#ThisorThatThursday Author Interview with Trevor Harrison
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I’d like to welcome Trevor Harrison to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday!
Hardest thing about being a writer: Thinking. Thinking is the hardest work anyone can ever do, which is why a lot of people ignore it.
Easiest thing about being a writer: The fact that ideas – some good, some bad – come to you when you least expect them.
Things you need for your writing sessions: Time to allow my mind to travel from one storyline to another
Things that hamper your writing: Mundane tasks that distract me from thinking
Words that describe you: humorous, rational, nostalgic
Words that describe you, but you wish they didn’t: impatient (but I’m working on it). Also, as my beard whitens, I look increasingly like Colonel Saunders
Something you’re really good at: Cribbage and most other board games; racquetball at one time.
Something you’re really bad at: losing (but I’m also working on this), woodworking, and baseball all the time
Favorite music or song: blues, rock, and jazz
Music that drives you crazy: rap
Things to say to an author: What is your process? Who are your major influences?
Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: I have a really good idea for your next novel/short story!
Favorite places you’ve been: Greece
Places you never want to go to again: No good answer as I have loved everywhere I have ever been.
Favorite books (or genre): economic and political history, poetry, and biographies
Books you wouldn’t buy: Guinness Book of Records or any other books of lists
Best thing you’ve ever done: travel
Biggest mistake: not traveling enough
Besides writing, what’s the most creative thing you’ve done: I designed our current house on draft paper before it went to a professional draftsman for final work. The final product is about 95 per cent of my original conception.
A project that didn’t quite turn out the way you planned it: I bought all the disassembled parts for a 1919 Studebaker with the idea of putting it together but finally had to sell all of it for lack of time and ability.
About Trevor:
Trevor W. Harrison is a retired professor of Sociology at the University of Lethbridge. He was formerly Director of Parkland Institute (2011-2021) and a member of both the Canadian political science and sociology associations. He is best known for his studies in political sociology, political economy, and public policy. He is the author, co-author, or co-editor of twelve books, including Tales This Side of the Elysian Fields. A thirteenth book, Safarnameh: A Traveler’s Journey Along the Hippie Trail is scheduled for publication by Athabasca University Press in spring 2025. He is a frequent and well-known contributor to public media, including radio and television.
