#WriterWednesday Interview with Judith Copek

I’d like to welcome author Judith Copek to the blog today for #WriterWednesday.

A few of your favorite things: Paintings, books, mid-century modern furniture

Things you need to throw out: Old memorabilia, junk, research for published novels

Things you need for your writing sessions: computer, thesaurus, list of characters, ideas, or plot points

Things that hamper your writing: interruptions, too many other tasks to do, reluctance to plant butt in chair

Things you love about writing: when the words are flowing

Things you hate about writing: when the words don’t come

Favorite foods: chicken, strawberries, home-grown tomatoes

Things that make you want to gag: runny eggs, low-fat anything, margarine

Favorite smell: lilacs, roses, meat roasting, bacon frying

Something that makes you hold your nose: cat barf, wet wool, rotting vegetables

Something you’re really good at: cooking, writing, gardening

Something you’re really bad at: ice skating, calculus, networking

Something you like to do: watch mystery programs on television

Something you wish you’d never done: sassed my mom so often

Last best thing you ate: cranberry-apple crisp

last thing you regret eating: second bowl of spicy chili

The last thing you ordered online: bread baskets

The last thing you regret buying: the wrong cat food

Things you always put in your books: food and romance

Things you never put in your books: graphic violence and graphic sex

Favorite places you’ve been: Yellowstone Park, San Francisco, Paris

Places you never want to go to again: Tijuana, Hospital, Aldi in Taunton, MA

Most daring thing you’ve ever done: Attended Burning Man (3 times)

Something you chickened out from doing: downhill skiing

About Judith:

Such Stuff As Dreams is a leap into another genre for Judith, a historical novel set in the twenties. She discovered that bad guys and scary situations are not limited to mystery fiction. Judith belongs to The Historical Novel Society, Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters in Crime. In addition to five crime-fiction novels, she’s published memoir, poetry, and short stories.

Let’s Be Social:

Amazon link to author page. https://www.amazon.com/author/judithcopek

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/judyinboston

Blog: http://lynx-sis.blogspot.com/judyinboston

Twitter: https://twitter.com/judyinboston

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