Interview With Author soufiane L
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am a Moroccan writer. I studied literature. What prompted me to write was my desire to live in many worlds, to live the life of characters that I could not be. And my love of reading helped me with that.
I have written ten books, but have only published six of them. The last book translated into English is entitled Scars
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My last book published titled scars, I wrote in it part of my feelings, inspired by my life. Or the lives of those whose suffering I felt. Scars remain, as the memories remain, accompany us for a lifetime.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
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I may stay for more than a month thinking and planning events and characters. I like to plan well for all the details before writing them, especially when I write a novel.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
There are three writers that I have benefited most from reading their books; Victor Hugo, George Orwell, and Colin Wilson. If there was a time machine, I would try to live near them personally.
What are you working on now?
I am writing a novel titled Autumn Leaves. But I’m still in the review and development phase.
The novel tells the life of a poor young man who faces life with idealistic ideas. We will see how he will face the problems of life in a country where he does not have the right to be an ordinary person..
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
social media are full of writers, and it is difficult to promote yourself now, thanks to the support of friends, I can reach the reader.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t give up, there is always someone who loves you behind the scenes, you will find out when you succeed
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
The most important advice I heard is to leave my feelings aside and accept any criticism. , and never let sadness define my path
What are you reading now?
I am now reading, alvin kernan the death of literature, An excellent book that I benefited a lot from
What’s next for you as a writer?
The most important thing for me in the coming period is arranging my papers and organizing myself, because especially in the Arab world we find it very difficult to publish books, even websites do not help us as writers at the beginning of our journey..
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?
I will be presumptuous to answer this question. I will take with me a book that collects the complete works of Victor Hugo, another that collects the complete works of Colin Wilson, and a third that collects the complete works of George Orwell, and so I find enough to spend a long time reading…
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