#WriterWednesday Interview with Authors Midge Raymond and John Yunker

I’d like to welcome Midge Raymond and John Yunker to the blog for #WriterWednesday!

Things you never want to run out of:

Midge: Chocolate. Wine. Books.

John: Beer. Books. Notepads and pens.

Things you wish you’d never bought:

Midge: Shoes I thought would fit just because I loved them.

John: Several of the vintage typewriters in my very large collection.

Hardest thing about being a writer:

Midge: The blank page.

John: Rejection.

Easiest thing about being a writer:

Midge: Revision (basically the opposite of the blank page).

John: Low overhead.

Things you need for your writing sessions:

Midge: Inspiration, time, patience.

John: To get out of the house.

Things that hamper your writing:

Midge & John: The internet.

Words that describe you:

Midge: Bubbly.

John: Introvert.

Words that describe you, but you wish they didn’t:

Midge: Bubbly.

John: Balding.

Favorite foods:

Midge: Any and all vegan sweets.

John: Vegan Mexican.

Things that make you want to gag:

Midge: Anything made from animals.

John: Carrots, literally (I’m allergic).

Favorite smell:

Midge: Vanilla.

John: Bagels.

Something that makes you hold your nose:

Midge & John: When our cats vomit.

Last best thing you ate:

Midge: Maya’s Cookies.

John: Dinner at Donna Jean.

Last thing you regret eating:

Midge: Too many Maya’s Cookies.

John: Carrots.

Favorite places you’ve been:

Midge: Australia and the Galápagos Islands.

John: Australia.

Places you never want to go to again:

Midge & John: Miami International Airport.

Favorite books:

Midge: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler, Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson, Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark, everything by Jane Harper…and I could go on and on…

John: The Spare Room by Helen Garner.

Books you wouldn’t buy:

Midge & John: We’ll read anything … at least the first 50 pages.

Most daring thing you’ve ever done:

Midge: Bungee jumping off a bridge.

John: Starting Ashland Creek Press.

Something you chickened out from doing:

Midge: Visual arts.

John: Acting.

About Midge and John:

Devils Island is the debut collaboration by Midge Raymond and John Yunker. Midge is the author of the novels Floreana and My Last Continent and the award-winning short-story collection Forgetting English. She earned a certificate in private investigation from the University of Washington. John is the author of the novel The Tourist Trail; editor of the Among Animals fiction series and a nonfiction anthology, Writing for Animals; and his plays have been produced or staged at such venues as the Oregon Contemporary Theatre, the Source Festival, the Centre Stage New Play Festival, and Association for Theatre in Higher Education conference. 

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