#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Rosalie Spielman
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I’d like to welcome the fabulous Rosalie Spielman to the blog today for #ThisorThatThursday!
Favorite thing to do when you have free time: Going on walks, reading, stitching, watching true crime.
The thing you’ll always move to the bottom of your to do list: Grocery shopping. It’s rather unfortunate that people must eat.
Things you need when you’re in your writing cave: Water and/or a hot beverage.
Things that distract you from writing: My phone. My kids. (They’re grown, but still distracting.)
Hardest thing about being a writer: Promo. It’s a never-ending task, like laundry.
Easiest thing about being a writer: Ideas. I have too many of them!
Things you will run to the store for at midnight: Not happening, ever. Though I have been known to send a minion for ice cream.
Things you never put on your shopping list: Kale and eggplant.
The coolest thing you’ve bought online: Recently, it’s a reading light that you hang around your neck. I use it for reading or stitching. Nerdy, I know.
The thing you wished you’d never bought: I bought my daughter a goat Squishmallow, goat socks, and a screaming goat button, only to have her kindly tell me that her college mascot (a ram) is a sheep, not a goat… She still likes and uses them but that was pretty embarrassing for this self-proclaimed “farm girl.”
Favorite snacks: Ritz crackers and dark chocolate, especially covering fruit or nuts. (The dark chocolate almonds from Aldi are a favorite right now.)
Things that make you want to gag: Eggplant.
Something you wish you could do: A yoga headstand.
Something you wish you’d never learned to do: How to watch a Reel.
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: Repeatedly apologize for a behavior they have no intention of changing. I’ll restrain myself from being more specific…since I’m not moving anytime soon.
The most exciting thing about your writing life: Meeting readers who already know who I am. Even after ten books I am consistently stunned to hear people read them.
The one thing you wish you could do over in your writing life: I would have waited for Welcome Home to Murder to be my debut book.
The nicest thing a reader said to you: That my Hometown Mysteries is their new favorite series.
The craziest thing a reader said to you: In a review (so not directly at me), a reader said they were surprised at the quality of the writing since it was published by a small publisher. Back handed compliment much?
Best piece of advice you received from another writer: That the writing process looks different for everyone and that it’s ok that mine is not like someone else’s – do what works for me.
Something you would tell a younger you about your writing: I would encourage me to start earlier, though I didn’t possess the confidence to even try until I was in my forties.
Recommendations for curing writer’s block: Since I alternate between two series, I’ll take a break from writing whatever I’m stuck on and focus on a different book / the other series. Or I write a short story. It’s ok to take a break. Though having said all that…with deadlines, I don’t have time for writer’s block.
Things you do to avoid writing: Social media/promo…still work but not writing!
About Rosalie:
Rosalie Spielman is an award-winning author, mother, veteran, and retired military spouse. She was thrilled to discover that she could make other people laugh with her writing and finds joy in giving people a humorous escape from the real world. In addition to other books and short stories, Rosalie writes the Hometown Mysteries series, set in Idaho. Rosalie has been featured in Bold Journey Magazine, the Moscow-Pullman Daily news, Kings River Life News and Reviews, and Fresh Fiction. She is an active member of Sisters in Crime and the Military Writers Society of America, the latter of which awarded her work a gold medal in 2024.
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