#WriterWednesday with Author Ruth J. Hartman

The amazing Ruth J. Hartman is my guest today for #WriterWedneday!

Favorite thing to do when you have free time: Take walks on a nearby trail with my husband. Play with our cats.

The thing you’ll always move to the bottom of your to do list: Dusting.

Things you need when you’re in your writing cave: Chocolate, Diet Mountain Dew, Cats

Things that distract you from writing: Cats!

Hardest thing about being a writer: Coming up with story ideas.

Easiest thing about being a writer: Writing dialogue. I love that!

Favorite snacks: M&Ms and Doritos

Things that make you want to gag:  Beets, Brussel sprouts, rhubarb

Something you’re really good at: Making people laugh even when I don’t mean to

Something you’re really bad at: Driving and listening to the radio at the same time

Something you wish you could do: Be graceful and athletic

Something you wish you’d never learned to do: Rake leaves

Things to say to an author: Your book made me laugh.

Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: Are you sure you had an editor look at this before it as published?

Most daring thing you’ve ever done: Climbed up inside a pyramid in Egypt

Something you chickened out from doing: Roller coaster rides.

The most exciting thing about your writing life: I get to make up stories and the people who live in them.

The one thing you wish you could do over in your writing life: Start earlier. I was 45 when my first book was published.

The nicest thing a reader said to you: I stayed up all night reading your book!

The craziest thing a reader said to you: Cats are icky. Why would you write about them?

Best piece of advice you received from another writer: It’s a marathon, not a sprint.

Something you would tell a younger you about your writing: Don’t worry about what others are accomplishing. You’re on your own path.

Recommendations for curing writer’s block: Take a walk. Go for a drive (go to Dairy Queen!)

Things you do to avoid writing: Laundry, dishes, clean litter boxes

About Ruth:

Ruth J. Hartman loves a good mystery. That’s probably why she happily gave up a life of cleaning other people’s teeth to write books. With several cozy mysteries under her belt, her main problem is keeping the characters straight – sometimes they have a tendency to hop on over to a different series, just for laughs.

Over forty books later, consisting of romances, a children’s book, women’s fiction, and now cozy mysteries, Ruth still enjoys the thrill of taking the thoughts and images of her characters from her imagination to her computer screen.

She lives in rural Indiana with her husband, Garry, and their family of spoiled cats. Because of Ruth’s love for felines, every one of her books has at least one cat in it. Her cats, who’ve deemed themselves her editors, act like they’re supervising her writing, even though they’re often loafing off or napping.

Let’s Be Social:

Website: https://www.ruthjhartman.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063631596817#