Cynthia is always present at yeah write, even if she is not on the grid. She is supportive of every member of the yeah write community. She reads, she comments, and she votes. Each week, there is at least one story that wows her and keeps her coming back. She enjoys the diverse perspectives and loves seeing what others can do with just their words.
What you may not know is that Cynthia works behind the scenes as well. If you’re a Twitter addict, then you have seen Cynthia’s handiwork. Whenever you see the yeah write leader boards on Thursday and the winners’ post tweets on Friday, give Cynthia a shout out as she is behind all that Twitter magic.
When Cynthia isn’t writing or tweeting, you can find her huddled over word puzzles, dabbling in photography, or Googling things. Yes, it’s a thing:
“I just Googled ‘hobbies’ to see what other things I do that might be considered a hobby. I got excited when I saw ‘Knapping‘ until I realized they didn’t mean napping.”
Don’t worry, Cynthia. I’d also much rather nap than knap.
Her reading is as versatile as her writing. She has an immense fondness for Stephen King even though she’s never actually read one of his novels. Apparently, Cynthia is a huge wimp when it comes to the horror genre. It was his memoir entitled On Writing that stole her heart.
“I’m currently listening to the audio version. I had to push stop in chapter one because his description of having his ear drum punctured when he was a child was so graphic that I thought I was going to vomit. Once my stomach settled, I came back and haven’t stopped listening since. I love his style and his advice on writing is straight-forward. Damn him, I think I’m going to end up reading some of his novels. I swear, Mr. King, if I have nightmares…”
Cynthia, in case you decide to dive into King’s madness, I highly recommend Desperation. It’s my personal favorite. Fair warning though, I still have nightmares.
When she’s not listening to King, she devours every other book in sight. At the moment, she is reading Faithless by Karin Slaughter, Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs, and When I Lay My Isaac Down by Carol Kent.
“I get antsy if I don’t have a book to read especially now that I’m slowly finding more opportunities to do so. Once my son became mobile, reading time diminished greatly. I cherish any free time that I now have for reading.”
Behind the scenes or on the grid, Cynthia is an integral part of the yeah write community. I know I’m not the only one who looks forward to hearing more of her journey through life with her wonderful family.
You can follow Cynthia on Twitter at @cynkingfeeling.
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I’m honored to been chosen as this month’s subject. I had fun answering Arden’s questions, plus the response shows just why I like this community so much. Can’t wait to see who’s on fourth in March!
Yay! She’s one of my favorite bloggers and Arden is killing it with these interviews.
Thanks for being our guinea pig!! Haha – I’m having a great time and am very happy everyone seems to be enjoying them. Thanks again!
It was great to get this opportunity to know Cynthia a little better. I always learn something from her posts, and I appreciate her attentiveness to all of the members of the YW community – even when she’s not competing on the challenge grid.
Cyn, check out The Stand. I think it’s one of King’s best (and least horror-filled) books. I’ve read it three times, and I’m sure I’ll read again some day. ; )
I started The Stand once but had to stop; only because I have to be in the mood for King, not because I didn’t like it. Definitely need to pick it up again. I’m reading the Shining right now. So great!
I love Stephen King too. But I like getting creeped out. This was a fun interview. I really enjoyed learning more about Cynthia. Thanks Arden!
Thank you! I like getting creeped out too. The scarier, the better!
I really appreciated Arden’s style here as well.
Thank you! I really appreciate that 🙂
Cynthia rocks! Love her blog!
Nice interview! 😀
I might have to link up this week…
I am bone dry with non-fiction lately. Luckily, the Speakeasy is here so I don’t feel too absent 🙂 Thanks for stopping by and reading Matt!
Great interview Arden! It was awesome to learn more about Cynthia!
Thank you Deanna! I had a great time getting to know her better 🙂
The longer I read Cynthia’s blog and interact with her, the more I like her. I felt like with this interview I got to know her a little better, so thank you, Arden!
Also, Cynthia, I love that you mention Stephen King in this. I read all his books as a teenager and even though he isn’t a highbrow choice, I think his casual, conversational style has probably influenced me more than any other writer. Maybe start with Bag of Bones, I think it’s one of the least horror-y of his books. 😉
Thank you Natalie! I’m having a great time with this series 🙂
I love Arden’s style in this interview and I really enjoyed getting to Cynthia a little better! Cynthia’s support of yeah write is amazing. I also really like the idea of Googling things like hobbies. She has a great perspective on life, raising her son, learning, and writing. Really fun interview!
Thank you so much Michelle! I had such a great time 🙂