Ask the Author: Iria Alexandra Cardoso
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Iria Alexandra Cardoso
The mystery of my life that could be a plot for a book would be "why can a stranger have more impact in your life, than some people of your day to day life?" It's just a thought.
Iria Alexandra Cardoso
Hogwarts or Middle Earth. I would just visit the various places from thos worlds and try to meet my heroes.
Iria Alexandra Cardoso
The Atlantis Gene by A.G.Riddle, Dreams of God and Monsters by Laini Taylor, The Cruel Prince by Holly Black and Notes of a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig.
Iria Alexandra Cardoso
A more supernatural story, the continuation of Equilibrium 1 (Equílibrio 1, in Portuguese) and in a short story for my blog, "Whispers and Secrets of a Simple Life".
Iria Alexandra Cardoso
Just write anything that comes to your mind. It can take a while, days, weeks, years, but once you pick that up again, maybe there is a meaning and story behind one sentence or a text. And read. Read about anything, either it's fictional books, biographies, newspapers, blogs... Anything.
Iria Alexandra Cardoso
The best thing about being a writer is to put your troubled and confused mind on the paper - it actually feels like a trouble is taken from your shoulders. Take ideas, sometimes scattered ideas, and put them on the paper, and imagine that there is something there that it can be developed. That's how my first book came to be. I wrote one of the last scenes for Alex right at the beginning as a thought and I developed a story around that scene.
Iria Alexandra Cardoso
Onde again, music. Sometimes a walk, or a trip, or a talk. Sometimes it's even observing people on the bus, on the street, on a cafe.
Iria Alexandra Cardoso
In many things. Things I liked over the years, things that I wanted to read, I love to understand the meanings behind some things. I would like to know if there is a balance in the Universe, if the energy that flows is a mythical thing or science. Or why not both? I think that's the main idea. But most of my ideas are inspired from day to day things, by my family, by my friends, by things that I normally do and just took a meaning from. My book - my only book for now - it has a story that if I was just a reader, I would like to read. It has troubled minds and hearts, a little bit of mystery, a little bit of romance, of adventure.
Iria Alexandra Cardoso
I listen to music, mostly. Any kind of music, from classic, to epic pop, to hard rock. Sometimes just get a few days away from your manuscript also helps. And try to go out with my friends, so I could get good vibes from them, go on a walk to places that are inspiring...
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