#ThisorThatThursday with donalee Moulton
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I’d like to welcome donalee Moulton back to the blog for #ThisorThatThursday!
Favorite thing to do when you have free time: Absolutely nothing
The thing you’ll always move to the bottom of your to do list: Vacuuming
Things you need when you’re in your writing cave: A lovely drink like a decaf mocha and a treat like warm chocolate chip cookies
Things that distract you from writing: Usually the doorbell and my husband
Hardest thing about being a writer: Writing
Easiest thing about being a writer: Not writing
Things you will run to the store for at midnight: Mango ice cream
Things you never put on your shopping list: Lima beans
Favorite snacks: Chester’s corn twists and most anything chocolate
Things that make you want to gag: snails, almonds, furballs
Something you wanted to be when you were a kid: lawyer
Something you do that you never dreamed you’d do: started my own business
Something you wish you could do: be a lethal weapon
Something you wish you’d never learned to do: vacuum
Last best thing you ate: Lemon posset pudding made by my friend George
Last thing you regret eating: Vegan lasagna (and that was more than a year ago)
Things to say to an author: Thank you
Things to say to an author if you want to be fictionally killed off in their next book: You made a mistake
The most exciting thing about your writing life: Holding the finished product
The one thing you wish you could do over in your writing life: Start earlier
The nicest thing a reader said to you: I loved it when… and then they recount a scene
The craziest thing a reader said to you: There’s a typo on page 243.
Recommendations for curing writer’s block: Write. It sounds so simple. It isn’t.
Things you do to avoid writing: We don’t have enough room to list everything.
About donalee:
donalee Moulton’s first mystery book Hung out to Die was published in 2023. A historical mystery, Conflagration!, was published in 2024. It won the 2024 Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense (Historical Fiction). donalee has two new books coming out in 2025, Bind and Melt, the first in a new series, the Lotus Detective Agency.
A short story “Swan Song” was one of 21 selected for publication in Cold Canadian Crime. It was shortlisted for an Award of Excellence. Other short stories have been published in numerous anthologies and magazines. donalee’s short story “Troubled Water” was shortlisted for a 2024 Derringer Award and a 2024 Award of Excellence from the Crime Writers of Canada.
donalee is an award-winning freelance journalist. She has written articles for print and online publications across North America including The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, Lawyer’s Daily, National Post, and Canadian Business.
As well, donalee is the author of The Thong Principle: Saying What You Mean and Meaning What You Say and co-authored the book, Celebrity Court Cases: Trials of the Rich and Famous.
Let’s Be Social:
Website: donaleemoulton.com
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