1. What has been the biggest challenge you've encoutered as a writer?
Honestly,
marketing. The writing and editing parts were a blast, even though they
took me a probably-inordinate-amount of time. Marketing is a lot
harder than it looks!
2. Complete the sentence, When I'm not writing, I'm _______
Working
;), hanging out with my husband, geocaching, crocheting, watching
movies, playing video games, Pinteresting. (Maybe it's been used
already, but I think I just made my own verb.)
3. If you could hang out with any of your characters for the day, who would it be?
Definitely
Charlie. Charlie is the main character's, Torberta's, spiritual guide,
in a way. He was a musician and died in a plane crash in the 1930s,
and he's seen a lot of history since. On top of being a loving
big-brother character, he'd have the best stories to tell. Like hanging
out with George Washington's ghost in a jazz club.
4. What has been the nicest thing anyone has said to you, after publishing your book?
Not
to discount any of the other nice things people have said, but the
nicest was my cousin's 12-year-old daughter saying she wanted my help
publishing her own book after reading mine. And she's a great writer!
5. When writing the Death of Torberta Turchin, what was the biggest challenge to keep the story fresh and different?
I
think I spent the most time making sure that I wasn't writing too
similarly to whatever book I might've been reading at any time while I
was writing. I never caught myself doing so, but I really worried I'd
end up a copycat, whether with someone else's ideas, verbiage, or
general writing style. I'd comb back over my work every once in a while
to make sure it was my own.
6. If you could invite six authors to dinner, dead or alive, who would they be?
Samuel Clemens / Mark Twain
Louis Sachar
Lois Lowry
Octavia Butler
Pam Conrad
Lemony Snicket
I'm shy and might have trouble entertaining them, but I could still list more!
Shannon Mawhiney
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