Answering my deep and insightful weekly questions this time is author Karen McCullough. Take it away, Writer Smurf!
1. If you could have one otherworldly alien ability or body part, what would it be and
why?
Another arm and hand. How many times have you been at a party, with a drink in one
hand and a plate of food in the other, only to realize that you have no way to get that
food from plate to mouth? Think how much more we could accomplish with another
hand. I could write so much faster if I had three hands to type with rather than two.
2. What Smurf would you be?
Writer Smurf, of course! The one who always has a pen in hand and ink stains on his
fingers. All the other smurfs would gather round him in the evenings to listen to his
stories!
3. Do you think the aliens who inevitably enslave the human race will treat us well or eat
us?
Oh, they’ll probably take good care of us until our numbers begin to threaten them.
We’ll make a wonderful set of exhibits in their zoo-they can watch us play with balls,
swing from branches, draw in the dirt, build stone fortresses, make crude weapons like
spear throwers and slingshots and reproduce like crazy. It’ll amuse them until they
realize that we’ve got numbers on them.
3A. Follow up: What will you do to distinguish yourself to our benevolent overlords so
that they don't destroy you with their acid flatulence?
Me, I’m hiding behind all the big, aggressive guys and letting them handle the fight.
I’ll be ready to help with the clean up and setting up the new order when they’ve
cleared the way.
4. What's the best way to foil a ghost? A smart one, not one of those dumbasses in a
sheet.
I’m calling Ghostbusters. After all, their “courteous and efficient staff is on call 24
hours a day to serve all your supernatural elimination needs.” And on their best-known gig, they came, they saw, they kicked ass. Big, white, marshmallow ass.
5. Cake or pie? And, if you said pie, why are you so happy to be wrong?
No definitely cake. Pie is good for sure, but you can’t put birthday candles or sprinkles
on pie, and you can’t write silly messages in the frosting. And really, two words: Wedding
Pie. ‘Nuff said.
About Karen McCullough:
Karen McCullough’s wide-ranging imagination makes her incapable of sticking to one genre for her storytelling. As a result, she’s the author of more than a dozen published novels and novellas, which span the mystery, fantasy, paranormal, and romantic suspense genres. A former computer programmer who made a career change into being an editor with an international trade publishing company for many years, she now runs her own web design business to support her writing habit. Awards she’s won include an Eppie Award for fantasy; three other Eppie finals; Prism, Dream Realm, Rising Star, Lories, Scarlett Letter, and Vixen Awards, and an Honorable Mention in the Writers of the Future contest. Her short fiction has appeared in several anthologies and numerous small press publications in the fantasy, science fiction, and romance genres. She lives in Greensboro, NC, with her husband of many years.
Latest Release: The Detective’s Dilemma, a short romantic suspense novel published
in paperback and ebook by Kensington’s Lyrical Press imprint.
Available from: Amazon, B&N,
Kensington
Blurb:
Although Sarah Anne Martin admits to pulling the trigger, she swears someone forced her to kill her lover. Homicide detective Jay Christianson is skeptical, but enough ambiguous evidence exists to make her story plausible. If he gives her enough freedom, she’ll either incriminate herself or draw out the real killers. But, having been burned before, Jay doesn’t trust his own protective instincts...and his growing attraction to Sarah only complicates matters.With desire burning between them, their relationship could ultimately be doomed since Sarah will be arrested for murder if they can’t find the real killer.
Fun answers! Nice to meet you, Karen. Congrats on the release.
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