#ThisorThatThusday Author Interview with Bethany Barker/Carol Silvis
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I’d like to welcome Bethany Barker (Carol Silvis) to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday!
Things you never want to run out of: chocolate, iced tea, TP
Things you wish you’d never bought: decorative items that now collect dust
Hardest thing about being a writer: Editing several times and still being objective
Easiest thing about being a writer: Coming up with ideas
Things you need for your writing sessions: pen, paper, computer, internet, reference books
Things that hamper your writing: interruptions
Words that describe you: outgoing, cheerful, intelligent
Words that describe you, but you wish they didn’t: not a risk taker
Favorite foods: chocolate, coconut cream pie, strawberry chicken salad, French onion soup
Things that make you want to gag: anything from the sea
Something you’re really good at: teaching
Something you’re really bad at: sports
Favorite music or song: I love country music—too many songs to choose one
Music that drives you crazy: rap
Favorite places you’ve been: I’ve been to 48 states and love traveling—favorite city is San Diego
Places you never want to go to again: Yuma, AZ
Favorite books (or genre): cozy mystery, thrillers, rom-com
Books you wouldn’t buy: horror
Favorite things to do: spend time with family and friends, travel, shop
Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: explore a cave
Besides writing, what’s the most creative thing you’ve done: flower arranging, crocheting, painting
A project that didn’t quite turn out the way you planned it: crocheted Easter basket
About Bethany/Carol:
Carol Silvis is the author of six college textbooks, three business books, a story in an anthology, an article in The Writer’s Market, a dozen creative nonfiction stories, and over fifty newsletter articles. Her first novel, Murder and Mayhem, The Suzie Tuft Mystery Series, is available under the pen name Bethany Barker.
She has been interviewed for Yahoo.com, AARP Online, CBSMoneywatch.com, newspapers, and magazines. She was video interviewed by Tory Johnson for ABCNews.com and appeared on half-hour shows for Cornerstone TV, HMC-TV Channel 20, and WIUP-TV.
Carol is a member of Sisters in Crime and Pennwriters. She has held several offices for Pennwriters, including president, and remains on the Board. A former teacher, she holds a master’s in adult education. She has given workshops at conferences nationwide.
Let’s Be Social:
Visit her website http://carolsilvis.com
Find her on carolsilvis@facebook.com, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
