SUSAN WINGATE Interview Questions from RD Larson

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Interview Questions from RD Larson

1) What would be your fantasy weekend?

My fantasy weekend would be spent in my studio by the pond with my animals around (“No fighting, children!”), no phones or emails, no messes (so I’d need a cleaning lady lurking behind doors somewhere), my husband to bring me what I need when I think it no questions asked, and my computer to write with no interruptions.

2) What is your real weekend like?

My animals all over the place barking and yowling, fighting and climbing up onto my computer while I work, the house getting dustier by the second and the laundry piling up, my husband asking me, “What’s for dinner?; and the phone and email a constant trouble to me. But, sometimes I squeeze in a bit of exercise and fun… it’s not all bad.

3) Do you write in your mind when you don't have a pen or computer?

I write all the time in my head. There’s not a single moment I’m not creating some scenario that will eventually make it onto the page. I’m obsessive when it comes to writing. I can’t do anything else.

4) Who is your favorite character in a novel other than your own?

Well, I love so many characters and so many different authors that it’s hard to pick just one. Sitting here, just now, thinking about it, I went through about ten so I don’t think I’m able to answer this question properly. I think I can clearly say what writers I like best but that’s a laundry list a mile long. How many pages do we have?

5)Do you believe that there are stories floating in the air and writer pulls them in? Or do you think it is the imagination that gives you the plot and the craft that puts it together?

I’d have to say a bit of both. Sometimes when a story presents itself it feels like it came from God. Other times, the story comes from something that I’ve crafted. But, definitely however they come to me, it’s my imagination and the craft of writing that puts everything together.

5) If you could live in an earlier time what period would it be?

I think turn of the century 1900s would be a fabulous time to live. There was so much change taking place. Our country was moving away from its Victorian roots very rapidly. There were two world wars within a twenty year period and women were on the rise. The music, the fashion, everything took on a new look. Women were emboldened. They dropped their bustles in the ditch and hiked up their skirts. They drank and smoked and carried on like men. Stories about the early 1900s always fascinate me.

6) Do you believe that only an author who bleeds into his/her story is honest?

Well, that sounds like a great mess, doesn’t it? I think a writer who commits themselves fully to their story makes the story honest. I think it’s a writer’s responsibility to write the best they can, always.

7) Who would you most like to meet (living or dead) for lunch?

Edgar Allan Poe. Can you imagine that? Well, we would definitely have cocktails midday. This would be my dream lunch. I’ve read Poe since I was a child and can only shave the thinnest slice of an idea what speaking with him would be like. Crazy, I think.

8) Do you think magic exists? If not, what like magic exists?

Absolutely. There’s magic in everything. There’s magic in the morning, for crying out loud. I could go on all day about the magic.

9) Does love always hurt?

Only when my hair gets caught under his elbow. Oh, wait, that’s not what you meant, is it? Love. I hate the topic and what a complex question. Love, okay, here – is usually more painful than not. But, isn’t it funny how we hold onto the happy times with a death grip. Still, just listen to these words I’ve used, pain and death, all equated with love. I guess a “yes” or a “no” is hidden in my answer somewhere.



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