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Author Interview Continued…
Do you snack while writing? No, I’m on another planet. I don’t think they even have food.
Where do you write? Sometimes I write at the airport, waiting for my passengers’ flights to land. Sometimes I write at the dining room table.
Do you write every day? No, but I’d like to become that disciplined.
What is your writing schedule? I’m a binge writer. I like to do a lot at once and get completely lost in it.
Is there a specific ritualistic thing you do during your writing time? Not really. I’m the most inconsistent person.
In today’s tech-savvy world, most writers use a computer or laptop. Have you ever written parts of your book on paper? Oh, definitely. You get something very different. Your skin is connected to your brain. Neurologically, it’s a very different process.
If you could go back in time, where would you go? The 40’s speaks to me.
Favorite travel spot? Ireland.
Favorite dessert? I’d say ice cream or monkey bread.
If you were stuck on a deserted island, which 3 books would you want with you? The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.
What’s the funniest thing that ever happened to you? I kept falling asleep during a bank robbery, because I’d had to take Dramamine during the ride-alongs with police officers as part of my 911 dispatcher training.
The scariest? I was at the movies in the lobby and when my date went to the restroom some teenagers walked in with a sawed off shotgun and started shouting. This was in 1992, long before all the shootings started. It turned out they knew the kids working at the snack bar and it was just a prank. We didn’t have cell phones then. No one even called the police. It was a different time, but I still remember thinking, This is how I’m going to die.
The strangest? I begged my deceased father for a sign when I was sure I was marrying Mr. Wrong in Vegas. When we arrived at the chapel we were informed that the place had just been gutted by an electrical fire that started in the wall during the previous couple’s ceremony.
What’s the most courageous thing you’ve ever done? Stepped in when I saw a teenager being bullied in a park by a bunch of boys.
Any hobbies? I love camping abroad, mini-triathlons, road trips, hanging out with my nieces and nephews and playing Scrabble.
Name a quirky thing you like to do: Kiss the inside of my dog’s ears and pretend to bite her cheeks.
If there is one thing you want readers to remember about you, what would it be? I wrote what I needed to write and the fact that anyone else enjoyed my books, or even read them at all, was an excellent surprise. Also, that my writing is barely in the ballpark of where I’d like it to be. I think it may be at the hot dog stand, but I’d like to see it on the pitcher’s mound someday.
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