#WriterWednesday with Tara Hodgson
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I’d like to welcome author Tara Hodgson to the blog for #WriterWednesday!
Hardest thing about being a writer: Finding the time to actually WRITE!
Easiest thing about being a writer: Getting distracted by social media marketing instead of writing.
Things you need for your writing sessions: Background noise - I can’t do silence.
Things that hamper your writing: My phone.
Words that describe you: Introverted, nonjudgmental, and openminded.
Words that describe you, but you wish they didn’t: Finicky, stubborn, and hermit-like.
Favorite foods: Guacamole, fish tacos, and smoothies.
Things that make you want to gag: Mushrooms, olives, and pork.
Something you’re really good at: Taking time for myself.
Something you’re really bad at: Stepping out of my comfort zone.
Favorite music or song: Anything by Dermot Kennedy
Music that drives you crazy: Hard core rock
Favorite smell: Vanilla
Something that makes you hold your nose: Blue cheese
Last best thing you ate: Air fryer salmon on crispy rice
Last thing you regret eating: Tilapia
Things you’d walk a mile for: My mental health. I walk 3-5 km a day
Things that make you want to run screaming from the room: My kids when they aren’t listening.
Things you always put in your books: The potential implications of tech in our lives
Things you never put in your books: Explicit sex scenes (no judgement - it just makes me too uncomfortable to write!)
Favorite places you’ve been: Kona, Hawaii
Places you never want to go to again: Madrid, Spain
Favorite books (or genre): All Kathleen Glasgow and John Green books
Books you wouldn’t buy: Science Fiction - unless someone I trusted really recommended it!
People you’d like to invite to dinner: Taylor Swift
People you’d cancel dinner on: Most of our current political leaders
Favorite things to do: Walk, swim, and camp
Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: Clean the kitty litter
The nicest thing a reader said to you: “I finished your book in 3 days…only putting it down because I had to.”
The craziest thing a reader said to you: “I hate YA books” HOW can you hate YA books?!
Some real-life story that made it to one of your books: Experiences I’ve witnessed as a teacher. In my debut novel, Chasing Through Time, parts of Emma’s experience are a compilation of real-life situations I’ve seen.
Something in your story that readers think is about you, but it’s not: Sarah’s entire story in Chasing Through Time. Even though she is loosely based on me, her experiences are entirely fictional.
About Tara:
Tara Hodgson has been teaching junior high for the past seventeen years. She spends her days surrounded by teens and has witnessed the changes that technology, especially social media, has had on the teenage experience. She lives on an acreage in Sturgeon County, Alberta with her husband, two children, and a crew of cats and dogs. When she isn't teaching or writing, she is reading. She loves all genres of books, but especially YA Contemporary, Fantasy, and Dystopian. She spends her down time walking, camping, boating, and spending time at home with her family and animals.
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Website: www.tarahodgson.ca
Instagram and Facebook: @tarahodgsonauthor
