#WriterWednesday Interview with Lorie Lewis Ham & Give-away
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I’d like to welcome author, editor, publisher, and podcaster, Lorie Lewis Ham to the blog for #WriterWednesday.
A few of your favorite things: Pepsi, animals, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Things you need to throw out: I need to giveaway some of the books I know I won’t ever read again but it’s so hard!
Things you love about writing: I love creating a story and characters.
Things you hate about writing: Editing!
Hardest thing about being a writer: Getting the word out to readers.
Easiest thing about being a writer: The first draft!
Things you never want to run out of: Pepsi
Things you wish you’d never bought: A house! I would much rather rent and have all the repairs be someone else’s problem lol.
Favorite music or song: Frank Sinatra
Music that drives you crazy: The loud hip hop and rap that our neighbor plays in the middle of the day (mostly because it’s so loud and I can’t enjoy sitting outside to read)
Favorite beverage: Tie between Pepsi and coffee
Something that gives you a sour face: Strong lemonade
Favorite smell: Coffee
Something that makes you hold your nose: Flowers because they make me sneeze
Something you wish you could do: Write for TV
Something you wish you’d never learned to do: That one is tough. There are moments I wish I didn’t know how to drive car and that we had public transportation where we live instead.
Things you always put in your books: animals
Things you never put in your books: torture or death of an animal
Favorite places you’ve been: Santa Cruz, CA and London
Places you never want to go to again: Needles, CA
Favorite books (or genre): mystery and urban fantasy
Books you wouldn’t buy: Romance (I am fine with it being in the other genres just doesn’t interest me by itself)
The coolest person you’ve ever met: Patrick Stewart.
The celebrity who didn’t look like he/she did in pictures/video: Sir Ian McKellen-he was wearing skinny jeans and seemed so tiny in person.
Merlin
About Lorie:
Lorie Lewis Ham lives in Reedley, California and has been writing ever since she was a child. Her first song and poem were published when she was 13, and she has gone on to publish many articles, short stories, and poems throughout the years, as well as write for a local newspaper, and publish 6 mystery novels. For the past 11 years, Lorie has been the editor-in-chief and publisher of Kings River Life Magazine, and she produces Mysteryrat’s Maze Podcast where you can now hear an excerpt of her new book One of Us. You can learn more about Lorie and the new book on her website mysteryrat.com and find her on Twitter @mysteryrat and Facebook. Another way to keep up with Lorie’s writing is to subscribe to her newsletter, which you can do on her website.
Lorie has been married to Larry for 30 years and they have 2 grown children—Jayce and Joseph Ham. She currently has 5 cats (Merlin, Sam, Dean, Sidney, and Willow), 4 dogs (Lestat, Huey, Xander, and Phoebe), a pet dwarf rabbit (Sherlock), and pet rat named Yuki. For many years, she worked in pet rat rescue, and has had many pet rats of her own over the years.
Let’s Be Social:
Website: https://www.mysteryrat.com/
Twitter: @mysteryrat https://twitter.com/mysteryrat
Facebook: I mostly use the Kings River Life Mystery Facebook Group to share about my books https://www.facebook.com/groups/krlmysterygroup
Instagram I share with KRL @krlmagazine https://www.instagram.com/krlmagazine/
Lorie Lewis Ham is giving away an ebook of her latest, One of Us. If you’d like to enter for a chance to win, please leave a comment, and Lori will choose a winner on May 25.
