I was a little nervous about meeting my next guest. As you know, I'm perfectly sane. Kristin actually calls herself 'crazy!' OK, so it's 'Krazy,' but you get my point.

You have been warned.

Well, here we are. Let's start with your name.

Kristin aka Krazydiamond.

You do understand, throwing the word 'crazy' – however you spell it - around like a caber at the Highland Games might make people question whether they should measure you up for one of those nice jackets? So, where are you from?

The State of Nutmegs

Interestingly, you have a sperm whale as your state animal. You also invented the sewing machine but hey, a sperm whale! Do you like living there? If not, where would your favourite place to live be? Is yes, where would you least like to live?

Yes. Though it would be fun to live in Hawaii, despite the expense. I would not want to live in Arizona. Dry heat or not, one visit and I crisped after ten minutes outside.

Hawaii has always seemed quite exotic to me. As for Arizona, I'd love to visit the Grand Canyon, crispy or not! As you're a writer, is this your 'day job'?

For the time being, aside from mom duties, I able to say this is my day job.

I envy you that. Not the 'mom duties' – I'm not built for the part (being a bloke), but definitely the day job bit! Tell me about your latest project.

Aside from my other other projects, I am currently penning Edgewise, a sci-fi novel about a sentient tavern where individuals from different subgenres (steampunk, gothpunk, piratepunk etc) take refuge and have a brew.

A sentient tavern? Interesting idea. Are only punks allowed in? I quite fancy a visit myself. I wonder – am I 'nuttypunk?' Anywho. How do you feel about bacon? A crazy person once said it was the food of the gods. OK, I admit that person was myself...

Don't you mean ambrosia? I've had chocolate covered bacon. It really does make everything better.

Oh. My. Goodness. I've had crispy bacon flavoured vodka shots before. It was like drinking liquid Frazzles. Chocolate covered bacon is like putting amazing with amazing. When something can't get better, it just goes and does! And what is your favourite film?

Ravenous. I tell everyone it's good cannibal vs bad cannibal.

I've not seen that one. But a good cannibal? Cool. I suppose it's like being vegetarian or something. Your diet doesn't automatically make you a bad person, does it? Have you always wanted to be a writer, or is it something you found yourself doing one day?

I've wanted to be a writer since the wee age of 5 when my mother wrote down my stories for me to illustrate.

Hey, that Shaun Allan guy (do you know him?) used to write stories and draw the pictures to go along with them when he was very young! Do you have so many ideas they dribble out of your nose if you don't get them down, or do you have to hunt around the floor and the back of your sofa to find where your Muse is hiding?

There are handy buckets surrounding my couch to catch the dribbles.

Yes, but what about the ideas? Oh, you meant... If you were in an asylum, what would your particular delusion or psychosis be?

Multiple Personalities. I have been caught talking out loud in character voices before.

And do they argue, I wonder? What genre(s) do you write?

Science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

My kind of genres! What genres(s) do you read?

A dabbling of everything, though I read a lot of romance but can't write it so well.

Well, some romances can be fairly horrific occasionally, so I can see the draw! If these are the same, what attracts you to them. If they're different, why do you think that is?

I suspect it's because I can't stop giggling while writing naughty scenes.

You just made me laugh out loud. Ssshhh, they'll notice and I don't think we're meant to have fun in here. Bacon – just cooked or crispy?

Crisp.

Correct answer. You're entering your work into the Wattys for 2016. Watt story (do you see what I did there?) are you entering? Tell us about it!

I am entering everything but I would love to see Zombies vs Aliens or its sequel snag one. It's about an alien invasion that takes place a decade after the zombie apocalypse and the mutant zombies who aim to stop it! Hilarity ensues.

It does sound as if a fair level of hilarity would ensue. Zombies, mutants and aliens. It's like another day in the asylum, really. Speaking of which, now you're in the asylum with me, how do you aim to get out? Do you have an escape plan?

Spoons.

OK...? Playing them? Laughing at the way your face looks in one? Tunnelling out? You may be surprised to discover this isn't Shawshank...

Bless her. I think, perhaps, the Krazy might the concave reflection in the spoon she hopes to escape with. I think I'll be seeing her around a wee bit. Here's a little more about her!

Kristin Jacques is an author from small town New England. She grew up in the sticks, surrounded by river wildlife, and various swamp inhabitants. Somehow she managed to keep all her toes despite a run in with a snapper or two.

She lives with her husband and sons in another small New England town. She is mighty attached to them. When not writing, she is likely reading, watching a terrific B-Horror flick, or further spoiling the family cats. Sometimes she has blue hair.

Website: https://kristinjacques.wordpress.com/

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