#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Dr. Katherine Hayes
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I’d like to welcome Dr. Katherine Hayes to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday!
Things you never want to run out of: Faith, perfume, binge-worthy books and movies
Things you wish you’d never bought: Too many useless souvenirs and books
Hardest thing about being a writer: The rejection, isolation, and waiting
Easiest thing about being a writer: I love inventing stories and building their worlds
Things you need for your writing sessions: Candles, jazz, and caffeine
Things that hamper your writing: Keeping up with the business of writing, chatty family members, naughty pets
A few of your favorite things: Family photos, traveling, animals, swimming
Things you need to throw out: Old greeting cards, terrible plays I wrote years ago, and very random memorabilia
Words that describe you: I’m loyal to a fault, generous, funny, energetic, spontaneous, and artistic
Words that describe you, but you wish they didn’t: OCD, overly sensitive
Favorite foods: Curry chicken (most Caribbean food), Korean food
Things that make you want to gag: Squid, fish eyeballs
Something you’re really good at: Project management, working with people, public speaking, cooking, decorating, drawing
Something you’re really bad at: Algebra, calculus, and saying, “No!”
Favorite music or song: Jazz, gospel, neo-soul, classical piano
Music that drives you crazy: Heavy metal and most country music
Favorite smell: Lavender and peppermint
Something that makes you hold your nose: Bad body odor
Things you always put in your books: Food, food, and more food, animals
Things you never put in your books: Erotica
Things to say to an author: I’m going to buy every single one of your books, write a review for them, and tell everyone what a rockstar you are!
Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: Are you ever going to get a real job?
Favorite places you’ve been: Italy, Scotland, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Jamaica, and England (I was born there)
Places you never want to go to again: The Bronx (Even though I grew up in Brooklyn, New York after leaving England)
About Katherine:
Dr. Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes is an editor, author, speaker, podcaster, and educational consultant. She is Embolden Media Group’s production editor and a Word Weavers International member, serving as an online chapter president and mentor. She belongs to EFA (Editorial Freelancers Association, FWA (Florida Writers Association), ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers), CWoC (Crime Writers of Color), AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association), and AASA (American Association of School Administrators). She serves on the nonprofit organization Submersion 14 board and the 540 Writer’s Community board and is an art instructor for the nonprofit organization Light for the Future in Guatemala. Katherine hosts the podcast Murder, Mystery & Mayhem Laced with Morality. She contributes regularly to several magazines, blogs, and newsletters. She authored a Bible study for women, a collaborative anthology of devotions, and is currently working on the sequels of her first general market thriller novel. Her thriller A Fifth of the Story debuted in February 2024 through Endgame Press.
Let’s Be Social:
Website: https://www.drkatherinehayes.com
X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/khutch0767
Personal Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katherine.hutchinsonhayes
Author Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authordrkatherinehayes/
Books: https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Little-Black-Dress-Women/dp/1365056163
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-katherine-hutchinson-hayes-3b5a3254/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authordrkatherine/
Podcast (Apple): https://podcastsconnect.apple.com/my-podcasts/show/murder-mysterymayhem-laced-with-morality/ade5f5bb-6cbf-4722-a421-9874b24fa49d
Podcast (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/show/4zWmZckdnPsYG9CUAKkv1p
