Making videos is a little bit like exposure therapy for me. Maybe if I create videos more frequently, I’ll not only learn what I’m doing (note to self: record in HD), but get more comfortable watching myself on video. So, since one of my unwritten writing-related goals for the years was to put more videos on my YouTube Channel, and it’s nearly the end of October, what better time to link up with Tuesday Talks (over on Goodreads) than now? Continue reading
Although we live geographically close, I met Quenby Olson through an international Facebook group, 10 Minute Novelists. The more I read her work, the more impressed I am with her writing ability. I’m grateful she took the time to answer some questions for me!
Your published books and short story are so diverse. I get the sense both from your writer’s voice and your stylistic choices such as tense and point of view, that you read very widely. Am I correct, and what genre do you most enjoy reading?
I do read very widely! I remember in school (I was homeschooled) reading everything from Little Women to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy to the latest John Grisham thriller. I also have a tendency to go through obsessive periods of reading all about a certain point in history, or the entire catalog of a single author. My favorite is probably historical, and that could be romance, non-fiction, mystery, etc. I think it’s the draw of being pulled into another time, not only another place, that I find so attractive and keeps me coming back for more. Continue reading