Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
This is my first book (a poetry collection). After struggling with depression and other mental illness for so many years i’ve decide to take my experience and made it something beautiful, to tell the world this can be overcome and there is a lot of hope for all of us.
I am a Dominican writer, 28 years old, a mother of a 9 years old and a too-chill dog named Sam. I’m a lawyer and currently working as a literature teacher in a private school.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
the title of my book is “Whatever”
I needed to tell my story throughout something beautiful as poetry. I needed to put some hope and love outside in the world, for those who struggle with mental illnesses and those who has a beloved one going through this kind of situation.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I like to mix different writing prompts and made speeches with it, after the speech is complete I try to make a poem about it.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Anne frank, jk Rowling, Mary Oliver, Maya Angelou
What are you working on now?
Now I’m making all the pre writing of my second book. Meanwhile I’m trying to encourage teenagers to write.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Social Media and Amazon ads
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Yes, help other writers.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Always ask something”
What are you reading now?
I just finish re-reading 1984. And now I will start to read a indie author first book “someday i’ll be redeemed” that author have written four books.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I want to write at least two more poetry books and then I will consider the idea of writing in another genre
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Catcher in the rye
A good survivor’s guide
And Maya Angelou the complete collected poems
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