About the Author

I thought it would be nice to say a few things about myself to help others get to know me better except I had no idea where to start. So I did the best thing I could think of. I had my daughter ask me the questions she thought others might like to know. The questions get quite in-depth as they we talk more. 83 questions total. If your reading this from goodreads.com it's not coming across correctly but mashed together. To read it better check out or open another page to http://rebekahmcclew.blogspot.com/

1. What’s your favorite color?

A: I love the color red and my second would be emerald green

2. What’s your favorite food?

A: Italian food with Chinese a close second

3. What’s your favorite dessert?

A: Apple cheese cake with caramel drizzle

4. What was your favorite subject in school?

A: I loved art class, it gave me a chance to be creative, my second would have been library time because I loved and used to read so many books when I was younger. I still do.

5. What are some of your favorite books?

A: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Buick 8 by Stephen King and Interview with a vampire by Anne Rice are just a few

6. What are some of your favorite movies?

A: I don’t have one. There are so many movies that I’ve enjoyed like Lord of the Rings, Alice in Wonderland, Transformers, Harry Potter series, When Harry met Sally, The Goonies, Night at the Museum and The Librarian series. I’m sure there are more that I’ve really loved watching but these are the first ones that come to mind.

7. What kind of music are you into?

A: I listen to a little bit of everything however I find myself lately listening to more pop music. I tend to listen to these particular ones the most. Mariah Carey, Katey Perry, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift, Avril Lavigne, Bridgit Mendler, Carly Rae Jepsen, Christina Aguilera, Colbie Caillat, Demi Lovato, Jeannette Mccurdy, Jessie J, Lady Antebellum, Leona Lewis, Lykke Li, One Republic, Paramore, The Script, Timbaland, Reba Mcentire.

           8. Are you writing any books right now?

          A: Although I already have eight books finished in the Family Secrets series, I’m making a few changes to the last book. I also have Mortal out and I am writing a new story that is a little different than what I normally write. It involves a little more mystery and of course I love having romance in all of my stories.

9. What accomplishment are you most proud of?

A: I would have to say being a mom, I am most proud of that. My second is that I finally went to college, something I never felt I was able to do before.

10. Are you married?

A: Yes I am, August 14^th, 2009 is our anniversary date.

11. How did you meet your spouse?

A: We had both worked at a newspaper plant and I met him there, we were first friends. We had lost touch with each other for a while until I started working at another job and he was being trained as a manager there. We had started up our friendship where we left off and later we were fortunate enough to fall in love. 

12. Do you think it’s better to get married when you’re young or better to wait a while?

A: I would say it depends on the people involved. One thing I’ve noticed when a person gets married when they are younger their goals and ambitions may not be the same as they get older. Their priorities might be different and people take this growing up or change as a growing apart so changes like this can make being married when you’re younger harder but then also being together at a young age you have so much more to share with each other. I can’t really say the age is what makes the difference but it does help experiencing life a little before getting married.

13. Do you have any kids?

A: Yes, I am fortunate to have 3 amazing children. Currently my oldest son is 15, my daughter 13 and my youngest is 16 months. I had medical help to get pregnant with my first two and the third was a wonderful surprise.

14. Have you ever thought of adopting?

A: I used to think about it all the time, I still do at times. I think someday I will adopt however right now for us is not the right time.

15. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

A: I wanted to be a writer. I loved writing stories and my passion for it never went away. I’m fortunate enough to have that dream be a reality.

16. How did you get into writing?

A: at first my husband and I had been both writing just for fun. We had been looking for a company we could run together and we had tried out a few things we enjoyed. First we made our own perfume and soaps made primarily from soy. Although we liked doing it, this wasn’t what we wanted as a regular business. 

Then we decided that we were both passionate about writing we would get our writing published. We had met so many who either self-published, some experiences had been alright and the majority were nightmares that we heard about. We didn’t want to be self-published but then we also wanted more control over our own books instead of leaving it up to a publisher. There were things we wanted done that traditional publishers just don’t do anymore. Also waiting to be accepted by one could take years and lots of submissions to different ones and I will be the first to admit, I’m not patient.

