Debbi Mack interviews crime writer Sandra Wells.
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Debbi: Hi everyone. Before we get started, I want to thank everyone who participated in the DMRF's Virtual Zoo Day on September 25th. They include Sharon Anderson, Santina Caruso, Robert Chamness, Carolyn Chun, Marlena Cook, Scott Davis, Paul Downie, Eirlys Evans, Eric Flint, Rip and Denise Gardner, NM, Kenneth MacClune, Kathy Owens Hankins, Connie Ridgway, Sarah Sensory and Brandy Yassa. Thank you so much for participating and being on my DMRF Dystonia team. I really, really appreciate it. DMV Dystonia, that was the name of the team.
Thank you so much for participating and being on my DMRF [DMV] Dystonia team. I really, really appreciate it.
Debbi: In any event, today we have with us, an author who began writing in March of 2020 and has produced six novels and a children's short story since last year. She lives in Saint Clair, Tennessee, enjoys photography and is searching for the perfect barn picture in the Tennessee and North Carolina areas. Our guest today is Sandra Wells. Hi Sandra. Good to see you.
Sandra: Hi. Thank you for having me on.
Debbi: Sure thing. No problem.
Sandra: The Halloween story is not so much of a kid's Halloween story, it's pretty out there. I wouldn't recommend to read it to kids.
Debbi: Huh. You've written six books in less than two years. In my book, that's pretty impressive and I've always been amazed with people who can crank stuff out like that. How do you stay so consistently productive?
Sandra: I started writing when I was 59, when I turned 59, on a bet with a friend of mine. Her father and mother... her name is Valerie Bloom, were authors and she bet me that I couldn't write a book. So I had to take her up on it and I wrote my first book and I just haven't stopped. Now every two and a half months I could turn one out. I may get tired of it and slack off here, but not so far. I write everything using my cell phone, only my cell phone.
Debbi: I noticed.
Sandra: That worked out good, because no matter where I'm at, if I have a thought then I've got my cell phone with me.
Debbi: That was my thinking. I was going to ask you about that. Do you have any kind of writing schedule, though, that you keep? Are there times that you set aside specifically for writing?
Sandra: No,
