College Station, Texas
USA
Good morning, Christa, and welcome to Vision and Verse, the site for
art and authors and those who love them. Can you tell us a little about
what you've written?
Cozy mysteries mostly. I also co-author a teen/young adult mystery
series with Cassidy Salem.
What is your favorite genre to write?
Cozy mystery
Favorite food.
Chocolate
That's my favorite food group!
Tea or coffee?
Neither. Diet coke is my substitute.
Pizza or ice cream?
Ice cream, please. Mint Chocolate
Chip.
Wine or beer?
Definitely wine.
Where would you like to visit?
That list is very long – next up
(assuming travel is safe) is the
Panama Canal in 2022.
Favorite musical artist.
Andrea Boccelli for calming/soothing
sounds, Lady A the rest of the time.
Do you listen to music when you write?
No, I prefer quiet. The voices in my head make enough noise.
What makes you laugh?
My 5-year-old granddaughter, Grace. She’s at that age.
Favorite work of art or sculpture.
Would have to be a Monet, probably
Water Lilies 1916.
How old were you when you started
writing?
In elementary school I think. I wrote
on and off, some stories and some
poetry in high school.
Do you plan out your book with
outlines and notecards? Or just
write?
I’m definitely on the pantser end of
the continuum. Definitely no
outline. A general idea, main character(s), setting, and I start writing. It
doesn’t necessarily look the same when I finish as the first rough draft.
Describe your perfect evening.
Dinner with my husband and
friends, a glass of wine, maybe
dancing, and
relaxing with no thoughts of to-do
lists or work.
Where do you get your inspiration?
From people and situations I’ve
encountered over my life time and a
career in mental health.
What do you do when you get a writer's block?
I do something else for a few days and let my subconscious work on it.
Then I go and do what some say you should never do. I start at the
beginning and re-read what I already wrote, editing as I go, and add on
from where I left off.
Who is your favorite author?
Another hard one. General fiction
would be Louisa May Alcott – I
read them all and Jo was my all-time
heroine. In mystery from years ago, it
would be Daphne du Maurier.
Romantic suspense would be Kathleen
Brooks (I’m addicted to the Bluegrass
series). In cozy mysteries, I enjoy
many of my fellow writers including
Larissa Reinhart, Anne Celeste
Burke, Ellen Crosby, and Deborah Garner. I also read sci-fi/fantasy –
Tolkien, Robert Heinlein and Mercedes Lackey.
That would be a toss-up between
Rebecca (du Maurier), Little Women
(Alcott), and The Hobbit (Tolkien).
Last book you read.
Tall Tales Secret Book Club
(CeeCeeJames)
Mental health services or teach.
Who is the one person who has
influenced your personal life the most
and why?
My father. He supported me in
whatever I wanted to do, whatever I set
as my goal.
If you could sit down and have a conversation with ONE person,
living or dead, real or fictional, who would it be and why?
Not sure who that would be. I would like to visit the Blossom Café in
Keeneston, KY (Bluegrass series) where everyone hangs out. The
dynamic portrayed and orchestrated by three senior women (and then
others as they age out) draws me in.
What advice would you give someone who aspired to be a writer?
Sit down and write. With or without an outline. Write what you feel
and what you would want to read. At the same time, get involved in
writer groups (in person or virtual). I’ve found other authors to be
helpful.
Do you have some links for us to follow you?
https://www.amazon.com/Christa-Nardi/e/B00G8SBCKK
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7257539.Christa_Nardi
https://www.facebook.com/christa.nardi.5
https://twitter.com/ChristaN7777
https://www.bookbub.com/authors/christa-nardi
https://www.pinterest.com/cccnardi/
https://cccnardi.wixsite.com/mysite
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