: Oh...really... sorry finished the mango salad, just in case you were wondering...

 quietruby: i bet it was tasty. too bad you didn't want to share

 me: And...what were your distractions...specifically... like husband pestering you for sex? Or cat barfing on the bed?

 quietruby: two humans 6 and 4! lol and a hubs, but i was usually the one pestering, no cats here. well, there is one....

 me: One?

 quietruby: whispers pussy -  lol

 me: ROFL...omg... my cat just a mile in the air...

  a 'real' cat...get your mind out of the gutter...

 quietruby: i can't. it likes to h00r itself around. it's really sad.

 me: geez..  no words...

 quietruby: lol

 me: You've stumped me.

 quietruby: sorry.  giggles

 me: Are you able to promote h00rs to Hookah status?

 quietruby: me personally?

 me: I'm asking....because I am apparently a h00r...and I want to become a Hookah.

 quietruby: i mean, i do have a magic wand, but it's never been used like that before...

 me: whimpers ..Please.

 quietruby: chants abracadabra zippty more...i wave this wand and POOF! you're a h00r!

 me: Wait...I 'already' am one...I wanna be a Hookah!!!

 quietruby: okay then...

  chants  abracadabra, shake and shookah, look at you now, yous a HOOKAH!

 me: puffed up my chest ...A.W.E.S.O.M.E.!!!!

  I've waited a long time...  for you...

 quietruby: snickering  and i you.

 me: I was just wondering (ooh...ty)...most of the authors I've so far interviewed have been incredibly witty people...even you...why is that, do you think?

 quietruby: yeah? well, thank you for that. um, idk. maybe bc our minds are in an imaginative place lots of time?

 me: Wrong answer...

 quietruby: and i like how you say 'even me"

 oh sorry, you should offer multiple choice then

 me: I mean...'especially'...you  rolls eyes  which are beginning to ache

 quietruby: lol. yeah? and stop rolling your eyes. i get that a lot. sheesh. why do you think?

 me: Well...perhaps it's the direct result of childhood experiences coupled with the fact that...

 laughing hysterically ...you seriously believe "I" would have an answer to that? That's why I asked 'YOU"...geez

  Who's doing the interview, anyways?

 quietruby: throws hands up well, how am i supposed to know?

  idk, who is?

 me: whispers I ask questions...you 'answer' them...

 quietruby: whispers back oh, ok

 me: So ...why did you have Edward and Bella "get it on" so many times? Do you enjoy writing lemons?

 quietruby: NO. i dislike writing them very much

 me: I don't believe you.

 quietruby: i didn't write that many lemons in this one.

  no really. i am very insecure when it comes to writing lemons

  i know some writers find them easy, not me

 me: Holy fuck! They did it like 5 times in 10 hours in one chapter...That's not a LOT to you???

 Your hubs must be very tired...js

 quietruby: that is, but i didn't write all the detail for everyone of them. and yes, he has often told me 'no'. lol

 me: covers eyes ...ummm. don't wanna know..

 quietruby: you 'd better take care of those ears too...

 me: side: my cat just crawled into the take-out bag...sooo cute...

 quietruby: aww

 me: So…

 quietruby: and stop - you were the one with the wet questions before

 me: (whatevah)  I do editing...js

Which Twilight book did you like reading the most/least?

quietruby: hmm...i loved eclipse

  thank god

 me: Just on mine...not yours...silly!

 quietruby: i like all of them really, although i skipped half of NM to get back to E glares at you

 I liked BD until i was totally scammed out of a lemon

 me: Eclipse? Have you bought your copy yet?

 quietruby: crawls under table no

 me: Me neither...am not allowed rolls eyes... they want to give it to me for Christmas...missed my birthday by days...

 quietruby: well, that's nice! and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

 me: Aawww...shit...why did you have to do that? I'm sensitive about it...

 quietruby: i know starts bewbie gropes again

 me: That's better!

 quietruby: we can talk rob

 me: YES!

 quietruby: lol

 me: What does your hubs think of the whole Twilight thing in your life?

 quietruby: um, he laughs at me actually and makes fun of rob. lol

  i changed a lot when i began writing

 me: You should go for the divorce...asap

 quietruby: LOL  i know!  nah, he's a great guy

 me: I changed as well...how did you change?  I think we might be twins...

 quietruby: lol  maybe

  i stopped watching TV which we did together and when i first started writing i couldn't stop. i literally wanted to do nothing else. it took time to find more of a balance.

 me: Me too!!

 quietruby: now, he goes to the gym, which is good and i write

 me: You too? Wow!

 me: IKR??

