11.23.2009

Guest Author Christie Craig


Please welcome romance author Christie Craig! Christie's newest book, Divorced, Desperate and Deceived was just released today! This is the third and final book in her series featuring three friends looking for love. Christie's books are a mixture of romance, mystery with a healthy dose of humor that always cracks me up. She is here today to talk about five things you didn't know about her.  Welcome Christie!



Five Things You Don’t Know About Christie Craig


1) The thing I mostly dreamed about being as a child was adopted.


Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t abused, or mistreated. I was just a misfit—the girl sandwiched between two brothers. I didn’t make farting sounds with my arm pits, I didn’t ask people to pull my finger, and I didn’t make weekly trips to the emergency room to get stitches. I’d catch Alabama toads and pretend they were princes; my brothers would catch them to blow them up with firecrackers. While I had my head in the clouds daydreaming, everyone else scratched their heads trying to figure out what was wrong with me.

2) The weirdest food I’ve ever eaten was toad soup in a dirt-floor restaurant.

Believe it or not, my brothers were not behind this. I was in China with my hubby and we were being treated to a fancy buffet. Hubby, a semi-germ freak, wouldn’t eat anything, so being polite I felt obligated to eat. They put just a spoonful of the unknown variety of soup in my bowl for me to taste, when I nodded my approval they dipped a huge serving into my dish and the drowned toad, cooked whole, head propped up on the lip of my bowl and its legs dangling over each side of my dish. I politely bypassed the soup to eat the fried snake. Hey…at least it didn’t look like a snake.

3) My favorite way to spend a Sunday afternoon is with a fishing pole in my hand.


Yup, I’m a closet fisherman. Very few people know that I love to fish. But I have to tell you there’s something about sitting beside a body of water with a pole clutched in my hand that brings on story plotting. I’ve gotten so many book and scene ideas while waiting for my bobber to bob. The whole dead guy in the Porta-Potty scene in Divorced, Desperate and Deceived, well, I was sitting on a boat reeling in a fish when that idea hit. How I got from catching an ugly fish, to a corpse reading a bird magazine in the Porta-Potty is even beyond me, but I’ll betcha I was dying to pee at the time. Now, this isn’t to say that I don’t take the sport of fishing seriously. Hubby says I fish hard, because I demand silence because it will scare the fish away. Also, I’m never one to set my pole down. I mean, what if I got a bite, I want to have that pole in my hands. This is battle and no way am I’m going to let the fish win. This said, I don’t like to touch the fish, so I need hubby to take it off my hook. And then I have him toss the fish back in the water, setting it free. Oh, I love to eat fish, but not the ones I catch. I have a rule, if I have to look anything in the eyes, I can’t eat it—which was the big problem with that frog in China. That thing was looking right at me.

4) The three things I suck at mostly are wrapping gifts, sewing, and spelling/spotting typos.



Not only do I suck at wrapping gifts, I hate wrapping gifts. Don’t get me wrong, I love giving, I just hate wrapping. I swear, no matter how hard I try to make them look “department-store” pretty, when I’m done with them you’d assume a man wrapped the dang thing. Seriously, I’m wrapping impaired. I think whoever came up with gift bags should win a Nobel Prize. Now sewing? Oh gosh, I’d rather clean someone’s toenails than have to use a sewing machine. Even a needle and thread has a negative effect on me. I pay the dry cleaners to hem and sew on buttons. Spelling? Yup, I know I’m a writer and people assume that writers should be able to spell. But not this dyslexic writer. Spell check and I are best friends. Of course it often lets me down. My two biggest typo/spelling errors were: (pre-published) in a scene where my hero in DD&Delicious had been beat up, thrown over a bridge and shot in the shoulder and was hiding out behind a shed and I had him “look down at his bloody shirt.” But in an unpubbed contest, I accidentally left out the letter “r” in the word “shirt.” The contest judge made the comment: “So he has internal issues, too?” The second typing faux pas was in a blog where I wrote that I was going “public” with a confession. Well, I mistyped and left out the “L” in the word public and honestly, it was not a “pubic” type of confession.

