Reader Friday: Everyday Superpowers
What’s one everyday superpower you have?
What’s one you wished you had?
I’ll go first: I can fold a king-size fitted sheet.
I wish I could judge the right size container for leftovers.
Repeat for one of your characters.
Terry Odell is an award-winning author of Mystery and Romantic Suspense, although she prefers to think of them all as “Mysteries with Relationships.”
Reader Friday – Holiday Weekends
Image by Hai Nguyen Tien from Pixabay
We’re heading into the Labor Day weekend. As a writer who’s retired from the traditional workforce, one day is like the next, and many holidays simply slide on by. What about you?
Do long weekends make a difference in your routine?
(For the record, our Monday celebration will be a traditional Rosh Hashana dinner with family up here on the mountain. Happy 5782, everyone.)
Terry Odell is an award-winning author of Mystery and Romantic Suspense, although she prefers to think of them all as “Mysteries with Relationships.”
Reader Friday: Writers as Readers
Last week’s answers got me thinking. Most everyone said they saw no reason to finish a book they weren’t enjoying, for a variety of reasons. Someone told me that once you’re a writer, you can never read the same way again.
As a writer, do you think you’re more critical than before you took up the craft? Did you finish more “unfinishable” books when you were “only” a reader? Has your definition of a “unfinishable” book changed?
Reader Friday – Comfort Zones
Most of us will admit that 2020 has had plenty of added stress. We all have different ways of coping. Hiking, reading, meditating. I discovered my stress reliever turned out to be watching the Great British Baking Show. Even though I can’t understand half of what they’re saying, there was something about the show that pulled me away from my real world, which is surprising, since baking is a whole different game at 9100 feet!
What’s your comfort activity? Did it change in 2020?
Jack Dann (Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)
“Give the best part of every day to yourself. Get up early and write if you can. Once you’ve put words to paper, you’ve conquered the day. Then you can put bread on the table and beer in the icebox.” — Jack Dann
Do you have a best time to write? Are you able to get there consistently?
“Whenever I think of the past, it brings back so many memories.” — Steven Wright
What song brings back a vivid memory, every time you hear it? “It’s Too Late” from Carole King’s album Tapestry always takes me back to a high school summer, driving my Ford Maverick to Zuma Beach with my best friend, Randy Winter. Everything was so right then.
Congratulations! You won an all-expense[s]-paid trip to the location of the last book you read or are currently reading. 
You just landed a starring role in the remake of one of your favorite movies. 
