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Where
do you find your writing inspiration?
I find my writing inspiration in modern and classic
poetry and in books written to inspire writers. For example, The Right To Write, by Julia Cameron and
The Courage To Write, by Ralph Keyes.
Music, art and cinematography can also easily feed my muse.
What
is your favorite fictional character or creature?
Lucy Pevensie, from The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe. I feel a camaraderie with her because she saw another
world around her and characters in that world that no one else from her own
family saw till much later. When I was a child, living in Cuba, I first saw
spirits at the age of four. I love the way Lucy sticks with her beliefs and
claims as true that which she saw even though no one else at first believed
her.
What
is the one writing tool you couldn’t live without?
Definitely the internet for research and for
excellent access to dictionaries and thesauruses.
Do
you have any writing rituals?
Yes! I pray for inspiration, turn on a gurgling
fountain, put on soft music of the culture of the character I’m creating, pick
up pictures from the internet of the neighborhood most like the one in which my
character lives and then I see myself there with him or her.
What
path did you take for publication?
Cuban-American,
Dancing OnThe Hyphen, my first book, I self-published. I am
so glad I did! It is a cultural book, with the flavor of Cuban culture. It’s
prose and poetry that tells my story as one of the 14,000 children who escaped
Cuba alone in the exodus of 1960-1962. I
dedicated it especially to my mother who was able to enjoy the book for more
than a year before she passed away. I have also written stories and poetry that
were published in the traditional way in print magazines and on an online
magazine.
If
you could be any character in one of your stories, who would it be and why?
I’m very close to self-publishing a second book, The Chairs, the story of the visit of
two angels to the seaside town of Dunedin, Florida, summoned by the prayers of
an elderly couple. I would like to be one of those angels, the one I called,
the centurion. Why? I love the insight and power he has over the darkness in
the spirit realm.
Are
you writing anything now? Tell me about your next project!
Right now I’m working on my spiritual memoir, Beyond The Veil, the story of my
traumatic trip in 1979, into the spirit realm. I’m also writing a speculative fiction
novella, a suspense-romance, Commuters.
It’s the story of a Chicago detective who rescues a little girl from a serial
killer, falls in love with her young widowed mother and then realizes that the
demons from the serial killer have transferred to the girl. Can he once again
set her free?
What
are you currently reading?
Writing romance, reading romance! I’m presently
enjoying Richard Paul Evans’, The Last
Promise. Writing speculative fiction, reading speculative fiction! I just
finished The Chair, by James L. Rubart.
Super drama about a chair supposedly made by Christ and protected by a select
group of women throughout the ages.
When
you’re not writing, what can we find you doing for fun?
When I’m not writing I’m making memories with my
family. You can also find me reading while drinking strong coffee at a café or
cooking to make my hubby happy!
What
is the best advice you have received (writing or otherwise)?
The best advice I have received on writing has come
from what Julia Cameron says…
“Write because something ‘touches’ you, write
because you want to ‘touch’ someone else, but most of all write to ‘get in
touch’ with the divine or because the divine somehow has ‘gotten in touch’ with
you.”
