Debbi Mack, the author of two mystery series, interviews fellow crime fiction writers on her podcast, Crime Café. So many of us want to be on her show that when I tried in February 2022 to sign up for a slot, she didn’t have a space for me until December 15, 2023! This turned out to be a blessing since it meant I could expand my focus from just Pesticide to Sons and Brothers and A Fondness for Truth, the third Police Bern novel, which will be published in mid-April.
Debbi recently sent me links to the guest post I wrote for her website about why I write mysteries, a video of our interview, and the Crime Café podcast. To my delight, she had read both my books, she asked interesting questions, and we had a really good discussion.
To read the post and listen to me answer Debbi Mack’s questions about myself and my books, click on these links:
Guest post and giveaway: https://www.debbimack.com/blog/crime-cafe/guest-post-and-book-giveaway-from-kim-hays/
Video interview: https://www.debbimack.com/blog/crime-cafe/the-crime-cafe-with-kim-hays/
Podcast: https://www.debbimack.com/blog/crime-cafe/interview-with-crime-writer-kim-hays-s-9-ep-18/
Kim Hays 
Just watched the podcast, Kim! Excellent, and VERY engaging. Congratulations on being on this show, and on your upcoming third detective book whose bicycle-death content is reflected on the cover. One of the many points in the podcast I found interesting is that writers do often need someone — such as a spouse — to help support them. Certainly the case with me, too.
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I’m flattered you took the time to watch the interview, Dave, and delighted you enjoyed it. Yes, Debbi Mack often asks writers to suggest ways that people can pursue a career writing fiction, and that word “career” is the problem because, to me, it means earning enough money to make a living for, at the very least, yourself and possibly your family. These days, with even successful journalists losing their jobs on all sides, the idea of making a living writing FICTION is not very realistic. But I’d never want to discourage anyone from trying. You never know who will become the next Charles Dickens or David Baldacci, right? Or, at the very least, manage to earn enough to get by.
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I thoroughly enjoyed the interview, as well!
And I agree. Not all of us can live off our fiction alone. I know I couldn’t. 🙂
I think a writing career involves as much expectation management as writing skill. 🙂
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Hear, hear, Debbi. At least writers have a better chance of being able to support themselves by writing (although probably not exclusively fiction) than, say, oboe players trying to earn a living playing the oboe!
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