#ThisorThatThursday with donalee Moulton

I’d like to welcome donalee Moulton back to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday!

Favorite thing to do when you have free time: Absolutely nothing

The thing you’ll always move to the bottom of your to do list: Vacuuming

Things you need when you’re in your writing cave: A lovely drink like a decaf mocha and a treat like warm chocolate chip cookies

Things that distract you from writing: Usually the doorbell and my husband

Hardest thing about being a writer: Writing

Easiest thing about being a writer: Not writing

Things you will run to the store for at midnight: Mango ice cream

Things you never put on your shopping list: Lima beans

Favorite snacks: Chester’s corn twists and most anything chocolate

Things that make you want to gag: snails, almonds, furballs

Something you wanted to be when you were a kid: lawyer

Something you do that you never dreamed you’d do: started my own business

Something you wish you could do: be a lethal weapon

Something you wish you’d never learned to do: vacuum

Last best thing you ate: Lemon posset pudding made by my friend George

Last thing you regret eating: Vegan lasagna (and that was more than a year ago)

Things to say to an author: Thank you

Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: You made a mistake

The most exciting thing about your writing life: Holding the finished product

The one thing you wish you could do over in your writing life: Start earlier

The nicest thing a reader said to you: I loved it when… and then they recount a scene

The craziest thing a reader said to you: There’s a typo on page 243.

Recommendations for curing writer’s block: Write. It sounds so simple. It isn’t.

Things you do to avoid writing: We don’t have enough room to list everything.

About donalee:

donalee Moulton’s first mystery book Hung out to Die was published in 2023. A historical mystery, Conflagration!, was published in 2024. It won the 2024 Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense (Historical Fiction). donalee has two new books coming out in 2025, Bind and Melt, the first in a new series, the Lotus Detective Agency.

A short story “Swan Song” was one of 21 selected for publication in Cold Canadian Crime. It was shortlisted for an Award of Excellence. Other short stories have been published in numerous anthologies and magazines. donalee’s short story “Troubled Water” was shortlisted for a 2024 Derringer Award and a 2024 Award of Excellence from the Crime Writers of Canada. 

donalee is an award-winning freelance journalist. She has written articles for print and online publications across North America including The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, Lawyer’s Daily, National Post, and Canadian Business.

As well, donalee is the author of The Thong Principle: Saying What You Mean and Meaning What You Say and co-authored the book, Celebrity Court Cases: Trials of the Rich and Famous.

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