#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Kevin Kluesner
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I’d like to welcome author Kevin Kluesner to the blot for #ThisorThatThursday!
Things you need for your writing sessions: Anything to capture a thought, whether it’s a computer, phone, tablet and pen, or even a scorecard and a golf pencil.
Things that hamper your writing: Interruptions during my protected time to write.
Things you love about writing: I love getting people excited about a character, a place, and a story that I invented.
Things you hate about writing:
Hardest thing about being a writer: Facing rejection from publishers, agents, and media outlets (when promoting a book).
Easiest thing about being a writer: Talking with your readers about characters and scenes that moved them.
Things you never want to run out of: Laughter and love.
Things you wish you’d never bought: The family size bag of Tostitos that’s calling to me from the pantry right now.
Favorite music or song: Tony Bennett’s Someday.
Music that drives you crazy: Metal.
Favorite beverage: A really hoppy IPA.
Something that gives you a sour face: Any hard liquor.
Favorite smell: Toss up between bacon or coffee (the smell of both together is nirvana).
Something that makes you hold your nose: (Brussel sprouts or broccoli roasting in the oven).
Something you wish you could do: Play music, guitar especially.
Something you wish you’d never learned to do: I can’t think of anything I’ve learned that I would want to unlearn.
The last thing you ordered online: The novel, Armored, by Mark Greaney.
The last thing you regret buying: The second Big Mac and the large fries.
Favorite books (or genre): Thrillers
Books you wouldn’t buy: Romance novels
People you’d like to invite to dinner (living): John Grisham, Gregg Hurwitz, and Stephen King
People you’d cancel dinner on: Donald Trump and Hunter Biden
Things that make you happy: Seeing something amazing for the first time.
Things that drive you crazy: The mundane.
Best thing you’ve ever done: Marrying my wife, Janet, 42 years ago.
Biggest mistake: Not committing myself to writing earlier.
The nicest thing a reader said to you: I had a reader tell me that she took my novel, The Killer Sermon, to Florida on vacation. She read the first two thirds of the book and wanted to save the last third to enjoy on the flight home. But she said she enjoyed it too much and finished it by midweek.
The craziest thing a reader said to you: That she didn’t like happy endings (Good thing I do)!
About Kevin
I earned both a BA in journalism and later an MBA from Marquette University. I've worked as the outdoor writer for a daily newspaper, taught marketing and management classes at both the undergraduate and graduate level and served as an administrator of an urban safety net hospital.
The Killer Sermon is my debut novel. It introduces FBI agent Cole Huebsch and a thriller series set in Wisconsin and the Midwest. I might be the only person to claim membership in both the American College of Healthcare Executives and the International Thriller Writers. I live in New Berlin, Wisconsin, with my soulmate and wife Janet.
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