10 Things You Didn’t Know About… Diane Demetre
10 Things You Didn’t Know About… Diane Demetre
If you could interview anyone past or present, who would it be and what would be your lead question.
Since I’m a story teller, I’d love to interview the main character of the greatest story ever told—Jesus Christ. I’d lead with the following question…For over two thousand years, we’ve heard everyone else’s opinion on your life, now, in your own words, please share with us the truth.
Your most played song/band?
There’s just too many, because I play all sorts of music all the time. The ABBA hit Dancing Queen is probably my theme song though.
Favourite genre of romance?
I particularly like contemporary romance which includes mystery or suspense elements and explores present-day issues.
Favourite food?
Another tough one to single out just one, but I guess it would be ice-cream. My biggest treat is to have a double or triple serve of gourmet ice-cream of different flavours. Heavenly 😊
Favourite drink?
Bollinger champagne. Absolutely fabulous….
If you could have any superpower, what would you choose?
I’d love to travel through time and dimensions at will.
If you weren’t writing, what would you be doing?
Speaking and teaching personal empowerment methodologies which I did for many years before focussing on writing.
Favourite quote…
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau.
Tell us something about yourself most people wouldn’t know.
When I met the Dalai Lama in 2007, along with a group of benefactors for his Australian tour, he reached out, clasped my hand and sat me down next to him for a photograph. His minders scurried around, obviously stunned. His Holiness rarely touches anyone. He held my hand through the photographic session, smiling and chatting to me. After the photos, he rose, bowed and left the room, leaving me and everyone wide-eyed from the encounter. The picture of His Holiness holding my hand, and me with a Cheshire Cat grin takes pride of place on my office wall.
Most famous person you’ve ever met?
Aside from the Dali Lama, probably the most famous person I ever met was Charlton Heston. Back in 1996, I was the emcee for the Australian book tour of his autobiography…In the Arena. A real man’s man, he oozed charisma, power and a commanding presence from which those people in the audience could not avert their eyes. He epitomized the true Hollywood legend. In introducing him, I also welcomed his wife, Lydia, who I knew would have been the wind beneath his wings throughout their long marriage together. As the audience clapped his arrival onstage, he turned to me and said, “Well done, and that’s my professional opinion.” Even at seventy-three years of age, with his chiselled jaw, broad shoulders and resonating voice, Mr. Heston embodied the quintessential alpha male and archetypal hero. The photo of the two of us together is another of my favourites.
Retribution
Diane Demetre
Jessie Hilton is tough. Since the age of fifteen, she has dreamed of being a principal dancer with the Australian Ballet Company. Now at twenty-four, she stands on the brink of fulfilling her dream unaware of a secret buried deep within her.
Ex-military officer, Brad Jordan is rebuilding his life with the help of his boisterous Border collie, Whiskey. After helping Jessie out of a tight spot, he discovers a kindred spirit in the ambitious ballerina.
But with the sudden attention of an unwanted admirer, Jessie’s life begins to spin out of control. Called back to her family home in country New South Wales due to her father’s unforeseen illness, she is torn between career and family. As her dream of being principal dancer fades, her stalker edges ever closer. But there is more to overcome than a lurking psychopath. Can Jessie and Brad confront their own demons and escape the past?
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