Yo-diidly-ho! Sin-sin-siree at your service. 'Tis a while since we last spoke, for which I'm eternally sorry. Well, at least until the end of this visit, anywho. I keep trying to pop up now and again, but that Shaun Allan fella-me-lad has his head in demons and zombie scarecrows at the moment. I can't get a look in!

Thankfully, to keep me company in the meantime, a young lady has dropped by.

Would you care to tell me your name?

My full name is Irma Gabriela Cabezut De los Cobos. (I KNOW. Longest name ever!) But you can call me Gabby or Gabs.

That reminds me of when Sean Connery introduces his character in the movie Highlander (love that). Ramirez Bibbly-Bobbly-Fililobos-Something-or-other! That's an epic name you have there Gaby! So, where are you from?

Mexico

Ohhhh, one of the places I would love to visit if I ever get out of here or figure out how to control that teleportation thingummy. Do you like living there? If not, where would your favourite place to live be? Is yes, where would you least like to live?

I love living in Mexico, the weather is awesome, Mexicans are really warm and I love all of our culture and tradition.

However, if I could choose anywhere else in the world to live, I'd say Canada. I spent a whole summer in Quebec, learning French and I loved it. I'm obviously in awe at the prospect of snow and all that (something that I would definitely regret, but still...) Also the UK, because they have the best English accent ever.

As a Brit, I have to agree. As someone whose cousin lives in Canada, I also have to agree. And as someone who once started a snowball at the top of a hill and rolled it down to see how big it would get then couldn't move it at the bottom because it was so big, I have to, well... agree! As you're a writer, is this your 'day job'?

Yes. Right now, it is. I write, read or edit every day, for at least 6 hours. However, I also bake cakes and cupcakes since that's where the money is right now!

That sounds like a dream job. I'd love to be a full time writer. As it is, I have to accept being a full time supposed lunatic and leave Shaun to do the part time writing. Not jealous at all. I'd like to see how he'd survive in here! Erm... Where was I? Oh yes. Tell me about your latest project.

I have...quite a few. I'm running the RomanceSparks profile on Wattpad with a bunch of romance writers, we're hosting a Twitter chat every Wednesday at 8 pm EST (Follow us #WPSparks) and I'm in the process of writing Writer's Luck and editing Perfectly Imperfect (Book Two on the Imperfect Series from Limitless Publishing) and Princess in love. And when I say I'm in the process, I mean it. LOL. I'm not doing much, I'm afraid.

I'm also participating in both the WattMag profiles, because...apparently, I love to complicate my life!

Oh! And I'm also translating Prince with Benefits to Spanish. So, basically, this is me:

How do you feel about bacon? A crazy person once said it was the food of the gods. OK, I admit that person was myself...

Hahahaha... this question was so random that I had to read it twice! I have to agree with you wholeheartedly, I love bacon. It can go with everything (I haven't tried the whole brownies with bacon frenzy yet, but...it's bacon).

Brownies and bacon? Oh, I've so got to try that. What is your favourite film?

I have many! And I'm a total girly girl, so many of them are chick films like My Best Friend's Wedding, but I also like the Avengers or Harry Potter (I'm a total Potterhead).

https://youtu.be/gbo56Ee4F1o

I wonder how you feel about the new Potter book? I'm excited. Can't wait to read it. They don't let us have paper in here, though. It's either used for... We don't have to go into that... Have you always wanted to be a writer, or is it something you found yourself doing one day?

I've always wanted to. But I always wanted to write in English...I never thought I could, though. Until Wattpad came along.

Wattpad is an amazing place, isn't it? It's definitely a home for my own story. Do you have so many ideas they dribble out of your nose if you don't get them down, or do you have to hunt around the floor and the back of your sofa to find where your Muse is hiding?

Both! At the first stages of a story, my head brims with ideas, but as I start to type them, I sometimes found like they're not that good or that they might not work with my whole story and many times, I have to take a break to clear my mind.

A break from a story can be a good thing. It can be like looking at it with a fresh set of eyes. And eyes are the windows to the soul, so maybe you're opening a window to a new part of your soul when you revisit your story? Now, If you were in an asylum, what would your particular delusion or psychosis be?

Probably schizophrenia... because I tend to forget everything going on around me when I'm completely immersed on a story (writing or reading it) and I'm still scared of the dark sometimes. Hahaha.

There's no reason to be afraid of the dark. It's just the light gone to sleep. What genre(s) do you write?

I mostly write romance, teen fiction or new adult fiction. I'm aiming to write adventure and suspense soon.

I can't help but be part of the thriller and paranormal genres. People tend to die around me (hence my incarceration in here). I'd love to be a part of a romance or something. A story where people lose their hearts not their lives. What genres(s) do you read?

Anything. I love romance stories (duh!), sci-fi and paranormal. And I'll start reading horror soon. I've got a Halloween theme story to write!

I love science fiction. I've been a fan all my life. And fantasy. If your choices are the same, what attracts you to them. If they're different, why do you think that is?

I think we all need some romance in our lives! Hahaha

Seriously, I believe we all deserve to be happy and fulfilled. Romance plays a large part on it. For me, at least. I love my husband and the family we have together and I don't think I'd be fulfilling my writing dream, if it wasn't for all the support and love from him.

Yes, romance is good. And happiness. That's all I desire. I blame the coin. And the parents – I mean, they called me 'Sin'! It's wonderful that have such an amazing family! Bacon – just cooked or crispy?

CRISPY!

Good answer! You're entering your work into the Wattys for 2016. Watt story (do you see what I did there?) are you entering? Tell us about it!

Writer's luck! I'm so excited about this story!

Leah is a romance writer with the imminent need to kick her rowdy neighbour out. Desperate, she seeks the help of a witch who helps... more than needed.

Now her characters have come to life and they're not the happy couple she imagined. They run away and she is forced to search them all over town with the help of a witch apprentice and the not-so obnoxious neighbour she wanted to kick out.

Here's the link:

That sounds brilliant. What a fab idea! Now you're in the asylum with me, how do you aim to get out? Do you have an escape plan?

Since the flipping coin didn't help (I'm still around), I'm baking my way out of this! HUH! Special brownies anyone?

Hey, it's the flipping coin which got me in here! I think you're stuck now. Sorry about that. At least I can recommend the food. Oh, wait. No I can't...

Well, thanks for dropping by, Gaby of the Wonder Name. It appears you might be here a while, what with you having such a foolproof escape plan and everything. I think a tunnel would have been a better idea than that coin. I almost called it 'my' coin... Not good...

Here's what Gaby has to say about herself!

Since I was a child, I loved reading. Books let you travel to faraway lands and pretend to be a princess or a strong heroine or a smart babysitter. I love that feeling. When you connect with a character or when you feel butterflies when a kiss is described...reading it's like living a thousand lives in one.

I'm a hopeless romantic. You'll always find a more than healthy amount of romance in all my stories. Because who doesn't like to fall in love over and over again?

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You can get Prince with Benefits and Hopelessly Imperfect on Amazon!