#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Sarah Ickes
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I’d like the welcome the multi-talented Sarah Ickes to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday!
Hardest thing about being a writer: Getting people to take a chance on your books.
Easiest thing about being a writer: Finding enjoyment in writing the story. (Now editing is another matter)
Things you need for your writing sessions: A clear mind and a small snack certainly helps.
Things that hamper your writing: Too many to count I’m afraid.
Something you’re really good at: Memorizing movie lines/quotes from numerous films.
Something you’re really bad at: Remembering road names is not my forte.
Last best thing you ate: A classic that doesn’t go out of style; a homemade chocolate chip cookie.
Last thing you regret eating: That final pound of candy corn when I was much younger, which is still the reason why I haven’t touched another piece since.
Favorite music or song: Uplifting music is more my speed.
Music that drives you crazy: Songs that are solely rap are not in my playlist.
Things you’d walk a mile for: My dog, family and friends…and in that order
Things that make you want to run screaming from the room: When someone touches my stuff!
Favorite books (or genre): Even though I write mysteries, I actually read more fantasy/adventure.
Books you wouldn’t buy: Romance isn’t my thing.
Favorite things to do: Draw, write, watch movies with my dog, explore the outdoors, and reading, of course!
Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: The laundry…most definitely.
The nicest thing a reader said to you: “Where’s the next one?”
The craziest thing a reader said to you: I haven’t had much experience with this side yet.
Some real-life story that made it to one of your books: In Angled for Revenge, I used my past experience from riding on a few steam engine trains to help bring more realism to the scene where they disembark in Nebraska. (This is just one example, as many of my books include a variety of researched materials and actual historical references.)
Something in your story that readers think is about you, but it’s not: Some think I’m Vectra Tillerman, the main character in my fantasy series, but the idea for her actually started from the concept of creating a character I would love to dress up as at a renaissance faire.
About Sarah:
Sarah Ickes has a devoted passion to art, a love for reading and writing, and has an old soul when it comes to television and films. Though she has a degree in Fine Arts, her life is not as simple as a piece of paper. She has worked in retail management, web designing, and marketing to name a few of the realms of her experiences. The pets in her life take precedence, as anyone with animals knows. Her interest in historical America comes vividly to life in her Murial Robertson mysteries, following the adventures of a woman in the 1880s. Currently, she has three books in the series, as well as one in her Vectra Tillerman Adventures (Action/Adventure/Greek Myth/Steampunk), and the first installment in her Cybil Lawson Mysteries (Cozy/Light-hearted Traditional Mystery).
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