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Episode 113A – Diane Bator – The Conned Lady
Overview
Diane writes cozy mysteries, and has found writing to be fun and can lead to success. She has written over 13 books, including a newer one with Jesse James.
She started writing as a kid and hasn't stopped. Diane lives in Ontario with her family and cat.
A prolific Canadian mystery writer, I am the mom of three kids, two cats and a step-dog as well asauthor of Wild Blue Mysteries, Gilda Wright Mysteries, Glitter Bay Mysteries, and the AudraClemmings Mysteries from Books We Love Ltd. with many more books and plays to come!
Website
https://dianebator.ca
Book
Favorites
The local Indie bookstore is called BookLore https://booklore.ca/ It was part of the setting for The Bookstore Lady, Book 1 in my Wild Blue Mystery series. Publisher is BWL Publishing.
YouTube
https://youtu.be/yzbls2iq5R0
Transcript
So Diane, welcome to discovered wordsmith. How are you doing today?
[00:02:14] Diane: I'm great. The weather's gorgeous here so far. So
[00:02:17] Stephen: is here?
[00:02:19] Diane: I am in Southern Ontario, Canada.
[00:02:21] Stephen: So nice. Yeah.
Not too far away. I'm in Ohio, down below the great lakes yep.
[00:02:27] Diane: Very simple. I love those great lake. Yeah.
[00:02:29] Stephen: Yeah. I weather can change like that. yes. I just had a friend complaining. They're like what? I woke up this morning with snow on the on the lawn and now I'm mowing it in my shirt and t-shirt and shorts and t-shirt at the same day.
Oh, great. Yeah. I went to Michigan last year and we were like standing and it's Hey, I could probably throw a baseball and hit Canada over there. There's a few spots like that. Tell us before we get started talking about your book, tell us a little bit about you and your life, what you like to do thing outside of writing.
[00:03:04] Diane: Oh, is there anything outside of writing? No, I actually, I work full time for a theater, a live stage theater, which is. A total blast. And I actually wrote my first play. So I'm waiting to see if they'll actually do a workshop with it or whatever. Besides writing I was telling you earlier, I've got two cats and a dog here, which definitely keep you on your toes.
Yeah. I have an old cat who loves to howl. So if you hear howling, it's not children, it's
[00:03:33] Stephen: just the cat. It could be Bigfoot up in Ontario could be. great. So why did you wanna start writing?
[00:03:41] Diane: I don't. I don't know that I ever really just started.
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Overview
Diane writes cozy mysteries, and has found writing to be fun and can lead to success. She has written over 13 books, including a newer one with Jesse James.
She started writing as a kid and hasn't stopped. Diane lives in Ontario with her family and cat.
A prolific Canadian mystery writer, I am the mom of three kids, two cats and a step-dog as well asauthor of Wild Blue Mysteries, Gilda Wright Mysteries, Glitter Bay Mysteries, and the AudraClemmings Mysteries from Books We Love Ltd. with many more books and plays to come!
Website
https://dianebator.ca
Book
Favorites
The local Indie bookstore is called BookLore https://booklore.ca/ It was part of the setting for The Bookstore Lady, Book 1 in my Wild Blue Mystery series. Publisher is BWL Publishing.
YouTube
https://youtu.be/yzbls2iq5R0
Transcript
So Diane, welcome to discovered wordsmith. How are you doing today?
[00:02:14] Diane: I'm great. The weather's gorgeous here so far. So
[00:02:17] Stephen: is here?
[00:02:19] Diane: I am in Southern Ontario, Canada.
[00:02:21] Stephen: So nice. Yeah.
Not too far away. I'm in Ohio, down below the great lakes yep.
[00:02:27] Diane: Very simple. I love those great lake. Yeah.
[00:02:29] Stephen: Yeah. I weather can change like that. yes. I just had a friend complaining. They're like what? I woke up this morning with snow on the on the lawn and now I'm mowing it in my shirt and t-shirt and shorts and t-shirt at the same day.
Oh, great. Yeah. I went to Michigan last year and we were like standing and it's Hey, I could probably throw a baseball and hit Canada over there. There's a few spots like that. Tell us before we get started talking about your book, tell us a little bit about you and your life, what you like to do thing outside of writing.
[00:03:04] Diane: Oh, is there anything outside of writing? No, I actually, I work full time for a theater, a live stage theater, which is. A total blast. And I actually wrote my first play. So I'm waiting to see if they'll actually do a workshop with it or whatever. Besides writing I was telling you earlier, I've got two cats and a dog here, which definitely keep you on your toes.
Yeah. I have an old cat who loves to howl. So if you hear howling, it's not children, it's
[00:03:33] Stephen: just the cat. It could be Bigfoot up in Ontario could be. great. So why did you wanna start writing?
[00:03:41] Diane: I don't. I don't know that I ever really just started.