Rhode Island Authors Showcase - Featuring Dr. Karen Petit!
The Rhode Island Authors Showcase is back! Each day in November, I’ll be featuring a different RI author. Each post features a giveaway – a book, an anthology, or something else! All you have to do to be eligible for the daily drawing is leave a comment on the blog post. I’ll use a random number generator to pick a winner one week after the blog post (to give you time to catch up).
By commenting on each post, you’re also entered to win our bigger prizes: GRAND PRIZE is a $250 Amazon gift card, BONUS PRIZE is a $100 Amazon gift card, and the CHEER UP YOU WON SOMETHING PRIZE is a $50 Amazon gift card. The big prizes will be chosen, again using a random number generator, on December 7.
I've asked Karen a few questions!
Where is your hometown? Cranston, Rhode Island
What genre(s) do you write? Historic novels and poetry
What have you written? Paw Dream Mazes (2021), Amazing Holiday Paws (2020), Holidays Amaze (2018), Unhidden Pilgrims (2017), Roger Williams in an Elevator (2017), Mayflower Dreams (2017), Banking on Dreams (2017)
What do you like best about writing? I love to analyze what I've written, so I can see my view about different things. Poetry is especially fun to write and to analyze. It's almost like playing a game. I can also write one poem, be busy for a few weeks, and then write another poem when I have enough spare time. Some of my poems are actually long narrative poems, so writing poetry can be sort of like writing prose, but with multi-modal elements.
What do you find most challenging about writing? I sometimes really want to write and just do not have enough time to write.
Where do you draw your inspiration? My inspiration comes from my reality and from my previous writings. For example, after writing about the Pilgrims for Mayflower Dreams, I wanted to also look at Rhode Island historical elements and write about Roger Williams. I loved the idea of using freedom as one of the elements of my next novel. I was then stuck in an elevator for about forty minutes, which was my inspiration for Roger Williams in an Elevator.
Another example of my reality and previous writings inspiring me is this book of poetry: Paw Dream Mazes. One of my three cats is on the cover, and I obviously love this cover a lot. I also have seen all three of my cats dreaming. They all do things like twitch their paws while they dream. The dream/reality connections for my earlier books also inspired me to write about animal dreams. The maze poems in my first two books of poetry were an inspiration for focusing on the maze idea in my third book of poetry.
Karen's author website, which has connections to all of her book websites, is www.drkarenpetit.com
Karen would love to give away a copy of her most recent book, Paw Dream Mazes. Her question for you is this: What is your favorite animal and why is this one your favorite? Just comment below and you're entered! And don't forget, leave a comment on each day's post for more chances to win our big prizes.
