#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Martine Noel-Maw
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I’d like to welcome Martine Noel-Maw to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday!
A few of your favorite summer traditions: Very early morning walks along the creek, road trips, eating breakfast outdoors.
Something summer-related that you’ll never do again: Camping in a tent.
Something crazy you did on vacation: Walking up Mount Vesuvius in the middle of a sizzling summer afternoon.
Something you’d never do again on vacation: Walking up Mount Vesuvius in the middle of a sizzling summer afternoon. Duh!
Favorite summer beverage: Aperol spritz.
A drink that gives you a pickle face: Frozen margarita.
Best summer memory: Growing up camping at Lac Norman in northern Québec.
Something you’d rather forget: The black flies and the horse flies at Lac Norman…
Best summer vacation memory: A month travelling in France and Italy with my husband and our mothers.
A summer vacation disaster that you’d rather forget: A long weekend stuck in a tent because of torrential rain and strong winds.
Most favorite place to write/edit in the summer: My home office, basking in the morning sun, in front of the open window.
The worst place to try to write in the summer because of all the distractions: By any poolside.
Favorite thing to do on a summer evening: Gazing at the stars on a clear night.
Least favorite thing about summer: The bugs!
The thing you like most about being a writer: It combines my three favorite things: research, travel and using my imagination.
The thing you like least about being a writer: Deadlines.
The thing that you will most remember about your writing life: The priceless feeling of freedom.
Something in your writing life that you wish you could do over: Discovering the pleasure of writing my first novel.
Most daring thing you’ve ever done: Quitting my lucrative day job to write.
Something you chickened out from doing: Can’t think of any.
About Martine:
Born and raised in Québec, Canada, Martine Noël-Maw, the author of The Ghosts of Spiritwood, has called Saskatchewan home since 1993. She is a French literature graduate from the Université de Montréal and has authored sixteen books and a number of plays, for both adults and youth.
Her work has earned her many honours, including two Saskatchewan Book Awards and a SATAward. She was longlisted twice for the Prix de la nouvelle Radio-Canada (French CBC Short Story Prize) and shortlisted for the Prix du récit Radio-Canada (French CBC Nonfiction Prize). Martine is also an editor and translator.
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