1. If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what would it be?

“It will happen.” It might not happen as quickly as you’d like it to, or as you imagined, but if you stick to it, if you continue working for it and you don’t give up…it will happen. And “don’t listen to naysayers.” Everyone has opinions and they’re entitled to them, but you do you and everything will be alright. 

2. Favorite childhood memory involving books?

So many. One in particular that comes to mind is about my father’s library— an impressive room stacked with books of all genres. For as long as I can remember, he’s been an avid reader, and I recall waiting for him to go to work or be busy with something else, so that I could finally sneak in there, curl up with a book in my favorite chair—usually a book I wasn’t supposed to read for another few years— and losing track of time.

3. If you could dine with any literary character, who would it be and why?

I’d have to say Sherlock Holmes or Hermione Granger. Maybe Don Quixote. The first two for their incredible personalities and smarts. And the latter because I would find it fascinating to see how his mind works.

4. Did you want to be an author when you grew up?

I’ve always loved to write. Ever since I was little I’d come up with stories and fill notebooks and notebooks of them. But it took me quite a while to go from ‘this is just a dream’ to ‘this is my goal’. Growing up in Romania, being an author was not something you imagined you could be doing out of school or even in your twenties or thirties. It didn’t seem accessible to ordinary people, as if it was reserved for only a few select individuals I thought surely had much more to say than me, had more talent, more life experience. It wasn’t until I moved to the US in 2011 that I even dared to think about being an author as not just a dream, but a possible reality…sometime in the future.

5. If you had to describe yourself in three words, what would they be?

Hard-working. Determined (or stubborn). Dreamer.

6. What is your most unusual writing quirk?

I can only write outside. Summer, winter, it doesn’t matter. I have my own space (a couple of them in fact) in our house, but I find myself easily distracted inside for some reason. And I also listen to the same ‘soundtrack’ I create at the beginning of the first draft…all the way until the final edits. Same exact songs I pick carefully to match the story, on repeat, for months (or however long it takes for me to finish a manuscript)

7. What’s one movie you like recommending to others?

Amelie. It’s the perfect mix of dreamy setting, magic, love and ‘feel good’.

8. What are your top 5 favorite movies?

9. Do you have any advice for aspiring writers?

10. What is your favorite genre to read?

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