#WriterWednesday with Allison Brook
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I would like to welcome my friend, the fabulous Allison Brook/Marilyn Levinson, to the blog for #WriterWednesday.
Favorite thing that you always make time for: Doing Sudoku puzzles
The thing you’ll always do just about anything to avoid: Clearing off my desk beside my computer (I'm still avoiding it.)
The thing you like most about being a writer: Holding a copy of my latest book in my hand, amazed that I managed to get it done.
The thing you like least about being a writer: Sitting down to write each day. That first minute is difficult for me, but I'm fine once I get started.
Things you will run to the store for in the middle of the night: Aldi's triple chocolate gelato, sushami and sushi, chocolate chip brioche
Things you never put on your shopping list: Celery, cereal, white bread, salami
The coolest thing you’ve bought online: four adorable cat pillow covers
Something that didn’t look at all like it did online: A sofa cover
Things you need when you’re in your writing cave: Quiet, my computer working properly, finding documents I need to refer to easily and quickly
Things that distract you from writing: Music, phone calls, cats demanding attention
Something you’re really good at: Knitting
Something you never learned how to do: Sew curtains
Something you wanted to be when you were a kid: Be a ballerina
Something you do that you never dreamed you’d do: Speaking comfortably and easily about my writing life on podcasts and interviews
Things you always put in your books: My characters' relationships. Very often: a ghost, a dog or a cat
Things you never put in your books: Anything bad happening to a child or an animal
Things to say to an author: I loved your last book. When is the next one in the series coming out?
Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: I have a great idea that I think you should put in your next book.
The nicest thing a reader said to you: I'd give this book a six if I could.
The craziest thing a reader said to you: Where you have an idea for a story, where do you put it?
The one thing you cook/bake that is better than a restaurant dish: My salmon dish
The one thing you cooked/baked that turned out to be an epic disaster: Roasting a goose. So much fat!
About Allison:
A former Spanish teacher, Marilyn writes mysteries, romantic suspense, and novels for kids.
As Allison Brook, Marilyn writes the popular Haunted Library series. DEATH OVERDUE, the first book in the series, was an Agatha nomination for Best Contemporary Novel, a Library Journal "Pick of the Month," and on Goodreads' list of the "200 Most Popular Books Published in October, 2017." BOOKED ON MURDER, the eighth and final book in the series, was released on August 6, 2024.
Many of Marilyn's books are in the process of being republished. Among them, THE DEVIL'S PAWN, a horror-suspense YA novel that will give you chills but leave you smiling when you've read the last page, has just been released. Her "Children's Choice" middle grade novel, RUFUS AND MAGIC RUN AMOK, has been republished. The sequel, RUFUS AND THE WITCH'S DRUDGE, came out in March, 2024, and will be followed by two more books in the series.
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