#WriterWednesday with Joel McKay
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I’d like to welcome Joel McKay to the blog for #WriterWednesday!
Things you never want to run out of: Books, toilet paper, chicken wings.
Things you wish you’d never bought: Boat loader
Hardest thing about being a writer: Quieting the negative voices in my head
Easiest thing about being a writer: Finding the places I want to escape to
Things you need for your writing sessions: A computer and charged battery, ambient music, something to drink
Things that hamper your writing: Lyrical music, too much noise, constant interruption
Words that describe you: Passionate, friendly, funny, hard working
Words that describe you, but you wish they didn’t: Bad memory for everyday things, a tendency to take on too much, stubborn, impatient
Favorite foods: Chicken wings, Indian food, sushi, Chinese food
Things that make you want to gag: turnips
Something you’re really good at: Talking to people
Something you’re really bad at: Sitting still
The last thing you ordered online: Glamdring (Gandalf’s sword)
The last thing you regret buying: Again, that damn boat loader
Things you always put in your books: British Columbia
Things you never put in your books: Real people
Favorite places you’ve been: Barbados, England, Yukon
Places you never want to go to again: Surrey
Favorite things to do: Write, play games, hang out with my daughters, fish
Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: Kids birthday parties, Christmas concerts, parent teacher meetings, conferences
Most daring thing you’ve ever done: Packed up and moved to Northern B.C. shortly after a divorce without knowing anyone there
Something you chickened out from doing: Bungee jumping
About Joel:
Joel McKay is the author of the horror comedy Wolf at the Door and the anthology It Came From the Trees and Other Violent Aberrations. His fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies. He is an award-winning writer who calls Northern British Columbia home.
Let’s Be Social:
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Instagram/ threads - @author_joel_mckay
Linkedin - @Joel Mckay
Website - www.joelmckay.ca