  I can't do anything else any more... they think I've gone insane...

 quietruby: me neither. TV annoys me

 me: Uh-huh.

 quietruby: hubs is ok with it all now

 me: Mine too… really ok with it... winks

  lol -  mine too

 me: I keep suggesting that all the thankful hubs in fandom should get together and form some kind of club...

 quietruby: OMG - they'd all just want to nap! LOL

 me: True that...

 quietruby: but yes, hubs should be v thankful not only to SM, but to many writers round here

 me: Abso-fucking-lutely (literally)

 quietruby: LOL

 me: Do you have fave authors in fandom?

 quietruby: yes.

 me: (now's the time for rec'ing)

 quietruby: oh ok

 me: And if I'm NOT on that list...I'll make more typos on your parts...

 quietruby: well, there's sqicedragon, cosmogirl7481, AFMtoo, flubbles, HKP, you, hunterhunting, feathers_mmmm, the bond girls

 i'm sure there's others i can't think of right now

 me: Awww...thank you...you're too kind... you shouldn't have. blushing

 quietruby: ;)  how long have you been writing?

 me: Since...March...

 quietruby: of this year?

 me: Yup...just read Twilight in January.

 quietruby: ahh, yes. it's the Twi sickness. Read the books, crave more, read ff, then write

  it's an epidemic

 me: Yes...I've heard... Have you read it more than once?

 quietruby: there is only one hot beef injection that can cure it...

  omg...sorry...  not really

 me: bites lip, nods

 quietruby: whispers the injection of the RPattz

 me: Mmmmmmmm-hmmmmmmm......

 quietruby: i know. i know! it's so hard.

 me: Soooo.....

 quietruby: i mean, difficult. yes, difficult

  sorry, you were saying

 me: Right...  was I saying...?

 quietruby: yes - you were saying?

 me: I think I was drooling...

 quietruby: oh, me too

 me: …had to look back...

  Have you read it just the once through?

  just once. there are parts i've reread.

 me: Wow...you're weird.

 quietruby: i know.  i'm not into rereading

 me: I've read them 8x at least...lost count.

 quietruby: really?  wow!

 me: But that's because I'd forget after each round...

 me: I was obsessed... then became Rob-sessed

 quietruby: ahh, yes

 me: No...seriously...I loved the character way more at first...thought Rob was an idiot (actually remember telling someone that)

 quietruby: really? me too. i didn't get the hype until i read the books

 me: Yes! We are twins...I'm positive...

 It was the pictures online that sealed the deal for me...

 quietruby: what color shirt are you wearing?

 me: Looks down at my boobs umm...raspberry.

 quietruby: ack, not twins then. i am in black.

  which pics did it for you?

 me: Wore black yesterday...you're slow.

 quietruby: all of them?

 i'm a day behind

 me: Yes...all of them...??

 quietruby: the boy doesn't take a bad pic...usually

  snarfing at 'jumping rob'

 me: Hot ...I know...not bad at all...  yeah...he's a dork.

 quietruby: it's one of the reasons i dig him

 me: Me as well... doesn't care if he lets it all hang out... giggles

 quietruby: yes! lol it's awesome to see a incredibly hot guy be goofy. way attractive

 me: Do you read the Cold Shower? (blog by RoseArcadia & Bleriana)

 quietruby: i do peruse. hot  v hot - excellent vids

 me: It's the most hilariously amazing blog I've seen...

 quietruby: lol

 me: I say to everyone that I'd love to write for them...pipe dream...

 quietruby: why not ask?

 me: But stranger things have happened...look at us...here...looks at imaginary blog site

 quietruby: lol

 me: I'm assuming you have a blinkie/banner...?

  Who made it for you?

 quietruby: i do! the lovely rosearcadia made it for me. :)

 me: She's the one!

 quietruby: v talented

  sheshe is!!