#WriterWednesday Interview with Jackie Layton
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I’m so excited to have the fabulous Jackie Layton on the blog today for #WriterWednesday. I love this series!
Favorite thing to do when you have free time: Go on a walk or watch a mystery on TV.
The thing you’ll always move to the bottom of your to do list: Cleaning the bathroom.
Things you need when you’re in your writing cave: Coffee or water, because I’m trying to drink more water.
Things that distract you from writing: The ding of text messages. I’m learning to leave my phone in another room on silent.
Hardest thing about being a writer: Marketing
Easiest thing about being a writer: Coming up with ideas
Favorite snacks: Brooks Dark Chocolate Acai & Blueberry flavored snacks
Things that make you want to gag: Collared greens.
Something you wanted to be when you were a kid: An author
Something you do that you never dreamed you’d do: Write books
Favorite places you’ve been: I’ve enjoyed so many places I’ve traveled to. I dreamed of visiting France for most of my life and I loved every minute of that trip. Other top places on my list are Maine, Newport, RI, Kentucky, Tybee Island, Charleston, Savannah, and Waco, TX.
Places you never want to go to again: I’m usually a positive person and can’t think of a place I don’t want to visit again. I could name a specific hotel or Air B&B, but I don’t want to offend anyone.
Favorite things to do: Spending time with family and friends.
Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: Giving a political speech.
Most daring thing you’ve ever done: I moved to Georgia to attend pharmacy school when I really didn’t know anyone there.
Something you chickened out from doing: I don’t usually chicken out of big things, but I’ve been known to chicken out of a book club meeting where I barely know the people.
The coolest person you’ve ever met: Besides my husband, I met Vince Gill. He was so nice and the coolest person I ever met.
The celebrity who didn’t look like he/she did in pictures/video: Seeing Luke Bryan in real life surprised me.
The nicest thing a reader said to you: I can’t wait for your next book to come out. I think of your characters as my friends.
The craziest thing a reader said to you: One lady nicely told me people in South Carolina only drink Pepsi. Most of my friends in South Carolina drink Coke. So, that confused me.
The funniest thing that happened to you on vacation: My husband and I went to Seville, Spain to visit our son who was there for school. We barely know any English, and we took a bus from the airport to the town. I thought I knew what our stop was called, and I thought the driver called it. My husband wasn’t sure that’s what the man said. Before we could quickly decide, the man drove away. Pulling off, I saw our son walk up to the stop. For some reason, our phones didn’t work, it was over 90 degrees, and I tried waving to Scott so he’d know we were on the bus. The next stop wasn’t like a block away. No, we turned a few times before he stopped again. So we hopped off with our luggage and trudged along the streets hoping for a miracle. Boy, were we happy to see Scott’s smiling face. He had a grin like only a child can give you when you mess up.
The most embarrassing thing that happened to you on a vacation: I cracked my ribs wake boarding with the kids in the ocean. Ouch.
Book Blurb:
When a client’s dog turns up missing and her husband turns up dead, Low Country dog walker Andi Grace Scott will have to rely on dogged determination to track down a killer . . .
When a frantic client calls, worried about her dog, Andi Grace is happy to drop by the woman’s home and check in on her beloved pet. She’s initially concerned when she discovers the dog’s not in the house, but she’s out-and-out shocked to discover that the woman’s husband is—strangled to death in his office chair. On top of that, she soon finds a ransom note demanding a hefty sum for the dog’s safe return. Andi Grace knows better than to meddle in a murder investigation, but there’s no way she’s going to let a dognapper get away with it.
Unsure of whether the killer took the dog or if they were unrelated crimes, Andi Grace finds herself confounded from the start. More puzzling still is that the dog’s owner seems more upset about her missing pooch than her dead husband. Could the whole thing have been a setup? Did the woman murder her own husband and send Andi Grace to the house under false pretenses to discover the body? As sinister as that possibility may be, the trail of clues leads Andi Grace to uncover an even more nefarious scheme, and she knows she’ll have to tie up all the loose ends fast before the whole case goes to the dogs . . .
About Jackie:
Jackie Layton is the author of A Low Country Dog Walker Mystery series. She loves her life on the coast of South Carolina, and it inspired the setting for her series. Jackie also works as a compounding pharmacist. When she’s not writing, Jackie enjoys golf cart rides along the marsh and walks on the beach. She also enjoys traveling, especially to visit family in Kentucky and Texas.
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