#ThisorThatThursday Interview with Kaye George
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I’d like to welcome mystery author, Kaye George to the blog this week for #ThisorThatThursday.
Things you need for your writing sessions: My computer, silence, my files, a deadline
Things that hamper your writing: Noise, heat.
Things you love about writing: I feel so very good after I’ve written something. Even better after it’s published and someone says they enjoyed it, that I entertained them and made their day better.
Things you hate about writing: How hard it on my neck, back, hands, and eyes.
Hardest thing about being a writer: Answering this question: Where do you get your ideas?
Easiest thing about being a writer: Getting ideas. I have enough ideas to last
me 100 years, should I live that much longer. I honestly have no idea where
they came from. They’re just there.
Things you never want to run out of: Dr. Pepper, toilet paper, sticky notes.
Things you wish you’d never bought: That caramel flavored candy corn. It’s awful. Way too sweet.
Favorite foods: Anything with sugar and/or chocolate
Things that make you want to gag: Cilantro, anchovies, boiled okra.
Favorite beverage: I have several that I drink at least every week: iced tea, Dr. Pepper, Scotch (any kind but Dewar’s).
Something that gives you a sour face: Sweet tea, Dewar’s Scotch.
Favorite smell: Either lavender or vanilla. I like plain smells.
Something that makes you hold your nose: The skunks outside my house at night,
those stinkbugs that love to come inside, the kitchen sink and trash bag when
I’ve been writing too much and ignoring things around me.
Things you always put in your books: Some humor, some romance, tension, human beings as real as I can make them.
Things you never put in your books: Hurting children or animals.
Things to say to an author: Oh, you write mysteries? I love to read mysteries. Yes, I’d love your card.
Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: Have I ever heard of you?
Favorite places you’ve been: Anywhere! I like to go. I love to go to places I haven’t been. I’ve been lucky enough to travel to Europe a few times, to lots of writing conferences, to visit my far flung relatives
every once in a while. I’ve also lived a lot of places and liked all of them, with the exception below.
Places you never want to go to again: Montana in the winter when it’s 40 below (80 below with the terrific Great Falls wind chill). But I love it other times of the year.
Favorite books (or genre): I don’t really have just one. I like to read mystery, horror, biography, autobiography, true crime, history, historical fiction, humor, and maybe some others.
Books you wouldn’t buy: I’m not sure. I’ll never say never on this category.
Things that make you happy: My kids and grandkids. Good weather. Being able to tend a garden.
Things that drive you crazy: Allergens in the air. Too much rain, Not enough rain.
About Kaye:
Kaye George is a national-bestselling, multiple-award-winning author of pre-history, traditional, and cozy mysteries (upcoming is the new Vintage Sweets series from Lyrical Press). Her short stories have appeared online, in anthologies, magazines, her own collection, and her recent anthology of eclipse stories, DAY
OF THE DARK, by Wildside Press. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Smoking Guns chapter, Guppies chapter, Authors Guild of TN, Knoxville Writers Group, Austin Mystery Writers, and lives in Knoxville, TN.
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kayegeorge@gmail.com
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