I’d like to welcome author J. P. McLean back to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday.

The thing that you will most remember about your writing life:

The feeling of accomplishment when I hold a book I’ve written in my hands.

Something in your writing life that you wish you could do over:

If I had a do-over, I’d learn more about how to market and promote my book before it hit the shelves. There was much I could have done to improve the success of those early books, if I’d only known.

Something you’re really good at:

Organizing things like closets and drawers. Annoyingly so (or that’s what I’m told).

Something you never learned how to do:

Speak a second language. I’ve tried, and I can repeat a few passable phrases, but I wish I could carry on a full conversation in another language.

Something you wanted to be when you were a kid:

I imagined myself as an inventor, but it never came to be. Turns out great ideas aren’t enough.

Something you do that you never dreamed you’d do:

Scuba diving. It was my husband’s idea. We got certified on our honeymoon and diving has been great fun and something to look forward to on vacations (in warm water).

Things you always put in your books:

Magic! The possibility of the supernatural being real is a never-ending source of fascination and inspiration.

Things you never put in your books:

Hurting animals. It’s just wrong. It ruins me.

Things to say to an author:

I loved your book and of course I’ll write a review.

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

When I have nothing better to do, I might write a book, too.

People you’d like to invite to dinner (living):

Taylor Swift. She’s an impressive young woman.

People you’d cancel dinner on:

Putin.

Favorite things to do:

Enjoying dinner with friends. It doesn’t matter if we dine in a restaurant or eat in.

Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing:

Playing games like charades.

The funniest thing that happened to you in an airport:

A group of women in a bar kept staring at me. Awkward. Eventually, one of them told me they were staring because they thought I looked EXACTLY like one of their other friends. And funnier still, it wasn’t the first time I’ve been identified as someone’s doppelganger. Weird.

The most embarrassing thing that happened to you in an airport:

Hands down it was hearing my name being paged overhead. I’d forgotten about the time zone change and nearly missed my flight. It felt like a walk of shame slinking down the narrow airplane aisle, long after everyone else was buckled in. And making it worse? I had a window seat.

The best job you ever had:

Easy answer! Fiction writer. Who wouldn’t want to daydream and make things up all day long?

The worst job you ever had:

Making cold calls. For anything. Just thinking about it makes me uncomfortable.

The one thing you cook/bake that is better than a restaurant dish:

Spaghetti and meatballs. Mostly the meatballs.

The one thing you cooked/baked that turned out to be an epic disaster:

I recently invited guests to dinner and planned to serve ribs, which normally turn out fall-off-the-bone yummy. But my timing was way off, and the ribs came out terribly chewy. My guests were gracious, but I was horribly embarrassed.

About J. P.:

JP (Jo-Anne) McLean is a bestselling and award-winning author of urban fantasy and supernatural thrillers. Reviewers call her books addictive, smart and fun. Raised in Toronto, Ontario, JP now lives with her husband on Denman Island, which is nestled between the coast of British Columbia and Vancouver Island. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her cooking dishes that turn out looking nothing like the recipe photos or arguing with weeds in the garden.

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