 5) The worse thing I ever did to my husband (according to him) was get an emergency hysterectomy six weeks after I demanded he get a vasectomy.



I swear, he was furious. You’d have thought I personally went after his Mr. Johnson and the boys with a pair of wire cutters. He acted as if I’d decided to have this procedure just for fun and to somehow lessen the significance of his little snip-snip. I mean, if I could have gone back in and unsnipped him I would have. Amazingly, it took him longer to recover from his quick out-patient procedure than it did for my “full-blown, gut her open and yank out body parts” surgery.



So there you have it, five things you didn’t know about yours truly. And today I’m giving away a copy of Divorced, Desperate and Deceived to one lucky commenter. What I’d like to hear is either, what you dreamed about being as a child, what’s the weirdest food you’ve ever eaten, what’s your favorite Sunday afternoon pastime, what you suck at, or what’s the  worst thing you’ve ever done to your hubby or boyfriend. Come on, let’s share and laugh a little.

This contest begins today November 24th and will end December 1st at 10:00 pm (eastern time) with the winner revealed December 2nd. Sorry, US residents only please.

And since this is my release month, I’m holding contests, and guest blogging all over the place. Pop over to my own blog spot: http://killerfictionwriters.blogspot.com/ and you’ll find a blog and contest there, plus links and information about where else you can find other contests and blogs.

Oh, and thank you so much Rachael for having me today.

~CC



25 comments:

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  2. Good for you for not eating the frog. Way too funny on the 'bloody shi.r.t' and your public confession. As far as the wrapping goes, I wrap all the gifts from Mom and Dad for the kids--yes, department store pretty (to a point), and then my hubby Santa-wraps the others because he couldn't be neat about it if he tried. Best thing about it is I don't have to do it all myself after having done all the shopping! More LOL on the V/H story. Shame on you for putting him through that! *grin*

    As for your questions, not a single one I would answer would come close to what you already wrote. Favorite afternoon pasttime is reading--real original, but there you have it.

    Congrats on your release Christie, and a special thanks for always being so supportive of other writers!

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  3. Hi Stacey!

    Thanks for stopping in. You are the best. And honey, me and that frog bonded in that few seconds of eye contact. No way was I putting knife to him!

    And reading is right up there with a fishing pole in my hands.

    CC

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  4. I already have the book so please don't enter me. I just wanted to pop by and say congrats to Christie on her release day and that I love this series so much!

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  5. Hi CheekyGirl!!

    I sent you a cyber hug and kiss from Killer Fiction just a bit ago because some said it was you that "leading them" to my books.

    One reader recommending a book to another reader is by far the best PR there is. So, seriously, thank you.

    Hope you have a delicious holiday.

    CC

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  6. Congrats on the new release. And to answer one of your questions, the weirdest thing I've ever eaten was "cow brain" gravy on top of my grits. In the days before mad cow disease, it was considered a delicacy.

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  7. Crista,

    Jeepers! Being a good southener, I know that just about anything you put on top of grits is good, but I might have passed on that one. LOL.

    Thanks so much for popping over.

    Happy Thanksgiving.

    CC

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  8. Hey Christie!

    I loved reading your post. You always make me laugh. Here's my answers to your questions just for fun. :)

    What I’d like to hear is either, what you dreamed about being as a child: I wanted to become an author. I still do.

    what’s the weirdest food you’ve ever eaten: It's not really weird but it was gross to me. My mother's husband is a hunter and he made meatloaf using half ground beef and half venison. It was the most disgusting thing I've ever had. I will never eat venison again.

    what’s your favorite Sunday afternoon pastime: I like to lay around reading while my man watches football. I guess it's our bonding time. LOL

    what you suck at, or what’s the worst thing you’ve ever done to your hubby or boyfriend: I can't think of anything bad I've done to him. Maybe dying his hair when we first met? He had a little gray hair and I figured we should dye it. His hair is a medium brown and I dyed it black. It lookd awful and we had to go to a wedding the next day. He looks so much better with his natual hair color. As for what I suck at...mostly math.

