Jane FirebaughGlen, New Hampshire
Good morning, Jane, and welcome to Vision and Verse, the Place for Art and Authors. Tell us what you've written?
Antiques & Avarice,
Book One of the White Mountains Romantic Mysteries series, and I’m just over
2/3 done with Book Two in this series.
I love your cover! What is your favorite
genre to write?
Cozy Romantic Mystery
Favorite food.
Cheese Pizza &
Chocolate, though not necessarily in that order.
Tea or coffee?
Both
Pizza or ice cream?
Pizza
Me, too, Jane. Ice cream gives me heartburn.
Where would you like to
visit?
Scotland
Do you listen to music
when you write?
No, I hum
Hmm? What?
Whichever song happens
to be stuck in my head at the moment.
What makes you laugh?
Animals and kids. They
are so cute and funny.
Favorite work of art or
sculpture.
I love Starry Night by
Van Gogh, but also there is a soapstone carving of a dancing bear that I have
by an Inuit artist that is so beautiful and feels amazing to touch as well.
How old were you when
you started writing?
I started writing
little stories and poems when I was around nine.
Describe your perfect
evening.
I would be sitting at
my little desk writing with the wood stove going and snow falling outside the
window, dogs curled up on the couch.
Where do you get your
inspiration?
From life and sometimes
I think I get it from my characters.
What do you do when you
get a writer's block?
I walk around and look
at scenery, except at night, then I try to moon gaze. It clears my mind of the
chaos.
Favorite musical artist or group?
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Who is your favorite
author?
Right now, JK Rowling,
but there are so many that I love.
Best book you ever
read.
Oh my, that’s way too
hard. I loved The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. All the Harry
Potter books, many of the Classics.
Last book you read.
The Witching Hour by
Julie Sarff
I haven't read that one, but someone else mentioned it to me. I'll add it to my list, along with Antiques & Avarice. What would you do for a
living if you weren’t a writer?
Design and make
jewelry, which I also do now.
You'll have to come back and share some of your pieces with us. We at Vision and Verse love artists as well as authors. Who is the one person
who has influenced your personal life the most and why?
My adopted mother. She
was my biological grandmother, and she had a huge influence on my life, because
she was in her fifties when I was born, yet she took on a one year old baby
(me) and was a wonderful mom even though she was at the age where she should
have been done with all that and enjoying life. She taught me that you can
always do more than you think you can do.
If you could sit down
and have a conversation with ONE person, living or dead, real or fictional, who
would it be and why?
Severus Snape from the
Harry Potter books. To tell him how much I admire his love and loyalty—his
fierce courage, self discipline and determination.
What advice would you
give someone who aspired to be a writer?
Write. Write and if you
enjoy it and feel that it’s good work, ask people to read it and critique it
for you. Don’t give up. Find a writer’s support group either in your town or
online, wherever you can find one.
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