Ask An Author Week #5: Roxanne Snopek/RG Willems

Question: What is your favorite Season to write in and why? 

Roxanne Snopek/RG Willems: My first mystery, set in Saskatchewan, takes place mostly in winter. Cold, cold, and more cold. As anyone from the prairies knows, if there's nothing else to talk about, the weather is always worth a conversation. It's just so darn interesting! In a matter of months, you can experience snowblindness, frostbite, sunburn and heat stroke. The second book in the series (to be released) takes place during summer, and I've been told that the scorching weather is so real, it's like another character. The relentless, can't-sleep, don't-touch-me, day-after-day heat is like a match to any tinder in a relationship. Perfect for a writer! So, any season works for me, as long as there's some wild weather!

Roxanne (RG Willems) Snopek, author of Targets of Affection, a Shelby James veterinary mystery, has been writing professionally since 1989, when her first article was published in a community paper. Since then, she's had over 150 articles and essays published in a variety of magazines, newspapers, newsletters and journals. 

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