#WriterWednesday Interview with Michael Clark
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I’d like to welcome Michael Clark to the blog today for #WriterWednesday!
Something crazy you did on vacation: In the early 1980s I jumped off a cruise ship (while in port)!
Something you’d never do again on vacation:
Jump off a cruise ship! The Captain (and my parents) were not happy.
Best summer memory: Going to Disney when my kids were little.
Something you’d rather forget: High school football practices in August.
Best thing you ever grilled in spring: Grilled salmon is THE BEST.
Your worst kitchen or grilling disaster: Using wood chips over charcoal to grill vegetables makes them bitter!
Best summer vacation memory: Santorini, Greece
A summer vacation disaster that you’d rather forget: Acapulco, Mexico (I got sick).
Most favorite place to write/edit in the summer: at my mother-in-law’s house in Brazil.
The worst place to try to write in the summer because of all the distractions: At home in the US! Too many daily duties to get in a good word count.
Favorite thing to do on a summer evening: Sit outside with a beverage and relax with my honey.
Least favorite thing about summer: The bugs!
The thing you like most about being a writer: Creating something out of nothing.
The thing you like least about being a writer: The business end of it.
Things you will run to the store for in the middle of the night: Popcorn.
Things you never put on your shopping list: Cookies. Because I would eat them all.
Most daring thing you’ve ever done: Joined a college wrestling team with no prior experience.
Something you chickened out from doing: Skydiving.
The best summer job you ever had: Working at a fried seafood restaurant as a cook.
The worst summer job you ever had: Washing cars for a dealership.
About Michael:
Michael Clark was raised in New Hampshire and lived in the house The Patience of a Dead Man is based on. The bats circled the barn rafters all day long, and there was a grove hidden in the forest. He now lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Josi, and his dog Bubba.
The Patience of a Dead Man, Dead Woman Scorned & Anger is an Acid are his first three novels.
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