Ask the Author: Cathryn McIntyre

“My memoir, The Thoreau Whisperer begins with an after-death visit frm my mentor - before I knew he had passed. I’d be happy to answer questions abt that & to hear abt similar experiences you have had.” Cathryn McIntyre

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What books are on your summer reading list this year?
Cathryn McIntyre I don’t have a list. I read spontaneously and year-round – not just summer. Now that I have discovered audio books, I consume several books a week. The topic depends on my mood. Usually non-fiction.
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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?
Cathryn McIntyre I would travel back to Cambridge, MA (circa Nov. 1984), a setting in the first novel I ever wrote (not yet published), and I would join my characters for tea at Café Pamplona followed by a walk around the Square as it was then. That was the year I moved to Massachusetts and of course I would be the age I was then, too.
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What’s the best thing about being a writer?
Cathryn McIntyre The art of it. The feeling of being lost in it. Starting at 11 AM and stopping at 2AM the next day and not really remembering how you got there.
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What are you currently working on?
Cathryn McIntyre I’m writing fiction for the first time in a long time. It’s a spiritual love story.
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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?
Cathryn McIntyre I write from my own life experiences.
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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?
Cathryn McIntyre Write about what most interests you and don’t model your style after anyone else. Be yourself.
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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?
Cathryn McIntyre Because of my psychic and clairvoyant abilities my life is full of mysterious happenings. I draw upon all of my experiences for the books that I write. An example is my book, The Thoreau Whisperer. It is a true story about my experience connecting with the spirit of Henry David Thoreau.
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How do you deal with writer’s block?
Cathryn McIntyre I spend the off time indulging in all my other interests, the ones I feel guilty for doing when I could be writing. When I am at a point where I really can’t write then I find I am better off to just let myself go and play for a while. I throw myself into the things I like to do, like genealogy, or astrology, or I head out exploring – go somewhere I love to go, visit an antique shop or a bookstore, or sit by the ocean for a while. All the time I am stockpiling the experiences, the feelings, the sounds, the thoughts, so I can use them later when the desire and the ability to write returns.
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