Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hello, my name is Patricia and I have been writing stories since I was 10. I finished my first book at 15 but when I went back to revise it, I found it so awful that I just let it in the drawer. At 18 years old I started writing again and that time I really stuck with it. I have published 2 fantasy books, 1 fantasy novella, co-authored a fantasy anthology in Portuguese. But Tides and The Banshee Cries are my only English works. I have also wrote a book about my year studying Kung-Fu in China.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
The Banshee Cries idea came when I was studying Kung-Fu in China. I wanted to write something for Halloween and I honestly don’t have any idea how the idea came up. I wrote it in 2 days and published with the title The Roommate. Four years later, I thought I should improve it and that is how The Banshee Cries came about.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I get up at 5 and write until 11 am because I cannot write in the afternoon. I don’t know what it is, I just can’t focus.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
J.K. Rowling’s books were the first books I’ve ever read. It was by seeing the world she created that I realised I wanted to be a writer. But I believe it was Veronica Roth’s blog at the time that gave me a push to finish my novel.
What are you working on now?
I am finishing translating Tides from Portuguese to English. It will be published on Amazon. It’s part of The World of Shadows series. This series tells how various characters joined a monster hunting organisation.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I usually go for reviews. I am not shy when it comes to giving my stories for free so that people appreciate the world I created and let me know what they think.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
I write a lot of advice on my website but mostly is to keep persisting and to live your lives to the fullest. First, you need to experience emotions and stories and then you get to tell them.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“A writer is the sum of their experiences.” From Stuck in Love, I think.
What are you reading now?
I am trying to finish a lot of books on marketing and reading a fantasy book from a Portuguese author.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Hopefully, is to write so much that one day I get to do this for a living. That would be the dream.
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?
Harry Potter, Vampire Academy, Hunger Games… I don’t mind rereading those a lot of times.
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