@mariequitecontrarie thanks for the tag! 🙂

1. Are you named after anyone? Funny story. I completely changed my name when I was 18. Literally all I wanted for my 18th birthday was a deed poll, I was in the solicitors office on my birthday signing the papers. So … I picked my own name! Obviously I chose it because I liked it, because it felt right etc. but inspiration has to come from somewhere right?

My first real fandom was Without a Trace, and that had a character called Samantha Spade – hence how I first really heard the name ‘Samantha’. I’d been out of that fandom for a couple of years so I didn’t name myself after her, that’s just how I heard the name BUT Samantha Carter – Stargate. I did not discover this until 2014 (6 years later) but it’s like fate, or serendipity or something, because if I have a fictional role model then it’s her. I’m absurdly pleased that we share a name and should I have known about Stargate when I was 18, then I definitely would have named myself after her.

2. When was the last time you cried? Wednesday, big meltdown, very bad.

3. Do you have kids? Nope. Not now, not ever.

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot? I don’t know. It depends on my mood. I have been told that I do have quite a dry sense of humour so maybe?

5. What’s the first thing you notice about other people? Proximity to me (do I need to move out of the way?), then what they are wearing.

6. What’s your eye color? Brown

7. Scary movie or happy ending? I do not do scary, so definitely 110% happy endings.

8. Any special talent? Erm I hate these kind of questions. Ugh, erm, I don’t know, I have a talent for self-destruction certainly. Oh! I have crazy fast reflexes, that’s kinda positive.

9. Where were you born? In apparently the most disgustingly dirty hospital in England. The stories mum tells *shudder*

10. What are your hobbies? Writing, digital drawing, pen and ink drawing, painting/colouring, 3D modelling, Lego

11. Do you have any pets? Nope

12. What sports do you/have you played? Best part of two decades ago I played cricket for half a minute. More recently? I do enjoy swimming laps, I’m not particularly fast or anything but the repetitive motion is nice. Unfortunately it’s difficult (and expensive) to go to the swimming pool so I don’t do that anymore.

13. How tall are you? 5′2″

14. Favorite subject in school? History, English

15. Dream job? Author. But more realistically something freelance, where I can work from home, communicate with clients through email.

Tagging: @sarashouldbestudying, @bookwormchocaholic, @winterswanderlust, @wizzygold, @worryinglyinnocent, @jackabelle73