#ThisorThat Author Interview with Rosalie Spielman
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The amazing Rosalie Spielman is my guest today for #ThisorThatThursday. Check out her latest in her fun series!
Favorite thing to do when you have free time: Read and cross stitch, not at the same time.
The thing you’ll always move to the bottom of your to do list: Household chores. (Unless it’s editing time, then my house is sparkling clean!)
Things you need when you’re in your writing cave: Other than the obvious (computer), I need coffee (and my heated coffee coaster) and my white board.
Things that distract you from writing: The internet, phone games.
Hardest thing about being a writer: Overcoming fear and uncertainty to hit “send” on a new manuscript!
Easiest thing about being a writer: Thinking of things to write about. Maybe not things for the current project…but there are always “plot bunnies” hopping around in my head.
The coolest thing you’ve bought online: A photo frame. I got one for my mom and mother-in-law, and recently my daughter. We can send photos to each other’s frames.
The thing you wished you’d never bought. Shoes and a racket for tennis. As if.
Favorite snacks: Dark chocolate-covered fruits and nuts.
Things that make you want to gag: Eggplant. The texture. *shudder*
Something you wanted to be when you were a kid: A spy.
Something you do that you never dreamed you’d do: Write books!
Last best thing you ate: Cold brew brownie ice cream from a local ice cream shop.
Last thing you regret eating: Cole slaw. For my guts, it’s like eating a Brillo pad.
Things to say to an author: “I loved your book!”
Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: “I found your book for free on *insert scam website* and loved it!” (Please, folks, request at your local library instead of stealing.)
The most exciting thing about your writing life: Meeting readers.
The one thing you wish you could do over in your writing life: I wish I had made Welcome Home to Murder my debut.
The nicest thing a reader said to you: “Genius!” about one of my short stories. (I’m looking at you, Susan.)
The craziest thing a reader said to you: “Genius!” about one of my short stories. (I’m still looking at you, Susan.)
Best piece of advice you received from another writer: Don’t compare yourself to other writers. Every writer, every story, is different.
Something you would tell a younger you about your writing: Don’t try to make your writing process fit someone else’s. Do what works for you.
Recommendations for curing writer’s block: Just write. Anything. A character bio and description, a list of cars the characters drive, what they like to eat, what their house looks like, something that happened to them when they were younger… Anything to get you back into or keep you in their world.
Things you do to avoid writing: Doom scrolling. Ugh.
About Rosalie:
Rosalie Spielman is an award-winning author, mother, veteran, and retired military spouse who finds joy in giving people a humorous escape from the real world. In addition to the Hometown Mysteries, she has contributed to the Aloha Lagoon mysteries and several short story anthologies. Rosalie is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, Military Writers Society of America, and Women Writing the West. For more information on her books or to subscribe to her newsletter, go to www.rosalie-spielman-author.com Rosalie strives to provide you an escape...one page at a time.
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