We loved the concept of a small publishing company because they stay in better contact with their authors and can better serve them individually instead of risking being one of those who simply get picked up but lost in the shuffle of all those others who also were accepted by the larger publishing companies. We started publishing a few authors, using our own writing as experiments before we worked with others. We studied intensively to find out what we needed to do in order to make it successful. We’ve also taken college classes to help further our education in the business. First we started out taking classes to be teachers for a well-rounded education and then switched to the different ones we are in now.

We’ve been operating for a few years now and are having a great experience with it. As a bonus we have been fortunate to have our own writing be successful also.

17. Would you recommend a writing career for other people? Why / Why not?

A: If you love writing then I would say yes. There are so many fields that need writers. Magazines, newspaper articles, satire magazines, celebrity publicists, public speakers or if this isn’t the angle you like. Then by all means write a novel and make it your goal to get published. While you’re working on your goal, keep writing.

18. What do you do for fun?

A: Depends on the time of the year, usually in the winter I spend more time inside. My favorite is spending time with my family. Either attending medieval events, the theater, watching a movies, reading a book, playing with my animals, writing, knitting, 

19. Do you like traveling?

A: I love traveling. It’s one thing to hear about something but so much better when you get the chance to see it yourself. I fell in love with Australia when I had gone there for two weeks and if I had the choice I would have stayed longer. The United States is amazing, the Rocky Mountains, palm trees in Florida, the ocean, Big Sur and the Petrified Forest of California, Michigan and its beautiful fresh water lakes, Mackinaw Bridge, Mackinaw Island. There are so many other states that I could just keep going on about the places and how amazing the people are. I’ve gone to Cancun Mexico and loved it there. I always loved traveling, no matter how impressed I was with the places I went I was always happy to come home and things around me just felt fresh again.

20. If you could visit any country in the world, where would you go?

A: My goal next time is to visit Scotland, my dad’s family originated from there even though some day I wouldn’t mind visiting Russia or Germany where my mother’s side comes from.

21. Who are some people you’d like to meet someday?

A: There are a few people that I would love to meet. Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift, Katey Perry, Jennifer Aniston, Tom Selleck and my favorite comedian John C Riley.

22. If someone asked you to give them a random piece of advice, what would you say?

A: Spend your time wisely and smile. You never know who you might cheer up by simply smiling.

23. What are some things that make you really happy?

A: My family, pets, writing, definitely in that order.

24. What are some things that make you really sad?

A: When people hate you, treat you or others with disrespect and have nothing to back it up with.

25. Do you like to plan things out in detail or be spontaneous?

A: A little bit of both. I do like having plans however they are open enough that if something else comes up then they can be changed.

26. Are you a religious person?

A: I grew up in a religious home and have read the bible many times. I’ve studied other religions and beliefs. However personally I don’t really consider myself a religious person.

27. If you could go back in history, who would you like to meet?

A: I wouldn’t need to go back to far, I would love to go back and meet my grandmother. As far as public figures I would pick Eleanor Roosevelt.

28. Would you rather live in the country or in the city?

A: Both have their benefits except I prefer the country. There’s so much more privacy. I have lived in the city and I love places that are open 24 hours or just being closer to places but in the country it’s so quiet unless you are unfortunate and end up next to the freak who cranks up their music because they are in the country.

29. What was your life like growing up?

A: I spent a lot of time with my parents. I was fortunate to have both of them around or at least my dad worked not far that I could ride my bike to his work and visit. I walked to school or my mom drove me there. We went to church on a regular basis and studied the bible. We played outside the majority of the time, hung out with friends. It was a pretty much relaxed life and I was fortunate enough to have.

