#WriterWednesday Interview with Christine Knapp
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I’d like you welcome the wonderful Christine Knapp to the blog for Writer Wednesday!
Hardest thing about being a writer: Writing for a deadline/Being a one finger typist
Easiest thing about being a writer: Procrastinating
Favorite music or song: Van Morrison/Alison Krauss/Rolling Stones
Music that drives you crazy: Mannheim Steamroller
Things you always put in your books: Recipes
Things you never put in your books: Medical advice
Things to say to an author: Loved your book! / I bought a copy for my friend. / I can’t wait to read the entire series/ I left a good review online.
Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: I don’t like mysteries. Are there any zombies in your book? / Are male midwives called mid-husbands?
Favorite places you’ve been: Maine/Ireland
Places you never want to go to again: Cincinnati in the summer (too hot!)
Favorite books (or genre): I love many genres but mystery is probably the top of the list in Fiction.
Books you wouldn’t buy: Paranormal romance
The nicest thing a reader said to you: Because of a birth vignette in the book, I finally feel heard.
The craziest thing a reader said to you: Do these books involve murder?
Besides writing, what’s the most creative thing you’ve done: Made a Sailor’s Valentine.
A project that didn’t quite turn out the way you planned it: The Sailor’s Valentine!
Some real-life story that made it to one of your books: I did attend a birth in a car at the entrance to the hospital.
Something in your story that readers think is about you, but it’s not: Because I am a six-foot-tall nurse midwife as is my modern midwife, Maeve, I often get asked if she is modeled after me. She’s not.
My favorite book as a child: Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
A book I’ve read more than once: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Your favorite movie as a child: The Wizard of Oz
A TV show or movie that kept you awake at night as a kid (or as an adult): Jaws (I live by the ocean)
About Christine:
Christine Knapp practiced as a nurse-midwife for many years. A writer of texts and journal articles, she is now thrilled to combine her love of midwifery and mysteries as the author of the Modern Midwife Mysteries. Christine narrates books for the visually and print impaired. A dog lover, she lives near Boston.
Let’s Be Social:
Website: https://www.thoughtfulmidwife.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christine.w.knapp
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maevecw/
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