Thursday, November 7, 2019

20 Questions with Mike Martin, Author of 'Christmas in Newfoundland' @mike54martin #20Questions

Today's guest is Mike Martin, author of the mystery/memoir, CHRISTMAS IN NEWFOUNDLAND. Mike is here today to answer 20 questions about his life, writing and goals.

1. Are you a morning writer or a night writer? Morning

2. Do you outline or are you a pantster? Pantser

3. Which comes first – plot or character? Character

4. Noise or quiet when working on your manuscript? Quiet

5. Favorite TV show? Murdoch Mysteries

6. Favorite type of music? Classic rock

7. Favorite craft besides writing? Gardening

8. Do you play a musical instrument? No

9. Single or married? Single

10. Children or no? 2
11. Pets? Dog
12. Favorite place to write? Office
13. Favorite restaurant? Al’s Steakhouse
14. Do you work outside the home? No
15. What was the name of the last movie you saw? Downton Abbey
16. Favorite outdoor activity? Walking
17. Pet peeve? None
18. Your goal in life? Keep living well
19. Your most exciting moment? Birth of both children
20. The love of your life? Joan Riggs

Mike Martin was born in Newfoundland on the East Coast of Canada and now lives and works in Ottawa, Ontario. The Walker on the Cape was his first full fiction book and the premiere of the Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series. Other books in the series include The Body on the T, Beneath the Surface, A Twist of Fortune and A Long Ways from Home, which was shortlisted for the Bony Blithe Light Mystery Award as the best light mystery of the year. A Tangled Web was released in 2017 and the newest book in the series.is Darkest Before the Dawn which won the Bony Blithe Award in 2019. A new book in the series, Fire, Fog and Water is being released in October.

Mike is currently Chair of the Board of Crime Writers of Canada, a national organization promoting Canadian crime and mystery writers.

website & social links

Website → www.sgtwindflowermysteries.com

Twitter Link: → http://ww.twitter.com/mike54martin

Facebook→https://www.facebook.com/TheWalkerOnTheCapeReviewsAndMore/

Title: CHRISTMAS IN NEWFOUNDLAND: MEMORIES AND MYSTERIES
Author: Mike Martin
Publisher: Ottawa Press and Publishing
Pages: 113
Genre: Mystery/Memoir

From the author of the award-winning Sgt. Windflower Mysteries comes “Christmas in Newfoundland: Memories and Mysteries,” a welcome addition to the Sgt. Windflower family of books.

Christmas in Newfoundland is a special time. In the depths of long winter nights memories are made and stories are told. Of Christmas by candlelight and horse and buggy rides to church. Of shopping on Water Street in St. John’s before malls and the Internet.

In later years, Sgt. Windflower came to work and then to stay in the quiet town of Grand Bank by the Atlantic Ocean where the salt air froze in the wind and the Mounties were welcomed to warm themselves by every fire.

Come and warm yourself by the fire and hear their stories. Some memories and some mysteries. Enjoy some holiday time with Sgt. Windflower and all the familiar characters that you’d come to know and love. Good food, good friends and always another chair at the table.