#WriterWednesday with Patricia Marcantonio
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I’d like to welcome Patricia Marcantonio to the blog for #WriterWednesday!
Things you never want to run out of: Blackberry-sage iced tea, printer cartridges, pens, notebooks, and patience.
Things you wish you’d never bought: Gluten-free brownie mix because I ate all of them.
Hardest thing about being a writer: Making myself sit down to write when I’m not inspired, and then take a needed break from the computer when I’m in the writing zone.
Easiest thing about being a writer: Loving what I do.
Things you need for your writing sessions: Focus, focus, focus.
Things that hamper your writing: Surfing the Internet.
A few of your favorite things: My DVD collection of old movies and my comfy sweatpants.
Things you need to throw out: My comfy sweatpants.
Favorite foods: Tostadas, salt and vinegar chips, burgers with bacon and cheese, and my husband’s smoked brisket.
Things that make you want to gag: Oatmeal.
Favorite smell: My yard after a rain shower.
Something that makes you hold your nose: Too flowery perfume.
The last thing you ordered online: A book, of course.
The last thing you regret buying: Cool shoes that were torture on my feet.
Things to say to an author: “I really related to your story and characters.”
Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: “What did you say you did?”
Favorite places you’ve been: The Oregon coast, New Orleans, Puerto Vallarta, Universal Studios, and my hometown of Pueblo, Colorado, to visit my family.
Places you never want to go to again: A Los Angeles freeway during a rush hour.
Favorite things to do: Hanging with family, writing, sewing and going to the movies.
Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: Cleaning the bathroom and pulling weeds in our yard.
About Patricia:
Patricia Marcantonio is the author of the Felicity Carrol mystery series; Verdict in the Desert (Arte Público Press); Under the Blood Moon (Dark Ink); Best Amigas (Fitzroy Books) and Misbehaving at Cactus Lanes (One More Chapter). She received Alexa Rose Foundation Grants to direct her play, Tears for Llorona, and workshop her play Starring Jane Eyre. Pioneer Drama Service has published new play, Roja Ridin’ in the Hood, which is based on her award-winning children’s book Red Ridin’ in the Hood and Other Cuentos (FSG). She is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and has won awards for her screenplays and journalism. For several years, she covered crime and courts as a reporter.
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