30. Do you have any brothers or sisters? How many?

A: I always wanted more siblings. I have one brother. I also consider another person to be my brother. We’ve known him for so long and he’s been a huge part of our lives. So blood related just one brother and emotionally I would say two.

31. Who in your life has influenced you the most? How did they do it?

A: I had met Dave at a wedding when I was 16. He gave me the best advice. If you admire someone, never put them on a high pedestal because even the best people fail and if you base too much on that person you will end up devastated when it hits you they were only human. No one is perfect.

32. What’s your favorite joke?

A: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go on a camping trip. After a good dinner and a bottle of wine, they pitch their tent and go to sleep. Some hours later, Holmes wakes up and nudges his faithful friend. "Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see.”

"I see thousands and thousands of stars, Holmes,” replies Watson.

“And what do you deduce from that?”

After thinking for a moment, Watson replies: “Well, astronomically, it tells me that as there are billions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets, others may now be looking at their sky. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. Metaphysically, I can see that we are a small and insignificant part of the universe. What does it tell you, Holmes?”

Holmes is silent for a moment. "Watson, you idiot!” he says. “I deduce someone has stolen our tent!”

33. Have you ever tried sushi? (Did you like it?)

A: I tried it, some kinds I don’t mind. I liked Maki Sushi with avocado. 

34. Do you like spicy food?

A: I love Indian and Tai foods but not if it’s too spicy. I can handle some spicy foods but not if it’s too much.

35. Do you have a favorite number? Any particular reason why you like that number?

A: I’ve always liked the number 13. I never did understand why some consider it bad luck or taboo. It’s always been a good one for me.

36. If you were a type of animal, what would you be and why?

A: An eagle, it’s federally protected and I would love to soar and see everything below, travel anywhere I wanted. My second choice would be a cat. They are able to be independent but also very affectionate. Personally I’m very affectionate.

37. What’s one of the strangest things you’ve ever done?

A: I took my kids into McDonald’s at 3am to get frappes, nuggets, burgers and ice-cream cones wearing our pj’s.

38. What kind of vacations do you like?

A: I love to shop, see sites and explore when I’m on vacation.

39. What are some of your major goals in life?

A: I’ve been fortunate to meet my goals already so now my newest one is simply to have all my books published or at least 14 by the time I’m 50.

40. What are some of your smaller goals in life?

A: Just to be happy, spend time with my family as much as possible. To have my own home and help a few charities.

41. What do you like least about yourself?

A: This might sound strange but my toe nails.

42. What embarrasses you?

A: Nothing anymore, after giving birth and having to many see me at my worst from the other end. Nothing verbally or physically is really embarrassing anymore.

43. If you could try out any job for a day, what would you like to try?

A: Astronaut

44. What’s your earliest memory?

A: The day before kindergarten I was in the car with my mom. I don’t remember the make or model of the car except it had been a white roof and red car. I was telling my mom I was nervous about going to school and she was telling me I would be alright. We were heading to Arby’s to pick up my dad’s lunch. I always had the beef and cheddar with lemonade to drink.

45. What’s the best decision you ever made?

A: That would be hard to pinpoint to just one thing. My best decision ever was to have my kids, to marry my husband Justin, work on our publishing company and to get our books published.

46. Who’s your best / closest friend?

A: I’ve had many friends to different degrees over the years. The last time I had a best friend it would have been back in grade school. Otherwise the closes person to it would be my mom. I hope to continue having a great friendship with my daughter as she gets older

47. If you could learn one random skill, what would you learn?

A: Calligraphy, right now my hand writing looks like chicken scratching’s

48. Are you an introvert or an extrovert?

A: I would say I’m a little bit of both.

49. What’s the first thing you notice about people?

A: Their voice

50. Do you think people can control their own destiny?

Absolutely. Some may have it harder than others because not everyone has the same opportunities available to them but it doesn’t mean they can’t do or have the same things. It just means they have to work harder to make their dreams happen.

