Author Interview with Saralyn Richard

2/1/2019

0 Comments

Who are you?

Saralyn Richard, children's book and adult murder mystery author and educator. Fulfilling a dream.

Where do you live?

What’s your home life like?

Filled with canine joy

via GIPHY

What genre(s) to you like to write? To read?

Eclectic writer, eclectic reader.

Why did you start writing?

Inner spark fanned by teachers who believed in me.

via GIPHY

What do you do when you’re not writing?

I'm always writing--even when I'm not at the computer, I'm writing in my head.

via GIPHY

Where do you like to go when looking for a new book to read?

Huge community of book recommenders. I never have to look far.

At what point do you call it quits when reading a new book?

The end of the last page.

via GIPHY

Are you independently or traditionally published?

Both.

How many books/stories have you published so far?

Two books that I've written.
One book that I edited.
Scads of stories, essays, poems.
Two more books ready to go.

What book/story are you currently promoting or working on?

Murder in the One Percent, the first in the Detective Oliver Parrott series.

What’s the elevator pitch?

Someone comes to the party with murder in his heart and poison in his pocket.

How long have you been working on it?

Published in February, 2018.

When will it be available to buy? Where?

Available now on Amazon.
Also Barnes & Noble, other online retailers, Black Opal Books, and a bookstore near you.

How can readers find you?

I am available to meet with book clubs and organization members. Contact me at saralyn@saralynrichard.com.

What inspires you to keep writing?

"No story lives unless someone wants to listen."
J.K. Rowling

Anything you’d like to add?

Thanks for your generous sharing of time and space with fellow authors.

My thanks to Saralyn Richard for taking to the time to participate in the Laughably Inane Blog and letting us get to know her as an author. May her work be in the top One Percent among readers.

Welcome to My Laughably Inane Blog!