I’d like to welcome mystery author, Tammy Euliano, to the blog this week for #ThisorThatThursday.

Things you need for your writing sessions: My dogs underfoot – they keep me company and entertained Things that hamper your writing: My dogs underfoot – they want to be entertained (“the ball’s not going to throw itself ya know”)

Things you love about writing: When I get in the flow and the characters seem to know where they’re going and it all makes sense and the words rush onto the page…wait, that wasn’t me, just kidding.

Things you hate about writing: That the above doesn’t happen more often. Also, unlike my day-job, there’s no metric to know whether I’m doing it “right.” In fact, there is no “right.” It’s so non-quantitative and therefore different from my day job and therefore also something I love about writing.

Favorite beverage: Diet Mountain Dew Something that gives you a sour face:

Coffee or tea…or alcohol unfortunately. My mom always said I’d be a better mother if I’d learn to drink wine in the evenings.

Something you’re really good at: staying dedicated to an exercise plan – every morning at 6am. Something you’re really bad at: staying dedicated to an eating plan – every morning at 7am, and 8am, and 9:30am, and…hey wait, I’m hungry.

Something you wish you could do: play tennis with a decent forehand

Something you wish you’d never learned to do: play racquetball because now I stand too close to the tennis ball, expecting the shorter racket…or maybe, just possibly, having played racquetball briefly 40 years ago is only an excuse…naaahhh

Last best thing you ate: Captain Jack’s ice cream dessert at Ale House

Last thing you regret eating: Any ice cream that wasn’t part of Captain Jack’s

Things you always put in your books: a wonderful dog

Things you never put in your books: sex, at least so far, but my husband says I need to…but I don’t think he knows what he’s suggesting…ugh

Things to say to an author: I loved your book, loved your characters, loved everything about it.

Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: I liked your book, but you should have …

Favorite places you’ve been: Banff, Canada; Swiss alps; Galapagos; Costa Rica; most anywhere hiking or skiing with friends or family

Places you never want to go to again: Haiti, anywhere with A-- wait, did you say people might read this? Just Haiti

Favorite books (or genre): Louise Penny’s Armand Gamache series!!! And of course Harry Potter which I read aloud to my whole family on the sectional couch.

Books you wouldn’t buy: anything meant to spur hatred and dissension without presenting a balanced opinion. Yeah, rules out most of the non-fiction section.

Things that make you happy: Time spent with family, friends, dogs, outdoors, mountains, beaches, playing sports, games, sunrises and sunsets, Gator sports

Things that drive you crazy: traffic; other people “sharing” their music at volume on the road (mine of course is universally loved); people, especially medical trainees, who don’t recognize the responsibility that goes with opportunity.

About Tammy

Tammy Euliano writes medical thrillers inspired by her day job as a physician, researcher and medical educator. She is a tenured professor at the University of Florida, where she's been honored with numerous teaching awards, nearly 100,000 views of her YouTube teaching videos, and was featured in a calendar of women inventors (copies available wherever you buy your out-of-date calendars). At home, she plays games or sports with her family, cuddles her dogs, reads, and writes medical thrillers. Her debut novel, “Fatal Intent,” will be published by Oceanview in March, 2021.

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