Fun Five
KM Walton
Author of Cracked
1. What color pen do you prefer writing with?
I’m a big fan of blue. And if the pen has a smooth rolling ball then it becomes one of my favorites. I keep my favs at my desk. All for me.
2. How many pieces of jewelry do you normally wear?
Jewelry and accessories are one of my favorite things to plan when I’m getting dressed. I have one of those tall jewelry armoires and it’s filled with costume jewelry. I love options. I always wear earrings, a right hand ring, and a bracelet. Always. I never take my wedding rings or watch off of my left hand. I’ve been known to rock the occasional pin too.
3. If you could never do one chore again, which would you choose?
Laundry. It’s a continuous uphill battle when you have two active sons. However, I’ve followed in the genius footsteps of my mother and trained my boys to help me with the laundry. They take it down, get it in the washer, switch it to the dryer and bring it up – then I fold. I call it “Walton Teamwork.”
4. Describe your last vacation.
Every year my side of the family heads to a small south Jersey beach town. My late grandfather was an architect and back in the sixties he designed three ultra modern beach houses in the town. My mother’s family has been coming there ever since. Some of my family own houses in the town and some of us rent houses for the week. We’re closing in on 100 people! Nothing is better than watching the 25+ cousins play together while the adults sit and talk—you should see how big the circle of chairs gets on some days.
5. What fashion style do you wish could be abolished?
None. I love fashion. I’m not a slave to it or anything, but I love to express myself in what I wear. I’d hate to stop someone else from expressing themselves just because I didn’t like it.
About Cracked:
Sometimes there’s no easy way out.
Victor hates his life. He has no friends, gets beaten up at school, and his parents are always criticizing him. Tired of feeling miserable, Victor takes a bottle of his mother’s sleeping pills—only to wake up in the hospital.
Bull is angry, and takes all of his rage out on Victor. That makes him feel better, at least a little. But it doesn’t stop Bull’s grandfather from getting drunk and hitting him. So Bull tries to defend himself with a loaded gun.
When Victor and Bull end up as roommates in the same psych ward, there’s no way to escape each other or their problems. Which means things are going to get worse—much worse—before they get better…
More about KM from KMWalton.com:
Writing, it turns out, is K. M. Walton’s favorite thing to do in the whole world. Even the hard parts – and there are a lot of hard parts. She is very, very thankful that she is where she is on her journey as a writer. And she can’t wait to see where the road leads her…
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