#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Linda Norlander
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I’d like to welcome Linda Norlander back to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday!
Favorite thing to do when you have free time: Outdoor activity like hiking or biking
The thing you’ll always move to the bottom of your to do list: Calling customer service
Hardest thing about being a writer: Plowing through the messy middle of a manuscript
Easiest thing about being a writer: Writing a chapter that really sings
Something you wanted to be when you were a kid: A ballerina
Something you do that you never dreamed you’d do: I’m a nurse. I will spare the audience details.
Something you wish you could do: Park a car
Something you wish you’d never learned to do: Again, I’m a nurse and will spare the audience details.
Things to say to an author: I’m going to tell all my friends and relatives to buy your book and give it a five-star rating on Amazon.
Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: I could write a book, too. It looks easy.
Most daring thing you’ve ever done: Ride a bicycle from Minnesota to Boston with only a sleeping bag, tent, change of clothes and a water bottle
Something you chickened out from doing: Parallel parking. I drove five blocks further away to avoid it.
The most exciting thing about your writing life: Seeing the cover for the first time
The one thing you wish you could do over in your writing life: Have more poetry in my words.
The nicest thing a reader said to you: I’m a retired librarian and English teacher and your books make my day
The craziest thing a reader said to you: There’s a comma out of place on page 76
Best piece of advice you received from another writer: Consider the finished books you haven’t published as inventory
Something you would tell a younger you about your writing: Write what you love and don’t quit your day job
Recommendations for curing writer’s block: Take a long walk. Jump into the story
Things you do to avoid writing: Finally make those customer service calls
About Linda:
Linda Norlander is the author of the Sheriff Red Mysteries beginning with And the Lake Will Take them. Additionally, she has two other mystery series—A Cabin by the Lake Mysteries and Liza and Mrs. Wilkens Mysteries. All are set in Minnesota. Norlander has published award winning short stories, op-ed pieces and short humor. Her most recent short story was featured in the Malice Domestic anthology Mystery Most Devious. Before taking up the pen to write murder mysteries, she worked in end-of-life care and hospice. Norlander resides in Seattle.
Let’s Be Social:
Website: http://lindanorlander.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/authorlindanorlander
Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/linda-newsletter
