I did this three question interview a few years ago. Not to post here on One Writer’s Journal, but as a guest on a different blog to see if I could tempt some new readers into giving my new book at the time, River to Redemption a try. The interview was a little different from most. Just three short questions …
Inspiration, Research, and Characters
You all really know how to make a blog book party fun. Thank you so much for showing up and for all the great questions you’re asking. I picked three to answer on tonight’s post. If you’ve already read them in the comments, you already know my answers. But maybe some of you waited to see some of the …
Hobbies, Ideas, and Inspiration from a Writer’s Perspective
When I posted my “Who Are You?” answers on Sunday, I invited you readers to ask any questions I didn’t answer. A few of you did that. Lavon asked, “Do you have other hobbies, besides writing?” I wouldn’t call writing a hobby, but my work. However, it is work I can do at home and somewhat set my own schedule. …
Find out more about Me, Jocie Brooke
Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill: Can you believe that somebody wanted to interview me? Me? I’m all the time interviewing other people around in Hollyhill for the paper, but I never expected anyone to want to interview me. And not for the Hollyhill Banner, but for some other magazine or something. Wes says I must be famous, and …
What’s Your Question?
What makes us human, I think, is an ability to ask questions, a consequence of our sophisticated spoken language. ~Jane Goodall I invited you all to ask me a question about me or my writing last week. And a couple of you took me up on it. Whenever I give a talk about my books, the part I always like …
Questions, We Get Questions
I asked for more questions and got some. Emily came up with varied ones. So here goes. Q 1 – Do you have any funny stories about raising chickens when you were growing up? I could come up with lots of chicken stories. Not sure how funny any of them would be. I did have a pet bantam rooster that …
And the Question is…
“Any man who knows all the answers most likely misunderstood the questions.” I certainly can’t claim to know all the answers, so maybe that means I did understand the questions. But for sure, some questions are harder for me to answer than others. Right now I’m struggling with the answer to what is my writing style. Why do I need …
What’s in a Name?
The name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers. ~Marshall McLuhan Do you like your name? Have you changed your name from the name your parents gave you? Are you burdened with a nickname you hate? I’m creating characters right now. Well, a couple of the characters have been walking around with me for several …