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Maria E. Andreu

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Maria E. Andreu is the author of JULIETA AND THE ROMEOS, LOVE IN ENGLISH
(Balzer + Bray) and THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY. Her work has appeared in Literary Hub, Newsweek, The Washington Post, and the Newark Star Ledger.

LOVE IN ENGLISH is an Indie Next Pick, a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults book, and a Bank Street Best Book of the Year. Her debut novel, THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY, was a National Indie Excellence Book Award winner. Both titles were Junior Library Guild Selections.

She is a Red Dead aficionado, a cat herder,
and a believer in (and a skeptic of) happy endings.

Visit her at https://mariaeandreu.com.
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Hello! I absolutely loved your book “Love In English”. What inspired you to become a writer? Do you have any advice for aspiring authors?

Maria E. Andreu Thanks for your question and thank you for sharing your impressions of Love in English.

Like most writers, I came to love books as a reader. I found s…moreThanks for your question and thank you for sharing your impressions of Love in English.

Like most writers, I came to love books as a reader. I found so much joy and insight in books, I wanted to be part of creating that for others.

As for advice for aspiring writers, there is a lot: read everything, particularly the genre(s) you want to write, but also outside those too. Take classes, even free ones online if ones in person aren't available. Find your "people," others who are looking to work on their writing as well. Let them critique your work so you can see how what you intend to say is received by readers. (It's not always the way we think!).

But if I had to narrow it down to one bit of advice, it's this: keep going. Persevere. There will undoubtedly be rejection (especially for those looking to get "traditionally" published). There were many times when I wondered if I had what it took, if any agent would ever want to have me as a client or if an editor would ever buy a book I wrote. It's a tough business, trying to have the stories of our hearts intersect with the market, what people will buy. But it's rewarding and meaningful, so keep going. That may mean learning something new, getting a different critique, taking another class, scrapping a story you love and starting a new one... whatever the next step is, take it, then take the one after that.(less)

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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?

Maria E. Andreu Hogwarts would be the first one that pops into my mind. I'd like to figure out how to get into the paintings.

But, actually, one that gets a little de…moreHogwarts would be the first one that pops into my mind. I'd like to figure out how to get into the paintings.

But, actually, one that gets a little deeper into my own yearnings is the post-apocalyptic world of Station Eleven. I've made no secret of the fact that the collapse of modern society fascinates me. Of course it would be awful and I hope it never happens. But if it did: what would it take to survive? Who would make it? If I could go to the post-flu world of Station Eleven, I'd test my mettle. Also, I'd join the Traveling Symphony and try to convince them to let me write plays for them to perform.(less)

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Average rating: 3.81 · 6,378 ratings · 1,340 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Love in English 3.86 avg rating — 3,083 ratings — published 2021 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Julieta and the Romeos 3.48 avg rating — 1,236 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Come On In by Adi Alsaid (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Yamile Saied Méndez (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Zoraida Córdova (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.92 avg rating — 1,097 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Side of Empty 3.91 avg rating — 931 ratings — published 2014 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Five Minutes at Hotel Stormcove by E.D.E. Bell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Marriah Allen Pina, Joshua Amodeo 4.22 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The day I let myself believe

Returning to my much-neglected blog, I realized it’s been almost two years since I’ve posted here. My most recent post gives a hint. In that, I wondered, “Is happiness bad for writing?” Short answer: it’s at least bad for blogging, for me. Much has happened since the days I sought refuge daily by screaming into […]

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“Fuckface. A face that likes to do sex? Doosh nozl? Shit biscuit? Duck butter? Bananas. Like “crazy”? If I had to pick a fruit that is crazy, I’d pick pomegranates, with their juicy beads hiding in impossible recovecos, from which it takes an hour to free them. If that’s not bananas, I don’t know what”
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“He wears happy well. That is a new expression I have learned. To wear an emotion, like it is clothes. I like it.”
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“In Spanish, 'estoy' gives you a way out.
Here, 'I am' makes everything sound like an identity, not a thing that can pass, like in Spanish.”
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message 9: by Tracey

Jun 21, 2013 02:30PM

Thanks so much for the friend invite Maria!! I'm looking forward to reading The Secret Side of Empty!!

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message 8: by Jaree

Aug 06, 2012 02:38PM

Free sample
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message 7: by Catherine

Aug 26, 2008 11:26AM

Thanks for the friend request! Your book looks interesting; I'll have to check it out. :-)

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message 6: by Beth

Aug 24, 2008 08:50AM

Hi Maria,
Thanks for the friend request. I'm always happy to befriend a fellow author.

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message 5: by Liz

Aug 21, 2008 04:02PM

Hey Maria
Thank's for adding me,
Smiles,
Liz

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message 4: by Chel ♪

Aug 19, 2008 03:07PM

Hey Maria
Thanks for adding me
Smiles :)
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message 3: by Jeremy

Jan 23, 2008 06:14PM

I want to apologize for the all the recommendations from me today. I wanted to share the Stoker Award news, and I only pressed the send button once--I'm not sure what happened.

Argh...this is terrible...

Again, I'm very sorry.

-Jeremy

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message 2: by Jeremy

Jan 13, 2008 01:49AM

Thanks for the friendship, Maria!

Here’s wishing you a nifty 2008 filled with noiseless noses, neato nicknames, noble Nebraskans, gnarly narcoleptic nebulas, and novel novels about nut-eating narwhals and novercaphobic gnats.

I thought I'd let you know that my novel “Vacation” has been nominated for the best Horror Novel of 2007 in the Preditors & Editors Readers' Poll. So far it's ranked 4th.

In case you're interested in voting, feel free to visit the website here:
http://www.critters.org/predpoll/nove...

Thanks again!

-Jeremy :)

PS—if you do decide to vote, you should know that you need to validate the vote by clicking on the validation link in the email they send you.

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message 1: by Daniel (last edited Jan 10, 2008 02:10PM)

Jan 10, 2008 02:09PM

Thanks tons, Maria, for your great review on The 4 Hour Work Week.

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