#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Ruth J. Hartman
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I’d like to welcome my friend, the fabulous Ruth J. Hartman, back to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday!
Favorite thing to do when you have free time: Right now, I’m watching Gray’s Anatomy. I didn’t watch it when it was on the first time, and I’m hooked!
The thing you’ll always move to the bottom of your to do list: Anything to do with dusting. I mean, dust bunnies aren’t even cute!
Things you need when you’re in your writing cave: A diet 7UP, chocolate, and a cat asleep on my lap.
Things that distract you from writing: A cat sitting behind me, chewing on my hair!
Things you will run to the store for at midnight: Pizza, chocolate, and chips.
Things you never put on your shopping list: Anything Beet-related.
Something you’re really good at: Making people laugh, even when I’m not trying to be funny.
Something you’re really bad at: Remembering somebody’s name when I’m introducing them to someone else!
Something you wanted to be when you were a kid: Something to do with cats (not sure what!)
Something you do that you never dreamed you’d do: Work in a dental office – I’m a retired hygienist!
Things to say to an author: I love your books! Can’t wait to read the next one!
Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: Do you want to know how many typos I counted in your last book?
Favorite places you’ve been: Alaska (7 times!)
Places you never want to go to again: New Orleans. It has a weird smell.
Favorite things to do: Take a walk with my husband on the trail close to our house.
Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: Public speaking!
The most exciting thing about your writing life: When I’ve hit the bestseller categories for my mysteries.
The one thing you wish you could do over in your writing life: Not wait until I was 45 to write for publication.
The nicest thing a reader said to you: Your books give me a vacation from my troubles.
The craziest thing a reader said to you: I don’t think you know anything about cats. Why do you even have them in your books?
Best piece of advice you received from another writer: Don’t ever compare yourself to other writers. Everyone has their own path.
Something you would tell a younger you about your writing: Don’t give up just because it’s hard. It will be worth it in the end.
About Ruth:
Ruth J. Hartman spends her days herding cats and her nights spinning mysterious tales. She, her husband, and their cats love to spend time curled up in their recliners watching old Cary Grant movies. Well, the cats sit in the people's recliners. Not that the cats couldn't get their own furniture. They just choose to shed on someone else's.
Ruth, a left-handed, cat-herding, farmhouse-dwelling writer uses her sense of humor as she writes tales of lovable, klutzy women who seem to find trouble without even trying.
Ruth's husband and best friend, Garry, reads her manuscripts, rolls his eyes at her weird story ideas, and loves her despite her insistence all of her books have at least one cat in them. See updates about her cozy mysteries at Ruthjhartman.com.
Let’s Be Social:
Website: https://www.ruthjhartman.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ruth.j.hartman
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063631596817
Publisher: https://www.gemmahallidaypublishing.com/ruth-j-hartman
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ruthjhartman