51. Do you think all people are equally valuable, or do you think some people in certain situations might be more valuable than others (say, a severely retarded patient vs. a doctor who could potentially save hundreds of lives)?

A: Just the simple fact they are living and breathing makes them important. Yes it is great if someone can save lives but those who have fewer skills are capable of making extreme impacts. I think of Motivational speaker Nick Vujicic the man who was born with no legs or arms. He has not only made a positive impact on other’s lives but he’s also influenced others to be their best. There isn’t one type of person who is better, just different packages they come in and ability to make a difference.

52. Do you think people are basically bad or basically good?

A: I think they are good people unfortunately other things affect their choices. Tempers, jealousy and bad choices can make a person bad. I do admit I agree there are some who just seem to have a criminal attitude and those would be child molesters, killers, ones like that I couldn’t begin to explain why they are that way.

53. Do you think morals are universal or relative to the beliefs, traditions, and practices of individuals or groups?

A: Morals are certainly different from each person and I do believe they are great affected by where they live, how they were raised.

54. Do you think God exists?

A: It would be nice to think he does but over the years I’ve lost hope in that one. I see god as more of a tradition that has been passed down in stories, no different than the Easter bunny or Santa. It might have been modeled after someone’s life and made a bit larger than life.

55. Do you think any kind of afterlife exists?

A: Yes and no

56. Do you vote? Why / Why not? If you do vote, how do you usually vote?

A: I do vote however there needs to be changes to the voting system to be correct. It’s sad when a person can win the popular vote; it’s who everyone wants as a president however because of electoral votes the person will win by a technicality. I used to vote Democrat but after being stuck with Obama I voted Republican. I share more of their views except I am very open to gay marriage and equality.

57. Do you think gay people choose to be gay? Do you think straight people choose to be straight?

A: I see it as liking vanilla or chocolate pudding. Some flavors you tend to be naturally inclined to however you can always chose which one you want. I believe you can chose to be gay however who you’re physically attracted to may just be stronger one way or the other.

58. Would you kill an innocent person if you thought it might mean saving a dozen other people?

A: If I had to kill an innocent person I would hope it was my own life. Rationally yes you would be saving so many others but then to that one person their life is also just as important.

59. What’s the most money you’ve ever given away?

A: No conditions or strings attached, nothing expected and the person not knowing who gave it to them. I gave away $3,000. I had been saving it for a long time but they needed it more than I did.

60. What’s the biggest personal change you’ve ever made?

A: The way I view myself. I’m much more cautious. After being used and finding out some were only friends because of what they could get from me or being manipulated and put down emotionally. I had been verbally abused by some I trusted and since then I’ve made sure never to put myself in that situation again. I have a much more positive view of myself and my own self-worth. My life and how determined I am has only gotten better.

61. What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever done?

A: I started dating immediately after my first divorce instead of giving myself time to myself and time to heal. I made a lot of stupid mistakes until I finally caught myself and broke myself out of that bad habit.

62. What do you think would be one of the best steps we could take toward ending poverty around the world?

A: Increase education. The better educated people are then the better they can help themselves and others. Otherwise how can you make the best decisions if you don’t understand all of your options?

63. What do you think we could do to best improve the education system?

A: It’s not easy because parents are incredibly busy working hard. However just as in the past and any century to come, we need parents to be a proactive part of their children’s lives. I’ve always felt that education starts at home and teachers nurture and amplify it. I learned the most from my parents and had teachers who nurtured that.

64. In general, what do you think about art?

A:  love art, it affects everything. Whether its life itself, the way we decorate our home affects our mood. We can learn about history and about where our future is going from art.

65. What are some of your favorite websites?

A: Myspace, Facebook, Youtube, Goodreads and Tumblr.

66. What’s the biggest turnoff in a man/woman?

A: Argumentative temper

67. What’s the biggest lie you’ve ever told?

A: I had told a person I loved their singing. I actually hated it and their voice was not only off key but cracked. I didn’t want to crush their enjoyment of singing so I rationalized to myself and told them the lie.

