#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with James Hill

I’d like to welcome author, James Hill, to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday.

Things you need when you’re in your writing cave: Beer, wine, and bourbon.

Things that distract you from writing: Beer, wine, bourbon, and friends to drink with.

Hardest thing about being a writer: Editing what I have written. Sometimes I will go over a sentence for days. Then days later change it back to the original version.

Easiest thing about being a writer: Coming up with plots and storylines. I will read a headline or see a person and be on my way to a new story.

Things you will run to the store for at midnight: Beer, of course. And donuts.

Things you never put on your shopping list: Milk. I am lactose intolerant.

Favorite snacks: Chocolate donuts.

Things that make you want to gag: Milk. See above.

Something you’re really good at: Telling stories.

Something you’re really bad at: Spelling.

Something you wanted to be when you were a kid: A scientist, mostly a chemist or a physicist.

Something you do that you never dreamed you’d do: Accountant.

Something you wish you could do: Play guitar.

Something you wish you’d never learned to do: Database Administration.

Last best thing you ate: Steak from my BBQ pit.

Last thing you regret eating: The new dragon burger from Burger King.

Things to say to an author: I love your book, I can’t wait for the next one.

Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: Hey, you know what would have made your book better…

People you’d like to invite to dinner (living): Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and John Paul Jones. The surviving members of Led Zeppelin.

People you’d cancel dinner on: Donald Trump.

The coolest person you’ve ever met: Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones.

The celebrity who didn’t look like he/she did in pictures/video: Don’t know, I don’t recognize people when they are out of character. Also, I don’t recognize them when they play a different character.

The nicest thing a reader said to you: I loved your book. When is the next one coming out.

The craziest thing a reader said to you: I loved your book, but I hate you for killing Maria.

The most exciting thing about your writing life: Going to book fairs, conferences, signing, and meeting readers.

The one thing you wish you could do over in your writing life: Start publishing earlier.

About James:

James L Hill, a.k.a. J L Hill, is a multi-genre author, currently working on a three-part historical fantasy Gemstone Series, The Emerald Lady and The Ruby Cradle are published. And the third book, The Diamond Warrior, is due soon. The four-part adult urban crime series, The Killer Series, is complete. Killer With A Heart, Killer With Three Heads, Killer With Black Blood, and Killer With Ice Eyes are five-star novels. Then there’s the psychological dystopian science fiction thriller, Pegasus: A Journey To New Eden for your reading pleasure. He also owns and operates RockHill Publishing LLC which published twenty books by eight authors in Adult Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Romance.

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