I had decided to retire the literary Would You Rather series, but didn't want to stop interviews on the site all together. Instead, I've pulled together 40ish questions - some bookish, some silly - and have asked authors to limit themselves to answering only 10 of them. That way, it keeps the interviews fresh and connectable for all of us!
Joining us today is Patricia Bossano. She is an award-winning author of philosophical fiction and supernatural
escapes, some of them en español. She lives, and writes, in California
with her family.
What
made you start writing?
Since
elementary school I loved scribbling in notebooks, sometimes journal-like
entries, and sometimes actual stories, but not until my early 20s did I become
obsessed with the idea of writing to publish a book. It took me until my 40s to
make that happen.
If
you could have a superpower, what would it be?
The
power to stop procrastination in its tracks, for sure!
What’s
the best money you’ve ever spent as a writer?
Money
spent on editing services is always the best investment.
Would
you and your main character(s) get along?
We
most definitely do! Love & Homegrown Magic (thank you for featuring
this book!) is my fifth published novel; an ancestral cleanse covering 7
decades in the life of a folk-magic practitioner. It is based on 3 factual
events in my mother’s life, she is the head of a sisterhood that includes my
two sisters and me.
Describe
your book in three words.
Sisterhood
– Moonlight – Roses.
Do
you read the reviews of your books, or do you stay far far away from them, and
why?
Reviews
for my books are not in the hundreds so I’m always tempted to check them out.
What I have gathered from reading them is that my writing is not for
everyone—sometimes I get 2-star reviews for the same reason others give me 5
stars. Clearly, my goal as an indie author is to cultivate the audience that
loves my work, and just keep writing for them 😊
What
are some of your favorite books and/or authors?
My
love of books and my writing have been influenced by (in order of appearance in
my life) Henri Chariére, Alexandre Dumas, Gabriel García Márquez, Anne Rice,
Stephen King, Jane Austen, J.K. Rowling, Isabel Allende, Stieg Larsson, and
others.
What
genres won’t you read?
Might
be the wrong thing to say, because I write young adult fiction/fantasy for fans
of the supernatural, but I tend to stay away from YA—I don’t want to be swayed
by other voices in the genre I write.
Are
you a toilet paper over or under kind of person?
Love
this question, lol, and I’m answering it because it’s a pet peeve of mine.
There totally is a right and wrong here, and *under* people are sooo
wrong! It is always, OVER.
From
the ashes of burned letters comes a celestial romp, spanning seven decades and
two continents.
Love
is the guiding force, even when Maggie, ever the planner, chooses her
mind over her heart. Family comes first and she has always known her purpose is
to be a guiding light to her siblings and, one day, her children. But a dash of
destiny, and two loves blessed by the stars tug at Maggie’s heartstrings in a
way she could never have planned for.
Wander
into her magical garden, where thorns and perfumed blossoms coexist, through
Love and her Homegrown Magic.
Quote:
“She
thought of the rose cuttings on the kitchen windowsill. They didn’t look like
much—four bags of dirt with a dried up twig sticking out of each one—but Maggie
could see what they would become; soon they would produce leaf shoots, meaning
the roots had taken hold, and for a blinding moment the symbolic vision took
her breath away.
Her
life, at present, didn’t look like much either, but Maggie knew in her heart
that it would bloom, beyond her wildest expectations.” –From Love &
Homegrown Magic
For a signed copy of “Love & Homegrown Magic” go to: https://waterbearerpress.com/collections/frontpage/products/love-homegrown-magic
During checkout, don’t forget to let the author know to whom
she should dedicate the book.
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