#ThisorThatThursday Interview with Sandra Skalski
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I’d like to welcome Sandra Skalski to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday!
A few of your favorite things: I adore my butterfly garden and my Christmas ornament collection. Some of them belonged to my grandmother.
Things you need to throw out: I keep old greeting cards. One of these days I must throw them all away.
Things you need for your writing sessions: A comfy chair and a cup of coffee or an ice-cold seltzer.
Things that hamper your writing: Access to the internet. I can either write or doomscroll, but not both.
Things you love about writing: I love the opportunity winning the Writers of the Future contest provided me. The support and encouragement have been amazing. Aspiring SFF writers should enter.
Things you hate about writing: I hate when I know the story isn't working but I don't know why. I'll have to pull weeds or some other mindless chore until I find the solution.
Hardest thing about being a writer: Occasionally, I get a raging case of imposter syndrome.
Easiest thing about being a writer: I love when I get 'in the zone' and the words spill out before my internal editor catches on.
Favorite foods: Steak and raspberries.
Things that make you want to gag: Liver makes me gag.
Favorite smell: I swoon over any kind of gardenia, especially Tahitian gardenia.
Something that makes you hold your nose: I hate the smell of Bradford Pear trees in bloom.
Things you always put in your books: I try to include a bit of humor in most things I write.
Things you never put in your books: Elves, dwarves and goblins won't be in my stories. They've been done to death.
Things to say to an author: I really enjoyed your book.
Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: What were you thinking with that ending?
Favorite places you’ve been: I love the Galapagos Islands and French Polynesia.
Places you never want to go to again: I avoid big cities. Crowds are not for me.
Favorite things to do: I love to dig in the garden or relax on a beach.
Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: I hate vacuuming.
Things that make you happy: I love spending time with my family and friends. When I'm not with them, you can find me in the garden.
Things that drive you crazy: Traffic jams get on my last nerve.
Most daring thing you’ve ever done: I did a scuba dive to 130 feet to see the Blue Hole of Belize.
Something you chickened out from doing: The Angel's Landing hike in Zion. We changed our minds at the last minute.
About Sandra:
Sandra Skalski is a wife, mom and engineer who scribbles stories in her spare time. She likes to write story that make you smile. When she’s not writing, you can find her in the butterfly garden or traveling with her husband. This year, her stories have appeared in Writers of The Future Vol. 41, Allegory Magazine and Black Cat Weekly.
Let’s Be Social:
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