68. What’s something most people don’t know about you?

A: There are a lot of things and even now they still won’t know ;^)

69. What’s something you wish everyone knew about you?

A: That I am very passionate about people, as long as you are not trying to fight with me I’ll be your strongest ally.

70. What are some of the first things you do in the morning?

A: First thing I do is wake up with my son and get breakfast ready,

71. What’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to you?

A: This is mainly for my readers, we do not know each other well enough to share this.

72. Do you cry easily?

A: I did after I had given birth to my youngest. Before I could sit through a very sad movie and not shed a tear. I had reasons to hide emotions like that and learned not to let others know when they hurt me or not to cry in public for any reason.

73. How do you feel about public speaking?

A: I love speaking publicly; it’s the greatest way to interact with others. You see their reactions to what you’re saying immediately whereas with this, it may be read but there’s not always comments left. 

74. Do you like to talk on the phone?

A: Not really, I prefer talking in person but if they are not where I can do that than just hearing their voice is very important to me.

75. If someone were to make a movie about your life, who would you hope would play you?

A: I wouldn’t want my life as a movie so I’ve never thought about who I would want to play me.

76. Would you ever sky dive or bungee jump?

A: I’ve already tried bungee jumping and I loved it but then it helped feeling secure in the holster. I’m not quite ready to free fall without some sort of security. I have to many worries about sky diving and I know myself to well that I would panic

77. Have you ever been in a fist fight?

A: I’m not an aggressive person and thankfully haven’t been in that position where it’s happened. I know some who have wanted to start a fight trying to provoke me however it’s not in my personality to be aggressive or want to harm another person that way.

78. What’s the best prank you’ve ever pulled?

A: I haven’t pulled a prank in a long time. The last time I had, I filled a friend’s bathtub with cherry Jell-O and put their car keys at the bottom of it.

79. What did you do on your 16th birthday?

A: Growing up I hadn’t celebrated holidays or my birthday. It was like any other day except I do remember getting ice cream.

80. What do you think is one of the most undervalued professions right now?

A: Nurses, they work incredibly hard and many times understaffed. 

81. How would you explain your basic life philosophy?

A: I’ve always like this part of the Wiccan Rede, do no harm” I feel as long as you do your best not to have any regrets, don’t harm anyone along the way to getting what you want and that includes yourself. My main focus is simply to enjoy life, be happy and enjoy my family’s time.

82. Would you rather be hated or forgotten?

A: It would depend on why I was hated or why I had been forgotten. If I’m forgotten I don’t feel hurt by that concept. Those who were truly important to me I would never be forgotten by. As for being hated if it was for putting my family first, voicing my opinions or not caving into bully’s then by all means hate me all you want.

83. If you knew you would die tomorrow, would you feel cheated today?

A: I’ve been very fortunate to have lived the life I have. I love my husband and children. I don’t regret anything. If someone needed me or I felt something needed to be done then I did. I’ve let people know my entire life know if I was proud of them or how I felt about them. I’ve done more than many people. There will always be something I wish I had one more minute for but over all I’m satisfied with my life. Whenever it is that it ends then it will just be my time to go. The only thing I would feel cheated of is that I would love to spend more time with my family.


All of my books are available on the kindle or traditional format through Amazon. They can also be purchased through www.c1books.us Trade back $14.95 Kindle $7.95

Family Secrets, book one: Secrets of the Night http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Night-Family-Rebekah-McClew/dp/0983002215/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1355731018&sr=8-1&keywords=rebekah+mcclew

Family Secrets, book two: Obscured Darkness  http://www.amazon.com/Obscured-Darkness-Family-Secrets-ebook/dp/B00AC498WU/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1355731018&sr=8-4&keywords=rebekah+mcclew

Mortal  http://www.amazon.com/Mortal-Rebekah-McClew/dp/0983002274/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1355731018&sr=8-2&keywords=rebekah+mcclew