#WriterWednesday Interview with Lida Sideris
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I’m so excited to have the fabulous Lida Sideris on the blog today for #WriterWednesday!
A few of your favorite spring traditions: Celebrating the first day of spring with a family party. It’s also my younger son’s birthday.
Something spring-related that you’ll never do again: Weed whacking my yard; I managed to eradicate all weeds in a square foot strip, ripping only one pant leg in the process and avoiding a narrow miss with my knee. It was a good day, but not to be repeated.
Favorite spring treat: Strawberry rhubarb cobbler
A spring treat that makes you gag: Ambrosia salad. I’m not a marshmallow fan unless they’re incorporated in Rice Krispy treats.
Something you only do in the spring: Plant tulips.
Something you’d never do in the spring season: Spring cleaning. I prefer to enjoy the spring with minimal labor, especially after the weed whacking incident.
Favorite spring beverage: Iced tea in raspberry peach flavor
A drink that gives you a sour face: Soda
Favorite spring smell: Freesias
Something that makes you hold your nose: Skunk
Best spring memory: Our first Easter egg hunt after we’d moved to the countryside. Kids hunting in tall grass surrounded by hens and goats. It was a treat!
Something you’d rather forget: Goats jumping the fence and feasting on our roses.
Best thing you ever cooked/baked in spring: Lemon meringue pie with lemons from my tree.
Your worst kitchen disaster: Boiling water for tea and forgetting about it for hours!
Favorite place you spent a spring day: Outside in a garden with beautiful flowers.
The worst place to spend a spring day: Outside in a garden with lovely flowers on a very windy day. Pollen everywhere!
Funniest egg-dyeing story: I don’t have to dye eggs because my chickens lay green, pink and dark chocolate colored eggs. Growing up in Los Angeles, our L.A. guests were amazed that the hens laid eggs in different colors.
Your worst egg-dyeing story: Trying to dye eggs using a kit. Never quite comes out the way I hope. A big thank you to my colorful layers!
Your favorite spring/Easter candy: Anything with chocolate (almost anything).
Something you would throw away if it appeared in your Easter basket: Candy canes. Not a fan even at Christmas.
About Lida:
Lida Sideris' first stint after law school was a newbie lawyer's dream: working as an entertainment attorney for a movie studio...kind of like her heroine, Corrie Locke, except without the homicides. Lida was one of two national winners of the Helen McCloy Mystery Writers of America Scholarship Award and a Killer Nashville, Silver Falchion Award Finalist (humor). She also writes short stories and is the author of THE COOKIE EATING FIRE DOG, a picture book for ages 4-8. Lida lives in the Santa Barbara area with her family, rescue dogs and a flock of uppity chickens.
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