#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Tricia Copeland
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Favorite thing to do when you have free time: Writing! Author over here.
The thing you’ll always move to the bottom of your to do list: Folding laundry and paying bills
Things you need when you’re in your writing cave: Diet Coke.
Things that distract you from writing: Noise, noise, noise.
Hardest thing about being a writer: Killing a character.
Easiest thing about being a writer: Having a character fall in love.
Things you will run to the store for at midnight: Yeah, I’m not up at midnight, but if I don’t have my nightcap or chocolate, then yes, I’d go to the store pretty late for those.
Things you never put on your shopping list: Coconut and lima beans.
Something you wish you could do: Draw.
Something you wish you’d never learned to do: Wow, okay, can I use folding laundry and paying bills again?
Things to say to an author: I really loved X character because of Y.
Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: Will you add me as a character in your next book? Literally, I did this to my mother. I know, I’m horrible. But she was kind of a major character, so there was that. 😉
Favorite things to do: Besides writing, running.
Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: Meeting a bunch of strangers who aren’t book people.
Most daring thing you’ve ever done: The most daring thing I’ve ever done is write a fictionalized account of my experience with anorexia.
Something you chickened out from doing: Going to a business networking event where I knew no one.
The nicest thing a reader said to you: “I want to buy your whole series.” = I love your books.
The craziest thing a reader said to you: “I drove all the way from Tuscon to Colorado Springs to see you.” This made my year!
The most exciting thing about your writing life: The most exciting thing about my writing life is the recent release of the finale to my fae fantasy series, To be a Fae. It is so fun to experience a whole series with readers.
The one thing you wish you could do over in your writing life: If I could do one thing over in my writing life, and I may still do it, I would rewrite the Being Me series, as a standalone book with a younger protagonist. The protagonist is modeled after me, so she’s introverted and probably socially delayed in many aspects like dating. Some feedback has centered around the fact that the protagonist seems to be more of a high school age protagonist than college age.
About Tricia:
Tricia believes in finding magic. She thinks magic infuses every aspect of our lives, whether it is the magic of falling in love, discovering a new passion, seeing a beautiful sunset, or reading a book that transports us to another world. An avid runner and Georgia native, Tricia now lives with her family and four-legged friends in Colorado. Find all her titles including contemporary romance, now penned under Maria Jane, young adult fantasy, and dystopian fiction at www.triciacopeland.com.
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