Russia Week - Encore: Emilya Naymark

Published: Aug. 2, 2021, 8 p.m.

Join me for the first themed Tart Words podcast week. It begins Monday with an encore presentation of Emilya Naymark's episode.  Wednesday's Tart Thoughts are about Trial Run, Dick Francis's novel set mainly in Moscow. End the week on Friday with a recipe for Pryaniki, Russian spice cookies, which are easy and delicious.

Emilya Naymark’s debut novel is “Hide In Place” from Crooked Lane Books. Her short stories appear in the Harper Collins anthology A Stranger Comes to Town,  Secrets in the Water, After Midnight: Tales from the Graveyard Shift, River River Journal, Snowbound: Best New England Crime Stories 2017, and 1+30: THE BEST OF MYSTORY.

She has a degree in fine art, and her artworks have been published in numerous magazines and books. When not writing, Emilya works as a visual artist and reads massive quantities of psychological thrillers, suspense, and crime fiction. She lives in the New York Hudson Valley with her family.

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Get to know Emilya - The Tart Words Baker's Dozen:

1.   Plotter or Pantser? Combo? Plotter!

2.   Tea or Coffee? Tea, rabidly

3.   Beer, Wine, or Cocktails? Beer with an occasional Cocktail. Allergic to wine. 

4.   Snacks: Sweet or Savory? Sweet tooth (alas)

5.   Indie Published, Traditionally Published, or Hybrid? Traditionally

6.   Strict Writing Schedule: Yes or No Yes

7.    Strictly Computer or Mix It Up? Mix it up

8.    Daily Goal: Yes or No Yes

9.    Formal Track Progress: Yes or no Yes, but only for first draft

10.  Special Writing Spot? Nope

11.   Writer’s Block? Not really. 

12.   File of Ideas: Yes or No No, but that’s a good idea

13.   Favorite Author(s)? Neil Gaiman; Susanna Clarke; Brett Easton Ellis; Donna Tartt; Tana French; Mikhail Bulgakov; Vladimir Nabokov; J.K. Rowling