I’d like to welcome author Cynthia Carver to the blog today for #ThisorThatThursday!

A few of your favorite things: A few of my favorite things are a hand drum my father made for me, a print photo of a medicine woman from a native medicine society, and my mother’s corning ware coffee pot.

Things you need to throw out: All the surplus plastic bags I keep around for the bathroom waste can.

Things you need for your writing sessions: This may change often according to the scene I am writing, but I need a clutter free desk zone, my phone to keep the Clubhouse sprints open, and ice-cold water while I write.

Things that hamper your writing: A disorganized area around my desk area hampers my writing. I must stop and clear it before writing anything that isn’t disjointed.

Things you love about writing: Expressing the story from within, knowing someone will enjoy the story that has grown from my imagination gives me delight concerning my writing.

Things you hate about writing: Hands down, I hate editing. My English grammar is not the most fluid. It is a good thing I found an editor that is willing to work with me and make me look good.

Hardest thing about being a writer: For me, the hardest thing about being a writer is getting the written word on the page as fast as my brain spews it out.

Easiest thing about being a writer: The easiest thing would be the creating of new characters. In Small Bit of Justice, the first draft had to many characters. I had to combine them to make it easy to follow.

Things you never want to run out of: Incense and coffee, both make my morning brighter.

Things you wish you’d never bought: The chandelier that is now in my RV. I never use it and I’m not sure I actually like it.

Favorite foods: Tacos, pollo loco, and blackberry cobbler ice-cream or strawberry ice-cream on blackberry pie are my guilty pleasures in the food department.

Things that make you want to gag: Quickest way for me to lose my appetite is to be offered beets, okra, or arugula.

Favorite beverage: Black coffee is my favorite morning beverage followed by ice-water during the day, and Lemonade in the evening.

Something that gives you a sour face: Iced-coffee or a Frappuccino is something that I do not enjoy.

Favorite smell: I enjoy the scent of lilacs in the garden, followed by heritage roses, lavender and purple sage.

Something that makes you hold your nose: Beautiful little skunks make me hold my breath. The pungent scent is disgusting to me.

Something you wish you could do: As a child I was very musical, not a band instrument that I could not play. I let that fall to the wayside as I became an adult and wish I could regain that ability.

Something you wish you’d never learned to do: Cussing is a habit I wish I had never picked up and cultivated. Why yes, I was a sailor, my colorful words share that without much explanation.

Something you like to do: I like to traditional dance at Powwows.

Something you wish you’d never done: Left an argument with a misunderstanding that may have left the person with a sense of guilt.

Things you always put in your books: Episodes that hinge on being unbelievable that my sister and I actually did.

Things you never put in your books: My sister’s personal epic tales and she has done many. Those are for her to request I write, or for her to write herself.

Things to say to an author: My favorite thing to hear from someone is, “Let me show you what I did,” reader flips their phone open and presents a picture of their review of my book on Amazon.

Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: “Whatever possessed you to think you could tell a story with your bad grammar?”

Favorite places you’ve been: My lifestyle is nomadic and I visit all types of amazing places. Hawaii was my favorite place to live while stationed on Kauai while in the military.

Places you never want to go to again: I have no desire to visit Tijuana, México again. Other places in México, especially on the gulf side I’ll continue to visit each year.

Favorite books (or genre): I write paranormal suspense and love reading historic romance, witchy cozies, and paranormal romance.

Books you wouldn’t buy: My guilty pleasure is listening to Stephen King YouTube documentaries, but to buy horror isn’t something I would do. I did buy his book, On Writing.

Most embarrassing moment: At the time, I had recently married my starter husband, oops first husband. Things had waned with his rigid Seal Team schedule. I decided to greet him at the door when he came home with nothing on but a smile. When I opened the door, it was his supervisor. I slammed the door, put clothes on, and answered the door again.

Proudest moment: When I drove away in my Class A motorhome and didn’t wreck it when I took the corner out of the parking lot. It was such a relief; I smiled all the way to the gas station.

About Cynthia

Cynthia Carver, born in Dayton, Ohio to Métis parents and a veteran of the US Navy, puts a paranormal spin on everything she does whether it is ghost hunting or camping. Often the photos she takes and shares on her website have images of other-dimensional beings. Her failure in life is cooking. Her family requests her to bring items such as paper plates, napkins, and utensils to family picnics.

Her dyslexia leaks into all phases of her life including her published work. She released the second story featuring her main character, Tracy Richards first. Meet Tracy Richards in Tracy’s debut novella, ‘The Missing Locket.’

On a timeline, ‘Small Bit of Justice’ happened to Tracy Richards before ‘Missing Locket.’ Each novelette, novella, and novel are stand-alone stories.

Each November, Cynthia accepts the NaNoWriMo.org challenge of writing a 50,000-word novel within thirty days. She is a cheerleader for those in the writer’s facebook group ‘Author Apprentices’ who have joined her in the writing madness.

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