#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Sheryl Ickes
/I’d like to welcome Sheryl Ickes to the blog today for a summer edition of #ThisorThatThursday!
A few of your favorite summer traditions: Camping, Going to the Drive-in, Seeing Fireworks, Letterboxing, Exploring trails, and Looking for waterfalls.
Something summer-related that you’ll never do again: Eating S-mores.
Favorite summer treat: Apple Mountain Pies cooked over a campfire.
A summer treat that makes you gag: Roasted Marshmallows.
Favorite summer beverage: Favorite beverage anytime of the year: Pepsi.
A drink that gives you a pickle face: Mismade Lemonade.
Best summer memory: Blackwater Falls, WV with family.
Something you’d rather forget: Bad sunburn in Jamaica.
Your favorite thing to get from the ice cream truck: A Choco Taco.
Some dessert that you wish you’d never bought: Expired ice cream cup – definitely NOT good.
Best summer vacation ever: Driving and camping across the USA on a northern trek going to California to visit an aunt, and coming back home to Pennsylvania following a southern path. We got to visit a number of National Parks and see a lot of interesting sights.
Somewhere where you don’t ever want to return: New Orleans is a favorite among some people I know, but it’s just not for me, sorry.
Most favorite place to write/edit in the summer: Outside (at home, local park, camping).
The worst place to try to write in the summer because of all the distractions: At home, when the whole family is home, including the dog (unless he decides to sleep). It’s hard to find a quiet space.
Favorite thing to do on a summer evening: Watch the stars.
Least favorite thing about summer: Pesky bugs.
The thing you like most about being a writer: Writing a story, and going on the adventure.
The thing you like least about being a writer: Editing.
Things you will run to the store for in the middle of the night: A gallon of good milk.
Things you never put on your shopping list: Anything seafood.
Most daring thing you’ve ever done: I would say it, but I don’t want a visit from the cops.
Something you chickened out from doing: Going over twice the speed limit in an undisclosed location.
The nicest thing a reader said to you: I really enjoyed your book! When’s the next one coming out?
The craziest thing a reader said to you: I see a poodle on your book cover, and there wasn’t one.
About Sheryl:
Sheryl Ickes was born and raised in Pennsylvania, where she currently resides with her family and pets. It Only Takes One Bite was her first published novel in 2014, which has launched into a five book series, and three additional series written within the cozy mystery and young readers genres. Drawing on her 20+ years of experience in cake decorating, and driving cross country, she uses her past experiences to give her characters realism and authenticity throughout her stories; making it no surprise that three of her mysteries are award-winning or finalists. Her latest book, Tough Fluff, releases in July of this year and will be the first installment in her Fluff and Flowers Mystery series.
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