Wednesday, September 11, 2024

INTERVIEW: Cozy Mystery Writer Christa Nardi

 

                                            Christa Nardi

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

   

                   


I've read some of your work. I just 


love it! 


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, glass of wine, maybe 


dancingand


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. 


 



Best book you ever read. 


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)

 



What would you do for a living if you 

weren’t a writer?

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.




***Note to My Gentle Readers: Look for my review of  Wine and Dead, Another Murder by Christa Nardi here in the Achives at the bottom of the page, posted on March 23, 2021.

 


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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Blog: https://christanardi.blogspot.com

 










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