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  9. Heeey, I wished I was adopted too! Actually, my parents used to tell that they picked me up from a trash can.

    They still do.

    Great post, Christie! Love your books. :)

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  10. Wendy,

    I was told I was the milkman's kid. Thanks so much for popping in.

    Have a wonderful Turkey day.

    CC

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  11. Congrats on your release.

    When I was a kid, I actually ate frog legs... and they DO taste like chicken!

    Thanks,
    Tracey D

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  12. When I was a kid I dreamed about being an archaeologist. I was obsessed with Indiana Jones...the books, movies, everything. Then I got older and realized that archaeologist don't have quite as exciting jobs as Indiana Jones.

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  13. Loved the interview, and your answers were too funny! The weirdest food I've ever eaten was cactus leaf. It was in a French restaurant in Montreal, there was a language issue, and I'm still not sure if we were supposed to eat it or it was just decoration! Tasted awful! *L*

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  14. I just love these titles and the covers are great too. I don't think I could ever be that polite. Yuck!

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  15. Well I lead a pretty dull life so here goes. I dreamed about working for NASA when I was young. The strangest thing I think I've ever eaten is squirrel. On Sunday afternoons I like to visit with my grandchildren. I suck at bowling. And I guess the worst I ever did to a hubby was divorce him.

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  16. Rachael,

    I wish I could have seen your boyfriend's face when he saw his hair!!! Too Funny, girl.

    Thanks so much for sharing. Oh, I don't like eating Bambie either!!!

    CC

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  17. booklover0226,

    I'm southern, we're taught from when we're kids to cook anything and make it taste like chicken!!! LOL.

    Thanks for dropping in.

    CC

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  18. Throuthehaze,

    I know what you mean. I thought Romance Writers would all be thin and lay around on chaise lounges eating bon-bons. Ahh, such is life!!! Nevertheless, I love, LOVE my job.

    Thanks so much for sharing. Have a great Turkey Day.

    CC

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  19. Alexia561,

    Too funny. At least you know it won't kill you now. I think it's amazing what we'll eat. When we went to France, I made my whole family eat snails. Not because they were good, but so they would always remember "it" and France. I knew they would forget all the educational stuff, but would remember eating snails. I was so right.

    Thanks for stopping in.

    Happy Thanksgiving.

    CC

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  20. LadyTink_534

    I blame my politeness on my mom and being southern. It's bred into us. This said, we can also deliver an insult so sweetly that no one will ever know. LOL.

    Thanks for stopping in. Happy Thanksgiving.

    CC

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  21. Linda Henderson,

    LOL. Love those answers!! Thanks so much for joining in. Oh, I suck at bowling, too. And those grandkids are something, aren't they? Had my first this year.

    Thanks for visiting. Happy Turkey Day.

    Oh, as for the hubby. It could have been worse. You could lived with him, and made his life a holy hell. Hope you are over it and moving on, and life is good. Divorce can be tough.
    CC

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  22. Rachael,

    Thank you so much for having me here. You are the greatest.

    Have a great Thanksgiving. And let me know who wins.

    CC

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  23. Hi Christie
    Have a great Thanksgiving too! I'm going to leave this up and running until December 1st at 10:00 pm (eastern time) with the winner revealed December 2nd. I'll email you with the winner's addy as soon as one is picked. Thanks again.

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  24. The worst thing I ever did to BF was on our first New Year's Eve. I had one of those little thingies where you pull a chord and it shoots paper streamers out front. I kind of shoot him in the eye. It was bruised for a week. LOL

    I've got a surprise for you at my blog.

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  25. Great post. I'm with you in that I hate wrapping gifts and have actually stopped the process. I now buy gift bags or buy gifts from stores that will wrap them for me. Thanks for sharing this.

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