#WriterWednesday Interview with J. Lynn Else
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I’d like to welcome author, J. Lynn Else, to the blog for #WriterWednesday!
A few of your favorite things: These would definitely include books, loose-leaf tea, Grogu/Baby Yoda, Autumn
Things you need to throw out: My husband’s Dungeons and Dragons movie DVD. Worst. Movie. Ever.
Hardest thing about being a writer: Editing.
Easiest thing about being a writer: Talking to other book nerds like me about my books.
Favorite foods: My mom has this amazing chicken crescent recipe. I’m always so happy when she makes it again!
Things that make you want to gag: Peas. My kids love peas, so they always show off foods they order that are full of peas. “Look, Mom! Delicious.” Bleck.
Favorite music or song: 80s music. My favorite is “Take on Me” by A-ha. Though I’ve currently been asking Alexa to play a lot of “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” by The Darkness.
Music that drives you crazy: Country music. Rap music.
Favorite smell: The inside of a Crumbl Cookie store.
Something that makes you hold your nose: New plastic. Burnt popcorn.
Something you’re really good at: Star Wars trivia
Something you’re really bad at: Any and all other trivia
Something you wish you could do: I wish I could participate in an archeological dig in Egypt!
Something you wish you’d never learned to do: I can’t say there’s anything I wish I hadn’t learned. I’m always open to new things.
Things you’d walk a mile for: A new bookstore.
Things that make you want to run screaming from the room: Spiders. Seriously, just torch the place.
Things you always put in your books: Female lead characters.
Things you never put in your books: Steamy bedroom scenes. It’s simply a personal preference, I don’t read spicy books either. If you like spicy books, continue to enjoy! It’s just not an element in my books.
Things to say to an author:
• “I could really relate to <name of character>!”
• “I really loved when <scene in book> happened!”
Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book:
• “<Name of different author> writes better fantasy than you. You should read their books.”
Favorite places you’ve been: Disney World; Napa Valley, CA; Door County, WI
Places you never want to go to again: Waterloo, IA
Favorite books (or genre): Fantasy! I recently read Daughter of the Moon Goddess, and it’s my favorite read of 2022 thus far.
Books you wouldn’t buy: Romance.
Favorite things to do: Reading in my hammock. Girl’s Nights Out at our favorite breweries/wineries.
Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: Dishes.
About J. Lynn Else:
J. LYNN ELSE is an award-winning author from Minnesota who’s self-published two historical fiction novels set in ancient Egypt, “The Forgotten: Aten’s Last Queen (2013),” which was named an Indie Editor’s Choice book for 2016 by the Historical Novel Society, and “The Forgotten: Heir of the Heretic (2016)” as well as a sci fi novella “Strangely Constructed Souls (2018).” Through Inklings Publishing, she’s authored an Arthurian-influenced, female-driven fantasy trilogy, “Descendants of Avalon” (2018), “Lost Daughters of Avalon” (2019), and “Destiny of Avalon” (2021).” Her short story “The Girl from the Haunted Woods,” won 2nd place in the “Journey into the Fantastical” Anthology contest. In 2021, she became the Indie Reviews Editor for the Historical Novel Society. She believes in unicorns and practicing random acts of awesome.
Let’s Be Social:
Website: http://www.teasippinnerdymom.com (that’s “tea-sippin’ nerdy mom”)
Facebook: www.facebook.com/teasippinnerdymom
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JLynnElseAuthor
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jlynnelseauthor/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7275724.J_Lynn_Else
