Tell us about yourself.:
I was born in São Paulo, Brazil. I had a nice childhood, surrounded by toys and the affection that every child needs. As a teenager I had my fun, but I've always been a fan of the motto, "health and judgment." I've also always liked to write. My writing really began when, in search of something new, I saw the following ad, which was very common back in the 90s:Penclub,
Hello!
These are the addresses of your new friends.
If you want to receive one more letter with a new friend's addresses, send a letter to the club's address. All your information is kept in a computer until 31.12.1994, which is why you could receive the letters from other boys and girls. If you don't want to participate in this club, please send this letter back, so that another person can join in and nobody will be disappointed. So get at it and get those postcards moving…thanks…
Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?:
I was born in Sao Paulo,Brasil.I grew up surrounded by books and newspapers.My father were used to read everyday not only one but dozen different newspapers.So reading were a must within my parents.We were also used to read comic strips and even political pocket books.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My reading and writing habits have always been normal the only thing is that I always walk with pen and paper and when it comes inspiration based on the facts of life and my personal s do not like to miss the motto.
What authors have influenced you?
I was born in Sao Paulo,Brasil.I grew up surrounded by books and newspapers.My father were used to read everyday not only one but dozen different newspapers.So reading were a must within my parents.We were also used to read comic strips and even political pocket books.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
My only advice is inspiration.Music,cinema,literature all depend on inspiration and one art form depends on another .
What is the best advice you have ever been given?
My father always advised me to study and as there are people who know this told me that my career has to do with the area of humans and humanities and I have always admired the area of Journalism.Unfortunately I did not form but who knows one day and faces us problems for not being born in a country whose official language and the English language.
What are you reading now?
I love reading about everything because you need to have general knowledge to understand things and especially newspaper articles.Only by reading can you get a point-of-view and understand the world and people and yourself.
What’s your biggest weakness?
Believing in the goodness of the human being is complicated.I have a lot of self-esteem but I have faced and still face a lot of prejudice.As they say in my country we have to kill a lion a day to live is a saying here.it seems that only those who are born blond with blue eyes are considered intelligent.I have no prejudice that I have had friends and acquaintances in various social spheres and races but unfortunately this is a thought that still walks the world and where we have to prove every day our intelligence and efficiency and is present in all social spheres.From the school to the multinational company
What is your favorite book of all time?
I read a little bit of everything but I love history books especially World War II but I have read Agatha Cristine,Connan Doyle,Saint Exupery in school,among others.
When you’re not writing, how do you like to spend your time?
I love to exercise, it is essential for the mind and body as an oriental proverb says and I love to listen to music, especially vinyl records and I don't live without music, watch news and movies especially the USA classics from the 30's until the golden decades of the 80's and 90's.
Do you remember the first story you ever read, and the impact it had on you?
When I was a child I read a very interesting book called Coleção Primeiros Passos (First Steps Collection), which was very important because it talked about a bad time in Brazil and even in the world, economically speaking. When I was 14, at school, I read a book that I still have today called Redação Escolar: análise,síntese e extrapolação (School writing: analysis, synthesis and extrapolation), which has many interesting stories, unforgettable Aghata Christie stories, since my mother was a subscriber of the book circle, but obviously I couldn't read everything.
What has inspired you and your writing style?
My writing really began when, in search of something new, I saw the following ad, which was very common back in the 90s:
Penclub,
Hello!
These are the addresses of your new friends.
If you want to receive one more letter with a new friend's addresses, send a letter to the club's address. All your information is kept in a computer until 31.12.1994, which is why you could receive the letters from other boys and girls. If you don't want to participate in this club, please send this letter back, so that another person can join in and nobody will be disappointed. So get at it and get those postcards moving…thanks…
What are you working on now?
Currently I have a lot of draft song lyrics among other things that I need to put the pieces together and make it a single issue.
What is your favorite method for promoting your work?
For me it's word of mouth and the internet, where everyone just wants to see a return, but they don't want to bet on people, especially beginners, who are not famous.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I would very much like to turn some of my works into music that one thing derives from the other and even maybe some short film at least.
Money is important and the world revolves around it and we didn't create it and that's what everybody thinks but recognition is even more important and that has no price.
How well do you work under pressure?
My home life has always been normal and surrounded by attention and affection, but from the moment we go out in the rain to get wet it is a jungle and there is no friendship, but competition.There you have to work under pressure all the time and it is nothing new or surprising to me.
How do you decide what tone to use with a particular piece of writing?
It depends on the.subject,the inspiration,nowadays due to these so called modernities different from past decades you need to be eclectic.
If you could share one thing with your fans, what would that be?
I would like sharing eternal memories and sincerity that the world is walking very fast and making great on top of alone technology that the humanity needs first to learn to digest what comes ahead otherwise chokes and everything becomes a confusion, an indigestion that translates in the facts which fleeces in the today world so much for quite how much for the evil.
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