#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Sheryl Jordan
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I’d like to welcome my friend, Sheryl Jordan, to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday!
Things you never want to run out of: I never want to run out of Toilet paper, coffee, and wine.
Things you wish you had never bought: In 1991, I wish I had never bought a 1975 Jeep Wagoner.
The hardest part about being a writer is the many rounds of editing required to create the “perfect story.”
Easiest thing about being a writer: The easiest thing about being a writer is creating characters.
Things you need for your writing sessions: I need my laptop, coffee or wine (depending on the time of day), and the internet.
Things that hamper your writing: Procrastination, distractions from family.
A few of your favorite things: I love fresh ground French Roast coffee with hazelnut creamer in the mornings, a glass (or two or three) of chilled Chardonnay in the evenings, and spending time with family and friends anytime.
Things you need to throw out: I need to throw out shoes and clothes I’ve had for over ten years, which I will never wear again.
Words that describe you: Loving, caring, considerate, fun to be around. creative
Words that describe you, but you wish they didn’t: Procrastinator, dramatic (according to my daughter 😊).
Favorite foods: My favorite food is grilled medium well ribeye steaks with a garden salad topped with olive oil and fresh ground pepper.
Things that make you want to gag: Things that make me want to gag are liver and salmon
Favorite smell: My favorite smells are green peppers, onions, and celery being sauteed, the smell of rain before it actually rains, and most flowers.
Something that makes you hold your nose: Spoiled milk.
Things you always put in your books: I always put a murder in my books.
Things you never put in your books: Mystical creatures.
Things to say to an author: I loved your story and characters.
Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: I hate your story.
People you’d like to invite to dinner: President Barrack and First Lady Michelle Obama.
People you’d cancel dinner on: People who are arrogant, egotistical, or self-centered people.
The nicest thing a reader said to you: I just read your story, and all I have to say is keep on writing. It was a great story, and I loved your characters.
The craziest thing a reader said to you: “Your book was really good and should be made into a movie, but I don’t like the ending. You should have changed the ending.” Me: My novel was inspired by actual events.”, Reader: “I guess that wouldn’t have worked then.”
Besides writing, what’s the most creative thing you’ve done: Designed our family room remodel at our prior home. It was beautiful. We sold our house two months later.
A project that didn’t quite turn out the way you planned it: When I was a teenager, I liked to sew. My father asked me to make one of his long-sleeved dress shirts short-sleeved. I cut the sleeves off too much, and it looked like a dressy muscle shirt.
Some real-life story that made it to one of your books: My story, “Stalked By Her Past”, in the First Come Love, Then Comes Murder anthology, a character is stalked by a man for months. He keeps watching her house and following her. I experienced an incident just as creepy when a man I didn’t know was watching me while working at home during the Covid shutdown. I scared him off when I looked up and screamed. I went to the front door to ensure it was locked, and he ran off. He returned three more times that we know about, and I’m sure he approached me at Walgreens a few blocks from my home a couple of weeks later.
Something in your story that readers think is about you, but it’s not: Some think I drive a Mercedes Benz because it is my car of choice for most of my main characters. I don’t and never have…yet. 😊
About Sheryl:
Sheryl Jordan is a fictional mystery author. She wrote Manipulation, Money, and Murder, a fictional novel based on true crimes. She has stories in Virginia for Mysteries III, Coastal Crimes, First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder, and several stories in anthologies coming soon. Sheryl is currently working on a female truck driver mystery series. By day, she is a mutual funds accountant and corporate reporter. In her “spare time,” she enjoys traveling, watching professional football and basketball, and spending time with family. She resides in a small town in Virginia with her family.
Let’s Be Social:
Author website: https://sheryl-jordan.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SherylJordanAuthor
Twitter/X: https://x.com/SherylJ79644
