#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Jenna Greene
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I’d like to welcome author Jenna Greene to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday!
A few of your favorite things: Tea, mugs for my tea, books to read while drinking tea
Things you need to throw out: All the half-finished craft projects of my child and the hoarding materials of my husband.
Things you need for your writing sessions: A cup of tea (surprise!) a comfy chair or couch, my laptop, and inspiration.
Things that hamper your writing: Being hungry.
Hardest thing about being a writer: Writing. (Imagining events, places, conflicts, settings).
Easiest thing about being a writer: Writing. (Communicating events, places, conflicts, settings).
Words that describe you: Quirky, creative, chatty, curious, loyal
Words that describe you, but you wish they didn’t: Loud, quirky, emotional, abrasive, sloppy
Favorite music or song: Anything Broadway! Yay Newsies, Hairspray, Billy Elliot!
Music that drives you crazy: Country music and rap.
Favorite beverage: Tea!
Something that gives you a sour face: Coffee (the smell… ugh!)
Something you’re really good at: Being creative, whether that be through writing, inventing games, drama, or dance.
Something you’re really bad at: Dancing without falling over or crashing into things – but I do it anyway because I LOVE it.
Things you’d walk a mile for: My child. If she needed me, I’d RUN 10,000 miles.
Things that make you want to run screaming from the room: Spiders. (Is there one around?!)
Things you always put in your books: A character discovering something about themselves – learning to do something they couldn’t do before, or discovering a strength they didn’t know they had.
Things you never put in your books: Excessive smut. I’d giggle too much while writing it.
Favorite things to do: Paddle a dragonboat, kayak, or canoe.
Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: Killing a spider.
The funniest thing to happen to you: Okay, there’s too many to list. I’ve accidentally got into someone else’s car, peed on my own foot, got my hair caught in a door jamb, ate a bee, went to work with two different shoes…
The most embarrassing thing to happen to you: See above.
Besides writing, what’s the most creative thing you’ve done: Wrote, directed, and choreographed plays and Christmas concerts.
A project that didn’t quite turn out the way you planned it: Anything with junior high students involved.
About Jenna:
Jenna Greene is a YA/ Children’s author from Alberta, Canada. When she isn’t writing or teaching, she enjoys dancing, dragonboating, and napping.
Let’s Be Social:
Website: www.jennagreene.ca
Twitter/X: @jgreenewrites
